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2026 EMPLOYER ATTRACTIVENESS RANKING
Volvo Group is the most attractive employer in Sweden’s OMX S30 for 2026, at 31%. Industrial and engineering names lead the ranking, ahead of the country’s best-known banks and consumer brands.
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Volvo Group is Sweden’s most attractive OMX S30 employer in 2026 at 31%, up 7 points year on year.
A cluster of engineering names sits just behind the leader, with Alfa Laval, Sandvik and Atlas Copco all at 26%.
Among companies with low familiarity, Epiroc scores highest at 31%, with Lifco close behind at 30%.
Employer Attractiveness is determined by observing the percentage of the informed public (i.e. those familiar with the rated company) that say they are very likely to consider the rated company as a possible place to work. The percentage includes only those answering 6 or 7 on a 7-point scale.
| Nr.↕ | Company↕ | 2025↕ | 2026↕ | Change↕ | Familiarity↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volvo Group | 24% | 31% | +7 | 85% |
| 2 | Essity | 32% | 30% | -2 | 19% |
| 3 | Investor AB | 36% | 28% | -8 | 32% |
| 4 | Alfa Laval | 26% | 26% | — | 26% |
| 5 | Sandvik | 26% | 26% | — | 30% |
| 6 | Atlas Copco Group | 23% | 26% | +3 | 31% |
| 7 | Saab | 30% | 24% | -6 | 82% |
| 8 | ABB | 25% | 23% | -2 | 44% |
| 9 | Boliden | 19% | 22% | +3 | 32% |
| 10 | SKF | 20% | 21% | +1 | 40% |
| 11 | SCA | 28% | 21% | -7 | 25% |
| 12 | Ericsson | 20% | 21% | +1 | 71% |
| 13 | AstraZeneca | 18% | 20% | +2 | 70% |
| 14 | NIBE Industrier | 15% | 19% | +4 | 39% |
| 15 | Skanska | New | 19% | — | 61% |
| 16 | Assa Abloy | 20% | 17% | -3 | 44% |
| 17 | Handelsbanken | 16% | 15% | -1 | 82% |
| 18 | Telia Company | 12% | 14% | +2 | 92% |
| 19 | Swedbank | 10% | 14% | +4 | 90% |
| 20 | SEB | 11% | 13% | +2 | 78% |
| 21 | H&M | 11% | 13% | +2 | 93% |
| 22 | Nordea | 18% | 11% | -7 | 84% |
| 23 | Tele2 | 11% | 10% | -1 | 86% |
These companies are known to fewer than 15% of the public. With so few people familiar with them, their scores come from a small and unusually informed group rather than the general public, so they are not directly comparable to the main ranking and are listed separately here.
| Nr.↕ | Company↕ | 2025↕ | 2026↕ | Change↕ | Familiarity↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Epiroc | New | 31% | — | 11% |
| 2 | Lifco | New | 30% | — | 3% |
| 3 | Addtech | New | 28% | — | 2% |
| 4 | EQT | New | 28% | — | 8% |
| 5 | Hexagon | 23% | 23% | — | 8% |
| 6 | Industrivärden | New | 23% | — | 10% |
| 7 | Evolution Gaming | 19% | 18% | -1 | 10% |
METHODOLOGY
Employer Attractiveness is the percentage of the informed public, who say they would consider that company as a place to work.
Respondents rate the statement “If I were looking for a job, I would consider [company] as a place to work” on a 7-point scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree.The score is the share who answer 6 or 7, the two highest levels of agreement.
The 2026 results are based on 9,755 responses representative of the Swedish population, collected daily between January and July 2026 through Caliber’s real-time tracking study. Results can be broken down by age, sex, geography, and occupation.
Familiarity shapes how an Employer Attractiveness score should be read, because the score only counts people who already know the company.
Companies that serve niche audiences, operate in less visible industries, or provide B2B services tend to be less widely known. The people who do know them are more likely to be potential employees, which can lift Employer Attractiveness under this methodology.
Highly familiar companies reach a much broader audience through marketing, media presence, and consumer appeal. A smaller share of that audience are potential employees, which can pull scores in the other direction.
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