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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 Café, coffee bar or bar.

Counting: All company forms, excl. holding companies.

Active in Denmark
3,478
3,608 three years ago
3-year change
-3.6%
net -130 businesses
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
357 / 391
12-month change -1.0%
Closure rate (12 mo.)
11.1%
of businesses active a year ago

Openings and closures per year

0200400600800Opened 2015: 640Closed 2015: 5612015Opened 2016: 661Closed 2016: 580Opened 2017: 710Closed 2017: 5412017Opened 2018: 589Closed 2018: 549Opened 2019: 532Closed 2019: 5482019Opened 2020: 555Closed 2020: 574Opened 2021: 511Closed 2021: 4302021Opened 2022: 456Closed 2022: 463Opened 2023: 503Closed 2023: 5222023Opened 2024: 492Closed 2024: 495Opened 2025: 373Closed 2025: 4332025Opened 2026: 287Closed 2026: 272
OpenedClosed

Active businesses over time

2,5003,0003,5004,0002014Q2 16Q3 18Q4 202023Q2 25Café, coffee bar or bar

Declining fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Glostrup Kommune17 → 9-8-47%
Struer Kommune17 → 9-8-47%
Sorø Kommune17 → 10-7-41%
Ringsted Kommune15 → 10-5-33%
Faxe Kommune19 → 13-6-32%
Fredensborg Kommune16 → 11-5-31%
Egedal Kommune10 → 7-3-30%
Gribskov Kommune21 → 15-6-29%
Nyborg Kommune18 → 13-5-28%
Brøndby Kommune11 → 8-3-27%
Ballerup Kommune11 → 8-3-27%
Samsø Kommune12 → 9-3-25%
Varde Kommune25 → 19-6-24%
Høje-Taastrup Kommune22 → 17-5-23%
Vordingborg Kommune27 → 21-6-22%

Growing fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Holbæk Kommune19 → 28+9+47%
Hjørring Kommune28 → 37+9+32%
Skanderborg Kommune13 → 16+3+23%
Viborg Kommune35 → 42+7+20%
Hvidovre Kommune20 → 24+4+20%
Sønderborg Kommune28 → 32+4+14%
Fredericia Kommune17 → 19+2+12%
Haderslev Kommune30 → 33+3+10%
Horsens Kommune32 → 35+3+9%
Hørsholm Kommune11 → 12+1+9%
Gentofte Kommune34 → 37+3+9%
Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune23 → 25+2+9%
Kolding Kommune50 → 54+4+8%
Silkeborg Kommune38 → 41+3+8%
Odsherred Kommune13 → 14+1+8%

Most closures, last 12 months

AreaClosedOpenedRate
Københavns Kommune1128110.9%
Aarhus Kommune22259.5%
Aalborg Kommune151510.5%
Odense Kommune1098.2%
Vejle Kommune9818.0%
Kolding Kommune71114.0%
Sønderborg Kommune7721.9%
Gribskov Kommune7235.0%
Nyborg Kommune7238.9%
Køge Kommune6120.7%
Esbjerg Kommune6811.5%
Slagelse Kommune6413.3%
Assens Kommune6442.9%
Næstved Kommune6413.0%
Frederiksberg Kommune695.9%

Highest closure rate, last 12 months

Closures as a share of businesses active a year ago.

AreaClosedA year agoRate
Assens Kommune61442.9%
Nyborg Kommune71838.9%
Furesø Kommune61637.5%
Gribskov Kommune72035.0%
Faxe Kommune51631.3%
Fredensborg Kommune41428.6%
Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune52123.8%
Ringsted Kommune31323.1%
Halsnæs Kommune31323.1%
Sønderborg Kommune73221.9%
Køge Kommune62920.7%
Billund Kommune21020.0%
Hedensted Kommune21020.0%
Gladsaxe Kommune42020.0%
Vejen Kommune21118.2%

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
Sorø Kommune2181%
Tårnby Kommune4573%
Silkeborg Kommune4569%
Glostrup Kommune2467%
Aalborg Kommune18865%
Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune4564%
Rødovre Kommune2864%
Rudersdal Kommune2864%
Frederikshavn Kommune5064%
Køge Kommune4562%

Where fewest survive

Ikast-Brande Kommune2438%
Struer Kommune3438%
Morsø Kommune2339%
Ballerup Kommune2540%
Ishøj Kommune2143%

Start-up hotspots

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

AreaResidentsOpenedPer 10,000
Ærø Kommune5,73035.2
Norddjurs Kommune36,35561.7
Kolding Kommune96,140111.1
Kalundborg Kommune47,82240.8
Horsens Kommune98,99950.5
Halsnæs Kommune31,82720.6
Hvidovre Kommune54,23440.7
Herlev Kommune32,10720.6
Esbjerg Kommune114,82480.7
Haderslev Kommune55,11940.7
Vesthimmerlands Kommune35,54620.6
Aarhus Kommune378,270250.7

Shrinking on both counts

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

AreaResidentsPopulation 5 yrsBusinessesBusinesses 3 yrs
Struer Kommune20,100-3.5%9-47%
Samsø Kommune3,633-1.7%9-25%
Varde Kommune49,454-0.6%19-24%
Vordingborg Kommune44,823-1.1%21-22%
Skive Kommune43,913-2.9%16-20%
Guldborgsund Kommune58,984-2.5%35-19%
Assens Kommune40,224-1.5%12-14%
Ærø Kommune5,730-4.8%11-8%
Vejen Kommune42,671-0.3%10-9%
Thisted Kommune42,573-1.3%24-8%