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Active in Denmark
2,186
3.6 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
-4.5%
12 months: -1.8%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
93 / 133
Median gross profit
DKK 367k
64% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for driving school in Hele Danmark.

Survival

Still open after 1 year92%
Still open after 3 years79%
Still open after 5 years65%

Businesses that closed in the last 10 years were open for 10.5 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)13 · 10% of all closures
Companies with negative equity23%
Losses two years in a row17%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss32%
Median equity ratio44%
Gross profit per employeeDKK 423k
Staff costs per employeeDKK 337k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 351 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)3%
Share of the 3 largest operators2% · 2,100 owners
19 places
18 places
3 places
3 places
3 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.15
Average age of active businesses13.0 yrs
Younger than 2 years10%
Older than 10 years48%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one477,237 · 8%
More than 10 km75,062
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)29.9 km · Skagen Sogn (Frederikshavn)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

0100200300Opened Jan: 123Closed Jan: 37JanOpened Feb: 62Closed Feb: 40Opened Mar: 54Closed Mar: 56MarOpened Apr: 72Closed Apr: 48Opened May: 84Closed May: 44MayOpened Jun: 74Closed Jun: 88Opened Jul: 58Closed Jul: 48JulOpened Aug: 63Closed Aug: 48Opened Sep: 82Closed Sep: 55SepOpened Oct: 45Closed Oct: 52Opened Nov: 82Closed Nov: 55NovOpened Dec: 89Closed Dec: 204
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

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 driving school

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

PostcodeResidentsDistance
9560 Hadsund10,3166.6 km
7700 Thisted25,2283.9 km
6630 Rødding10,0043.4 km
9310 Vodskov10,7952.9 km
5450 Otterup10,7972.9 km
6950 Ringkøbing13,9852.9 km
8620 Kjellerup11,6022.7 km
8400 Ebeltoft10,6472.7 km
5600 Faaborg14,0872.4 km
8370 Hadsten13,5712.0 km

Active in Denmark over time

01,0002,0003,0002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Driving school

Openings and closures per year

0100200300Opened 2015: 107Closed 2015: 1392015Opened 2016: 131Closed 2016: 114Opened 2017: 121Closed 2017: 1052017Opened 2018: 172Closed 2018: 99Opened 2019: 222Closed 2019: 1122019Opened 2020: 215Closed 2020: 145Opened 2021: 244Closed 2021: 1372021Opened 2022: 206Closed 2022: 146Opened 2023: 176Closed 2023: 1802023Opened 2024: 124Closed 2024: 175Opened 2025: 138Closed 2025: 1372025Opened 2026 (so far): 83Closed 2026 (so far): 952026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Financials of companies filing accounts

0100k200k300k400k20172019202120232025Median 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
2025351DKK 367k DKK 68k – DKK 722k64%
2024349DKK 341k DKK 68k – DKK 664k59%
2023325DKK 303k DKK 51k – DKK 643k53%
2022306DKK 287k DKK 45k – DKK 623k47%
2021298DKK 310k DKK 68k – DKK 710k63%
2020268DKK 359k DKK 113k – DKK 769k64%
2019246DKK 321k DKK 66k – DKK 734k64%
2018219DKK 366k DKK 132k – DKK 760k65%
2017143DKK 335k DKK 134k – DKK 911k75%

By region

RegionActivePer 10k3-yr change
Region Hovedstaden7704.0-4%
Region Midtjylland4523.3-5%
Region Nordjylland1732.9-4%
Region Sjælland3864.5-8%
Region Syddanmark3813.1-3%

What's included

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

8553…Køreskoler

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