KISTA SCIENCE CITY

Establish business in Kista Science City

By establishing your business in Kista Science City your company will become part of one of the world’s top 5 ICT clusters. In terms of size, Kista Science City covers a larger area with more ICT companies, employees and highly qualified researchers than most ICT clusters worldwide.

Many major Swedish ICT companies have chosen to establish their head offices here, including Ericsson, Tele2 and Enea. Several major international ICT companies have also chosen to establish their Nordic offices here, such as IBM, Microsoft, Intel, Oracle, SUN Microsystems, Huawei etc. Alongside these companies are a large number of smaller innovative Swedish growth companies and a steady stream of new technology startups.

Håkan Eriksson, CTO, Ericsson
"Kista Science City is at the heart of our world-leading operations and a natural place for our head office. Kista Science City is today one of the leading global clusters in mobile communication and is therefore an obvious headquarters for Ericsson. Its proximity to Arlanda Airport and the availability of skilled co-workers are important components in the success of the Kista Science City cluster”.

Service Providers
Even if the main concentration of companies in Kista Science City are ICT companies, we can see a trend that the area is becoming highly popular among service suppliers, such as lawyers, patent agencies, accountant firms, media and advertising agencies and recruitment firms that want to be close to their customers.

Flexible, modern properties
Strong growth in the area is reflected in the wider availability of top class office and conference premises as well as the major investments by the City of Stockholm and private players in infrastructure and residential property. The centre of Kista Science City is characterised by recently completed buildings, including well-known projects such as Kista Science Tower and Kista Terrass.

Active real estate owners
Perceptive and active real estate owners have helped the area to continue growing with several attractive and modern office properties due to be completed over the next few years. One of the latest additions is the most centrally located exhibition and event centre in Sweden, Kistamässan Expo Centre, which is to enhancement the area’s strong visitor service with another central hotel.