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Bakery in Gävle

Town · 86,533 residents
Town onlyWithin 3 kmWithin 10 kmWithin 25 km
54of 100

Opportunity score

Balanced

High confidence

Supply roughly matches similar areas.

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Why this score (54/100)

Room in the market52average
Population growth–left out
Momentum–left out
Survival–left out
Financial trend62strong

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
22
– vs 12 months ago
Per 10,000 residents
2.5
similar areas 2.7 · Sweden 3.2
Opened and closed, 3 years
5 opened – closed
last 12 months: 2 opened, – closed
Population
86,533

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Each dot is a place of business at its registered address. Click a dot to see the company.

There are 22 active businesses in the category “Bakery” in Gävle - 2.5 per 10,000 residents.

That is about the same as similar-sized areas (median 2.7 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 23.

In the last 3 years 5 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.

Compared with Sweden

Bakery in Gävle against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Gävle kommun), from 13 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 54% 37% More here
Companies with negative equity 8% 8% About the same
Losses two years in a row 38% 21% More here
Median equity ratio 65% 39% Stronger
Revenue per employee SEK 1.1m SEK 1.1m About the same
Staff costs per employee SEK 461k SEK 433k Higher
Run by chains (3+ places) 0% 5% Fewer chains

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: 32017Opened 2018: 02018Opened 2019: 12019Opened 2020: 02020Opened 2021: 22021Opened 2022: 22022Opened 2023: 02023Opened 2024: 22024Opened 2025: 12025Opened 2026 (so far): 2Closed 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 1.5m
13 companies filed
Profitable
46%
revenue trend +3.4%
01.0m2.0m3.0m4.0m20172019202120232025Gävle 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 bakery in Gävle.

Competition

Share of the 3 largest operators14% · 22 owners

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

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.23 · Sweden: 0.46
Average age of active businesses9.6 yrs · Sweden: 9.9
Younger than 2 years14% · Sweden: 23%
Older than 10 years38% · Sweden: 38%

A typical mix of new and established businesses.

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 one10,619 · 10%
More than 10 km7,590
Farthest neighbourhood (5,000+ residents)2.8 km · Sätra (Gävle)

Measured from each neighbourhood centre in the municipality.

Jobs – Gävle kommun

01020302022202320242025Employees

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

Existing businesses

22 in all, newest first.

NameAddressSince
· Enskild firma Norrskensgatan 1 B Lgh 1104, 802 77 Gävle 2026
· Enskild firma Södra Centralgatan 12 A Lgh 1102, 802 51 Gävle 2026
· Enskild firma Kålhagsgatan 2 Lgh 1107, 802 53 Gävle 2025
· Aktiebolag Drottninggatan 17, 803 20 Gävle 2024
· Aktiebolag Norra Skeppargatan 3, 803 20 Gävle 2024
· Aktiebolag Styrmansgatan 49, 802 86 Gävle 2022
· Aktiebolag Nygatan 40, 803 11 Gävle 2022
· Enskild firma Gullregnsgatan 10 B Lgh 1403, 802 82 Gävle 2021
· Aktiebolag Södra Norelundsvägen 25, 804 24 Gävle 2021
· Aktiebolag Drottninggatan 21, 803 11 Gävle 2019
· Aktiebolag Kryddstigen 14 G, 802 92 Gävle 2017
· Aktiebolag Kartlavsvägen 5, 805 92 Gävle 2017
· Aktiebolag Gävle Brovägen 25, 802 93 Gävle 2017
· Aktiebolag Norra Kungsvägen 42, 806 41 Gävle 2015
· Aktiebolag Ludvigsbergsvägen 16, 818 31 Valbo 2014
· Enskild firma Norra Skeppargatan 11, 803 20 Gävle 2013
· Aktiebolag Södra Rådmansgatan 6, 802 51 Gävle 2010
· Aktiebolag Drottninggatan 6, 803 20 Gävle 2010
· Aktiebolag Norra Fiskargatan 5 F, 803 10 Gävle 2009
· Handelsbolag / kommanditbolag Norra Kungsgatan 7, 803 20 Gävle 2008
· Aktiebolag Södra Stapeltorgsgatan 16 B, 802 53 Gävle 1995
· Aktiebolag Odenvägen 21, 804 27 Gävle –

Recently opened


Norrskensgatan 1 B Lgh 1104, 802 77 Gävle
Aug 2026

Södra Centralgatan 12 A Lgh 1102, 802 51 Gävle
Jul 2026

Kålhagsgatan 2 Lgh 1107, 802 53 Gävle
Mar 2025

Recently closed

None in the last 2 years.

Comparable areas

Same type of area, similar population.

AreaResidentsActivePer 10kScore
Umeå94,243192.054
Södertälje78,377334.237
Borås75,565162.159
Norrköping98,229343.537
Lund (Lund)98,308232.361
Växjö74,052253.443

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.