Focus industries

All business is good business, but we're especially focused on inviting newcomers to Helsinki in the fields of ICT, Smart Maritime, Health, Smart & Clean as well as Smart Mobility.

ICT

Helsinki is a world class location for all things digital, thanks to the Nokia heritage and the new generation tech startups. You can find up-to-date information about the sector on the Helsinki Business Hub website.

Smart maritime

Helsinki is where ICT meets maritime. Helsinki region combines the volumes, know-how and resources to succeed in the global smart maritime market. You can find up-to-date information about the sector on the Helsinki Business Hub website.

Health

The Health field makes our world go round. Whether it’s our own health, the food we eat or our pets, Health and Life Sciences have a huge impact on our lives. Helsinki is operating as one of the world’s best testbeds for clinical testing and proof of concepts. It hosts 500 health & life sciences companies, revenues of €8,5 billion, two World-class universities and a talent pool of 29,000 professionals. You can find up-to-date information about the sector on the Helsinki Business Hub website.

Smart & Clean

Helsinki is indeed both smart and clean. It hosts 300 core smart & cleantech companies and 20 relevant R&D centres while its entire smart & cleantech ecosystem comprises of 1,660 firms, 12,500 professionals and revenues of €5.3 billion. You can find up-to-date information about the sector on the Helsinki Business Hub website.

Smart mobility

Helsinki is a global pioneer in offering services & creating new business through smart mobility solutions.

Finland hosts the first mobility as a service ecosystem in the world
Helsinki has a pool of 116 000 skillful technical ICT talents and 25 000 technical cleantech professionals, plus electric vehicles technology alone has 4 400 specialists in Finland
Helsinki region’s cities encourage testing & piloting of MaaS related concepts by providing testbed areas and facilities, making innovative procurements in MaaS related fields such as smart parking and real-time traffic information
Helsinki has open access to data for everyone in the metropolitan area and provide resources such as city space, infrastructure and even users for MaaS pilots
The legislation is favourable for smart mobility solutions – current legislation already allows the use of automated vehicles in road traffic, and government and the Helsinki region cities are committed to further deregulate legislation.

You can find up-to-date information about the sector on the Helsinki Business Hub website.