Retail
Pharmacy & health store
Apotek og helsekost
Deeper numbers
Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for pharmacy & health store in Hele Danmark.
Survival
Businesses that closed in the last 10 years were open for 12.3 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
Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.
Financial health
Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 110 companies.
Competition
| 75 places | |
| 71 places | |
| 21 places | |
| 9 places | |
| 9 places |
New and established
Distance to the nearest one
Measured from each parish centre.
When businesses open and close
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 pharmacy & health store
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 9560 Hadsund | 10,316 | 6.7 km |
| 2680 Solrød Strand | 19,405 | 3.7 km |
| 7700 Thisted | 25,228 | 3.7 km |
| 8930 Randers NØ | 18,811 | 3.7 km |
| 6430 Nordborg | 11,321 | 3.6 km |
| 6630 Rødding | 10,004 | 3.3 km |
| 8960 Randers SØ | 15,854 | 3.3 km |
| 5260 Odense S | 19,184 | 3.0 km |
| 9300 Sæby | 12,171 | 2.7 km |
| 5450 Otterup | 10,797 | 2.7 km |
Active in Denmark over time
Openings and closures per year
Best opportunities
Municipalities with room in the market.
| Albertslund Kommune | 83 |
| Høje-Taastrup Kommune | 76 |
| Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune | 70 |
| Ishøj Kommune | 70 |
| Hillerød Kommune | 67 |
| Horsens Kommune | 66 |
| Kerteminde Kommune | 64 |
| Silkeborg Kommune | 64 |
| Rudersdal Kommune | 64 |
| Syddjurs Kommune | 63 |
Growing fastest
3-year change in active businesses.
| Høje-Taastrup Kommune | 8 | +60% |
| Skanderborg Kommune | 14 | +40% |
| Horsens Kommune | 18 | +38% |
| Køge Kommune | 19 | +36% |
| Halsnæs Kommune | 8 | +33% |
| Syddjurs Kommune | 8 | +33% |
| Rudersdal Kommune | 12 | +33% |
| Svendborg Kommune | 13 | +30% |
| Frederikssund Kommune | 9 | +29% |
| Silkeborg Kommune | 18 | +29% |
Declining
Municipalities where this type is shrinking.
| Egedal Kommune | 5 | -29% |
| Ringsted Kommune | 6 | -25% |
| Favrskov Kommune | 6 | -25% |
| Gladsaxe Kommune | 6 | -25% |
| Skive Kommune | 9 | -25% |
| Aabenraa Kommune | 8 | -20% |
| Kolding Kommune | 15 | -17% |
| Esbjerg Kommune | 17 | -15% |
| Tårnby Kommune | 6 | -14% |
| Holstebro Kommune | 13 | -13% |
Most per resident
Densest municipalities (15,000+ residents).
| Hørsholm Kommune | 3.2 |
| Køge Kommune | 3.0 |
| Billund Kommune | 2.9 |
| Sorø Kommune | 2.9 |
| Roskilde Kommune | 2.9 |
| Helsingør Kommune | 2.8 |
| Frederikshavn Kommune | 2.8 |
| Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune | 2.7 |
| Lemvig Kommune | 2.7 |
| Glostrup Kommune | 2.7 |
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 | 110 | DKK 645k | DKK -1,836 – DKK 1.8m | 55% |
| 2024 | 115 | DKK 510k | DKK 0 – DKK 1.9m | 52% |
| 2023 | 108 | DKK 297k | DKK -864 – DKK 1.8m | 53% |
| 2022 | 100 | DKK 340k | DKK -2,480 – DKK 1.8m | 53% |
| 2021 | 96 | DKK 293k | DKK -2,775 – DKK 1.5m | 55% |
| 2020 | 88 | DKK 395k | DKK 0 – DKK 2.0m | 57% |
| 2019 | 84 | DKK 658k | DKK 12k – DKK 2.5m | 60% |
| 2018 | 66 | DKK 1.1m | DKK 111k – DKK 2.5m | 61% |
| 2017 | 46 | DKK 1.3m | DKK 400k – DKK 2.5m | 70% |
By region
| Region | Active | Per 10k | 3-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Region Hovedstaden | 293 | 1.5 | +9% |
| Region Midtjylland | 251 | 1.8 | +8% |
| Region Nordjylland | 121 | 2.0 | +9% |
| Region Sjælland | 182 | 2.1 | +8% |
| Region Syddanmark | 215 | 1.7 | +1% |
What's included
Businesses whose main Danish branche code (DB07/DB25) starts with:
4773… | Detailhandel med farmaceutiske produkter |
4774… | Detailhandel med medicinske og ortopædiske artikler |
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