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Optician in Bålsta

Town · 16,205 residents
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48of 100

Opportunity score

Balanced

Medium confidence

Supply roughly matches similar areas.

See the five reasons

Why this score (48/100)

Room in the market48average
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
2
– vs 12 months ago
Per 10,000 residents
1.2
similar areas 1.2 · Sweden 1.3
Opened and closed, 3 years
0 opened – closed
last 12 months: 0 opened, – closed
Population
16,205

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

There are 2 active businesses in the category “Optician” in Bålsta - 1.2 per 10,000 residents.

That is about the same as similar-sized areas (median 1.2 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 2.

In the last 3 years 0 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.

Trend

Active businesses over time

Bålsta
0122024Q3 242025Q3 252026Q3 26Optician

Openings and closures per year

00.51Opened 2024: 0Closed 2024: 02024Opened 2025: 0Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026 (so far): 0Closed 2026 (so far): 02026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Money

Financials – Håbo kommun

Too few companies here have filed annual reports to show medians (1 of at least 3).

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 optician in Bålsta.

Financial health

Too few companies here have filed annual reports to show medians (1 of at least 3).

Competition

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

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.00 · Sweden: 0.07

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 one4,852 · 21%
More than 10 km2,151

Measured from each neighbourhood centre in the municipality.

Existing businesses

2 in all, newest first.

NameAddressSince
· Synoptik Sweden Aktiebolag · chain Centrumstråket 2 Bålsta Centrum, 746 32 Bålsta 2022
· Aktiebolag Centrumstråket 11, 746 32 Bålsta 2009

Comparable areas

Same type of area, similar population.

AreaResidentsActivePer 10kScore
Höganäs16,27442.518
Ljungby16,07621.248
Avesta16,05521.248
Nynäshamn16,44742.418
Boden16,64431.833
Ludvika15,67531.931

Population of Bålsta

Statistics Sweden
16k16k16k16k16k2024Residents

Who lives here

Statistics Sweden · 2026
Children 0-14 17%
Young 15-24 13%
Adults 25-44 23%
Adults 45-64 27%
Seniors 65-79 13%
80 and older 7%

The line marks the average for Sweden. Highlighted: the age group most relevant for optician.

Average age42.2 yrs · Sweden: 42.3
Average net income per person (20+)SEK 371k · Sweden: SEK 367k
Households with children38% · Sweden: 29%
Post-secondary education (age 25–65)39% · Sweden: 50%
Jobs located here*7,392
Commute in / out every day*3,403 / 7,913
Jobs per working resident*0.62 · 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 11.11.2026.