AINS Group increased its net sales by more than 10% and further improved profitability despite the challenging conditions in the construction market. Organic growth was driven in particular by data centres, public sector projects and the investments into green transition, especially in energy sector.
The multidisciplinary design and consulting company AINS Group improved both its market share and financial performance in 2025. The company’s net sales increased by 10% year on year to EUR 147 million (2024: EUR 134 million), with growth being largely organic. EBITA (IFRS) improved to EUR 10.9 million (2024: EUR 6.3 million), representing 7.4% of revenue.
– Despite a weak market environment and intense price competition across the sectors, we succeeded in growing our revenue in line with our targets. The profitability development also remained positive. Growth was driven by our own performance and strong client work across construction management, structural engineering, building services and industrial engineering, as well as infrastructure design – in other words, across almost all of our service areas, says CEO Kari Kauniskangas.
The year was driven in particular by data centres, public real estate, hospital and infrastructure projects, as well as industrial green transition initiatives, especially in the energy sector. These projects highlighted AINS Group’s strong multidisciplinary value chain in construction management and design, as well as its expertise in data security management. A key driver behind the improvement in profitability was the increase in the billing rate.
– The improved billing rate reflects our success in allocating resources effectively, but also a stabilisation in market conditions. Project suspensions and delays decreased compared to previous years, allowing us to progress projects more smoothly than before, Kauniskangas explains.
Even in a tight market environment, client satisfaction with AINS Group’s services remained at an excellent level and improved further.
– An operating model that emphasises excellent client experience, combined with a people centred corporate culture, are among our key success factors. Team spirit within our immediate teams is strong, and we have excellent managers. We want to continue highlighting the issues that matter most to our employees, Kauniskangas says.
In renovation design, the anticipated upturn has yet to materialise. Weak demand in residential construction continued to translate into intense price competition, which particularly affected architectural design. Low demand was addressed through flexible allocation of expertise across organisational units, targeted temporary layoffs, and some reductions in roles.
AI and circular advantage
In its development activities, AINS Group focused on productivity and sustainability expertise through its Digital Productivity programme and by launching services aligned with the principles of the circular economy.
The primary focus of internal development was on data management to enhance AI readiness, as well as on building company specific AI assistants. A more advanced version of the customer and project management system developed by Groups’s sofware developers was launched under the name Ahjo, incorporating artificial intelligence.
Within its environmental responsibility services, AINS Group introduced the Circular Intelligence concept to guide circular economy based design and construction management across its assignments. The company is committed to the Circular Economy Green Deal agreement supporting these objectives. Measurement of environmental handprint showed that company’s experts actively promoted the circular economy in one out of every three client projects.
– Our clients’ operating environment increasingly requires higher productivity and resource efficiency, where materials are used as sparingly as possible and virgin materials even more so. In addition, structures and products in use must be designed for extensive reuse. Circular Intelligence is our response to these needs, Kauniskangas states.
AINS Group was also strongly involved in advancing AI and circular economy development across the construction sector as a whole. Its experts contributed to the Ethical AI playbook 2.0 published by the Building Information Foundation RTS, modelled future construction sector teams in the HiFive project, and developed new circular economy solutions in the Jätkäsaari Circular Economy Block, Mustikkamaa Circular Economy Warehouse and Vallila Circular Economy Block projects.
Data security supports demanding projects
The high quality of AINS Group’s project‑based business, already underpinned by certified quality and environmental management systems, was further strengthened with ISO 27001 certification for data security. The certification is exceptionally extensive within the consulting sector, covering all Group’s business units and offices.
– Our mature approach to information security management supports cybersecurity in projects such as critical infrastructure, the defence and security sector, and data centre developments. It also strengthens our own capabilities for the controlled use of artificial intelligence, Kauniskangas notes.
In 2025, the company also transitioned from sector‑specific quality and environmental systems to a single integrated ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 management system. The group is owned by Finnish private equity firm Vaaka Partners and 180 employee shareholders, and includes the operating companies A‑Insinöörit Rakennuttaminen Oy, A‑Insinöörit Suunnittelu Oy and the architecture firm ONE Architects Oy.
Further details on AINS Group’s key development steps and objectives in 2025 are available in the company’s Annual and sustainability report 2025, published today in Finnish.
AINS Group key figures 2025
Further information:
Kari Kauniskangas, CEO, AINS Group
Media enquiries via Communications
Silja Sarkamo
Tel. +358 50 379 4767
silja.sarkamo@ains.fi
Kari Kauniskangas, CEO, AINS Group
Media enquiries via Communications
Silja Sarkamo
Tel. +358 50 379 4767
silja.sarkamo@ains.fi