Sweden PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Companies
Approximately 125,658 real businesses classified under Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities in Sweden, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Approximately 125,658 real businesses operate in the Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities sector across Sweden. Consultants, lawyers, architects, and researchers make up a sector regulated twice over — once by company law, once by their own professional body. Legal, accounting, tax, management consulting, engineering, advertising, and R&D firms are frequently structured as partnerships or professional corporations, which layers licensing-body oversight on top of standard company registration rather than replacing it.
94 companies in this sector are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.
Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities companies in Sweden follow the same national framework as every other sector there.
Full Sweden beneficial ownership overviewTop Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities 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 M in Sweden, as of the last reconciliation.
Section M is 22% of the Sweden register by entity count and its 1st largest sector — see all sectors.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you
Statutory auditors in Sweden are licensed and supervised by Revisorsinspektionen (the Swedish Inspectorate of Auditors), which maintains the authoritative public register of who may actually sign an audit opinion — a separate, more decisive check for an audit counterparty than confirming its Bolagsverket registration alone. Other regulated professions in this sector, such as advocates through Advokatsamfündet (the Swedish Bar Association), carry their own equivalent professional registers.
Sweden also hosts substantial engineering, R&D and consulting operations serving foreign parent companies, so a meaningful share of registered entities in this NACE section are delivery arms of a larger multinational group rather than independently-owned Swedish businesses — resolving the real commercial relationship typically means looking past the local entity to its parent. At the smaller, individual-consultant end of the sector, F-skatt status from Skatteverket remains the standard, checkable signal that a provider is operating as a genuine business rather than a disguised employment relationship.
Sweden Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities, 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 M entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.
Company size, by disclosed headcount
By number of employees on file, Section M, Sweden. 573 entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.
Who uses Sweden professional, scientific and technical activities ownership data
The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.
Revisorsinspektionen auditor verification
Statutory auditors in Sweden are licensed and supervised by Revisorsinspektionen (the Swedish Inspectorate of Auditors), whose public register is the authoritative check on who may actually sign an audit opinion — a separate, more decisive check than confirming a firm’s Bolagsverket registration alone.
R&D and consulting subsidiary structures
Sweden hosts substantial engineering, R&D and consulting operations for foreign multinationals, so many registered entities in this sector are delivery arms of a larger group rather than independently-owned Swedish businesses.
F-skatt for consultants and freelancers
Confirming F-skatt status from Skatteverket is the standard way to verify an individual consultant or small professional-services provider is operating as a genuine business rather than a disguised employee.
Sub-sectors within Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities
SIC divisions inside this section, each with its own Sweden company directory.
Legal and accounting activities
19,018 companies
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
53,424 companies
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis
28,318 companies
Scientific research and development
3,036 companies
Advertising and market research
9,375 companies
Other professional, scientific and technical activities
12,487 companies
Veterinary activities
742 companies
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities companies are registered in Sweden?
Approximately 125,658 real businesses operate under Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities in Sweden.
What does the Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities sector include in Sweden?
Consultants, lawyers, architects, and researchers make up a sector regulated twice over — once by company law, once by their own professional body. Legal, accounting, tax, management consulting, engineering, advertising, and R&D firms are frequently structured as partnerships or professional corporations, which layers licensing-body oversight on top of standard company registration rather than replacing it.
How is company ownership disclosed for Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities 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 Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities.
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 Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities companies in other countries?
Yes — the Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities sector directory lists every country with recorded Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities companies on Zavia.
Can Zavia monitor changes to Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities 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 Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities companies in Sweden going forward, flagging updates as they are filed instead of requiring a manual recheck.
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