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Architect in Gävle

Town · 86,533 residents
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25of 100

Opportunity score

Crowded

High confidence

More competition than similar areas, or a weak trend.

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Why this score (25/100)

Room in the market18weak
Population growth–left out
Momentum–left out
Survival–left out
Financial trend50average

The line marks 50, the average. The score compares this area with others of the same type; the gap to peers compares it with areas of similar size. Parts marked – can't be calculated here and are left out; the others count more. How the score is calculated

Active now
17
– vs 12 months ago
Per 10,000 residents
2.0
similar areas 1.2 · Sweden 4.1
Opened and closed, 3 years
1 opened – closed
last 12 months: 1 opened, – closed
Population
86,533

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There are 17 active businesses in the category “Architect” in Gävle - 2.0 per 10,000 residents.

That is more than similar-sized areas (median 1.2 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 10.

In the last 3 years 1 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.

Compared with Sweden

Architect in Gävle against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Gävle kommun), from 9 companies. Survival can't be calculated for Sweden yet: Statistics Sweden's Business Register keeps only some of the older closures, so closures are counted from 4 October 2026, when we started collecting.

GävleSwedenGävle SwedenVerdict
Made a loss 22% 32% Fewer here
Companies with negative equity 0% 3% Fewer here
Losses two years in a row 11% 17% Fewer here
Median equity ratio 51% 60% Weaker
Revenue per employee SEK 1.6m SEK 897k Higher
Staff costs per employee SEK 653k SEK 552k Higher
Run by chains (3+ places) 0% 2% About the same

Trend

Active businesses over time

Gävle

This line starts on 4 October 2026, when closures start being known, and grows as we collect.

Openings and closures per year

0123Opened 2017: 12017Opened 2018: 02018Opened 2019: 02019Opened 2020: 02020Opened 2021: 02021Opened 2022: 32022Opened 2023: 02023Opened 2024: 02024Opened 2025: 12025Opened 2026 (so far): 0Closed 2026 (so far): 02026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Closures are counted from 4 October 2026; years before show openings only.

Money

Financials – Gävle kommun

Median revenue
SEK 1.8m
9 companies filed
Profitable
78%
revenue trend -8.1%
05.0m10m15m20172019202120232025Gävle kommunSweden
Gävle kommunSweden

Only limited companies (AB) and a few other forms file annual reports with Bolagsverket – sole traders don't. Figures for Sweden are net sales from digitally filed reports.

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for architect in Gävle.

Competition

Share of the 3 largest operators18% · 17 owners

No company runs more than one place of business here, an independent market.

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.12 · Sweden: 0.36
Average age of active businesses18.5 yrs · Sweden: 11.6
Younger than 2 years6% · Sweden: 15%
Older than 10 years71% · Sweden: 43%

An established market: many businesses have been here for years.

Moving in and out

Moved here (3 years)0 · 12 months: 0
Moved away (3 years)0 · 12 months: 0
Net0

A move is a place of business closing and the same company opening one in another area within 90 days. Chains are left out. A business that moves and keeps its place-of-business number isn't counted here yet, so the real number of moves is higher.

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one22,318 · 21%
More than 10 km13,848
Farthest neighbourhood (5,000+ residents)5.9 km · Valbo (Gävle)

Measured from each neighbourhood centre in the municipality.

Jobs – Gävle kommun

0510152022202320242025Employees

Average number of employees reported in the annual reports of companies that file accounts, sole proprietorships are not included.

Existing businesses

17 in all, newest first.

NameAddressSince
· Aktiebolag Lövens Tä 7, 802 57 Gävle 2025
· Aktiebolag Floravägen 2, 802 67 Gävle 2022
· Aktiebolag Atlasgatan 8, 802 86 Gävle 2022
· Aktiebolag Atlasgatan 8, 802 86 Gävle 2022
· Enskild firma Arentvägen 7, 806 48 Gävle 2017
· Aktiebolag Atlasgatan 8, 802 86 Gävle 2014
· Aktiebolag Fleminggatan 38, 802 55 Gävle 2013
· Aktiebolag Stuvaregatan 60, 803 02 Gävle 2012
· Aktiebolag Södra Skeppsbron 35, 802 86 Gävle 2012
· Aktiebolag Södra Skeppsbron 35, 802 86 Gävle 2012
· Aktiebolag Strandvallen 1, 805 95 Gävle 2008
· Enskild firma Södra Centralgatan 14 A, 802 51 Gävle 1998
· Aktiebolag Vågskrivargatan 5 1 Tr, 803 20 Gävle 1995
· Aktiebolag Hantverkargatan 33, 803 23 Gävle 1993
· Enskild firma Banérgatan 2, 802 67 Gävle 1991
· Aktiebolag Södra Skeppsbron 35, 802 86 Gävle 1991
· Aktiebolag Bäverstigen 14, 806 41 Gävle 1987

Recently opened


Lövens Tä 7, 802 57 Gävle
Dec 2025

Recently closed

None in the last 2 years.

Comparable areas

Same type of area, similar population.

AreaResidentsActivePer 10kScore
Umeå94,243414.413
Södertälje78,377141.840
Borås75,565111.539
Norrköping98,229181.832
Lund (Lund)98,308858.612
Växjö74,052182.45

Population of Gävle

Statistics Sweden
83k84k85k86k87k2024Residents

Who lives here

Statistics Sweden · 2026
Children 0-14 14%
Young 15-24 12%
Adults 25-44 28%
Adults 45-64 24%
Seniors 65-79 15%
80 and older 7%

The line marks the average for Sweden.

Average age43.0 yrs · Sweden: 42.3
Average net income per person (20+)SEK 316k · Sweden: SEK 367k
Households with children24% · Sweden: 29%
Post-secondary education (age 25–65)45% · Sweden: 50%
Jobs located here*52,796
Commute in / out every day*10,806 / 9,130
Jobs per working resident*1.03 · Sweden: 1.00

Roughly as many jobs as working residents.

* Figure for the municipality – Statistics Sweden does not publish it for smaller areas.

Counts are workplaces (arbetsställen) in Statistics Sweden's Business Register with a main industry code in this category. Businesses are placed at the workplace's position from the register; trades like electricians often work across a wider area – use the radius view. Statistics updated 13.11.2026.