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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 Shoe & leather goods store.

Counting: All company forms, excl. holding companies.

Active in Denmark
688
777 three years ago
3-year change
-11.5%
net -89 businesses
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
64 / 110
12-month change -6.3%
Closure rate (12 mo.)
15.0%
of businesses active a year ago

Openings and closures per year

050100150Opened 2015: 90Closed 2015: 972015Opened 2016: 76Closed 2016: 86Opened 2017: 82Closed 2017: 952017Opened 2018: 63Closed 2018: 77Opened 2019: 62Closed 2019: 702019Opened 2020: 92Closed 2020: 99Opened 2021: 66Closed 2021: 932021Opened 2022: 58Closed 2022: 74Opened 2023: 63Closed 2023: 742023Opened 2024: 74Closed 2024: 80Opened 2025: 60Closed 2025: 1122025Opened 2026: 49Closed 2026: 68
OpenedClosed

Active businesses over time

6007008009001,0002014Q2 16Q3 18Q4 202023Q2 25Shoe & leather goods store

Declining fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Thisted Kommune10 → 6-4-40%
Helsingør Kommune11 → 7-4-36%
Viborg Kommune12 → 8-4-33%
Randers Kommune10 → 7-3-30%
Esbjerg Kommune17 → 12-5-29%
Holstebro Kommune18 → 13-5-28%
Horsens Kommune12 → 9-3-25%
Kolding Kommune16 → 12-4-25%
Silkeborg Kommune10 → 8-2-20%
Varde Kommune15 → 12-3-20%
Frederikshavn Kommune11 → 9-2-18%
Næstved Kommune11 → 9-2-18%
Roskilde Kommune17 → 14-3-18%
Herning Kommune14 → 12-2-14%
Slagelse Kommune12 → 11-1-8%

Growing fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Vejle Kommune19 → 21+2+11%
Hjørring Kommune11 → 12+1+9%
Odense Kommune30 → 32+2+7%

Highest closure rate, last 12 months

Closures as a share of businesses active a year ago.

AreaClosedA year agoRate
Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune51145.5%
Holstebro Kommune41428.6%
Kolding Kommune41625.0%
Roskilde Kommune41822.2%
Esbjerg Kommune31421.4%
Næstved Kommune21020.0%
Aalborg Kommune52718.5%
Aarhus Kommune84717.0%
Herning Kommune21315.4%
Odense Kommune43112.9%
Horsens Kommune11010.0%
Slagelse Kommune11010.0%
Fredericia Kommune11010.0%
Frederikshavn Kommune11010.0%
Vejle Kommune2238.7%

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
Københavns Kommune15273%
Vejle Kommune2070%
Frederiksberg Kommune2370%
Aarhus Kommune4867%
Esbjerg Kommune2167%
Odense Kommune2665%
Aalborg Kommune3165%
Kolding Kommune3263%

Start-up hotspots

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

AreaResidentsOpenedPer 10,000
Rebild Kommune31,36920.6
Holstebro Kommune59,33130.5
Københavns Kommune670,389150.2
Nyborg Kommune32,47710.3
Middelfart Kommune40,77310.2
Tårnby Kommune44,25210.2
Vordingborg Kommune44,82320.4
Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune52,26810.2
Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune58,67120.3
Svendborg Kommune60,07510.2
Hjørring Kommune62,90920.3
Gentofte Kommune75,24110.1

Shrinking on both counts

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

AreaResidentsPopulation 5 yrsBusinessesBusinesses 3 yrs
Thisted Kommune42,573-1.3%6-40%
Esbjerg Kommune114,824-0.6%12-29%
Frederikshavn Kommune57,428-2.7%9-18%
Varde Kommune49,454-0.6%12-20%