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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 Cinema & entertainment.

Counting: All company forms, excl. holding companies.

Active in Denmark
1,564
1,521 three years ago
3-year change
+2.8%
net +43 businesses
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
107 / 115
12-month change -0.5%
Closure rate (12 mo.)
7.3%
of businesses active a year ago

Openings and closures per year

050100150Opened 2015: 143Closed 2015: 852015Opened 2016: 127Closed 2016: 80Opened 2017: 98Closed 2017: 652017Opened 2018: 108Closed 2018: 89Opened 2019: 109Closed 2019: 722019Opened 2020: 98Closed 2020: 72Opened 2021: 123Closed 2021: 772021Opened 2022: 111Closed 2022: 65Opened 2023: 112Closed 2023: 432023Opened 2024: 104Closed 2024: 78Opened 2025: 114Closed 2025: 1122025Opened 2026: 83Closed 2026: 78
OpenedClosed

Active businesses over time

1,0001,2001,4001,6002014Q2 16Q3 18Q4 202023Q2 25Cinema & entertainment

Declining fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Gladsaxe Kommune16 → 11-5-31%
Frederikshavn Kommune11 → 8-3-27%
Hillerød Kommune14 → 11-3-21%
Thisted Kommune19 → 15-4-21%
Horsens Kommune10 → 8-2-20%
Høje-Taastrup Kommune11 → 9-2-18%
Herlev Kommune11 → 9-2-18%
Helsingør Kommune19 → 16-3-16%
Esbjerg Kommune23 → 20-3-13%
Skanderborg Kommune16 → 14-2-13%
Randers Kommune17 → 15-2-12%
Odense Kommune34 → 30-4-12%
Fredensborg Kommune10 → 9-1-10%
Gentofte Kommune32 → 29-3-9%
Billund Kommune11 → 10-1-9%

Growing fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Varde Kommune13 → 17+4+31%
Vejle Kommune33 → 42+9+27%
Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune30 → 38+8+27%
Næstved Kommune20 → 25+5+25%
Aabenraa Kommune14 → 17+3+21%
Holbæk Kommune20 → 24+4+20%
Greve Kommune10 → 12+2+20%
Holstebro Kommune15 → 18+3+20%
Jammerbugt Kommune16 → 19+3+19%
Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune25 → 29+4+16%
Slagelse Kommune13 → 15+2+15%
Aarhus Kommune79 → 90+11+14%
Gribskov Kommune16 → 18+2+13%
Københavns Kommune148 → 164+16+11%
Hedensted Kommune10 → 11+1+10%

Highest closure rate, last 12 months

Closures as a share of businesses active a year ago.

AreaClosedA year agoRate
Hvidovre Kommune31127.3%
Høje-Taastrup Kommune31225.0%
Varde Kommune41822.2%
Norddjurs Kommune41822.2%
Horsens Kommune21020.0%
Herning Kommune52520.0%
Fredericia Kommune21020.0%
Skanderborg Kommune31717.7%
Haderslev Kommune21216.7%
Helsingør Kommune31915.8%
Gladsaxe Kommune21315.4%
Frederiksberg Kommune21315.4%
Aalborg Kommune64314.0%
Svendborg Kommune21513.3%
Frederikssund Kommune21513.3%

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
Aalborg Kommune4374%
Vejle Kommune3073%
Københavns Kommune12772%
Aarhus Kommune7769%
Odense Kommune3367%

Start-up hotspots

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

AreaResidentsOpenedPer 10,000
Næstved Kommune85,27650.6
Gribskov Kommune42,08030.7
Varde Kommune49,45430.6
Lemvig Kommune18,50521.1
Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune58,67140.7
Kerteminde Kommune24,34031.2
Kalundborg Kommune47,82230.6
Lejre Kommune30,10810.3
Holbæk Kommune75,29920.3
Jammerbugt Kommune37,89010.3
Brøndby Kommune40,98520.5
Roskilde Kommune93,14210.1

Shrinking on both counts

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

AreaResidentsPopulation 5 yrsBusinessesBusinesses 3 yrs
Frederikshavn Kommune57,428-2.7%8-27%
Thisted Kommune42,573-1.3%15-21%
Esbjerg Kommune114,824-0.6%20-13%
Bornholm Kommune38,651-2.7%15-6%
Haderslev Kommune55,119-0.5%11-8%
Norddjurs Kommune36,355-1.7%14-7%
Mariagerfjord Kommune41,5650.0%12-8%
Vejen Kommune42,671-0.3%14-7%