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Painter & decorator in Bollnäs

Town · 13,918 residents
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34of 100

Opportunity score

Crowded

High confidence

More competition than similar areas, or a weak trend.

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Why this score (34/100)

Room in the market41average
Population growth–left out
Momentum–left out
Survival–left out
Financial trend10weak

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
10
– vs 12 months ago
Per 10,000 residents
7.2
similar areas 6.1 · Sweden 7.1
Opened and closed, 3 years
3 opened – closed
last 12 months: 1 opened, – closed
Population
13,918

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There are 10 active businesses in the category “Painter & decorator” in Bollnäs - 7.2 per 10,000 residents.

That is about the same as similar-sized areas (median 6.1 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 9.

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

Compared with Sweden

Painter & decorator in Bollnäs against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Bollnäs kommun), from 9 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.

BollnäsSwedenBollnäs SwedenVerdict
Made a loss 11% 22% Fewer here
Companies with negative equity 11% 4% More here
Losses two years in a row 0% 10% Fewer here
Median equity ratio 56% 51% Stronger
Revenue per employee SEK 1.3m SEK 1.1m Higher
Staff costs per employee SEK 634k SEK 569k Higher
Run by chains (3+ places) 10% 2% More chains

Trend

Active businesses over time

Bollnäs

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

Openings and closures per year

012Opened 2017: 12017Opened 2018: 02018Opened 2019: 12019Opened 2020: 02020Opened 2021: 02021Opened 2022: 02022Opened 2023: 22023Opened 2024: 12024Opened 2025: 22025Opened 2026 (so far): 0Closed 2026 (so far): 02026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

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

Money

Financials – Bollnäs kommun

Median revenue
SEK 2.1m
9 companies filed
Profitable
89%
revenue trend -5.1%
02.0m4.0m6.0m20172019202120232025Bollnäs kommunSweden
Bollnäs 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 painter & decorator in Bollnäs.

Competition

Share of the 3 largest operators30% · 10 owners

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

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.72 · Sweden: 0.60
Average age of active businesses7.4 yrs · Sweden: 12.5
Younger than 2 years20% · Sweden: 15%
Older than 10 years30% · Sweden: 49%

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 one3,524 · 14%
More than 10 km0

Measured from each neighbourhood centre in the municipality.

Jobs – Bollnäs kommun

01020302022202320242025Employees

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

Existing businesses

10 in all, newest first.

NameAddressSince
· Aktiebolag Malungsgatan 11, 821 30 Bollnäs 2025
· Aktiebolag Varpnäsvägen 13, 821 50 Bollnäs 2025
· Aktiebolag Lingonvägen 10, 821 35 Bollnäs 2024
· Aktiebolag Tjädervägen 7, 821 50 Bollnäs 2023
· chain Industrigatan 9, 821 41 Bollnäs 2023
· Aktiebolag Varpnäsvägen 13, 821 50 Bollnäs 2019
· Enskild firma Stabergsvägen 33, 821 51 Bollnäs 2017
· Aktiebolag Varpnäsvägen 13, 821 50 Bollnäs 2013
· Aktiebolag Industrigatan 9, 821 41 Bollnäs 2011
· Aktiebolag Fabriksgatan 7, 821 33 Bollnäs 2010

Recently opened


Malungsgatan 11, 821 30 Bollnäs
Dec 2025

Varpnäsvägen 13, 821 50 Bollnäs
Aug 2025

Recently closed

None in the last 2 years.

Comparable areas

Same type of area, similar population.

AreaResidentsActivePer 10kScore
Vetlanda13,89532.282
Höör14,00496.447
Oxie14,040107.139
Sala13,7021510.924
Lomma13,69975.158
Arvika14,1861611.38

Population of Bollnäs

Statistics Sweden
13k14k14k14k2024Residents

Who lives here

Statistics Sweden · 2026
Children 0-14 17%
Young 15-24 12%
Adults 25-44 26%
Adults 45-64 24%
Seniors 65-79 16%
80 and older 6%

The line marks the average for Sweden.

Average age41.9 yrs · Sweden: 42.3
Average net income per person (20+)SEK 286k · Sweden: SEK 367k
Households with children25% · Sweden: 29%
Post-secondary education (age 25–65)32% · Sweden: 50%
Jobs located here*11,447
Commute in / out every day*2,180 / 2,776
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 14.11.2026.