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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%
Thisted Kommune46 → 38-8-17%
Albertslund Kommune23 → 19-4-17%
Brøndby Kommune18 → 15-3-17%
Fredensborg Kommune30 → 25-5-17%
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%
Slagelse Kommune8414.8%
Skanderborg Kommune8119.1%
Thisted Kommune8318.6%
Vejle Kommune8107.9%
Gentofte Kommune768.5%
Silkeborg Kommune71110.5%
Frederiksberg Kommune678.2%
Viborg Kommune649.1%

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%
Furesø Kommune31717.7%
Gladsaxe Kommune63417.7%
Hjørring Kommune52917.2%
Hvidovre 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
Thisted Kommune42,57330.7
Køge Kommune64,26850.8
Sønderborg Kommune73,87491.2
Holbæk Kommune75,29950.7
Egedal Kommune46,51451.1
Nordfyns Kommune29,12420.7
Lejre Kommune30,10820.7
Ballerup Kommune53,96261.1
Herlev Kommune32,10730.9
Randers Kommune100,92170.7
Greve Kommune54,26240.7

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%