Flooring in Gävle
Opportunity score
Worth a closer look
High confidenceSome signals point to room for a new business.
See the five reasonsWhy this score (61/100)
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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Each dot is a place of business at its registered address. Click a dot to see the company.
There are 21 active businesses in the category “Flooring” in Gävle - 2.4 per 10,000 residents.
That is about the same as similar-sized areas (median 3.0 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 26.
In the last 3 years 2 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
Compared with Sweden
Flooring in Gävle against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Gävle kommun), from 26 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.
| Gävle | Sweden | Gävle Sweden | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made a loss | 23% | 21% | About the same | |
| Companies with negative equity | 8% | 4% | More here | |
| Losses two years in a row | 12% | 10% | More here | |
| Median equity ratio | 47% | 48% | About the same | |
| Revenue per employee | SEK 1.7m | SEK 1.5m | Higher | |
| Staff costs per employee | SEK 660k | SEK 597k | Higher | |
| Run by chains (3+ places) | 0% | 0% | About the same |
Trend
Active businesses over time
GävleThis 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 – Gävle 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 flooring in Gävle.
Competition
No company runs more than one place of business here, an independent market.
New and established
A typical mix of new and established businesses.
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 – Gävle kommun
Average number of employees reported in the annual reports of companies that file accounts, sole proprietorships are not included.
Existing businesses
21 in all, newest first.
| Name | Address | Since |
|---|---|---|
| · Enskild firma | Hantverkargatan 33, 803 23 Gävle | 2026 |
| · Aktiebolag | Femte Tvärgatan 32 B, 802 84 Gävle | 2022 |
| · Aktiebolag | Upplandsgatan 9, 802 83 Gävle | 2020 |
| · Aktiebolag | Vinbärsvägen 61 D, 806 37 Gävle | 2020 |
| · Aktiebolag | Strömsbrovägen 23, 803 09 Gävle | 2019 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skogsstjärnevägen 27, 806 47 Gävle | 2019 |
| · Aktiebolag | Sockerbruksgatan 63, 802 52 Gävle | 2019 |
| · Aktiebolag | Blockstensvägen 10, 802 62 Gävle | 2018 |
| · Aktiebolag | Norra Varvavägen 36 D, 806 48 Gävle | 2018 |
| · Aktiebolag | Sågvreten 58, 818 32 Valbo | 2017 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skogsfruvägen 37, 802 64 Gävle | 2016 |
| · Aktiebolag | Lerduvevägen 7 B, 802 64 Gävle | 2015 |
| · Aktiebolag | Redargatan 20 Förråd 12, 803 02 Gävle | 2013 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skogsstjärnevägen 27, 806 47 Gävle | 2011 |
| · Enskild firma | Kvarnvägen 1, 818 31 Valbo | 2007 |
| · Enskild firma | Fredriksdalsvägen 3 A Lgh 1001, 802 67 Gävle | 2005 |
| · Aktiebolag | Storgatan 11, 806 45 Gävle | 2003 |
| · Aktiebolag | Ruddammsgatan 32, 803 11 Gävle | 1999 |
| · Aktiebolag | Bönavägen 160, 805 95 Gävle | 1990 |
| · Aktiebolag | Valbovägen 303, 818 32 Valbo | 1988 |
| · Aktiebolag | Åbrinken 1 A, 818 32 Valbo | 1987 |
Nothing matches.
Recently opened
Hantverkargatan 33, 803 23 Gävle | Feb 2026 |
Hantverkargatan 33, 803 23 Gävle | May 2025 |
Recently closed
Hantverkargatan 33, 803 23 Gävle | Oct 2026 after 1 yrs |
Comparable areas
Same type of area, similar population.
| Area | Residents | Active | Per 10k | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umeå | 94,243 | 27 | 2.9 | 47 |
| Södertälje | 78,377 | 40 | 5.1 | 34 |
| Borås | 75,565 | 18 | 2.4 | 55 |
| Norrköping | 98,229 | 36 | 3.7 | 43 |
| Lund (Lund) | 98,308 | 8 | 0.8 | 73 |
| Växjö | 74,052 | 14 | 1.9 | 61 |
Population of Gävle
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 14.11.2026.