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Growing and declining municipalities

Where businesses are opening and closing, from the start and end dates of every place of business in CVR. Showing Bank & insurance.

Counting: All company forms, excl. holding companies.

Active in Denmark
2,460
2,329 three years ago
3-year change
+5.6%
net +131 businesses
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
518 / 457
12-month change +2.5%
Closure rate (12 mo.)
19.1%
of businesses active a year ago

Openings and closures per year

0200400600Opened 2015: 193Closed 2015: 2252015Opened 2016: 229Closed 2016: 252Opened 2017: 162Closed 2017: 1482017Opened 2018: 169Closed 2018: 146Opened 2019: 213Closed 2019: 1212019Opened 2020: 246Closed 2020: 160Opened 2021: 357Closed 2021: 2602021Opened 2022: 288Closed 2022: 206Opened 2023: 339Closed 2023: 3092023Opened 2024: 285Closed 2024: 204Opened 2025: 491Closed 2025: 4082025Opened 2026: 325Closed 2026: 243
OpenedClosed

Active businesses over time

1,5002,0002,5002014Q2 16Q3 18Q4 202023Q2 25Bank & insurance

Declining fastest

Change in active businesses over 3 years (at least 10 businesses three years ago).

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Gribskov Kommune18 → 11-7-39%
Brønderslev Kommune13 → 9-4-31%
Køge Kommune30 → 21-9-30%
Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune11 → 8-3-27%
Vejen Kommune13 → 10-3-23%
Vordingborg Kommune14 → 11-3-21%
Assens Kommune10 → 8-2-20%
Frederikssund Kommune20 → 16-4-20%
Allerød Kommune11 → 9-2-18%
Herning Kommune55 → 45-10-18%
Billund Kommune17 → 14-3-18%
Rebild Kommune12 → 10-2-17%
Ikast-Brande Kommune21 → 18-3-14%
Skive Kommune15 → 13-2-13%
Aabenraa Kommune31 → 27-4-13%

Growing fastest

Change in active businesses over 3 years (at least 10 businesses three years ago).

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Hvidovre Kommune22 → 32+10+45%
Syddjurs Kommune14 → 20+6+43%
Tårnby Kommune10 → 14+4+40%
Helsingør Kommune18 → 25+7+39%
Brøndby Kommune11 → 15+4+36%
Aarhus Kommune169 → 226+57+34%
Frederikshavn Kommune19 → 25+6+32%
Solrød Kommune10 → 13+3+30%
Vesthimmerlands Kommune11 → 14+3+27%
Horsens Kommune24 → 30+6+25%
Kolding Kommune30 → 37+7+23%
Gladsaxe Kommune25 → 30+5+20%
Middelfart Kommune10 → 12+2+20%
Albertslund Kommune12 → 14+2+17%
Herlev Kommune14 → 16+2+14%

Most closures, last 12 months

AreaClosedOpenedRate
Københavns Kommune668217.1%
Aarhus Kommune446421.4%
Odense Kommune231524.2%
Aalborg Kommune162317.4%
Viborg Kommune141137.8%
Frederiksberg Kommune111523.4%
Randers Kommune101122.2%
Herning Kommune101323.8%
Horsens Kommune9930.0%
Ballerup Kommune9732.1%
Esbjerg Kommune8915.1%
Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune8519.1%
Køge Kommune7328.0%
Kolding Kommune71221.9%
Frederikssund Kommune7743.8%

Highest closure rate, last 12 months

Closures as a share of businesses active a year ago.

AreaClosedA year agoRate
Frederikssund Kommune71643.8%
Viborg Kommune143737.8%
Tårnby Kommune41136.4%
Guldborgsund Kommune41136.4%
Middelfart Kommune51435.7%
Skive Kommune51533.3%
Ballerup Kommune92832.1%
Gribskov Kommune51631.3%
Vesthimmerlands Kommune41330.8%
Rebild Kommune31030.0%
Horsens Kommune93030.0%
Furesø Kommune51729.4%
Køge Kommune72528.0%
Allerød Kommune31127.3%
Glostrup Kommune72626.9%

Where businesses last longest

Share of businesses started here that were still active 3 years later. Areas with at least 20 starts.

AreaStarts3-year survival
Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune3781%
Randers Kommune3477%
Aabenraa Kommune2774%
Høje-Taastrup Kommune2273%
Hjørring Kommune2972%
Holbæk Kommune2471%
Roskilde Kommune3768%
Gentofte Kommune3367%
Næstved Kommune3067%
Slagelse Kommune2264%

Where fewest survive

Horsens Kommune2241%
Helsingør Kommune2045%
Greve Kommune3047%
Silkeborg Kommune2348%
Herning Kommune4749%

Start-up hotspots

New businesses in the last 12 months per 10,000 residents.

AreaResidentsOpenedPer 10,000
Hørsholm Kommune25,32641.6
Solrød Kommune25,08152.0
Tårnby Kommune44,25271.6
Aarhus Kommune378,270641.7
Høje-Taastrup Kommune60,84391.5
Ishøj Kommune24,96820.8
Skive Kommune43,91330.7
Skanderborg Kommune66,61760.9
Syddjurs Kommune44,55961.3
Sønderborg Kommune73,87460.8
Rødovre Kommune45,31730.7
Nordfyns Kommune29,12420.7

Shrinking on both counts

Fewer businesses over 3 years and fewer residents over 5 years.

AreaResidentsPopulation 5 yrsBusinessesBusinesses 3 yrs
Vejen Kommune42,671-0.3%10-23%
Vordingborg Kommune44,823-1.1%11-21%
Assens Kommune40,224-1.5%8-20%
Skive Kommune43,913-2.9%13-13%
Aabenraa Kommune58,249-0.5%27-13%
Tønder Kommune36,172-2.3%9-10%
Struer Kommune20,100-3.5%11-8%
Thisted Kommune42,573-1.3%16-6%
Mariagerfjord Kommune41,5650.0%14-7%
Varde Kommune49,454-0.6%22-4%