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    Enterprises and groups

    Number of enterprises
    414,663
    2024
    Enterprise groups
    58,285
    2023

    How many active enterprises are located in Denmark and how are they allocated across activities? How many employees do they have? You can also find statistics on enterprises that are part of an enterprise group.

    Explainer on…

    An enterprise that meets a range of criteria for economic activity, such as full-time equivalents, turnover, goods purchases, imports, exports, value added, or balance sheet total. The enterprise's relationships with other enterprises, such as ownership or joint VAT settlement, may also be included. The precise criteria and thresholds vary between statistics and may depend on the purpose of the assessment.

    A parent company together with one or more subsidiaries constitutes an enterprise group. A subsidiary company can have only one direct parent company. The parent company is the company that exercises controlling influence over the company's financial and operating decisions.

    Staff (excluding apprentices) whose regular working hours are the same as the collectively agreed or customary hours worked in the enterprise, even if their contract is for less than one year.

    Selected statistics on Enterprises and groups

    This page shows selected popular statistics on the subject of Enterprises and groups. In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data and compile your own statistics.

    Change in the number of enterprises

    Here you can see how the number of active enterprises is changing each year.
    In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on General enterprise statistics (GF11)

    Change in the number of employees (measured by full time equivalents)

    Here you can see how the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees in the active enterprises is changing each year.
    In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on General enterprise statistics (GF11)

    Allocation of enterprises by industry

    How are enterprises in Denmark allocated across activities? Here you can see how many enterprises are active in each industry. Note that enterprises are categorised by their main activity.
    In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on General enterprise statistics (GF11)

    Geographic allocation of enterprises

    Here you can see how the number of enterprises is allocated across municipalities. The allocation of enterprises is based on the registered address of the legal unit registration number (CVR number).
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    Entrepreneurs in Denmark
    Entrepreneurship and the births of enterprises is of great importance to the structure and changes in the private sector in Denmark. See our subject page on entrepreneurs.

    Enterprise groups size

    Enterprise groups by number of companies 
    In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Enterprise groups in Denmark (KONC12)
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    Board members and managers
    What characterizes the people who manages enterprises in Denmark? See our subject page on board members and managers.

    On the statistics – documentation, sources and method

    Gain an overview of the purpose, contents and quality of the statistics. Learn about the data sources of the statistics, the contents of the statistics and how often they are published.

    See the documentation of statistics to learn more:

    Need more data on Enterprises and groups?

    You can continue searching on your own in Statbank Denmark and find detailed data on e.g. industry, region, legal form of business organisation and size of enterprise/enterprise group.  You can also find information on accounting variables.

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