Driving school in Umeå
Opportunity score
Crowded
High confidenceMore competition than similar areas, or a weak trend.
See the five reasonsWhy this score (15/100)
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 15 active businesses in the category “Driving school” in Umeå - 1.6 per 10,000 residents.
That is more than similar-sized areas (median 0.9 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 9.
In the last 3 years 4 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
Compared with Sweden
Driving school in Umeå against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Umeå kommun), from 11 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 | 9% | 32% | Fewer here | |
| Companies with negative equity | 0% | 11% | Fewer here | |
| Losses two years in a row | 0% | 17% | Fewer here | |
| Median equity ratio | 34% | 34% | About the same | |
| Revenue per employee | SEK 1.4m | SEK 908k | Higher | |
| Staff costs per employee | SEK 593k | SEK 468k | Higher | |
| Run by chains (3+ places) | 13% | 5% | 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 driving school 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
15 in all, newest first.
| Name | Address | Since |
|---|---|---|
| · Enskild firma | Bölevägen 22 Lgh 1001, 904 31 Umeå | 2026 |
| · Aktiebolag | Ridvägen 28, 903 23 Umeå | 2025 |
| · Aktiebolag | Korpralsvägen 34 1301, 904 32 Umeå | 2025 |
| · Aktiebolag | Västra Kyrkogatan 8 A, 903 29 Umeå | 2024 |
| · On Via TS AB · chain, 2 places here | Västra Esplanaden 19, 903 25 Umeå | 2023 |
| · Aktiebolag | Matematikgränd 23 G, 907 33 Umeå | 2021 |
| · Aktiebolag | Axtorpsvägen 5, 903 37 Umeå | 2020 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skogsråvägen 17, 907 52 Umeå | 2019 |
| · Aktiebolag | Östra Norrlandsgatan 57, 903 31 Umeå | 2017 |
| · Aktiebolag | Västra Kyrkogatan 8 D, 903 29 Umeå | 2013 |
| · Enskild firma | Kronoskogsvägen 111 Lgh 1202, 903 61 Umeå | 2010 |
| · Aktiebolag | Västra Esplanaden 9 B, 903 25 Umeå | 2009 |
| · Enskild firma | Dragongatan 2 D, 903 22 Umeå | 2007 |
| · On Via TS AB · chain, 2 places here | Västra Kyrkogatan 8 A, 903 29 Umeå | 2003 |
| · Handelsbolag / kommanditbolag | Kalkvägen 5, 907 40 Umeå | 1993 |
Nothing matches.
Recently opened
Bölevägen 22 Lgh 1001, 904 31 Umeå | Apr 2026 |
Ridvägen 28, 903 23 Umeå | Aug 2025 |
Korpralsvägen 34 1301, 904 32 Umeå | Jun 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 | 15 | 1.5 | 35 |
| Lund (Lund) | 98,308 | 14 | 1.4 | 18 |
| Gävle | 86,533 | 11 | 1.3 | 31 |
| Jönköping | 103,032 | 23 | 2.2 | 17 |
| Södertälje | 78,377 | 17 | 2.2 | 0 |
| Borås | 75,565 | 13 | 1.7 | 6 |
Population of Umeå
Statistics SwedenWho lives here
Statistics Sweden · 2026The line marks the average for Sweden. Highlighted: the age group most relevant for driving school.
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 14.11.2026.