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Doctor & medical clinic

Læge og klinik

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Active in Denmark
8,325
13.8 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+8.0%
12 months: +1.7%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
634 / 495
Median gross profit
DKK 1.0m
74% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for doctor & medical clinic in Hele Danmark.

Survival

Still open after 1 year93%
Still open after 3 years79%
Still open after 5 years66%

Businesses that closed in the last 10 years were open for 11.7 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

Closed within 2 years of opening (last 12 months)74 · 15% of all closures
Companies with negative equity11%
Losses two years in a row14%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss25%
Median equity ratio67%
Gross profit per employeeDKK 788k
Staff costs per employeeDKK 690k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 966 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)5%
Share of the 3 largest operators1% · 7,853 owners
50 places
29 places
18 places
16 places
public10 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)1.05
Average age of active businesses12.8 yrs
Younger than 2 years15%
Older than 10 years47%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one263,352 · 4%
More than 10 km14,792
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)2.4 km · Raklev Sogn (Kalundborg)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

05001,000Opened Jan: 548Closed Jan: 115JanOpened Feb: 235Closed Feb: 91Opened Mar: 250Closed Mar: 164MarOpened Apr: 250Closed Apr: 105Opened May: 276Closed May: 129MayOpened Jun: 289Closed Jun: 234Opened Jul: 185Closed Jul: 101JulOpened Aug: 214Closed Aug: 158Opened Sep: 252Closed Sep: 193SepOpened Oct: 291Closed Oct: 133Opened Nov: 250Closed Nov: 161NovOpened Dec: 262Closed Dec: 851
OpenedClosed

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

02,0004,0006,0008,00020172019202120232025Employees

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

Farthest from the nearest doctor & medical clinic

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 Nordborg11,3213.3 km
6630 Rødding10,0043.3 km
6950 Ringkøbing13,9852.6 km
5450 Otterup10,7972.5 km
6900 Skjern13,1252.3 km
7900 Nykøbing M13,0282.2 km
6705 Esbjerg Ø14,7032.0 km
9300 Sæby12,1711.9 km
8300 Odder23,0741.8 km
7620 Lemvig12,8111.6 km

Active in Denmark over time

05,00010k2011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Doctor & medical clinic

Openings and closures per year

0200400600800Opened 2015: 546Closed 2015: 4492015Opened 2016: 545Closed 2016: 387Opened 2017: 515Closed 2017: 5572017Opened 2018: 530Closed 2018: 459Opened 2019: 572Closed 2019: 4122019Opened 2020: 641Closed 2020: 391Opened 2021: 649Closed 2021: 5182021Opened 2022: 610Closed 2022: 478Opened 2023: 657Closed 2023: 4962023Opened 2024: 687Closed 2024: 463Opened 2025: 699Closed 2025: 4802025Opened 2026 (so far): 564Closed 2026 (so far): 2982026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Financials of companies filing accounts

0500k1.0m1.5m20172019202120232025Median 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
2025966DKK 1.0m DKK 0 – DKK 3.8m74%
2024936DKK 937k DKK -4,735 – DKK 3.8m76%
2023903DKK 992k DKK -1,297 – DKK 3.6m77%
2022886DKK 1.0m DKK 7,739 – DKK 3.6m67%
2021862DKK 1.1m DKK 16k – DKK 3.4m81%
2020809DKK 920k DKK 0 – DKK 3.3m74%
2019796DKK 1.1m DKK 8,762 – DKK 3.3m76%
2018770DKK 1.3m DKK 14k – DKK 3.1m71%
2017560DKK 1.2m DKK 51k – DKK 3.1m79%

By region

RegionActivePer 10k3-yr change
Region Hovedstaden3,33017.1+4%
Region Midtjylland1,94714.1+11%
Region Nordjylland72112.2+13%
Region Sjælland7889.2+5%
Region Syddanmark1,53712.4+12%

What's included

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

8621…Alment praktiserende lægers aktiviteter
8622…Speciallægers aktiviteter

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