Electrician in Denmark – where to open

Active in Denmark

4,221

7.0 per 10,000 residents

3-year change

+2.4%

12 months: +0.5%

Opened / closed (12 mo.)

357 / 336

Median gross profit

DKK 1.9m

75% profitable

Deeper numbers

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

Survival

Still open after 1 year89%

Still open after 3 years71%

Still open after 5 years55%

Businesses that closed in the last 10 years were open for 9.0 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)75 · 22% of all closures

Companies with negative equity10%

Losses two years in a row11%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss24%

Median equity ratio44%

Gross profit per employeeDKK 576k

Staff costs per employeeDKK 493k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 2,043 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)12%

Share of the 3 largest operators2% · 3,655 owners

	31 places
	27 places
	26 places
	16 places
	14 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.59

Average age of active businesses13.2 yrs

Younger than 2 years16%

Older than 10 years47%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one140,299 · 2%

More than 10 km7,557

Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)3.5 km · Tersløse-Skellebjerg-Niløse Sogn (Sorø)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

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

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

Farthest from the nearest electrician

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	3.9 km
6630 Rødding	10,004	3.2 km
6950 Ringkøbing	13,985	2.9 km
7700 Thisted	25,228	2.9 km
9310 Vodskov	10,795	2.2 km
7080 Børkop	13,849	2.1 km
5270 Odense N	18,809	2.1 km
8300 Odder	23,074	2.0 km
5750 Ringe	12,986	1.7 km
6400 Sønderborg	37,038	1.6 km

Active in Denmark over time

Openings and closures per year

OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Best opportunities

Municipalities with room in the market.

Århus Kommune	68
Rudersdal Kommune	66
Solrød Kommune	66
Ballerup Kommune	66
Brøndby Kommune	65
Hillerød Kommune	65
Skanderborg Kommune	65
Odder Kommune	64
Vallensbæk Kommune	63
Samsø Kommune	61

Growing fastest

3-year change in active businesses.

Ishøj Kommune	37	+37%
Kalundborg Kommune	48	+30%
Vallensbæk Kommune	24	+26%
Albertslund Kommune	44	+26%
Lemvig Kommune	20	+25%
Hvidovre Kommune	61	+24%
Dragør Kommune	16	+23%
Fanø Kommune	6	+20%
Gentofte Kommune	40	+18%
Struer Kommune	15	+15%

Declining

Municipalities where this type is shrinking.

Vesthimmerlands Kommune	19	-27%
Morsø Kommune	12	-25%
Thisted Kommune	31	-21%
Halsnæs Kommune	18	-18%
Glostrup Kommune	22	-15%
Guldborgsund Kommune	40	-13%
Sønderborg Kommune	34	-13%
Holbæk Kommune	49	-13%
Odense Kommune	102	-12%
Allerød Kommune	24	-11%

All trends for this type →

Most per resident

Densest municipalities (15,000+ residents).

Rødovre Kommune	15.9
Albertslund Kommune	14.9
Ishøj Kommune	14.8
Tårnby Kommune	14.5
Vallensbæk Kommune	12.8
Nordfyns Kommune	11.7
Herlev Kommune	11.5
Hvidovre Kommune	11.2
Frederikssund Kommune	10.8
Lemvig Kommune	10.8

Financials of companies filing accounts

Median gross profitMedian result

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

By year

Year	Filers	Median gross profit	Middle 50%	Profitable
2025	2,043	DKK 1.9m	DKK 531k – DKK 5.8m	75%
2024	2,000	DKK 1.9m	DKK 503k – DKK 5.8m	75%
2023	1,966	DKK 2.1m	DKK 505k – DKK 5.9m	75%
2022	1,942	DKK 2.0m	DKK 514k – DKK 5.8m	75%
2021	1,888	DKK 1.9m	DKK 488k – DKK 5.4m	78%
2020	1,844	DKK 1.8m	DKK 464k – DKK 4.9m	76%
2019	1,788	DKK 2.0m	DKK 511k – DKK 5.1m	76%
2018	1,676	DKK 2.0m	DKK 541k – DKK 5.3m	75%
2017	925	DKK 1.9m	DKK 505k – DKK 4.9m	75%

By region

Region	Active	Per 10k	3-yr change
Region Hovedstaden	1,397	7.2	+4%
Region Midtjylland	794	5.7	+3%
Region Nordjylland	397	6.7	-5%
Region Sjælland	710	8.3	+2%
Region Syddanmark	863	6.9	+1%

What's included

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

4321… El-installation

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