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Gifts, art & specialty shops

Gaver, kunst og specialbutikker

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Active in Denmark
6,073
10.1 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+15.2%
12 months: +5.3%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
1,206 / 900
Median gross profit
DKK 47k
47% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for gifts, art & specialty shops in Hele Danmark.

Survival

Still open after 1 year82%
Still open after 3 years59%
Still open after 5 years43%

Businesses that closed in the last 10 years were open for 6.3 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)422 · 47% of all closures
Companies with negative equity31%
Losses two years in a row32%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss49%
Median equity ratio32%
Gross profit per employeeDKK 350k
Staff costs per employeeDKK 350k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 1,466 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)8%
Share of the 3 largest operators3% · 5,554 owners
82 places
44 places
35 places
23 places
21 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)2.00
Average age of active businesses8.9 yrs
Younger than 2 years30%
Older than 10 years33%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one96,666 · 2%
More than 10 km1,621
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)3.2 km · Rise Sogn (Aabenraa)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

0200400600Opened Jan: 528Closed Jan: 212JanOpened Feb: 327Closed Feb: 212Opened Mar: 389Closed Mar: 300MarOpened Apr: 372Closed Apr: 225Opened May: 324Closed May: 206MayOpened Jun: 302Closed Jun: 309Opened Jul: 285Closed Jul: 193JulOpened Aug: 324Closed Aug: 204Opened Sep: 410Closed Sep: 254SepOpened Oct: 381Closed Oct: 227Opened Nov: 352Closed Nov: 242NovOpened Dec: 266Closed Dec: 567
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Jobs

05,00010k15k20k20172019202120232025Employees

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

Farthest from the nearest gifts, art & specialty shops

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

PostcodeResidentsDistance
6500 Vojens13,6345.6 km
6630 Rødding10,0044.0 km
9560 Hadsund10,3163.6 km
7700 Thisted25,2283.0 km
6230 Rødekro11,5742.5 km
6900 Skjern13,1252.0 km
8300 Odder23,0742.0 km
4220 Korsør17,0821.8 km
6800 Varde22,3561.7 km
9300 Sæby12,1711.7 km

Active in Denmark over time

3,0004,0005,0006,0007,0002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Gifts, art & specialty shops

Openings and closures per year

05001,0001,500Opened 2015: 880Closed 2015: 5752015Opened 2016: 785Closed 2016: 621Opened 2017: 661Closed 2017: 6212017Opened 2018: 487Closed 2018: 657Opened 2019: 505Closed 2019: 6132019Opened 2020: 632Closed 2020: 585Opened 2021: 780Closed 2021: 4822021Opened 2022: 672Closed 2022: 558Opened 2023: 741Closed 2023: 5972023Opened 2024: 855Closed 2024: 597Opened 2025: 1,212Closed 2025: 9172025Opened 2026: 910Closed 2026: 625
OpenedClosed

Best opportunities

Municipalities with room in the market.

Greve Kommune76
Brøndby Kommune73
Glostrup Kommune70
Hillerød Kommune69
Ballerup Kommune69
Rødovre Kommune68
Vallensbæk Kommune68
Albertslund Kommune67
Kerteminde Kommune67
Herlev Kommune66

Growing fastest

3-year change in active businesses.

Greve Kommune46+77%
Glostrup Kommune21+75%
Solrød Kommune24+71%
Kerteminde Kommune20+67%
Brøndby Kommune26+63%
Rødovre Kommune35+59%
Albertslund Kommune22+47%
Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune52+44%
Herlev Kommune20+43%
Ballerup Kommune32+39%

Declining

Municipalities where this type is shrinking.

Fanø Kommune11-27%
Billund Kommune19-21%
Faxe Kommune33-18%
Svendborg Kommune50-17%
Syddjurs Kommune47-13%
Ærø Kommune14-13%
Samsø Kommune7-13%
Jammerbugt Kommune44-6%
Ringsted Kommune31-6%
Hjørring Kommune68-6%

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Most per resident

Densest municipalities (15,000+ residents).

Bornholm Kommune18.1
Gribskov Kommune16.2
Thisted Kommune15.5
Hørsholm Kommune15.0
Odsherred Kommune13.8
Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune13.6
Helsingør Kommune13.3
Stevns Kommune13.3
Københavns Kommune13.0
Rudersdal Kommune12.2

Financials of companies filing accounts

-50k050k100k150k20172019202120232025Median 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
20251,466DKK 47k DKK -12k – DKK 680k47%
20241,375DKK 65k DKK -9,735 – DKK 700k49%
20231,371DKK 76k DKK -8,401 – DKK 734k48%
20221,347DKK 93k DKK -6,734 – DKK 722k47%
20211,291DKK 110k DKK -4,425 – DKK 828k56%
20201,207DKK 98k DKK -4,554 – DKK 808k52%
20191,208DKK 93k DKK -6,660 – DKK 772k47%
20181,168DKK 139k DKK -3,836 – DKK 797k49%
2017722DKK 112k DKK -5,117 – DKK 847k51%

By region

RegionActivePer 10k3-yr change
Region Hovedstaden2,07410.6+21%
Region Midtjylland1,3169.5+13%
Region Nordjylland59310.0+9%
Region Sjælland8459.8+13%
Region Syddanmark1,1569.3+12%

What's included

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

476920…Detailhandel med kunst mv.
477800…Detailhandel med andre nye varer
477820…Fotoforretninger
477830…Forhandlere af gaveartikler og brugskunst
477840…Kunsthandel og gallerivirksomhed
477890…Detailhandel med andre varer i.a.n.

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