Pharmacy & health store in Umeå
Opportunity score
Worth a closer look
High confidenceSome signals point to room for a new business.
See the five reasonsWhy this score (59/100)
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 14 active businesses in the category “Pharmacy & health store” in Umeå - 1.5 per 10,000 residents.
That is about the same as similar-sized areas (median 1.8 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 17.
In the last 3 years 0 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
Compared with Sweden
Pharmacy & health store in Umeå against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2024 (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 | 100% | 19% | More here | |
| Companies with negative equity | 33% | 5% | More here | |
| Median equity ratio | 0% | 41% | Weaker | |
| Run by chains (3+ places) | 93% | 84% | 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 pharmacy & health store in Umeå.
Competition
| 5 places | |
| 5 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.
Existing businesses
14 in all, newest first.
| Name | Address | Since |
|---|---|---|
| · Aktiebolag | Rådhusesplanaden 7 B Lgh 1402, 903 28 Umeå | 2023 |
| · Medovia AB · chain | Rälsvägen 7, 901 32 Umeå | 2020 |
| · Apotek Hjärtat AB · chain, 2 places here | Mariehemsvägen 8, 906 54 Umeå | 2016 |
| · Apoteket AB · chain, 5 places here | Marknadsgatan 3, 904 22 Umeå | 2016 |
| · Apoteket AB · chain, 5 places here | Gräddvägen 1, 906 20 Umeå | 2016 |
| · Apotek Hjärtat AB · chain, 2 places here | Kronoskogsvägen 18, 903 61 Umeå | 2015 |
| · Apoteket AB · chain, 5 places here | Kungsgatan 65 A, 903 26 Umeå | 2011 |
| · Apoteket AB · chain, 5 places here | Kungsgatan 52-54 MVG gallerian, 903 26 Umeå | 2008 |
| · Kronans Apotek AB · chain, 5 places here | Formvägen 4, 906 21 Umeå | 2006 |
| · Kronans Apotek AB · chain, 5 places here | Manusgränd 3, 903 64 Umeå | 1991 |
| · Kronans Apotek AB · chain, 5 places here | Examensvägen 3, 907 30 Umeå | 1984 |
| · Kronans Apotek AB · chain, 5 places here | Renmarkstorget 9, 903 26 Umeå | – |
| · Apoteket AB · chain, 5 places here | Tegsplan 3 C, 904 20 Umeå | – |
| · Kronans Apotek AB · chain, 5 places here | Ridvägen 12, 903 25 Umeå | – |
Nothing matches.
Comparable areas
Same type of area, similar population.
| Area | Residents | Active | Per 10k | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norrköping | 98,229 | 18 | 1.8 | 50 |
| Lund (Lund) | 98,308 | 18 | 1.8 | 50 |
| Gävle | 86,533 | 12 | 1.4 | 62 |
| Jönköping | 103,032 | 18 | 1.7 | 52 |
| Södertälje | 78,377 | 13 | 1.7 | 55 |
| Borås | 75,565 | 11 | 1.5 | 60 |
Population of Umeå
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 13.11.2026.