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IT & software services in Surte

Town · 6,530 residents
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43of 100

Opportunity score

Balanced

High confidence

Supply roughly matches similar areas.

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Why this score (43/100)

Room in the market34weak
Population growth–left out
Momentum–left out
Survival–left out
Financial trend76strong

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
20
– vs 12 months ago
Per 10,000 residents
30.6
similar areas 23.2 · Sweden 48.7
Opened and closed, 3 years
10 opened – closed
last 12 months: 4 opened, – closed
Population
6,530

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

There are 20 active businesses in the category “IT & software services” in Surte - 30.6 per 10,000 residents.

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

In the last 3 years 10 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.

Compared with Sweden

IT & software services in Surte against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Ale kommun), from 80 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.

SurteSwedenSurte SwedenVerdict
Made a loss 29% 30% About the same
Companies with negative equity 1% 3% About the same
Losses two years in a row 14% 18% Fewer here
Median equity ratio 70% 65% Stronger
Revenue per employee SEK 1.3m SEK 1.3m About the same
Staff costs per employee SEK 781k SEK 775k About the same
Run by chains (3+ places) 0% 2% Fewer chains

Trend

Active businesses over time

Surte

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

Openings and closures per year

024Opened 2017: 02017Opened 2018: 02018Opened 2019: 12019Opened 2020: 02020Opened 2021: 02021Opened 2022: 42022Opened 2023: 32023Opened 2024: 32024Opened 2025: 32025Opened 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 – Ale kommun

Median revenue
SEK 975k
80 companies filed
Profitable
68%
revenue trend +1.8%
0500k1.0m1.5m20172019202120232025Ale kommunSweden
Ale 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 Surte.

Competition

Share of the 3 largest operators15% · 20 owners

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

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)6.13 · Sweden: 6.98
Average age of active businesses4.4 yrs · Sweden: 9.0
Younger than 2 years40% · Sweden: 22%
Older than 10 years10% · 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.

When businesses open and close

0123Opened Jan: 2JanOpened Feb: 1Opened Mar: 0MarOpened Apr: 0Opened May: 0MayOpened Jun: 3Opened Jul: 0JulOpened Aug: 0Opened Sep: 1SepOpened Oct: 3Opened Nov: 2NovOpened Dec: 1
Opened

Per calendar month, 2021–2025. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.

Jobs – Ale kommun

0204060802022202320242025Employees

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

Existing businesses

20 in all, newest first.

NameAddressSince
· Enskild firma Byvägen 19 B Lgh 1102, 445 32 Bohus 2026
· Aktiebolag Westerbyvägen 8, 445 34 Bohus 2026
· Enskild firma Glimmergränd 3, 445 34 Bohus 2026
· Aktiebolag Forsbäcksvägen 19, 445 56 Surte 2026
· Aktiebolag Katodvägen 1, 445 34 Bohus 2025
· Enskild firma Göteborgsvägen 28 Lgh 1101, 445 57 Surte 2025
· Aktiebolag Göteborgsvägen 78 B 1101, 445 57 Surte 2025
· Enskild firma Alkalievägen 1 A Lgh 1101, 445 33 Bohus 2024
· Enskild firma Skräddargränd 4, 445 34 Bohus 2024
· Enskild firma Alkalievägen 3, 445 33 Bohus 2024
· Aktiebolag Videgårdsvägen 49 D, 445 57 Surte 2023
· Aktiebolag Videgårdsvägen 87, 445 57 Surte 2023
· Aktiebolag Brunnsliden 4, 445 36 Bohus 2023
· Aktiebolag Brunnsliden 10, 445 36 Bohus 2022
· Aktiebolag Dalievägen 3, 445 57 Surte 2022
· Aktiebolag Alkalievägen 13 B Lgh 1302, 445 33 Bohus 2022
· Aktiebolag Egnahemsvägen 37, 445 56 Surte 2022
· Aktiebolag Klevavägen 14 A, 445 56 Surte 2019
· Aktiebolag Alekärrsvägen 34, 445 56 Surte 2008
· Enskild firma Bohushöjdsvägen 48, 445 34 Bohus 2006

Recently opened


Byvägen 19 B Lgh 1102, 445 32 Bohus
May 2026

Westerbyvägen 8, 445 34 Bohus
Apr 2026

Glimmergränd 3, 445 34 Bohus
Apr 2026

Forsbäcksvägen 19, 445 56 Surte
Mar 2026

Katodvägen 1, 445 34 Bohus
Oct 2025

Göteborgsvägen 28 Lgh 1101, 445 57 Surte
Oct 2025

Göteborgsvägen 78 B 1101, 445 57 Surte
Jan 2025

Alkalievägen 1 A Lgh 1101, 445 33 Bohus
Nov 2024

Recently closed

None in the last 2 years.

Comparable areas

Same type of area, similar population.

AreaResidentsActivePer 10kScore
Leksand6,5052538.430
Gnesta6,4721523.241
Rydebäck6,5973350.011
Kramfors6,6051116.758
Skutskär6,606710.680
Forshaga6,4331015.568

Other areas nearby

Ranked by opportunity score for it & software services.

AreaActivePer 10kScore
Skepplanda Town422.050
Nödinge-Nol Town4437.731
Älvängen Town4060.317

Population of Surte

Statistics Sweden
6,3006,3506,4006,4506,5006,5502024Residents

Who lives here

Statistics Sweden · 2026
Children 0-14 18%
Young 15-24 11%
Adults 25-44 30%
Adults 45-64 24%
Seniors 65-79 11%
80 and older 6%

The line marks the average for Sweden.

Average age40.4 yrs · Sweden: 42.3
Average net income per person (20+)SEK 345k · Sweden: SEK 367k
Households with children32% · Sweden: 29%
Post-secondary education (age 25–65)46% · Sweden: 50%
Jobs located here*8,774
Commute in / out every day*3,689 / 11,688
Jobs per working resident*0.52 · 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.