Grow to your full potential in Espoo!

Fact and Figures

• the second largest and fastest growing city in Finland
• part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area
• 270 000 inhabitants
• 24 % of the Helsinki Capital Area population live in Espoo
• 19 000 students
• over 51 % of over 24 year-old residents hold a university degree
• 24 % population growth within the next 20 years
• a city of young people – 20 % of inhabitants are under 15 years old
• 50 % of the Helsinki Stock Exchange turnover
• city of nature – 95 lakes, 165 islands, 58 km of coastline
• from the 100 biggest Finnish corporations 20 have their headquarters in Espoo
• Espoo Innovation Garden entrepreneurial ecosystem was ranked among the top 5 rising stars in MIT's global research in 2014 that covered over 200 university-based entrepreneurial ecosystems

The heart of Espoo Innovation Garden, Tapiola-Keilaniemi-Otaniemi area, the biggest innovation hub in Northern Europe:

• approx. 43 000 people working in the area
• 43 989 residents
• 64,1 % of over 24 year-old residents hold a university degree
• 100 nationalities
• 16 000 professionals in ICT and knowledge intensive sector
• a new startup is born every week
• 14 000 students
• 5000 researchers
• 25 R&D centres