Swedish Areas of Activity with Employment and Establishment Data, 2015 Onwards

Areas of activity are geographical zones in Sweden reported with data on employee count, establishment count, sector, and area size. These zones, which are at least 3 hectares in size, include airports, industrial parks, and university campuses. The data is published by Lantmäteriet starting from 2015 and is planned for release every five years.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional economic clusters based on reported sector and establishment concentration.
• Model land use intensity for infrastructure planning based on the minimum 3-hectare size and employee count.
• Compare workplace geography by integrating this data with complementary trade area datasets.
• Track changes in industrial and institutional zones over time based on the planned five-year publication cycle.

Strengths

• Data includes multiple reported metrics: number of employees, number of establishments, sector, and area size.
• Areas are defined with a concrete minimum size threshold of 3 hectares.
• Planned regular updates every five years provide a basis for temporal analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Lantmäteriet

Collection Method

Geographical area reporting by Statistics Sweden.

Time Range

From 2015 onwards.

Freshness

Planned for publication every five years, starting from 2015.

Geography

Sweden