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Groceries

Butcher, fishmonger & deli

Slakteri, fiskhandel och delikatess

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Active in Sweden
2,574
2.4 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+19.7%
12 months: +6.8%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
441 / 275
Median revenue
SEK 1.9m
57% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for butcher, fishmonger & deli 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)103 · 38% of all closures
Companies with negative equity11%
Losses two years in a row26%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss40%
Median equity ratio43%
Revenue per employeeSEK 1.6m
Staff costs per employeeSEK 426k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 960 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)3%
Share of the 3 largest operators1% · 2,515 owners
11 places
9 places
7 places
6 places
6 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.42
Average age of active businesses12.6 yrs
Younger than 2 years21%
Older than 10 years45%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one2,043,399 · 19%
More than 10 km1,045,442
Farthest neighbourhood (5,000+ residents)36.8 km · Gotland norra (Gotland)

Measured from each neighbourhood centre.

When businesses open and close

050100Opened Jan: 78JanOpened Feb: 100Opened Mar: 86MarOpened Apr: 58Opened May: 95MayOpened Jun: 82Opened Jul: 46JulOpened Aug: 63Opened Sep: 78SepOpened Oct: 71Opened Nov: 77NovOpened Dec: 64
Opened

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

Jobs

01,0002,0003,0002018202020222024Employees

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

Farthest from the nearest butcher, fishmonger & deli

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

TownResidentsDistance
Älmhult11,05320.7 km
Fagersta11,77115.8 km
Hallstahammar10,14712.4 km
Kinna15,5073.2 km
Härnösand18,2363.0 km
Bunkeflostrand15,4883.0 km
Sundsvall och Timrå70,9182.7 km
Lerum28,7892.5 km
Östersund53,9921.9 km
Oxelösund11,4851.9 km

Active in Sweden over time

01,0002,0003,0002024Q3 242025Q3 252026Q3 26Butcher, fishmonger & deli

Openings and closures per year

0200400600Opened 2024: 189Closed 2024: 672024Opened 2025: 210Closed 2025: 1212025Opened 2026 (so far): 415Closed 2026 (so far): 2162026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Financials of companies filing accounts

02.0m4.0m6.0m20172019202120232025Median 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
2025960SEK 1.9m SEK 167k – SEK 4.9m57%
2024929SEK 2.0m SEK 206k – SEK 5.3m57%
2023756SEK 2.0m SEK 226k – SEK 4.9m57%
2022565SEK 2.0m SEK 314k – SEK 4.0m60%
202199SEK 2.7m SEK 698k – SEK 7.9m65%
202045SEK 3.2m SEK 1.3m – SEK 4.8m73%
201919SEK 1.6m SEK 445k – SEK 4.3m68%
20187SEK 4.5m SEK 212k – SEK 7.3m71%
20173SEK 286k – – –67%

By region

County (län)ActivePer 10k3-yr change
Blekinge län503.2+43%
Dalarnas län642.2+12%
Gävleborgs län431.5-4%
Gotlands län152.5+36%
Hallands län1153.3+21%
Jämtlands län362.7+33%
Jönköpings län1052.8+18%
Kalmar län492.0+14%
Kronobergs län291.40%
Norrbottens län251.0+9%
Örebro län501.6+6%
Östergötlands län841.8+6%
Skåne län4152.9+22%
Södermanlands län712.4+16%
Stockholms län6392.6+25%
Uppsala län711.7+34%
Värmlands län551.9+28%
Västerbottens län381.4+19%
Västernorrlands län271.1+8%
Västmanlands län371.3+12%
Västra Götalands län5182.9+16%

What's included

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

47.21…Detaljhandel med frukt och grönsaker
47.22…Detaljhandel med kött och charkuterier
47.23…Detaljhandel med fisk, skal- och blötdjur
47.27…Detaljhandel med hälsokost

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