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IT & software services in Ystad

Town · 21,259 residents
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70of 100

Opportunity score

Promising

High confidence

Fewer businesses than similar areas, with a supportive trend.

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Why this score (70/100)

Room in the market67strong
Population growth–left out
Momentum–left out
Survival–left out
Financial trend83strong

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
33
– vs 12 months ago
Per 10,000 residents
15.5
similar areas 23.2 · Sweden 48.7
Opened and closed, 3 years
9 opened – closed
last 12 months: 6 opened, – closed
Population
21,259

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

There are 33 active businesses in the category “IT & software services” in Ystad - 15.5 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 49.

In the last 3 years 9 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.

Compared with Sweden

IT & software services in Ystad against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Ystad), from 39 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.

YstadSwedenYstad SwedenVerdict
Made a loss 32% 30% About the same
Companies with negative equity 5% 3% More here
Losses two years in a row 24% 18% More here
Median equity ratio 63% 65% About the same
Revenue per employee SEK 1.1m SEK 1.3m Lower
Staff costs per employee SEK 707k SEK 775k Lower
Run by chains (3+ places) 0% 2% Fewer chains

Trend

Active businesses over time

Ystad
0102030402024Q3 242025Q3 252026Q3 26IT & software services

Openings and closures per year

0246Opened 2024: 0Closed 2024: 02024Opened 2025: 3Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026 (so far): 6Closed 2026 (so far): 02026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Money

Financials – Ystad

Median revenue
SEK 967k
39 companies filed
Profitable
68%
revenue trend +3.1%
0500k1.0m1.5m20172019202120232025YstadSweden
YstadSweden

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 Ystad.

Competition

Share of the 3 largest operators9% · 33 owners

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

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)2.82 · Sweden: 6.98
Average age of active businesses7.9 yrs · Sweden: 9.0
Younger than 2 years27% · Sweden: 22%
Older than 10 years33% · 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 one2,412 · 8%
More than 10 km0

Measured from each neighbourhood centre in the municipality.

Jobs – Ystad

02040602022202320242025Employees

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

Existing businesses

33 in all, newest first.

NameAddressSince
· Aktiebolag Mullvadsvägen 10 Klondyke, 271 39 Ystad 2026
· Enskild firma Matrosgatan 13, 271 52 Ystad 2026
· Enskild firma Oskarsgatan 3 A Lgh 1201, 271 40 Ystad 2026
· Enskild firma Lilla Västergatan 4 A, 271 35 Ystad 2026
· Aktiebolag Kofodsgatan 11, 271 31 Ystad 2026
· Aktiebolag Jens Friisgatan 1, 271 36 Ystad 2026
· Aktiebolag Stortorget 6 Lgh 1102, 271 43 Ystad 2025
· Aktiebolag Knopgatan 13, 271 51 Ystad 2025
· Aktiebolag Tingsgatan 6 Lgh 1302, 271 42 Ystad 2025
· Aktiebolag Sektersgatan 21, 271 41 Ystad 2022
· Aktiebolag Skarpskyttevägen 16, 271 60 Ystad 2022
· Aktiebolag Stortorget 14 Lgh 1103, 271 43 Ystad 2022
· Aktiebolag Trollegatan 1, 271 36 Ystad 2021
· Aktiebolag Norra Kompassgatan 3, 271 51 Ystad 2021
· Aktiebolag Vitkålsgatan 15, 271 54 Ystad 2021
· Aktiebolag Adlercreutzgatan 7 Lgh 1009, 271 39 Ystad 2020
· Aktiebolag Åsgatan 9, 271 31 Ystad 2020
· Aktiebolag Drottning Margarethas Väg 7 Isaksson Cons AB, 271 53 Ystad 2019
· Aktiebolag Mässingsgatan 5, 271 39 Ystad 2019
· Enskild firma Fridhemsgatan 3 P, 271 45 Ystad 2019
· Aktiebolag Gaffelgränd 16, 271 42 Ystad 2017
· Aktiebolag Trollegatan 2, 271 36 Ystad 2017
· Enskild firma Pilgrimsgatan 7 C Lgh 1001, 271 36 Ystad 2016
· Aktiebolag Hejderidaregatan 35, 271 57 Ystad 2016
· Enskild firma Lingonstigen 5 B, 271 38 Ystad 2015
· Enskild firma Klostergatan 4 Lgh 1201, 271 34 Ystad 2013
· Aktiebolag Björnstjernegatan 2 B, 271 39 Ystad 2013
· Aktiebolag Hejderidaregatan 29, 271 57 Ystad 2012
· Enskild firma Västra Vallgatan 26 B, 271 35 Ystad 2012
· Aktiebolag Drottning Margarethas Väg 7, 271 53 Ystad 2012
· Enskild firma Blekegatan 9 B Lgh 1003, 271 33 Ystad 2011
· Aktiebolag Jörgen Krabbes Gata 28, 271 53 Ystad 2005
· Handelsbolag / kommanditbolag Stortorget 14 Lgh 1103, 271 43 Ystad 1996

Recently opened


Mullvadsvägen 10 Klondyke, 271 39 Ystad
Oct 2026

Matrosgatan 13, 271 52 Ystad
Aug 2026

Oskarsgatan 3 A Lgh 1201, 271 40 Ystad
Apr 2026

Lilla Västergatan 4 A, 271 35 Ystad
Feb 2026

Kofodsgatan 11, 271 31 Ystad
Jan 2026

Jens Friisgatan 1, 271 36 Ystad
Jan 2026

Stortorget 6 Lgh 1102, 271 43 Ystad
Oct 2025

Knopgatan 13, 271 51 Ystad
Sep 2025

Recently closed

None in the last 2 years.

Comparable areas

Same type of area, similar population.

AreaResidentsActivePer 10kScore
Västervik21,6154119.066
Eslöv20,4225125.055
Värnamo20,2733818.763
Karlshamn19,9664824.058
Hässleholm19,7604120.751
Lidköping23,5855824.647

Other areas nearby

Ranked by opportunity score for it & software services.

AreaActivePer 10kScore
Nybrostrand Town425.944
Svarte Town654.430
Köpingebro Town536.926

Population of Ystad

Statistics Sweden
21k21k21k21k21k2024Residents

Who lives here

Statistics Sweden · 2026
Children 0-14 15%
Young 15-24 10%
Adults 25-44 23%
Adults 45-64 24%
Seniors 65-79 19%
80 and older 9%

The line marks the average for Sweden.

Average age45.8 yrs · Sweden: 42.3
Average net income per person (20+)SEK 365k · Sweden: SEK 367k
Households with children27% · Sweden: 29%
Post-secondary education (age 25–65)47% · Sweden: 50%
Jobs located here*14,545
Commute in / out every day*5,084 / 5,915
Jobs per working resident*0.95 · 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.