Sweden: investments in private equity by sector

This statistic illustrates the total amount of investments of private equity firms in Sweden as of 2016, broken down by business sector. Private equity is the OTC provision of equity capital through private or institutional investments with the participation of companies in another company for a limited time in order to generate financial benefits. It can be seen that private equity investments in consumer goods and services reached a value of more than 856.2 million euros at that time.

Private equity investments in Sweden in 2016, by sector (in 1,000 euros)

Characteristic	Investment by sector in 1,000 euros
Consumer goods and services	856,212
Biotech and healthcare	818,972
ICT (Communications, computer and electronics)	480,457
Business products and services	436,438
Financial and insurance activities	172,703
Construction	27,328
Transportation	24,949
Energy and environment	5,318
Agriculture	2,237
Chemicals and materials	116
Other	4,646

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Release date

July 2017

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Sweden

Survey time period

2016

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* The source does not provide any data for the given sector in the year 2013.
Private equity is the OTC provision of equity capital through private or institutional investments with the participation of companies in another company for a limited time in order to generate financial benefits.

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