Food & drink
Restaurant
Deeper numbers
Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for restaurant in Hele Danmark.
Survival
Businesses that closed in the last 10 years were open for 4.9 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 - 4,192 companies.
Competition
| 36 places | |
| 34 places | |
| 23 places | |
| 23 places | |
| 22 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 restaurant
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 | 5.2 km |
| 7700 Thisted | 25,228 | 3.5 km |
| 6630 Rødding | 10,004 | 3.2 km |
| 6950 Ringkøbing | 13,985 | 2.3 km |
| 9300 Sæby | 12,171 | 2.3 km |
| 5450 Otterup | 10,797 | 2.2 km |
| 8920 Randers NV | 23,567 | 1.9 km |
| 8400 Ebeltoft | 10,647 | 1.8 km |
| 6900 Skjern | 13,125 | 1.8 km |
| 3660 Stenløse | 12,360 | 1.7 km |
Active in Denmark over time
Openings and closures per year
Best opportunities
Municipalities with room in the market.
| Egedal Kommune | 80 |
| Furesø Kommune | 74 |
| Hedensted Kommune | 74 |
| Solrød Kommune | 72 |
| Holbæk Kommune | 71 |
| Rebild Kommune | 71 |
| Silkeborg Kommune | 69 |
| Ikast-Brande Kommune | 69 |
| Kerteminde Kommune | 66 |
| Lejre Kommune | 65 |
Growing fastest
3-year change in active businesses.
| Egedal Kommune | 39 | +50% |
| Brønderslev Kommune | 19 | +46% |
| Læsø Kommune | 13 | +44% |
| Faxe Kommune | 37 | +42% |
| Kerteminde Kommune | 25 | +39% |
| Furesø Kommune | 56 | +37% |
| Rebild Kommune | 27 | +35% |
| Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune | 59 | +34% |
| Fanø Kommune | 16 | +33% |
| Holbæk Kommune | 94 | +32% |
Declining
Municipalities where this type is shrinking.
| Samsø Kommune | 22 | -19% |
| Nyborg Kommune | 30 | -17% |
| Stevns Kommune | 21 | -16% |
| Herlev Kommune | 43 | -14% |
| Langeland Kommune | 32 | -14% |
| Lolland Kommune | 64 | -11% |
| Tønder Kommune | 47 | -10% |
| Favrskov Kommune | 31 | -9% |
| Randers Kommune | 108 | -8% |
| Allerød Kommune | 25 | -7% |
Most per resident
Densest municipalities (15,000+ residents).
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 | 4,192 | DKK 1.7m | DKK 427k – DKK 4.1m | 58% |
| 2024 | 3,933 | DKK 1.7m | DKK 437k – DKK 4.0m | 57% |
| 2023 | 3,812 | DKK 1.5m | DKK 351k – DKK 3.7m | 52% |
| 2022 | 3,643 | DKK 1.5m | DKK 326k – DKK 3.6m | 52% |
| 2021 | 3,635 | DKK 1.3m | DKK 283k – DKK 3.2m | 54% |
| 2020 | 3,350 | DKK 1.1m | DKK 216k – DKK 2.8m | 45% |
| 2019 | 3,157 | DKK 1.5m | DKK 358k – DKK 3.6m | 54% |
| 2018 | 2,877 | DKK 1.5m | DKK 347k – DKK 3.8m | 50% |
| 2017 | 1,750 | DKK 1.7m | DKK 376k – DKK 3.8m | 52% |
By region
| Region | Active | Per 10k | 3-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Region Hovedstaden | 4,753 | 24.4 | +8% |
| Region Midtjylland | 1,868 | 13.5 | +6% |
| Region Nordjylland | 817 | 13.8 | +10% |
| Region Sjælland | 1,201 | 14.0 | +9% |
| Region Syddanmark | 1,671 | 13.4 | +8% |
What's included
Businesses whose main Danish branche code (DB07/DB25) starts with:
561010… | Restauranter |
561110… | Servering af mad i restauranter og caféer |
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