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55 - ACCOMMODATION Companies in Sweden

Approximately 4,404 real businesses classified under 55 - Accommodation in Sweden, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.

SNI 2007 55
Sector Overview — Sweden

Approximately 4,404 real businesses classified under 55 - Accommodation operate in Sweden. Covers companies officially classified under SNI 2007 code 55 (Accommodation), part of Sweden's SNI 2007 classification of economic activities. This division is one of the sub-sectors making up the broader Accommodation and Food Service Activities sector. Ownership, beneficial-ownership disclosure and company-registration rules for businesses under this specific activity code follow the same general framework that applies across Accommodation and Food Service Activities in Sweden.

14 companies under this specific code are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.

Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Accommodation and Food Service Activities companies in Sweden follow the same national framework as every other sector there.

Full Sweden beneficial ownership overview

Data Coverage

Record counts for SIC Code I in Sweden, as of the last reconciliation.

24,304
Total Companies
15,418
Currently Active
63%

Section I is 4% of the Sweden register by entity count and its 8th largest sector — see all sectors.

Analysis

What this data actually tells you

Food-service premises in Sweden must register with the local kommun’s environmental health office before opening, under EU and Swedish food-safety law, and serving alcohol requires a further, separate licence — a serveringstillstånd from the kommun, which carries its own suitability, financing and business-plan checks distinct from ordinary company or F-skatt registration. For verification, both records sit with the kommun, not with Bolagsverket.

Revenue in Swedish accommodation is often strongly seasonal, concentrated around summer archipelago and coastal tourism or winter mountain-resort seasons, so a snapshot taken outside peak season can significantly understate a legitimate operator’s real trading volume — worth factoring in before drawing conclusions from a single period’s figures.

Sweden Accommodation and Food Service Activities, by the register

Charts render from live counts. Modules are suppressed where coverage is too thin to be meaningful.

Entities by sub-sector

55 Accommodation
4,404
56 Food and beverage service activities
19,921

SIC division level, live from official registries.

Active vs. inactive

63% active

Section I entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.

Company size, by disclosed headcount

0
2,925
1-9
17,805
10-49
3,240
50+
262

By number of employees on file, Section I, Sweden. 72 entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.

Who uses Sweden accommodation and food service activities ownership data

The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.

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Kommun food-safety registration

Food-service premises in Sweden must register with the local kommun’s environmental health office before opening, under EU and Swedish food-safety law — a distinct compliance layer from the business’s own company or F-skatt registration.

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ServeringstillstΓ₯nd (alcohol licence) verification

Serving alcohol requires a separate serveringstillstånd from the kommun, with its own suitability and financial checks — a real, checkable licence distinct from basic food-service registration.

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Seasonal tourism-revenue exposure

Accommodation revenue in Sweden’s mountain and archipelago tourism regions is heavily seasonal, so a single off-season financial snapshot can understate a legitimate operator’s real trading capacity.

Sub-sectors within Accommodation and Food Service Activities

SIC divisions inside this section, each with its own Sweden company directory.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many companies are classified under 55 - Accommodation in Sweden?

Approximately 4,404 businesses are classified under 55 - Accommodation in Sweden.

What does SNI 2007 code 55 cover?

55 - Accommodation is the official name for this activity under Sweden's SNI 2007 classification of economic activities. It is a sub-category within the broader Accommodation and Food Service Activities sector.

How is this different from the broader Accommodation and Food Service Activities category?

Accommodation and Food Service Activities is the top-level sector; SNI 2007 code 55 identifies one specific activity within it, letting you narrow a search to exactly this business type rather than the whole sector.

What ownership information is available for these companies?

The same beneficial-ownership, shareholder and officer disclosure framework applies as for any other company in Sweden, regardless of its specific activity classification. See the individual company profile for the full ownership picture, or the Accommodation and Food Service Activities sector overview for the general national framework.

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