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Active in Denmark
3,102
5.1 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+7.0%
12 months: +1.8%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
266 / 211
Median gross profit
DKK 1.1m
72% profitable

Deeper numbers

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

Survival

Still open after 1 year88%
Still open after 3 years73%
Still open after 5 years61%

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)65 · 31% of all closures
Companies with negative equity7%
Losses two years in a row10%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss22%
Median equity ratio56%
Gross profit per employeeDKK 862k
Staff costs per employeeDKK 693k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 961 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)7%
Share of the 3 largest operators1% · 2,814 owners
6 places
6 places
6 places
5 places
5 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.44
Average age of active businesses12.4 yrs
Younger than 2 years15%
Older than 10 years47%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one821,724 · 14%
More than 10 km189,581
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)11.8 km · Give Sogn (Vejle)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

0100200300Opened Jan: 184Closed Jan: 69JanOpened Feb: 96Closed Feb: 73Opened Mar: 90Closed Mar: 104MarOpened Apr: 93Closed Apr: 66Opened May: 70Closed May: 69MayOpened Jun: 96Closed Jun: 139Opened Jul: 85Closed Jul: 48JulOpened Aug: 77Closed Aug: 59Opened Sep: 130Closed Sep: 90SepOpened Oct: 112Closed Oct: 74Opened Nov: 97Closed Nov: 78NovOpened Dec: 98Closed Dec: 203
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Jobs

0200k400k600k20172019202120232025Employees

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

Farthest from the nearest law firm

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

PostcodeResidentsDistance
7323 Give11,78311.8 km
6430 Nordborg11,32111.7 km
9560 Hadsund10,3166.7 km
7080 Børkop13,8495.7 km
3550 Slangerup10,1135.2 km
6715 Esbjerg N11,7103.8 km
9310 Vodskov10,7953.8 km
7200 Grindsted14,1003.4 km
8960 Randers SØ15,8543.1 km
8930 Randers NØ18,8112.9 km

Active in Denmark over time

1,5002,0002,5003,0003,5002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Law firm

Openings and closures per year

0100200300400Opened 2015: 288Closed 2015: 1862015Opened 2016: 289Closed 2016: 160Opened 2017: 302Closed 2017: 1752017Opened 2018: 297Closed 2018: 227Opened 2019: 262Closed 2019: 2252019Opened 2020: 275Closed 2020: 222Opened 2021: 247Closed 2021: 2432021Opened 2022: 218Closed 2022: 233Opened 2023: 208Closed 2023: 2052023Opened 2024: 252Closed 2024: 173Opened 2025: 303Closed 2025: 2182025Opened 2026: 197Closed 2026: 139
OpenedClosed

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
2025961DKK 1.1m DKK 21k – DKK 4.0m72%
2024937DKK 987k DKK 17k – DKK 4.3m74%
2023896DKK 1.0m DKK 12k – DKK 4.2m71%
2022871DKK 988k DKK 16k – DKK 4.4m66%
2021860DKK 1.1m DKK 16k – DKK 4.4m73%
2020853DKK 826k DKK 4,181 – DKK 4.1m72%
2019832DKK 779k DKK 21k – DKK 3.7m67%
2018786DKK 845k DKK 39k – DKK 4.0m69%
2017561DKK 916k DKK 40k – DKK 4.8m75%

By region

RegionActivePer 10k3-yr change
Region Hovedstaden1,7148.8+7%
Region Midtjylland5814.2+8%
Region Nordjylland1763.0+7%
Region Sjælland2733.2+8%
Region Syddanmark3392.7+6%

What's included

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

6910…Juridiske aktiviteter

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