Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Sweden

Explore more than 1,111,700 Sweden-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.

Current Country: Sweden 1,111,700 (2.4%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 6,879,753 (15.0%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 45,836,063

According to our database, a total of more than 1,111,700 businesses are registered in Sweden . That represents 2.43% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Sweden-based companies have a share of 2.26% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 0.96% of all EU employees.

Sweden: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (459,334 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (185,151) and Unknown industry (165,110).

This TOP 10 list was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Sweden: TOP Industries 1,111,700 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 459,334 41.3% 459,334
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 185,151 16.7% 185,151
Unknown industry 165,110 14.9% 165,110
Retail Trade 82,088 7.4% 82,088
Construction 78,742 7.1% 78,742
Manufacturing 44,646 4.0% 44,646
Wholesale Trade 41,105 3.7% 41,105
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 29,699 2.7% 29,699
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 23,711 2.1% 23,711
Public Sector 1,417 0.1% 1,417
Mining 697 0.1% 697

Sweden: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC Code) is used to assign companies to specific industries. According to our database, the top 3 SIC Codes for Sweden are Non classified establishment (14.85%), Real property lessor (11.68%) and Membership organization (6.84%).

This breakdown was generated automarically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and find companies leading within individual SIC Codes, SIC Code distribution among individual countries, or SIC Code breakdowns within other industries using HitHorizons Screener.

Sweden: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 1,111,700 registered companies

Sweden: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Sweden generated € 1,908,691,204,708 in sales, which represents 2.26% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.

This TOP 10 list of companies operating in Sweden was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Sweden: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 1,111,700 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. AB Volvo € 44.54B 2.33% € 44.54B
2. Volvo Car AB € 31.06B 1.63% € 31.06B
3. Vattenfall AB € 22.55B 1.18% € 22.55B
4. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB € 21.03B 1.1% € 21.03B
5. Skanska AB € 15.35B 0.8% € 15.35B
6. Essity AB (publ) € 14.69B 0.77% € 14.69B
7. Ericsson AB € 14.62B 0.77% € 14.62B
8. Scania AB € 13.75B 0.72% € 13.75B
9. Atlas Copco AB € 13.3B 0.7% € 13.3B
10. ICA Gruppen AB € 12.82B 0.67% € 12.82B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 203.7B

Sweden: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 3,768,328 people, which represents 0.96% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Volvo Personvagnar AB (10,000), followed by Frilans Finans Sverige AB (5,000) and Ericsson AB (5,000).

This TOP 10 list of companies with the highest number of employees was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Sweden: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 1,111,700 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. Volvo Personvagnar AB 10,000 0.27% 10,000
2. Frilans Finans Sverige AB 5,000 0.13% 5,000
3. Ericsson AB 5,000 0.13% 5,000
4. Södersjukhuset AB 5,000 0.13% 5,000
5. Stockholms Universitet 4,000 0.11% 4,000
6. Nordea Bank Abp, Filial i Sverige 4,000 0.11% 4,000
7. SAAB AB 4,000 0.11% 4,000
8. NCC Sverige AB 4,000 0.11% 4,000
9. ABB AB 3,000 0.08% 3,000
10. Volvo Technology AB 3,000 0.08% 3,000
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 47,000

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