Pharmacy & health store in Visby
Opportunity score
Crowded
Medium confidenceMore competition than similar areas, or a weak trend.
See the five reasonsWhy this score (17/100)
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 8 active businesses in the category “Pharmacy & health store” in Visby - 3.0 per 10,000 residents.
That is more than similar-sized areas (median 1.8 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 5.
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 Visby against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Gotlands 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.
| Visby | Sweden | Visby Sweden | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made a loss | 33% | 32% | About the same | |
| Companies with negative equity | 0% | 4% | Fewer here | |
| Median equity ratio | 44% | 43% | About the same | |
| Run by chains (3+ places) | 63% | 84% | Fewer chains |
Trend
Active businesses over time
VisbyThis 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 – Gotlands 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 Visby.
Competition
| 3 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
8 in all, newest first.
| Name | Address | Since |
|---|---|---|
| · Apoteket AB · chain, 3 places here | Stenhuggarvägen 5-7, 621 53 Visby | 2026 |
| · Aktiebolag | Södra Kyrkogatan 11, 621 56 Visby | 2026 |
| · Aktiebolag | Södervärnsgatan 26, 621 46 Visby | 2021 |
| · Apotek Hjärtat AB · chain | Follingboväg 70, 621 53 Visby | 2012 |
| · Aktiebolag | Stenkumlaväg 36, 621 49 Visby | 2011 |
| · Kronans Apotek AB · chain | Skarphällsgatan 8, 621 41 Visby | 1990 |
| · Apoteket AB · chain, 3 places here | S:t Göransgatan 5, 621 55 Visby | 1984 |
| · Apoteket AB · chain, 3 places here | Österväg 7, 621 45 Visby | – |
Nothing matches.
Recently opened
Apoteket AB · Stenhuggarvägen 5-7, 621 53 Visby | Sep 2026 |
Södra Kyrkogatan 11, 621 56 Visby | Jun 2026 |
Recently closed
| None in the last 2 years. |
Comparable areas
Same type of area, similar population.
| Area | Residents | Active | Per 10k | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enköping | 26,353 | 7 | 2.7 | 27 |
| Karlskoga | 27,261 | 3 | 1.1 | 70 |
| Mölnlycke och Öjersjö | 25,172 | 2 | 0.8 | 78 |
| Gustavsberg | 25,034 | 5 | 2.0 | 45 |
| Sandviken (Sandviken) | 24,827 | 2 | 0.8 | 78 |
| Vänersborg | 24,731 | 3 | 1.2 | 67 |
Population of Visby
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.