Food & drink
Catering & canteen
Catering og kantine
Deeper numbers
Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for catering & canteen in Hele Danmark.
Survival
Businesses that closed in the last 10 years were open for 5.1 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
Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.
Financial health
Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 767 companies.
Competition
| 303 places | |
| 145 places | |
| 101 places | |
| 88 places | |
| 84 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 catering & canteen
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 9240 Nibe | 12,523 | 8.7 km |
| 6430 Nordborg | 11,321 | 5.8 km |
| 6630 Rødding | 10,004 | 5.4 km |
| 7323 Give | 11,783 | 4.6 km |
| 5450 Otterup | 10,797 | 3.1 km |
| 9560 Hadsund | 10,316 | 3.0 km |
| 7700 Thisted | 25,228 | 2.7 km |
| 9300 Sæby | 12,171 | 2.5 km |
| 6950 Ringkøbing | 13,985 | 2.3 km |
| 8960 Randers SØ | 15,854 | 2.1 km |
Active in Denmark over time
Openings and closures per year
Best opportunities
Municipalities with room in the market.
| Rødovre Kommune | 75 |
| Vallensbæk Kommune | 69 |
| Horsens Kommune | 69 |
| Solrød Kommune | 68 |
| Hedensted Kommune | 67 |
| Brønderslev Kommune | 65 |
| Rudersdal Kommune | 64 |
| Lejre Kommune | 64 |
| Fredericia Kommune | 63 |
| Rebild Kommune | 63 |
Growing fastest
3-year change in active businesses.
| Lemvig Kommune | 22 | +57% |
| Ærø Kommune | 16 | +45% |
| Næstved Kommune | 74 | +30% |
| Rebild Kommune | 22 | +29% |
| Brønderslev Kommune | 22 | +29% |
| Høje-Taastrup Kommune | 66 | +27% |
| Rødovre Kommune | 34 | +26% |
| Horsens Kommune | 73 | +26% |
| Lejre Kommune | 20 | +25% |
| Kerteminde Kommune | 21 | +24% |
Declining
Municipalities where this type is shrinking.
| Ishøj Kommune | 12 | -25% |
| Vesthimmerlands Kommune | 17 | -23% |
| Frederiksberg Kommune | 103 | -22% |
| Dragør Kommune | 11 | -21% |
| Gribskov Kommune | 24 | -20% |
| Egedal Kommune | 22 | -19% |
| Halsnæs Kommune | 14 | -18% |
| Bornholm Kommune | 26 | -16% |
| Roskilde Kommune | 66 | -15% |
| Jammerbugt Kommune | 22 | -15% |
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 | 767 | DKK 872k | DKK 106k – DKK 3.0m | 62% |
| 2024 | 755 | DKK 947k | DKK 120k – DKK 3.0m | 61% |
| 2023 | 747 | DKK 881k | DKK 106k – DKK 2.8m | 56% |
| 2022 | 740 | DKK 819k | DKK 99k – DKK 2.6m | 58% |
| 2021 | 751 | DKK 664k | DKK 80k – DKK 2.1m | 56% |
| 2020 | 739 | DKK 512k | DKK 29k – DKK 1.8m | 42% |
| 2019 | 716 | DKK 716k | DKK 68k – DKK 2.5m | 55% |
| 2018 | 693 | DKK 689k | DKK 43k – DKK 2.4m | 49% |
| 2017 | 425 | DKK 671k | DKK 51k – DKK 2.6m | 52% |
By region
| Region | Active | Per 10k | 3-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Region Hovedstaden | 2,012 | 10.3 | +1% |
| Region Midtjylland | 1,084 | 7.8 | +6% |
| Region Nordjylland | 359 | 6.1 | +3% |
| Region Sjælland | 653 | 7.6 | 0% |
| Region Syddanmark | 976 | 7.8 | +4% |
What's included
Businesses whose main Danish branche code (DB07/DB25) starts with:
5621… | Event catering |
5622… | Catering på kontrakt og andre restaurationsaktiviteter |
5629… | Anden restaurationsvirksomhed |
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