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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 Petrol station.

Counting: All company forms, excl. holding companies.

Active in Denmark
929
907 three years ago
3-year change
+2.4%
net +22 businesses
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
19 / 11
12-month change +0.9%
Closure rate (12 mo.)
1.2%
of businesses active a year ago

Openings and closures per year

050100150200Opened 2015: 79Closed 2015: 1082015Opened 2016: 173Closed 2016: 155Opened 2017: 37Closed 2017: 302017Opened 2018: 91Closed 2018: 70Opened 2019: 22Closed 2019: 262019Opened 2020: 17Closed 2020: 16Opened 2021: 32Closed 2021: 192021Opened 2022: 30Closed 2022: 16Opened 2023: 23Closed 2023: 182023Opened 2024: 21Closed 2024: 20Opened 2025: 26Closed 2025: 122025Opened 2026: 15Closed 2026: 5
OpenedClosed

Active businesses over time

7007508008509009502014Q2 16Q3 18Q4 202023Q2 25Petrol station

Declining fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Assens Kommune15 → 13-2-13%
Middelfart Kommune11 → 10-1-9%
Frederikshavn Kommune13 → 12-1-8%
Roskilde Kommune14 → 13-1-7%
Slagelse Kommune14 → 13-1-7%
Guldborgsund Kommune17 → 16-1-6%
Esbjerg Kommune23 → 22-1-4%

Growing fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Vejle Kommune16 → 20+4+25%
Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune11 → 13+2+18%
Aabenraa Kommune14 → 16+2+14%
Odense Kommune25 → 27+2+8%
Næstved Kommune13 → 14+1+8%
Køge Kommune14 → 15+1+7%
Skanderborg Kommune15 → 16+1+7%
Viborg Kommune19 → 20+1+5%
Kolding Kommune19 → 20+1+5%

Highest closure rate, last 12 months

Closures as a share of businesses active a year ago.

AreaClosedA year agoRate
Frederikshavn Kommune21414.3%
Rebild Kommune11010.0%
Mariagerfjord Kommune11010.0%
Middelfart Kommune1119.1%
Ikast-Brande Kommune1119.1%
Hjørring Kommune1166.3%
Guldborgsund Kommune1166.3%
Viborg Kommune1214.8%

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 Kommune2095%
Københavns Kommune2580%
Silkeborg Kommune2479%
Odense Kommune2572%
Randers Kommune2370%

Start-up hotspots

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

AreaResidentsOpenedPer 10,000
Hillerød Kommune55,47210.2
Guldborgsund Kommune58,98410.2
Skanderborg Kommune66,61730.5
Kolding Kommune96,14010.1
Odense Kommune213,14010.0
Mariagerfjord Kommune41,56510.2
Haderslev Kommune55,11910.2
Aabenraa Kommune58,24920.3
Hjørring Kommune62,90910.2
Næstved Kommune85,27610.1
Vejle Kommune123,94710.1
Tønder Kommune36,17210.3

Shrinking on both counts

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

AreaResidentsPopulation 5 yrsBusinessesBusinesses 3 yrs
Assens Kommune40,224-1.5%13-13%
Frederikshavn Kommune57,428-2.7%12-8%
Guldborgsund Kommune58,984-2.5%16-6%
Esbjerg Kommune114,824-0.6%22-4%