Optician in Umeå
Opportunity score
Balanced
High confidenceSupply roughly matches similar areas.
See the five reasonsWhy this score (41/100)
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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Each dot is a place of business at its registered address. Click a dot to see the company.
There are 13 active businesses in the category “Optician” in Umeå - 1.4 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 11.
In the last 3 years 2 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
Compared with Sweden
Optician in Umeå against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Umeå kommun), from 3 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.
| Umeå | Sweden | Umeå Sweden | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made a loss | 67% | 20% | More here | |
| Companies with negative equity | 33% | 4% | More here | |
| Median equity ratio | 19% | 52% | Weaker | |
| Run by chains (3+ places) | 54% | 39% | More chains |
Trend
Active businesses over time
UmeåThis 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 – Umeå 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 Umeå.
Competition
| 3 places | |
| 2 places |
New and established
A young market: many recent start-ups, dynamic, but less proven.
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.
Existing businesses
13 in all, newest first.
| Name | Address | Since |
|---|---|---|
| · Aktiebolag | Kungsgatan 85 A, 903 30 Umeå | 2026 |
| · Aktiebolag | Älvans Väg 93, 907 50 Umeå | 2026 |
| · chain | Kungsgatan 49, 903 26 Umeå | 2023 |
| · Synsam Group Sweden AB · chain, 3 places here | Kungsgatan 52, 903 26 Umeå | 2021 |
| · Aktiebolag | Marknadsgatan 11, 904 22 Umeå | 2016 |
| · Synsam Group Sweden AB · chain, 3 places here | Marknadsgatan 11 Avion Shopping, 904 22 Umeå | 2016 |
| · Glasögonmagasinet Optik Sweden AB · chain | Kungsgatan 45, 903 25 Umeå | 2015 |
| · Synoptik Sweden Aktiebolag · chain, 2 places here | Kungsgatan 55, 903 26 Umeå | 2012 |
| · Aktiebolag | Himlastigen 14, 906 41 Umeå | 2011 |
| · Aktiebolag | Västra Esplanaden 5, 903 25 Umeå | 1997 |
| · Synoptik Sweden Aktiebolag · chain, 2 places here | Kungsgatan 56, 903 26 Umeå | 1991 |
| · Synsam Group Sweden AB · chain, 3 places here | Kungsgatan 63 A, 903 26 Umeå | 1988 |
| · Aktiebolag | Kungsgatan 58, 903 26 Umeå | 1986 |
Nothing matches.
Recently opened
Kungsgatan 85 A, 903 30 Umeå | Jun 2026 |
Älvans Väg 93, 907 50 Umeå | May 2026 |
Recently closed
| None in the last 2 years. |
Comparable areas
Same type of area, similar population.
| Area | Residents | Active | Per 10k | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norrköping | 98,229 | 15 | 1.5 | 35 |
| Lund (Lund) | 98,308 | 17 | 1.7 | 20 |
| Gävle | 86,533 | 13 | 1.5 | 36 |
| Jönköping | 103,032 | 16 | 1.6 | 34 |
| Södertälje | 78,377 | 10 | 1.3 | 45 |
| Borås | 75,565 | 51 | 6.7 | 22 |
Population of Umeå
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.