Here you’ll find essential data on Sweden’s transportation and storage sector—from industry size to the companies driving it forward. These insights offer a clear starting point for understanding the market and exploring potential opportunities.
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Sweden’s Transportation & Storage sector comprises 26,043 registered companies and accounts for 23.5% of the Nordic market in this industry. The landscape mixes a large population of small, local operators with a meaningful cohort of very large logistics, passenger transport, and port operators that capture most reported turnover.
Key Statistics
- Total companies in Transportation & storage: 26,043.
- Share of Nordic market: 23.5%.
- Major company size distribution (employees):
- 0–4 employees: 9,861 (37.9%).
- 5–9: 2,029 (7.8%).
- 10–49: 2,127 (8.2%).
- 50–99: 243 (0.9%).
- 100–499: 172 (0.7%).
- Over 500: 51 (0.2%).
- Not reported / NaN: 11,560 (44.4%).
Insight: reported data show a heavy skew to micro firms (0–4 employees), while almost half of the records lack employee-size data.
- Average / notable revenue ranges (reported):
- €0–€100k: 4,604 (17.7%).
- €100k–€500k: 5,372 (20.6%).
- €500k–€1M: 1,844 (7.1%).
- €1M–€10M: 3,121 (12.0%).
- €10M–€100M: 507 (1.9%).
- Over €100M: 72 (0.3%).
- Not reported / NaN: 10,523 (40.4%).
Insight: a large share of firms report revenues below €500k, while only a small group (0.3%) exceeds €100M—indicating clear revenue concentration at the top.
- Dominant legal structures:
- Aktiebolag (Private limited): 17,232 (66.2%).
- Enskild näringsidkare (Sole proprietorship): 6,177 (23.7%).
- Remaining forms and unknowns: ~10.1%.
Insight: Most large and high-revenue operators use the private limited company form, while many micro-operators are sole traders.
Top Companies by Revenue
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| Order | Company | Industry | Location | Revenue (€) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tjörns Hamnar AB | Port Operations | Sweden | €4,778,044,121 | |
| Aktiebolaget Storstockholms Lokaltrafik | Public Transit | Sweden | €2,041,215,000 | |
| PostNord | Postal Services | Sweden | €1,818,250,509 | |
| Volvo Logistics Aktiebolag | Logistics | Sweden | €1,098,692,807 | |
| Schenker AB | Logistics | Sweden | €1,098,339,566 | |
| Västtrafik AB | Public Transit | Sweden | €1,063,673,176 | |
| Norwegian Air Sweden AOC AB | Airlines | Sweden | €1,000,039,956 | |
| DHL Freight (Sweden) AB | Road Freight | Sweden | €810,557,621 | |
| SJ AB | Rail Transport | Sweden | €693,221,000 | |
| Nobina Sverige AB | Public Transit | Sweden | €654,558,154 | |
| DSV Road AB | Road Freight | Sweden | €577,175,235 | |
| Swedavia AB | Airports | Sweden | €541,031,000 | |
| Stena Line Scandinavia AB | Ferry Services | Sweden | €540,196,269 | |
| Keolis Sverige AB | Public Transit | Sweden | €518,444,669 | |
| Atlantic Container Line Aktiebolag | Container Shipping | Sweden | €465,340,594 | |
| BDX Företagen AB | Logistics | Sweden | €445,158,687 | |
| GEODIS Sweden AB | Freight Forwarding | Sweden | €425,521,905 | |
| Transdev Sverige AB | Public Transit | Sweden | €403,305,013 | |
| Green Cargo AB | Rail Freight | Sweden | €392,846,000 | |
| Bring E-commerce & Logistics AB | Logistics | Sweden | €380,920,089 | |
| MTR Tunnelbanan AB | Public Transit | Sweden | €285,268,318 | |
| Stena Bulk Aktiebolag | Tanker Shipping | Sweden | €284,988,324 | |
| Coop Logistik AB | Distribution | Sweden | €282,642,017 | |
| SCA Logistics Aktiebolag | Logistics | Sweden | €271,080,383 | |
| VR Sverige AB | Rail Transport | Sweden | €266,748,397 | |
| United Parcel Service Sweden Aktiebolag | Express Delivery | Sweden | €238,527,120 | |
| Martin & Servera Logistik AB | Distribution | Sweden | €237,641,481 | |
| MaserFrakt Aktiebolag | Road Freight | Sweden | €234,511,707 | |
| Braathens Regional Airways AB | Airlines | Sweden | €230,386,112 | |
| TUIfly Nordic AB | Airlines | Sweden | €226,559,646 | |
| PostNord TPL | Postal Services | Sweden | €222,642,578 | |
| DSV Air & Sea AB | Freight Forwarding | Sweden | €217,778,995 | |
| DHL Express (Sweden) AB | Express Delivery | Sweden | €212,505,923 | |
| DHL Global Forwarding (Sweden) AB | Freight Forwarding | Sweden | €212,415,855 | |
| Frigoscandia AB | Cold Storage | Sweden | €205,901,589 | |
| Bergkvarabuss Aktiebolag | Public Transit | Sweden | €198,408,234 | |
| Wall RO/RO AB | Maritime Shipping | Sweden | €196,416,859 | |
| Taxi Stockholm 15 00 00 Aktiebolag | Taxi Services | Sweden | €194,812,990 | |
| NTEX AB | Road Freight | Sweden | €194,151,720 | |
| Vy Buss AB | Public Transit | Sweden | €192,098,223 | |
| Aktiebolaget Östgötatrafiken | Public Transit | Sweden | €187,050,766 | |
| Cabonline Region Stockholm AB | Taxi Services | Sweden | €186,647,240 | |
| BRA Sverige AB | Airlines | Sweden | €184,999,761 | |
| Destination Gotland AB | Ferry Services | Sweden | €179,318,802 | |
| GDL AB | Distribution | Sweden | €172,695,155 | |
| DFDS Logistics AB | Logistics | Sweden | €171,459,835 | |
| MTR Pendeltågen AB | Rail Transport | Sweden | €170,796,607 | |
| Västra Svealands Virkesfrakt (VSV-frakt) Aktie- bolag | Forestry Logistics | Sweden | €159,841,864 | |
| Dalaro Shipping AB | Maritime Shipping | Sweden | €148,218,464 | |
| Connect Bus Sverige AB | Public Transit | Sweden | €143,197,707 |
Conclusion
Sweden’s transportation and storage sector is numerically driven by many small operators but economically dominated by a handful of very large port operators, carriers, and logistics firms. For market research or B2B outreach, prioritize large Aktiebolag for high-value partnerships while using the extensive base of micro-enterprises for localized service and supplier opportunities.