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Painter & decorator in Vårgårda

Town · 6,198 residents
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21of 100

Opportunity score

Crowded

Medium confidence

More competition than similar areas, or a weak trend.

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Why this score (21/100)

Room in the market21weak
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
6
– vs 12 months ago
Per 10,000 residents
9.7
similar areas 6.1 · Sweden 7.1
Opened and closed, 3 years
1 opened – closed
last 12 months: 1 opened, – closed
Population
6,198

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

There are 6 active businesses in the category “Painter & decorator” in Vårgårda - 9.7 per 10,000 residents.

That is more than similar-sized areas (median 6.1 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 4.

In the last 3 years 1 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.

Compared with Sweden

Painter & decorator in Vårgårda against all of Sweden. 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.

VårgårdaSwedenVårgårda SwedenVerdict
Run by chains (3+ places) 0% 2% About the same

Trend

Active businesses over time

Vårgårda
0246Q4 26Painter & decorator

Openings and closures per year

00.51Opened 2026 (so far): 0Closed 2026 (so far): 02026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Money

Financials – Vårgårda kommun

Too few companies here have filed annual reports to show medians (2 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 painter & decorator in Vårgårda.

Financial health

Too few companies here have filed annual reports to show medians (2 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)1.61 · Sweden: 0.62
Average age of active businesses11.8 yrs · Sweden: 12.5
Younger than 2 years20% · Sweden: 15%
Older than 10 years60% · 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 one0 · 0%
More than 10 km0

Measured from each neighbourhood centre in the municipality.

Existing businesses

6 in all, newest first.

NameAddressSince
· Enskild firma Alvhemsgatan 9, 447 30 Vårgårda 2026
· Enskild firma Boråsvägen 20, 447 34 Vårgårda 2021
· Enskild firma Björkgatan 3, 447 35 Vårgårda 2015
· Enskild firma Såningsvägen 5, 447 34 Vårgårda 2010
· Enskild firma Kabelgatan 3, 447 30 Vårgårda 2001
· Enskild firma Såningsvägen 5, 447 34 Vårgårda –

Recently opened


Alvhemsgatan 9, 447 30 Vårgårda
May 2026

Recently closed

None in the last 2 years.

Comparable areas

Same type of area, similar population.

AreaResidentsActivePer 10kScore
Fristad6,18900.083
Storvreta6,21123.268
Flen6,26658.035
Järna (Södertälje)6,1101016.49
Kungsör6,10834.960
Haparanda6,29234.861

Population of Vårgårda

Statistics Sweden
6,0006,0506,1006,1506,2002024Residents

Who lives here

Statistics Sweden · 2026
Children 0-14 17%
Young 15-24 12%
Adults 25-44 26%
Adults 45-64 23%
Seniors 65-79 15%
80 and older 8%

The line marks the average for Sweden.

Average age42.5 yrs · Sweden: 42.3
Average net income per person (20+)SEK 319k · Sweden: SEK 367k
Households with children29% · Sweden: 29%
Post-secondary education (age 25–65)31% · Sweden: 50%
Jobs located here*6,172
Commute in / out every day*2,837 / 3,104
Jobs per working resident*0.96 · 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.