Supermarket & convenience store in Sölvesborg
Opportunity score
Balanced
High confidenceSupply roughly matches similar areas.
See the five reasonsWhy this score (53/100)
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 16 active businesses in the category “Supermarket & convenience store” in Sölvesborg - 18.3 per 10,000 residents.
That is about the same as similar-sized areas (median 19.6 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 17.
In the last 3 years 5 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
Compared with Sweden
Supermarket & convenience store in Sölvesborg against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Sölvesborgs 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.
| Sölvesborg | Sweden | Sölvesborg Sweden | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made a loss | 40% | 43% | Fewer here | |
| Companies with negative equity | 0% | 9% | Fewer here | |
| Median equity ratio | 30% | 42% | Weaker | |
| Revenue per employee | SEK 3.5m | SEK 2.3m | Higher | |
| Staff costs per employee | SEK 498k | SEK 429k | Higher | |
| Run by chains (3+ places) | 25% | 8% | More chains |
Trend
Active businesses over time
SölvesborgThis 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 – Sölvesborgs 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 supermarket & convenience store in Sölvesborg.
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.
Jobs – Sölvesborgs kommun
Average number of employees reported in the annual reports of companies that file accounts, sole proprietorships are not included.
Existing businesses
16 in all, newest first.
| Name | Address | Since |
|---|---|---|
| · Enskild firma | Sparbanksgatan 3 B Lgh 1201, 294 31 Sölvesborg | 2025 |
| · Rusta AB (publ) · chain | Gesällvägen 5, 294 77 Sölvesborg | 2025 |
| · Enskild firma | Västra Storgatan 3 B Lgh 1104, 294 31 Sölvesborg | 2025 |
| · Enskild firma | Tredenborgsvägen 18, 294 35 Sölvesborg | 2024 |
| · Enskild firma | Snapphanegatan 10 A, 294 32 Sölvesborg | 2024 |
| · WiLLY:S AB · chain | Gesällvägen 8, 294 77 Sölvesborg | 2023 |
| · Enskild firma | Falkviksvägen 22, 294 35 Sölvesborg | 2023 |
| · Enskild firma | Per Olsgatan 1 B Lgh 1301, 294 33 Sölvesborg | 2020 |
| · Enskild firma | Torsvägen 12, 294 34 Sölvesborg | 2019 |
| · Enskild firma | Skeppsbrogatan 1, 294 31 Sölvesborg | 2019 |
| · Handelsbolag / kommanditbolag | Södergatan 12, 294 31 Sölvesborg | 2015 |
| · Aktiebolag | Järnvägsgatan 8 Lgh 1401, 294 34 Sölvesborg | 2010 |
| · Lågpris i Sverige AB · chain | Järnvägsgatan 9, 294 34 Sölvesborg | 2005 |
| · Aktiebolag | Löparevägen 2, 294 39 Sölvesborg | 1991 |
| · Söderplinten AB · Aktiebolag | Järnvägsgatan 1, 294 34 Sölvesborg | 1991 |
| · Coop Syd AB · chain | Järnvägsgatan 6, 294 34 Sölvesborg | 1986 |
Nothing matches.
Recently opened
Sparbanksgatan 3 B Lgh 1201, 294 31 Sölvesborg | Nov 2025 |
Rusta AB (publ) · Gesällvägen 5, 294 77 Sölvesborg | Mar 2025 |
Västra Storgatan 3 B Lgh 1104, 294 31 Sölvesborg | Feb 2025 |
Recently closed
| None in the last 2 years. |
Population of Sölvesborg
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 12.11.2026.