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Reparation (elektronik, sko, ure)

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Active in Denmark
2,400
4.0 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
-2.1%
12 months: +0.7%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
325 / 308
Median gross profit
DKK 592k
69% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for repairs (electronics, shoes, watches) in Hele Danmark.

Survival

Still open after 1 year78%
Still open after 3 years53%
Still open after 5 years35%

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)115 · 37% of all closures
Companies with negative equity18%
Losses two years in a row16%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss29%
Median equity ratio44%
Gross profit per employeeDKK 448k
Staff costs per employeeDKK 395k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 417 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)4%
Share of the 3 largest operators1% · 2,278 owners
8 places
7 places
6 places
5 places
4 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.54
Average age of active businesses13.4 yrs
Younger than 2 years19%
Older than 10 years46%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one388,199 · 6%
More than 10 km24,893
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)6.2 km · Sæby Sogn (Frederikshavn)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

0100200300Opened Jan: 156Closed Jan: 110JanOpened Feb: 100Closed Feb: 94Opened Mar: 134Closed Mar: 154MarOpened Apr: 105Closed Apr: 82Opened May: 104Closed May: 111MayOpened Jun: 98Closed Jun: 153Opened Jul: 110Closed Jul: 105JulOpened Aug: 113Closed Aug: 117Opened Sep: 103Closed Sep: 106SepOpened Oct: 121Closed Oct: 117Opened Nov: 114Closed Nov: 118NovOpened Dec: 80Closed Dec: 292
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 repairs (electronics, shoes, watches)

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

PostcodeResidentsDistance
9560 Hadsund10,3166.0 km
9300 Sæby12,1715.2 km
9240 Nibe12,5233.4 km
6630 Rødding10,0043.3 km
8400 Ebeltoft10,6472.9 km
7900 Nykøbing M13,0282.8 km
8620 Kjellerup11,6022.8 km
3200 Helsinge16,6782.7 km
7700 Thisted25,2282.4 km
6705 Esbjerg Ø14,7032.3 km

Active in Denmark over time

2,0002,2002,4002,6002,8002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Repairs (electronics, shoes, watches)

Openings and closures per year

0200400600Opened 2015: 432Closed 2015: 3312015Opened 2016: 368Closed 2016: 314Opened 2017: 364Closed 2017: 3112017Opened 2018: 295Closed 2018: 373Opened 2019: 308Closed 2019: 3532019Opened 2020: 340Closed 2020: 332Opened 2021: 272Closed 2021: 3252021Opened 2022: 281Closed 2022: 341Opened 2023: 227Closed 2023: 3252023Opened 2024: 265Closed 2024: 275Opened 2025: 293Closed 2025: 2932025Opened 2026: 239Closed 2026: 199
OpenedClosed

Financials of companies filing accounts

0200k400k600k800k20172019202120232025Median 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
2025417DKK 592k DKK 97k – DKK 1.8m69%
2024411DKK 535k DKK 45k – DKK 1.7m63%
2023419DKK 514k DKK 59k – DKK 1.8m58%
2022424DKK 463k DKK 57k – DKK 1.8m58%
2021427DKK 589k DKK 72k – DKK 1.9m65%
2020442DKK 536k DKK 56k – DKK 1.8m63%
2019438DKK 487k DKK 43k – DKK 1.6m64%
2018425DKK 536k DKK 65k – DKK 1.5m62%
2017253DKK 633k DKK 83k – DKK 1.8m61%

By region

RegionActivePer 10k3-yr change
Region Hovedstaden7724.0-1%
Region Midtjylland5053.6-3%
Region Nordjylland2143.6-6%
Region Sjælland4004.7-1%
Region Syddanmark4954.0-3%

What's included

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

951…Reparation og vedligeholdelse af computere og kommunikationsudstyr
952…Reparation og vedligeholdelse af forbrugerelektronik

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