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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 Building contractor.

Counting: All company forms, excl. holding companies.

Active in Denmark
8,561
8,286 three years ago
3-year change
+3.3%
net +275 businesses
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
1,011 / 865
12-month change +1.7%
Closure rate (12 mo.)
9.2%
of businesses open during the last 12 months

Openings and closures per year

05001,0001,500Opened 2015: 807Closed 2015: 6732015Opened 2016: 832Closed 2016: 599Opened 2017: 968Closed 2017: 5732017Opened 2018: 962Closed 2018: 644Opened 2019: 936Closed 2019: 7812019Opened 2020: 888Closed 2020: 782Opened 2021: 1,079Closed 2021: 7722021Opened 2022: 904Closed 2022: 791Opened 2023: 814Closed 2023: 9172023Opened 2024: 789Closed 2024: 823Opened 2025: 1,030Closed 2025: 8362025Opened 2026 (so far): 882Closed 2026 (so far): 6602026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Active businesses over time

05,00010k2014Q2 16Q3 18Q4 202023Q2 25Building contractor

Declining fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Dragør Kommune30 → 19-11-37%
Hørsholm Kommune48 → 41-7-15%
Norddjurs Kommune69 → 60-9-13%
Stevns Kommune54 → 47-7-13%
Tønder Kommune48 → 42-6-13%
Gladsaxe Kommune120 → 105-15-13%
Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune61 → 54-7-11%
Nordfyns Kommune55 → 49-6-11%
Assens Kommune56 → 50-6-11%
Faxe Kommune76 → 68-8-11%
Langeland Kommune20 → 18-2-10%
Fredensborg Kommune74 → 67-7-9%
Struer Kommune24 → 22-2-8%
Kalundborg Kommune85 → 78-7-8%
Gribskov Kommune104 → 96-8-8%

Growing fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Vallensbæk Kommune11 → 20+9+82%
Solrød Kommune23 → 33+10+43%
Herlev Kommune34 → 45+11+32%
Morsø Kommune29 → 37+8+28%
Billund Kommune23 → 29+6+26%
Greve Kommune66 → 82+16+24%
Lemvig Kommune17 → 21+4+24%
Brøndby Kommune44 → 54+10+23%
Skive Kommune57 → 68+11+19%
Hedensted Kommune113 → 134+21+19%
Egedal Kommune54 → 64+10+19%
Helsingør Kommune71 → 84+13+18%
Svendborg Kommune46 → 54+8+17%
Middelfart Kommune53 → 62+9+17%
Hillerød Kommune75 → 86+11+15%

Most closures, last 12 months

AreaClosedOpenedRate
Københavns Kommune8812710.5%
Århus Kommune36527.1%
Aalborg Kommune24267.0%
Næstved Kommune221714.2%
Holbæk Kommune201611.2%
Horsens Kommune19218.8%
Odense Kommune18278.3%
Slagelse Kommune161212.7%
Vejle Kommune16297.1%
Kalundborg Kommune15716.1%
Faxe Kommune15718.1%
Roskilde Kommune14317.3%
Frederikssund Kommune141215.7%
Greve Kommune121512.8%
Viborg Kommune12137.1%

Highest closure rate, last 12 months

Closures as a share of every business open at some point in the last 12 months (active a year ago plus opened since).

AreaClosedOpen in the periodRate
Dragør Kommune62524.0%
Odder Kommune73221.9%
Stevns Kommune115819.0%
Faxe Kommune158318.1%
Ballerup Kommune116616.7%
Furesø Kommune74316.3%
Kalundborg Kommune159316.1%
Frederikssund Kommune148915.7%
Struer Kommune42615.4%
Herlev Kommune85315.1%
Lejre Kommune96114.8%
Halsnæs Kommune117614.5%
Vesthimmerlands Kommune96314.3%
Svendborg Kommune96314.3%
Næstved Kommune2215514.2%

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 Kommune5990%
Morsø Kommune2789%
Bornholm Kommune2983%
Horsens Kommune17383%
Rebild Kommune4083%
Viborg Kommune12781%
Favrskov Kommune9580%
Esbjerg Kommune9880%
Hedensted Kommune10279%
Herning Kommune15079%

Where fewest survive

Lolland Kommune6644%
Solrød Kommune2752%
Guldborgsund Kommune12353%
Tønder Kommune4753%
Vesthimmerlands Kommune5454%

Start-up hotspots

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

AreaResidentsOpenedPer 10,000
Vordingborg Kommune44,823184.0
Lolland Kommune38,306123.1
Brøndby Kommune40,985112.7
Gribskov Kommune42,080143.3
Rebild Kommune31,36982.6
Odsherred Kommune31,947113.4
Hedensted Kommune48,813173.5
Ringsted Kommune36,098123.3
Roskilde Kommune93,142313.3
Vallensbæk Kommune18,76863.2
Greve Kommune54,262152.8
Sorø Kommune31,027103.2

Shrinking on both counts

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

AreaResidentsPopulation 5 yrsBusinessesBusinesses 3 yrs
Dragør Kommune14,482-0.7%19-37%
Tønder Kommune36,172-2.3%42-13%
Norddjurs Kommune36,355-1.7%60-13%
Langeland Kommune11,804-4.6%18-10%
Nordfyns Kommune29,124-1.6%49-11%
Assens Kommune40,224-1.5%50-11%
Struer Kommune20,100-3.5%22-8%
Kalundborg Kommune47,822-1.3%78-8%
Jammerbugt Kommune37,890-0.8%55-7%
Frederikshavn Kommune57,428-2.7%47-4%