Parish
Skads Sogn (Esbjerg)
Population
Active businesses (all types)
Who lives here
Statistics Denmark · 2026The line marks the average for Denmark.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents.
* Figure for the municipality – Statistics Denmark does not publish it for smaller areas.
Deeper numbers
Survival, trouble signs, competition and people in Skads Sogn (Esbjerg).
Survival
Businesses that closed in the last 10 years were open for 8.7 years on average. · Denmark: 7.6
Share of businesses started in the 10 years before each mark that were still open after 1, 3 and 5 years.
Trouble signs
Annual-report figures appear when companies here have filed accounts.
Competition
| 2 places | |
| 2 places |
Public bodies (municipalities, regions, the state, the church) are left out of this list.
New and established
A typical mix of new and established businesses.
Moving in and out
A move is a place of business whose address changed to another area, or one closing while the same company opens one in another area within 90 days. A new address in the same area is not a move.
When businesses open and close
Per calendar month, 2021–2025. Many closures are dated 31 December (the end of a financial year), so December's closures are higher than when businesses actually stopped.
Growing here
Business types with the biggest 3-year increase (at least 5 businesses three years ago).
| Building contractor | 11 → 12 | +9% |
Declining here
Business types shrinking the most over 3 years, with closures in the last 12 months.
| IT & software services | 10 → 6 | -40% | 3 closed |
| Car dealer | 5 → 4 | -20% | 1 closed |
Highest opportunity here
Cleaning services
670 today · similar areas would have ~4
Electrician
630 today · similar areas would have ~2
Removals & haulage
620 today · similar areas would have ~2
Gardener & landscaping
611 today · similar areas would have ~2
Physio, chiro & therapy
605 today · similar areas would have ~7
Bricklayer & mason
602 today · similar areas would have ~4
All business types
Click a column to sort| Business type | Group | Active | Per 10k | Similar areas | Opened 3 yrs | Closed 3 yrs | Change | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotel | Accommodation | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | -100% | 48 |
| Car repair & service | Automotive | 3 | 13.6 | 16.7 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 53 |
| Petrol station | Automotive | 1 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 47 |
| Car dealer | Automotive | 4 | 18.1 | 7.4 | 1 | 2 | -20% | 40 |
| Childcare | Education | 3 | 13.6 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 49 |
| Driving school | Education | 0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | – | 59 |
| Courses & tutoring | Education | 6 | 27.1 | 17.4 | 6 | 6 | 0% | 38 |
| Restaurant | Food & drink | 0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | -100% | 54 |
| Pizzeria, grill or takeaway | Food & drink | 0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | – | 62 |
| Catering & canteen | Food & drink | 3 | 13.6 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | -25% | 42 |
| Supermarket & convenience store | Groceries | 1 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 51 |
| Butcher, fishmonger & deli | Groceries | 2 | 9.0 | 2.8 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 51 |
| Kiosk, Wine & beverage shop | Groceries | 2 | 9.0 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 46 |
| Dentist | Health | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | – | 50 |
| Doctor & medical clinic | Health | 2 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 47 |
| Physio, chiro & therapy | Health | 5 | 22.6 | 33.3 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 60 |
| Sports facility & club | Leisure | 3 | 13.6 | 10.5 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 46 |
| Cinema & entertainment | Leisure | 2 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | -50% | 44 |
| Hairdresser & barber | Personal services | 2 | 9.0 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 53 |
| Beauty salon & spa | Personal services | 3 | 13.6 | 9.5 | 3 | 0 | – | 46 |
| Repairs (electronics, shoes, watches) | Personal services | 0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | – | 51 |
| Accountant & bookkeeping | Professional services | 3 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 55 |
| Law firm | Professional services | 3 | 13.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | +50% | 57 |
| Bank & insurance | Professional services | 3 | 13.6 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | +50% | 55 |
| Real estate agent | Professional services | 1 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 55 |
| Architect | Professional services | 1 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 1 | 0 | – | 53 |
| Engineering consultancy | Professional services | 6 | 27.1 | 15.3 | 3 | 1 | +50% | 41 |
| IT & software services | Professional services | 6 | 27.1 | 27.6 | 0 | 4 | -40% | 47 |
| Marketing & advertising agency | Professional services | 2 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 52 |
| Design & photography | Professional services | 6 | 27.1 | 13.6 | 2 | 2 | 0% | 39 |
| Staffing & recruitment | Professional services | 1 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | -50% | 46 |
| Clothing store | Retail | 1 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 1 | 0 | – | 51 |
| Cosmetics & perfume store | Retail | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | -100% | 54 |
| Florist, garden & pet shop | Retail | 2 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | -33% | 42 |
| Jewellery & watches | Retail | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | -100% | 50 |
| Furniture & interior store | Retail | 2 | 9.0 | 4.4 | 1 | 0 | +100% | 46 |
| Sports & bike shop | Retail | 1 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 51 |
| Toy & hobby shop | Retail | 2 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | – | 48 |
| Gifts, art & specialty shops | Retail | 1 | 4.5 | 8.4 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 56 |
| Second-hand & antiques | Retail | 0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 0 | 1 | -100% | 56 |
| Electrician | Trades | 0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | – | 63 |
| Plumber & heating | Trades | 3 | 13.6 | 7.1 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 41 |
| Carpenter & joiner | Trades | 4 | 18.1 | 35.0 | 1 | 3 | -33% | 59 |
| Painter & decorator | Trades | 1 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 51 |
| Bricklayer & mason | Trades | 2 | 9.0 | 15.8 | 0 | 1 | -33% | 60 |
| Building contractor | Trades | 12 | 54.2 | 14.0 | 1 | 0 | +9% | 42 |
| Gardener & landscaping | Trades | 1 | 4.5 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 61 |
| Cleaning services | Trades | 0 | 0.0 | 15.9 | 0 | 2 | -100% | 67 |
| Taxi | Transport | 2 | 9.0 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 44 |
| Removals & haulage | Transport | 0 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | -100% | 62 |