Books & stationery in Umeå
Opportunity score
Crowded
High confidenceMore competition than similar areas, or a weak trend.
See the five reasonsWhy this score (3/100)
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
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There are 13 active businesses in the category “Books & stationery” in Umeå - 1.4 per 10,000 residents.
That is more than similar-sized areas (median 0.6 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 6.
In the last 3 years 5 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
Compared with Sweden
Books & stationery in Umeå against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Umeå kommun), from 5 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.
| Umeå | Sweden | Umeå Sweden | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made a loss | 20% | 39% | Fewer here | |
| Companies with negative equity | 20% | 5% | More here | |
| Losses two years in a row | 20% | 22% | About the same | |
| Median equity ratio | 21% | 31% | Weaker | |
| Revenue per employee | SEK 2.4m | SEK 2.0m | Higher | |
| Staff costs per employee | SEK 492k | SEK 478k | About the same | |
| Run by chains (3+ places) | 31% | 9% | More chains |
Trend
Active businesses over time
UmeåThis line starts on 4 October 2026, when closures start being known, and grows as we collect.
Openings and closures per year
Closures are counted from 4 October 2026; years before show openings only.
Money
Financials – Umeå kommun
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 books & stationery in Umeå.
Competition
| 2 places |
New and established
A young market: many recent start-ups, dynamic, but less proven.
Moving in and out
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
Measured from each neighbourhood centre in the municipality.
Jobs – Umeå kommun
Average number of employees reported in the annual reports of companies that file accounts, sole proprietorships are not included.
Existing businesses
13 in all, newest first.
| Name | Address | Since |
|---|---|---|
| · Enskild firma | Hagaplan 7 Lgh 1101, 903 36 Umeå | 2026 |
| · Aktiebolag | Kungsgatan 59, 903 26 Umeå | 2025 |
| · Enskild firma | Rallarrosgränd 38 Lgh 1103, 903 53 Umeå | 2025 |
| · Enskild firma | Kvartsvägen 5 A Lgh 1002, 907 41 Umeå | 2024 |
| · Enskild firma | Vittervägen 81, 907 51 Umeå | 2024 |
| · Aktiebolag | Utmarksvägen 14 B, 903 45 Umeå | 2023 |
| · chain | Universums Gränd 8, 907 36 Umeå | 2019 |
| · A. Sandström Servicehandel AB · Aktiebolag | Skolgatan 63 B, 903 29 Umeå | 2017 |
| · Bokhandelsgruppen i Sverige AB · chain, 2 places here | Marknadsgatan 1, 904 22 Umeå | 2016 |
| · Enskild firma | Skidspåret 7 C Lgh 1201, 903 38 Umeå | 2012 |
| · Ekonomisk förening | Pilgatan 14, 903 31 Umeå | 2008 |
| · chain | Spårvägen 10, 901 31 Umeå | 2005 |
| · Bokhandelsgruppen i Sverige AB · chain, 2 places here | Östra Rådhusgatan 6, 903 26 Umeå | – |
Nothing matches.
Recently opened
Hagaplan 7 Lgh 1101, 903 36 Umeå | May 2026 |
Kungsgatan 59, 903 26 Umeå | Oct 2025 |
Rallarrosgränd 38 Lgh 1103, 903 53 Umeå | Sep 2025 |
Kvartsvägen 5 A Lgh 1002, 907 41 Umeå | Nov 2024 |
Recently closed
| None in the last 2 years. |
Comparable areas
Same type of area, similar population.
| Area | Residents | Active | Per 10k | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norrköping | 98,229 | 14 | 1.4 | 0 |
| Lund (Lund) | 98,308 | 22 | 2.2 | 4 |
| Gävle | 86,533 | 6 | 0.7 | 40 |
| Jönköping | 103,032 | 11 | 1.1 | 25 |
| Södertälje | 78,377 | 6 | 0.8 | 34 |
| Borås | 75,565 | 9 | 1.2 | 0 |
Population of Umeå
Statistics SwedenWho lives here
Statistics Sweden · 2026The line marks the average for Sweden.
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 12.11.2026.