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Foreign owned companies in Skåne 1

Foreign owned companies in SkåneAn overview of international firms operating in Skåne

Sweden Skåne, south of Sweden

2 Foreign owned companies in Skåne

Introduction

ith a population of over 1.2 million, Skåne is home to 13 percent of Sweden’s population,

and one of Sweden’s most densely populated regions. Skåne occupies a strategic location at the gateway to northern Europe, forming together with the greater Co-penhagen area one of Europe’s most dynamic regions – the Öresund Region. The region crosses the Öresund Sound and, since 2000, the two sides of the region are connected with a fixed link between Copenhagen and Malmö – the Öresund Bridge.

The strategic position of the region, close to Denmark and the rest of Northern Europe, and access to the large international airport of Kastrup, via the Öresund Bridge, and two of Sweden’s three largest ports, Skåne is highly accessible to international markets.

In a recent in-depth study of Skåne by the OECD, it labels the region as a world-class “knowledge and technology hub”, distinguished as one of the most inno-vative regions in Europe. Skåne has high educational attainments overall and boasts a significant degree

W of R&D expenditure (nearly 5% of GDP), much of this investment originating from business, and is home to the largest concentration of highly educated people in Northern Europe. OECD concludes that Skåne is without a doubt well placed to become one of OECD’s most competitive regions. Its strong innovation poten-tial and young labour force provide a sound base from which to engage with the global economy of the future.1

This reportThis report presents the number of foreign-owned companies in Skåne, the number of people employed in these companies, company size and their geographical and sector specific distribution. The analysis is based on national statistics gathered from Statistics Sweden, fo-cusing on foreign-owned employment locations, mea-ning that one parent company could be represented more than one time given that the company is present in multiple locations in the region. Please visit investinskane.com for an exhausitve list.

1 OECD (2012), OECD Territorial Reviews: Skåne, Sweden 2012, OECD Publishing.

OECD concludes that Skåne is without a doubt well placed to become one of OECD’s most competitive regions.


Sweden Skåne, south of Sweden

Skåne’s work for sustainable development is well-known throughout the world and has been awarded numerous prestigious prizes. The residential area Västra Ham-nen, shown in the picture above with the famous Turning Torso building by the spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, is one of the most enivronmentally adjusted resi-dential areas in the world, powered by 100 percent renewable locally produced energy. Thousands of representatives from cities and firms visits Västra Hamnen each year to learn from the the innovative ideas used in creating this unique district of Malmö. Foto: Martin Olsson.


DIAGR AM 1. NUMBER OF FOREIGN- OWNED EMPLOYMENT LOCATIONS IN SK ÅNE 2011.

Foreign-owned companies in Skåne

As Diagram 1 illustrates, the number of foreign-owned employment locations, meaning where a company em-ploys staff, has in Skåne steadily grown during the past 8 years. There are now over 3700 foreign-owned em-ployment locations in Skåne – a number that continues to increase. The growth in employment locations was 35 % between 2004 and 2011.

Especially steep upwards is the curve between 2010 and 2011. During this time, numerous large companies established employment locations in Skåne, employing

several hundreds of people (see chart below). Among these, the Finnish IT service company Tieto established six new employment locations in Lund, Helsingborg, Kristianstad, Malmö, Ystad and Trelleborg.

As this report will show, there are more than 40 countries represented in the region, with the close-by neighbor Denmark as the largest investor. Companies range from all industries, from the most dominant re-tail industry and business services, to life sciences, en-ergy and IT/telecom. (Source: Tillväxtanalys 2005–2012)

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There are now over 3700 foreign-owned employment locations in Skåne representing more than 40 countries – a number that continues to increase.


DIAGR AM 2. NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN FOREIGN- OWNED EMPLOYMENT LOCATIONS 2011.

Skåne is one of the most important business regions in Sweden, together with the capital region (Stockholm) and Västra Götaland (Gothenburg region). Diagram 2 shows that the number of employees working at foreign-owned employment locations in Skåne has increased from around 68000 in 2004 to 81000 in 2011; an increase with 19 % which is above both the Swedish average of 16 %, and Västra Götaland which expe-rienced an increase of 8 %.

An especially successful year in Skåne was 2009,

during which employment at foreign-owned employ-ment locations increased with over 2700 people or 3.5 % compared to the previous year. During that same time, employment at foreign-owned employment loca-tions in Stockholm increased with 2.1 % while they de-creased with –4,5 % in Västra Götaland. The increase in employees is also strong during 2011, and one example is the Austrian furniture company XXXLutz, which grew from 10 to 154 employees between 2010 and 2011. (Source: Tillväxtanalys 2005-2012)

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The number of employees working at foreign-owned employment locations in Skåne has increased with 19%, well above the national average


In order to gain an understanding of the size of foreign-owned employment locations in Skåne, they have been categorized into different groups depending on the number of people they employ. Taken together, the ma-jority of foreign-owned employment locations in Skåne are solo enterprises or micro companies with less than 10 employees. In total there are 2711 foreign-owned employment locations of this kind in Skåne.

There is one foreign-owned employment location employing 1000-1499 people in Skåne; Dutch-owned

DIAGR AM 3THE SIZE OF FOREIGN- OWNED EMPLOYMENT LOCATIONS IN SK ÅNE 2011 – IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.

Tetra Pak in Lund. Other large companies with 500 to 999 employees are DSBFirst (Denmark) and ISS Facility Services (Denmark), both located in Malmö. (Source: Statistics Sweden 2012)

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Small and medium sized employment locations dominates the business landscape in Skåne for foreign-owned firms


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DIAGR AM 4THE SIZE OF FOREIGN- OWNED EMPLOYMENT LOCATIONS IN SUB-REGIONS IN SK ÅNE – IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES 2011.

Municipalities included in each sub-region:4a: North-West Bjuv, Båstad, Helsingborg, Höganäs, Klip-pan, Landskrona, Svalöv, Åstorp, Ängelholm, Örkelljunga4b: North-East Bromölla, Hässleholm, Hörby, Kristianstad, Osby, Perstorp, Östra Göinge4c: South-West Burlöv, Eslöv, Höör, Kävlinge, Lomma, Lund, Malmö, Skurup, Staffanstorp, Svedala, Trelleborg, Vellinge4d: South-East Simrishamn, Sjöbo, Tomelilla, Ystad

The four Diagrams 4a–4d illustrate on a more detailed level how many foreign-owned employment locations there are in each sub-region in terms of number of em-ployees. In accordance with trends shown in a previous diagram (3), solo and micro enterprises dominate, with few or very few larger employment locations. In all sub-regions (Diagram 4a, 4b, and 4d) except the South-West, the largest category is employment locations with 1-4 employees, while solo enterprises dominate in the South-West (Diagram 4c).

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Most foreign-owned employment locations is found in the South-West corner of Skåne

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TABLE 1FOREIGN- OWNED EMPLOYMENT LOCATIONS AND INDUSTRY CLUSTERS IN SK ÅNE 2011.

Five industries dominate among foreign-owned em-ployment locations in Skåne: retail (16,7 %), real estate (12,3 %), wholesale trade (11,1 %), business services (10,8 %) and construction (10,4 %). Clothing (such as Lindex, Dressmann, Gant and Jack&Jones) and electro-nics (Elgiganten, Expert and Phonehouse) constitute a large part of retail companies. Some companies that

could be part of retail or wholesale trade are categori-zed into construction if they trade construction mate-rials (like Beijer Byggmaterial and Cramo). The biggest employment locations in business services are Danish ISS Faciity Services and American Manpower.(Source: Statistics Sweden 2012, Invest in Skåne 2012)

Rank Cluster Number of employment locations Share1 Retail 573 16,7 %2 Real Estates 424 12,3 %3 Other Wholesale Trade 383 11,1 %4 Business Services 372 10,8 %5 Construction Industry 356 10,4 %6 IT/Telecom 173 5,0 %7 Logistics 144 4,2 %8 Life Science 143 4,2 %9 Tourism, Events and Sports 114 3,3 %10 Food 112 3,3 %11 Finance and Insurance 107 3,1 %12 Creative/Copyright Industries 76 2,2 %13 Other Manufacturing and Extraction 70 2,0 %14 Manufacturing Industry 67 1,9 %15 Energy 63 1,8 %16 Other Private Services for Individuals 54 1,6 %17 Textile Industry 38 1,1 %18 Education 37 1,1 %19 Unknown 34 1,0 %20 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 33 1,0 %21 Research and Development 23 0,7 %22 Water, Sewerage, Waste management and Remediation Activities 17 0,5 % 23 Paper/Pulp Industries 10 0,3 % 24 Wood Products/Furniture 6 0,2 % 25 Vehicles 5 0,1 % 26 Steel/Metal Industries 4 0,1 %


TABLE 2FOREIGN OWNED COMPANIES REPRESENTED IN SK ÅNE.

As can be seen in Table 2, a handful of countries have a particularly strong presence in the Skåne region. Den-mark is by far the most established owner-country, followed by Norway, Great Britain and Germany.

Danish companies predominate in industries such as retail, real estate and wholesale trade. The biggest companies are DSBFirst and ISS Facility Services, both located in Malmö.

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Rank Country Number of companies1 Denmark 5112 Norway 3033 Great Britain 2404 Germany 2225 Netherlands 1946 USA 1757 Luxembourg 1418 Finland 989 France 9210 Switzerland 7611 Cyprus 4212 Ireland 3813 Saudi Arabia 3114 Italy 2215 Japan 2016 Belgium 1717 Spain 1518 Austria 1519 Jersey 1320 Virgin Islands 1221 Hong Kong 822 Malta 823 Poland 824 Iceland 725 China 626 Australia 527 Canada 5

Rank Country Number of companies 28 South Africa 529 Bahamas 430 Bermuda 431 Estonia 432 Netherlands Antilles 433 India 334 New Zealand 335 Israel 236 Liechtenstein 2 37 Panama 238 Portugal 239 Samoa 240 Slovakia 241 Slovenia 242 Hungary 243 Bosnia and Herzegovina 144 Bulgaria 145 Greece 146 Croatia 147 Kuwait 148 Latvia 149 Malaysia 150 Mali 151 Mexico 152 Serbia 153 Singapore 1

Sweden’s other neighbor Norway also has a strong presence in the region. Norwegian companies can mainly be found within retail, real estate and logistics. Examples of employment locations are Bring and Malmö Aviation. British employment locations are primarily active in bu-siness services, followed by real estates and retail, with companies such as Trygg Hansa Insurances and CGI (fd Logica).


DIAGRAM 5TOP 10 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED WITHIN SUB-REGIONS IN SK ÅNE 2011.

Diagram 5 shows how the employment locations of the 10 most represented countries are distributed within Skåne. Most owner-countries choose to establish in the South-West; the economic engine of Skåne. The num-ber of job opportunities here amount to over a quarter of a million – more than twice as many as in the North-West with the second biggest labor market in Skåne.

Denmark is the dominating owner-country, with many employment locations in the trade intensive South-West where, in addition, the distance to Denmark is short due to the Øresund bridge linking together Malmö with Copenhagen. (Source: Statistics Sweden 2012)

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Denmark, France, Norway and Germany are among the top owner-countries for foreign firms operating in Skåne


DIAGRAM 6ESTABLISHMENT STRUCTURE OF FOREIGN- OWNED EMPLOYMENT LOCATIONS IN SK ÅNE 2011.

To demonstrate how foreign countries have entered the market in Skåne, Diagram 6 shows how 1 948 of the foreign owned employment locations have established themselves in Skåne. As can be seen, most foreign-ow-ned employment locations have come to exist through purchase/acquisition or through new establishments. Examples of acquisitions are the Norwegian company Posten Norge (later named Bring) that bought Citymail

in 2006, and the Swedish fashion company Lindex that was bought by the Finnish listed company Stockmann in 2007. Acquisitions like these have a clear impact on statistics since these companies have several employ-ment locations. Only a small share, 4 %, enters the market through joint ventures. (Source: Tillväxtanalys 2012)

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Most foreign-owned employment locations in Skåne comes through purchase/aquisition or new establishments


FOREIGN- OWNED EMPLOYMENT LOCATIONS: DISTRIBUTION OF INDUSTRIES2 WITHIN SUB-REGIONS IN SK ÅNE.

(Source: Statistics Sweden 2012)2 Based on SNI 2007

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Wholesale and retail tradeManufacturingConstructionElectricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supplyAgriculture, forestry and fishingUnknownMining and quarryingWater supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

Wholesale and retail trade dominates the distribution of foreign-owned employment locations in Skåne


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One of the largest investments in research infrastructure in Europe is now taking place in Skåne with the construction of the European Spallation Source (ESS)and the MAX IV Laboratory in Lund. The two research facilities will attract over 6000 scientist annually to the region and be used by high-tech firms within a number of sectors as a vital part of their internal R&D and future competitiveness. Foto: ESS.

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