Food & drink
Café, coffee bar or bar
Café, kaffebar eller bar
Deeper numbers
Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for café, coffee bar or bar in Hele Danmark.
Survival
Businesses that closed in the last 10 years were open for 5.7 years on average.
Share of businesses started in the 10 years before each mark that were still open after 1, 3 and 5 years.
Trouble signs
Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.
Financial health
Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 1,311 companies.
Competition
| 89 places | |
| 57 places | |
| 20 places | |
| 15 places | |
| 12 places |
New and established
Distance to the nearest one
Measured from each parish centre.
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.
Jobs
Average number of employees reported in the annual reports of companies that file accounts, sole proprietorships are not included.
Farthest from the nearest café, coffee bar or bar
Postcodes with at least 10,000 residents, measured from the postcode centre (the average of its addresses) – possible gaps in the local offer.
| Postcode | Residents | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 9440 Aabybro | 11,463 | 7.6 km |
| 6430 Nordborg | 11,321 | 3.7 km |
| 7700 Thisted | 25,228 | 3.4 km |
| 8960 Randers SØ | 15,854 | 3.3 km |
| 6630 Rødding | 10,004 | 3.3 km |
| 7120 Vejle Øst | 12,726 | 3.2 km |
| 5450 Otterup | 10,797 | 2.6 km |
| 8920 Randers NV | 23,567 | 2.5 km |
| 6950 Ringkøbing | 13,985 | 2.4 km |
| 7900 Nykøbing M | 13,028 | 2.4 km |
Active in Denmark over time
Openings and closures per year
Best opportunities
Municipalities with room in the market.
| Herlev Kommune | 79 |
| Albertslund Kommune | 77 |
| Silkeborg Kommune | 74 |
| Middelfart Kommune | 73 |
| Odder Kommune | 72 |
| Lejre Kommune | 72 |
| Skanderborg Kommune | 71 |
| Fredericia Kommune | 70 |
| Solrød Kommune | 68 |
| Morsø Kommune | 66 |
Growing fastest
3-year change in active businesses.
| Herlev Kommune | 9 | +80% |
| Nordfyns Kommune | 12 | +50% |
| Holbæk Kommune | 27 | +35% |
| Albertslund Kommune | 8 | +33% |
| Hjørring Kommune | 36 | +29% |
| Langeland Kommune | 10 | +25% |
| Middelfart Kommune | 10 | +25% |
| Hvidovre Kommune | 24 | +20% |
| Viborg Kommune | 43 | +19% |
| Haderslev Kommune | 34 | +17% |
Declining
Municipalities where this type is shrinking.
| Glostrup Kommune | 6 | -63% |
| Struer Kommune | 9 | -47% |
| Nyborg Kommune | 11 | -39% |
| Sorø Kommune | 10 | -38% |
| Ringsted Kommune | 9 | -36% |
| Greve Kommune | 7 | -30% |
| Gribskov Kommune | 14 | -30% |
| Egedal Kommune | 7 | -30% |
| Brøndby Kommune | 8 | -27% |
| Faxe Kommune | 11 | -27% |
Most per resident
Densest municipalities (15,000+ residents).
Financials of companies filing accounts
Based on annual reports from Erhvervsstyrelsen. Sole proprietorships don't publish accounts.
By year
| Year | Filers | Median gross profit | Middle 50% | Profitable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,311 | DKK 776k | DKK 195k – DKK 1.8m | 52% |
| 2024 | 1,291 | DKK 747k | DKK 134k – DKK 1.6m | 50% |
| 2023 | 1,259 | DKK 693k | DKK 130k – DKK 1.6m | 45% |
| 2022 | 1,247 | DKK 729k | DKK 161k – DKK 1.7m | 51% |
| 2021 | 1,217 | DKK 617k | DKK 110k – DKK 1.3m | 55% |
| 2020 | 1,191 | DKK 492k | DKK 79k – DKK 1.1m | 38% |
| 2019 | 1,142 | DKK 759k | DKK 163k – DKK 1.7m | 51% |
| 2018 | 1,066 | DKK 756k | DKK 130k – DKK 1.7m | 49% |
| 2017 | 597 | DKK 756k | DKK 171k – DKK 1.7m | 51% |
By region
| Region | Active | Per 10k | 3-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Region Hovedstaden | 1,530 | 7.8 | -6% |
| Region Midtjylland | 628 | 4.5 | -1% |
| Region Nordjylland | 300 | 5.1 | +1% |
| Region Sjælland | 340 | 4.0 | -11% |
| Region Syddanmark | 605 | 4.9 | +2% |
What's included
Businesses whose main Danish branche code (DB07/DB25) starts with:
5630… | Cafeér, værtshuse, diskoteker mv. |
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