Pharmacy & health store in Gävle
Opportunity score
Worth a closer look
High confidenceSome signals point to room for a new business.
See the five reasonsWhy this score (62/100)
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 12 active businesses in the category “Pharmacy & health store” in Gävle - 1.4 per 10,000 residents.
That is fewer than similar-sized areas (median 1.8 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 16.
In the last 3 years 2 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
Compared with Sweden
Pharmacy & health store in Gävle 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.
| Gävle | Sweden | Gävle Sweden | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run by chains (3+ places) | 75% | 84% | Fewer chains |
Trend
Active businesses over time
GävleThis 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 – Gävle 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 pharmacy & health store in Gävle.
Financial health
Too few companies here have filed annual reports to show medians (1 of at least 3).
Competition
| 4 places | |
| 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
12 in all, newest first.
| Name | Address | Since |
|---|---|---|
| · Enskild firma | Primulavägen 50, 806 38 Gävle | 2025 |
| · Aktiebolag | Kaserngatan 62, 802 55 Gävle | 2024 |
| · Kronans Apotek AB · chain, 4 places here | Norra Skeppsbron 11, 803 10 Gävle | 2020 |
| · Apoteket AB · chain, 3 places here | Drottninggatan 18, 803 20 Gävle | 2019 |
| · Aktiebolag | Myrbackavändan 152, 804 27 Gävle | 2019 |
| · Apoteket AB · chain, 3 places here | Valbovägen 307, 818 35 Valbo | 2011 |
| · Apotek Hjärtat AB · chain, 2 places here | Ingenjörsgatan 1 Hemlingby Köpcentrum, 802 93 Gävle | 2011 |
| · Kronans Apotek AB · chain, 4 places here | Valbo Köpcentrum, 818 32 Valbo | 2002 |
| · Apotek Hjärtat AB · chain, 2 places here | Drottninggatan 12, 803 20 Gävle | – |
| · Apoteket AB · chain, 3 places here | Lasarettsvägen 1 Huvudentren Länssjukhuset, 803 24 Gävle | – |
| · Kronans Apotek AB · chain, 4 places here | Kaserngatan 48, 802 53 Gävle | – |
| · Kronans Apotek AB · chain, 4 places here | Solgårdsgatan 2, 804 30 Gävle | – |
Nothing matches.
Recently opened
Primulavägen 50, 806 38 Gävle | Sep 2025 |
Kaserngatan 62, 802 55 Gävle | Nov 2024 |
Recently closed
| None in the last 2 years. |
Comparable areas
Same type of area, similar population.
| Area | Residents | Active | Per 10k | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umeå | 94,243 | 14 | 1.5 | 59 |
| Södertälje | 78,377 | 13 | 1.7 | 55 |
| Borås | 75,565 | 11 | 1.5 | 60 |
| Norrköping | 98,229 | 18 | 1.8 | 50 |
| Lund (Lund) | 98,308 | 18 | 1.8 | 50 |
| Växjö | 74,052 | 13 | 1.8 | 52 |
Population of Gävle
Statistics SwedenWho lives here
Statistics Sweden · 2026The line marks the average for Sweden. Highlighted: the age group most relevant for pharmacy & health store.
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.