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Sportsanlæg og klub

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Active in Denmark
6,462
10.7 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+5.6%
12 months: +2.8%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
406 / 230
Median gross profit
DKK 358k
45% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for sports facility & club in Hele Danmark.

Survival

Still open after 1 year88%
Still open after 3 years69%
Still open after 5 years54%

Businesses that closed in the last 10 years were open for 9.1 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)75 · 33% of all closures
Companies with negative equity30%
Losses two years in a row39%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss53%
Median equity ratio27%
Gross profit per employeeDKK 439k
Staff costs per employeeDKK 411k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 738 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)10%
Share of the 3 largest operators1% · 5,812 owners
56 places
17 places
14 places
14 places
14 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.67
Average age of active businesses24.6 yrs
Younger than 2 years11%
Older than 10 years68%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one47,759 · 1%
More than 10 km2,617
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)1.6 km · Them Sogn (Silkeborg)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

0100200300Opened Jan: 286Closed Jan: 99JanOpened Feb: 128Closed Feb: 101Opened Mar: 158Closed Mar: 138MarOpened Apr: 156Closed Apr: 74Opened May: 140Closed May: 78MayOpened Jun: 114Closed Jun: 150Opened Jul: 115Closed Jul: 73JulOpened Aug: 108Closed Aug: 67Opened Sep: 128Closed Sep: 98SepOpened Oct: 148Closed Oct: 78Opened Nov: 123Closed Nov: 98NovOpened Dec: 112Closed Dec: 271
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Jobs

02,0004,0006,00020172019202120232025Employees

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

Farthest from the nearest sports facility & club

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 Rødding10,0042.7 km
6950 Ringkøbing13,9852.6 km
6430 Nordborg11,3211.8 km
8300 Odder23,0741.8 km
8400 Ebeltoft10,6471.6 km
9560 Hadsund10,3161.6 km
6900 Skjern13,1251.4 km
6100 Haderslev33,8001.3 km
7700 Thisted25,2281.2 km
3660 Stenløse12,3601.1 km

Active in Denmark over time

4,5005,0005,5006,0006,5002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Sports facility & club

Openings and closures per year

0200400600Opened 2015: 284Closed 2015: 2312015Opened 2016: 266Closed 2016: 229Opened 2017: 309Closed 2017: 2422017Opened 2018: 328Closed 2018: 278Opened 2019: 326Closed 2019: 2442019Opened 2020: 342Closed 2020: 277Opened 2021: 357Closed 2021: 2552021Opened 2022: 323Closed 2022: 258Opened 2023: 304Closed 2023: 2942023Opened 2024: 294Closed 2024: 258Opened 2025: 438Closed 2025: 2602025Opened 2026: 306Closed 2026: 138
OpenedClosed

Financials of companies filing accounts

-200k0200k400k600k20172019202120232025Median 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
2025738DKK 358k DKK 0 – DKK 1.9m45%
2024715DKK 335k DKK 0 – DKK 1.9m46%
2023684DKK 370k DKK 0 – DKK 1.9m46%
2022652DKK 330k DKK -1,702 – DKK 1.9m44%
2021607DKK 367k DKK 0 – DKK 1.7m51%
2020559DKK 383k DKK 0 – DKK 2.0m50%
2019546DKK 352k DKK 0 – DKK 2.0m45%
2018497DKK 420k DKK 1,259 – DKK 2.8m47%
2017290DKK 385k DKK 4,025 – DKK 1.8m49%

By region

RegionActivePer 10k3-yr change
Region Hovedstaden1,6748.6+8%
Region Midtjylland1,53911.1+6%
Region Nordjylland68911.6-2%
Region Sjælland8259.6+5%
Region Syddanmark1,42711.5+4%

What's included

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

9311…Drift af sportsanlæg
9312…Sportsklubber
9319…Sportsaktiviteter i.a.n.

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