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Enterprises and groups

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.

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An enterprise that achieves an economic activity during the reference year, which exceeds what is characterised as being of hobby-like nature.

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.
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Last update
14.6.2024
Next update
8.5.2025
Source data

The following statistics, register and sources are used as input to the General enterprise statistic:

  • Accounts statistics (Non-agricultural industries, accounts)
  • VAT statistics (via The Statistical Business Register)
  • The employment statistics (via The Statistical Business Register)
  • The Statistical Business Register.

Change in the number of enterprise groups

Here you can see how the number of enterprise groups is changing each year. Note that it includes only enterprise groups in which both the parent and subsidiary enterprise is located in Denmark.
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Last update
2.10.2023
Next update
25.9.2024
Source data

The statistics is entirely based on registers. Sources for background information are a number of internal sources notably the Business Statistics Enterprise Group Register and the General Enterprise Statistics and external sources such as the annual company reports and commercial data sources.

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.
More about the figure
Last update
14.6.2024
Next update
8.5.2025
Source data

The following statistics, register and sources are used as input to the General enterprise statistic:

  • Accounts statistics (Non-agricultural industries, accounts)
  • VAT statistics (via The Statistical Business Register)
  • The employment statistics (via The Statistical Business Register)
  • The Statistical Business Register.

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.
More about the figure
Last update
14.6.2024
Next update
8.5.2025
Source data

The following statistics, register and sources are used as input to the General enterprise statistic:

  • Accounts statistics (Non-agricultural industries, accounts)
  • VAT statistics (via The Statistical Business Register)
  • The employment statistics (via The Statistical Business Register)
  • The Statistical Business Register.

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).
More about the figure
Last update
14.6.2024
Next update
8.5.2025
Source data

The following statistics, register and sources are used as input to the General enterprise statistic:

  • Accounts statistics (Non-agricultural industries, accounts)
  • VAT statistics (via The Statistical Business Register)
  • The employment statistics (via The Statistical Business Register)
  • The Statistical Business Register.

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:

Enterprise Groups in Denmark

The purpose of the statistic Enterprise groups in Denmark is to describe enterprise group relations amongst Danish companies. Thus the statistic contributes to the description of the business structure in Denmark. The statistic was complied for the first time for the reference year 2009.

General Enterprise Statistics

The purpose of the statistics is to give a coherent and consistent description of the Danish business structure at the enterprise level.

The General enterprise statistics, which were compiled for the first time for the year 1999, have replaced the Enterprise statistics produced for the years 1992-1999.

Purchases and sales by enterprises

The purpose of the statistics Purchases and sales by enterprises is to monitor business cycles in Denmark, based on sales of enterprises. The statistics is based on information on value added tax (VAT) reported by the enterprises to the Danish Tax Authorities.

The statistics is compiled and disseminated monthly and provides a short-term status of Danish business economy. The statistics have been published with variation in calculation methods and frequencies, since value added tax (VAT) was introduces in Denmark in 1967. In its current form, the statistics is comparable from 2011 onwards.

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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