All company forms · no holding companiesFilter
Company form
All
Swedish figures: closures in Statistics Sweden's Business Register are only known from 1 January 2024. Until there are three years of history, growth over time looks higher than it really is.

Toy & hobby shop in Vänersborgs kommun

Municipality · 40,078 residents
Municipality onlyWithin 3 kmWithin 10 kmWithin 25 km
73of 100

Opportunity score

Promising

High confidence

Fewer businesses than similar areas, with a supportive trend.

See the five reasons

Why this score (73/100)

Room in the market72strong
Population growth66strong
Momentum96strong
Survival68strong
Financial trend50average

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. How the score is calculated

Active now
6
+3 vs 12 months ago
Per 10,000 residents
1.5
similar areas 2.6 · Sweden 3.0
Opened and closed, 3 years
3 opened – closed
last 12 months: 3 opened, 0 closed
Population
40,078
+1.2% in 5 years

Loading map…

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

There are 6 active businesses in the category “Toy & hobby shop” in Vänersborgs kommun - 1.5 per 10,000 residents.

That is fewer than similar-sized areas (median 2.6 per 10,000). With the typical density you would expect about 11.

In the last 3 years 3 opened. Not available yet: closures are only known from 1 January 2024.

The population is 40,078 and has grown 1.2% over 5 years.

Compared with Sweden

Toy & hobby shop in Vänersborgs kommun against all of Sweden. Survival can't be calculated for Sweden yet: closures in Statistics Sweden's Business Register are only known from 1 January 2024.

VänersborgSwedenVänersborg SwedenVerdict
Run by chains (3+ places) 17% 3% More chains

Trend

Active businesses over time

Vänersborgs kommun
02462024Q3 242025Q3 252026Q3 26Toy & hobby shop

Openings and closures per year

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

Money

Financials

Too few companies here have filed annual reports to show medians (1 of at least 3).

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 toy & hobby shop in Vänersborgs kommun.

Trouble signs

Closed within 2 years of opening (last 12 months)0

Financial health

Too few companies here have filed annual reports to show medians (1 of at least 3).

Competition

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

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.75 · Sweden: 0.75
Average age of active businesses8.8 yrs · Sweden: 15.6
Younger than 2 years50% · Sweden: 29%
Older than 10 years33% · Sweden: 46%

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 one8,308 · 21%
More than 10 km2,936
Farthest neighbourhood (5,000+ residents)7.8 km · Dalsland landsbygd (Vänersborg)

Measured from each neighbourhood centre.

Existing businesses

7 in all, newest first.

NameAddressSince
· Enskild firma Stadsgårdsvägen 20, 462 32 Vänersborg 2026
· Enskild firma Storgatan 20 Lgh 1002, 464 62 Brålanda 2026
· Enskild firma Kyrkobyn 160, 462 93 Vänersborg 2026
· Enskild firma Dissingtakan 140, 462 95 Frändefors 2023
· Enskild firma Gyllenheimsgatan 11 Lgh 1501, 462 35 Vänersborg 2022
· Aktiebolag Granbacken 12, 468 34 Vargön 2010
· E.N. Textil AB · chain Östra Vägen 19, 462 32 Vänersborg 1996

Recently opened


Stadsgårdsvägen 20, 462 32 Vänersborg
Aug 2026

Storgatan 20 Lgh 1002, 464 62 Brålanda
Feb 2026

Kyrkobyn 160, 462 93 Vänersborg
Feb 2026

Recently closed

None in the last 2 years.

Comparable areas

Same type of area, similar population.

AreaResidentsActivePer 10kScore
Härryda kommun40,01182.074
Lidköpings kommun40,359133.248
Strängnäs kommun39,387112.863
Partille kommun41,16492.273
Sandvikens kommun38,03351.353
Piteå kommun42,184102.463

Best spots inside Vänersborg

Ranked by opportunity score for toy & hobby shop.

AreaActivePer 10kScore
Vänersborg Town31.267

Population of Vänersborg

Statistics Sweden
34k36k38k40k42k201120142017202020232026Residents

Who lives here

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

The line marks the average for Sweden. Highlighted: the age group most relevant for toy & hobby shop.

Average age43.7 yrs · Sweden: 42.3
Average net income per person (20+)SEK 324k · Sweden: SEK 367k
Households with children28% · Sweden: 29%
Post-secondary education (age 25–65)43% · Sweden: 50%
Jobs located here15,231
Commute in / out every day5,531 / 9,164
Jobs per working resident0.81 · Sweden: 1.00

Roughly as many jobs as working residents.

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 10.11.2026.