The 100 Largest Employers. in the Gothenburg Region

The 100 Largest Employers in the Gothenburg Region 2011

1. Introduction and Definitions This report includes a compilation of the 100 largest employers in the Gothenburg region. The list presents the 100 largest companies by name and number of employees, and also includes tables presenting the biggest public sector employers. The statistics refer to the number of employees in December 2011. Definitions: Employee Employees include people for whom employers are responsible for withholding and reporting income tax (principal employer) o who are currently employed; o for whom wages paid (income from work) per year are estimated to exceed a basic amount (the basic amount for 2011 is SEK 42,800), o or who are employed as substitutes for more than three months. The term employee does not cover individuals who: o are employed with subsidized wages or are seasonally employed etc., o or who at the time of the survey are on extended leave of absence or long-term absence due to illness (three months or longer), o or are employed as substitutes for less than three months. The Gothenburg Region The statistics cover the 13 municipalities that make up the Gothenburg Region, namely: Ale, Alingsås, Göteborg, Härryda, Kungsbacka, Kungälv, Lerum, Lilla Edet, Mölndal, Partille, Stenungsund, Tjörn and Öckerö. Company The statistics show the number of employees per company. The term company normally means a joint stock company with a corporate identity number. A company may have several places of employment within the region. Municipal authorities and government agencies are not included but are reported separately in section 3. Sources The Swedish Central Business Register (CFAR) lists places of employment and numbers of employees. The statistics cover individual municipalities and are divided into approximately 800 industries, thus providing detailed information from which specific statistics can be determined. Source errors The CFAR is updated with information from the National Tax Board, including changes of address and telephone numbers provided by Svensk Adressändring AB, with Statistics Sweden's (SCB's) own surveys and feedback from other SCB and external users. Statistics regarding the number of employees in the business register is based largely on SCB's own surveys. The surveys are sent out once a year and businesses themselves report how many employees there are within their respective organizations. In cases where SCB does not receive a report from a company the figures from the previous year are used which means there may be a degree of uncertainty in the figures. 1

2. The 100 Largest Companies in the Gothenburg Region Industrial companies are the biggest in the Gothenburg region and the single largest company is the Volvo Car Corporation with around 11,000 employees. This is followed by Volvo Trucks AB with around 4,100 employees, and SKF with approximately 2,700. Strong growth within the automotive industry has meant that both Volvo Cars and Volvo Trucks recruited heavily during 2011. AstraZeneca is another company that reported an increase in the number of employees during the past year. Table 1: Number of employees in the 10 largest companies in the Gothenburg region, 2011 Rank Company Employees Employees Change in Change in 2011 2010 number percent 1 VOLVO CAR CORPORATION 11 025 10 025 1 000 9% 2 VOLVO TRUCKS AKTIEBOLAG 4 075 3 325 750 18% 3 SKF SVERIGE AKTIEBOLAG 2 725 2 825-100 -4% 4 CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AKTIEBOLAG 2 675 2 225 450 17% 5 VOLVO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AKTIEBOLAG 2 475 2 475 0 0% 6 ERICSSON AB 2 375 2 375 0 0% 7 ASTRAZENECA AB 2 375 2 125 250 11% 8 POSTEN MEDDELANDE AB 2 075 2 225-150 -7% 9 SAMHALL AKTIEBOLAG 1 475 1 425 50 3% 10 SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AKTIEBOLAG 1 425 1 425 0 0% Total 32 700 30 450 2 250 7% Source: CFAR 2011, numbers of employees in round sums The number of employees in the Gothenburg region amounted to 430,900 at year end, 2011. This is an increase of 11,500 compared to the previous year. Increases were noted in all size groups, but the greatest increases in the numbers of employees were in the smallest companies. This group comprises companies with between 1 and 4 employees. Table 2: Number of employees in the Gothenburg region by size group Year 1-4 employees 5-19 employees 20-199 employees 200+ employees Total 2003 380 900 2004 31 300 73 600 158 400 121 400 384 800 2005 32 000 74 600 164 700 119 700 391 100 2006 33 700 76 700 167 000 120 700 398 200 2007 35 300 79 200 170 700 124 200 409 400 2008 36 000 82 800 175 600 127 200 421 600 2009 36 000 84 000 178 300 127 700 426 000 2010 37 000 84 800 175 300 122 300 419 400 2011 39 000 87 000 177 700 127 200 430 900 Change, 2011 6% 3% 1% 4% 3% Source: CFAR 2011, numbers of employees in round sums Of the nation's range of industries 93 percent or 750 industries are represented in the Gothenburg region. Just over two out of every three employees are in the private sector. It was also chiefly the private sector that recruited most employees during 2011, with an increase of 4 percent. 2

The 100 largest companies in the Gothenburg region have a total of around 86,400 employees, which means that one in five employed citizens works within one of these companies. The equivalent proportion for the 10 largest companies is around 7.6 percent. In both cases the long-term trend is downwards, which means that dependency on the largest companies has fallen. However, during 2011 in particular the biggest companies recruited employees to such an extent that the trend is currently upwards. Diagram 1: The number of employees in the 100 largest and 10 largest companies in the Gothenburg region during 2003-2011. Source: CFAR 3

Table 3: Number of employees in the 100 largest companies in the Gothenburg region, 2011 Rank Company Number of employees 1 VOLVO CAR CORPORATION 11 025 2 VOLVO TRUCKS AKTIEBOLAG 4 075 3 SKF SVERIGE AKTIEBOLAG 2 725 4 CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AKTIEBOLAG 2 675 5 VOLVO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AKTIEBOLAG 2 475 6 ERICSSON AB 2 375 7 ASTRAZENECA AB 2 375 8 POSTEN MEDDELANDE AB 2 075 9 SAMHALL AKTIEBOLAG 1 475 10 SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AKTIEBOLAG 1 425 11 VÄSTSVENSK TIDNINGSDISTRIBUTION KB 1 375 12 SAAB AKTIEBOLAG 1 325 13 TELIASONERA SVERIGE AKTIEBOLAG 1 325 14 SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA BANKEN AB 1 125 15 GÖTEBORG ENERGI AKTIEBOLAG 1 125 16 ASTRA TECH AKTIEBOLAG 1 025 17 GS SPÅRVAGN AB 1 025 18 SWEDBANK AB 975 19 BOREALIS AKTIEBOLAG 975 20 ICA SVERIGE AB 975 21 NORDEA BANK AB 925 22 VOLVO POWERTRAIN AKTIEBOLAG 925 23 MANPOWER AKTIEBOLAG 875 24 WILLY:S AB 875 25 GÖTEBORGS KYRKLIGA SAMFÄLLIGHET 875 26 COOP BUTIKER & STORMARKNADER AB 875 27 RENOVA AKTIEBOLAG 825 28 LERNIA BEMANNING AB 825 29 GS BUSS AB 775 30 SCHENKER AB 725 31 IKEA SVENSKA FÖRSÄLJNINGS AKTIEBOLAG 725 32 PROFFICE SVERIGE AKTIEBOLAG 725 33 BILIA PERSONBILAR AB 675 34 VOLVO LOGISTICS AKTIEBOLAG 675 35 SODEXO AB 625 36 GÖTEBORGS-POSTENS NYA AKTIEBOLAG 625 37 SKANDIA CONTAINER TERMINAL AB 625 38 NETTBUSS AKTIEBOLAG 625 39 XDIN AKTIEBOLAG 625 40 POSTEN LOGISTIK AB 625 41 GÖTEBORGSKOOPERATIVET FÖR INDEPENDENT LIVING, GIL EK. FÖR. 625 42 LISEBERG AKTIEBOLAG 625 43 HUMANA ASSISTANS AB 575 44 SJ AB 575 45 STIFTELSEN BRÄCKE DIAKONI 575 46 HEMKÖPSKEDJAN AB 575 47 IF SKADEFÖRSÄKRING AB (PUBL) 575 48 ADECCO SWEDEN AKTIEBOLAG 575 4

49 JOHNSON CONTROLS SWEDEN AKTIEBOLAG 575 50 SWEDAVIA AB 575 51 STENA LINE SCANDINAVIA AB 575 52 EKA CHEMICALS AB 575 53 AKTIEBOLAG LINDEX 525 54 SVENSKA MÄSSAN MÖTEN OCH HOTELL AKTIEBOLAG 525 55 SECURITAS SVERIGE AKTIEBOLAG 525 56 SEMCON CARAN AB 525 57 COWI AB 525 58 KAPPAHL SVERIGE AB 525 59 SVENSKA HANDELSBANKEN AB 525 60 PRAKTIKERTJÄNST AKTIEBOLAG 525 61 GÖTEBORGSOPERAN AKTIEBOLAG 525 62 VOLVO BUSINESS SERVICES AKTIEBOLAG 475 63 LOGICA SVERIGE AB 475 64 SCANDIC HOTELS AKTIEBOLAG 475 65 SWEDISH MATCH NORTH EUROPE AB 475 66 PEAB SVERIGE AB 475 67 VOLVO BUSES AKTIEBOLAG 475 68 VEOLIA TRANSPORT SVERIGE AB 475 69 DAGAB AB 475 70 ARLA FOODS AB (PUBL) 475 71 GÖTEBORGS KEX AKTIEBOLAG 475 72 VOLVO PARTS AKTIEBOLAG 475 73 PÅGEN AKTIEBOLAG 425 74 AKTIEBOLAGET VOLVO PENTA 425 75 ATLET AKTIEBOLAG 425 76 ISS FACILITY SERVICES AB 425 77 NCC AKTIEBOLAG 425 78 SKANSKA SVERIGE AB 425 79 ATTENDO SVERIGE AB 425 80 VOLVO TECHNOLOGY AB 425 81 DHL FREIGHT (SWEDEN) AB 425 82 SYSTEMBOLAGET AKTIEBOLAG 375 83 CASINO COSMOPOL AB 375 84 ARGOLIS & MARKS ASSISTANS AB 375 85 G4S SECURITY SERVICES (SVERIGE) AB 375 86 PREEM AKTIEBOLAG 375 87 HSB GÖTEBORG EK FÖR 375 88 AKZO NOBEL SURFACE CHEMISTRY AKTIEBOLAG 375 89 SANTA MARIA AB 375 90 METSO POWER AB 375 91 RUAG SPACE AB 325 92 BIS PRODUCTION PARTNER AB 325 93 WÄRTSILÄ SWEDEN AB 325 94 INEOS SVERIGE AB 325 95 HEDIN GÖTEBORG BIL AKTIEBOLAG 325 96 EPSILON UTVECKLINGSCENTRUM VÄST AB 325 97 MÖLNLYCKE HEALTH CARE AB 325 98 INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP SWEDEN AB 325 99 VEIDEKKE ENTREPRENAD AB 325 100 DIN BIL SVERIGE AB 325 Total 86 400 Source: CFAR 2011, numbers of employees in round sums 5

3. Municipal Authorities and Government Agencies The previous list only includes the 100 largest companies in the Gothenburg region, but in addition to these there are a number of major public sector employers in the region. Trends in the public sector were stable during 2011 and the proportion of total employment was 32.5 percent, which means that just under one in three employees in the Gothenburg region works in the public sector. Of these, 18.5 percent work within the municipal sector; the equivalent percentages for government agencies and county authorities are 7.5 percent and 6.5 percent respectively. Diagram 2: Municipal, county and government operations; proportion of all employees in the Gothenburg region, 2011. Source: CFAR 2011 The largest employer in the Gothenburg region is the Gothenburg Municipality with almost 35,000 employees followed by Västra Götaland's county council with 26,500 employees. These two employers are the largest even if the largest private-sector employers are included. The biggest state employer is the University of Gothenburg with around 5,400 employees. 6

Table 4: Municipal and county operations with more than 250 employees, 2011 Rank Organization Number of employees 1 GOTHENBURG MUNICIPALITY 34 825 2 VÄSTRA GÖTALANDS COUNTY COUNCIL 26 525 3 KUNGSBACKA MUNICIPALITY 6 725 4 MÖLNDALS MUNICIPALITY 4 525 5 KUNGSBACKA MUNICIPALITY 4 075 6 ALINGSÅS MUNICIPALITY 3 975 7 HÄRRYDA MUNICIPALITY 3 325 8 LERUMS MUNICIPALITY 3 025 9 PARTILLE MUNICIPALITY 2 725 10 ALE MUNICIPALITY 2 125 11 STENUNGSUNDS MUNICIPALITY 2 025 12 TJÖRNS MUNICIPALITY 1 225 13 LILLA EDETS MUNICIPALITY 975 14 ÖCKERÖ MUNICIPALITY 875 15 RÄDDNINGSTJÄNSTFÖRBUNDET I STORGÖTEBORG 725 16 HALLANDS LÄNS LANDSTING 375 Total 98 050 Source: CFAR 2011, numbers of employees in round sums Table 5: Government employers, 2011 with more than 200 employees Rank Organization Number of employees 1 UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG 5 375 2 NATIONAL POLICE BOARD 2 925 3 SWEDISH SOCIAL INSURANCE AGENCY 1 525 4 THE SWEDISH TAX AGENCY 1 075 5 SWEDISH PRISON AND PROBATION SERVICE 1 025 6 THE SWEDISH PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE 875 7 THE SWEDISH TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION 775 8 THE SWEDISH COURTS 725 9 SWEDISH ARMED FORCES 575 10 SWEDISH CUSTOMS SERVICE 425 11 THE SWEDISH MIGRATION BOARD 425 12 COUNTY COUNCIL, VÄSTRA GÖTALANDS LÄN 275 13 NATIONAL BOARD OF INSTITUTIONAL CARE 225 14 SWEDISH MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 225 Total 16 450 Source: CFAR 2011, numbers of employees in round sums 7

Appendix 1: The 100 largest companies distributed by industry, 2011 Number of Industry Company employees Municipality Foodstuffs and tobacco SWEDISH MATCH NORTH EUROPE AB 475 GOTHENBURG ARLA FOODS AB (PUBL) 475 GOTHENBURG GÖTEBORGS KEX AKTIEBOLAG 475 KUNGÄLV PÅGEN AKTIEBOLAG 425 GOTHENBURG SANTA MARIA AB 375 MÖLNDAL Employed within foodstuffs and tobacco 2 225 Chemicals, energy and environment GÖTEBORG ENERGI AKTIEBOLAG 1 125 GOTHENBURG BOREALIS AKTIEBOLAG 975 STENUNGSUND RENOVA AKTIEBOLAG 825 GOTHENBURG EKA CHEMICALS AB 575 ALE PREEM AKTIEBOLAG 375 GOTHENBURG AKZO NOBEL SURFACE CHEMISTRY AKTIEBOLAG 375 STENUNGSUND INEOS SVERIGE AB 325 STENUNGSUND Employed within chemicals, energy and environment 4 575 Medical science and pharma ASTRAZENECA AB 2 375 MÖLNDAL SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AKTIEBOLAG 1 425 MÖLNDAL ASTRA TECH AKTIEBOLAG 1 025 MÖLNDAL MÖLNLYCKE HEALTH CARE AB 325 GOTHENBURG Employed within medical science and pharma 5 150 Automotive VOLVO CAR CORPORATION 11 025 GOTHENBURG VOLVO TRUCKS AKTIEBOLAG 4 075 GOTHENBURG VOLVO POWERTRAIN AKTIEBOLAG 925 GOTHENBURG JOHNSON CONTROLS SWEDEN AKTIEBOLAG 575 GOTHENBURG VOLVO BUSES AKTIEBOLAG 475 GOTHENBURG VOLVO TECHNOLOGY AB 425 GOTHENBURG INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP SWEDEN AB 325 GOTHENBURG Employed within automotive 17 825 Engineering, machinery and installations SKF SVERIGE AKTIEBOLAG 2 725 GOTHENBURG AKTIEBOLAGET VOLVO PENTA 425 GOTHENBURG ATLET AKTIEBOLAG 425 HÄRRYDA METSO POWER AB 375 GOTHENBURG BIS PRODUCTION PARTNER AB 325 STENUNGSUND WÄRTSILÄ SWEDEN AB 325 GOTHENBURG Employed within engineering, machinery and installations 4 600 Construction and real estate PEAB SVERIGE AB 475 GOTHENBURG NCC AKTIEBOLAG 425 GOTHENBURG SKANSKA SVERIGE AB 425 GOTHENBURG HSB GÖTEBORG EK FÖR 375 GOTHENBURG VEIDEKKE ENTREPRENAD AB 325 GOTHENBURG Employed within construction and real estate 2 025 Wholesale and retail ICA SVERIGE AB 975 KUNGÄLV WILLY:S AB 875 GOTHENBURG 8

COOP BUTIKER & STORMARKNADER AB 875 GOTHENBURG IKEA SVENSKA FÖRSÄLJNINGS AKTIEBOLAG 725 GOTHENBURG BILIA PERSONBILAR AB 675 GOTHENBURG HEMKÖPSKEDJAN AB 575 GOTHENBURG AKTIEBOLAG LINDEX 525 GOTHENBURG KAPPAHL SVERIGE AB 525 MÖLNDAL DAGAB AB 475 GOTHENBURG VOLVO PARTS AKTIEBOLAG 475 GOTHENBURG SYSTEMBOLAGET AKTIEBOLAG 375 GOTHENBURG HEDIN GÖTEBORG BIL AKTIEBOLAG 325 MÖLNDAL DIN BIL SVERIGE AB 325 GOTHENBURG Employed within wholesale and retail 7 725 Logistics and transportation POSTEN MEDDELANDE AB 2 075 GOTHENBURG VÄSTSVENSK TIDNINGSDISTRIBUTION KB 1 375 GOTHENBURG GS SPÅRVAGN AB 1 025 GOTHENBURG GS BUSS AB 775 GOTHENBURG SCHENKER AB 725 GOTHENBURG VOLVO LOGISTICS AKTIEBOLAG 675 GOTHENBURG SKANDIA CONTAINER TERMINAL AB 625 GOTHENBURG NETTBUSS AKTIEBOLAG 625 STENUNGSUND POSTEN LOGISTIK AB 625 GOTHENBURG SJ AB 575 GOTHENBURG SWEDAVIA AB 575 HÄRRYDA STENA LINE SCANDINAVIA AB 575 GOTHENBURG VEOLIA TRANSPORT SVERIGE AB 475 GOTHENBURG DHL FREIGHT (SWEDEN) AB 425 GOTHENBURG Employed within logistics and transportation 11 150 IT and communications technology VOLVO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AKTIEBOLAG 2 475 GOTHENBURG ERICSSON AB 2 375 GOTHENBURG SAAB AKTIEBOLAG 1 325 GOTHENBURG TELIASONERA SVERIGE AKTIEBOLAG 1 325 GOTHENBURG LOGICA SVERIGE AB 475 GOTHENBURG RUAG SPACE AB 325 GOTHENBURG Employed within IT and communications technology 8 300 Financial services, insurance and accounting SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA BANKEN AB 1 125 GOTHENBURG SWEDBANK AB 975 GOTHENBURG NORDEA BANK AB 925 GOTHENBURG IF SKADEFÖRSÄKRING AB (PUBL) 575 GOTHENBURG SVENSKA HANDELSBANKEN AB 525 GOTHENBURG VOLVO BUSINESS SERVICES AKTIEBOLAG 475 GOTHENBURG Employed in financial services, insurance and accounting 4 600 Hotel and restaurant SVENSKA MÄSSAN MÖTEN OCH HOTELL AKTIEBOLAG 525 GOTHENBURG SCANDIC HOTELS AKTIEBOLAG 475 GOTHENBURG Employed in hotel and restaurant 1 000 Technical consulting XDIN AKTIEBOLAG 625 GOTHENBURG SEMCON CARAN AB 525 GOTHENBURG COWI AB 525 GOTHENBURG 9

EPSILON UTVECKLINGSCENTRUM VÄST AB 325 GOTHENBURG Employed within technical consulting 2 000 Manpower agencies MANPOWER AKTIEBOLAG 875 GOTHENBURG LERNIA BEMANNING AB 825 GOTHENBURG PROFFICE SVERIGE AKTIEBOLAG 725 GOTHENBURG ADECCO SWEDEN AKTIEBOLAG 575 GOTHENBURG Employed by manpower agencies 3 000 Security, property services and office services SAMHALL AKTIEBOLAG 1 475 GOTHENBURG SODEXO AB 625 GOTHENBURG SECURITAS SVERIGE AKTIEBOLAG 525 GOTHENBURG ISS FACILITY SERVICES AB 425 GOTHENBURG G4S SECURITY SERVICES (SVERIGE) AB 375 GOTHENBURG Employed within security, property services and office services 3 425 Education, Healthcare & Social Care CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AKTIEBOLAG 2 675 GOTHENBURG GÖTEBORGSKOOPERATIVET FÖR INDEPENDENT LIVING, GIL EK. FÖR. 625 GOTHENBURG HUMANA ASSISTANS AB 575 GOTHENBURG STIFTELSEN BRÄCKE DIAKONI 575 GOTHENBURG PRAKTIKERTJÄNST AKTIEBOLAG 525 KUNGÄLV ATTENDO SVERIGE AB 425 GOTHENBURG ARGOLIS & MARKS ASSISTANS AB 375 GOTHENBURG Employed within education, healthcare & social care 5 775 Culture, media, entertainment and leisure GÖTEBORGS KYRKLIGA SAMFÄLLIGHET 875 GOTHENBURG GÖTEBORGS-POSTENS NYA AKTIEBOLAG 625 GOTHENBURG LISEBERG AKTIEBOLAG 625 GOTHENBURG GÖTEBORGSOPERAN AKTIEBOLAG 525 GOTHENBURG CASINO COSMOPOL AB 375 GOTHENBURG Employed in culture, media, entertainment and leisure 3 025 Total number of employees in the 100 largest companies in the Gothenburg region 86 400 Source: CFAR 2011, numbers of employees in round sums 10

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