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Car dealer in Kalmar

Town · 42,622 residents
Town onlyWithin 3 kmWithin 10 kmWithin 25 km
47of 100

Opportunity score

Balanced

High confidence

Supply roughly matches similar areas.

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Why this score (47/100)

Room in the market34weak
Population growth–left out
Momentum–left out
Survival–left out
Financial trend94strong

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
37
+4 vs 12 months ago
Per 10,000 residents
8.7
similar areas 6.6 · Sweden 7.1
Opened and closed, 3 years
9 opened – closed
last 12 months: 4 opened, 0 closed
Population
42,622

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

There are 37 active businesses in the category “Car dealer” in Kalmar - 8.7 per 10,000 residents.

That is more than similar-sized areas (median 6.6 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 28.

In the last 3 years 9 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 1 January 2024.

Compared with Sweden

Car dealer in Kalmar against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Kalmars kommun), from 24 companies. Survival can't be calculated for Sweden yet: closures in Statistics Sweden's Business Register are only known from 1 January 2024.

KalmarSwedenKalmar SwedenVerdict
Made a loss 25% 37% Fewer here
Companies with negative equity 0% 6% Fewer here
Losses two years in a row 18% 21% Fewer here
Median equity ratio 39% 37% Stronger
Revenue per employee SEK 8.5m SEK 4.9m Higher
Staff costs per employee SEK 404k SEK 476k Lower
Run by chains (3+ places) 14% 10% More chains

Trend

Active businesses over time

Kalmar
0102030402024Q3 242025Q3 252026Q3 26Car dealer

Openings and closures per year

0246Opened 2024: 2Closed 2024: 02024Opened 2025: 5Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026 (so far): 2Closed 2026 (so far): 02026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Money

Financials – Kalmars kommun

Median revenue
SEK 12.1m
24 companies filed
Profitable
75%
revenue trend +21.3%
020m40m60m20172019202120232025Kalmars kommunSweden
Kalmars 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 car dealer in Kalmar.

Trouble signs

Closed within 2 years of opening (last 12 months)0

Competition

Share of the 3 largest operators8% · 37 owners

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

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.94 · Sweden: 0.63
Average age of active businesses10.8 yrs · Sweden: 11.3
Younger than 2 years22% · Sweden: 16%
Older than 10 years47% · Sweden: 42%

A young market: many recent start-ups, dynamic, but less proven.

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 one16,300 · 22%
More than 10 km0
Farthest neighbourhood (5,000+ residents)9.4 km · Kalmar södra kommundelen (Kalmar)

Measured from each neighbourhood centre in the municipality.

Jobs – Kalmars kommun

050100150202020212022202320242025Employees

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

Existing businesses

37 in all, newest first.

NameAddressSince
· Aktiebolag Trångsundsvägen 4, 392 39 Kalmar 2026
· Aktiebolag Rigavägen 7, 393 56 Kalmar 2026
· Aktiebolag Stensövägen 45, 392 47 Kalmar 2025
· Enskild firma Kylegatan 3 Lgh 1102, 392 45 Kalmar 2025
· Enskild firma Perstorpsvägen 13 Lgh 1003, 392 38 Kalmar 2025
· Aktiebolag Öselvägen 2, 393 56 Kalmar 2025
· Aktiebolag Grindängsvägen 2, 392 39 Kalmar 2025
· Aktiebolag Odalvägen 1, 392 41 Kalmar 2024
· Aktiebolag Trångsundsvägen 4, 392 39 Kalmar 2024
· Aktiebolag Atlasvägen 7, 393 55 Kalmar 2023
· Aktiebolag Skogsliden 12 C, 393 51 Kalmar 2022
· Aktiebolag Engelska Vägen 14, 393 56 Kalmar 2022
· Aktiebolag Franska Vägen 24, 393 56 Kalmar 2020
· Aktiebolag Varvsgatan 14, 392 51 Kalmar 2020
· Aktiebolag Franska Vägen 5 A, 393 56 Kalmar 2019
· Aktiebolag Polhemsgatan 30, 392 39 Kalmar 2018
· Aktiebolag Robert Gustafssons Gata 50, 392 40 Kalmar 2017
· Enskild firma Arrheniusgatan 20 Lgh 1401, 392 52 Kalmar 2017
· Aktiebolag Trångsundsvägen 4, 392 39 Kalmar 2016
· Aktiebolag Södra Vägen 64, 392 45 Kalmar 2015
· Aktiebolag Södra Vägen 64, 392 45 Kalmar 2015
· chain Scheelegatan 6, 392 38 Kalmar 2015
· Enskild firma Två Systrars Väg 3 B Lgh 1102, 393 57 Kalmar 2013
· Liljas Personbilar AB · chain Trångsundsvägen 20, 393 56 Kalmar 2013
· Aktiebolag Trångsundsvägen 4, 392 39 Kalmar 2011
· Aktiebolag Trångsundsvägen 4, 392 39 Kalmar 2011
· Aktiebolag Fölehagsvägen 13, 392 39 Kalmar 2009
· Aktiebolag Engelska Vägen 2, 393 56 Kalmar 2008
· Aktiebolag Södra Vägen 64, 392 45 Kalmar 2004
· Aktiebolag Engelska Vägen 6, 393 56 Kalmar 2000
· Atteviks Lastbilar AB · chain Strömsbergsvägen 2-4, 392 43 Kalmar 1996
· Aktiebolag Odalvägen 13, 392 41 Kalmar 1983
· Aktiebolag Strömsbergsvägen 1, 392 41 Kalmar 1982
· chain Verkstadsgatan 38, 392 39 Kalmar –
· Aktiebolag Södra Vägen 72, 392 45 Kalmar –
· chain Berzeliusgatan 1, 392 38 Kalmar –
· Aktiebolag Strömsbergsvägen 6, 392 41 Kalmar –

Recently opened


Trångsundsvägen 4, 392 39 Kalmar
Feb 2026

Rigavägen 7, 393 56 Kalmar
Jan 2026

Stensövägen 45, 392 47 Kalmar
Dec 2025

Kylegatan 3 Lgh 1102, 392 45 Kalmar
Nov 2025

Perstorpsvägen 13 Lgh 1003, 392 38 Kalmar
Oct 2025

Öselvägen 2, 393 56 Kalmar
Oct 2025

Grindängsvägen 2, 392 39 Kalmar
May 2025

Recently closed

None in the last 2 years.

Comparable areas

Same type of area, similar population.

AreaResidentsActivePer 10kScore
Kristianstad41,1986816.510
Borlänge44,299439.739
Lidingö44,642214.770
Skövde40,422194.765
Falun39,939338.344
Nyköping39,770256.352

Other areas nearby

Ranked by opportunity score for car dealer.

AreaActivePer 10kScore
Lindsdal Town46.660
Smedby Town1334.727

Population of Kalmar

Statistics Sweden
41k42k42k43k43k2024Residents

Who lives here

Statistics Sweden · 2026
Children 0-14 12%
Young 15-24 15%
Adults 25-44 28%
Adults 45-64 24%
Seniors 65-79 14%
80 and older 6%

The line marks the average for Sweden.

Average age42.3 yrs · Sweden: 42.3
Average net income per person (20+)SEK 333k · Sweden: SEK 367k
Households with children21% · Sweden: 29%
Post-secondary education (age 25–65)52% · Sweden: 50%
Jobs located here*39,302
Commute in / out every day*10,066 / 7,086
Jobs per working resident*1.08 · 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 11.11.2026.