The consulting engineering firm Artelia has performed well in its first year after the company joined forces with the international Artelia Group in December 2019. The company presents a strong annual result and, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Artelia has both top line and bottom line growth as well as a 6 % increase of number of employees.

Flexibility and growth
2020 was highly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Large parts of the market disappeared when Denmark went into lockdown. Luckily, the propensity to invest remained on other markets, making it possible for Artelia to continue its growth. Not least because of the employees’ and clients’ adaptability. New forms of collaboration were implemented, and employees were able to work from home.

“We have achieved a strong annual result and this is especially because of our employees, who have remained ambitious and shown flexibility. I would also like to thank our clients and business partners for their collaborations – also at a distance” states Christian Listov-Saabye, CEO, Artelia.

Development and expansion in the Nordic region
Together with Artelia, Artelia is preparing for a continued expansion in the Nordic region. In the fall of 2020, Dr. techn. Olav Olsen became part of Artelia and Business Unit Nordics, which Artelia is head of. Dr. techn. Olav Olsen is strongly represented in Norway. The company has both national and international projects and they work with design of building structures, infrastructure, and off-shore projects.

Artelia recently won a major Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Iceland with Team Framtíðarlína consisting of Artelia, Gottlieb Paludan Architects and the Icelandic consulting firms HNIT and YRKI. The team is to design the region of Reykjavik’s new public infrastructure with the ambition to create one of the world’s most sustainable public transports systems.

“The many projects and collaborations we have started with Artelia, confirm our strategy as well as our ambitions for continued growth in the Nordic region” Christian Listov-Saabye states.

Christian Listov-Saabye
Christian Listov-SaabyeCEO
+45 2540 0107
cls@arteliagroup.dk
MOE, Artelia and the rest of Team Framtíðarlína will design the new Bus Rapid Transit-system in Reykjavik, which will be one of the world’s most sustainable public transport systems.
Result – Artelia Denmark (t. DKK) 2020 2019
Net turnover 781,428 750,315
Results primary operations 57,273 53,210
Results after tax 42,128 41,077
Equity 123,416 127,857
Operating profit margin 7.3 7.1
Solvency ratio 25.5 31.5
Return on equity 33.4% 34.9%
Together with Artelia, Artelia will be consultant of a large bicycle parking project by Gare du Nord in Paris. ©  Paul Fleury

About Artelia

Artelia is one of Denmark’s largest multidisciplinary consulting engineering companies with more than 900 employees spread across offices in Denmark. Artelia is part of Artelia Group, an international multidisciplinary consultancy, engineering and project management group specialising in the sectors of building construction, infrastructure, water, industry and energy. The Group has 6,100 employees, offices in more than 40 countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas and is 100 % owned by its managers and employees.

Photo: Rasmus Hjortshøj

Contact information

For more information, please contact:

CEO
Christian Listov-Saabye
+45 25 40 01 07
cls@arteliagroup.dk