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Statistics Sweden announces in its latest statistics on construction in Sweden that production of 28,350 apartments began in 2024. This represents a decrease of two percent compared to 2023 when 28,817 apartments began to be built. Apartment buildings increase slightly Of the apartments started, approximately 22,600 apartments are in apartment buildings including special housing. This is a […]

The last quarter of 2024 indicates that a turnaround is underway in the white goods market. Or at least a long-awaited stabilization of market development. This is now shown by APPLiA's review of 2024 industry statistics, which also points to some clear trends in this market. Are the industry figures for the full year 2024 surprising? The vast majority of home and construction-heavy industries generally performed very well […]

Historically, November is the strongest sell-in month for white goods and household appliances during the year – this will also be the case in November 2024. But the level does not reach the corresponding month of last year. The larger white goods (MDA) have a decent month in terms of value, while the smaller household appliances (SDA) drag down the overall figures for the industry. In terms of volume, the opposite is true […]

The value development for the market for white goods (MDA) and household appliances (SDA) during October shows large differences between these two main segments within our industry. Overall for the industry's two main segments MDA and SDA, the value development during October is slightly higher than the annual rate so far this year. The total values of the industry companies' sell-in reports are just over 10 […]

The Construction Companies' latest economic forecast shows that residential construction will increase by 5,400 housing starts during the forecast period 2024-2025. It is forecast that 33,700 apartments and single-family homes will be built in 2025. Read the full Construction Companies' comprehensive economic forecast.

The APPLiA market has decreased by 12.8 percent compared to last year. September was the strongest month so far in 2024, but still below the level from August 2023. In terms of value, the APPLiA industry as a whole shows a distance from last year's values of an accumulated minus 12.8 percent. The month of September was the strongest month in terms of turnover for the industry so far in 2024, but still a good […]

The Swedish retail sector is slowly improving in the wake of slowing inflation and the expected reductions in loan interest rates. The Riksbank's implemented interest rate cuts and indications of further cuts before the end of the year are likely to lead to increased stimulation of consumption. At the same time, the month of September has been burdened by news of layoffs among large companies such as Telia, Ericsson, and […]

In August, the APPLiA market continued to decline, with a loss of just over 13 percent compared to the same period last year. A correction of the SDA figures in APPstat for July showed an increase of 7.5 percent instead of the previous minus 19 percent. Sell-in values reported during August are below the corresponding month last year. This means that the APPLiA market […]

During the second quarter of this year, the market for new housing production in multi-family buildings turned around. At that time, construction of new homes began at an increasing rate and increased by 22 percent in the second quarter, compared to the corresponding quarter in 2023. This is shown by new statistics from Statistics Sweden. This caused the half-year figures to show a cautious turn for […]

On an annual basis until July, the entire APPLiA market's sell-in value for white goods and household appliances is down 12.8 percent compared to the same period in 2023. Now it is mainly the larger household appliances (MDA) that show a tendency in July to approach last year's figures. Household appliances (SDA) are also starting to regain volume. In comparison, we see that the total figures in Statistics Sweden's reports […]

The smaller household appliances show a turnaround in market development, while the heavier white goods are still struggling after four months with negative figures compared to the same period last year, according to APPstat's latest market figures. April still a sign of recovery The month of April gave some oxygen to the market development for sell-in of household appliances in Sweden. Seen in the light of the economic reports […]

At the recently held annual meeting of the industry association APPLiA, some meeting participants were heard to say that the first quarter of the year for white goods and household appliances was 'lousy' when the market development for the first quarter was presented. That statement is understandable. The market development in the month of March crushed all hopes of a decent first quarter. The industry's overall figures (MDA+SDA) for the month of March with minus 22 […]