Personal services
Laundry & dry cleaning
Vaskeri og renseri
Deeper numbers
Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for laundry & dry cleaning in Hele Danmark.
Survival
Businesses that closed in the last 10 years were open for 10.8 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 - 84 companies.
Competition
| 20 places | |
| 20 places | |
| 8 places | |
| 4 places | |
| 4 places |
New and established
Distance to the nearest one
Measured from each parish centre.
When businesses open and close
Per calendar month, 2021–2025.
Jobs
Average number of employees reported in the annual reports of companies that file accounts, sole proprietorships are not included.
Farthest from the nearest laundry & dry cleaning
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 7700 Thisted | 25,228 | 51.1 km |
| 6950 Ringkøbing | 13,985 | 45.0 km |
| 6400 Sønderborg | 37,038 | 35.3 km |
| 6900 Skjern | 13,125 | 32.5 km |
| 7900 Nykøbing M | 13,028 | 29.5 km |
| 6430 Nordborg | 11,321 | 29.3 km |
| 7500 Holstebro | 46,220 | 28.9 km |
| 6200 Aabenraa | 28,379 | 24.5 km |
| 8400 Ebeltoft | 10,647 | 23.9 km |
| 6230 Rødekro | 11,574 | 22.5 km |
Active in Denmark over time
Openings and closures per year
Best opportunities
Municipalities with room in the market.
| Rødovre Kommune | 70 |
| Brøndby Kommune | 69 |
| Skanderborg Kommune | 68 |
| Aarhus Kommune | 67 |
| Vejle Kommune | 67 |
| Favrskov Kommune | 66 |
| Horsens Kommune | 64 |
| Sønderborg Kommune | 64 |
| Syddjurs Kommune | 61 |
| Aalborg Kommune | 59 |
Growing fastest
3-year change in active businesses.
| Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune | 8 | +60% |
| Frederiksberg Kommune | 9 | +29% |
| Greve Kommune | 9 | +29% |
| Gladsaxe Kommune | 6 | +20% |
| Aalborg Kommune | 9 | +13% |
| Københavns Kommune | 50 | +9% |
| Aarhus Kommune | 13 | +8% |
| Roskilde Kommune | 7 | 0% |
| Silkeborg Kommune | 6 | 0% |
| Svendborg Kommune | 5 | 0% |
Declining
Municipalities where this type is shrinking.
| Høje-Taastrup Kommune | 2 | -67% |
| Frederikssund Kommune | 3 | -40% |
| Fredensborg Kommune | 4 | -20% |
| Gentofte Kommune | 10 | -17% |
| Ballerup Kommune | 6 | -14% |
| Odense Kommune | 10 | -9% |
Most per resident
Densest municipalities (15,000+ residents).
| Greve Kommune | 1.7 |
| Solrød Kommune | 1.6 |
| Allerød Kommune | 1.5 |
| Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune | 1.4 |
| Albertslund Kommune | 1.4 |
| Gentofte Kommune | 1.3 |
| Ishøj Kommune | 1.2 |
| Vordingborg Kommune | 1.1 |
| Ballerup Kommune | 1.1 |
| Lolland Kommune | 1.0 |
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 | 84 | DKK 720k | DKK 232k – DKK 1.9m | 74% |
| 2024 | 86 | DKK 532k | DKK 159k – DKK 1.4m | 66% |
| 2023 | 81 | DKK 580k | DKK 129k – DKK 1.3m | 69% |
| 2022 | 82 | DKK 473k | DKK 15k – DKK 1.6m | 51% |
| 2021 | 86 | DKK 532k | DKK 71k – DKK 1.6m | 55% |
| 2020 | 85 | DKK 661k | DKK 132k – DKK 1.8m | 53% |
| 2019 | 86 | DKK 746k | DKK 194k – DKK 2.6m | 58% |
| 2018 | 87 | DKK 708k | DKK 193k – DKK 2.4m | 54% |
| 2017 | 62 | DKK 787k | DKK 190k – DKK 4.6m | 65% |
By region
| Region | Active | Per 10k | 3-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Region Hovedstaden | 151 | 0.8 | +5% |
| Region Midtjylland | 44 | 0.3 | -6% |
| Region Nordjylland | 21 | 0.4 | 0% |
| Region Sjælland | 51 | 0.6 | +11% |
| Region Syddanmark | 42 | 0.3 | -11% |
What's included
Businesses whose main Danish branche code (DB07/DB25) starts with:
9601… | Erhvervs- og institutionsvaskerier |
9610… | Drift af erhvervs- og institutionsvaskerier |
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