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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.

Personal services

Funeral services

Begravningsbyrå

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Active in Sweden
896
0.8 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
–
Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
46 / –
Median revenue
SEK 2.6m
75% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for funeral services 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 equity2%
Losses two years in a row9%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss25%
Median equity ratio52%
Revenue per employeeSEK 1.7m
Staff costs per employeeSEK 586k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 232 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)41%
Share of the 3 largest operators25% · 549 owners
175 places
33 places
19 places
16 places
10 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.04
Average age of active businesses14.6 yrs
Younger than 2 years11%
Older than 10 years54%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one2,687,677 · 25%
More than 10 km1,503,998
Farthest neighbourhood (5,000+ residents)28.9 km · Ullared-Inland (Falkenberg)

Measured from each neighbourhood centre.

When businesses open and close

0204060Opened Jan: 10JanOpened Feb: 29Opened Mar: 15MarOpened Apr: 19Opened May: 18MayOpened Jun: 5Opened Jul: 7JulOpened Aug: 16Opened Sep: 41SepOpened Oct: 24Opened Nov: 23NovOpened Dec: 12
Opened

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

Jobs

02004006002019202120232025Employees

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

Farthest from the nearest funeral services

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

TownResidentsDistance
Finspång13,18616.0 km
Onsala12,4868.2 km
Skoghall14,6105.7 km
Nödinge-Nol11,6585.2 km
Oxie14,0405.2 km
Bunkeflostrand15,4884.2 km
Sundsvall och Timrå70,9184.1 km
Upplands Väsby och Sollentuna156,5172.6 km
Lerum28,7892.5 km
Ängelholm31,0892.5 km

Active in Sweden over time

05001,0002024Q3 242025Q3 252026Q3 26Funeral services

Openings and closures per year

0204060Opened 2024: 44Closed 2024: 112024Opened 2025: 43Closed 2025: 132025Opened 2026 (so far): 41Closed 2026 (so far): 132026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

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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Financials of companies filing accounts

01.0m2.0m3.0m4.0m20172019202120232025Median 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
2025232SEK 2.6m SEK 763k – SEK 6.4m75%
2024231SEK 2.7m SEK 751k – SEK 6.3m78%
2023199SEK 2.5m SEK 669k – SEK 5.3m81%
2022161SEK 2.4m SEK 918k – SEK 4.6m81%
202122SEK 3.3m SEK 1.0m – SEK 5.1m77%
202010SEK 2.3m SEK 832k – SEK 3.7m90%
20194SEK 3.5m – – –75%
20182– – – ––
20171– – – ––

By region

County (län)ActivePer 10k3-yr change
Blekinge län181.1–
Dalarnas län461.6–
Gävleborgs län361.3–
Gotlands län81.3–
Hallands län160.5–
Jämtlands län161.2–
Jönköpings län431.2–
Kalmar län261.1–
Kronobergs län140.7–
Norrbottens län301.2–
Örebro län290.9–
Östergötlands län330.7–
Skåne län1110.8–
Södermanlands län301.0–
Stockholms län1800.7–
Uppsala län260.6–
Värmlands län321.1–
Västerbottens län150.5–
Västernorrlands län200.8–
Västmanlands län341.2–
Västra Götalands län1310.7–

What's included

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

96.30…Begravningsverksamhet

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