MINING Companies in Sweden
Approximately 593 real businesses classified under Mining and Quarrying in Sweden, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Approximately 593 real businesses operate in the Mining and Quarrying sector across Sweden. Mining licences are public. The company holding one often is not the company running the mine. Extraction rights get granted to a specific concession-holding entity, while the real operating capital — and sometimes the real decision-making — sits a layer or two up, inside a joint venture with a foreign technical partner. The sector covers mineral, ore, coal, and petroleum extraction alongside sand, gravel, and stone quarrying. Many jurisdictions now layer resource-specific transparency rules on top of standard registration, including beneficial-ownership disclosure tied to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative — built specifically because ordinary company registers were not catching this.
44 companies in this sector are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.
Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Mining and Quarrying companies in Sweden follow the same national framework as every other sector there.
Full Sweden beneficial ownership overviewTop Mining and Quarrying Companies in Sweden
Live from the register. Every row opens the full record — officers, shareholders and resolved group structure.
Data Coverage
Record counts for SIC Code B in Sweden, as of the last reconciliation.
Section B is 0% of the Sweden register by entity count and its 18th largest sector — see all sectors.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you
Mining in Sweden runs on a two-track authorisation system that sits entirely outside company registration: a concession from Bergsstaten (the Mining Inspectorate of Sweden) under the Minerals Act grants the right to exploit a mineral deposit, while a separate environmental permit under the Environmental Code, granted by the Land and Environment Court or county administrative board, governs how the operation actually runs. For verification, both records matter more than the operating company’s own Bolagsverket filing.
The sector itself is unusually concentrated: state-owned LKAB dominates iron-ore mining in the north, and Boliden is the dominant base-metals operator, so most mining counterparties in Sweden trace back to one of a small number of large, well-known groups rather than a fragmented population of independent operators — worth knowing before treating a smaller mining entity as operating in isolation from those dominant groups.
Sweden Mining and Quarrying, by the register
Charts render from live counts. Modules are suppressed where coverage is too thin to be meaningful.
Entities by sub-sector
SIC division level, live from official registries.
Active vs. inactive
Section B entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.
Company size, by disclosed headcount
By number of employees on file, Section B, Sweden. 4 entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.
Who uses Sweden mining and quarrying ownership data
The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.
Bergsstaten concession verification
Mineral exploration and extraction in Sweden requires a concession from Bergsstaten (the Mining Inspectorate of Sweden) under the Minerals Act — a licence record separate from, and the real gate on, whether an entity can legally mine a given deposit.
State and major-group concentration
Sweden’s mining sector is concentrated around a small number of large operators (state-owned LKAB and Boliden), so counterparty risk is often about a handful of dominant groups rather than a fragmented private market.
Environmental permit and closure-liability screening
Mining operations also need a separate environmental permit under the Environmental Code, administered by the Land and Environment Court or county administrative board — distinct from the Bergsstaten concession and carrying its own closure and remediation obligations.
Sub-sectors within Mining and Quarrying
SIC divisions inside this section, each with its own Sweden company directory.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Mining and Quarrying companies are registered in Sweden?
Approximately 593 real businesses operate under Mining and Quarrying in Sweden.
What does the Mining and Quarrying sector include in Sweden?
Mining licences are public. The company holding one often is not the company running the mine. Extraction rights get granted to a specific concession-holding entity, while the real operating capital — and sometimes the real decision-making — sits a layer or two up, inside a joint venture with a foreign technical partner. The sector covers mineral, ore, coal, and petroleum extraction alongside sand, gravel, and stone quarrying. Many jurisdictions now layer resource-specific transparency rules on top of standard registration, including beneficial-ownership disclosure tied to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative — built specifically because ordinary company registers were not catching this.
How is company ownership disclosed for Mining and Quarrying companies in Sweden?
The same national framework applies here as for every other sector in Sweden — there is no sector-specific beneficial-ownership regime for Mining and Quarrying.
Can I see all industries present in Sweden?
Yes — the Sweden company directory lists every industry with recorded companies for that jurisdiction, alongside the full beneficial-ownership overview for Sweden.
Can I see Mining and Quarrying companies in other countries?
Yes — the Mining and Quarrying sector directory lists every country with recorded Mining and Quarrying companies on Zavia.
Can Zavia monitor changes to Mining and Quarrying companies in Sweden over time?
A directory listing is a snapshot, not a live feed. Zavia's monitoring API tracks changes to registered shareholders, officers, and group structure for Mining and Quarrying companies in Sweden going forward, flagging updates as they are filed instead of requiring a manual recheck.
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