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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

Bricklayer & mason

Murare

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Active in Sweden
10,717
10.1 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
–
12 months: +4.0%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
865 / 450
Median revenue
SEK 1.8m
73% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for bricklayer & mason 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)101 · 22% of all closures
Companies with negative equity4%
Losses two years in a row12%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss26%
Median equity ratio47%
Revenue per employeeSEK 1.4m
Staff costs per employeeSEK 588k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 3,242 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)2%
Share of the 3 largest operators1% · 10,534 owners
24 places
22 places
18 places
14 places
9 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.82
Average age of active businesses11.5 yrs
Younger than 2 years15%
Older than 10 years46%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one662,695 · 6%
More than 10 km270,771
Farthest neighbourhood (5,000+ residents)13.4 km · Alnö (Sundsvall)

Measured from each neighbourhood centre.

When businesses open and close

0200400600Opened Jan: 309JanOpened Feb: 337Opened Mar: 354MarOpened Apr: 263Opened May: 347MayOpened Jun: 295Opened Jul: 276JulOpened Aug: 314Opened Sep: 439SepOpened Oct: 410Opened Nov: 307NovOpened Dec: 228
Opened

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

Jobs

05,00010k15k20172019202120232025Employees

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

Farthest from the nearest bricklayer & mason

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

TownResidentsDistance
Nybro13,5842.1 km
Mölnlycke och Öjersjö25,1721.1 km
Upplands Väsby och Sollentuna156,5171.0 km
Oxelösund11,4851.0 km
Lund (Lund)98,3081.0 km
Göteborg674,5291.0 km
Nödinge-Nol11,6580.9 km
Sandviken (Sandviken)24,8270.9 km
Ängelholm31,0890.9 km
Växjö74,0520.9 km

Active in Sweden over time

05,00010k15k2024Q3 242025Q3 252026Q3 26Bricklayer & mason

Openings and closures per year

0200400600800Opened 2024: 719Closed 2024: 1282024Opened 2025: 774Closed 2025: 2232025Opened 2026 (so far): 767Closed 2026 (so far): 4122026*
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).

Sjöbo kommun31.4
Orusts kommun24.1
Laholms kommun21.8
Sala kommun21.2
Skurups kommun21.0
Simrishamns kommun19.7
Marks kommun18.5
Hedemora kommun18.0
Östhammars kommun17.6
Hässleholms kommun17.5

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
20253,242SEK 1.8m SEK 621k – SEK 5.5m73%
20243,198SEK 1.8m SEK 587k – SEK 5.8m72%
20232,745SEK 1.7m SEK 568k – SEK 5.4m71%
20222,062SEK 1.8m SEK 601k – SEK 5.3m77%
2021352SEK 2.4m SEK 723k – SEK 7.5m79%
2020155SEK 2.7m SEK 808k – SEK 6.4m81%
201987SEK 2.8m SEK 977k – SEK 5.5m81%
201832SEK 2.9m SEK 1.2m – SEK 5.7m72%
20175SEK 1.1m – – –40%

By region

County (län)ActivePer 10k3-yr change
Blekinge län1549.8–
Dalarnas län32511.4–
Gävleborgs län29310.3–
Gotlands län8714.3–
Hallands län37210.7–
Jämtlands län17813.4–
Jönköpings län2165.8–
Kalmar län2188.9–
Kronobergs län1638.0–
Norrbottens län29211.7–
Örebro län2708.8–
Östergötlands län3377.1–
Skåne län1,2048.4–
Södermanlands län30010.0–
Stockholms län1,7847.2–
Uppsala län3378.2–
Värmlands län2639.3–
Västerbottens län2458.8–
Västernorrlands län24810.3–
Västmanlands län2649.4–
Västra Götalands län1,5058.5–

What's included

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

43.31…Puts-, fasad- och stuckatörsarbeten
43.91…Murarbeten
43.99…Uthyrning av bygg- och anläggningsmaskiner med förare

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