Denmark gives its company data away, and it does so more completely than almost any country on earth. The CVR register, run by the Danish Business Authority, offers free web search, a free system-to-system API and a separate free feed of filed annual reports in machine-readable form, all under an open licence. Financials on Danish businesses are effectively a public good. So the honest question for any buyer is what is left to sell.

The answer is everything the open register cannot give you: credit scores, payment-behaviour data, monitoring and alerts, KYB and beneficial-ownership workflows, and marketing segmentation. That is the layer the providers on this page compete on, from the incumbent bureau to a modern Danish credit-tech challenger. And a warning: several slick sites that look like the register are just commercial wrappers around the free CVR data.

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Check if a customer is a bad payer

Experian RKI · Denmark's household-name register of payment defaults

Full business information and credit

Dun & Bradstreet · The largest Danish commercial file, ex-Bisnode

Modern, automated credit and KYB

Risika · AI-driven scoring and monitoring across the Nordics via API

Credit ratings inside your accounting tool

Visma Rating · Ratings embedded where Danish SMEs already work

Just the register, free

CVR / Virk · Free search, API and annual reports from the authority itself

Denmark plus other markets in one format

CompanyData · That is us. One schema across 200+ markets

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1. Dun & Bradstreet Denmark: the incumbent

The largest Danish commercial data house, and the default for enterprise credit and compliance.

Formerly Bisnode Denmark, rebranded after Dun & Bradstreet completed its acquisition of the Bisnode group in January 2021, this is the country's largest business-information and credit house. It holds credit ratings, monitoring, KYB and compliance, master data and marketing data, and its long-standing prospecting file Navne & Numre now sits under the D&B brand. For enterprise credit and compliance across Denmark and beyond, it is the incumbent.

Søborg, Denmark · Quote only · Built on: CVR, Annual reports, D&B network

✓ Why it stands out

  • The largest Danish commercial file
  • Credit, compliance and marketing under one roof
  • The D-U-N-S number and global reach

⚠ Watch out for

  • No public pricing
  • Enterprise sales and contracts
  • Now US-owned after the Bisnode deal

2. CompanyData

Full disclosure: where CompanyData fits in Denmark

We publish this guide and we sell Danish business data, so here is our pitch in the open rather than dressed up as an objective first place. Our Danish file is registry-sourced and built for volume work: enrichment, segmentation and cross-border lists, in the same schema we use for 200+ other markets.

Here is the honest part, sharpened by how open Denmark is. Because CVR gives away the register and the annual reports for free, nobody has a moat on the raw data, including us. What we add is reach, contact coverage and one consistent format across every market. Where we do not compete is credit scoring and the RKI payment-default data, which is Experian's and D&B's territory. Email coverage is a relative strength of ours in Denmark.

951K

Danish businesses

707K

with a contact named

🏆 74% of the file

695K

phone or mobile

468K

email addresses

49%, strong for us

374K

with a website

328K

with group relations

Since the register itself is free, we compete on reach and format, not on reselling CVR. That includes ownership structure links that map Danish parents to subsidiaries across borders.

See our Danish business data

3. Experian (RKI / KOB): the RKI bureau

The one with RKI, the payment-default register every Danish credit team checks first.

Experian's Danish arm runs three things that matter: RKI, Denmark's largest register of bad payers and a household name, KOB, one of the largest Danish business files, and its decision-analytics tools. Being flagged in RKI is a real event for a Danish business, which makes Experian the reference for payment-default screening. It pairs consumer and business credit data in a way the pure business houses do not.

Copenhagen, Denmark · Quote only · Built on: CVR, RKI payment data, Consumer-credit data

✓ Why it stands out

  • RKI, the recognised Danish default register
  • KOB business file alongside it
  • Consumer and business credit combined

⚠ Watch out for

  • No public pricing
  • Credit-first, lighter on prospecting
  • Part of a global group, not Danish-owned

4. Risika: the modern challenger

The developer-friendly Nordic alternative to the legacy bureaus, automated scoring and monitoring by API.

Founded in Copenhagen in 2017, Risika builds automated credit scoring, KYB and risk monitoring across Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland on top of the open register and financial data, delivered by platform and API. It is the modern, independent answer to the legacy bureaus, aimed at teams that want to automate credit decisions and onboarding rather than pull reports by hand. Venture-backed and still independent.

Copenhagen, Denmark · Subscription and API · Built on: CVR, Annual reports, Nordic registers

✓ Why it stands out

  • Automated, API-first credit and KYB
  • Nordic coverage under one contract
  • Built on the open registers, modern delivery

⚠ Watch out for

  • Younger and smaller than the incumbents
  • Pricing not transparently public
  • Scoring models are proprietary

5. Creditsafe Denmark: the international option

The choice when Danish credit checks need to sit alongside consistent scoring in other countries.

The Danish arm of the Creditsafe Group, established in 2014, offers company credit reports, scores, monitoring and B2B data for Denmark and internationally, online and via API, with the group's usual subscription model. Its strength is consistency across borders: one score methodology from Denmark to a dozen other markets. Domestic depth is solid rather than market-leading, but for multi-country credit work it is a natural fit.

Hellerup, Denmark · Subscription, quoted · Built on: CVR, Financial statements, International registers

✓ Why it stands out

  • Consistent scoring across many countries
  • Subscription model with API access
  • Free basic report previews

⚠ Watch out for

  • Danish depth trails the incumbents
  • Annual commitment for the best price
  • Not Danish-owned

6. Visma Rating: the in-workflow rating

Credit ratings where Danish SMEs already are, embedded in their accounting software.

Visma Rating, founded in 2019 and owned by Visma, provides credit ratings and financial key figures on around 1.7 million Danish businesses, embedded directly into Visma's Danish accounting and ERP products such as e-conomic and Dinero. For an SME that already runs its books in Visma, getting a counterparty rating in the same tool, with no separate contract, is a genuinely different proposition from a bureau subscription.

Copenhagen, Denmark · Bundled with Visma products · Built on: CVR, Annual reports

✓ Why it stands out

  • Ratings embedded in accounting workflows
  • Broad coverage of Danish businesses
  • No separate bureau contract needed

⚠ Watch out for

  • Most useful only inside the Visma ecosystem
  • Less depth than a dedicated bureau
  • Ratings, not a full data feed

7. Proff.dk: the free lookup

A free, friendly company lookup with a paid tier, useful for quick research rather than volume.

Proff.dk offers free company and financial lookups built on register data, with a paid Proff Forvalt tier adding deeper financials, background and ratings. It is owned by the Finnish Enento Group, which bought it from Eniro in 2019. For quick, consumer-friendly research on a Danish business it is convenient and free; for systematic credit work or bulk data, the bureaus and the raw CVR feeds serve better.

Denmark (Enento Group) · Free tier, paid Forvalt · Built on: CVR, Annual reports

✓ Why it stands out

  • Free, easy company and financial lookup
  • Paid Forvalt tier for deeper research
  • Nordic coverage under one brand

⚠ Watch out for

  • Light for systematic or bulk use
  • Finnish-owned, not Danish
  • Not an official source, a reseller layer

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How Denmark made its register free

Denmark treated open company data as infrastructure long before it was fashionable, and the commercial market adapted around it:

Ongoing · CVR as a public good

The Danish Business Authority publishes the CVR register and filed annual reports through free APIs under an open licence, making Danish financials one of the most accessible in the world.

2017 · Risika launches

A Copenhagen startup begins building automated, API-first credit scoring on top of the open data, showing the modern layer the free register enables.

2019 · Proff goes to Enento

Eniro sells the Proff company-information service to Finland's Asiakastieto, later renamed Enento, moving a familiar Danish lookup into Finnish hands.

Jan 2021 · Bisnode becomes Dun & Bradstreet

D&B completes its acquisition of the Bisnode group, and Bisnode Denmark is rebranded Dun & Bradstreet Denmark, retiring the Bisnode name.

So who is still actually Danish?

The open register let Danish challengers grow, while the incumbents are foreign-owned:

Danish-owned

  • Risika
  • Visma Rating (Visma)

Danish brand, foreign owner

  • Dun & Bradstreet Denmark (Dun & Bradstreet, US, since 2021)
  • Experian (RKI/KOB) (Experian, UK/Ireland)
  • Creditsafe Denmark (Creditsafe Group)
  • Proff.dk (Enento Group, Finland, since 2019)

The most open register, and its limits

The CVR register is genuinely open. Anyone can search it free at Virk, a free system API returns master data on every registered business, and a separate free feed distributes filed annual reports in XBRL and PDF, refreshed continuously, all under a CC BY licence. For registration facts and financials on Danish businesses, you rarely need to pay anyone. That is unusual, and it is the backdrop to this whole market.

It is not quite everything, though. People can flag their data against marketing use, owners who are natural persons are covered by data-protection rules, and some high-volume distribution runs through a separate paid channel. And the register does not score credit, predict payment default or map beneficial ownership for you. Check the free source directly here:

  • CVR / Virk : The official register: free search of every Danish business, plus a free system API for master data.
  • Annual reports feed : A free feed of filed annual reports in XBRL and PDF, refreshed continuously.
  • Erhvervsstyrelsen : The Danish Business Authority behind CVR, which sets the open-data terms and access.

Four questions before you sign anything

1. Do you need more than the free register gives you? CVR hands you registration facts and annual reports for nothing. If that is all you need, build on the free API and pay no one. The defensible purchases are scoring, RKI payment data, monitoring and beneficial-ownership resolution.

2. Is payment default your real question? If you want to know whether a Danish business pays its bills, Experian's RKI is the register that answers it, and it is the one Danish credit teams check by reflex. A general business file will not replace it.

3. Do you want to automate, or to look things up? For occasional research, the free tools and Proff are enough. For automated credit decisions and onboarding, Risika's API-first approach or the incumbents' feeds are the right level, at a very different price.

4. Are you being sold the register dressed up? Several commercial sites wrap the free CVR data and charge for it. That can be worth it for convenience, but know what you are buying, and check whether the free feed already covers your need.

Frequently asked questions

Largely, yes. The CVR register is one of the most open in the world: free web search, a free system-to-system API for master data, and a separate free feed of filed annual reports in machine-readable form, all under an open licence. There are guardrails around marketing-opt-out flags and personal data, and some bulk distribution is paid, but for registration facts and financials on Danish businesses you rarely need to pay a provider.
RKI is Denmark's largest register of bad payers, run by Experian, and being listed in it is a real event for a Danish business. It is the reference Danish credit teams check to see whether a counterparty has a history of not paying. That payment-default data is exactly the kind of thing the open CVR register does not contain, which is why Experian remains central despite the register being free.
Because the register does not score credit, predict payment default, monitor changes or resolve beneficial ownership. CVR gives you the facts and the filings; providers turn those into decisions. Experian brings RKI, D&B brings ratings and global reach, Risika automates it by API, and Visma embeds ratings in accounting software. You pay for judgement and workflow, not raw data.
Mostly not. Sites like cvrapi.dk and similar are commercial wrappers around the free official CVR data, not the register itself. The authoritative free sources are Virk and the Danish Business Authority's own APIs. The wrappers can be convenient, but do not mistake them for the official register, and check whether the free feed already meets your need.
Because they solve a different problem. The global sales-intelligence platforms are strong on contact data but hold thin Danish coverage and take little from CVR. For registration facts, credit decisions and payment-default screening in Denmark, the providers on this page are far ahead.