Vitality unit
The task of the vitality unit of the city of Äänekoski is to strengthen the vitality of the Äänekoski region by enabling economic activity, improving competitiveness and increasing employment.
Business Äänekoski
Äänekoski is a modern city and home to many internationally known products and companies. Äänekoski combines the unpolished beauty of nature and high-tech solutions.
Business consulting
The company's advisory, development and internationalization services are part of the business of the vitality unit of the city of Äänekoski.
Employment subsidies for recruitment
The city of Äänekoski supports employers in hiring employees and creating new jobs. Support can be granted to companies, registered associations, foundations and private employers.
Employment assistance for associations and foundations
The City of Äänekoski's employment grants for associations and foundations are now open for applications. An allocation of 2025 euros has been reserved for employment service grants for 60, from which grants can be awarded to associations and foundations as operating grants and/or operational development grants.
Vacancies in the city of Äänekoski
We collect all the open jobs in the city, which can also be found through the municipal registry. Through Kuntarekry, you can also create a job search monitor that notifies you of the latest jobs directly to your email.
Summer jobs for young people
The 2025 summer job search begins in February. On this page you will find additional information and links to application forms for 2025 summer jobs and summer entrepreneurship vouchers. We will also announce the summer job search on the city's social media channels.
Summer work voucher
The City of Äänekoski's summer job campaign also supports local companies and associations that employ 16-18 year olds for summer jobs. This page contains information for employers and a link to the application form.
Expressions and exercise advice
In 2025, the city of Äänekoski will offer unemployed job seekers from Äänekoski free consultations at the VesiVelho swimming pool on the first Friday of every month, as well as free exercise advice.
Employment services projects
In recent years, the city of Äänekoski has had several projects related to employment services. There are currently no employment services projects underway.
Company register
In the company search, you can find basic public information reported to the trade register by companies in the Äänekoski region. From the service search, you can search for company contact information, products and services under the titles of 20 different main categories and more than 160 more specific subcategories.
Rural action
The cooperation area of the rural administration includes the municipalities of Kannonkoski and Konnevesi and the cities of Saarijärvi and Äänekoski. Saarijärvi is the host municipality of the cooperation area.
Business plots
The city offers versatile plots of land for commercial construction, industrial and warehouse use in various parts of Äänekoski.
Business places
The future of your company lives here. We have six developing growth playgrounds with business plots and a thousand opportunities for business cooperation. The global tactic led by bioeconomic concentration and Nelostie keeps our game open far beyond the borders.
Premises and plot service
You can register your vacant premises or plot of land in our service for free! For the announcement, you need the basic information of the space or lot, such as location, surface area, price and equipment, as well as good quality photos.
Business support information service (TEM)
The purpose of the public information service is to enhance the transparency and monitoring of business subsidies and to provide information on the targeting and development of subsidies.
Open higher education
Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences (Jamk) and the Open University of the University of Jyväskylä jointly offer open higher education in Äänekoski. The city of Äänekoski supports the studies of its citizens by awarding open university scholarships. In addition, young people aged 18–29 who have moved from Äänekoski to study elsewhere are entitled to an annual study scholarship of 350 euros, if they keep Äänekoski as their home municipality.
Sustainable business in Äänekoski
Sustainable business is a way for companies to influence and find new growth opportunities. The city of Äänekoski wants to enable the international biocircular economy ecosystem and the development of sustainable business and entrepreneurship.
Register your company in Visit Äänekoski
Companies and organizations working in tourism can announce their own services on the Visit Äänekoski pages. Topics come to the website by theme and category.
Pro Nemus visitor center
Metsä Group's Pro Nemus visitor center in the Äänekoski factory area offers a cross-section of the group's operations, products and innovations in an experiential and memorable way.
ÄäneHub remote workspace
ÄäneHub is a community workspace and meeting place for entrepreneurs, those interested in entrepreneurship, the self-employed, students and everyone working remotely. ÄäneHub offers everyone free remote work spaces with fast connections from the center of Äänekoski. Welcome to work!