Catering & canteen in Umeå
Opportunity score
Worth a closer look
High confidenceSome signals point to room for a new business.
See the five reasonsWhy this score (56/100)
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 11 active businesses in the category “Catering & canteen” in Umeå - 1.2 per 10,000 residents.
That is about the same as similar-sized areas (median 1.3 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 12.
In the last 3 years 3 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
Compared with Sweden
Catering & canteen in Umeå against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Umeå kommun), from 3 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 | 33% | 37% | Fewer here | |
| Companies with negative equity | 0% | 6% | Fewer here | |
| Median equity ratio | 51% | 52% | About the same | |
| Run by chains (3+ places) | 9% | 22% | Fewer chains |
Trend
Active businesses over time
UmeåOpenings and closures per year
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 catering & canteen in Umeå.
Competition
No company runs more than one place of business here, an independent market.
New and established
An established market: many businesses have been here for years.
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.
Existing businesses
11 in all, newest first.
| Name | Address | Since |
|---|---|---|
| · Enskild firma | Ålidbacken 1 Lgh 1322, 907 29 Umeå | 2026 |
| · Enskild firma | Västra Brinkvägen 7, 903 20 Umeå | 2025 |
| · Enskild firma | Mariehemsvägen 39 i Lgh 1003, 906 52 Umeå | 2024 |
| · Enskild firma | Mjölkvägen 16 Lgh 1002, 906 28 Umeå | 2023 |
| · Sodexo AB · chain | Mariehemsvägen 212, 906 50 Umeå | 2016 |
| · Enskild firma | Vänskapsgränd 2, 903 62 Umeå | 2016 |
| · Enskild firma | Gamla Ersbodavägen 4 B, 906 37 Umeå | 2015 |
| · Enskild firma | Kronoskogsvägen 83, 903 61 Umeå | 2015 |
| · Aktiebolag | Lillåvägen 5, 904 22 Umeå | 2014 |
| · Enskild firma | Lillåvägen 11 Lgh 1101, 904 26 Umeå | 2010 |
| · Aktiebolag | Nygatan 12, 903 27 Umeå | 2006 |
Nothing matches.
Recently opened
Ålidbacken 1 Lgh 1322, 907 29 Umeå | Apr 2026 |
Västra Brinkvägen 7, 903 20 Umeå | Nov 2025 |
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 | 18 | 1.8 | 31 |
| Lund (Lund) | 98,308 | 16 | 1.6 | 33 |
| Gävle | 86,533 | 58 | 6.7 | 0 |
| Jönköping | 103,032 | 12 | 1.2 | 56 |
| Södertälje | 78,377 | 20 | 2.6 | 3 |
| Borås | 75,565 | 7 | 0.9 | 65 |
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 11.11.2026.