Restaurant in Vara
Opportunity score
Crowded
Medium confidenceMore competition than similar areas, or a weak trend.
See the five reasonsWhy this score (21/100)
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 13 active businesses in the category “Restaurant” in Vara - 29.3 per 10,000 residents.
That is more than similar-sized areas (median 15.8 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 7.
In the last 3 years 5 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 Vara against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Vara kommun), from 7 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.
| Vara | Sweden | Vara Sweden | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made a loss | 43% | 35% | More here | |
| Companies with negative equity | 14% | 8% | More here | |
| Losses two years in a row | 33% | 20% | More here | |
| Median equity ratio | 27% | 38% | Weaker | |
| Revenue per employee | SEK 1.3m | SEK 1.2m | Higher | |
| Staff costs per employee | SEK 458k | SEK 437k | About the same | |
| Run by chains (3+ places) | 0% | 6% | Fewer chains |
Trend
Active businesses over time
VaraThis 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 – Vara 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 Vara.
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.
Jobs – Vara kommun
Average number of employees reported in the annual reports of companies that file accounts, sole proprietorships are not included.
Existing businesses
13 in all, newest first.
| Name | Address | Since |
|---|---|---|
| · Aktiebolag | Drottninggatan 5, 534 31 Vara | 2026 |
| · Aktiebolag | Stora Torget 3, 534 31 Vara | 2025 |
| · Aktiebolag | Torggatan 7 Lgh 1303, 534 31 Vara | 2024 |
| · Enskild firma | Torggatan 54, 534 50 Vara | 2024 |
| · Enskild firma | Odengatan 24 Lgh 1102, 534 31 Vara | 2024 |
| · Aktiebolag | Storgatan 19, 534 34 Vara | 2022 |
| · Aktiebolag | Storgatan 11, 534 34 Vara | 2020 |
| · Enskild firma | Johan Brinks Gata 13 C Lgh 1001, 534 33 Vara | 2019 |
| · Enskild firma | Torggatan 7, 534 31 Vara | 2015 |
| · Aktiebolag | Torggatan 24, 534 31 Vara | 2012 |
| · Handelsbolag / kommanditbolag | Storgatan 6, 534 34 Vara | 2011 |
| · Enskild firma | Torggatan 7, 534 31 Vara | 2008 |
| · Aktiebolag | Smedjegatan 9, 534 31 Vara | 1995 |
Nothing matches.
Recently opened
Drottninggatan 5, 534 31 Vara | Jun 2026 |
Stora Torget 3, 534 31 Vara | Nov 2025 |
Torggatan 7 Lgh 1303, 534 31 Vara | Nov 2024 |
Recently closed
| None in the last 2 years. |
Comparable areas
Same type of area, similar population.
| Area | Residents | Active | Per 10k | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torsby | 4,446 | 17 | 38.2 | 7 |
| Arvidsjaur | 4,448 | 16 | 36.0 | 7 |
| Norberg | 4,387 | 9 | 20.5 | 35 |
| Smålandsstenar | 4,504 | 4 | 8.9 | 63 |
| Vingåker | 4,514 | 10 | 22.2 | 45 |
| Lidköping norra | 4,528 | 0 | 0.0 | 90 |
Population of Vara
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 13.11.2026.