Annual rank74
Sweden · Healthcare
Ambea publ
Provides elderly care, disability services, psychosocial support, welfare staffing and professional training.
FY2022–FY2025
FY2022–FY2025
FY2022–FY2025
current context only
Company profile
Care settings, specialist brands and a Nordic quality system
Ambea provides residential and community-based care across Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. Its specialised brands cover elderly care, disability support, psychosocial services, schools, rehabilitation, personal assistance, clinical staffing and professional learning. Municipalities and Nordic wellbeing-service authorities buy places or contract Ambea to run units, while staff work close to residents through decentralised operations supported by shared quality, training and follow-up systems.
Elderly care
Vardaga turns daily routines into named care concepts
Vardaga runs Swedish nursing homes and selected home-care services. Its Food Like Home kitchens prepare meals within the unit; Pet Therapy, Young Care and activities managers add companionship; Good Night creates an individual sleep plan; and the Dementia Academy supports staff knowledge and certification.
- Explore Vardaga Nursing homes, home care and named quality-of-life concepts
- How elderly care is delivered Apartments, communal spaces, meals and round-the-clock staffing
- Capacity and care in 2025 New care places, resident feedback and the Nordic footprint
- Why Ambea calls itself competence-based Skills, language training and partnerships with municipalities
Disability and psychosocial support
Four national brands adapt support to different life stages
Nytida combines group homes, assisted living, schools and day activities in Sweden. Stendi adds Norwegian residential care, foster homes and personal assistance. Validia provides Finnish rehabilitation and enhanced care, including its MONA concept, while Altiden spans Danish nursing homes, disability services and support for children and families.
- Nytida in Sweden Residential care, schools, day activities and its pedagogical framework
- Stendi in Norway Supported living, activity centres, foster homes and personal assistance
- Validia in Finland Rehabilitation, enhanced care, personal assistance and the MONA concept
- Altiden in Denmark Elderly, disability, child, youth and family services
Skills and quality
Mobile clinical teams sit beside a Nordic learning hub
Klara supplies nurses, occupational therapists and physiotherapists through mobile teams and supports student health in Swedish schools. Lära trains and supervises around 13,000 people a year through classroom, online and tailored formats. Group quality is followed through unit inspections, monthly indices, resident surveys and external reviews.
- Klara clinical teams Round-the-clock nursing, rehabilitation and student-health services
- Lära learning Training, coaching, digital courses and recorded lectures
- Quality in every unit Inspections, the Quality Index, surveys and non-conformance reporting
- Quality governance Unit councils, the central department and board oversight
Nordic operating model
Local decisions connect to a four-country platform
Ambea combines own-management units on long leases, time-limited contract management for public clients, and separate staffing or training agreements. Operations remain decentralised close to residents, while the group shares skills and quality systems. Its timeline stretches from a 1903 Saltsjöbaden care institution to the 2025 Validia acquisition.
- How the services fit together Housing, support, education, staffing and contract forms
- All seven operating brands The country and service role of each specialised name
- How new units join the group Decentralised responsibility, shared learning and acquisition criteria
- Explore the care history From Saltsjöbaden in 1903 to a four-country Nordic group
- ▶ VideoWatch: Ambea in one minute The issuer's short introduction to people and care settings
Official profile sources: Our history - Ambea · About Ambea - Ambea
Current 2026 update
What has changed in 2026?
Humana offer announced 29 June 2026 · 29 June 2026
Humana offer announced 29 June 2026latest official update
4company-specific highlights
+1%2026 stock return · context only
Net sales
Q1 net sales increased 15.8% to SEK 4,220 million; organic growth was 4% and acquired growth 13%.
Adjusted EBITA
Adjusted EBITA rose 23.8% to SEK 380 million and its margin increased to 9.0% from 8.4%.
Recommended offer for Humana
Ambea valued its recommended Humana offer at about SEK 2.96 billion excluding the CVR; consideration combines cash, Ambea shares and a CVR, with 41.9% undertakings and board support.
Expected synergies and costs
Ambea estimates annual pre-tax cost synergies of about SEK 120 million, alongside about SEK 90 million of 2026 transaction costs and SEK 150 million of one-off synergy costs.
Official 2026 sources: Ambea´s interim report January – March 2026 · 7 May 2026 · Ambea announces a recommended public offer to the shareholders of Humana, aiming to combine the companies · 29 June 2026
Annual record
Ranking history
Future editions add rows; they do not rewrite the 2026 record.
| Edition | Measurement period | Rank | Revenue growth | Net-income growth | Stock return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | FY2022–FY2025 | 74 | +31% | +87% | +246% |