Careium
Careium is a Sweden-based technology-enabled care company that provides personal alarms, connected care devices, and related monitoring services for older adults and other people who need support. Its business combines hardware, software, alarm receiving centres, installation, and recurring service contracts across Europe.
Fiscal year 2025 · change from previous year
Development 2022–2025
Business
Share of revenueHardware devices and related equipment used for personal safety and care monitoring.
Recurring monitoring, alarm response, installation, and support services.
Customers
Careium sells to municipalities, care organizations, insurance companies, and private individuals, with end users typically being seniors or others needing assistance. The offering is designed to help customers provide safer, more independent living while improving the efficiency of care delivery.
Buy alarm and monitoring solutions for public care provision and procurement frameworks
Use hardware, software, and monitoring services to support care operations
Purchase or reimburse safety and monitoring solutions for policyholders
Buy direct solutions for home safety, reassurance, and independence
Use the devices and services to stay safe and connected at home
Strategy
Careium’s strategy is built around combining recurring service revenues with hardware and software that support safer, more independent living. The company emphasizes innovation, digital care solutions, and long-term customer relationships in markets where public care systems and aging populations support demand.
Recurring contracts improve visibility and deepen customer relationships in care markets
Software-enabled monitoring and connected devices strengthen differentiation
The business depends on uninterrupted monitoring and response for end users
Ageing demographics and care capacity constraints support demand
Geography
Careium operates mainly across Europe, with core activity in the Nordics and additional markets in Germany, France, Spain, and the Netherlands. The company manufactures most products in Asia and distributes them through a European warehouse and local alarm receiving centres, which makes supply chain and logistics an important part of the business model.
Risks
Careium’s main risks stem from supply chain dependence, service continuity, information security, and regulatory requirements for connected care products. Because the company handles personal data and relies on Asian manufacturing plus European logistics and monitoring centres, disruptions or compliance failures can affect both operations and trust.
- Supply chain disruptionsImpact: HighLikelihood: Medium
Products are mainly manufactured in Asia and shipped to Europe, creating logistics and lead-time exposure
Exposure - Service continuityImpact: HighLikelihood: Medium
Alarm receiving centres must operate reliably to protect end users
Exposure: Monitoring centres and support operations
- Information leaksImpact: HighLikelihood: Medium
The company processes large amounts of personal data from end users and customers
Exposure: User privacy and service functionality
- Changes in legal product requirementsImpact: MediumLikelihood: Medium
Connected care products are subject to evolving EU and local regulations
Exposure - Currency risksImpact: MediumLikelihood: Medium
Operations and purchases span multiple currencies across Europe and Asia
Exposure: Cross-border sales and sourcing
Accounting
Judgemental itemsHardware is recognized differently from recurring monitoring and service contracts, affecting timing and mix
Impact: Product sales and service sales are separately disclosed
Some Swedish sales were affected by accounting for financial leases, changing reported net sales timing
Impact: Can shift revenue between periods
Carrying value depends on future earnings and cash flow assumptions for cash-generating units
Impact: Could materially affect assets and profit
Recognition depends on expected future taxable profits and use of loss carryforwards
Impact: Affects tax assets and equity
Customer payment risk requires individual assessment and provisioning
Impact: Affects operating profit and working capital
Offices, premises, equipment, and vehicles create right-of-use assets and liabilities
Impact: Affects balance sheet and EBITDA-like measures
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Last updated: 24/09/2026