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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 Furniture & interior store.

Counting: All company forms, excl. holding companies.

Active in Denmark
3,955
4,080 three years ago
3-year change
-3.1%
net -125 businesses
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
336 / 450
12-month change -2.8%
Closure rate (12 mo.)
11.1%
of businesses active a year ago

Openings and closures per year

0200400600Opened 2015: 356Closed 2015: 1972015Opened 2016: 329Closed 2016: 169Opened 2017: 433Closed 2017: 2472017Opened 2018: 354Closed 2018: 244Opened 2019: 363Closed 2019: 2422019Opened 2020: 359Closed 2020: 233Opened 2021: 439Closed 2021: 2192021Opened 2022: 382Closed 2022: 235Opened 2023: 417Closed 2023: 2222023Opened 2024: 405Closed 2024: 220Opened 2025: 274Closed 2025: 5772025Opened 2026: 281Closed 2026: 284
OpenedClosed

Active businesses over time

2,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,5002014Q2 16Q3 18Q4 202023Q2 25Furniture & interior store

Declining fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Morsø Kommune17 → 11-6-35%
Hjørring Kommune36 → 25-11-31%
Dragør Kommune10 → 7-3-30%
Vordingborg Kommune32 → 23-9-28%
Kalundborg Kommune28 → 21-7-25%
Vejen Kommune18 → 14-4-22%
Odder Kommune14 → 11-3-21%
Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune39 → 31-8-21%
Lolland Kommune21 → 17-4-19%
Struer Kommune11 → 9-2-18%
Albertslund Kommune23 → 19-4-17%
Thisted Kommune46 → 38-8-17%
Fredensborg Kommune30 → 25-5-17%
Brøndby Kommune18 → 15-3-17%
Helsingør Kommune62 → 52-10-16%

Growing fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Solrød Kommune11 → 14+3+27%
Høje-Taastrup Kommune38 → 47+9+24%
Kerteminde Kommune13 → 16+3+23%
Hvidovre Kommune23 → 28+5+22%
Horsens Kommune51 → 62+11+22%
Sønderborg Kommune38 → 45+7+18%
Lemvig Kommune11 → 13+2+18%
Egedal Kommune17 → 20+3+18%
Ballerup Kommune30 → 35+5+17%
Ringsted Kommune30 → 34+4+13%
Holstebro Kommune46 → 52+6+13%
Sorø Kommune16 → 18+2+13%
Skive Kommune29 → 32+3+10%
Køge Kommune50 → 55+5+10%
Holbæk Kommune43 → 47+4+9%

Most closures, last 12 months

AreaClosedOpenedRate
Københavns Kommune574013.0%
Aarhus Kommune352012.7%
Aalborg Kommune161111.0%
Odense Kommune152010.9%
Helsingør Kommune12520.3%
Kolding Kommune11911.8%
Esbjerg Kommune9810.7%
Thisted Kommune8318.6%
Vejle Kommune8107.9%
Slagelse Kommune8414.8%
Skanderborg Kommune8119.1%
Silkeborg Kommune71110.5%
Gentofte Kommune768.5%
Horsens Kommune6910.2%
Aabenraa Kommune6414.6%

Highest closure rate, last 12 months

Closures as a share of businesses active a year ago.

AreaClosedA year agoRate
Brøndby Kommune51729.4%
Faxe Kommune62128.6%
Ishøj Kommune52025.0%
Helsingør Kommune125920.3%
Vordingborg Kommune52619.2%
Skanderborg Kommune84219.1%
Lolland Kommune42119.1%
Lejre Kommune31618.8%
Thisted Kommune84318.6%
Gribskov Kommune63318.2%
Gladsaxe Kommune63417.7%
Furesø Kommune31717.7%
Hvidovre Kommune52917.2%
Hjørring Kommune52917.2%
Kerteminde Kommune31816.7%

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
Norddjurs Kommune2095%
Skive Kommune2291%
Thisted Kommune3689%
Høje-Taastrup Kommune3586%
Ikast-Brande Kommune2186%
Ballerup Kommune2584%
Køge Kommune4883%
Gentofte Kommune6882%
Kolding Kommune7382%
Vejle Kommune9982%

Where fewest survive

Brønderslev Kommune2148%
Frederikssund Kommune2352%
Syddjurs Kommune2458%
Herlev Kommune2560%
Herning Kommune6060%

Start-up hotspots

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

AreaResidentsOpenedPer 10,000
Glostrup Kommune25,98741.5
Varde Kommune49,45430.6
Kolding Kommune96,14090.9
Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune52,26830.6
Horsens Kommune98,99990.9
Hvidovre Kommune54,23440.7
Silkeborg Kommune103,293111.1
Haderslev Kommune55,11940.7
Esbjerg Kommune114,82480.7
Hillerød Kommune55,47240.7
Odense Kommune213,140200.9
Aabenraa Kommune58,24940.7

Shrinking on both counts

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

AreaResidentsPopulation 5 yrsBusinessesBusinesses 3 yrs
Morsø Kommune19,321-3.8%11-35%
Hjørring Kommune62,909-1.7%25-31%
Dragør Kommune14,482-0.7%7-30%
Vordingborg Kommune44,823-1.1%23-28%
Kalundborg Kommune47,822-1.3%21-25%
Lolland Kommune38,306-5.0%17-19%
Vejen Kommune42,671-0.3%14-22%
Struer Kommune20,100-3.5%9-18%
Thisted Kommune42,573-1.3%38-17%
Odsherred Kommune31,947-3.1%20-13%