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Active in Denmark
1,172
1.9 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+4.4%
12 months: +3.1%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
91 / 56
Median gross profit
DKK 2.6m
76% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for veterinarian in Hele Danmark.

Survival

Still open after 1 year93%
Still open after 3 years80%
Still open after 5 years69%

Businesses that closed in the last 10 years were open for 10.9 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

Closed within 2 years of opening (last 12 months)10 · 18% of all closures
Companies with negative equity11%
Losses two years in a row8%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss24%
Median equity ratio55%
Gross profit per employeeDKK 612k
Staff costs per employeeDKK 501k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 386 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)11%
Share of the 3 largest operators7% · 1,030 owners
46 places
24 places
15 places
5 places
5 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.15
Average age of active businesses13.1 yrs
Younger than 2 years15%
Older than 10 years47%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one521,443 · 9%
More than 10 km70,338
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)13.4 km · Hirtshals Sogn (Hjørring)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

050100Opened Jan: 76Closed Jan: 22JanOpened Feb: 37Closed Feb: 24Opened Mar: 43Closed Mar: 34MarOpened Apr: 36Closed Apr: 18Opened May: 31Closed May: 20MayOpened Jun: 40Closed Jun: 47Opened Jul: 34Closed Jul: 17JulOpened Aug: 25Closed Aug: 20Opened Sep: 33Closed Sep: 26SepOpened Oct: 27Closed Oct: 20Opened Nov: 42Closed Nov: 23NovOpened Dec: 23Closed Dec: 92
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

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 veterinarian

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

PostcodeResidentsDistance
6430 Nordborg11,32111.2 km
6500 Vojens13,6347.3 km
4220 Korsør17,0827.0 km
9560 Hadsund10,3165.9 km
6705 Esbjerg Ø14,7034.2 km
7700 Thisted25,2284.0 km
8960 Randers SØ15,8543.9 km
6950 Ringkøbing13,9853.9 km
8930 Randers NØ18,8113.4 km
2635 Ishøj24,6083.4 km

Active in Denmark over time

6008001,0001,2002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Veterinarian

Openings and closures per year

050100150Opened 2015: 70Closed 2015: 432015Opened 2016: 69Closed 2016: 33Opened 2017: 67Closed 2017: 462017Opened 2018: 85Closed 2018: 48Opened 2019: 99Closed 2019: 472019Opened 2020: 112Closed 2020: 51Opened 2021: 116Closed 2021: 712021Opened 2022: 83Closed 2022: 71Opened 2023: 76Closed 2023: 722023Opened 2024: 72Closed 2024: 70Opened 2025: 100Closed 2025: 792025Opened 2026: 72Closed 2026: 31
OpenedClosed

Financials of companies filing accounts

01.0m2.0m3.0m20172019202120232025Median 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
2025386DKK 2.6m DKK 452k – DKK 6.0m76%
2024365DKK 2.6m DKK 578k – DKK 6.1m82%
2023355DKK 2.5m DKK 497k – DKK 5.9m80%
2022349DKK 2.5m DKK 561k – DKK 5.5m79%
2021371DKK 2.4m DKK 332k – DKK 5.6m82%
2020338DKK 2.3m DKK 394k – DKK 5.1m78%
2019322DKK 2.3m DKK 467k – DKK 4.7m81%
2018299DKK 2.4m DKK 545k – DKK 4.4m77%
2017216DKK 2.4m DKK 660k – DKK 4.9m78%

By region

RegionActivePer 10k3-yr change
Region Hovedstaden3091.6+8%
Region Midtjylland2531.8+0%
Region Nordjylland1232.1+4%
Region Sjælland2382.8+5%
Region Syddanmark2472.0+3%

What's included

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

7500…Dyrlægers aktiviteter

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