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Marketing & advertising agency in Vänersborg

Town · 24,731 residents
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61of 100

Opportunity score

Worth a closer look

High confidence

Some signals point to room for a new business.

See the five reasons

Why this score (61/100)

Room in the market54average
Population growth–left out
Momentum–left out
Survival–left out
Financial trend86strong

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
6.1
similar areas 6.6 · Sweden 13.1
Opened and closed, 3 years
4 opened – closed
last 12 months: 2 opened, – closed
Population
24,731

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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 “Marketing & advertising agency” in Vänersborg - 6.1 per 10,000 residents.

That is about the same as similar-sized areas (median 6.6 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 16.

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

Compared with Sweden

Marketing & advertising agency in Vänersborg against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Vänersborgs kommun), from 11 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.

VänersborgSwedenVänersborg SwedenVerdict
Made a loss 36% 35% About the same
Companies with negative equity 9% 6% More here
Losses two years in a row 18% 20% About the same
Median equity ratio 67% 58% Stronger
Revenue per employee SEK 1.1m SEK 929k Higher
Staff costs per employee SEK 530k SEK 518k About the same
Run by chains (3+ places) 0% 1% About the same

Trend

Active businesses over time

Vänersborg

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

Openings and closures per year

0123Opened 2017: 12017Opened 2018: 12018Opened 2019: 02019Opened 2020: 02020Opened 2021: 32021Opened 2022: 02022Opened 2023: 22023Opened 2024: 12024Opened 2025: 22025Opened 2026 (so far): 1Closed 2026 (so far): 22026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

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

Money

Financials – Vänersborgs kommun

Median revenue
SEK 306k
11 companies filed
Profitable
64%
revenue trend +7.6%
0500k1.0m1.5m20172019202120232025Vänersborgs kommunSweden
Vänersborgs 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 marketing & advertising agency in Vänersborg.

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)0.81 · Sweden: 1.93
Average age of active businesses10.7 yrs · Sweden: 10.6
Younger than 2 years13% · Sweden: 23%
Older than 10 years40% · Sweden: 41%

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 one9,801 · 25%
More than 10 km0
Farthest neighbourhood (5,000+ residents)5.5 km · Dalsland landsbygd (Vänersborg)

Measured from each neighbourhood centre in the municipality.

Jobs – Vänersborgs kommun

051015202022202320242025Employees

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 Parkvägen 11, 462 60 Vänersborg 2026
· Enskild firma Flanaden 126 Lgh 1202, 462 50 Vänersborg 2025
· Aktiebolag Residensgatan 7 C, 462 33 Vänersborg 2024
· Aktiebolag Nabbensbergsvägen 2, 462 40 Vänersborg 2023
· Enskild firma Östergatan 18 C Lgh 1001, 462 33 Vänersborg 2023
· Aktiebolag Östergatan 5, 462 33 Vänersborg 2021
· Aktiebolag Landerivägen 26, 462 32 Vänersborg 2021
· Enskild firma Violvägen 7, 462 61 Vänersborg 2021
· Aktiebolag Gesällgatan 12, 462 41 Vänersborg 2017
· Aktiebolag Kyrkogatan 21 B, 462 33 Vänersborg 2014
· Aktiebolag Industrigatan 8, 462 38 Vänersborg 2012
· Aktiebolag Nabbensbergsvägen 2 2Tr, 462 40 Vänersborg 2010
· Aktiebolag Sundsgatan 17, 462 33 Vänersborg 2006
· Ekonomisk förening Nabbensbergsvägen 2, 462 40 Vänersborg 1996
· Aktiebolag Belfragegatan 7 B, 462 36 Vänersborg 1994

Recently opened


Parkvägen 11, 462 60 Vänersborg
Apr 2026

Flanaden 126 Lgh 1202, 462 50 Vänersborg
Dec 2025

Adolf Andersohnsgatan 10 C Lgh 1001, 462 37 Vänersborg
Jul 2025

Recently closed


Östergatan 5 Lgh Nr 1201, 462 33 Vänersborg
Nov 2026
after 9 yrs

Adolf Andersohnsgatan 10 C Lgh 1001, 462 37 Vänersborg
Nov 2026
after 1 yrs

Comparable areas

Same type of area, similar population.

AreaResidentsActivePer 10kScore
Sandviken (Sandviken)24,827135.269
Gustavsberg25,0345020.06
Mölnlycke och Öjersjö25,1722710.730
Katrineholm23,953135.459
Piteå23,8243012.66
Norrtälje23,606198.038

Other areas nearby

Ranked by opportunity score for marketing & advertising agency.

AreaActivePer 10kScore
Vargön Town12.085

Population of Vänersborg

Statistics Sweden
24k24k24k24k25k25k2024Residents

Who lives here

Statistics Sweden · 2026
Children 0-14 16%
Young 15-24 13%
Adults 25-44 25%
Adults 45-64 23%
Seniors 65-79 15%
80 and older 9%

The line marks the average for Sweden.

Average age43.3 yrs · Sweden: 42.3
Average net income per person (20+)SEK 311k · Sweden: SEK 367k
Households with children27% · Sweden: 29%
Post-secondary education (age 25–65)43% · Sweden: 50%
Jobs located here*15,231
Commute in / out every day*5,531 / 9,164
Jobs per working resident*0.81 · 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 12.11.2026.