About us

Family business

Begoma is a Swedish logistics company with a heritage from 1878 with a turnover of about 50m EUR, we handle about 40,000 transport assignments annually.

We are about 70 employees and are represented with offices in Malmö (HQ) and Gothenburg in Sweden – Swinoujscie and Gdynia in Poland – Tyniste in the Czech Republic – Rotterdam in the Netherlands – Kyiv in Ukraine and Kitwe, Zambia.

The family business, which is owned by Göran Malmberg, is characterized by short decision paths and a long-term perspective.

Business concept

We offer a wide range of transport solutions and work actively to improve the quality of our services. We are also developing our own IT solutions. We strive to constantly improve our service, and our focus is to offer transport solutions with a lower environmental impact.

We try to be competitive and yet stay profitable, we know we have extensive industry know-how, and our staff is both qualified and committed.

Values

Begoma’s operations are based on the core values of Competence and Commitment.

Competence: Begoma’s employees have extensive experience and extensive knowledge in road and rail transport, forwarding, customs, claims settlement, insurance issues, finance and IT. We strive to establish high levels of credibility with customers and suppliers and work continuously with the employees’ competence development.

Commitment: Begoma’s employees are sensitive to customers’ needs and both customers and suppliers receive a personal treatment.

History

Begoma’s ancestry stretches back to the 1870s when the brothers Gottfried and Lorens Beijer founded the companies G & L Beijer and Sydsvenska Ångfartygs AB in Malmö.

Here is the modern history of Begoma:

1998: G&L Beijer Spedition AB was acquired by Ingrid and Göran Malmberg, and the company’s name was changed to Begoma Spedition AB following a suggestion from one of its employees. The company had a turnover of approximately SEK 25 million and primarily served customers in Malmö.

2005: The subsidiary Begoma Spedice sro was established in the Czech Republic. The business consisted of freight forwarding services operated from an office in Tyniste nad Orlice.

2007: The company PolTruck in Trelleborg was acquired, creating a business segment for round-trip trailer traffic between Poland and Sweden. Turnover reached approximately SEK 75 million.

2009: The company Frank Gullberg Logistik in Skanör was acquired, establishing a business segment focused on full-load freight forwarding across Europe. Turnover reached approximately SEK 125 million.

2010: The company Länna Transporter in Skogås was acquired, creating a business segment specializing in scheduled groupage transport between Sweden and Switzerland.

2014: The company ABC Cargo / Ivans Åkeri in Svedala was acquired, integrating its groupage transport operations between Italy and Sweden into Begoma.

2016: The company CMA Scandinavia in Gothenburg was acquired, establishing a business segment for project transport worldwide, managed from the Gothenburg office. For the first time, turnover exceeded SEK 300 million.

2018: The company SWITA Transport in Landskrona was acquired.

2019: The subsidiary Begoma Spedycja sp zoo was established in Poland, with an office in Gdynia. The business focuses on freight forwarding services for the Polish market.

2021: The subsidiary Begoma Logistics BV was established in the Netherlands, with an office in Rotterdam.

2022: The subsidiaries Begoma Logistics LLC in Ukraine, with an office in Kyiv, and Begoma Logistics Zambia Ltd in Zambia, with an office, 12 trucks with trailers, and a maintenance facility on company-owned land in Kitwe, were established.

2024: The turnover surpassed SEK 500 million for the first time. The company now consists of approximately 70 employees across 8 offices in 6 countries.