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Active in Denmark
14,640
24.3 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+3.3%
12 months: +1.8%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
2,218 / 1,963
Median gross profit
DKK 210k
54% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for courses & tutoring in Hele Danmark.

Survival

Still open after 1 year85%
Still open after 3 years61%
Still open after 5 years40%

Businesses that closed in the last 10 years were open for 4.6 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)547 · 28% of all closures
Companies with negative equity25%
Losses two years in a row26%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss44%
Median equity ratio45%
Gross profit per employeeDKK 385k
Staff costs per employeeDKK 412k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 1,462 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)4%
Share of the 3 largest operators0% · 14,197 owners
20 places
14 places
12 places
11 places
10 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)3.68
Average age of active businesses8.4 yrs
Younger than 2 years25%
Older than 10 years29%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one59,327 · 1%
More than 10 km727
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)1.4 km · Ølgod Sogn (Varde)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

05001,0001,5002,000Opened Jan: 1,429Closed Jan: 700JanOpened Feb: 884Closed Feb: 644Opened Mar: 961Closed Mar: 973MarOpened Apr: 859Closed Apr: 646Opened May: 889Closed May: 661MayOpened Jun: 780Closed Jun: 844Opened Jul: 695Closed Jul: 548JulOpened Aug: 1,003Closed Aug: 693Opened Sep: 976Closed Sep: 714SepOpened Oct: 936Closed Oct: 658Opened Nov: 798Closed Nov: 713NovOpened Dec: 607Closed Dec: 1,881
OpenedClosed

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

01,0002,0003,0004,00020172019202120232025Employees

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

Farthest from the nearest courses & tutoring

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

PostcodeResidentsDistance
9310 Vodskov10,7952.4 km
5450 Otterup10,7972.1 km
6630 Rødding10,0041.9 km
8960 Randers SØ15,8541.6 km
9560 Hadsund10,3161.4 km
9240 Nibe12,5231.3 km
6200 Aabenraa28,3791.3 km
9600 Aars13,3011.2 km
9300 Sæby12,1711.2 km
3660 Stenløse12,3601.2 km

Active in Denmark over time

05,00010k15k2011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Courses & tutoring

Openings and closures per year

01,0002,0003,000Opened 2015: 2,213Closed 2015: 9952015Opened 2016: 2,098Closed 2016: 1,085Opened 2017: 2,024Closed 2017: 1,3112017Opened 2018: 2,140Closed 2018: 1,606Opened 2019: 2,343Closed 2019: 1,8092019Opened 2020: 2,417Closed 2020: 1,936Opened 2021: 2,331Closed 2021: 1,8272021Opened 2022: 2,197Closed 2022: 1,993Opened 2023: 2,126Closed 2023: 1,9152023Opened 2024: 2,077Closed 2024: 1,876Opened 2025: 2,086Closed 2025: 2,0642025Opened 2026 (so far): 1,989Closed 2026 (so far): 1,4412026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Financials of companies filing accounts

0100k200k300k20172019202120232025Median 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
20251,462DKK 210k DKK 0 – DKK 941k54%
20241,433DKK 234k DKK 0 – DKK 1.0m52%
20231,433DKK 243k DKK 3,163 – DKK 1.0m53%
20221,421DKK 233k DKK 3,714 – DKK 913k52%
20211,368DKK 238k DKK 7,191 – DKK 985k58%
20201,385DKK 185k DKK 0 – DKK 755k51%
20191,366DKK 217k DKK 2,398 – DKK 859k52%
20181,255DKK 217k DKK 514 – DKK 998k50%
2017808DKK 230k DKK 0 – DKK 922k54%

By region

RegionActivePer 10k3-yr change
Region Hovedstaden6,42032.9+3%
Region Midtjylland2,81520.3+6%
Region Nordjylland99016.7+3%
Region Sjælland2,00223.3-1%
Region Syddanmark2,27918.3+4%

What's included

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

8551…Undervisning inden for sport og fritid
8552…Undervisning i kulturelle discipliner
8559…Anden undervisning i.a.n.

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