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Staffing & recruitment in Uddevalla

Town · 35,639 residents
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45of 100

Opportunity score

Balanced

High confidence

Supply roughly matches similar areas.

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Why this score (45/100)

Room in the market34weak
Population growth–left out
Momentum–left out
Survival–left out
Financial trend84strong

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
28
– vs 12 months ago
Per 10,000 residents
7.9
similar areas 6.0 · Sweden 9.4
Opened and closed, 3 years
11 opened – closed
last 12 months: 4 opened, – closed
Population
35,639

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

There are 28 active businesses in the category “Staffing & recruitment” in Uddevalla - 7.9 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 21.

In the last 3 years 11 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.

Compared with Sweden

Staffing & recruitment in Uddevalla against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Uddevalla kommun), from 26 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.

UddevallaSwedenUddevalla SwedenVerdict
Made a loss 35% 31% More here
Companies with negative equity 8% 5% More here
Losses two years in a row 8% 16% Fewer here
Median equity ratio 57% 52% Stronger
Revenue per employee SEK 823k SEK 779k Higher
Staff costs per employee SEK 510k SEK 508k About the same
Run by chains (3+ places) 25% 12% More chains

Trend

Active businesses over time

Uddevalla
01020302024Q3 242025Q3 252026Q3 26Staffing & recruitment

Openings and closures per year

0246Opened 2024: 5Closed 2024: 02024Opened 2025: 2Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026 (so far): 4Closed 2026 (so far): 12026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Money

Financials – Uddevalla kommun

Median revenue
SEK 958k
26 companies filed
Profitable
65%
revenue trend +8.9%
0500k1.0m1.5m2.0m20172019202120232025Uddevalla kommunSweden
Uddevalla 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 Uddevalla.

Competition

Share of the 3 largest operators11% · 28 owners

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

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)1.12 · Sweden: 0.98
Average age of active businesses7.4 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 one0 · 0%
More than 10 km0

Measured from each neighbourhood centre in the municipality.

When businesses open and close

0123Opened Jan: 3JanOpened Feb: 1Opened Mar: 1MarOpened Apr: 1Opened May: 3MayOpened Jun: 2Opened Jul: 0JulOpened Aug: 0Opened Sep: 0SepOpened Oct: 1Opened Nov: 0NovOpened Dec: 0
Opened

Per calendar month, 2021–2025. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.

Jobs – Uddevalla kommun

0501001502022202320242025Employees

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

Existing businesses

28 in all, newest first.

NameAddressSince
· Aktiebolag Strömstadsvägen 2 B, 451 50 Uddevalla 2026
· Enskild firma Södertullsgatan 8 Lgh 1301, 451 40 Uddevalla 2026
· Aktiebolag Ränningvägen 4, 451 70 Uddevalla 2026
· Aktiebolag Kungsgatan 11, 451 30 Uddevalla 2026
· chain Norra Drottninggatan 28, 451 31 Uddevalla 2025
· Aktiebolag Ryssbergsvägen 13, 451 77 Uddevalla 2025
· chain Kungsgatan 11, 451 30 Uddevalla 2024
· chain Agnebergsgatan 2, 451 30 Uddevalla 2024
· Aktiebolag Barkvägen 7 A, 451 34 Uddevalla 2024
· Aktiebolag Edingsvägen 31 Lgh 1002, 451 52 Uddevalla 2024
· Aktiebolag Båtsmansvägen 4, 451 77 Uddevalla 2024
· Aktiebolag Hattmakaregatan 11, 451 44 Uddevalla 2023
· Aktiebolag Smeddalsgatan 8, 451 62 Uddevalla 2022
· AcadeMedia Eductus AB · chain Norra Drottninggatan 3, 451 31 Uddevalla 2022
· Aktiebolag Riksdalers Gränd 14, 451 73 Uddevalla 2022
· Aktiebolag Kurödsvägen 24 C, 451 55 Uddevalla 2021
· Aktiebolag Lagerbergsgatan 33, 451 31 Uddevalla 2019
· Aktiebolag Studievägen 44 Lgh Nr. 8 1002, 451 45 Uddevalla 2019
· Aktiebolag Soldatvägen 10, 451 34 Uddevalla 2016
· Aktiebolag Fjällvägen 28 B, 451 53 Uddevalla 2015
· Aktiebolag Vesslevägen 6 B, 451 54 Uddevalla 2015
· chain Kungsgatan 11, 451 30 Uddevalla 2014
· Aktiebolag Lagerbergsgatan 33, 451 31 Uddevalla 2013
· Aktiebolag Skogsliden 28, 451 77 Uddevalla 2008
· chain Kungsgatan 11, 451 30 Uddevalla 2007
· Aktiebolag Gustaf Mattssons Väg 2, 451 50 Uddevalla 2005
· Aktiebolag Västgötavägen 12, 451 34 Uddevalla 2000
· Arbetsförmedlingen · chain Lilla Norrgatan 1, 451 31 Uddevalla –

Recently opened


Strömstadsvägen 2 B, 451 50 Uddevalla
Sep 2026

Södertullsgatan 8 Lgh 1301, 451 40 Uddevalla
Sep 2026

Ränningvägen 4, 451 70 Uddevalla
Apr 2026

Kungsgatan 11, 451 30 Uddevalla
Feb 2026

Norra Drottninggatan 28, 451 31 Uddevalla
Jun 2025

Ryssbergsvägen 13, 451 77 Uddevalla
Jan 2025

Recently closed


Montörvägen 18, 451 44 Uddevalla
Nov 2026
after 16 yrs

Comparable areas

Same type of area, similar population.

AreaResidentsActivePer 10kScore
Karlskrona36,4233710.216
Vallentuna33,918308.825
Landskrona33,859164.754
Åkersberga37,714266.948
Örnsköldsvik33,3993711.111
Varberg38,575328.324

Other areas nearby

Ranked by opportunity score for staffing & recruitment.

AreaActivePer 10kScore
Ljungskile Town12.576

Population of Uddevalla

Statistics Sweden
35k35k36k36k2024Residents

Who lives here

Statistics Sweden · 2026
Children 0-14 16%
Young 15-24 13%
Adults 25-44 26%
Adults 45-64 23%
Seniors 65-79 15%
80 and older 8%

The line marks the average for Sweden.

Average age42.9 yrs · Sweden: 42.3
Average net income per person (20+)SEK 290k · Sweden: SEK 367k
Households with children25% · Sweden: 29%
Post-secondary education (age 25–65)36% · Sweden: 50%
Jobs located here*26,320
Commute in / out every day*7,960 / 9,145
Jobs per working resident*0.96 · 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 11.11.2026.