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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.

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Driving school

Trafikskola

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Active in Sweden
1,423
1.3 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+16.5%
12 months: +4.6%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
129 / 67
Median revenue
SEK 1.5m
67% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for driving school 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)21 · 31% of all closures
Companies with negative equity11%
Losses two years in a row17%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss32%
Median equity ratio34%
Revenue per employeeSEK 909k
Staff costs per employeeSEK 467k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 580 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)5%
Share of the 3 largest operators5% · 1,354 owners
33 places
25 places
7 places
5 places
3 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.12
Average age of active businesses15.0 yrs
Younger than 2 years15%
Older than 10 years45%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one2,528,771 · 24%
More than 10 km1,550,455
Farthest neighbourhood (5,000+ residents)54.2 km · Gotland norra (Gotland)

Measured from each neighbourhood centre.

When businesses open and close

0204060Opened Jan: 44JanOpened Feb: 30Opened Mar: 55MarOpened Apr: 36Opened May: 50MayOpened Jun: 48Opened Jul: 31JulOpened Aug: 36Opened Sep: 40SepOpened Oct: 37Opened Nov: 54NovOpened Dec: 26
Opened

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

Jobs

05001,0001,50020172019202120232025Employees

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

Farthest from the nearest driving school

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

TownResidentsDistance
Bålsta16,20510.0 km
Onsala12,4868.7 km
Oxelösund11,4856.5 km
Sundsvall och Timrå70,9184.6 km
Karlskrona36,4234.0 km
Gustavsberg25,0342.7 km
Östersund53,9922.7 km
Kungsängen och Brunna16,8992.0 km
Kalmar42,6222.0 km
Luleå49,6461.9 km

Active in Sweden over time

05001,0001,5002024Q3 242025Q3 252026Q3 26Driving school

Openings and closures per year

050100150Opened 2024: 86Closed 2024: 222024Opened 2025: 110Closed 2025: 392025Opened 2026 (so far): 117Closed 2026 (so far): 592026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Financials of companies filing accounts

02.0m4.0m6.0m20172019202120232025Median 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
2025580SEK 1.5m SEK 478k – SEK 3.2m67%
2024561SEK 1.6m SEK 558k – SEK 3.5m65%
2023474SEK 1.5m SEK 567k – SEK 3.2m61%
2022359SEK 1.6m SEK 490k – SEK 3.1m62%
202146SEK 2.0m SEK 1.0m – SEK 4.2m52%
202023SEK 2.5m SEK 1.2m – SEK 3.0m70%
201920SEK 3.1m SEK 1.4m – SEK 5.1m80%
20188SEK 3.3m SEK 1.7m – SEK 4.0m75%
20173SEK 5.1m – – –67%

By region

County (län)ActivePer 10k3-yr change
Blekinge län161.00%
Dalarnas län481.7+7%
Gävleborgs län351.2+6%
Gotlands län50.80%
Hallands län341.0+13%
Jämtlands län191.40%
Jönköpings län431.2+23%
Kalmar län230.9+10%
Kronobergs län321.6+14%
Norrbottens län351.4+13%
Örebro län361.2+20%
Östergötlands län521.1+16%
Skåne län2591.8+23%
Södermanlands län381.3+9%
Stockholms län3351.3+14%
Uppsala län431.0+16%
Värmlands län421.5+14%
Västerbottens län401.4+11%
Västernorrlands län271.1+13%
Västmanlands län331.2+10%
Västra Götalands län2261.3+27%

What's included

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

85.53…Trafikskoleverksamhet

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