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Tømrer og snedker

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Active in Denmark
16,666
27.6 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+2.6%
12 months: +1.4%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
1,861 / 1,627
Median gross profit
DKK 871k
68% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for carpenter & joiner in Hele Danmark.

Survival

Still open after 1 year88%
Still open after 3 years66%
Still open after 5 years50%

Businesses that closed in the last 10 years were open for 7.1 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)489 · 30% of all closures
Companies with negative equity15%
Losses two years in a row13%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss31%
Median equity ratio39%
Gross profit per employeeDKK 500k
Staff costs per employeeDKK 439k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 6,670 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)1%
Share of the 3 largest operators0% · 16,400 owners
7 places
7 places
6 places
5 places
5 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)3.09
Average age of active businesses11.0 yrs
Younger than 2 years20%
Older than 10 years40%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one3,409 · 0%
More than 10 km439
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)1.4 km · Bov Sogn (Aabenraa)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

05001,0001,5002,000Opened Jan: 1,044Closed Jan: 624JanOpened Feb: 788Closed Feb: 538Opened Mar: 883Closed Mar: 717MarOpened Apr: 860Closed Apr: 534Opened May: 870Closed May: 582MayOpened Jun: 813Closed Jun: 931Opened Jul: 688Closed Jul: 435JulOpened Aug: 783Closed Aug: 568Opened Sep: 824Closed Sep: 710SepOpened Oct: 786Closed Oct: 616Opened Nov: 675Closed Nov: 638NovOpened Dec: 538Closed Dec: 1,654
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Jobs

010k20k30k40k20172019202120232025Employees

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

Farthest from the nearest carpenter & joiner

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

PostcodeResidentsDistance
6430 Nordborg11,3212.2 km
8300 Odder23,0741.7 km
6200 Aabenraa28,3791.6 km
6950 Ringkøbing13,9851.6 km
6630 Rødding10,0041.6 km
7600 Struer15,5681.2 km
9310 Vodskov10,7951.2 km
9440 Aabybro11,4630.9 km
7900 Nykøbing M13,0280.9 km
6710 Esbjerg V24,0740.8 km

Active in Denmark over time

10k12k14k16k18k2011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Carpenter & joiner

Openings and closures per year

01,0002,0003,000Opened 2015: 1,587Closed 2015: 1,1582015Opened 2016: 1,686Closed 2016: 1,187Opened 2017: 1,755Closed 2017: 1,1242017Opened 2018: 1,876Closed 2018: 1,287Opened 2019: 1,748Closed 2019: 1,3952019Opened 2020: 2,021Closed 2020: 1,579Opened 2021: 2,178Closed 2021: 1,5632021Opened 2022: 1,884Closed 2022: 1,717Opened 2023: 1,768Closed 2023: 1,7662023Opened 2024: 1,837Closed 2024: 1,686Opened 2025: 1,885Closed 2025: 1,8152025Opened 2026: 1,476Closed 2026: 1,051
OpenedClosed

Financials of companies filing accounts

0500k1.0m20172019202120232025Median 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
20256,670DKK 871k DKK 323k – DKK 2.6m68%
20246,408DKK 900k DKK 337k – DKK 2.6m70%
20236,249DKK 889k DKK 310k – DKK 2.6m66%
20226,188DKK 915k DKK 327k – DKK 2.6m69%
20215,944DKK 908k DKK 321k – DKK 2.6m72%
20205,615DKK 847k DKK 295k – DKK 2.5m71%
20195,414DKK 834k DKK 278k – DKK 2.4m69%
20185,050DKK 848k DKK 305k – DKK 2.5m68%
20172,886DKK 936k DKK 329k – DKK 2.6m70%

By region

RegionActivePer 10k3-yr change
Region Hovedstaden4,74124.3+4%
Region Midtjylland3,57425.8+3%
Region Nordjylland1,72729.1+3%
Region Sjælland3,27938.20%
Region Syddanmark3,16425.4+3%

What's included

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

4332…Tømrer- og bygningssnedkervirksomhed
4341…Tagdækningsaktiviteter
439100… (DB07, before 2025)Tagdækningsvirksomhed

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