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IT & software services in Sölvesborg

Town · 8,744 residents
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75of 100

Opportunity score

Promising

High confidence

Fewer businesses than similar areas, with a supportive trend.

See the five reasons

Why this score (75/100)

Room in the market75strong
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
10
+1 vs 12 months ago
Per 10,000 residents
11.4
similar areas 23.2 · Sweden 48.7
Opened and closed, 3 years
4 opened – closed
last 12 months: 1 opened, 0 closed
Population
8,744

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There are 10 active businesses in the category “IT & software services” in Sölvesborg - 11.4 per 10,000 residents.

That is fewer than similar-sized areas (median 23.2 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 20.

In the last 3 years 4 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 1 January 2024.

Compared with Sweden

IT & software services in Sölvesborg against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Sölvesborgs kommun), from 9 companies. Survival can't be calculated for Sweden yet: closures in Statistics Sweden's Business Register are only known from 1 January 2024.

SölvesborgSwedenSölvesborg SwedenVerdict
Made a loss 33% 30% More here
Companies with negative equity 11% 3% More here
Losses two years in a row 43% 18% More here
Median equity ratio 75% 65% Stronger
Run by chains (3+ places) 0% 2% Fewer chains

Trend

Active businesses over time

Sölvesborg
05102024Q3 242025Q3 252026Q3 26IT & software services

Openings and closures per year

012Opened 2024: 2Closed 2024: 02024Opened 2025: 1Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026 (so far): 1Closed 2026 (so far): 02026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Money

Financials – Sölvesborgs kommun

Median revenue
SEK 19k
9 companies filed
Profitable
56%
of filing companies
0500k1.0m1.5m20172019202120232025Sölvesborgs kommunSweden
Sölvesborgs 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 Sölvesborg.

Trouble signs

Closed within 2 years of opening (last 12 months)0

Competition

Share of the 3 largest operators30% · 10 owners

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

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)1.14 · Sweden: 6.98
Average age of active businesses5.5 yrs · Sweden: 9.0
Younger than 2 years20% · Sweden: 22%
Older than 10 years10% · Sweden: 35%

A typical mix of new and established businesses.

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 one1,996 · 12%
More than 10 km1,996

Measured from each neighbourhood centre in the municipality.

Jobs – Sölvesborgs kommun

0123202320242025Employees

Average number of employees reported in the annual reports of companies that file accounts, sole proprietorships are not included.

Existing businesses

10 in all, newest first.

NameAddressSince
· Enskild firma Sparbanksgatan 3 B Lgh 1001, 294 31 Sölvesborg 2026
· Aktiebolag Skogsvägen 6, 294 33 Sölvesborg 2025
· Aktiebolag Rundgatan 3 A Lgh 1101, 294 31 Sölvesborg 2024
· Aktiebolag Bernalyckevägen 27, 294 37 Sölvesborg 2024
· Aktiebolag Nygatan 31, 294 34 Sölvesborg 2023
· Aktiebolag Sveavägen 10, 294 34 Sölvesborg 2020
· Aktiebolag Västra Storgatan 32, 294 34 Sölvesborg 2020
· Aktiebolag Industrivägen 9, 294 39 Sölvesborg 2019
· Aktiebolag Labbvägen 2, 294 39 Sölvesborg 2018
· Enskild firma Sveavägen 10, 294 34 Sölvesborg 2011

Recently opened


Sparbanksgatan 3 B Lgh 1001, 294 31 Sölvesborg
Aug 2026

Skogsvägen 6, 294 33 Sölvesborg
Feb 2025

Recently closed

None in the last 2 years.

Comparable areas

Same type of area, similar population.

AreaResidentsActivePer 10kScore
Säffle8,8231112.572
Tibro8,58889.377
Lycksele8,5801214.055
Sjöbo8,5651214.071
Åmål8,95477.883
Nykvarn8,5082630.640

Other areas nearby

Ranked by opportunity score for it & software services.

AreaActivePer 10kScore
Mjällby Town17.377
Hällevik Town320.247

Population of Sölvesborg

Statistics Sweden
8,4008,5008,6008,7008,8002024Residents

Who lives here

Statistics Sweden · 2026
Children 0-14 14%
Young 15-24 12%
Adults 25-44 23%
Adults 45-64 23%
Seniors 65-79 18%
80 and older 10%

The line marks the average for Sweden.

Average age45.7 yrs · Sweden: 42.3
Average net income per person (20+)SEK 305k · Sweden: SEK 367k
Households with children23% · Sweden: 29%
Post-secondary education (age 25–65)37% · Sweden: 50%
Jobs located here*6,735
Commute in / out every day*2,346 / 3,860
Jobs per working resident*0.82 · 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.