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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 Home care.

Counting: All company forms, excl. holding companies.

Active in Denmark
860
812 three years ago
3-year change
+5.9%
net +48 businesses
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
101 / 77
12-month change +2.9%
Closure rate (12 mo.)
9.2%
of businesses active a year ago

Openings and closures per year

050100150Opened 2015: 98Closed 2015: 1332015Opened 2016: 88Closed 2016: 92Opened 2017: 83Closed 2017: 642017Opened 2018: 66Closed 2018: 62Opened 2019: 83Closed 2019: 802019Opened 2020: 62Closed 2020: 74Opened 2021: 74Closed 2021: 712021Opened 2022: 87Closed 2022: 77Opened 2023: 83Closed 2023: 822023Opened 2024: 96Closed 2024: 71Opened 2025: 115Closed 2025: 902025Opened 2026: 66Closed 2026: 58
OpenedClosed

Active businesses over time

6507007508008509002014Q2 16Q3 18Q4 202023Q2 25Home care

Declining fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Slagelse Kommune14 → 8-6-43%
Høje-Taastrup Kommune12 → 7-5-42%
Favrskov Kommune10 → 7-3-30%
Roskilde Kommune15 → 12-3-20%
Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune11 → 9-2-18%
Kolding Kommune16 → 14-2-13%
Guldborgsund Kommune17 → 15-2-12%
Varde Kommune10 → 9-1-10%
Frederikshavn Kommune12 → 11-1-8%
Aabenraa Kommune18 → 17-1-6%

Growing fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Esbjerg Kommune12 → 18+6+50%
Hjørring Kommune10 → 14+4+40%
Frederiksberg Kommune10 → 13+3+30%
Aalborg Kommune18 → 22+4+22%
Ballerup Kommune10 → 12+2+20%
Rudersdal Kommune12 → 14+2+17%
Skive Kommune14 → 16+2+14%
Aarhus Kommune19 → 21+2+11%
Vejle Kommune22 → 24+2+9%
Syddjurs Kommune12 → 13+1+8%
Køge Kommune14 → 15+1+7%
Herning Kommune15 → 16+1+7%
Københavns Kommune56 → 59+3+5%

Highest closure rate, last 12 months

Closures as a share of businesses active a year ago.

AreaClosedA year agoRate
Slagelse Kommune61442.9%
Høje-Taastrup Kommune31030.0%
Rudersdal Kommune31323.1%
Aalborg Kommune62623.1%
Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune21118.2%
Gladsaxe Kommune21118.2%
Herning Kommune31816.7%
Aarhus Kommune32015.0%
Roskilde Kommune21414.3%
Kolding Kommune21513.3%
Københavns Kommune65610.7%
Esbjerg Kommune21910.5%
Gribskov Kommune11010.0%
Odense Kommune2219.5%
Hjørring Kommune1119.1%

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
Helsingør Kommune2277%
Odense Kommune3063%
Aarhus Kommune2759%
Københavns Kommune5553%
Vejle Kommune2050%
Aalborg Kommune2442%

Start-up hotspots

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

AreaResidentsOpenedPer 10,000
Morsø Kommune19,32110.5
Rudersdal Kommune58,38140.7
Lejre Kommune30,10831.0
Hjørring Kommune62,90940.6
Middelfart Kommune40,77341.0
Skive Kommune43,91330.7
Hedensted Kommune48,81330.6
Dragør Kommune14,48210.7
Vallensbæk Kommune18,76810.5
Glostrup Kommune25,98720.8
Sorø Kommune31,02720.6
Faxe Kommune38,16920.5

Shrinking on both counts

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

AreaResidentsPopulation 5 yrsBusinessesBusinesses 3 yrs
Guldborgsund Kommune58,984-2.5%15-12%
Frederikshavn Kommune57,428-2.7%11-8%
Varde Kommune49,454-0.6%9-10%
Aabenraa Kommune58,249-0.5%17-6%