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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 Removals & haulage.

Counting: All company forms, excl. holding companies.

Active in Denmark
5,483
5,925 three years ago
3-year change
-7.5%
net -442 businesses
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
559 / 583
12-month change -0.4%
Closure rate (12 mo.)
10.6%
of businesses active a year ago

Openings and closures per year

05001,0001,500Opened 2015: 772Closed 2015: 7052015Opened 2016: 836Closed 2016: 700Opened 2017: 878Closed 2017: 6622017Opened 2018: 921Closed 2018: 747Opened 2019: 917Closed 2019: 1,0042019Opened 2020: 731Closed 2020: 888Opened 2021: 792Closed 2021: 8932021Opened 2022: 599Closed 2022: 805Opened 2023: 595Closed 2023: 9042023Opened 2024: 519Closed 2024: 746Opened 2025: 593Closed 2025: 6852025Opened 2026: 429Closed 2026: 391
OpenedClosed

Active businesses over time

4,5005,0005,5006,0006,5007,0002014Q2 16Q3 18Q4 202023Q2 25Removals & haulage

Declining fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Hillerød Kommune45 → 31-14-31%
Odder Kommune13 → 9-4-31%
Guldborgsund Kommune59 → 43-16-27%
Egedal Kommune31 → 23-8-26%
Bornholm Kommune32 → 24-8-25%
Odsherred Kommune50 → 38-12-24%
Hjørring Kommune63 → 48-15-24%
Frederiksberg Kommune42 → 32-10-24%
Norddjurs Kommune60 → 46-14-23%
Rebild Kommune43 → 33-10-23%
Stevns Kommune27 → 21-6-22%
Gladsaxe Kommune48 → 38-10-21%
Ikast-Brande Kommune73 → 59-14-19%
Halsnæs Kommune44 → 36-8-18%
Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune69 → 58-11-16%

Growing fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Gentofte Kommune12 → 18+6+50%
Rudersdal Kommune14 → 20+6+43%
Struer Kommune14 → 17+3+21%
Hvidovre Kommune75 → 88+13+17%
Kolding Kommune96 → 106+10+10%
Furesø Kommune21 → 23+2+10%
Nyborg Kommune24 → 26+2+8%
Svendborg Kommune27 → 29+2+7%
Ishøj Kommune48 → 51+3+6%
Solrød Kommune18 → 19+1+6%
Mariagerfjord Kommune77 → 80+3+4%

Most closures, last 12 months

AreaClosedOpenedRate
Københavns Kommune455819.1%
Aarhus Kommune413417.6%
Odense Kommune202011.4%
Høje-Taastrup Kommune191515.7%
Aalborg Kommune191511.7%
Hvidovre Kommune141916.9%
Køge Kommune131415.9%
Horsens Kommune131114.3%
Albertslund Kommune121814.8%
Næstved Kommune10914.5%
Faxe Kommune10514.5%
Ishøj Kommune10718.5%
Randers Kommune10138.9%
Brøndby Kommune101513.0%
Slagelse Kommune101111.8%

Highest closure rate, last 12 months

Closures as a share of businesses active a year ago.

AreaClosedA year agoRate
Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune62326.1%
Bornholm Kommune83225.0%
Glostrup Kommune52123.8%
Hillerød Kommune73420.6%
Stevns Kommune52520.0%
Gladsaxe Kommune73619.4%
Københavns Kommune4523619.1%
Ishøj Kommune105418.5%
Frederiksberg Kommune63417.7%
Aarhus Kommune4123317.6%
Hvidovre Kommune148316.9%
Furesø Kommune42416.7%
Køge Kommune138215.9%
Middelfart Kommune95715.8%
Høje-Taastrup Kommune1912115.7%

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
Morsø Kommune3471%
Greve Kommune11269%
Aabenraa Kommune10168%
Middelfart Kommune6068%
Bornholm Kommune2568%
Skive Kommune4567%
Mariagerfjord Kommune5866%
Faxe Kommune6065%
Sønderborg Kommune4564%
Favrskov Kommune6764%

Where fewest survive

Fredensborg Kommune5126%
Allerød Kommune3132%
Rudersdal Kommune2935%
Solrød Kommune2035%
Københavns Kommune84038%

Start-up hotspots

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

AreaResidentsOpenedPer 10,000
Albertslund Kommune29,575186.1
Brøndby Kommune40,985153.7
Hvidovre Kommune54,234193.5
Ishøj Kommune24,96872.8
Glostrup Kommune25,98772.7
Langeland Kommune11,80421.7
Kolding Kommune96,140161.7
Brønderslev Kommune36,63961.6
Greve Kommune54,262112.0
Aabenraa Kommune58,249142.4
Høje-Taastrup Kommune60,843152.5
Skive Kommune43,91371.6

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%43-27%
Bornholm Kommune38,651-2.7%24-25%
Odsherred Kommune31,947-3.1%38-24%
Hjørring Kommune62,909-1.7%48-24%
Norddjurs Kommune36,355-1.7%46-23%
Skive Kommune43,913-2.9%55-14%
Assens Kommune40,224-1.5%41-15%
Frederikshavn Kommune57,428-2.7%42-13%
Lolland Kommune38,306-5.0%41-9%
Kalundborg Kommune47,822-1.3%44-12%