Professional services
Staffing & recruitment
Bemanning och rekrytering
Deeper numbers
Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for staffing & recruitment 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
Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.
Financial health
Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 4,641 companies.
Competition
| public | 85 places |
| 73 places | |
| 52 places | |
| 48 places | |
| 45 places |
New and established
Distance to the nearest one
Measured from each neighbourhood centre.
When businesses open and close
Per calendar month, 2021–2025. Not available yet: closures are only known from 1 January 2024.
Jobs
Average number of employees reported in the annual reports of companies that file accounts, sole proprietorships are not included.
Farthest from the nearest staffing & recruitment
Towns with at least 10,000 residents, measured from the town centre – possible gaps in the local offer.
| Town | Residents | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sundsvall och Timrå | 70,918 | 1.8 km |
| Lerum | 28,789 | 1.6 km |
| Karlshamn | 19,966 | 1.6 km |
| Kinna | 15,507 | 1.4 km |
| Oxelösund | 11,485 | 1.2 km |
| Göteborg | 674,529 | 1.0 km |
| Avesta | 16,055 | 1.0 km |
| Eksjö | 11,077 | 1.0 km |
| Kungsängen och Brunna | 16,899 | 0.9 km |
| Jönköping | 103,032 | 0.9 km |
Active in Sweden over time
Openings and closures per year
Best opportunities
Municipalities with room in the market.
| Kungälvs kommun | 80 |
| Åtvidabergs kommun | 75 |
| Härryda kommun | 73 |
| Aneby kommun | 72 |
| Östhammars kommun | 72 |
| Salems kommun | 71 |
| Nykvarns kommun | 71 |
| Nybro kommun | 70 |
| Bjuvs kommun | 70 |
| Ulricehamns kommun | 69 |
Growing fastest
3-year change in active businesses.
| Båstad | 10 | +100% |
| Heby kommun | 13 | +86% |
| Fagersta kommun | 11 | +83% |
| Nora kommun | 9 | +80% |
| Ragunda kommun | 9 | +80% |
| Upplands-Bro kommun | 25 | +79% |
| Arvidsjaurs kommun | 14 | +75% |
| Ulricehamns kommun | 14 | +75% |
| Knivsta kommun | 17 | +70% |
| Salems kommun | 13 | +63% |
Declining
Municipalities where this type is shrinking.
| Finspångs kommun | 7 | -42% |
| Vaxholms kommun | 15 | -32% |
| Ljungby kommun | 19 | -27% |
| Höörs kommun | 10 | -23% |
| Eksjö kommun | 10 | -23% |
| Hylte kommun | 4 | -20% |
| Mullsjö kommun | 4 | -20% |
| Hagfors kommun | 4 | -20% |
| Örkelljunga kommun | 5 | -17% |
| Bollnäs kommun | 20 | -17% |
Most per resident
Densest municipalities (15,000+ residents).
| Gällivare kommun | 26.3 |
| Stockholms kommun | 16.7 |
| Värnamo kommun | 16.5 |
| Danderyds kommun | 16.0 |
| Solna kommun | 14.7 |
| Kiruna kommun | 14.3 |
| Sundbybergs kommun | 12.5 |
| Ljusdals kommun | 12.0 |
| Kalix kommun | 11.8 |
| Jönköpings kommun | 11.7 |
Financials of companies filing accounts
Based on digitally filed annual reports from Bolagsverket. Sole traders don't file annual reports.
By year
| Year | Filers | Median revenue | Middle 50% | Profitable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,641 | SEK 814k | SEK 172k – SEK 2.4m | 67% |
| 2024 | 4,464 | SEK 868k | SEK 193k – SEK 2.6m | 67% |
| 2023 | 3,816 | SEK 954k | SEK 227k – SEK 2.6m | 69% |
| 2022 | 2,882 | SEK 940k | SEK 230k – SEK 2.7m | 70% |
| 2021 | 462 | SEK 1.1m | SEK 238k – SEK 5.6m | 75% |
| 2020 | 226 | SEK 1.2m | SEK 273k – SEK 4.6m | 69% |
| 2019 | 110 | SEK 1.7m | SEK 330k – SEK 5.3m | 71% |
| 2018 | 50 | SEK 1.1m | SEK 354k – SEK 4.1m | 74% |
| 2017 | 11 | SEK 747k | SEK 299k – SEK 5.9m | 82% |
By region
| County (län) | Active | Per 10k | 3-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blekinge län | 83 | 5.3 | +17% |
| Dalarnas län | 244 | 8.5 | +14% |
| Gävleborgs län | 232 | 8.2 | +16% |
| Gotlands län | 40 | 6.6 | +3% |
| Hallands län | 255 | 7.4 | +23% |
| Jämtlands län | 149 | 11.2 | +24% |
| Jönköpings län | 339 | 9.2 | +15% |
| Kalmar län | 124 | 5.1 | +17% |
| Kronobergs län | 133 | 6.5 | +2% |
| Norrbottens län | 344 | 13.8 | +27% |
| Örebro län | 243 | 7.9 | +26% |
| Östergötlands län | 381 | 8.1 | +8% |
| Skåne län | 1,085 | 7.6 | +16% |
| Södermanlands län | 205 | 6.8 | +11% |
| Stockholms län | 3,008 | 12.1 | +17% |
| Uppsala län | 275 | 6.7 | +33% |
| Värmlands län | 192 | 6.8 | +14% |
| Västerbottens län | 238 | 8.5 | +27% |
| Västernorrlands län | 222 | 9.2 | +17% |
| Västmanlands län | 245 | 8.7 | +21% |
| Västra Götalands län | 1,319 | 7.4 | +22% |
What's included
Businesses whose main Swedish industry code (SNI 2025) starts with:
78.10… | Arbetsförmedling och rekrytering |
78.20… | Personaluthyrning |
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