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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

Gardener & landscaping

Trädgård och anläggning

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Active in Sweden
6,082
5.7 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+33.5%
12 months: +10.8%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
809 / 215
Median revenue
SEK 966k
73% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for gardener & landscaping 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)80 · 37% of all closures
Companies with negative equity5%
Losses two years in a row12%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss27%
Median equity ratio51%
Revenue per employeeSEK 937k
Staff costs per employeeSEK 450k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 1,502 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)2%
Share of the 3 largest operators0% · 6,027 owners
6 places
public5 places
5 places
5 places
4 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.76
Average age of active businesses9.8 yrs
Younger than 2 years22%
Older than 10 years32%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one927,289 · 9%
More than 10 km392,778
Farthest neighbourhood (5,000+ residents)15.8 km · Alnö (Sundsvall)

Measured from each neighbourhood centre.

When businesses open and close

0100200300400Opened Jan: 204JanOpened Feb: 257Opened Mar: 257MarOpened Apr: 222Opened May: 306MayOpened Jun: 226Opened Jul: 170JulOpened Aug: 191Opened Sep: 209SepOpened Oct: 254Opened Nov: 193NovOpened Dec: 128
Opened

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

Jobs

01,0002,0003,0004,0002018202020222024Employees

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

Farthest from the nearest gardener & landscaping

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

TownResidentsDistance
Arvika14,1862.9 km
Jönköping103,0322.0 km
Sundsvall och Timrå70,9182.0 km
Kiruna17,2841.7 km
Örnsköldsvik33,3991.7 km
Göteborg674,5291.6 km
Eksjö11,0771.4 km
Borlänge44,2991.3 km
Vetlanda13,8951.2 km
Kinna15,5071.2 km

Active in Sweden over time

02,0004,0006,0008,0002024Q3 242025Q3 252026Q3 26Gardener & landscaping

Openings and closures per year

0200400600800Opened 2024: 557Closed 2024: 1192024Opened 2025: 628Closed 2025: 1312025Opened 2026 (so far): 754Closed 2026 (so far): 1952026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Growing fastest

3-year change in active businesses.

Heby kommun12+140%
Götene kommun13+117%
Ockelbo kommun10+100%
Söderköpings kommun12+100%
Sunne kommun18+100%
Borås kommun41+86%
Sandvikens kommun13+86%
Vänersborgs kommun24+85%
Mjölby kommun11+83%
Svenljunga kommun9+80%

Declining

Municipalities where this type is shrinking.

Färgelanda kommun4-33%
Laxå kommun5-17%

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Most per resident

Densest municipalities (15,000+ residents).

Båstad28.7
Simrishamns kommun20.8
Skurups kommun19.8
Värmdö kommun18.2
Höörs kommun18.1
Hörby kommun18.0
Orusts kommun16.3
Ekerö kommun15.1
Sjöbo kommun15.0
Norrtälje kommun14.1

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
20251,502SEK 966k SEK 271k – SEK 2.4m73%
20241,399SEK 1.0m SEK 296k – SEK 2.6m73%
20231,191SEK 1.1m SEK 316k – SEK 2.5m73%
2022909SEK 1.1m SEK 317k – SEK 2.4m74%
2021115SEK 1.9m SEK 569k – SEK 4.7m76%
202045SEK 1.8m SEK 324k – SEK 4.0m67%
201918SEK 3.3m SEK 1.2m – SEK 4.7m67%
20188SEK 3.9m SEK 2.7m – SEK 6.1m75%
20171– – – ––

By region

County (län)ActivePer 10k3-yr change
Blekinge län925.9+44%
Dalarnas län1394.9+32%
Gävleborgs län1043.7+37%
Gotlands län7211.8+16%
Hallands län2737.9+29%
Jämtlands län665.0+35%
Jönköpings län1534.1+26%
Kalmar län1596.5+41%
Kronobergs län1025.0+40%
Norrbottens län712.9+58%
Örebro län1234.0+45%
Östergötlands län2545.4+39%
Skåne län1,0537.3+31%
Södermanlands län2347.8+42%
Stockholms län1,5016.0+29%
Uppsala län2566.2+41%
Värmlands län1404.9+35%
Västerbottens län863.1+21%
Västernorrlands län1225.1+33%
Västmanlands län943.3+47%
Västra Götalands län9105.1+37%

What's included

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

81.30…Skötsel och underhåll av grönytor

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