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Staffing & recruitment in Motala

Town · 31,367 residents
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41of 100

Opportunity score

Balanced

High confidence

Supply roughly matches similar areas.

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Why this score (41/100)

Room in the market49average
Population growth–left out
Momentum–left out
Survival–left out
Financial trend14weak

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
19
– vs 12 months ago
Per 10,000 residents
6.1
similar areas 6.0 · Sweden 9.4
Opened and closed, 3 years
4 opened – closed
last 12 months: 3 opened, – closed
Population
31,367

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

There are 19 active businesses in the category “Staffing & recruitment” in Motala - 6.1 per 10,000 residents.

That is about the same as similar-sized areas (median 6.0 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 19.

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

Compared with Sweden

Staffing & recruitment in Motala against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Motala kommun), from 20 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.

MotalaSwedenMotala SwedenVerdict
Made a loss 35% 31% More here
Companies with negative equity 5% 5% About the same
Losses two years in a row 10% 16% Fewer here
Median equity ratio 60% 52% Stronger
Revenue per employee SEK 930k SEK 779k Higher
Staff costs per employee SEK 626k SEK 508k Higher
Run by chains (3+ places) 16% 12% More chains

Trend

Active businesses over time

Motala
051015202024Q3 242025Q3 252026Q3 26Staffing & recruitment

Openings and closures per year

0123Opened 2024: 0Closed 2024: 02024Opened 2025: 1Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026 (so far): 3Closed 2026 (so far): 02026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Money

Financials – Motala kommun

Median revenue
SEK 437k
20 companies filed
Profitable
60%
revenue trend -21.6%
0500k1.0m1.5m2.0m20172019202120232025Motala kommunSweden
Motala kommunSweden

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 Motala.

Competition

Share of the 3 largest operators16% · 19 owners

No company runs more than one place of business here, an independent market.

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.96 · Sweden: 0.98
Average age of active businesses9.6 yrs · Sweden: 8.3
Younger than 2 years22% · Sweden: 19%
Older than 10 years33% · Sweden: 32%

A typical mix of new and established businesses.

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 one4,698 · 11%
More than 10 km0
Farthest neighbourhood (5,000+ residents)1.0 km · Motala tätort-övrigt (Motala)

Measured from each neighbourhood centre in the municipality.

Jobs – Motala kommun

01020302022202320242025Employees

Average number of employees reported in the annual reports of companies that file accounts, sole proprietorships are not included.

Existing businesses

19 in all, newest first.

NameAddressSince
· Enskild firma Solkurvan 13, 591 52 Motala 2026
· chain Järnvägsparken 4, 591 35 Motala 2026
· Enskild firma Agneshögsgatan 77 C Lgh 1201, 591 71 Motala 2026
· chain Sjögatan 5, 591 30 Motala 2025
· Aktiebolag Sunnanvindsvägen 18, 591 96 Motala 2023
· Aktiebolag Terrassgatan 2 B, 591 35 Motala 2021
· Aktiebolag Ekhagavägen 10, 591 37 Motala 2021
· Aktiebolag Nionde Sjögränd 2 B, 591 62 Motala 2021
· Aktiebolag Sveavägen 21, 591 36 Motala 2020
· Aktiebolag Linköpingsvägen 20, 591 36 Motala 2020
· Aktiebolag Gullvivegatan 13, 591 72 Motala 2017
· Aktiebolag Eriksbergsgatan 5, 591 45 Motala 2016
· Aktiebolag Vallmogatan 13, 591 72 Motala 2015
· Aktiebolag Fotogengatan 4, 591 37 Motala 2012
· Aktiebolag Vickerkullavägen 2, 591 45 Motala 2009
· Enskild firma Vinnerstadsvägen 18 B Lgh 1102, 591 45 Motala 2007
· Aktiebolag Vindarnas Väg 5 B, 591 72 Motala 2003
· Aktiebolag Roddaregatan 1, 591 70 Motala 1995
· Arbetsförmedlingen · chain Kungsgatan 20, 591 30 Motala –

Recently opened


Solkurvan 13, 591 52 Motala
Jul 2026

Järnvägsparken 4, 591 35 Motala
Apr 2026

Agneshögsgatan 77 C Lgh 1201, 591 71 Motala
Feb 2026

Sjögatan 5, 591 30 Motala
Jun 2025

Recently closed

None in the last 2 years.

Comparable areas

Same type of area, similar population.

AreaResidentsActivePer 10kScore
Trelleborg31,366103.258
Ängelholm31,089196.140
Västerhaninge31,941247.538
Märsta30,576154.954
Falkenberg29,671248.134
Örnsköldsvik33,3993711.111

Other areas nearby

Ranked by opportunity score for staffing & recruitment.

AreaActivePer 10kScore
Borensberg Town00.067

Population of Motala

Statistics Sweden
30k31k31k32k2024Residents

Who lives here

Statistics Sweden · 2026
Children 0-14 16%
Young 15-24 11%
Adults 25-44 23%
Adults 45-64 25%
Seniors 65-79 17%
80 and older 8%

The line marks the average for Sweden.

Average age44.8 yrs · Sweden: 42.3
Average net income per person (20+)SEK 314k · Sweden: SEK 367k
Households with children26% · Sweden: 29%
Post-secondary education (age 25–65)34% · Sweden: 50%
Jobs located here*15,771
Commute in / out every day*3,070 / 7,686
Jobs per working resident*0.77 · Sweden: 1.00

Many residents work elsewhere, demand is concentrated in evenings and weekends.

* 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.