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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 Hardware & DIY store.

Counting: All company forms, excl. holding companies.

Active in Denmark
1,136
1,193 three years ago
3-year change
-4.8%
net -57 businesses
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
62 / 100
12-month change -3.2%
Closure rate (12 mo.)
8.5%
of businesses active a year ago

Openings and closures per year

050100150Opened 2015: 75Closed 2015: 702015Opened 2016: 63Closed 2016: 74Opened 2017: 118Closed 2017: 1112017Opened 2018: 51Closed 2018: 51Opened 2019: 116Closed 2019: 1162019Opened 2020: 78Closed 2020: 55Opened 2021: 84Closed 2021: 352021Opened 2022: 61Closed 2022: 56Opened 2023: 81Closed 2023: 562023Opened 2024: 69Closed 2024: 57Opened 2025: 60Closed 2025: 1072025Opened 2026: 49Closed 2026: 72
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Active businesses over time

9001,0001,1001,2001,3002014Q2 16Q3 18Q4 202023Q2 25Hardware & DIY store

Declining fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Hillerød Kommune14 → 8-6-43%
Holstebro Kommune14 → 10-4-29%
Frederikshavn Kommune15 → 11-4-27%
Slagelse Kommune23 → 18-5-22%
Fredericia Kommune15 → 12-3-20%
Helsingør Kommune15 → 12-3-20%
Sønderborg Kommune16 → 13-3-19%
Viborg Kommune16 → 13-3-19%
Hjørring Kommune11 → 9-2-18%
Køge Kommune17 → 14-3-18%
Silkeborg Kommune23 → 19-4-17%
Holbæk Kommune18 → 15-3-17%
Ikast-Brande Kommune13 → 11-2-15%
Mariagerfjord Kommune14 → 12-2-14%
Skive Kommune14 → 12-2-14%

Growing fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune10 → 14+4+40%
Aarhus Kommune50 → 59+9+18%
Gladsaxe Kommune12 → 14+2+17%
Haderslev Kommune10 → 11+1+10%
Frederikssund Kommune12 → 13+1+8%
Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune13 → 14+1+8%
Københavns Kommune83 → 87+4+5%
Vejle Kommune25 → 26+1+4%

Highest closure rate, last 12 months

Closures as a share of businesses active a year ago.

AreaClosedA year agoRate
Skive Kommune31421.4%
Mariagerfjord Kommune31421.4%
Høje-Taastrup Kommune21020.0%
Hillerød Kommune21020.0%
Silkeborg Kommune42119.1%
Esbjerg Kommune42218.2%
Roskilde Kommune31717.7%
Rødovre Kommune21216.7%
Tønder Kommune21216.7%
Frederiksberg Kommune31816.7%
Frederikssund Kommune21315.4%
Aalborg Kommune42814.3%
Svendborg Kommune21414.3%
Vejen Kommune21513.3%
Bornholm Kommune21612.5%

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 Kommune2191%
Københavns Kommune6277%
Aarhus Kommune3874%

Start-up hotspots

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

AreaResidentsOpenedPer 10,000
Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune55,20530.5
Vesthimmerlands Kommune35,54620.6
Tønder Kommune36,17210.3
Esbjerg Kommune114,82420.2
Faxe Kommune38,16910.3
Aalborg Kommune226,40420.1
Mariagerfjord Kommune41,56510.2
Københavns Kommune670,38960.1
Vejen Kommune42,67110.2
Vordingborg Kommune44,82310.2
Egedal Kommune46,51410.2
Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune52,26810.2

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%11-27%
Hjørring Kommune62,909-1.7%9-18%
Skive Kommune43,913-2.9%12-14%
Mariagerfjord Kommune41,5650.0%12-14%
Vesthimmerlands Kommune35,546-2.3%9-10%
Odsherred Kommune31,947-3.1%10-9%
Tønder Kommune36,172-2.3%11-8%
Esbjerg Kommune114,824-0.6%20-9%
Aabenraa Kommune58,249-0.5%10-9%
Bornholm Kommune38,651-2.7%14-7%