Industry Breakdown of Companies in Sweden

This statistic shows TOP industries, TOP companies by sales and number of employees and the most common SIC codes in Sweden

The number of companies in Sweden is 1,105,464, which represents 2.42% of all 45,639,763 companies in the HitHorizons database. The country with the highest number of registered companies is United Kingdom with 6,756,179 companies.

Current Country:
Sweden 1,105,464 (2.4%)
Largest Country:
United Kingdom 6,756,179 (14.8%)
Total Number of Companies 45,639,763

TOP Industries in Sweden

The industry with the highest number of companies registered in Sweden is Services with 454,958 companies followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate and Unknown industry with 183,738 and 166,626 companies respectively.

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TOP Industries in Sweden 1,105,464 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of Companies
Services 454,958 41.2% 454,958
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 183,738 16.6% 183,738
Unknown industry 166,626 15.1% 166,626
Retail Trade 81,612 7.4% 81,612
Construction 77,780 7.0% 77,780
Manufacturing 44,502 4.0% 44,502
Wholesale Trade 41,179 3.7% 41,179
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 29,371 2.7% 29,371
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 23,584 2.1% 23,584
Public Sector 1,414 0.1% 1,414
Mining 700 0.1% 700

Breakdown of Companies in Sweden by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification code (SIC code) allows to classify individual industries. The top three SIC codes for Sweden are Non classified establishment (15.07%), Real property lessor (11.7%) and Membership organization (6.89%) .

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Breakdown of Companies in Sweden by SIC Code 1,105,464 registered companies

TOP 10 Companies by Sales Registered in Sweden

Companies registered in Sweden generate € 1,594,109,071,632 in sales per annum, which represents 2.06% of sales of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest sales is AB Volvo with € 35.02B followed by Volvo Car AB and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB with € 26.53B and € 18.72B in sales respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Sales in Sweden 1,105,464 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. AB Volvo € 35.02B 2.2% € 35.02B
2. Volvo Car AB € 26.53B 1.66% € 26.53B
3. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB € 18.72B 1.17% € 18.72B
4. Vattenfall AB € 16.95B 1.06% € 16.95B
5. Scania AB € 13.75B 0.86% € 13.75B
6. Skanska AB € 13.53B 0.85% € 13.53B
7. Ericsson AB € 13.31B 0.84% € 13.31B
8. ICA Gruppen AB € 12.04B 0.76% € 12.04B
9. AB Electrolux € 11.82B 0.74% € 11.82B
10. Essity AB (publ) € 11.47B 0.72% € 11.47B

TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees Registered in Sweden

Companies registered in Sweden have 3,736,488 employees, which represents 0.96% of all employees of companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Volvo Personvagnar AB with 10,000 people followed by Frilans Finans Sverige AB and Ericsson AB with 5,000 and 5,000 employees respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees in Sweden 1,105,464 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share 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

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