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Staffing & recruitment in Ystad

Town · 21,259 residents
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51of 100

Opportunity score

Balanced

High confidence

Supply roughly matches similar areas.

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Why this score (51/100)

Room in the market45average
Population growth–left out
Momentum–left out
Survival–left out
Financial trend75strong

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
14
– vs 12 months ago
Per 10,000 residents
6.6
similar areas 6.0 · Sweden 9.4
Opened and closed, 3 years
4 opened – closed
last 12 months: 1 opened, – closed
Population
21,259

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

There are 14 active businesses in the category “Staffing & recruitment” in Ystad - 6.6 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 13.

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

Compared with Sweden

Staffing & recruitment in Ystad against all of Sweden. Annual-report figures are for 2025 (Ystad), from 12 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.

YstadSwedenYstad SwedenVerdict
Made a loss 42% 31% More here
Companies with negative equity 8% 5% More here
Losses two years in a row 18% 16% About the same
Median equity ratio 38% 52% Weaker
Revenue per employee SEK 759k SEK 779k About the same
Staff costs per employee SEK 652k SEK 508k Higher
Run by chains (3+ places) 29% 12% More chains

Trend

Active businesses over time

Ystad

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

Openings and closures per year

012Opened 2017: 02017Opened 2018: 12018Opened 2019: 12019Opened 2020: 02020Opened 2021: 02021Opened 2022: 22022Opened 2023: 12023Opened 2024: 12024Opened 2025: 22025Opened 2026 (so far): 1Closed 2026 (so far): 02026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

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

Money

Financials – Ystad

Median revenue
SEK 964k
12 companies filed
Profitable
58%
revenue trend +4.8%
01.0m2.0m3.0m20172019202120232025YstadSweden
YstadSweden

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 Ystad.

Competition

Share of the 3 largest operators21% · 14 owners

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

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.47 · Sweden: 0.98
Average age of active businesses8.2 yrs · Sweden: 8.3
Younger than 2 years23% · Sweden: 19%
Older than 10 years31% · Sweden: 32%

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 one5,316 · 17%
More than 10 km2,412

Measured from each neighbourhood centre in the municipality.

Jobs – Ystad

01020302022202320242025Employees

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

Existing businesses

14 in all, newest first.

NameAddressSince
· Aktiebolag Hejderidaregatan 6, 271 57 Ystad 2026
· chain Industrigatan 5, 271 39 Ystad 2025
· Aktiebolag Saltsjöbadsvägen 42, 271 39 Ystad 2025
· Aktiebolag Götgången 98, 271 44 Ystad 2024
· Aktiebolag Västerleden 41, 271 44 Ystad 2023
· Aktiebolag Salviagatan 10, 271 38 Ystad 2022
· Jobcenter Skåne AB · chain Österleden 3, 271 42 Ystad 2022
· Ekonomisk förening Kristianstadsvägen 399, 271 98 Ystad 2019
· Enskild firma Kryddgatan 15, 271 38 Ystad 2018
· Aktiebolag Babordsgången 1, 271 52 Ystad 2014
· Aktiebolag Långgatan 13, 271 43 Ystad 2012
· Aktiebolag Kaninvägen 3, 271 39 Ystad 2011
· Samhall Aktiebolag · chain Koppargatan 16, 271 39 Ystad 1997
· Arbetsförmedlingen · chain Stora Norregatan 11, 271 35 Ystad –

Recently opened


Hejderidaregatan 6, 271 57 Ystad
Oct 2026

Industrigatan 5, 271 39 Ystad
Jun 2025

Saltsjöbadsvägen 42, 271 39 Ystad
Mar 2025

Recently closed

None in the last 2 years.

Comparable areas

Same type of area, similar population.

AreaResidentsActivePer 10kScore
Västervik21,6152210.214
Eslöv20,42252.467
Värnamo20,2733718.311
Karlshamn19,96684.066
Hässleholm19,76084.067
Lidköping23,585145.944

Population of Ystad

Statistics Sweden
21k21k21k21k21k2024Residents

Who lives here

Statistics Sweden · 2026
Children 0-14 15%
Young 15-24 10%
Adults 25-44 23%
Adults 45-64 24%
Seniors 65-79 19%
80 and older 9%

The line marks the average for Sweden.

Average age45.8 yrs · Sweden: 42.3
Average net income per person (20+)SEK 365k · Sweden: SEK 367k
Households with children27% · Sweden: 29%
Post-secondary education (age 25–65)47% · Sweden: 50%
Jobs located here*14,545
Commute in / out every day*5,084 / 5,915
Jobs per working resident*0.95 · 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 12.11.2026.