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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 Taxi.

Counting: All company forms, excl. holding companies.

Active in Denmark
5,499
5,183 three years ago
3-year change
+6.1%
net +316 businesses
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
639 / 550
12-month change +1.7%
Closure rate (12 mo.)
9.1%
of businesses open during the last 12 months

Openings and closures per year

01,0002,0003,0004,000Opened 2015: 168Closed 2015: 2052015Opened 2016: 336Closed 2016: 238Opened 2017: 235Closed 2017: 2582017Opened 2018: 3,858Closed 2018: 1,359Opened 2019: 2,069Closed 2019: 1,4912019Opened 2020: 272Closed 2020: 820Opened 2021: 878Closed 2021: 1,4702021Opened 2022: 818Closed 2022: 668Opened 2023: 687Closed 2023: 5182023Opened 2024: 621Closed 2024: 575Opened 2025: 753Closed 2025: 5672025Opened 2026 (so far): 555Closed 2026 (so far): 3822026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Active businesses over time

02,0004,0006,0008,0002014Q2 16Q3 18Q4 202023Q2 25Taxi

Declining fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Vordingborg Kommune15 → 9-6-40%
Syddjurs Kommune18 → 11-7-39%
Rebild Kommune16 → 10-6-38%
Tønder Kommune11 → 8-3-27%
Guldborgsund Kommune24 → 19-5-21%
Favrskov Kommune20 → 16-4-20%
Sønderborg Kommune40 → 32-8-20%
Mariagerfjord Kommune10 → 8-2-20%
Gentofte Kommune36 → 29-7-19%
Halsnæs Kommune27 → 22-5-19%
Gribskov Kommune18 → 15-3-17%
Hillerød Kommune48 → 41-7-15%
Nordfyns Kommune14 → 12-2-14%
Varde Kommune14 → 12-2-14%
Aabenraa Kommune22 → 19-3-14%

Growing fastest

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

Area3 yrs ago → nowNetChange
Thisted Kommune15 → 25+10+67%
Billund Kommune19 → 31+12+63%
Norddjurs Kommune17 → 26+9+53%
Kolding Kommune34 → 49+15+44%
Herlev Kommune59 → 83+24+41%
Ringsted Kommune13 → 18+5+38%
Vejen Kommune11 → 15+4+36%
Hedensted Kommune21 → 28+7+33%
Fredericia Kommune26 → 34+8+31%
Horsens Kommune41 → 52+11+27%
Holbæk Kommune32 → 40+8+25%
Herning Kommune61 → 76+15+25%
Furesø Kommune46 → 57+11+24%
Ikast-Brande Kommune30 → 37+7+23%
Egedal Kommune34 → 41+7+21%

Most closures, last 12 months

AreaClosedOpenedRate
Københavns Kommune70877.7%
Århus Kommune464112.6%
Brøndby Kommune261610.0%
Høje-Taastrup Kommune21288.8%
Rødovre Kommune17613.8%
Albertslund Kommune17207.0%
Greve Kommune15412.9%
Ballerup Kommune151415.6%
Aalborg Kommune151210.3%
Vallensbæk Kommune131612.8%
Ishøj Kommune13138.4%
Esbjerg Kommune12614.6%
Hvidovre Kommune12256.3%
Odense Kommune11136.7%
Vejle Kommune102110.3%

Highest closure rate, last 12 months

Closures as a share of every business open at some point in the last 12 months (active a year ago plus opened since).

AreaClosedOpen in the periodRate
Vordingborg Kommune31225.0%
Halsnæs Kommune72924.1%
Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune41723.5%
Kerteminde Kommune31323.1%
Gribskov Kommune41921.1%
Assens Kommune31520.0%
Ringsted Kommune42218.2%
Haderslev Kommune63616.7%
Hillerød Kommune84916.3%
Ballerup Kommune159615.6%
Silkeborg Kommune63915.4%
Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune74615.2%
Roskilde Kommune96015.0%
Esbjerg Kommune128214.6%
Nordfyns Kommune21414.3%

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
Rebild Kommune2387%
Billund Kommune2685%
Hedensted Kommune3681%
Haderslev Kommune5080%
Nyborg Kommune3080%
Favrskov Kommune2580%
Egedal Kommune4279%
Viborg Kommune4377%
Hjørring Kommune2576%
Esbjerg Kommune7074%

Where fewest survive

Gentofte Kommune6826%
Frederiksberg Kommune13541%
Københavns Kommune1,76542%
Brønderslev Kommune2446%
Vordingborg Kommune3746%

Start-up hotspots

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

AreaResidentsOpenedPer 10,000
Vallensbæk Kommune18,768168.5
Albertslund Kommune29,575206.8
Ishøj Kommune24,968135.2
Høje-Taastrup Kommune60,843284.6
Hvidovre Kommune54,234254.6
Brøndby Kommune40,985163.9
Herlev Kommune32,107134.0
Billund Kommune27,27693.3
Ballerup Kommune53,962142.6
Glostrup Kommune25,98741.5
Gladsaxe Kommune70,869142.0
Halsnæs Kommune31,82751.6

Shrinking on both counts

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

AreaResidentsPopulation 5 yrsBusinessesBusinesses 3 yrs
Vordingborg Kommune44,823-1.1%9-40%
Tønder Kommune36,172-2.3%8-27%
Guldborgsund Kommune58,984-2.5%19-21%
Mariagerfjord Kommune41,5650.0%8-20%
Nordfyns Kommune29,124-1.6%12-14%
Varde Kommune49,454-0.6%12-14%
Aabenraa Kommune58,249-0.5%19-14%
Jammerbugt Kommune37,890-0.8%14-13%
Haderslev Kommune55,119-0.5%30-12%
Hjørring Kommune62,909-1.7%22-8%