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 5.6 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 - 1,317 companies.
Competition
| 88 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.
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 |
| 1900 Fetsund | 10,843 | 7.1 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 |
| 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 | 76 |
| Silkeborg Kommune | 75 |
| Middelfart Kommune | 74 |
| Skanderborg Kommune | 74 |
| Odder Kommune | 73 |
| Lejre Kommune | 72 |
| Fredericia Kommune | 71 |
| Solrød Kommune | 68 |
| Holbæk Kommune | 67 |
Growing fastest
3-year change in active businesses.
| Nordfyns Kommune | 12 | +50% |
| Herlev Kommune | 9 | +50% |
| Holbæk Kommune | 28 | +47% |
| Langeland Kommune | 10 | +43% |
| Middelfart Kommune | 10 | +43% |
| Hjørring Kommune | 37 | +32% |
| Skanderborg Kommune | 16 | +23% |
| Hvidovre Kommune | 24 | +20% |
| Viborg Kommune | 42 | +20% |
| Albertslund Kommune | 7 | +17% |
Declining
Municipalities where this type is shrinking.
| Struer Kommune | 9 | -47% |
| Glostrup Kommune | 9 | -47% |
| Sorø Kommune | 10 | -41% |
| Ringsted Kommune | 10 | -33% |
| Faxe Kommune | 13 | -32% |
| Fredensborg Kommune | 11 | -31% |
| Egedal Kommune | 7 | -30% |
| Gribskov Kommune | 15 | -29% |
| Nyborg Kommune | 13 | -28% |
| Ballerup Kommune | 8 | -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 | 1,317 | DKK 779k | DKK 186k – DKK 1.8m | 52% |
| 2024 | 1,295 | DKK 750k | DKK 134k – DKK 1.6m | 50% |
| 2023 | 1,263 | DKK 693k | DKK 120k – DKK 1.6m | 45% |
| 2022 | 1,249 | DKK 714k | DKK 145k – DKK 1.6m | 51% |
| 2021 | 1,218 | DKK 595k | DKK 99k – DKK 1.3m | 55% |
| 2020 | 1,191 | DKK 479k | DKK 60k – DKK 1.1m | 38% |
| 2019 | 1,143 | DKK 730k | DKK 133k – DKK 1.7m | 51% |
| 2018 | 1,067 | DKK 726k | DKK 107k – DKK 1.6m | 49% |
| 2017 | 597 | DKK 733k | DKK 154k – DKK 1.7m | 51% |
By region
| Region | Active | Per 10k | 3-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Region Hovedstaden | 1,551 | 8.0 | -6% |
| Region Midtjylland | 626 | 4.5 | -2% |
| Region Nordjylland | 305 | 5.1 | +0% |
| Region Sjælland | 350 | 4.1 | -9% |
| Region Syddanmark | 601 | 4.8 | +2% |
What's included
Businesses whose main Danish branche code (DB07/DB25) starts with:
5630… | Cafeér, værtshuse, diskoteker mv. |
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