Saab
Saab (SAAB-B.ST) is a publicly traded Established Primes company founded in 1937 and based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Saab was founded in 1937 in Trollhättan, Sweden, and is headquartered in Stockholm, with development and manufacturing in Linköping. It reports through business areas that include Aeronautics, Dynamics, Surveillance and Naval, which Saab set up on April 1, 2026 to bring its naval businesses together. Saab earns revenue by selling fighter aircraft, airborne early warning systems, missiles and shoulder-fired weapons, radars, submarines and support services, mainly to governments and armed forces. Its 2025 sales were SEK 79.1 billion. From January to September 2026 order bookings rose 123% to SEK 152.5 billion and sales rose 27% to SEK 65.2 billion, and its order backlog reached SEK 364.2 billion on Sept. 30, 2026, up from SEK 274.5 billion at the end of 2025. Saab had 30,649 full-time equivalents in that period, and its B shares trade on Nasdaq Stockholm.
Saab's third-quarter 2026 order bookings more than tripled to SEK 65.8 billion, led by a SEK 24.6 billion contract signed June 30, 2026 for 16 Gripen E fighters for Ukraine. On June 29, 2026 Poland ordered three A26 submarines worth about SEK 47 billion. GlobalEye drew a SEK 10.1 billion order for two aircraft in July 2026, NATO talks for up to ten and a September 2026 term sheet with Canada for six. On June 17, 2026 Saab announced an €11.1 million investment for a 10% stake in Paris-based battlefield AI company Comand AI.
At a glance
Total raised
Undisclosed
Headcount
10k+
Headquarters
Stockholm
SwedenFounded
1937
Status
Public
Subsector
Defense, ranked
Top 25 Defense companies →Funding history
Total raised
—
Rounds tracked
0
No dated funding rounds on file. This company is privately held and may be raising or operating on undisclosed capital.
