Company form
All company forms · no holding companiesFilter
Company form
All
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.

Leisure

Gym & fitness centre

Gym och träningscenter

Rank all areas →
Active in Sweden
2,374
2.2 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+21.1%
12 months: +8.2%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
255 / 75
Median revenue
SEK 1.4m
65% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for gym & fitness centre 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 · 28% of all closures
Companies with negative equity7%
Losses two years in a row18%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss34%
Median equity ratio40%
Revenue per employeeSEK 1.2m
Staff costs per employeeSEK 406k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 762 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)42%
Share of the 3 largest operators33% · 1,390 owners
395 places
217 places
177 places
86 places
75 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.24
Average age of active businesses8.8 yrs
Younger than 2 years16%
Older than 10 years36%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one1,974,621 · 19%
More than 10 km1,073,332
Farthest neighbourhood (5,000+ residents)37.9 km · Gotland norra (Gotland)

Measured from each neighbourhood centre.

When businesses open and close

050100150200Opened Jan: 56JanOpened Feb: 43Opened Mar: 53MarOpened Apr: 47Opened May: 57MayOpened Jun: 59Opened Jul: 170JulOpened Aug: 41Opened Sep: 67SepOpened Oct: 96Opened Nov: 103NovOpened Dec: 54
Opened

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

Jobs

05001,0001,5002018202020222024Employees

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

Farthest from the nearest gym & fitness centre

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

TownResidentsDistance
Bjuv11,2096.1 km
Höör14,0042.5 km
Ängelholm31,0892.3 km
Onsala12,4861.9 km
Kinna15,5071.8 km
Göteborg674,5291.7 km
Strängnäs15,3691.6 km
Åstorp10,0631.6 km
Skoghall14,6101.6 km
Bunkeflostrand15,4881.6 km

Active in Sweden over time

01,0002,0003,0002024Q3 242025Q3 252026Q3 26Gym & fitness centre

Openings and closures per year

0100200300Opened 2024: 147Closed 2024: 252024Opened 2025: 149Closed 2025: 372025Opened 2026 (so far): 233Closed 2026 (so far): 702026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

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
2025762SEK 1.4m SEK 470k – SEK 3.1m65%
2024729SEK 1.4m SEK 481k – SEK 3.0m63%
2023643SEK 1.2m SEK 461k – SEK 2.8m59%
2022517SEK 1.3m SEK 452k – SEK 2.5m60%
202176SEK 1.4m SEK 712k – SEK 3.0m62%
202041SEK 1.5m SEK 598k – SEK 3.0m68%
201922SEK 1.4m SEK 135k – SEK 2.2m50%
201812SEK 643k SEK 97k – SEK 2.1m50%
20173SEK 564k – – –33%

By region

County (län)ActivePer 10k3-yr change
Blekinge län402.6+11%
Dalarnas län652.3+10%
Gävleborgs län652.3+12%
Gotlands län172.8+42%
Hallands län762.2+21%
Jämtlands län272.0+17%
Jönköpings län742.0+21%
Kalmar län461.9+10%
Kronobergs län351.7+9%
Norrbottens län471.9+31%
Örebro län581.9+14%
Östergötlands län881.9+31%
Skåne län2992.1+17%
Södermanlands län622.1+9%
Stockholms län6332.5+25%
Uppsala län882.1+22%
Värmlands län511.8+11%
Västerbottens län451.6+45%
Västernorrlands län592.5+97%
Västmanlands län732.6+16%
Västra Götalands län4252.4+18%

What's included

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

93.13…Drift av gymanläggningar

Also found by searching: gym, fitness, fitnesscenter, crossfit, træning, workout