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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.

Retail

Clothing store

Klädbutik

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Active in Sweden
8,409
7.9 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
–
12 months: +8.6%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
1,145 / 476
Median revenue
SEK 711k
50% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for clothing store 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)174 · 37% of all closures
Companies with negative equity9%
Losses two years in a row33%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss48%
Median equity ratio47%
Revenue per employeeSEK 1.6m
Staff costs per employeeSEK 442k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 2,116 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)22%
Share of the 3 largest operators6% · 6,632 owners
180 places
171 places
155 places
129 places
97 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)1.08
Average age of active businesses10.9 yrs
Younger than 2 years21%
Older than 10 years44%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one1,425,274 · 13%
More than 10 km642,333
Farthest neighbourhood (5,000+ residents)38.0 km · Gotland norra (Gotland)

Measured from each neighbourhood centre.

When businesses open and close

0100200300400Opened Jan: 202JanOpened Feb: 292Opened Mar: 235MarOpened Apr: 237Opened May: 289MayOpened Jun: 241Opened Jul: 196JulOpened Aug: 282Opened Sep: 292SepOpened Oct: 347Opened Nov: 270NovOpened Dec: 189
Opened

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

Jobs

02,0004,0006,0002018202020222024Employees

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

Farthest from the nearest clothing store

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

TownResidentsDistance
Bjuv11,2091.9 km
Nödinge-Nol11,6581.7 km
Avesta16,0551.4 km
Sundsvall och Timrå70,9181.3 km
Skoghall14,6101.2 km
Höör14,0041.2 km
Upplands Väsby och Sollentuna156,5171.2 km
Västerhaninge31,9411.2 km
Sandviken (Sandviken)24,8271.0 km
Kinna15,5070.9 km

Active in Sweden over time

05,00010k2024Q3 242025Q3 252026Q3 26Clothing store

Openings and closures per year

05001,0001,500Opened 2024: 702Closed 2024: 2262024Opened 2025: 786Closed 2025: 2982025Opened 2026 (so far): 1,046Closed 2026 (so far): 4412026*
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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Financials of companies filing accounts

-500k0500k1.0m1.5m2.0m20172019202120232025Median 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
20252,116SEK 711k SEK 25k – SEK 3.3m50%
20242,048SEK 794k SEK 39k – SEK 3.5m51%
20231,748SEK 902k SEK 45k – SEK 3.6m54%
20221,359SEK 828k SEK 55k – SEK 3.3m55%
2021185SEK 1.7m SEK 93k – SEK 4.6m55%
202092SEK 783k SEK 54k – SEK 3.4m49%
201948SEK 649k SEK 33k – SEK 3.5m56%
201817SEK 74k SEK 50k – SEK 489k35%
20173SEK 76k – – –33%

By region

County (län)ActivePer 10k3-yr change
Blekinge län865.5–
Dalarnas län1776.2–
Gävleborgs län1535.4–
Gotlands län538.7–
Hallands län2898.4–
Jämtlands län755.7–
Jönköpings län2556.9–
Kalmar län1656.7–
Kronobergs län1286.3–
Norrbottens län1395.6–
Örebro län1916.2–
Östergötlands län2715.7–
Skåne län1,1468.0–
Södermanlands län1735.8–
Stockholms län2,4479.8–
Uppsala län2345.7–
Värmlands län1886.6–
Västerbottens län1455.2–
Västernorrlands län1395.8–
Västmanlands län1936.9–
Västra Götalands län1,5748.9–

What's included

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

47.71…Detaljhandel med kläder, utom via internet eller postorder

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