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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.

Trades

Cleaning services

Städtjänster

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Active in Sweden
14,206
13.4 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
–
12 months: +11.3%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
2,206 / 765
Median revenue
SEK 1.4m
72% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for cleaning services 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)322 · 42% of all closures
Companies with negative equity7%
Losses two years in a row13%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss27%
Median equity ratio44%
Revenue per employeeSEK 617k
Staff costs per employeeSEK 423k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 3,526 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)8%
Share of the 3 largest operators3% · 13,212 owners
230 places
129 places
106 places
65 places
34 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)2.08
Average age of active businesses9.2 yrs
Younger than 2 years24%
Older than 10 years37%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one762,384 · 7%
More than 10 km311,330
Farthest neighbourhood (5,000+ residents)15.9 km · Alnö (Sundsvall)

Measured from each neighbourhood centre.

When businesses open and close

0200400600800Opened Jan: 454JanOpened Feb: 462Opened Mar: 477MarOpened Apr: 388Opened May: 531MayOpened Jun: 447Opened Jul: 364JulOpened Aug: 458Opened Sep: 594SepOpened Oct: 669Opened Nov: 552NovOpened Dec: 348
Opened

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

Jobs

010k20k30k20172019202120232025Employees

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

Farthest from the nearest cleaning services

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

TownResidentsDistance
Kinna15,5071.4 km
Göteborg674,5291.2 km
Gustavsberg25,0341.1 km
Mora12,8301.0 km
Örnsköldsvik33,3991.0 km
Upplands Väsby och Sollentuna156,5171.0 km
Jönköping103,0321.0 km
Nödinge-Nol11,6580.9 km
Vallentuna33,9180.8 km
Östersund53,9920.8 km

Active in Sweden over time

05,00010k15k2024Q3 242025Q3 252026Q3 26Cleaning services

Openings and closures per year

05001,0001,5002,000Opened 2024: 1,186Closed 2024: 2852024Opened 2025: 1,595Closed 2025: 4272025Opened 2026 (so far): 1,980Closed 2026 (so far): 7192026*
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).

Haninge kommun28.8
Botkyrka kommun27.3
Burlövs kommun25.9
Upplands-Bro kommun25.8
Klippans kommun24.8
Huddinge kommun23.0
Sigtuna kommun22.9
Salems kommun22.5
Bjuvs kommun21.8
Österåkers kommun21.0

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
20253,526SEK 1.4m SEK 449k – SEK 3.6m72%
20243,447SEK 1.5m SEK 475k – SEK 3.8m71%
20232,897SEK 1.5m SEK 477k – SEK 3.7m71%
20222,202SEK 1.5m SEK 480k – SEK 3.5m72%
2021351SEK 2.8m SEK 795k – SEK 5.8m73%
2020162SEK 2.6m SEK 773k – SEK 5.0m77%
201985SEK 2.6m SEK 881k – SEK 6.2m76%
201836SEK 2.4m SEK 928k – SEK 4.2m69%
201713SEK 1.7m SEK 375k – SEK 3.5m69%

By region

County (län)ActivePer 10k3-yr change
Blekinge län1449.2–
Dalarnas län34111.9–
Gävleborgs län30610.8–
Gotlands län8013.1–
Hallands län39711.5–
Jämtlands län23217.5–
Jönköpings län38610.4–
Kalmar län24810.1–
Kronobergs län21810.7–
Norrbottens län35014.1–
Örebro län3009.7–
Östergötlands län50910.8–
Skåne län2,09614.6–
Södermanlands län34211.4–
Stockholms län4,38717.6–
Uppsala län47311.5–
Värmlands län30310.7–
Västerbottens län33311.9–
Västernorrlands län24810.3–
Västmanlands län33311.9–
Västra Götalands län2,02811.4–

What's included

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

81.21…Lokalvård
81.22…Rengöring av byggnader
81.23…Annan rengöring

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