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Sweden Business Statistics
The total number of businesses in Sweden as of 2018 was 1,228,854. A total of 68,113 new businesses were started in 2018, and sole traders accounted for 15,666 of those businesses.
TOTAL NUMBER OF BUSINESSES
BREAKDOWN OF BUSINESSES IN SWEDEN
Number of businesses with no employee (sole trader)
Number of businesses with less than ten Employees (1-9)
Number of businesses with less than 200 employees (10-199)
Number of businesses with more than 200 employees
NUMBER OF NEW BUSINESSES
- 2017 – 68,113
- 2016 - 68,793
- 2015 - 64,625
- 2014 - 62,372
- 2013 - 60,528
- In March 2018, 5,208 new businesses were started in Sweden of which 1,298 were sole traders.
- The number of new sole traders in Sweden was 15,666 and 14,969 in 2017 and 2016 respectively.
NUMBER OF businesses with annual turnover of less than 50 million EUR
RESEARCH STRATEGY
After a thorough and wide-reaching search through Sweden business authoritative agencies' databases, media sources, and company data aggregator databases such as the Business Registration Officer of Sweden, Statistics Sweden, Hoovers, DN.se, GP, and Aftonbladet, we were able to publicly find some information regarding Sweden number of sole traders and new businesses as well as data points we leveraged to triangulate a proxy for those not found preexisting.
While OECD provided information regarding the breakdown analysis of businesses in Sweden by the number of employees (1-9, 10-19, 20-49, 50-250 over 250), the total number did not correspond with the data provided by Statistics Sweden. This informed our decision by outline the breakdown of business in the range of less than ten (one to nine), less than 200 (10 to 199), and 200 and above.
We also leveraged publicly available information regarding businesses in Sweden estimated annual turnover published by Hoovers on its database to estimate the number of businesses in Sweden with an annual turnover of less than 50 million EUR. The database published a business directory of companies and enterprises in Sweden, numbering 9,140, with their corresponding annual sales revenue estimates in USD. We then used a currency converter to determine the value of 50 million EUR in USD to determine the number of businesses in Sweden with less than 50 million EUR in annual turnover.
Calculation
Estimation of the number of businesses with less than ten employees
- Businesses with less than ten employees = business with one to four employees + businesses with five to nine employees
- 2018 = 248,324 + 43,830 = 292,154
- 2017 = 237,272 + 43,556 = 280,828
- 2016 = 227,101 + 43,416 = 270,517
- 2015 = 224,993 + 43,297 = 268,290
- 2014 = 219,515 + 42,786 = 262,301
Estimation of the number of businesses with less than 200 employees (10-199)
- Businesses with less than 200 employees = businesses with 10 to 19 employees + businesses with 20 to 49 employees + businesses with 50 to 99 employees + businesses with 100 to 199 employees
- 2018 = 24,116 + 14,304 + 4,439 + 1,987 = 44,846
- 2017 = 23,803 + 14,115 + 4,322 + 1,956 = 44,196
- 2016 = 23,597 + 13,626 + 4,249 + 1,903 = 43,375
- 2015 = 23,157 + 13,337 + 4,042 + 1,856 = 45,392
- 2014 = 22,844 + 13,079 + 3,935 + 1,788 = 41,646
Estimation of Businesses with 200+ employees
Businesses with 200+ employees = businesses with 200 to 499 employees + businesses with 500+ employees
- 2018 = 1,132 + 974 = 2,106
- 2017 = 1,084 + 955 = 2,039
- 2016 = 1,056 + 940 = 1,996
- 2015 = 1,032 + 925 = 1,925
- 2014 = 1,012 + 920 = 1,932
Estimation of the total number of businesses in Sweden
- Total number of businesses = number of businesses with zero employee (sole traders) + number of businesses with less than 10 employees + number of businesses with less 200 employees + number of businesses with 200+ employees
- 2018 = 889,748 + 292,154 + 44,846 + 2,1 06 = 1,228,854
- 2017 = 884,654+ 280,828 + 44,196 + 2,039 = 1,211,717
- 2016 = 884,218+ 270,517 + 43,375 + 1,996 = 1,200,106
- 2015 = 865,122 + 268,290 + 45,392 + 1,925 = 1,180,729
- 2014 = 852,470 + 262,301 + 41,646 + 1,932 = 1,158,349
Estimation of the number of businesses with annual turnover of less than 50 million EUR
- Based on Hoovers' business directory of companies and enterprises in Sweden, only 212 businesses have annual revenues greater than 50 million EUR (55.53 million USD). The remaining 8,928 out of 9,140 businesses listed in the business directory have less than 50 million EUR in annual turnover.