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Active in Denmark
7,712
12.8 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
-5.6%
12 months: -0.5%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
741 / 783
Median gross profit
DKK 915k
68% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for bricklayer & mason in Hele Danmark.

Survival

Still open after 1 year85%
Still open after 3 years60%
Still open after 5 years44%

Businesses that closed in the last 10 years were open for 7.0 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)206 · 26% of all closures
Companies with negative equity15%
Losses two years in a row14%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss31%
Median equity ratio41%
Gross profit per employeeDKK 548k
Staff costs per employeeDKK 474k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 3,540 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)2%
Share of the 3 largest operators0% · 7,544 owners
13 places
7 places
7 places
6 places
6 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)1.23
Average age of active businesses11.2 yrs
Younger than 2 years17%
Older than 10 years41%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one23,596 · 0%
More than 10 km772
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)3.0 km · Romdrup-Klarup Sogn (Aalborg)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

05001,000Opened Jan: 449Closed Jan: 377JanOpened Feb: 373Closed Feb: 325Opened Mar: 463Closed Mar: 490MarOpened Apr: 423Closed Apr: 335Opened May: 399Closed May: 374MayOpened Jun: 466Closed Jun: 593Opened Jul: 347Closed Jul: 289JulOpened Aug: 374Closed Aug: 374Opened Sep: 402Closed Sep: 419SepOpened Oct: 400Closed Oct: 375Opened Nov: 316Closed Nov: 435NovOpened Dec: 247Closed Dec: 942
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Jobs

020k40k60k20172019202120232025Employees

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

Farthest from the nearest bricklayer & mason

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

PostcodeResidentsDistance
6630 Rødding10,0043.0 km
6950 Ringkøbing13,9852.8 km
5450 Otterup10,7972.7 km
6430 Nordborg11,3212.6 km
7700 Thisted25,2282.6 km
6200 Aabenraa28,3791.6 km
9560 Hadsund10,3161.5 km
5800 Nyborg20,7351.5 km
5240 Odense NØ14,7591.4 km
6100 Haderslev33,8001.3 km

Active in Denmark over time

5,0006,0007,0008,0009,0002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Bricklayer & mason

Openings and closures per year

05001,0001,500Opened 2015: 1,071Closed 2015: 8152015Opened 2016: 1,119Closed 2016: 791Opened 2017: 1,072Closed 2017: 7982017Opened 2018: 1,036Closed 2018: 869Opened 2019: 1,080Closed 2019: 9862019Opened 2020: 1,200Closed 2020: 1,104Opened 2021: 1,235Closed 2021: 1,0332021Opened 2022: 951Closed 2022: 1,183Opened 2023: 854Closed 2023: 1,1812023Opened 2024: 811Closed 2024: 1,070Opened 2025: 808Closed 2025: 8612025Opened 2026: 558Closed 2026: 504
OpenedClosed

Financials of companies filing accounts

0500k1.0m20172019202120232025Median 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
20253,540DKK 915k DKK 282k – DKK 2.8m68%
20243,533DKK 842k DKK 246k – DKK 2.6m67%
20233,534DKK 811k DKK 211k – DKK 2.5m62%
20223,579DKK 843k DKK 238k – DKK 2.5m66%
20213,543DKK 845k DKK 231k – DKK 2.4m68%
20203,426DKK 815k DKK 208k – DKK 2.3m68%
20193,281DKK 795k DKK 189k – DKK 2.4m66%
20183,085DKK 816k DKK 196k – DKK 2.4m66%
20171,758DKK 893k DKK 245k – DKK 2.7m67%

By region

RegionActivePer 10k3-yr change
Region Hovedstaden2,03810.5-5%
Region Midtjylland1,75012.6-5%
Region Nordjylland80913.6-6%
Region Sjælland1,60318.7-7%
Region Syddanmark1,46711.8-6%

What's included

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

4331…Stukkatørvirksomhed
439100… (DB25, from 2025)Tagdækningsvirksomhed
4399…Andre specialiserede byggeaktiviteter i.a.n.

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