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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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Active in Sweden
3,255
3.1 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+9.7%
12 months: +1.8%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
149 / 91
Median revenue
SEK 2.9m
59% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for hotel 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 · 23% of all closures
Companies with negative equity4%
Losses two years in a row24%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss41%
Median equity ratio32%
Revenue per employeeSEK 1.3m
Staff costs per employeeSEK 493k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 1,443 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)7%
Share of the 3 largest operators4% · 3,061 owners
83 places
23 places
13 places
10 places
9 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.14
Average age of active businesses24.6 yrs
Younger than 2 years8%
Older than 10 years63%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one1,769,288 · 17%
More than 10 km656,413
Farthest neighbourhood (5,000+ residents)18.2 km · Alnö (Sundsvall)

Measured from each neighbourhood centre.

When businesses open and close

020406080Opened Jan: 73JanOpened Feb: 70Opened Mar: 62MarOpened Apr: 58Opened May: 65MayOpened Jun: 69Opened Jul: 48JulOpened Aug: 45Opened Sep: 70SepOpened Oct: 52Opened Nov: 70NovOpened Dec: 55
Opened

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

Jobs

05,00010k15k2018202020222024Employees

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

Farthest from the nearest hotel

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

TownResidentsDistance
Nybro13,58414.6 km
Hallstahammar10,1475.7 km
Onsala12,4865.1 km
Västerhaninge31,9415.0 km
Kävlinge10,4534.9 km
Kungsängen och Brunna16,8993.7 km
Kumla17,8893.6 km
Svedala13,4333.2 km
Bunkeflostrand15,4882.9 km
Bjuv11,2092.8 km

Active in Sweden over time

01,0002,0003,0004,0002024Q3 242025Q3 252026Q3 26Hotel

Openings and closures per year

050100150200Opened 2024: 162Closed 2024: 322024Opened 2025: 151Closed 2025: 472025Opened 2026 (so far): 128Closed 2026 (so far): 832026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Financials of companies filing accounts

-1.0m01.0m2.0m3.0m20172019202120232025Median 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
20251,443SEK 2.9m SEK 480k – SEK 11.0m59%
20241,476SEK 2.9m SEK 481k – SEK 10.9m59%
20231,297SEK 2.8m SEK 521k – SEK 11.6m61%
20221,035SEK 2.6m SEK 521k – SEK 11.0m66%
2021200SEK 2.2m SEK 545k – SEK 6.5m57%
202073SEK 980k SEK 197k – SEK 2.7m49%
201924SEK 1.3m SEK 70k – SEK 4.6m42%
201811SEK 1.3m SEK 4,766 – SEK 2.0m45%
20172– – – ––

By region

County (län)ActivePer 10k3-yr change
Blekinge län624.0+13%
Dalarnas län1525.3+10%
Gävleborgs län1053.7+15%
Gotlands län7712.7+17%
Hallands län942.7+21%
Jämtlands län1309.8+9%
Jönköpings län932.5+6%
Kalmar län1094.4+12%
Kronobergs län572.8+14%
Norrbottens län1676.7+11%
Örebro län742.4+17%
Östergötlands län1052.2+6%
Skåne län4012.8+13%
Södermanlands län662.2+10%
Stockholms län6542.6+4%
Uppsala län842.0-1%
Värmlands län1103.9+11%
Västerbottens län1114.0+13%
Västernorrlands län883.7+11%
Västmanlands län612.2+9%
Västra Götalands län4402.5+9%

What's included

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

55.10…Hotellverksamhet med restaurangrörelse

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