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IT & software services in Hjo

Town · 6,427 residents
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50of 100

Opportunity score

Balanced

High confidence

Supply roughly matches similar areas.

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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
15
– vs 12 months ago
Per 10,000 residents
23.3
similar areas 23.2 · Sweden 48.7
Opened and closed, 3 years
6 opened – closed
last 12 months: 4 opened, – closed
Population
6,427

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

There are 15 active businesses in the category “IT & software services” in Hjo - 23.3 per 10,000 residents.

That is about the same as similar-sized areas (median 23.2 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 15.

In the last 3 years 6 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.

Compared with Sweden

IT & software services in Hjo against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Hjo kommun), from 7 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.

HjoSwedenHjo SwedenVerdict
Made a loss 43% 30% More here
Companies with negative equity 14% 3% More here
Losses two years in a row 33% 18% More here
Median equity ratio 82% 65% Stronger
Run by chains (3+ places) 0% 2% Fewer chains

Trend

Active businesses over time

Hjo

This line starts on 4 October 2026, when closures start being known, and grows as we collect.

Openings and closures per year

024Opened 2017: 12017Opened 2018: 12018Opened 2019: 02019Opened 2020: 02020Opened 2021: 12021Opened 2022: 12022Opened 2023: 12023Opened 2024: 22024Opened 2025: 02025Opened 2026 (so far): 4Closed 2026 (so far): 02026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Closures are counted from 4 October 2026; years before show openings only.

Money

Financials – Hjo kommun

Median revenue
SEK 60k
7 companies filed
Profitable
57%
of filing companies
0500k1.0m1.5m20172019202120232025Hjo kommunSweden
Hjo 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 it & software services in Hjo.

Competition

Share of the 3 largest operators20% · 15 owners

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

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)6.22 · Sweden: 6.98
Average age of active businesses7.3 yrs · Sweden: 9.0
Younger than 2 years27% · Sweden: 22%
Older than 10 years27% · Sweden: 35%

A young market: many recent start-ups, dynamic, but less proven.

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 one0 · 0%
More than 10 km0

Measured from each neighbourhood centre in the municipality.

Jobs – Hjo kommun

012320242025Employees

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.

NameAddressSince
· Aktiebolag Verkstadsgatan 31, 544 32 Hjo 2026
· Enskild firma Sjögatan 4 A Lgh 1003, 544 34 Hjo 2026
· Enskild firma Sturegatan 7 B Lgh 1301, 544 33 Hjo 2026
· Aktiebolag Klarabergsgatan 17, 544 31 Hjo 2026
· Aktiebolag Vekagatan 40, 544 35 Hjo 2024
· Enskild firma Nygatan 16 B Lgh 1102, 544 33 Hjo 2024
· Aktiebolag Magasinsgatan 2 B Lgh 1205, 544 30 Hjo 2023
· Aktiebolag Klarabergsgatan 9, 544 31 Hjo 2022
· Aktiebolag Hallonstigen 26, 544 31 Hjo 2021
· Enskild firma Lundbyvägen 12 Hjo Folkhögskola, 544 31 Hjo 2018
· Aktiebolag Långgatan 3 D, 544 30 Hjo 2017
· Aktiebolag Klarabergsgatan 9, 544 31 Hjo 2015
· Aktiebolag Mellanvägen 40, 544 35 Hjo 2010
· Aktiebolag Gjutarvägen 1, 544 50 Hjo 2008
· Aktiebolag Mellanvägen 40, 544 35 Hjo 1999

Recently opened


Verkstadsgatan 31, 544 32 Hjo
Jul 2026

Sjögatan 4 A Lgh 1003, 544 34 Hjo
Jun 2026

Sturegatan 7 B Lgh 1301, 544 33 Hjo
Apr 2026

Klarabergsgatan 17, 544 31 Hjo
Mar 2026

Recently closed

None in the last 2 years.

Comparable areas

Same type of area, similar population.

AreaResidentsActivePer 10kScore
Forshaga6,4331015.568
Åkarp6,3943148.521
Gnesta6,4721523.241
Leksand6,5052538.430
Tierp6,346711.060
Surte6,5302030.643

Population of Hjo

Statistics Sweden
6,2006,2506,3006,3506,4006,4502024Residents

Who lives here

Statistics Sweden · 2026
Children 0-14 15%
Young 15-24 10%
Adults 25-44 21%
Adults 45-64 23%
Seniors 65-79 20%
80 and older 10%

The line marks the average for Sweden.

Average age46.5 yrs · Sweden: 42.3
Average net income per person (20+)SEK 341k · Sweden: SEK 367k
Households with children26% · Sweden: 29%
Post-secondary education (age 25–65)40% · Sweden: 50%
Jobs located here*3,190
Commute in / out every day*864 / 2,150
Jobs per working resident*0.71 · Sweden: 1.00

Many residents work elsewhere, demand is concentrated in evenings and weekends.

* 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.