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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.

Professional services

Accountant & bookkeeping

Redovisning och revision

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Active in Sweden
25,056
23.6 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
–
12 months: +3.6%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
1,502 / 621
Median revenue
SEK 758k
82% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for accountant & bookkeeping in Sverige.

Survival

Survival can't be calculated for Sweden yet: closures in Statistics Sweden's Business Register are only known from 1 January 2024.

Trouble signs

Closed within 2 years of opening (last 12 months)152 · 25% of all closures
Companies with negative equity2%
Losses two years in a row9%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss18%
Median equity ratio60%
Revenue per employeeSEK 971k
Staff costs per employeeSEK 609k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 10,268 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)2%
Share of the 3 largest operators1% · 24,563 owners
78 places
47 places
46 places
30 places
22 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)1.42
Average age of active businesses13.1 yrs
Younger than 2 years11%
Older than 10 years52%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one652,711 · 6%
More than 10 km241,293
Farthest neighbourhood (5,000+ residents)15.4 km · Alnö (Sundsvall)

Measured from each neighbourhood centre.

When businesses open and close

05001,000Opened Jan: 837JanOpened Feb: 678Opened Mar: 600MarOpened Apr: 449Opened May: 599MayOpened Jun: 504Opened Jul: 425JulOpened Aug: 497Opened Sep: 622SepOpened Oct: 675Opened Nov: 599NovOpened Dec: 510
Opened

Per calendar month, 2021–2025. Not available yet: closures are only known from 1 January 2024.

Jobs

05,00010k15k20k20172019202120232025Employees

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

Farthest from the nearest accountant & bookkeeping

Towns with at least 10,000 residents, measured from the town centre – possible gaps in the local offer.

TownResidentsDistance
Nödinge-Nol11,6581.1 km
Fagersta11,7711.0 km
Motala31,3670.8 km
Göteborg674,5290.8 km
Bjuv11,2090.8 km
Sundsvall och Timrå70,9180.7 km
Kinna15,5070.7 km
Trelleborg31,3660.7 km
Nordöstra Göteborg48,2170.7 km
Hässleholm19,7600.6 km

Active in Sweden over time

010k20k30k2024Q3 242025Q3 252026Q3 26Accountant & bookkeeping

Openings and closures per year

05001,0001,500Opened 2024: 1,423Closed 2024: 2772024Opened 2025: 1,423Closed 2025: 3902025Opened 2026 (so far): 1,323Closed 2026 (so far): 5822026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Growing fastest

3-year change in active businesses.

Not available yet: closures are only known from 1 January 2024.

Declining

Municipalities where this type is shrinking.

Not available yet: closures are only known from 1 January 2024.

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Most per resident

Densest municipalities (15,000+ residents).

Täby kommun50.8
Danderyds kommun50.8
Värmdö kommun50.0
Lidingö kommun47.3
Norrtälje kommun43.1
Vellinge kommun43.1
Österåkers kommun43.0
Ekerö kommun39.9
Nacka kommun39.5
Kungsbacka kommun38.3

Financials of companies filing accounts

0200k400k600k800k20172019202120232025Median revenueMedian result
Median revenueMedian result

Based on digitally filed annual reports from Bolagsverket. Sole traders don't file annual reports.

By year

YearFilersMedian revenueMiddle 50%Profitable
202510,268SEK 758k SEK 160k – SEK 1.7m82%
202410,000SEK 771k SEK 160k – SEK 1.7m82%
20238,881SEK 780k SEK 163k – SEK 1.6m82%
20226,841SEK 754k SEK 167k – SEK 1.6m82%
2021691SEK 579k SEK 58k – SEK 2.2m74%
2020338SEK 582k SEK 68k – SEK 1.7m77%
2019202SEK 534k SEK 56k – SEK 1.6m77%
201886SEK 456k SEK 84k – SEK 1.4m81%
201725SEK 320k SEK 66k – SEK 1.2m80%

By region

County (län)ActivePer 10k3-yr change
Blekinge län24715.8–
Dalarnas län61621.5–
Gävleborgs län51718.2–
Gotlands län16527.1–
Hallands län93026.9–
Jämtlands län34826.2–
Jönköpings län67018.1–
Kalmar län38915.8–
Kronobergs län38418.9–
Norrbottens län51120.5–
Örebro län56618.4–
Östergötlands län76116.1–
Skåne län3,06621.4–
Södermanlands län60520.1–
Stockholms län8,54534.4–
Uppsala län88021.4–
Värmlands län51418.2–
Västerbottens län47617.1–
Västernorrlands län43017.9–
Västmanlands län51318.3–
Västra Götalands län3,83121.5–

What's included

Businesses whose main Swedish industry code (SNI 2025) starts with:

69.20…Redovisning och bokföring; skatterådgivning

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