Optician in Borås
Opportunity score
Crowded
High confidenceMore competition than similar areas, or a weak trend.
See the five reasonsWhy this score (22/100)
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
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There are 51 active businesses in the category “Optician” in Borås - 6.7 per 10,000 residents.
That is more than similar-sized areas (median 1.2 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 9.
In the last 3 years 6 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
Compared with Sweden
Optician in Borås against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Borås kommun), from 28 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.
| Borås | Sweden | Borås Sweden | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made a loss | 7% | 20% | Fewer here | |
| Companies with negative equity | 0% | 4% | Fewer here | |
| Losses two years in a row | 4% | 13% | Fewer here | |
| Median equity ratio | 39% | 52% | Weaker | |
| Revenue per employee | SEK 1.5m | SEK 1.6m | Lower | |
| Staff costs per employee | SEK 450k | SEK 589k | Lower | |
| Run by chains (3+ places) | 14% | 39% | Fewer chains |
Trend
Active businesses over time
BoråsThis line starts on 4 October 2026, when closures start being known, and grows as we collect.
Openings and closures per year
Closures are counted from 4 October 2026; years before show openings only.
Money
Financials – Borås kommun
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 Borås.
Competition
| 3 places | |
| 2 places |
New and established
A typical mix of new and established businesses.
Moving in and out
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
Measured from each neighbourhood centre in the municipality.
Jobs – Borås kommun
Average number of employees reported in the annual reports of companies that file accounts, sole proprietorships are not included.
Existing businesses
51 in all, newest first.
| Name | Address | Since |
|---|---|---|
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2026 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2025 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2025 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2025 |
| · Ekonomisk förening | Skaraborgsvägen 35 A, 506 30 Borås | 2024 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2023 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2023 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2021 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2021 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2021 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2021 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2021 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2020 |
| · Enskild firma | Odengatan 2 Lgh 1202, 506 34 Borås | 2020 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2019 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2019 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2018 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2018 |
| · Aktiebolag | Landbogatan 17, 504 45 Borås | 2017 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2016 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2016 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2016 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2016 |
| · Synoptik Sweden Aktiebolag · chain, 3 places here | Österlånggatan 47, 503 37 Borås | 2015 |
| · Aktiebolag | Österlånggatan 45, 503 37 Borås | 2015 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2015 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2015 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2015 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2015 |
| · Optiker Wikander Aktiebolag · chain, 2 places here | Bergslenagatan 8 Storknallen, 506 30 Borås | 2014 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2014 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2013 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2013 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2012 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2012 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2012 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2012 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2012 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2012 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2012 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2011 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2009 |
| · Synoptik Sweden Aktiebolag · chain, 3 places here | Österlånggatan 46, 503 37 Borås | 2009 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2008 |
| · Aktiebolag | Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | 2006 |
| · Synoptik Sweden Aktiebolag · chain, 3 places here | Skaraborgsvägen 62-64, 506 30 Borås | 2002 |
| · Glasögonmagasinet Optik Sweden AB · chain | Lilla Brogatan 18, 503 35 Borås | 1995 |
| · chain | Lilla Brogatan 39, 503 35 Borås | 1994 |
| · Aktiebolag | Allégatan 20, 503 32 Borås | 1985 |
| · Aktiebolag | Allégatan 30, 503 32 Borås | – |
| · Optiker Wikander Aktiebolag · chain, 2 places here | Torggatan 19, 503 34 Borås | – |
Nothing matches.
Recently opened
Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | Jul 2026 |
Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | Mar 2025 |
Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | Mar 2025 |
Skaraborgsvägen 40, 506 30 Borås | Feb 2025 |
Recently closed
| None in the last 2 years. |
Comparable areas
Same type of area, similar population.
| Area | Residents | Active | Per 10k | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Växjö | 74,052 | 12 | 1.6 | 31 |
| Halmstad | 72,979 | 15 | 2.1 | 12 |
| Södertälje | 78,377 | 10 | 1.3 | 45 |
| Sundsvall och Timrå | 70,918 | 11 | 1.6 | 34 |
| Eskilstuna | 70,646 | 10 | 1.4 | 39 |
| Karlstad | 69,615 | 12 | 1.7 | 26 |
Population of Borås
Statistics SwedenWho lives here
Statistics Sweden · 2026The line marks the average for Sweden. Highlighted: the age group most relevant for optician.
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.