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Active in Denmark
1,169
1.9 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+0.8%
12 months: -0.7%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
115 / 123
Median gross profit
DKK 463k
60% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for car parts & motorcycles in Hele Danmark.

Survival

Still open after 1 year83%
Still open after 3 years60%
Still open after 5 years42%

Businesses that closed in the last 10 years were open for 6.6 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

Closed within 2 years of opening (last 12 months)42 · 34% of all closures
Companies with negative equity21%
Losses two years in a row21%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss38%
Median equity ratio34%
Gross profit per employeeDKK 430k
Staff costs per employeeDKK 390k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 270 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)13%
Share of the 3 largest operators11% · 1,012 owners
93 places
20 places
12 places
5 places
4 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.19
Average age of active businesses13.2 yrs
Younger than 2 years16%
Older than 10 years51%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one588,518 · 10%
More than 10 km104,097
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)17.3 km · Skagen Sogn (Frederikshavn)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

050100Opened Jan: 86Closed Jan: 45JanOpened Feb: 44Closed Feb: 36Opened Mar: 48Closed Mar: 58MarOpened Apr: 40Closed Apr: 26Opened May: 38Closed May: 25MayOpened Jun: 45Closed Jun: 76Opened Jul: 39Closed Jul: 30JulOpened Aug: 33Closed Aug: 37Opened Sep: 53Closed Sep: 38SepOpened Oct: 44Closed Oct: 36Opened Nov: 43Closed Nov: 46NovOpened Dec: 35Closed Dec: 95
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Jobs

01,0002,0003,00020172019202120232025Employees

Average number of employees reported in the annual reports of companies that file accounts, sole proprietorships are not included.

Farthest from the nearest car parts & motorcycles

Postcodes with at least 10,000 residents, measured from the postcode centre (the average of its addresses) – possible gaps in the local offer.

PostcodeResidentsDistance
9240 Nibe12,5239.4 km
8850 Bjerringbro11,2177.3 km
5450 Otterup10,7977.0 km
7323 Give11,7836.2 km
6630 Rødding10,0045.2 km
8680 Ry11,2905.1 km
7700 Thisted25,2285.0 km
3450 Allerød21,0354.9 km
9310 Vodskov10,7953.8 km
4400 Kalundborg23,0953.4 km

Active in Denmark over time

9001,0001,1001,2001,3002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Car parts & motorcycles

Openings and closures per year

050100150200Opened 2015: 153Closed 2015: 1332015Opened 2016: 147Closed 2016: 110Opened 2017: 133Closed 2017: 1142017Opened 2018: 155Closed 2018: 123Opened 2019: 136Closed 2019: 1312019Opened 2020: 119Closed 2020: 140Opened 2021: 132Closed 2021: 1132021Opened 2022: 79Closed 2022: 126Opened 2023: 107Closed 2023: 982023Opened 2024: 118Closed 2024: 100Opened 2025: 112Closed 2025: 1112025Opened 2026: 87Closed 2026: 84
OpenedClosed

Financials of companies filing accounts

0200k400k600k20172019202120232025Median gross profitMedian result
Median gross profitMedian result

Based on annual reports from Erhvervsstyrelsen. Sole proprietorships don't publish accounts.

By year

YearFilersMedian gross profitMiddle 50%Profitable
2025270DKK 463k DKK 11k – DKK 1.8m60%
2024252DKK 454k DKK 3,125 – DKK 1.7m60%
2023253DKK 447k DKK 23k – DKK 1.8m63%
2022272DKK 368k DKK 4,309 – DKK 1.5m62%
2021272DKK 345k DKK 13k – DKK 1.5m63%
2020271DKK 277k DKK 32 – DKK 1.3m62%
2019258DKK 241k DKK 0 – DKK 1.3m62%
2018248DKK 299k DKK 8,188 – DKK 1.3m59%
2017142DKK 365k DKK 59k – DKK 1.4m55%

By region

RegionActivePer 10k3-yr change
Region Hovedstaden1971.0-4%
Region Midtjylland3062.2+3%
Region Nordjylland1582.7-2%
Region Sjælland2292.7+9%
Region Syddanmark2762.2-2%

What's included

Businesses whose main Danish branche code (DB07/DB25) starts with:

453200…Detailhandel med reservedele og tilbehør til motorkøretøjer
4540…Salg, vedligeholdelse og reparation af motorcykler og reservedele og tilbehør hertil
478200… (DB25, from 2025)Detailhandel med tekstiler, beklædningsartikler og fodtøj fra stadepladser og markeder
4783…Detailhandel med motorcykler samt reservedele og tilbehør dertil
9532…Reparation og vedligeholdelse af motorcykler

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