How many new companies were registered in January 2026?
In January 2026, PRH's trade register recorded 1,802 registrations. 1,705 were limited or public limited companies, and 64 were housing or mutual real-estate companies.
New companies in Finland, January 2026
PRH's trade register recorded 1,802 registrations in January 2026. 1,705 were limited or public limited companies.
Registrations
1,802
- 1,705
- 64
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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 744 registrations. Regions come from Statistics Finland's 2026 municipality classification. 6 registrations had no municipality in that classification.
Helsinki
429
Espoo
151
Turku
78
Vantaa
77
Tampere
77
Oulu
71
Jyväskylä
54
Kuopio
27
Porvoo
26
Nurmijärvi
24
Lahti
23
Pori
21
Uusimaa
839
Varsinais-Suomi
161
Pirkanmaa
155
Pohjois-Pohjanmaa
116
Keski-Suomi
80
Pohjois-Savo
50
Satakunta
46
Päijät-Häme
43
Pohjanmaa
42
Etelä-Pohjanmaa
39
Lappi
39
Kanta-Häme
34
Industries
The largest TOL 2008 section was Professional, scientific and technical activities.
The largest single code was 70200 Business and other management consultancy activities, 168 companies. A section is assigned only for code set TOIMI4.
Professional, scientific and technical activities
317
Financial and insurance activities
198
Information and communication
185
Real estate activities
179
Construction
170
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
158
Administrative and support service activities
102
Accommodation and food service activities
97
Other service activities
77
Human health and social work activities
69
Manufacturing
64
Arts, entertainment and recreation
58
Transportation and storage
46
Education
40
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
30
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
9
Mining and quarrying
1
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation
1
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
1
70200 Business and other management consultancy activities
168
62100 Computer programming activities
124
64210 Activities of holding companies
93
68203 Rental and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate
89
64990 Other financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding n.e.c.
71
41000 Construction of residential and non-residential buildings
67
56111 Restaurants and cafeterias
63
68202 Operating of own or leased dwellings and residential real estate
58
95312 Other repair and maintenance of motor vehicles
31
73112 Other activities of advertising agencies
25
85599 Other miscellaneous educational n.e.c.
21
86990 Other human health activities n.e.c.
20
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.
ML-Kattopalvelu Oy
41000 Construction of residential and non-residential buildings
- Business ID
- 3581006-2
- Municipality
- Kangasala
LVI Kuivalainen Oy
43220 Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
- Business ID
- 3588496-9
- Municipality
- Joensuu
HelpKo Oy
85599 Other miscellaneous educational n.e.c.
- Business ID
- 3590551-2
- Municipality
- Helsinki
Omusubi Labs Oy
62200 Computer consultancy and computer facilities management activities
- Business ID
- 3590200-4
- Municipality
- Tampere
HTJ Styling & Showroom Oy
96210 Hairdressing and barber activities
- Business ID
- 3591704-6
- Municipality
- Helsinki
Kotihetki Oy
85593 Language schools and centres
- Business ID
- 3591922-8
- Municipality
- Helsinki
Silt Oy
62100 Computer programming activities
- Business ID
- 3591915-6
- Municipality
- Helsinki
Sähkö- ja elektroniikkapalvelu Mantsinen Oy
43210 Electrical installation
- Business ID
- 3591903-3
- Municipality
- Joensuu
Ehasa Oy
93290 Amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
- Business ID
- 3585069-7
- Municipality
- Helsinki
HyperStrong International (Finland) Oy
43210 Electrical installation
- Business ID
- 3579880-9
- Municipality
- Helsinki
Neon DSP Oy
62100 Computer programming activities
- Business ID
- 3592062-4
- Municipality
- Kuopio
Helmi Momentum Oy
70200 Business and other management consultancy activities
- Business ID
- 3592375-3
- Municipality
- Pieksämäki
M.Rantasalo Oy
33140 Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment
- Business ID
- 3589847-1
- Municipality
- Raisio
EveryRep Oy
62100 Computer programming activities
- Business ID
- 3591981-8
- Municipality
- Helsinki
Globexa Oy
46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade
- Business ID
- 3592434-2
- Municipality
- Turku
Questions
New companies in January 2026, short answers.
Which municipality had the most registrations in January 2026?
Helsinki had the most registrations: 429.
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 2026-01-01–2026-01-31. The published count is totalResults, 1,802 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, January 2026. https://dmfaster.com/research/new-companies-finland/january-2026
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