Shoe & leather goods store in Umeå
Opportunity score
Too small to judge
Low confidenceThe area is small, so a single business opening or closing changes the picture a lot. Look at the wider area too.
See the five reasonsWhy this score (50/100)
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 10 active businesses in the category “Shoe & leather goods store” in Umeå - 1.1 per 10,000 residents.
In the last 3 years 1 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
Compared with Sweden
Shoe & leather goods store in Umeå against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Umeå 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.
| Umeå | Sweden | Umeå Sweden | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made a loss | 25% | 37% | Fewer here | |
| Companies with negative equity | 25% | 9% | More here | |
| Median equity ratio | 39% | 39% | About the same | |
| Revenue per employee | SEK 1.7m | SEK 1.8m | About the same | |
| Staff costs per employee | SEK 525k | SEK 501k | About the same | |
| Run by chains (3+ places) | 40% | 39% | About the same |
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 shoe & leather goods store in Umeå.
Competition
| 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.
Jobs – Umeå kommun
Average number of employees reported in the annual reports of companies that file accounts, sole proprietorships are not included.
Existing businesses
10 in all, newest first.
| Name | Address | Since |
|---|---|---|
| · Aktiebolag | Istidsgatan 9 C, 906 57 Umeå | 2024 |
| · Aktiebolag | Åkervägen 4, 904 21 Umeå | 2023 |
| · Enskild firma | Istidsgatan 9 C Lgh 1503, 906 57 Umeå | 2020 |
| · Nilson Group AB · chain | Marknadsgatan 3, 904 22 Umeå | 2017 |
| · Umeåsko AB · Aktiebolag | Marknadsgatan 3, 904 22 Umeå | 2016 |
| · Scorett Footwear AB · chain | Marknadsgatan 3, 904 22 Umeå | 2016 |
| · Deichmann-Sko AB · chain | Marknadsgatan 3, 904 22 Umeå | 2016 |
| · chain | Rådhusesplanaden 1, 903 28 Umeå | 2008 |
| · Aktiebolag | Magasinsgatan 17, 903 27 Umeå | 1997 |
| · Umeåsko AB · Aktiebolag | Kungsgatan 59, 903 26 Umeå | 1990 |
Nothing matches.
Comparable areas
Same type of area, similar population.
| Area | Residents | Active | Per 10k | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norrköping | 98,229 | 9 | 0.9 | 50 |
| Lund (Lund) | 98,308 | 16 | 1.6 | 50 |
| Gävle | 86,533 | 7 | 0.8 | 50 |
| Jönköping | 103,032 | 12 | 1.2 | 50 |
| Södertälje | 78,377 | 3 | 0.4 | 50 |
| Borås | 75,565 | 5 | 0.7 | 50 |
Population of Umeå
Statistics SwedenWho lives here
Statistics Sweden · 2026The line marks the average for Sweden. Highlighted: the age group most relevant for shoe & leather goods 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 12.11.2026.