Plumber & heating in Skara
Opportunity score
Worth a closer look
High confidenceSome signals point to room for a new business.
See the five reasonsWhy this score (58/100)
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 7 active businesses in the category “Plumber & heating” in Skara - 6.1 per 10,000 residents.
That is about the same as similar-sized areas (median 7.3 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 8.
In the last 3 years 2 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
Compared with Sweden
Plumber & heating in Skara against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Skara kommun), from 4 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.
| Skara | Sweden | Skara Sweden | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made a loss | 50% | 21% | More here | |
| Companies with negative equity | 0% | 3% | Fewer here | |
| Median equity ratio | 55% | 47% | Stronger | |
| Revenue per employee | SEK 1.5m | SEK 1.9m | Lower | |
| Staff costs per employee | SEK 664k | SEK 631k | Higher | |
| Run by chains (3+ places) | 0% | 4% | Fewer chains |
Trend
Active businesses over time
SkaraThis 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 – Skara 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 plumber & heating in Skara.
Competition
No company runs more than one place of business here, an independent market.
New and established
An established market: many businesses have been here for years.
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
7 in all, newest first.
| Name | Address | Since |
|---|---|---|
| · Aktiebolag | Folkungagatan 23, 532 35 Skara | 2024 |
| · Aktiebolag | Hästhagsgatan 1, 532 40 Skara | 2016 |
| · Handelsbolag / kommanditbolag | Härlundagatan 32, 532 35 Skara | 2008 |
| · Aktiebolag | Vallgatan 53, 532 37 Skara | 2001 |
| · Enskild firma | Malmgatan 2, 532 31 Skara | 2001 |
| · Aktiebolag | Mejerigatan 2, 532 40 Skara | 1993 |
| · Enskild firma | Timmermansgatan 17, 532 33 Skara | – |
Nothing matches.
Recently opened
Bravida Sverige AB · Nils Billstensgatan 1, 532 30 Skara | Apr 2026 |
Recently closed
Bravida Sverige AB · Nils Billstensgatan 1, 532 30 Skara | Apr 2026 after 0 yrs |
Closures before 4 October 2026 are listed as the register has them, but it kept only some of them, so they are not counted in the figures above.
Comparable areas
Same type of area, similar population.
| Area | Residents | Active | Per 10k | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxelösund | 11,485 | 4 | 3.5 | 76 |
| Nödinge-Nol | 11,658 | 9 | 7.7 | 58 |
| Bjuv | 11,209 | 17 | 15.2 | 22 |
| Fagersta | 11,771 | 11 | 9.3 | 42 |
| Ulricehamn | 11,794 | 5 | 4.2 | 55 |
| Eksjö | 11,077 | 6 | 5.4 | 63 |
Population of Skara
Statistics SwedenWho lives here
Statistics Sweden · 2026The line marks the average for Sweden.
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.