Staffing & recruitment in Kalmar
Opportunity score
Crowded
High confidenceMore competition than similar areas, or a weak trend.
See the five reasonsWhy this score (31/100)
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There are 35 active businesses in the category “Staffing & recruitment” in Kalmar - 8.2 per 10,000 residents.
That is more than similar-sized areas (median 6.0 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 25.
In the last 3 years 8 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
Compared with Sweden
Staffing & recruitment in Kalmar against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Kalmars kommun), from 21 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.
| Kalmar | Sweden | Kalmar Sweden | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made a loss | 29% | 31% | Fewer here | |
| Companies with negative equity | 5% | 5% | About the same | |
| Losses two years in a row | 16% | 16% | About the same | |
| Median equity ratio | 48% | 52% | Weaker | |
| Revenue per employee | SEK 648k | SEK 779k | Lower | |
| Staff costs per employee | SEK 429k | SEK 508k | Lower | |
| Run by chains (3+ places) | 37% | 12% | More chains |
Trend
Active businesses over time
KalmarOpenings and closures per year
Money
Financials – Kalmars 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 Kalmar.
Competition
No company runs more than one place of business here, an independent market.
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.
When businesses open and close
Per calendar month, 2021–2025. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
Jobs – Kalmars 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 |
|---|---|---|
| · chain | Storgatan 17, 392 32 Kalmar | 2026 |
| · Aktiebolag | Storgatan 68, 392 31 Kalmar | 2026 |
| · Aktiebolag | Furuvägen 23, 393 51 Kalmar | 2025 |
| · Wikan Personal Sydost AB · Aktiebolag | Slöjdaregatan 2, 393 66 Kalmar | 2025 |
| · Aktiebolag | Storgatan 68, 392 31 Kalmar | 2024 |
| · Aktiebolag | Storgatan 68, 392 31 Kalmar | 2024 |
| · Aktiebolag | Kaggensgatan 39, 392 48 Kalmar | 2024 |
| · Aktiebolag | Grenvägen 22, 393 53 Kalmar | 2023 |
| · Kollega - matchning, rekrytering och bemanning AB · chain | Verkstadsgatan 1 B, 392 39 Kalmar | 2023 |
| · Aktiebolag | Stensövägen 44, 392 47 Kalmar | 2023 |
| · Aktiebolag | Jeanssongatan 11, 392 51 Kalmar | 2023 |
| · Aktiebolag | Smålandsgatan 1 A, 392 53 Kalmar | 2023 |
| · Aktiebolag | Ostindievägen 8, 393 55 Kalmar | 2022 |
| · chain | Storgatan 17, 392 32 Kalmar | 2022 |
| · chain | Skeppsbrogatan 47, 392 31 Kalmar | 2022 |
| · Aktiebolag | Neptunusvägen 18, 393 51 Kalmar | 2021 |
| · Enskild firma | Manillagatan 17 A Lgh 1102, 392 45 Kalmar | 2021 |
| · Aktiebolag | Fredriksskansgatan 15, 392 49 Kalmar | 2021 |
| · Aktiebolag | Smala Vägen 7, 393 61 Kalmar | 2020 |
| · Aktiebolag | Krokusvägen 3, 393 59 Kalmar | 2020 |
| · chain | Skeppsbrogatan 47, 392 31 Kalmar | 2020 |
| · Aktiebolag | Kaggensgatan 8, 392 32 Kalmar | 2019 |
| · Aktiebolag | Västra Sjögatan 39, 392 48 Kalmar | 2019 |
| · Aktiebolag | Idungatan 5, 392 55 Kalmar | 2018 |
| · Aktiebolag | Sjöliden 28, 393 51 Kalmar | 2018 |
| · chain | Larmgatan 1, 392 32 Kalmar | 2012 |
| · Aktiebolag | Kaggensgatan 39, 392 48 Kalmar | 2011 |
| · chain | Larmgatan 1, 392 32 Kalmar | 2008 |
| · Aktiebolag | Larmgatan 28 C, 392 32 Kalmar | 2003 |
| · Lernia Bemanning AB · chain | Proviantgatan 2, 392 31 Kalmar | 2003 |
| · chain | Skeppsbron 9, 392 31 Kalmar | 2002 |
| · chain | Skeppsbrogatan 47, 392 31 Kalmar | 2001 |
| · chain | Larmgatan 1, 392 32 Kalmar | 2000 |
| · Samhall Aktiebolag · chain | Fölehagsvägen 2, 392 39 Kalmar | 1993 |
| · Arbetsförmedlingen · chain | Borgmästaregatan 5, 392 35 Kalmar | – |
Nothing matches.
Recently opened
Storgatan 17, 392 32 Kalmar | Oct 2026 |
Storgatan 68, 392 31 Kalmar | Feb 2026 |
Furuvägen 23, 393 51 Kalmar | Oct 2025 |
Wikan Personal Sydost AB · Slöjdaregatan 2, 393 66 Kalmar | Apr 2025 |
Storgatan 68, 392 31 Kalmar | Dec 2024 |
Storgatan 68, 392 31 Kalmar | Dec 2024 |
Recently closed
| None in the last 2 years. |
Population of Kalmar
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 11.11.2026.