Axel Johnson AB group
Axel Johnson AB group is a family company now in the fourth and fifth generations that builds, transforms and develops businesses within retail trading and trading-related services in the European market, with a focus on the Nordic region. Group companies today comprise Axel Johnson International, Novax, Servera, Svensk Bevakningstjänst, Åhlens and the partly owned listed companies Axfood and Mekonomen. The wholly and partly owned companies in the Axel Johnson AB group have total annual sales in excess of SEK 54 billion and approximately 17,000 employees.
Every day more than a million people come into contact with employees or products and services from one of the Axel Johnson companies. The department stores and specialty stores in the Åhléns group alone attract around 300,000 visitors daily, and Axfood, through its network of stores or via franchise-owners, offers food to a large part of Sweden’s population.
Servera meets the consumer as a food wholesaler to restaurants, staff canteens, hospitals and schools. Many people drive around with car parts from Mekonomen, and others enjoy a more secure workplace thanks to Svensk BevakningsTjänst.
Axel Johnson International is a technology trading company and conducts operations throughout Europe. Through a large number of companies in market-leading positions, the group distributes industrial and consumer products to corporate customers. Novax is an investment company that invests in growth companies. Designtorget, Filippa K, Himla and WESC are some companies in Novax’s current investment portfolio.
Axel Johnson AB group is one of three independent groups in the Axel Johnson Group together with the property company AxFast and the U.S. company Axel Johnson Inc. The Group also has stakes in Nordstjernan. The Axel Johnson Group is owned by Antonia Ax:son Johnson and her family.