Swedish food service industry's revenue 2024, by establishment type

In 2024, lunch and evening restaurants in Sweden generated nearly ** billion Swedish kronor in revenue —the highest figure among all restaurant types in the country. The total revenue of the Swedish food service industry in that year surpassed *** billion Swedish kronor, with the region of Stockholm representing the largest share of it.

Do Swedes prefer restaurants or takeaway?

According to a survey conducted in November 2023 in Sweden, ** percent of respondents preferred to have lunch at a restaurant, a figure that declined to ** percent when asking about dinner preferences. Takeaway restaurant food was also a prominent option, with ** percent preferring to purchase take away for both lunch and dinner. For dinner, ** percent got their order delivered.

Lunch at restaurants

Between 2015 and 2019, the share of people going out for lunch at least once a week in Sweden remained quite stable. As of 2019, ** percent of Swedish respondents stated to do so.