Hardware & DIY store in Smedby
Opportunity score
Too small to judge
Low confidenceThe area is small, so a single business opening or closing changes the picture a lot. Look at the wider area too.
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
There are 0 active businesses in the category “Hardware & DIY store” in Smedby - 0.0 per 10,000 residents.
That is fewer than similar-sized areas (median 2.4 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 1.
In the last 3 years 0 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
Compared with Sweden
Hardware & DIY store in Smedby against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2024 (Kalmars kommun), from 6 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.
| Smedby | Sweden | Smedby Sweden | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made a loss | 17% | 30% | Fewer here | |
| Companies with negative equity | 0% | 6% | Fewer here | |
| Losses two years in a row | 20% | 18% | More here | |
| Median equity ratio | 33% | 42% | Weaker | |
| Revenue per employee | SEK 3.8m | SEK 2.5m | Higher | |
| Staff costs per employee | SEK 494k | SEK 547k | Lower |
Trend
Active businesses over time
SmedbyThis 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 – Kalmars 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 hardware & diy store in Smedby.
Competition
No active businesses right now.
New and established
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 – Kalmars kommun
Average number of employees reported in the annual reports of companies that file accounts, sole proprietorships are not included.
Existing businesses
0 in all, newest first.
| Name | Address | Since | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No active businesses of this type, that can be an opportunity, or a sign there is no demand. | |||
Nothing matches.
Population of Smedby
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 13.11.2026.