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Shoe & leather goods store in Varberg

Town · 38,575 residents
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50of 100

Opportunity score

Too small to judge

Low confidence

The area is small, so a single business opening or closing changes the picture a lot. Look at the wider area too.

See the five reasons

Why this score (50/100)

Room in the market50average
Population growth–left out
Momentum–left out
Survival–left out
Financial trend–left out

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

Active now
10
– vs 12 months ago
Per 10,000 residents
2.6
similar areas 0.0 · Sweden 0.8
Opened and closed, 3 years
3 opened – closed
last 12 months: 3 opened, – closed
Population
38,575

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Each dot is a place of business at its registered address. Click a dot to see the company.

There are 10 active businesses in the category “Shoe & leather goods store” in Varberg - 2.6 per 10,000 residents.

In the last 3 years 3 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.

Compared with Sweden

Shoe & leather goods store in Varberg against all of Sweden. 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.

VarbergSwedenVarberg SwedenVerdict
Run by chains (3+ places) 30% 39% Fewer chains

Trend

Active businesses over time

Varberg

This line starts on 4 October 2026, when closures start being known, and grows as we collect.

Openings and closures per year

0123Opened 2017: 02017Opened 2018: 12018Opened 2019: 02019Opened 2020: 02020Opened 2021: 02021Opened 2022: 02022Opened 2023: 02023Opened 2024: 02024Opened 2025: 02025Opened 2026 (so far): 3Closed 2026 (so far): 02026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Closures are counted from 4 October 2026; years before show openings only.

Money

Financials – Varbergs kommun

Too few companies here have filed annual reports to show medians (1 of at least 3).

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 Varberg.

Financial health

Too few companies here have filed annual reports to show medians (1 of at least 3).

Competition

Share of the 3 largest operators40% · 9 owners
2 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.78 · Sweden: 0.07
Average age of active businesses17.4 yrs · Sweden: 15.0
Younger than 2 years22% · Sweden: 14%
Older than 10 years67% · Sweden: 62%

A young market: many recent start-ups, dynamic, but less proven.

Moving in and out

Moved here (3 years)0 · 12 months: 0
Moved away (3 years)0 · 12 months: 0
Net0

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

Residents more than 5 km from one31,202 · 45%
More than 10 km9,607
Farthest neighbourhood (5,000+ residents)17.9 km · Bua-Värö (Varberg)

Measured from each neighbourhood centre in the municipality.

Existing businesses

10 in all, newest first.

NameAddressSince
· Aktiebolag Sveagatan 117, 432 43 Varberg 2026
· Aktiebolag Drottninggatan 18, 432 41 Varberg 2026
· Aktiebolag Härdgatan 22, 432 32 Varberg 2018
· Aktiebolag Rosenfredsgatan 22, 432 52 Varberg 2009
· Handelsbolag / kommanditbolag Kyrkogatan 17, 432 41 Varberg 2008
· Scorett Footwear AB · chain, 2 places here Drottninggatan 19, 432 41 Varberg 2006
· Scorett Footwear AB · chain, 2 places here Drottninggatan 17, 432 41 Varberg 1997
· Nilson Group AB · chain Drottninggatan 19, 432 41 Varberg 1997
· Aktiebolag Skogsgatan 7, 432 46 Varberg 1994
· Aktiebolag Kyrkogatan 6, 432 41 Varberg –

Recently opened


Sveagatan 117, 432 43 Varberg
May 2026

Drottninggatan 18, 432 41 Varberg
Mar 2026

Brunnsäpplets Väg 2 Lgh 1201, 432 46 Varberg
Mar 2026

Recently closed


Brunnsäpplets Väg 2 Lgh 1201, 432 46 Varberg
Mar 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.

AreaResidentsActivePer 10kScore
Skellefteå39,14630.850
Åkersberga37,71410.350
Nyköping39,77020.550
Falun39,93930.850
Skövde40,42241.050
Karlskrona36,42351.450

Population of Varberg

Statistics Sweden
37k38k38k39k39k2024Residents

Who lives here

Statistics Sweden · 2026
Children 0-14 15%
Young 15-24 11%
Adults 25-44 24%
Adults 45-64 24%
Seniors 65-79 19%
80 and older 7%

The line marks the average for Sweden. Highlighted: the age group most relevant for shoe & leather goods store.

Average age44.7 yrs · Sweden: 42.3
Average net income per person (20+)SEK 370k · Sweden: SEK 367k
Households with children27% · Sweden: 29%
Post-secondary education (age 25–65)47% · Sweden: 50%
Jobs located here*32,494
Commute in / out every day*6,641 / 9,075
Jobs per working resident*0.93 · Sweden: 1.00

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.