There are 1,852,366 companies and businesses in Sweden in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. 818,840 of them are corporations.
List of all companies in Sweden
Sweden has 1,852,366 registered companies and businesses in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. 818,840 of them are corporations. We build the records from Bolagsverket and other official sources, and add the sole traders, branch locations and public bodies a register leaves out. Most of them are small: 87% have fewer than five employees. Below you find the largest, the smallest, the newest and the oldest companies in Sweden, where they are based and what they do. Want to buy the list of all 1,852,366 Swedish companies as an API integration or Excel file? Get it from our Swedish company database.
1,852,366 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026
Companies1,852,366
Corporations818,840
Counties22
Largest countyStockholms Län 25%
Employees1-4
Revenue$1-100K
Email14%
Phone26%
Website25%
Swedish company list: all 1,852,366 companies
The list of all companies and businesses in Sweden, live and sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, industry, size, revenue, legal form or founding year. The full search is on our Swedish company directory.
AB VolvoAB Volvo
| Company Name | Country | City | Address 1 | State/Province | Postal Code | Website | Founding Year | Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars | Employees Total | Business Legal Type - Description | Number of Companies in Group | Company Registration Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AB Volvo | Sweden | Göteborg | Amazonvägen 8 | Västra Götalands Län | 41878 | *****.com | 1915 | $50,439,281,763 | 200 | Corporation | 936 | 5560125790 |
| 2 | Volvo Car AB | Sweden | Göteborg | Avd 50090, Hb3s | Västra Götalands Län | 40531 | N/A | 2010 | $37,605,860,643 | 5 | Corporation | 678 | 5568108988 |
| 3 | Geely Sweden Holdings AB | Sweden | Göteborg | Box 10038 | Västra Götalands Län | 40010 | N/A | 2010 | $36,739,235,449 | 20 | Corporation | 678 | 5568109010 |
| 4 | Volvo Personvagnar AKTIEBOLAG | Sweden | Göteborg | Karossvägen 2 | Västra Götalands Län | 41878 | *****.se | 1960 | $25,685,999,742 | 10,000 | Corporation | 678 | 5560743089 |
| 5 | Telefon AB Lm Ericsson | Sweden | Kista | Torshamnsgatan 21 | Stockholms Län | 16440 | *****.com | 1918 | $24,913,278,741 | 200 | Corporation | 545 | 5560160680 |
| 6 | Vattenfall AB | Sweden | Solna | Evenemangsgatan 13 | Stockholms Län | 16979 | *****.se | 1937 | $24,727,387,815 | 2,000 | Corporation | 2384 | 5560362138 |
| 7 | H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB | Sweden | Stockholm | Mäster Samuelsgatan 46a | Stockholms Län | 11157 | *****.com | 1943 | $24,392,937,105 | 45 | Corporation | 2707 | 5560427220 |
| 8 | Scania Cv AB | Sweden | Södertälje | Nyköpingsvägen 33-41 | Stockholms Län | 15132 | *****.com | 1962 | $20,892,203,280 | 10,000 | Corporation | 4281 | 5560840976 |
| 9 | Scania AB | Sweden | Södertälje | Nyköpingsvägen 33 | Stockholms Län | 15132 | *****.com | 1973 | $20,892,203,280 | 0 | Corporation | 4281 | 5561848564 |
| 10 | Astrazeneca AB | Sweden | Södertälje | Forskargatan 18 | Stockholms Län | 15136 | *****.se | 1913 | $20,486,394,493 | 5,000 | Corporation | 470 | 5560117482 |
| 11 | Skanska AB | Sweden | Stockholm | Warfvinges Väg 25 | Stockholms Län | 11251 | *****.se | 1897 | $18,595,197,738 | 100 | Corporation | 1113 | 5560004615 |
| 12 | Atlas Copco AB | Sweden | Nacka | Sickla Industriväg 19 | Stockholms Län | 13154 | *****.com | 1917 | $17,719,952,523 | 100 | Corporation | 1150 | 5560142720 |
| 13 | A Johnson & CO. AB | Sweden | Stockholm | Box 26008 | Stockholms Län | 10041 | N/A | 2024 | $16,562,081,523 | 15 | Corporation | 1248 | 5595065789 |
| 14 | Axel Johnson AB | Sweden | Stockholm | Villagatan 6 | Stockholms Län | 11432 | *****.se | 1982 | $16,562,081,523 | 20 | Corporation | 1248 | 5562236959 |
| 15 | Assa Abloy AB | Sweden | Stockholm | Klarabergsviadukten 90 | Stockholms Län | 11164 | *****.com | 1954 | $16,042,723,749 | 200 | Corporation | 977 | 5560593575 |
| 16 | Ica Gruppen AB | Sweden | Solna | Kolonnvägen 20 | Stockholms Län | 16970 | *****.se | 1946 | $14,989,482,183 | 100 | Corporation | 732 | 5560482837 |
| 17 | Securitas AB | Sweden | Stockholm | Lindhagensplan 70 | Stockholms Län | 11243 | *****.se | 1987 | $14,845,079,201 | 50 | Corporation | 1956 | 5563027241 |
| 18 | Essity AB (publ) | Sweden | Stockholm | Klarabergsviadukten 63 | Stockholms Län | 11164 | *****.se | 1988 | $14,578,016,934 | 100 | Corporation | 241 | 5563255511 |
| 19 | Ericsson AB | Sweden | Kista | Torshamnsgatan 21 | Stockholms Län | 16440 | *****.com | 1952 | $14,026,541,924 | 10,000 | Corporation | 545 | 5560566258 |
| 20 | AB Electrolux | Sweden | Stockholm | Sankt Göransgatan 143 | Stockholms Län | 11213 | *****.se | 1910 | $13,818,874,602 | 500 | Corporation | 274 | 5560094178 |
| 21 | H & M Hennes & Mauritz Gbc AB | Sweden | Stockholm | Mäster Samuelsgatan 46a | Stockholms Län | 11157 | *****.com | 1959 | $12,931,675,534 | 5,000 | Corporation | 2707 | 5560701715 |
| 22 | Sandvik AB | Sweden | Stockholm | Kungsbron 1 | Stockholms Län | 11122 | *****.sandvik | 1897 | $12,702,897,480 | 200 | Corporation | 892 | 5560003468 |
| 23 | Spotify AB | Sweden | Stockholm | Regeringsgatan 19, 5tr | Stockholms Län | 11153 | *****.com | 2006 | $12,259,686,525 | 1,000 | Corporation | 34 | 5567037485 |
| 24 | Volvo Lastvagnar AB | Sweden | Göteborg | Gropegårdsgatan 10b | Västra Götalands Län | 41715 | *****.com | 1917 | $11,896,965,620 | 5,000 | Corporation | 936 | 5560139700 |
| 25 | Ica Sverige AB | Sweden | Solna | Kolonnvägen 20 | Stockholms Län | 16970 | *****.se | 1922 | $11,761,289,204 | 5,000 | Corporation | 732 | 5560210261 |
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Companies and businesses in Sweden
1,852,366
21 October 2026
There are 1,852,366 companies and businesses in Sweden in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is every kind of business, not only the registered companies: 818,840 corporations (AB), 574,170 sole traders (enskild firma) and 46,169 partnerships (HB and KB). On top of those come 33,973 cooperatives, 169,195 non-profit organisations, 48 branches of foreign companies and 746 public bodies.
Structure
- Single-site businesses
- 1,662,515 90%
- Head offices
- 94,885
- Branch locations
- 94,966
Legal form
- Corporations
- 818,840 44%
- Sole traders
- 574,170
- Partnerships
- 46,169
Per working day this year
≈ 337
new companies registered · 70,767 so far in 2026
How to search the Swedish company register, or pull these counts yourself with the Bolagsverket API.
Largest companies in Sweden
Which are the largest companies in Sweden? That depends on what you measure. By number of employees the biggest employer is Volvo Personvagnar AKTIEBOLAG, with 10,000 staff, ahead of Scania CV AB and Saab AB. It is also the largest company by yearly revenue, ahead of Scania CV AB and AstraZeneca AB. Below are the top companies of Sweden ranked three ways: by number of employees, by yearly revenue and the biggest foreign companies in Sweden. 2 Swedish companies employ more than 10,000 people and 305 report more than $1 billion a year.
Volvo Personvagnar AKTIEBOLAG has the largest headcount of any company in Sweden in our data. 2 Swedish companies list more than 10,000 people, 788 more than 500.
- 110,000 staff
- 210,000 staff
- 310,000 staff
- 410,000 staff
- 510,000 staff
- 65,000 staff
- 75,000 staff
- 85,000 staff
- 95,000 staff
- 105,000 staff
Headcount as it is recorded on the company; for a group's parent or holding company it is usually the whole group's, worldwide.
Volvo Personvagnar AKTIEBOLAG is the largest company in Sweden by revenue; 305 Swedish companies report more than $1 billion a year. Corporations only.
- 1$25.7B
- 2$20.9B
- 3$20.5B
- 4$14.0B
- 5$12.9B
- 6$11.9B
- 7$11.8B
- 8$10.9B
- 9$8.3B
- 10$7.0B
48 foreign companies have a registered branch or establishment in Sweden.
- 10 worldwide
- 20 worldwide
- 30 worldwide
- 40 worldwide
- 50 worldwide
- 60 worldwide
- 70 worldwide
- 80 worldwide
Headcount and revenue are those of the worldwide company, not of the branch in Sweden.
By employee size · 1,512,764 companies with a known headcount
| Employees | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 1,312,487 | 87% | |
| 5-9 | 98,556 | 7% | |
| 10-19 | 50,141 | 3% | |
| 20-49 | 32,410 | 2% | |
| 50-99 | 11,597 | 0.8% | |
| 100-199 | 4,733 | 0.3% | |
| 200-499 | 2,052 | 0.1% | |
| 500+ | 788 | <0.1% |
87% have 1 to 4 employees; 788 have 500 or more.
By yearly revenue (USD)
| Revenue | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| < $100K | 1,019,328 | 73% | |
| $100K-$500K | 241,434 | 17% | |
| $500K-$1M | 52,387 | 4% | |
| $1M-$5M | 62,292 | 4% | |
| $5M-$10M | 11,248 | 0.8% | |
| $10M-$100M | 15,221 | 1% | |
| $100M-$1B | 2,496 | 0.2% | |
| $1B+ | 305 | <0.1% |
2,801 companies report more than $100 million; 305 more than $1 billion.
Small businesses in Sweden
Most companies in Sweden are small businesses. Of the 1,512,764 with a known headcount, 1,411,043 (93%) are micro businesses with fewer than ten employees, 82,551 are small (10 to 49) and 18,382 medium-sized (50 to 499). Only 788 employ 500 people or more, so 99.95% of Swedish companies are SMEs. This is where our data is strongest: sole traders, micro companies and single shops, each with an address and an industry code.
| Size class | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micro · fewer than 10 | 1,411,043 | 93% | |
| Small · 10 to 49 | 82,551 | 5% | |
| Medium · 50 to 499 | 18,382 | 1% | |
| Large · 500 or more | 788 | <0.1% |
1,312,487
companies have 1 to 4 employees (87%). 1,019,328 turn over less than $100,000 a year.
574,170
sole traders are in the data, each with an address and an industry code.
99%
of the 70,767 companies started in 2026 have 1 to 4 employees (53,563). Only 2 started with 200 staff or more.
Where are companies in Sweden based?
Stockholms Län has more companies than any other county in Sweden: 471,140, or 25% of the total, ahead of Västra Götalands Län (293,180) and Skåne Län (218,196). Below you find the twelve largest of its 22 counties and the ten busiest cities, with a link to the local list where we have one.
The twelve largest of 22 counties
| County | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockholms Län | 471,140 | 25% | |
| Västra Götalands Län | 293,180 | 16% | |
| Skåne Län | 218,196 | 12% | |
| Östergötlands Län | 64,011 | 3% | |
| Jönköpings Län | 60,623 | 3% | |
| Uppsala Län | 60,048 | 3% | |
| Hallands Län | 59,734 | 3% | |
| Dalarnas Län | 57,476 | 3% | |
| Västerbottens Län | 55,470 | 3% | |
| Värmlands Län | 52,953 | 3% | |
| Västernorrlands Län | 49,098 | 3% | |
| Norrbottens Län | 47,701 | 3% |
Ten busiest cities
- Stockholm161,281
- Göteborg74,840
- Malmö46,297
- Uppsala30,122
- Västerås20,548
- Örebro19,204
- Umeå17,898
- Linköping17,665
- Helsingborg16,791
- Solna16,298
Main industries in Sweden
Engineering, accounting and management is the biggest industry in Sweden by number of companies: 164,374, or 11% of all firms with an industry code. Next come business services and IT (163,435) and forestry (135,784). Companies are grouped here by their SIC code, the classification every company in our data carries, in every country. Below you find the main sectors, the largest industries with their biggest companies and our 109 industry lists for Sweden.
- Engineering, accounting and management164,37411%
- Business services and IT163,43511%
- Forestry135,7849%
- Real estate127,6169%
- Construction trades92,7606%
- Leisure and recreation71,7505%
- Crop farming62,5694%
- Personal services50,4163%
- Health care39,6103%
- Education37,1383%
- Restaurants and bars31,9242%
- Holding and investment companies29,6262%
- Wholesale (durable goods)29,5282%
- Building construction27,1462%
- Other services26,8592%
- Other industries386,65726%
The fifteen largest of 79 SIC major groups; records without an industry code are not in this chart.
Largest industries in Sweden
164,374
Engineering, accounting and management
SIC 87: Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management, And Related Services
- 15,000 staff
- 24,000 staff
- 33,000 staff
163,435
SIC 73: Business Services
- 110,000 staff
- 210,000 staff
- 35,000 staff
135,784
Forestry
SIC 08: Forestry
- 1500 staff
- 2200 staff
- 3183 staff
92,760
SIC 17: Construction Special Trade Contractors
- 15,000 staff
- 2500 staff
- 3500 staff
71,750
Leisure and recreation
SIC 79: Amusement And Recreation Services
- 12,000 staff
- 2500 staff
- 3500 staff
62,569
Crop farming
SIC 01: Agricultural Production Crops
- 1121 staff
- 2106 staff
- 3100 staff
50,416
Personal services
SIC 72: Personal Services
- 12,000 staff
- 2620 staff
- 3500 staff
Discover more: all Swedish industries, cities and regions
Every Swedish list we publish. Industries are grouped by economic sector.
B · Mining
C · Manufacturing
- Automotive companies
- Breweries
- Chemical companies
- Clothing companies
- Cosmetics companies
- Electronics companies
- Fashion companies
- Food companies
- Furniture companies
- Leather companies
- Manufacturing companies
- Meat companies
- Medical device companies
- Office furniture companies
- Packaging companies
- Paper companies
- Pharmaceutical companies
- Printing companies
- Shipbuilders
- Shoe companies
- Sportswear companies
- Steel companies
- Tools companies
- Toys companies
- Tyre companies
- Wine companies
D · Energy
F · Construction
G · Wholesale and retail
H · Transport and storage
I · Accommodation and food
J · Information and communication
K · Finance and insurance
L · Real estate
M · Professional, scientific and technical
N · Administrative and support
Q · Health and social work
R · Arts and recreation
S · Other services
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Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- UAE
- Uganda
- UK
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- USA
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
New companies and startups in Sweden in 2026
70,767 new companies and startups registered in Sweden so far in 2026, about 337 every working day, after a record 102,292 new businesses in 2025. Most startups begin small: 99% of this year's newcomers have one to four employees. 30,071 of them are corporations (AB).
≈ 337
new companies register every working day in 2026
99%
of this year's startups begin with one to four employees
102,292
new companies in 2025, a record year
Companies founded per year
- 86,4012022
- 81,4842023
- 87,3732024
- 102,2922025
- 70,7672026 so far
The biggest newcomers of 2026
A new registration is often a restructuring, not a start-up: the largest newcomers are new holding and property companies for existing businesses.
- 1200 staff
- 2168 staff
- 3100 staff
- 470 staff
- 550 staff
Oldest companies in Sweden
Our data holds 797 Swedish organisations founded before 1900 and 11,725 before 1950. Bolagsverket dates a company from the creation of its current legal unit, so older firms show a later founding year.
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190,298
Swedish companies were founded before 1990
14,424
were founded in 1990
1,661,942 Swedish companies, 90% of those with a founding year on record, were founded in 1990 or later. 190,298 are older.
Types of companies in Sweden
Two in five Swedish businesses in our data are corporations (AB), and three in ten are sole traders (enskild firma). Partnerships (HB and KB) make up 2%. 33,973 are cooperatives. The chart shows every legal form in our data.
- Corporations818,84044%
- No legal form on record209,22511%
- Sole traders574,17031%
- Partnerships46,1692%
- Foreign companies48<0.1%
- Non-profit organisations169,1959%
- Cooperatives33,9732%
- Public bodies746<0.1%
Which Swedish companies are part of a group?
Most Swedish companies stand alone: 90% are single-site businesses. The other 189,851 are part of a multi-site structure, as one of 94,885 head offices or 94,966 branches. The largest corporate family on this page is Scania CV AB, with 4,281 companies in its group.
The largest corporate families on this page
- 14,281 companies
- 22,707 companies
- 31,601 companies
- 41,248 companies
- 5936 companies
- 6732 companies
- 7678 companies
- 8545 companies
Counted from the largest companies on this page, not from all 1,852,366; the API has no group-size filter.
What you can reach: contact data on Swedish companies
464,846 Swedish companies have a website on record (25%), 476,689 a phone number (26%) and 263,130 an email address (14%). Corporations are easier to reach online: 34% have a website and 18% an email address.
| Field | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website | 464,846 | 25% | |
| Phone | 476,689 | 26% | |
| 263,130 | 14% |
Questions about companies in Sweden
Every answer is counted from the data on this page (21 October 2026).
1,852,366. That includes 574,170 sole traders and 46,169 partnerships.
818,840 corporations, 44% of all Swedish businesses in our data (21 October 2026).
Of the 1,512,764 Swedish companies with a known headcount, 1,511,976 have fewer than 500 employees: 1,411,043 micro, 82,551 small and 18,382 medium-sized. 788 are large enterprises.
Volvo Personvagnar AKTIEBOLAG, with $25.7 billion in yearly revenue, ahead of Scania CV AB ($20.9B) and AstraZeneca AB ($20.5B).
Volvo Personvagnar AKTIEBOLAG, with 10,000 staff on its record (for a group's parent this is usually the whole group's headcount).
471,140, 25% of all Swedish companies (21 October 2026).
70,767 so far in 2026, about 337 per working day, after a record 102,292 in 2025.
From Bolagsverket and other official sources, combined with company websites and filings, and refreshed every month.
464,846, 25% of all Swedish companies. 476,689 have a phone number and 263,130 an email address.
Yes. The full list of 1,852,366 companies is available as Excel, CSV or through the API from our Swedish company database.
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