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Sports- og cykelbutik

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Active in Denmark
3,239
5.4 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
-3.6%
12 months: -3.4%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
267 / 381
Median gross profit
DKK 476k
56% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for sports & bike shop in Hele Danmark.

Survival

Still open after 1 year86%
Still open after 3 years67%
Still open after 5 years51%

Businesses that closed in the last 10 years were open for 7.5 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)101 · 27% of all closures
Companies with negative equity25%
Losses two years in a row29%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss42%
Median equity ratio32%
Gross profit per employeeDKK 431k
Staff costs per employeeDKK 386k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 1,123 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)14%
Share of the 3 largest operators5% · 2,752 owners
77 places
39 places
36 places
35 places
33 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.44
Average age of active businesses11.3 yrs
Younger than 2 years15%
Older than 10 years42%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one322,811 · 5%
More than 10 km27,382
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)6.4 km · Store Heddinge Sogn (Stevns)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

0100200300Opened Jan: 195Closed Jan: 121JanOpened Feb: 123Closed Feb: 102Opened Mar: 158Closed Mar: 148MarOpened Apr: 148Closed Apr: 80Opened May: 141Closed May: 107MayOpened Jun: 181Closed Jun: 150Opened Jul: 110Closed Jul: 88JulOpened Aug: 127Closed Aug: 105Opened Sep: 155Closed Sep: 144SepOpened Oct: 148Closed Oct: 146Opened Nov: 127Closed Nov: 113NovOpened Dec: 114Closed Dec: 252
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Jobs

05,00010k15k20172019202120232025Employees

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

Farthest from the nearest sports & bike shop

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 Hadsund10,3165.5 km
6430 Nordborg11,3215.0 km
6630 Rødding10,0043.3 km
7700 Thisted25,2282.9 km
5450 Otterup10,7972.7 km
7900 Nykøbing M13,0282.2 km
6950 Ringkøbing13,9852.2 km
8300 Odder23,0742.0 km
3660 Stenløse12,3601.9 km
8464 Galten13,5301.9 km

Active in Denmark over time

2,0002,5003,0003,5002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Sports & bike shop

Openings and closures per year

0200400600Opened 2015: 379Closed 2015: 2652015Opened 2016: 379Closed 2016: 304Opened 2017: 354Closed 2017: 3012017Opened 2018: 368Closed 2018: 296Opened 2019: 332Closed 2019: 2612019Opened 2020: 382Closed 2020: 263Opened 2021: 372Closed 2021: 2632021Opened 2022: 330Closed 2022: 273Opened 2023: 343Closed 2023: 2712023Opened 2024: 358Closed 2024: 306Opened 2025: 324Closed 2025: 4432025Opened 2026: 201Closed 2026: 238
OpenedClosed

Financials of companies filing accounts

0200k400k600k20172019202120232025Median 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
20251,123DKK 476k DKK 0 – DKK 1.9m56%
20241,140DKK 490k DKK 0 – DKK 1.8m53%
20231,127DKK 464k DKK 0 – DKK 1.8m54%
20221,098DKK 481k DKK 4,058 – DKK 1.9m57%
20211,050DKK 523k DKK 13k – DKK 2.1m67%
2020988DKK 544k DKK 29k – DKK 2.0m64%
2019973DKK 444k DKK 7,198 – DKK 1.6m59%
2018912DKK 520k DKK 22k – DKK 1.6m57%
2017527DKK 559k DKK 21k – DKK 1.7m58%

By region

RegionActivePer 10k3-yr change
Region Hovedstaden1,1335.8-4%
Region Midtjylland7405.3-2%
Region Nordjylland3025.1-2%
Region Sjælland4265.0-6%
Region Syddanmark6124.9-4%

What's included

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

476310…Detailhandel med sports- og fritidsudstyr
476320…Detailhandel med cykler
476330…Detailhandel med lystbåde og udstyr hertil
476410…Forhandlere af sports- og campingudstyr
476420…Cykel- og knallertforretninger
476430…Forhandlere af lystbåde og udstyr hertil

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