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Top 20 listed companies by employees · 🇸🇪 Sweden

The biggest employers on the world's stock exchanges

Updated · employees (employees)

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Why these 20

Head count as reported in Wikidata for companies listed on a stock exchange. Big employers shape job markets: drill into your own country.

  1. 1

    H&M

    Swedish multinational clothing-retail company

    177,000

  2. 2

    AB Volvo

    Swedish manufacturing company

    102,000

  3. 3

    Ericsson

    Swedish provider of communications technology and services

    101,322

  4. 4

    AstraZeneca

    British-Swedish pharmaceutical company

    70,600

  5. 5

    Skanska

    Swedish multinational construction and development company

    56,000

  6. 6

    Electrolux

    Swedish multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances

    47,543

  7. 7

    Assa Abloy

    Swedish company

    47,426

  8. 8

    Atlas Copco

    Swedish industrial company

    45,781

  9. 9

    Volvo Cars

    Swedish automobile manufacturer

    43,000

  10. 10

    Saab Group

    Swedish aerospace and defense company

    22,000

  11. 11

    Telia Company

    Swedish multinational telecommunication provider

    20,800

  12. 12

    United Rentals

    American equipment rental company

    18,800

  13. 13

    Alfa Laval

    Swedish manufacturing company

    18,574

  14. 14

    Trelleborg AB

    global engineering group based in Trelleborg, Sweden

    16,701

  15. 15

    エボリューションゲーミング

    online gambling software company

    16,100

  16. 16

    Millicom

    Luxembourgish multinational telecommunications and media company

    15,800

  17. 17

    Embracer Group

    Swedish video game holding company based in Karlstad

    15,218

  18. 18

    Scandic Hotels Group

    Swedish hotel chain

    10,003

  19. 19

    Tele2

    multinational telecommunications company

    9,000

  20. 20

    Meda AB

    Swedish company

    5,200

How it is measured

Wikidata: items with a stock exchange (P414) and an employee count of 5,000 or more.

References

  1. Wikidata query: listed companies by employees, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-19 18:49 UTC.

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