Ratos is a Stockholm-based, Nasdaq-listed long-term investment company that owns majority and minority holdings in Nordic companies across industry, consumer, construction and services, and infrastructure. It traces its roots to 1866 and operates as a listed serial acquirer and compounder, holding around thirteen portfolio companies and creating value through active ownership and add-on acquisitions rather than raising traditional closed-end funds. Its parent company is small while the consolidated group employs roughly 9,100 people, and it is led by CEO Gustaf Salford under Chairman Per-Olof Soderberg.
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Recent exits
Coverage notes
1 fund tracked, 19 portfolio companies (15 active · 4 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Sector breakdown
19 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund Ratos has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Ratos ABBuyoutActive1991 · 35yr15 active · 4 realized
Unrealized
15 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy |  Norway | 2013 | |
| Business Services |  Sweden | 2022 | |
| Industrials | Sweden | 2001 | |
| Construction | Sweden | 2004 | |
| Industrials | Sweden | 2001 | |
| Business Services | Sweden | 2022 | |
| E-commerce | Sweden | 2010 | |
| Industrials |  Finland | 2014 | |
| Construction | Sweden | 2022 | |
| Consumer |  Denmark | 2016 | |
| Consumer | Norway | 2016 | |
| Business Services | Norway | 2021 | |
| Construction | Norway | 2013 | |
| Logistics | Sweden | 2015 | |
| Healthcare | Sweden | 2015 |
Norway· Entry 2013Sweden· Entry 2022Sweden· Entry 2001Sweden· Entry 2004Sweden· Entry 2001Sweden· Entry 2022Sweden· Entry 2010Finland· Entry 2014Sweden· Entry 2022Denmark· Entry 2016Norway· Entry 2016Norway· Entry 2021Norway· Entry 2013Sweden· Entry 2015Sweden· Entry 2015Realized
4 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Services | Denmark | 2016 | 2025 | Secondary | – | ||
| Business Services | Sweden | 2006 | 2012 | Secondary | – | ||
| Data & Analytics | Sweden | 2005 | 2021 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Construction | Sweden | 2022 | 2026 | Trade Sale | – |
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