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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.

Accommodation

B&B & holiday accommodation

B&B och semesterboende

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Active in Sweden
3,252
3.1 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
–
12 months: +7.7%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
298 / 66
Median revenue
SEK 487k
59% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for b&b & holiday accommodation 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 · 32% of all closures
Companies with negative equity5%
Losses two years in a row25%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss41%
Median equity ratio34%
Revenue per employeeSEK 1.1m
Staff costs per employeeSEK 344k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 967 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)1%
Share of the 3 largest operators1% · 3,234 owners
11 places
4 places
public3 places
2 places
public2 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.28
Average age of active businesses10.9 yrs
Younger than 2 years16%
Older than 10 years43%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one1,624,950 · 15%
More than 10 km555,206
Farthest neighbourhood (5,000+ residents)19.1 km · Alnö (Sundsvall)

Measured from each neighbourhood centre.

When businesses open and close

050100150Opened Jan: 94JanOpened Feb: 98Opened Mar: 111MarOpened Apr: 80Opened May: 147MayOpened Jun: 124Opened Jul: 74JulOpened Aug: 58Opened Sep: 86SepOpened Oct: 67Opened Nov: 84NovOpened Dec: 66
Opened

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

Jobs

05001,0002018202020222024Employees

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

Farthest from the nearest b&b & holiday accommodation

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

TownResidentsDistance
Nässjö18,63911.6 km
Nybro13,5849.4 km
Hudiksvall16,7926.1 km
Nödinge-Nol11,6586.1 km
Ekerö12,2704.4 km
Finspång13,1864.2 km
Sundsvall och Timrå70,9184.1 km
Kungsängen och Brunna16,8993.9 km
Lerum28,7893.7 km
Ludvika15,6753.5 km

Active in Sweden over time

01,0002,0003,0004,0002024Q3 242025Q3 252026Q3 26B&B & holiday accommodation

Openings and closures per year

0100200300Opened 2024: 236Closed 2024: 252024Opened 2025: 258Closed 2025: 372025Opened 2026 (so far): 270Closed 2026 (so far): 622026*
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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Most per resident

Densest municipalities (15,000+ residents).

Simrishamns kommun24.5
Kiruna kommun14.7
Gotlands kommun14.3
Båstad13.7
Ljusdals kommun13.1
Mörbylånga kommun12.3
Tjörns kommun10.0
Mora kommun9.8
Orusts kommun9.8
Ystad9.3

Financials of companies filing accounts

-500k0500k1.0m20172019202120232025Median 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
2025967SEK 487k SEK 117k – SEK 1.6m59%
2024952SEK 492k SEK 114k – SEK 1.5m57%
2023814SEK 467k SEK 114k – SEK 1.4m57%
2022629SEK 495k SEK 118k – SEK 1.5m63%
202196SEK 505k SEK 142k – SEK 1.5m58%
202040SEK 154k SEK 2,062 – SEK 753k42%
201924SEK 240k SEK 7,935 – SEK 1.0m30%
201810SEK 956k SEK 55k – SEK 1.6m70%
20172– – – ––

By region

County (län)ActivePer 10k3-yr change
Blekinge län493.1–
Dalarnas län1766.2–
Gävleborgs län1023.6–
Gotlands län8714.3–
Hallands län1303.8–
Jämtlands län15011.3–
Jönköpings län1303.5–
Kalmar län1455.9–
Kronobergs län683.3–
Norrbottens län1586.3–
Örebro län862.8–
Östergötlands län1022.2–
Skåne län4212.9–
Södermanlands län612.0–
Stockholms län3891.6–
Uppsala län591.4–
Värmlands län1565.5–
Västerbottens län943.4–
Västernorrlands län1074.4–
Västmanlands län441.6–
Västra Götalands län4762.7–

What's included

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

55.20…Vandrarhemsverksamhet
55.90…Annan logiverksamhet

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