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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 Restaurant.

Counting: All company forms, excl. holding companies.

Active in Denmark
10,368
9,632 three years ago
3-year change
+7.6%
net +736 businesses
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
1,490 / 1,180
12-month change +3.1%
Closure rate (12 mo.)
11.7%
of businesses active a year ago

Openings and closures per year

05001,0001,5002,000Opened 2015: 1,346Closed 2015: 9482015Opened 2016: 1,415Closed 2016: 936Opened 2017: 1,551Closed 2017: 9972017Opened 2018: 1,634Closed 2018: 1,132Opened 2019: 1,608Closed 2019: 1,2562019Opened 2020: 1,630Closed 2020: 1,136Opened 2021: 1,516Closed 2021: 1,1182021Opened 2022: 1,364Closed 2022: 1,288Opened 2023: 1,470Closed 2023: 1,4072023Opened 2024: 1,451Closed 2024: 1,286Opened 2025: 1,692Closed 2025: 1,2842025Opened 2026: 1,145Closed 2026: 816
OpenedClosed

Active businesses over time

4,0006,0008,00010k12k2014Q2 16Q3 18Q4 202023Q2 25Restaurant

Declining fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Samsø Kommune29 → 22-7-24%
Nyborg Kommune37 → 29-8-22%
Randers Kommune119 → 104-15-13%
Stevns Kommune26 → 23-3-12%
Lolland Kommune72 → 64-8-11%
Langeland Kommune37 → 33-4-11%
Herlev Kommune51 → 46-5-10%
Favrskov Kommune34 → 31-3-9%
Tønder Kommune51 → 47-4-8%
Allerød Kommune27 → 25-2-7%
Glostrup Kommune42 → 39-3-7%
Solrød Kommune15 → 14-1-7%
Hvidovre Kommune81 → 76-5-6%
Nordfyns Kommune19 → 18-1-5%
Syddjurs Kommune77 → 73-4-5%

Growing fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Egedal Kommune26 → 40+14+54%
Brønderslev Kommune13 → 20+7+54%
Billund Kommune20 → 28+8+40%
Norddjurs Kommune49 → 66+17+35%
Faxe Kommune26 → 35+9+35%
Holbæk Kommune71 → 95+24+34%
Furesø Kommune42 → 56+14+33%
Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune45 → 59+14+31%
Holstebro Kommune57 → 73+16+28%
Kerteminde Kommune19 → 24+5+26%
Lejre Kommune16 → 20+4+25%
Hørsholm Kommune46 → 57+11+24%
Fanø Kommune13 → 16+3+23%
Kalundborg Kommune48 → 59+11+23%
Middelfart Kommune36 → 44+8+22%

Most closures, last 12 months

AreaClosedOpenedRate
Københavns Kommune25432610.1%
Aarhus Kommune66959.5%
Aalborg Kommune475514.7%
Odense Kommune374610.2%
Frederiksberg Kommune344911.8%
Randers Kommune29923.4%
Vejle Kommune283019.1%
Esbjerg Kommune241815.0%
Horsens Kommune222617.6%
Gentofte Kommune212713.0%
Bornholm Kommune213113.9%
Høje-Taastrup Kommune181520.2%
Hjørring Kommune161715.7%
Næstved Kommune161615.5%
Glostrup Kommune161237.2%

Highest closure rate, last 12 months

Closures as a share of businesses active a year ago.

AreaClosedA year agoRate
Glostrup Kommune164337.2%
Samsø Kommune82532.0%
Herlev Kommune135026.0%
Favrskov Kommune83324.2%
Randers Kommune2912423.4%
Vallensbæk Kommune52321.7%
Billund Kommune62920.7%
Kalundborg Kommune125920.3%
Høje-Taastrup Kommune188920.2%
Sorø Kommune42020.0%
Vejle Kommune2814719.1%
Rødovre Kommune137018.6%
Stevns Kommune52718.5%
Allerød Kommune52718.5%
Langeland Kommune73818.4%

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
Ærø Kommune3388%
Dragør Kommune3577%
Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune15375%
Ballerup Kommune8173%
Tårnby Kommune11372%
Fredericia Kommune10971%
Vallensbæk Kommune2770%
Albertslund Kommune5670%
Hvidovre Kommune10968%
Ishøj Kommune5368%

Where fewest survive

Faxe Kommune6840%
Vesthimmerlands Kommune5042%
Rebild Kommune4043%
Struer Kommune4943%
Billund Kommune3944%

Start-up hotspots

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

AreaResidentsOpenedPer 10,000
Bornholm Kommune38,651318.0
Ærø Kommune5,73047.0
Frederiksberg Kommune105,947494.6
Københavns Kommune670,3893264.9
Glostrup Kommune25,987124.6
Odsherred Kommune31,947134.1
Norddjurs Kommune36,355133.6
Tårnby Kommune44,252163.6
Gentofte Kommune75,241273.6
Faxe Kommune38,169143.7
Gribskov Kommune42,080122.9
Hørsholm Kommune25,32683.2

Shrinking on both counts

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

AreaResidentsPopulation 5 yrsBusinessesBusinesses 3 yrs
Samsø Kommune3,633-1.7%22-24%
Lolland Kommune38,306-5.0%64-11%
Langeland Kommune11,804-4.6%33-11%
Tønder Kommune36,172-2.3%47-8%
Ærø Kommune5,730-4.8%29-3%
Nordfyns Kommune29,124-1.6%18-5%
Frederikshavn Kommune57,428-2.7%113-2%