TEK is still the second largest member union of Akava. According to Akava's membership data, its largest affiliate is the Trade Union of Education in Finland (Opetusalan Ammattijärjestö OAJ, 111,855 members), the second largest is TEK (81,427 members) and the third largest is the Union of Professional Engineers in Finland (Insinööriliitto IL, 75,256 members). The top three are the same as in 2024.
TEK's membership increased by 2,065 members from last year.
"I am delighted and humbled that more and more people are finding TEK membership useful and important. In ten years, TEK has grown by around 10,000 members and the number of full members by around 3,000. We are moving in the right direction," says Jari Jokinen, CEO of TEK.
"We can serve our members and pursue goals that are meaningful to them when we know our members. This is why I am very pleased that almost half of TEK's members (47%) had been in touch with us during 2024," Jokinen continues.
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Akava's ten largest affiliates by membership
| Union | Number of members |
| Trade Union of Education in Finland (OAJ) | 111,855 |
| Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK | 81,427 |
| Union of Professional Engineers in Finland (IL) | 75,256 |
| The Finnish Business School Graduates SEFE (Ekonomit) | 58,285 |
| Union of Professional Business Graduates in Finland TRAL (Tradenomit) | 33,957 |
| Finnish Medical Association (Lääkäriliitto) | 30,148 |
| Union of Professional Social Workers (Talentia) | 26,489 |
| Akava Special Branches (Akavan Erityisalat) | 24,643 |
| The Union of Professionals in Natural, Environmental and Forestry Sciences Loimu | 17,097 |
| Association of Finnish Lawyers (Juristiliitto) | 15,918 |
In relative terms, the largest increase of 3.9% was registered by the Social Science Professionals (Yhteiskunta-alan korkeakoulutetut YKA). The relative growth of TEK was 2.6%.
At the beginning of 2025, the number of members of Akava unions was 623,924, which is 625 more than in the previous year.
There are 127,404 student members in Akava's member unions who are studying at universities and universities of applied sciences. Akava's affiliates have 67,703 pensioner members.
11,769 of Akava's members are full-time entrepreneurs and 11,022 are part-time entrepreneurs, making a total of 22,791 self-employed members.
Akava's Board of Directors confirmed the membership of the unions on 25 February 2025.
Read more about the membership figures in Finnish: akava.fi/jasenmaarat
Read more about Akava's affiliates