Staffing & recruitment in Forsbacka
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 (55/100)
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 is 1 active business in the category “Staffing & recruitment” in Forsbacka - 5.9 per 10,000 residents.
That is about the same as similar-sized areas (median 5.0 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 1.
In the last 3 years 0 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
Compared with Sweden
Staffing & recruitment in Forsbacka against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Gävle kommun), from 52 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.
| Forsbacka | Sweden | Forsbacka Sweden | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made a loss | 33% | 31% | About the same | |
| Companies with negative equity | 4% | 5% | About the same | |
| Losses two years in a row | 20% | 16% | More here | |
| Median equity ratio | 46% | 52% | Weaker | |
| Revenue per employee | SEK 693k | SEK 779k | Lower | |
| Staff costs per employee | SEK 461k | SEK 508k | Lower |
Trend
Active businesses over time
ForsbackaThis 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 – Gävle 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 staffing & recruitment in Forsbacka.
Competition
No company runs more than one place of business here, an independent market.
New and established
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 – Gävle kommun
Average number of employees reported in the annual reports of companies that file accounts, sole proprietorships are not included.
Existing businesses
1 in all, newest first.
| Name | Address | Since |
|---|---|---|
| · Enskild firma | Storgatan 14 B Lgh 1002, 818 41 Forsbacka | 2015 |
Nothing matches.
Comparable areas
Same type of area, similar population.
| Area | Residents | Active | Per 10k | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virserum | 1,698 | 1 | 5.9 | 47 |
| Lenhovda | 1,694 | 0 | 0.0 | 65 |
| Antnäs | 1,693 | 2 | 11.8 | 44 |
| Hasslö | 1,704 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 |
| Bräkne-Hoby | 1,704 | 0 | 0.0 | 65 |
| Harplinge | 1,706 | 1 | 5.9 | 41 |
Other areas nearby
Ranked by opportunity score for staffing & recruitment.
| Area | Active | Per 10k | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gävle Town | 89 | 10.3 | 29 |
Population of Forsbacka
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.