Professional services
Staffing & recruitment
Vikar og rekruttering
Deeper numbers
Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for staffing & recruitment in Hele Danmark.
Survival
Businesses that closed in the last 10 years were open for 4.7 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 - 1,084 companies.
Competition
| 44 places | |
| 15 places | |
| 14 places | |
| 12 places | |
| 9 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 staffing & recruitment
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6760 Ribe | 14,949 | 7.0 km |
| 8850 Bjerringbro | 11,217 | 5.5 km |
| 6430 Nordborg | 11,321 | 4.2 km |
| 8620 Kjellerup | 11,602 | 4.0 km |
| 9300 Sæby | 12,171 | 3.7 km |
| 8930 Randers NØ | 18,811 | 3.3 km |
| 5450 Otterup | 10,797 | 3.3 km |
| 9560 Hadsund | 10,316 | 3.1 km |
| 6950 Ringkøbing | 13,985 | 2.9 km |
| 9240 Nibe | 12,523 | 2.2 km |
Active in Denmark over time
Openings and closures per year
Best opportunities
Municipalities with room in the market.
| Ikast-Brande Kommune | 70 |
| Lejre Kommune | 67 |
| Varde Kommune | 67 |
| Sorø Kommune | 67 |
| Brønderslev Kommune | 67 |
| Frederikssund Kommune | 66 |
| Faxe Kommune | 66 |
| Billund Kommune | 65 |
| Hedensted Kommune | 65 |
| Gribskov Kommune | 64 |
Growing fastest
3-year change in active businesses.
| Ikast-Brande Kommune | 19 | +90% |
| Lemvig Kommune | 9 | +80% |
| Vesthimmerlands Kommune | 16 | +78% |
| Kalundborg Kommune | 30 | +76% |
| Helsingør Kommune | 29 | +61% |
| Ishøj Kommune | 17 | +55% |
| Varde Kommune | 12 | +50% |
| Faxe Kommune | 19 | +46% |
| Halsnæs Kommune | 13 | +44% |
| Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune | 14 | +40% |
Declining
Municipalities where this type is shrinking.
| Nyborg Kommune | 6 | -50% |
| Furesø Kommune | 7 | -36% |
| Middelfart Kommune | 6 | -33% |
| Silkeborg Kommune | 24 | -20% |
| Ringsted Kommune | 23 | -18% |
| Tårnby Kommune | 21 | -16% |
| Odense Kommune | 78 | -14% |
| Odsherred Kommune | 7 | -13% |
| Solrød Kommune | 7 | -13% |
| Nordfyns Kommune | 8 | -11% |
Most per resident
Densest municipalities (15,000+ residents).
| Albertslund Kommune | 9.5 |
| Hørsholm Kommune | 8.7 |
| Gentofte Kommune | 7.8 |
| Frederikshavn Kommune | 7.8 |
| Herlev Kommune | 7.8 |
| Kerteminde Kommune | 7.4 |
| Thisted Kommune | 7.0 |
| Ishøj Kommune | 6.8 |
| Kolding Kommune | 6.6 |
| Ringsted Kommune | 6.4 |
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 | 1,084 | DKK 985k | DKK 54k – DKK 5.3m | 58% |
| 2024 | 1,079 | DKK 1.0m | DKK 61k – DKK 5.5m | 59% |
| 2023 | 1,040 | DKK 1.2m | DKK 116k – DKK 5.8m | 61% |
| 2022 | 1,001 | DKK 1.3m | DKK 145k – DKK 6.3m | 65% |
| 2021 | 980 | DKK 1.2m | DKK 142k – DKK 5.2m | 65% |
| 2020 | 952 | DKK 998k | DKK 104k – DKK 4.4m | 56% |
| 2019 | 926 | DKK 1.3m | DKK 124k – DKK 5.5m | 61% |
| 2018 | 859 | DKK 1.1m | DKK 118k – DKK 5.2m | 60% |
| 2017 | 518 | DKK 1.3m | DKK 101k – DKK 5.9m | 66% |
By region
| Region | Active | Per 10k | 3-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Region Hovedstaden | 1,022 | 5.2 | +7% |
| Region Midtjylland | 483 | 3.5 | +11% |
| Region Nordjylland | 298 | 5.0 | +15% |
| Region Sjælland | 375 | 4.4 | +12% |
| Region Syddanmark | 490 | 3.9 | +3% |
What's included
Businesses whose main Danish branche code (DB07/DB25) starts with:
7810… | Arbejdsformidlingskontorers aktiviteter |
7820… | Vikarbureauers aktiviteter og anden personaleformidling |
7830… | Anden personaleformidling |
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