B2B prospect lists for Finland.

01  The Finnish market

Nineteen regions, including Åland

Statistics Finland's regional classification divides the country into 19 regions (maakunnat), including the autonomous Åland Islands. They are Uusimaa, Southwest Finland, Satakunta, Kanta-Häme, Pirkanmaa, Päijät-Häme, Kymenlaakso, South Karelia, South Savo, North Savo, North Karelia, Central Finland, South Ostrobothnia, Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, North Ostrobothnia, Kainuu, Lapland and Åland. A prospect list can be scoped to one region, several neighbouring regions or the whole country.

Industrial and manufacturing: machinery, metals and forest products

According to Statistics Finland's business register, manufacturing establishments employed 300,899 full-time equivalent staff in 2024. Uusimaa accounted for 70,667, Pirkanmaa for 33,269 and Southwest Finland for 30,946. Machinery and equipment manufacturing employed 45,411, with the most staff in Uusimaa, Pirkanmaa, Southwest Finland and Ostrobothnia. Basic metals employed 12,300, concentrated in North Ostrobothnia (2,505), Lapland (2,197) and Satakunta (2,126). Paper and paperboard employed 17,138, led by South Karelia (2,814), Uusimaa, Pirkanmaa and Kymenlaakso. Wood products employed another 16,963 (North Ostrobothnia 2,267, South Savo 1,706).

Energy and environmental technology: nuclear, wind and hydro

Finland consumed 84.7 TWh of electricity in 2025, according to Statistics Finland's preliminary figures, and domestic production covered 93% of it. The monthly statistics put domestic production at about 78.9 TWh: nuclear power 31.3 TWh, wind power 22.2 TWh, hydropower 12.3 TWh, combined heat and power 10.7 TWh and solar power 1.0 TWh. Wind power output grew by 10% compared with 2024, while hydropower fell by 13%. Finland was a net importer of electricity, with net imports of about 5.6 TWh, mainly from Sweden.

Pharma and life sciences: Uusimaa, Southwest Finland and North Savo

Statistics Finland counted 59 pharmaceutical manufacturing establishments in 2024. Of those, 25 were in Uusimaa, 11 in Southwest Finland, whose regional centre is Turku, and 8 in North Savo, whose regional centre is Kuopio. The chemicals industry employed 11,854 full-time equivalent staff, of which 5,151 were in Uusimaa, 1,678 in Southwest Finland and 826 in Central Ostrobothnia.

Food and agriculture: 31,099 full-time equivalent staff

Food manufacturing establishments employed 31,099 full-time equivalent staff in 2024 (Statistics Finland). Uusimaa had the most, at 7,836, followed by South Ostrobothnia (3,582), Southwest Finland (2,663), Satakunta (2,294) and Ostrobothnia (2,138).

How a Finnish list is built

Choose your unit, describe what you sell and name the regions you want covered, or the whole country. Nexfield works through all 56 sub-sectors of your unit and returns only companies that are probable buyers, never your competitors. Each row comes with region, city, sub-sector, company size, a priority rating and one sentence explaining why the company belongs on your list.