Attendo
Attendo is a Nordic care services company that provides elderly care, disability care, individual and family care, and social psychiatry services. Its operations are organized into two business areas, Scandinavia and Finland, with services delivered mainly through local care homes, home care, and outsourced care contracts.
Fiscal year 2025 · change from previous year
Development 2020–2025
Business
Share of revenueResidential care homes and home care services for elderly people.
Care and support services for people with disabilities.
Specialized care services for individuals, families, and psychiatric support needs.
Smaller service lines and ancillary care-related activities.
Customers
Attendo serves people with care needs, including older adults, individuals with disabilities, and clients needing family or psychiatric support services. Its customers also include public-sector buyers and municipalities that procure care capacity through outsourced contracts, while end users are the care recipients and their relatives.
Buys nursing home and home care services for aging populations and long-term care needs.
Municipalities and public authorities procure outsourced care capacity and placements.
Require structured support, housing, and daily assistance tailored to disability needs.
Need social care, family support, and psychiatric services delivered in local settings.
Strategy
Attendo’s strategy centers on efficient care delivery, the right competence, and growth in capacity and service quality across the Nordic region. The company emphasizes organic growth, selective acquired growth, digitalization, and a sustainability-led operating model that supports long-term trust with customers, employees, and public stakeholders.
Care delivery must be scalable and consistent across many local units.
New capacity is needed to meet rising care demand from demographics.
Service quality depends on recruiting, developing, and retaining staff.
Public trust and long-term license to operate depend on care quality and ESG performance.
Geography
Attendo operates across the Nordic region through two business areas: Finland and Scandinavia. Reported net sales are split between Finland at 58% and Scandinavia at 42%, reflecting a business built around local care delivery and country-specific public funding and regulation.
Risks
Attendo is exposed to political and regulatory risk because private care provision depends on public funding, procurement rules, and policy decisions. Operationally, the business is sensitive to staffing availability, capacity utilization, contract renewals, and reputational issues, while financial risk also comes from leases, liquidity, and interest rates.
- Political and regulatory riskImpact: HighLikelihood: Medium
Private care providers depend on national and municipal decisions on funding and regulation.
Exposure: Nordic care markets
- Capacity utilization riskImpact: HighLikelihood: Medium
Care homes and units need occupancy to absorb fixed operating costs.
Exposure: Own-operated homes and new capacity
- Skilled employee availabilityImpact: HighLikelihood: Medium
Care quality and service continuity depend on recruiting and retaining staff.
Exposure: All care operations
- Lease and impairment riskImpact: HighLikelihood: Medium
New homes and leased properties can trigger right-of-use and goodwill impairment judgments.
Exposure: Property-heavy operations
- Reputational riskImpact: MediumLikelihood: Low
Negative media or care-quality issues can reduce contract wins and employee attraction.
Exposure: Public-facing care services
Accounting
Judgemental itemsCare homes and land/building leases create significant right-of-use assets and liabilities.
Impact: Affects leverage, depreciation, and interest expense
Acquired care operations require periodic impairment testing.
Impact: Can create large non-cash write-downs
Care contracts can become loss-making if pricing, staffing, or occupancy deteriorate.
Impact: Affects operating profit and liabilities
Own property development projects are classified for sale after completion.
Impact: Changes balance-sheet presentation and timing of gains/losses
Lease liability measurement depends on geographic discount-rate inputs.
Impact: Moves lease liabilities and finance costs
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Last updated: 24/09/2026