Starting your own business

(Starta eget företag)

Starting your own business means that you create your own job and become your own boss. It could be about you creating a small company where only you work or building up a large company with many employees.

If you want to start your own business and are registered with the Swedish Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen), you can get advice and support from them. For example, you can get help and information about financing and how to register your business. It is also possible to apply for a grant to start a business.

Free advice

In addition to support from Arbetsförmedlingen, those who want to start a business can get help from various organizations, such as Coompanion and Nyföretagarcentrum.

Coompanion in Stockholms County offers free counselling for those who want to establish a business.

NyföretagarCentrum provides free advice on starting your business. On their website you can search for how you can get help in your municipality.

More information about starting your own business

Verksamt.se is a website where various authorities provide information, both for people who want to start their own business and for those who already run their own business.

Search your home municipality’s website for starta eget företag (starting your own business), to see if your municipality offers support for running a business in the municipality you live in.

For people who live in the city of Stockholm, there is Starta eget Stockholm, which helps with support. For residents in the city of Stockholm, there is also Welcome house, which offers advice on starting your own business.