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Active in Denmark
5,473
9.1 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
-7.1%
12 months: -0.6%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
556 / 590
Median gross profit
DKK 1.7m
68% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for removals & haulage in Hele Danmark.

Survival

Still open after 1 year77%
Still open after 3 years51%
Still open after 5 years34%

Businesses that closed in the last 10 years were open for 8.0 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)158 · 27% of all closures
Companies with negative equity10%
Losses two years in a row14%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss30%
Median equity ratio42%
Gross profit per employeeDKK 615k
Staff costs per employeeDKK 507k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 2,337 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)6%
Share of the 3 largest operators1% · 5,081 owners
44 places
12 places
11 places
9 places
9 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.92
Average age of active businesses15.1 yrs
Younger than 2 years18%
Older than 10 years51%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one91,384 · 2%
More than 10 km6,654
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)2.8 km · Skæring Sogn (Aarhus)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

0200400600800Opened Jan: 378Closed Jan: 276JanOpened Feb: 274Closed Feb: 251Opened Mar: 262Closed Mar: 347MarOpened Apr: 285Closed Apr: 265Opened May: 240Closed May: 262MayOpened Jun: 278Closed Jun: 471Opened Jul: 207Closed Jul: 206JulOpened Aug: 244Closed Aug: 301Opened Sep: 252Closed Sep: 349SepOpened Oct: 272Closed Oct: 324Opened Nov: 236Closed Nov: 301NovOpened Dec: 175Closed Dec: 681
OpenedClosed

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

050k100k150k200k20172019202120232025Employees

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

Farthest from the nearest removals & haulage

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

PostcodeResidentsDistance
9240 Nibe12,5235.2 km
6950 Ringkøbing13,9852.9 km
6630 Rødding10,0042.9 km
5450 Otterup10,7972.8 km
8300 Odder23,0742.4 km
8400 Ebeltoft10,6471.9 km
8250 Egå11,6881.9 km
6430 Nordborg11,3211.7 km
7700 Thisted25,2281.6 km
6100 Haderslev33,8001.6 km

Active in Denmark over time

02,0004,0006,0008,0002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Removals & haulage

Openings and closures per year

05001,0001,500Opened 2015: 773Closed 2015: 7052015Opened 2016: 836Closed 2016: 700Opened 2017: 878Closed 2017: 6622017Opened 2018: 921Closed 2018: 747Opened 2019: 916Closed 2019: 1,0042019Opened 2020: 729Closed 2020: 888Opened 2021: 790Closed 2021: 8932021Opened 2022: 599Closed 2022: 805Opened 2023: 596Closed 2023: 9042023Opened 2024: 520Closed 2024: 746Opened 2025: 598Closed 2025: 6862025Opened 2026 (so far): 490Closed 2026 (so far): 4562026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Financials of companies filing accounts

0500k1.0m1.5m2.0m20172019202120232025Median 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
20252,337DKK 1.7m DKK 398k – DKK 6.8m68%
20242,296DKK 1.7m DKK 430k – DKK 6.5m67%
20232,324DKK 1.6m DKK 417k – DKK 6.5m68%
20222,352DKK 1.5m DKK 407k – DKK 6.5m70%
20212,331DKK 1.6m DKK 440k – DKK 5.9m74%
20202,302DKK 1.4m DKK 370k – DKK 5.6m69%
20192,260DKK 1.5m DKK 376k – DKK 6.0m66%
20182,138DKK 1.5m DKK 411k – DKK 6.1m65%
20171,213DKK 1.6m DKK 448k – DKK 6.2m72%

By region

RegionActivePer 10k3-yr change
Region Hovedstaden1,3296.8-8%
Region Midtjylland1,2569.1-9%
Region Nordjylland61210.3-6%
Region Sjælland95311.1-9%
Region Syddanmark1,28910.4-4%

What's included

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

4941…Vejgodstransport
4942…Flytteforretninger

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