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Cleaning services in Karlshamn

Town · 19,966 residents
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61of 100

Opportunity score

Worth a closer look

High confidence

Some signals point to room for a new business.

See the five reasons

Why this score (61/100)

Room in the market51average
Population growth–left out
Momentum–left out
Survival–left out
Financial trend93strong

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
20
– vs 12 months ago
Per 10,000 residents
10.0
similar areas 10.3 · Sweden 13.4
Opened and closed, 3 years
4 opened – closed
last 12 months: 2 opened, – closed
Population
19,966

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

There are 20 active businesses in the category “Cleaning services” in Karlshamn - 10.0 per 10,000 residents.

That is about the same as similar-sized areas (median 10.3 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 21.

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

Compared with Sweden

Cleaning services in Karlshamn against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Karlshamns 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.

KarlshamnSwedenKarlshamn SwedenVerdict
Made a loss 0% 27% Fewer here
Companies with negative equity 0% 7% Fewer here
Losses two years in a row 0% 13% Fewer here
Median equity ratio 22% 44% Weaker
Revenue per employee SEK 896k SEK 617k Higher
Staff costs per employee SEK 533k SEK 423k Higher
Run by chains (3+ places) 10% 8% More chains

Trend

Active businesses over time

Karlshamn

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

Openings and closures per year

012Opened 2017: 22017Opened 2018: 12018Opened 2019: 02019Opened 2020: 22020Opened 2021: 22021Opened 2022: 12022Opened 2023: 02023Opened 2024: 22024Opened 2025: 02025Opened 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 – Karlshamns kommun

Median revenue
SEK 8.5m
5 companies filed
Profitable
100%
revenue trend +15.9%
05.0m10m20172019202120232025Karlshamns kommunSweden
Karlshamns 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 cleaning services in Karlshamn.

Competition

Share of the 3 largest operators15% · 20 owners

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

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)1.00 · Sweden: 2.05
Average age of active businesses10.2 yrs · Sweden: 9.2
Younger than 2 years11% · Sweden: 24%
Older than 10 years37% · Sweden: 37%

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 one2,429 · 8%
More than 10 km0

Measured from each neighbourhood centre in the municipality.

Jobs – Karlshamns kommun

0204060202320242025Employees

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

Existing businesses

20 in all, newest first.

NameAddressSince
· Aktiebolag Vattentorget 2, 374 33 Karlshamn 2026
· Aktiebolag Storgatan 9, 374 52 Asarum 2026
· Enskild firma Hagalundsvägen 17 E, 374 40 Karlshamn 2024
· Aktiebolag Frälsegårdsvägen 31, 374 50 Asarum 2024
· Aktiebolag Skördarevägen 8, 374 53 Asarum 2022
· Enskild firma Jungfrutorpsvägen 2, 374 54 Asarum 2021
· Enskild firma Ekbacken 5 Lgh 1101, 374 50 Asarum 2021
· Aktiebolag Sternövägen 75, 374 33 Karlshamn 2020
· Enskild firma Storgatan 34 B Lgh 1103, 374 52 Asarum 2020
· Enskild firma Plantskolevägen 1, 374 50 Asarum 2018
· Enskild firma Såningsvägen 50, 374 53 Asarum 2017
· Enskild firma Hunnemaravägen 14 Lgh 1201, 374 34 Karlshamn 2017
· chain Gröna vägen 5, 374 32 Karlshamn 2015
· Aktiebolag Sölvesborgsvägen 17-19, 374 41 Karlshamn 2014
· chain Gröna Vägen 7, 374 32 Karlshamn 2009
· Handelsbolag / kommanditbolag Sölvesborgsvägen 17, 374 41 Karlshamn 2009
· Enskild firma Dragonvägen 11, 374 53 Asarum 2008
· Aktiebolag Lotsgatan 14, 374 35 Karlshamn 2003
· Enskild firma Ringvägen 29, 374 39 Karlshamn 1995
· Aktiebolag Benportsvägen 2, 374 41 Karlshamn –

Recently opened


Vattentorget 2, 374 33 Karlshamn
May 2026

Storgatan 9, 374 52 Asarum
Apr 2026

Recently closed

None in the last 2 years.

Comparable areas

Same type of area, similar population.

AreaResidentsActivePer 10kScore
Hässleholm19,7602311.650
Värnamo20,2732210.943
Eslöv20,4222813.726
Oskarshamn18,817126.469
Ystad21,2592511.851
Nässjö18,639189.753

Other areas nearby

Ranked by opportunity score for cleaning services.

AreaActivePer 10kScore
Mörrum Town12.689
Svängsta Town15.269

Population of Karlshamn

Statistics Sweden
19k19k20k20k20k2024Residents

Who lives here

Statistics Sweden · 2026
Children 0-14 13%
Young 15-24 11%
Adults 25-44 23%
Adults 45-64 24%
Seniors 65-79 18%
80 and older 11%

The line marks the average for Sweden.

Average age46.5 yrs · Sweden: 42.3
Average net income per person (20+)SEK 319k · Sweden: SEK 367k
Households with children21% · Sweden: 29%
Post-secondary education (age 25–65)44% · Sweden: 50%
Jobs located here*13,951
Commute in / out every day*3,703 / 4,582
Jobs per working resident*0.94 · 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.