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Swedish figures: Statistics Sweden's Business Register keeps only some of the workplaces that closed before 4 October 2026, when we started collecting, so closures are counted from then. Until there are three years of history, growth over time looks higher than it really is.

Trades

Carpenter & joiner

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Active in Sweden
24,635
23.2 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
–
Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
1,889 / –
Median revenue
SEK 1.6m
73% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for carpenter & joiner 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

Companies with negative equity5%
Losses two years in a row12%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss26%
Median equity ratio46%
Revenue per employeeSEK 1.3m
Staff costs per employeeSEK 544k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 8,318 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)0%
Share of the 3 largest operators0% · 24,606 owners
5 places
4 places
4 places
3 places
3 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)1.78
Average age of active businesses10.3 yrs
Younger than 2 years13%
Older than 10 years43%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one447,144 · 4%
More than 10 km178,011
Farthest neighbourhood (5,000+ residents)14.5 km · Alnö (Sundsvall)

Measured from each neighbourhood centre.

When businesses open and close

05001,000Opened Jan: 738JanOpened Feb: 903Opened Mar: 867MarOpened Apr: 759Opened May: 847MayOpened Jun: 816Opened Jul: 660JulOpened Aug: 686Opened Sep: 883SepOpened Oct: 842Opened Nov: 704NovOpened Dec: 607
Opened

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

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 carpenter & joiner

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

TownResidentsDistance
Skoghall14,6101.0 km
Nödinge-Nol11,6581.0 km
Avesta16,0550.9 km
Varberg38,5750.9 km
Kinna15,5070.9 km
Gislaved10,0290.8 km
Göteborg674,5290.8 km
Fagersta11,7710.7 km
Hässleholm19,7600.7 km
Gustavsberg25,0340.7 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

01,0002,0003,000Opened 2015: 9982015Opened 2016: 1,088Opened 2017: 1,1562017Opened 2018: 1,154Opened 2019: 1,2322019Opened 2020: 1,615Opened 2021: 2,1882021Opened 2022: 2,028Opened 2023: 1,8422023Opened 2024: 1,691Opened 2025: 1,5632025Opened 2026 (so far): 1,693Closed 2026 (so far): 2132026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

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

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.

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Most per resident

Densest municipalities (15,000+ residents).

Tjörns kommun51.2
Sjöbo kommun50.0
Norrtälje kommun49.2
Orusts kommun44.3
Krokoms kommun43.7
Värmdö kommun43.1
Nynäshamns kommun42.1
Ljusdals kommun41.4
Simrishamns kommun39.9
Ekerö kommun39.9

Financials of companies filing accounts

01.0m2.0m3.0m20172019202120232025Median 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
20258,318SEK 1.6m SEK 603k – SEK 3.8m73%
20248,120SEK 1.5m SEK 584k – SEK 3.8m70%
20236,948SEK 1.5m SEK 613k – SEK 3.8m71%
20225,304SEK 1.6m SEK 625k – SEK 3.9m75%
2021753SEK 2.4m SEK 732k – SEK 6.0m75%
2020304SEK 2.9m SEK 956k – SEK 5.6m79%
2019169SEK 3.0m SEK 1.1m – SEK 5.4m72%
201878SEK 2.4m SEK 1.1m – SEK 5.6m73%
201715SEK 1.4m SEK 452k – SEK 1.9m73%

By region

County (län)ActivePer 10k3-yr change
Blekinge län29418.8–
Dalarnas län77127.0–
Gävleborgs län67423.8–
Gotlands län21535.3–
Hallands län88825.7–
Jämtlands län56442.5–
Jönköpings län71719.4–
Kalmar län61224.9–
Kronobergs län43421.4–
Norrbottens län40816.4–
Örebro län66721.6–
Östergötlands län84117.8–
Skåne län2,81319.6–
Södermanlands län62220.7–
Stockholms län5,58222.5–
Uppsala län87821.4–
Värmlands län64822.9–
Västerbottens län49617.8–
Västernorrlands län45218.8–
Västmanlands län49517.6–
Västra Götalands län3,88021.8–

What's included

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

43.32…Byggnadssnickeriarbeten
43.41…Takarbeten av plåt

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