Company Directory / Online Media
PrivateFor profitOnline MediaStockholm, Sweden
The Local
The Local publishes the latest local and international news, including politics, business, sports, culture, analysis, and opinions.
- Founded
- 2004 22 years ago
- Staff
- 11-50 38 on LinkedIn
- Followers
- 9k on LinkedIn
- Funding
- $26M as listed, USD
AUTHENTIC EUROPEAN NEWS, SOURCED LOCALLY The Local is the largest English-language news network in Europe, with seven million readers every month. Our entertaining blend of daily news, business and features has made the site essential reading for foreign professionals in Europe. We now have editions in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, and Italy.
Set against six million companies
Size
11-50 people: larger than 33% of companies with a size listed. 38 people list it on LinkedIn.
Age
22 years old.
Reach
Website ranked #189,638 in the world for traffic, about 235k visits a month. 9,095 followers on LinkedIn.
What it does
JournalismMedia and EntertainmentNewsPublishingNewsDigital AdvertisingCommunitiesMediaContentInternational CommunicationNative Advertisingjournalism
Funding, as listed
$26M raised in total
- Rounds4
- LatestSeries unknown, May 2011
- Latest amountUSD 1,585,205
- Investors3
What the source datasets report. We have not watched these rounds ourselves.
Every detail we hold
Everything the source datasets list about The Local, field by field. Contact details are held but never shown.
The company
- Name
- The Local
- Type
- For profit
- Status
- Private
- Founded
- 2004
- Founders
- James Pearn, James Savage, Paul Rapacioli
- Industry
- Online Media
- Categories
- Journalism, Media and Entertainment, News, Publishing
- Specialities
- News, Digital Advertising, Communities, Media, Content, International Communication, Native Advertising, journalism
Where
- City
- Stockholm
- Country
- Sweden
- Markets
- European Union (EU), Nordic Countries, Scandinavia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
Size and reach
- Staff band
- 11-50
- People on LinkedIn
- 38
- LinkedIn followers
- 9,095
- Web traffic rank
- #189,638
- Monthly web visits
- 235,041
- Apps
- 1
Funding, as listed
- Total
- $25,600,000 USD
- Rounds
- 4
- Latest round
- Series unknown
- Latest round date
- May 2011
- Latest amount
- 1,585,205 USD
- Investors
- 3
- Listing status
- private
Corporate family
- Acquisitions made
- 1
About this record
- Sources
- Crunchbase, LinkedIn
- Last imported
- Sept 2026
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