1,657 new companies - limited companies, sole traders, trading companies and limited partnerships - were registered in Sörmland in 2020 according to the Swedish Companies Registration Office's statistics compiled by Visma Spcs.
This is 201 more than the year before.
- Since four out of five jobs are created in small and medium-sized companies, this is a development that builds faith in the future, something I think we all long for right now.
Sweden needs more companies to manage employment and welfare in the future, says Boo Gunnarson, business expert at Visma Spcs, in a statement.
Similar trend throughout Sweden
Across the country, 73,500 new companies were started in 2020, which is an increase of 14 percent compared to 2019. More than three quarters of these were registered as limited companies, which may be due to the fact that the requirement for share capital in private limited companies was reduced at the end of last year. from SEK 50,000 to SEK 25,000.