Food & drink
Café, coffee bar or bar
Kafé, kaffebar eller bar
In the Swedish industry codes (SNI 2025), cafés, pastry shops, pubs, pizzerias, takeaways and restaurants share one code (56.110); only bars that serve drinks alone (56.300) and mobile food stands (56.120) have their own. Businesses with the restaurant code are counted as a café or bar, or as fast food, when their name says so – café, konditori, pub, bar, pizzeria, kebab, burger, takeaway and the like – and the rest as restaurants. The split is therefore approximate.
Deeper numbers
Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for café, coffee bar or bar in Sverige.
Survival
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.
Trouble signs
Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.
Financial health
Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 707 companies.
Competition
| 10 places | |
| 7 places | |
| 6 places | |
| 3 places | |
| 3 places |
New and established
Distance to the nearest one
Measured from each neighbourhood centre.
When businesses open and close
Per calendar month, 2021–2025. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
Jobs
Average number of employees reported in the annual reports of companies that file accounts, sole proprietorships are not included.
Farthest from the nearest café, coffee bar or bar
Towns with at least 10,000 residents, measured from the town centre – possible gaps in the local offer.
| Town | Residents | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kristinehamn | 18,358 | 20.4 km |
| Nässjö | 18,639 | 16.3 km |
| Älmhult | 11,053 | 15.8 km |
| Ulricehamn | 11,794 | 12.5 km |
| Hallstahammar | 10,147 | 12.4 km |
| Ludvika | 15,675 | 12.1 km |
| Karlskoga | 27,261 | 11.4 km |
| Kävlinge | 10,453 | 6.9 km |
| Nödinge-Nol | 11,658 | 6.9 km |
| Staffanstorp | 17,838 | 6.1 km |
Active in Sweden over time
This line starts on 4 October 2026, when closures start being known, and grows as we collect.
Openings and closures per year
Closures are counted from 4 October 2026; years before show openings only.
Best opportunities
Municipalities with room in the market.
| Burlövs kommun | 93 |
| Ale kommun | 91 |
| Skurups kommun | 90 |
| Kävlinge kommun | 90 |
| Österåkers kommun | 89 |
| Järfälla kommun | 86 |
| Habo kommun | 85 |
| Eslövs kommun | 84 |
| Nässjö kommun | 83 |
| Trosa kommun | 83 |
Growing fastest
3-year change in active businesses.
| Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026. |
Declining
Municipalities where this type is shrinking.
| Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026. |
Most per resident
Densest municipalities (15,000+ residents).
| Båstad | 5.0 |
| Simrishamns kommun | 3.7 |
| Stockholms kommun | 3.1 |
| Ystad | 3.1 |
| Mörbylånga kommun | 3.1 |
| Alingsås kommun | 2.8 |
| Gotlands kommun | 2.8 |
| Solna kommun | 2.7 |
| Vimmerby kommun | 2.6 |
| Sigtuna kommun | 2.4 |
Financials of companies filing accounts
Based on digitally filed annual reports from Bolagsverket. Sole traders don't file annual reports.
By year
| Year | Filers | Median revenue | Middle 50% | Profitable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 707 | SEK 2.9m | SEK 955k – SEK 5.7m | 60% |
| 2024 | 697 | SEK 2.8m | SEK 882k – SEK 5.7m | 62% |
| 2023 | 588 | SEK 2.6m | SEK 794k – SEK 5.3m | 60% |
| 2022 | 442 | SEK 2.6m | SEK 920k – SEK 5.1m | 61% |
| 2021 | 78 | SEK 3.5m | SEK 1.6m – SEK 5.0m | 60% |
| 2020 | 38 | SEK 4.3m | SEK 2.6m – SEK 5.0m | 71% |
| 2019 | 18 | SEK 3.5m | SEK 2.7m – SEK 9.1m | 72% |
| 2018 | 6 | SEK 3.0m | SEK 2.6m – SEK 3.5m | 50% |
By region
| County (län) | Active | Per 10k | 3-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blekinge län | 17 | 1.1 | – |
| Dalarnas län | 36 | 1.3 | – |
| Gävleborgs län | 36 | 1.3 | – |
| Gotlands län | 17 | 2.8 | – |
| Hallands län | 40 | 1.2 | – |
| Jämtlands län | 25 | 1.9 | – |
| Jönköpings län | 38 | 1.0 | – |
| Kalmar län | 42 | 1.7 | – |
| Kronobergs län | 13 | 0.6 | – |
| Norrbottens län | 41 | 1.6 | – |
| Örebro län | 35 | 1.1 | – |
| Östergötlands län | 59 | 1.2 | – |
| Skåne län | 195 | 1.4 | – |
| Södermanlands län | 33 | 1.1 | – |
| Stockholms län | 495 | 2.0 | – |
| Uppsala län | 53 | 1.3 | – |
| Värmlands län | 30 | 1.1 | – |
| Västerbottens län | 38 | 1.4 | – |
| Västernorrlands län | 26 | 1.1 | – |
| Västmanlands län | 26 | 0.9 | – |
| Västra Götalands län | 288 | 1.6 | – |
What's included
Businesses whose main Swedish industry code (SNI 2025) starts with:
56.30… | Barverksamhet |
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