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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 Driving school.

Counting: All company forms, excl. holding companies.

Active in Denmark
2,194
2,284 three years ago
3-year change
-3.9%
net -90 businesses
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
87 / 122
12-month change -1.6%
Closure rate (12 mo.)
5.5%
of businesses active a year ago

Openings and closures per year

0100200300Opened 2015: 107Closed 2015: 1392015Opened 2016: 131Closed 2016: 114Opened 2017: 121Closed 2017: 1052017Opened 2018: 172Closed 2018: 99Opened 2019: 222Closed 2019: 1122019Opened 2020: 215Closed 2020: 145Opened 2021: 244Closed 2021: 1372021Opened 2022: 206Closed 2022: 146Opened 2023: 176Closed 2023: 1802023Opened 2024: 124Closed 2024: 175Opened 2025: 138Closed 2025: 1372025Opened 2026: 70Closed 2026: 75
OpenedClosed

Active businesses over time

1,6001,8002,0002,2002,4002014Q2 16Q3 18Q4 202023Q2 25Driving school

Declining fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Assens Kommune16 → 11-5-31%
Fredensborg Kommune19 → 14-5-26%
Hedensted Kommune17 → 13-4-24%
Nyborg Kommune14 → 11-3-21%
Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune14 → 11-3-21%
Helsingør Kommune31 → 25-6-19%
Greve Kommune42 → 34-8-19%
Skive Kommune11 → 9-2-18%
Køge Kommune35 → 29-6-17%
Herlev Kommune18 → 15-3-17%
Herning Kommune30 → 25-5-17%
Varde Kommune18 → 15-3-17%
Frederikssund Kommune30 → 25-5-17%
Vordingborg Kommune19 → 16-3-16%
Ikast-Brande Kommune13 → 11-2-15%

Growing fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune22 → 27+5+23%
Kolding Kommune23 → 26+3+13%
Syddjurs Kommune20 → 22+2+10%
Tårnby Kommune21 → 23+2+10%
Gladsaxe Kommune25 → 27+2+8%
Rudersdal Kommune14 → 15+1+7%
Ringsted Kommune14 → 15+1+7%
Haderslev Kommune15 → 16+1+7%
Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune16 → 17+1+6%
Silkeborg Kommune40 → 42+2+5%
Næstved Kommune42 → 44+2+5%
Ishøj Kommune22 → 23+1+5%
Odense Kommune49 → 51+2+4%
Høje-Taastrup Kommune33 → 34+1+3%
Københavns Kommune196 → 199+3+2%

Highest closure rate, last 12 months

Closures as a share of businesses active a year ago.

AreaClosedA year agoRate
Nordfyns Kommune41526.7%
Norddjurs Kommune31520.0%
Bornholm Kommune31717.7%
Ballerup Kommune42416.7%
Fredericia Kommune31816.7%
Brønderslev Kommune21315.4%
Odsherred Kommune21414.3%
Vejen Kommune21612.5%
Vejle Kommune54012.5%
Herlev Kommune21711.8%
Holbæk Kommune54610.9%
Esbjerg Kommune43710.8%
Herning Kommune32810.7%
Helsingør Kommune32810.7%
Næstved Kommune54810.4%

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
Gladsaxe Kommune24100%
Hillerød Kommune2793%
Sønderborg Kommune2689%
Hvidovre Kommune3388%
Frederikssund Kommune2387%
Horsens Kommune3586%
Greve Kommune2886%
Holbæk Kommune2685%
Aarhus Kommune6184%
Randers Kommune2383%

Where fewest survive

Esbjerg Kommune3266%
Helsingør Kommune2568%
Brøndby Kommune3569%
Frederiksberg Kommune3569%
Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune2070%

Start-up hotspots

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

AreaResidentsOpenedPer 10,000
Albertslund Kommune29,57531.0
Norddjurs Kommune36,35520.6
Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune58,67130.5
Vejle Kommune123,94770.6
Frederikshavn Kommune57,42810.2
Solrød Kommune25,08110.4
Høje-Taastrup Kommune60,84320.3
Billund Kommune27,27610.4
Sønderborg Kommune73,87410.1
Slagelse Kommune80,85610.1
Odsherred Kommune31,94710.3
Roskilde Kommune93,14220.2

Shrinking on both counts

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

AreaResidentsPopulation 5 yrsBusinessesBusinesses 3 yrs
Assens Kommune40,224-1.5%11-31%
Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune55,205-1.8%11-21%
Skive Kommune43,913-2.9%9-18%
Varde Kommune49,454-0.6%15-17%
Vordingborg Kommune44,823-1.1%16-16%
Odsherred Kommune31,947-3.1%13-13%
Nordfyns Kommune29,124-1.6%12-14%
Bornholm Kommune38,651-2.7%15-12%
Norddjurs Kommune36,355-1.7%14-13%
Struer Kommune20,100-3.5%9-10%