Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Sweden

Explore more than 1,180,702 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 1,180,702 (2.6%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,413,456 (16.1%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 45,992,153

According to our database, a total of more than 1,180,702 businesses are registered in Sweden . That represents 2.57% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Sweden-based companies have a share of 2.28% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 1.07% of all EU employees.

Sweden: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (480,056 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (190,886) and Unknown industry (190,041).

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 1,180,702 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 480,056 40.7% 480,056
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 190,886 16.2% 190,886
Unknown industry 190,041 16.1% 190,041
Retail Trade 87,219 7.4% 87,219
Construction 82,381 7.0% 82,381
Manufacturing 46,975 4.0% 46,975
Wholesale Trade 42,563 3.6% 42,563
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 31,330 2.7% 31,330
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 27,038 2.3% 27,038
Public Sector 1,480 0.1% 1,480
Mining 733 0.1% 733

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 (16.1%), Real property lessor (11.36%) and Membership organization (6.58%).

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 1,180,702 registered companies

Sweden: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Sweden generated € 1,974,326,293,383 in sales, which represents 2.28% 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 1,180,702 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. AB Volvo € 49.13B 2.49% € 49.13B
2. Volvo Car AB € 35.5B 1.8% € 35.5B
3. Vattenfall AB € 21.3B 1.08% € 21.3B
4. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB € 20.98B 1.06% € 20.98B
5. Scania AB € 15.11B 0.77% € 15.11B
6. Astrazeneca AB € 13.58B 0.69% € 13.58B
7. Essity AB (publ) € 13.08B 0.66% € 13.08B
8. Preem AB € 12.24B 0.62% € 12.24B
9. ICA Gruppen AB € 12.11B 0.61% € 12.11B
10. Securitas AB € 11.84B 0.6% € 11.84B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 204.9B

Sweden: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 4,144,387 people, which represents 1.07% 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 Södersjukhuset 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 1,180,702 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. Volvo Personvagnar AB 10,000 0.24% 10,000
2. Frilans Finans Sverige AB 5,000 0.12% 5,000
3. Södersjukhuset AB 5,000 0.12% 5,000
4. Stockholms Universitet 4,000 0.1% 4,000
5. Nordea Bank Abp, Filial i Sverige 4,000 0.1% 4,000
6. SAAB AB 4,000 0.1% 4,000
7. NCC Sverige AB 4,000 0.1% 4,000
8. Danderyds Sjukhus AB 4,000 0.1% 4,000
9. Scandi Standard AB (Publ) 3,200 0.08% 3,200
10. ABB AB 3,000 0.07% 3,000
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 46,200

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