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Hardware & DIY store in Pajala

Town · 1,962 residents
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50of 100

Opportunity score

Too small to judge

Low confidence

The area is small, so a single business opening or closing changes the picture a lot. Look at the wider area too.

See the five reasons

Why this score (50/100)

Room in the market50average
Population growth–left out
Momentum–left out
Survival–left out
Financial trend–left out

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
4
– vs 12 months ago
Per 10,000 residents
20.4
similar areas 0.0 · Sweden 2.2
Opened and closed, 3 years
1 opened – closed
last 12 months: 0 opened, – closed
Population
1,962

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

There are 4 active businesses in the category “Hardware & DIY store” in Pajala - 20.4 per 10,000 residents.

In the last 3 years 1 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.

Compared with Sweden

Hardware & DIY store in Pajala against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Pajala 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.

PajalaSwedenPajala SwedenVerdict
Made a loss 0% 31% Fewer here
Companies with negative equity 0% 5% Fewer here
Median equity ratio 42% 43% About the same
Revenue per employee SEK 3.5m SEK 2.6m Higher
Staff costs per employee SEK 276k SEK 563k Lower

Trend

Active businesses over time

Pajala
0242024Q3 242025Q3 252026Q3 26Hardware & DIY store

Openings and closures per year

00.51Opened 2024: 1Closed 2024: 02024Opened 2025: 0Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026 (so far): 0Closed 2026 (so far): 02026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Money

Financials – Pajala kommun

Median revenue
SEK 4.1m
3 companies filed
Profitable
100%
of filing companies
02.0m4.0m6.0m8.0m2018202020222024Pajala kommunSweden
Pajala 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 hardware & diy store in Pajala.

Competition

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

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.00 · Sweden: 0.10

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 one3,762 · 66%
More than 10 km3,762

Measured from each neighbourhood centre in the municipality.

Existing businesses

4 in all, newest first.

NameAddressSince
· Aktiebolag Mommavägen 5, 984 31 Pajala 2024
· Aktiebolag Teknikvägen 2, 984 32 Pajala 2004
· Enskild firma Fiskalsrundan 32, 984 31 Pajala 1995
· Aktiebolag Laestadiusvägen 60, 984 31 Pajala 1982

Comparable areas

Same type of area, similar population.

AreaResidentsActivePer 10kScore
Torsås1,96715.150
Råneå1,97515.150
Brastad1,94715.150
Mockfjärd1,981315.150
Färgelanda1,938210.350
Kvidinge1,98615.050

Population of Pajala

Statistics Sweden
1,9001,9201,9401,9601,9802024Residents

Who lives here

Statistics Sweden · 2026
Children 0-14 15%
Young 15-24 11%
Adults 25-44 24%
Adults 45-64 23%
Seniors 65-79 19%
80 and older 9%

The line marks the average for Sweden.

Average age45.5 yrs · Sweden: 42.3
Average net income per person (20+)SEK 317k · Sweden: SEK 367k
Households with children25% · Sweden: 29%
Post-secondary education (age 25–65)32% · Sweden: 50%
Jobs located here*2,657
Commute in / out every day*271 / 351
Jobs per working resident*0.97 · 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 11.11.2026.