Restaurant in Vänersborg
Opportunity score
Balanced
High confidenceSupply roughly matches similar areas.
See the five reasonsWhy this score (46/100)
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 35 active businesses in the category “Restaurant” in Vänersborg - 14.2 per 10,000 residents.
That is about the same as similar-sized areas (median 15.8 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 39.
In the last 3 years 12 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
In the Swedish industry codes (SNI 2025), cafés, pastry shops, pubs, pizzerias, takeaways and restaurants share one code (56.110); only bars that serve drinks alone (56.300) and mobile food stands (56.120) have their own. Businesses with the restaurant code are counted as a café or bar, or as fast food, when their name says so – café, konditori, pub, bar, pizzeria, kebab, burger, takeaway and the like – and the rest as restaurants. The split is therefore approximate.
Compared with Sweden
Restaurant in Vänersborg against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Vänersborgs kommun), from 18 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.
| Vänersborg | Sweden | Vänersborg Sweden | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made a loss | 11% | 35% | Fewer here | |
| Companies with negative equity | 6% | 8% | Fewer here | |
| Losses two years in a row | 0% | 20% | Fewer here | |
| Median equity ratio | 49% | 38% | Stronger | |
| Revenue per employee | SEK 1.1m | SEK 1.2m | Lower | |
| Staff costs per employee | SEK 290k | SEK 437k | Lower | |
| Run by chains (3+ places) | 6% | 6% | About the same |
Trend
Active businesses over time
VänersborgThis 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 – Vänersborgs 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 restaurant in Vänersborg.
Competition
No company runs more than one place of business here, an independent market.
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.
When businesses open and close
Per calendar month, 2021–2025. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
Jobs – Vänersborgs kommun
Average number of employees reported in the annual reports of companies that file accounts, sole proprietorships are not included.
Existing businesses
35 in all, newest first.
| Name | Address | Since |
|---|---|---|
| · Enskild firma | Sundsgatan 24 A Lgh 1203, 462 33 Vänersborg | 2026 |
| · Enskild firma | Hamngatan 29 Lgh 1002, 462 30 Vänersborg | 2026 |
| · Enskild firma | Petersbergsvägen 75, 462 53 Vänersborg | 2025 |
| · Aktiebolag | Drottninggatan 18, 462 30 Vänersborg | 2025 |
| · Aktiebolag | Köpmansgränd 4 A, 462 33 Vänersborg | 2025 |
| · Aktiebolag | Duellvägen 8, 462 60 Vänersborg | 2025 |
| · Aktiebolag | Sundsgatan 18, 462 33 Vänersborg | 2025 |
| · Aktiebolag | Kungsgatan 13, 462 33 Vänersborg | 2025 |
| · Enskild firma | Marierovägen 30, 462 37 Vänersborg | 2024 |
| · Aktiebolag | Tenggrenstorpsvägen 10, 462 56 Vänersborg | 2024 |
| · Aktiebolag | Fjärilsvägen 23, 462 54 Vänersborg | 2024 |
| · Aktiebolag | Sandelhielmsgatan 20, 462 35 Vänersborg | 2022 |
| · Aktiebolag | Regementsgatan 4 F, 462 32 Vänersborg | 2021 |
| · Enskild firma | Residensgatan 7 D Lgh 1301, 462 33 Vänersborg | 2021 |
| · Aktiebolag | Parallellgatan 14, 462 32 Vänersborg | 2021 |
| · Enskild firma | Bokgatan 8 Lgh 1202, 462 52 Vänersborg | 2021 |
| · Aktiebolag | Holmängsgatan 2, 462 32 Vänersborg | 2021 |
| · Espresso House Sweden Aktiebolag · chain | Edsgatan 21, 462 33 Vänersborg | 2020 |
| · Enskild firma | Edsvägen 19, 462 35 Vänersborg | 2020 |
| · Enskild firma | Bokgatan 43 Lgh 1101, 462 52 Vänersborg | 2019 |
| · Enskild firma | Vallgatan 17 A, 462 33 Vänersborg | 2019 |
| · Aktiebolag | Tenggrenstorpsvägen 10 B, 462 56 Vänersborg | 2019 |
| · Aktiebolag | Edsgatan 8, 462 33 Vänersborg | 2018 |
| · Enskild firma | Johannesbergsvägen 17 B, 462 40 Vänersborg | 2017 |
| · Handelsbolag / kommanditbolag | Residensgatan 13, 462 33 Vänersborg | 2017 |
| · Babemba AB · Aktiebolag | Tegelslagargatan 12, 462 56 Vänersborg | 2016 |
| · Enskild firma | Bruksvägen 1, 462 53 Vänersborg | 2014 |
| · Aktiebolag | Edsgatan 7, 462 34 Vänersborg | 2013 |
| · Enskild firma | Landerivägen 41 B, 462 32 Vänersborg | 2011 |
| · Aktiebolag | Edsgatan 13, 462 33 Vänersborg | 2011 |
| · Enskild firma | Holmängsgatan 2, 462 32 Vänersborg | 2008 |
| · Vänersborgs Kommun · chain | Idrottsgatan 7, 462 37 Vänersborg | 2002 |
| · Aktiebolag | Ekevägen 13, 462 53 Vänersborg | 1991 |
| · Ideell förening | Norra Järnvägsgatan 16, 462 34 Vänersborg | 1984 |
| · Aktiebolag | Hamngatan 13, 462 33 Vänersborg | – |
Nothing matches.
Recently opened
Sundsgatan 24 A Lgh 1203, 462 33 Vänersborg | Oct 2026 |
Hamngatan 29 Lgh 1002, 462 30 Vänersborg | Mar 2026 |
Petersbergsvägen 75, 462 53 Vänersborg | Oct 2025 |
Drottninggatan 18, 462 30 Vänersborg | Jul 2025 |
Köpmansgränd 4 A, 462 33 Vänersborg | May 2025 |
Brättevägen 8, 462 35 Vänersborg | Apr 2025 |
Duellvägen 8, 462 60 Vänersborg | Feb 2025 |
Sundsgatan 18, 462 33 Vänersborg | Jan 2025 |
Recently closed
Brättevägen 8, 462 35 Vänersborg | Apr 2025 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandviken (Sandviken) | 24,827 | 53 | 21.3 | 47 |
| Gustavsberg | 25,034 | 74 | 29.6 | 12 |
| Mölnlycke och Öjersjö | 25,172 | 31 | 12.3 | 64 |
| Katrineholm | 23,953 | 41 | 17.1 | 55 |
| Piteå | 23,824 | 62 | 26.0 | 27 |
| Norrtälje | 23,606 | 54 | 22.9 | 26 |
Population of Vänersborg
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 14.11.2026.