How many new companies were registered in August 2026?
In August 2026, PRH's trade register recorded 1,861 registrations. 1,775 were limited or public limited companies, and 62 were housing or mutual real-estate companies.
New companies in Finland, August 2026
PRH's trade register recorded 1,861 registrations in August 2026. 1,775 were limited or public limited companies.
Registrations
1,861
- 1,775
- 62
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Municipalities and regions
Helsinki was the month's largest registration municipality.
The chart shows the 12 largest municipalities. Other municipalities account for 754 registrations. Regions come from Statistics Finland's 2026 municipality classification. 6 registrations had no municipality in that classification.
Helsinki
450
Espoo
135
Turku
98
Tampere
92
Vantaa
88
Oulu
68
Lahti
43
Jyväskylä
34
Kuopio
27
Pori
26
Rovaniemi
25
Lappeenranta
21
Uusimaa
838
Varsinais-Suomi
193
Pirkanmaa
177
Pohjois-Pohjanmaa
117
Päijät-Häme
63
Lappi
59
Keski-Suomi
58
Satakunta
55
Pohjois-Savo
42
Kymenlaakso
37
Pohjanmaa
37
Kanta-Häme
35
Industries
The largest TOL 2008 section was Professional, scientific and technical activities.
The largest single code was 70200 Business and other management consultancy activities, 186 companies. A section is assigned only for code set TOIMI4.
Professional, scientific and technical activities
342
Information and communication
219
Financial and insurance activities
202
Construction
182
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
165
Real estate activities
165
Accommodation and food service activities
90
Administrative and support service activities
90
Human health and social work activities
76
Other service activities
72
Manufacturing
71
Arts, entertainment and recreation
52
Transportation and storage
51
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
37
Education
30
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
9
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation
6
Mining and quarrying
2
70200 Business and other management consultancy activities
186
62100 Computer programming activities
152
64210 Activities of holding companies
107
68203 Rental and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate
75
64990 Other financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding n.e.c.
71
41000 Construction of residential and non-residential buildings
63
68202 Operating of own or leased dwellings and residential real estate
50
56111 Restaurants and cafeterias
48
95312 Other repair and maintenance of motor vehicles
36
43220 Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
22
73112 Other activities of advertising agencies
22
86220 Medical specialists activities
22
Example companies
Limited companies registered this month.
The list is the earliest 15 limited or public limited companies that included an http website in the same PRH record. It is not a size or revenue ranking.
Kursman Oy
43210 Electrical installation
- Business ID
- 3633413-3
- Municipality
- Helsinki
Grousehouse Oy
41000 Construction of residential and non-residential buildings
- Business ID
- 3642751-6
- Municipality
- Järvenpää
Lexoreg Oy
62100 Computer programming activities
- Business ID
- 3642884-2
- Municipality
- Espoo
SM Cybersecurity Oy
62200 Computer consultancy and computer facilities management activities
- Business ID
- 3642909-5
- Municipality
- Turku
Aretum Oy
62100 Computer programming activities
- Business ID
- 3643135-5
- Municipality
- Kauniainen
LifeLenz MedTech Oy
86910 Diagnostic imaging services and medical laboratory activities
- Business ID
- 3642766-3
- Municipality
- Helsinki
Maow Helsinki Oy
47750 Retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles
- Business ID
- 3643424-9
- Municipality
- Helsinki
Haivu Oy
62100 Computer programming activities
- Business ID
- 3643477-5
- Municipality
- Espoo
Papua Pataan Oy
62100 Computer programming activities
- Business ID
- 3644331-3
- Municipality
- Heinola
Riva Finland Oy
56111 Restaurants and cafeterias
- Business ID
- 3640996-7
- Municipality
- Helsinki
G-Class Arctic Protocol Oy
79120 Tour operator activities
- Business ID
- 3644770-1
- Municipality
- Helsinki
Pekon Paja Oy
62100 Computer programming activities
- Business ID
- 3645430-3
- Municipality
- Helsinki
Steelgaard Oy
46641 Wholesale of electrical equipment and supplies
- Business ID
- 3645227-9
- Municipality
- Helsinki
Dataveli Oy
62100 Computer programming activities
- Business ID
- 3645806-4
- Municipality
- Helsinki
OMA Labs Oy
62100 Computer programming activities
- Business ID
- 3645741-6
- Municipality
- Helsinki
Questions
New companies in August 2026, short answers.
Which municipality had the most registrations in August 2026?
Helsinki had the most registrations: 450.
Does this count bankruptcies?
No. The figure counts new registrations. Monthly instigated bankruptcies are on the separate Bankruptcies in Finland in 2026 page.
Method
How this month's count was calculated
The extract was queried on 2026-10-25 from PRH Open Data for 2026-08-01–2026-08-31. The published count is totalResults, 1,861 companies, and it matches the Business IDs read.
1. Query
The PRH companies search is bounded by the registration date. The page size is 100.
2. Check
A month is published only when every page is read and the unique in-month Business IDs equal totalResults.
3. Breakdown
Municipality, region, company form, and TOL code are counted from the record's current fields. A section requires code set TOIMI4.
Limits
- The registration date is the trade register's registrationDate, which can differ from the Business ID's first date.
- Housing companies and mutual real-estate companies remain inside the total.
- Private traders' names are not published.
- Bankruptcies are not in the count. They are on the separate Bankruptcies in Finland in 2026 page, from Statistics Finland data.
Cite this research
A clear source for the original data.
DM Faster Data (2026). New companies in Finland, August 2026. https://dmfaster.com/research/new-companies-finland/august-2026
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