There are 958,220 companies and businesses in Denmark in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 397,693 of them are corporations.
List of all companies in Denmark
Denmark has 958,220 registered companies and businesses in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 397,693 of them are corporations. We build the records from CVR (Det Centrale Virksomhedsregister) and other official sources, and add the sole traders, branch locations and public bodies a register leaves out. Most of them are small: 83% have fewer than five employees. Below you find the largest, the smallest, the newest and the oldest companies in Denmark, where they are based and what they do. Want to buy the list of all 958,220 Danish companies as an API integration or Excel file? Get it from our Danish company database.
958,220 companies indexed · Data counted on 2 November 2026
Companies958,220
Corporations397,693
Regions5
Largest regionHovedstaden 36%
Employees1-4
Revenue$1-100K
Email48%
Phone38%
Website40%
Danish company list: all 958,220 companies
The list of all companies and businesses in Denmark, live and sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, industry, size, revenue, legal form or founding year. The full search is on our Danish company directory.
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| Company Name | Country | City | Address 1 | State/Province | Postal Code | Website | Founding Year | Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars | Employees Total | Business Legal Type - Description | Number of Companies in Group | Company Registration Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A.P. Moller Holding A/S | Denmark | København | Esplanaden 50 | Hovedstaden | 1263 | *****.com | 2013 | $62,250,732,035 | 69 | Corporation | 2015 | 25679288 |
| 2 | Delta Air Lines, Filial Af Delta Air Lines Inc.,usa | Denmark | Kastrup | Lufthavnen 1 | Hovedstaden | 2770 | *****.com | 2006 | $56,702,188,710 | 5 | Foreign company | 628 | 29316325 |
| 3 | A.P. Moller - Mærsk A/S | Denmark | København | Esplanaden 50 | Hovedstaden | 1263 | *****.com | 1904 | $54,359,957,880 | 45 | Corporation | 2015 | 22756214 |
| 4 | Novo Nordisk A/S | Denmark | Bagsværd | Novo Alle 1 | Hovedstaden | 2880 | *****.com | 1931 | $47,965,187,480 | 27,975 | Corporation | 871 | 24256790 |
| 5 | Swiss International Air Lines Danm Ark, Filial Af Swiss International Air Lines LTD. Schweiz | Denmark | Kastrup | Skojtevej 26 | Hovedstaden | 2770 | *****.com | 2001 | $39,810,686,571 | 55 | Foreign company | 708 | 26339154 |
| 6 | Lufthansa Cargo Filial Af Lufthansa Cargo Aktiengesellschafttysk Selskab | Denmark | Kastrup | Skojtevej 26 | Hovedstaden | 2770 | *****.com | 1999 | $38,564,932,746 | 7 | Foreign company | 708 | 18194538 |
| 7 | Dsv A/S | Denmark | Hedehusene | Hovedgaden 630 | Hovedstaden | 2640 | *****.com | 1976 | $38,384,534,545 | 813 | Corporation | 2844 | 58233528 |
| 8 | Maersk A/S | Denmark | København | Esplanaden 50 | Hovedstaden | 1263 | *****.com | 2013 | $37,425,726,178 | 174 | Corporation | 2015 | 32345794 |
| 9 | Emirates, Filial Af Emirates, De Forenede Arabiske Emirater | Denmark | København | Bredgade 75, Sal 2 | Hovedstaden | 1260 | *****.com | 2021 | $30,898,605,894 | 7 | Foreign company | 1034 | 38827065 |
| 10 | Nordea Danmark, Filial Af Nordea Bank Abp, Finland | Denmark | København | Gronjordsvej 10 | Hovedstaden | 2300 | *****.dk | 2001 | $25,100,834,644 | 150 | Foreign company | 531 | 25992180 |
| 11 | Tata Consultancy Services LIMITED, Filial Af Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.,indien | Denmark | København | Kalvebod Brygge 45 | Hovedstaden | 1560 | *****.com | 2004 | $24,396,615,697 | 7 | Foreign company | 6701 | 28115938 |
| 12 | Vestas Wind Systems A/S | Denmark | Aarhus | Hedeager 42 | Midtjylland | 8200 | *****.com | 1986 | $21,830,401,470 | 3,151 | Corporation | 462 | 10403782 |
| 13 | Qatar Airways, Filial Af Qatar Airways Group (q.c.s.c.), Qatar | Denmark | Kastrup | Lufthavnsboulevarden 6 | Hovedstaden | 2770 | *****.dk | 2004 | $21,211,676,671 | 7 | Foreign company | 549 | 32769977 |
| 14 | Dnb Carnegie Investment Bank, Filial Af Dnb Carnegie Investment Bank AB (publ), Sverige | Denmark | København | Overgaden Neden Vandet 9b | Hovedstaden | 1414 | *****.dk | 2010 | $20,940,720,215 | 150 | Foreign company | 659 | 35521267 |
| 15 | Hapag-Lloyd Denmark, Filial Af Hapag-Lloyd AG, Tyskland | Denmark | Holte | Rojelskær 15 | Hovedstaden | 2840 | *****.dk | 2008 | $20,248,415,715 | 4 | Foreign company | 218 | 31762928 |
| 16 | Amazon Web Services, Dansk Filial Af Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, Luxembourg | Denmark | København | Vester Farimagsgade 19, Sal 5 | Hovedstaden | 1606 | *****.com | 2017 | $18,066,565,640 | 3 | Foreign company | 3718 | 39009323 |
| 17 | Arla Foods A.m.b.a | Denmark | Viby | Sonderhoj 14 | Midtjylland | 8260 | *****.com | 2000 | $17,467,984,554 | 9,401 | Cooperative | 407 | 25313763 |
| 18 | Selfinvest Aps | Denmark | Middelfart | Turbinevej 10 | Syddanmark | 5500 | *****.dk | 1990 | $16,395,581,988 | 480 | Corporation | 213 | 15008091 |
| 19 | Selfgenerations T Aps | Denmark | Middelfart | Turbinevej 10 | Syddanmark | 5500 | N/A | 2020 | $16,395,581,988 | 1 | Corporation | N/A | 42107530 |
| 20 | Andel A.m.b.a. | Denmark | Svinninge | Hovedgaden 36 | Sjælland | 4520 | *****.dk | 1964 | $16,129,881,935 | 143 | Cooperative | 46 | 68515211 |
| 21 | A/S United Shipping & Trading Company | Denmark | Middelfart | Turbinevej 10 | Syddanmark | 5500 | *****.dk | 1985 | $15,954,145,748 | 43 | Corporation | 213 | 76950016 |
| 22 | Air Canada, Filial Af Air Canada, Canada | Denmark | Kastrup | Skojtevej 26 | Hovedstaden | 2770 | *****.dk | 2010 | $15,810,058,744 | 7 | Foreign company | 153 | 33040792 |
| 23 | Infosys LIMITED, Filial Af Infosys LIMITED, Indien | Denmark | København | Lyngbyvej 2 | Hovedstaden | 2100 | N/A | 2001 | $15,505,144,818 | 5 | Foreign company | 423 | 26280397 |
| 24 | Mind Energy A/S | Denmark | Aarhus | Tangen 29 | Midtjylland | 8200 | *****.com | 1993 | $14,840,522,030 | 317 | Corporation | 17 | 17225898 |
| 25 | Danske Bank A/S | Denmark | København | Bernstorffsgade 40 | Hovedstaden | 1577 | *****.dk | 1999 | $14,554,606,803 | 5,591 | Corporation | 335 | 61126228 |
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Companies and businesses in Denmark
958,220
2 November 2026
There are 958,220 companies and businesses in Denmark in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. That is every kind of business, not only the registered companies: 397,693 corporations (ApS and A/S), 304,240 sole traders (enkeltmandsvirksomhed) and 22,800 partnerships (I/S and K/S). On top of those come 128,120 non-profit organisations, 1,076 branches of foreign companies and 275 public bodies.
Structure
- Single-site businesses
- 739,260 77%
- Head offices
- 122,470
- Branch locations
- 96,490
Legal form
- Corporations
- 397,693 42%
- Sole traders
- 304,240
- Partnerships
- 22,800
Per working day this year
≈ 257
new companies registered · 55,970 so far in 2026
How to search the Danish company register, or pull these counts yourself with the CVR API.
Largest companies in Denmark
Which are the largest companies in Denmark? That depends on what you measure. By number of employees the biggest employer is Salling Group A/S, with 43,972 staff, ahead of Novo Nordisk A/S and Coop Danmark A/S. By yearly revenue the largest company is Novo Nordisk A/S, ahead of Vestas Wind Systems A/S and Danske Bank A/S. Below are the top companies of Denmark ranked four ways: by number of employees, by yearly revenue, the largest public-sector employers and the biggest foreign companies in Denmark. 20 Danish companies employ more than 10,000 people and 272 report more than $1 billion a year.
Salling Group A/S has the largest headcount of any company in Denmark in our data. 20 Danish companies list more than 10,000 people, 776 more than 500.
- 143,972 staff
- 227,975 staff
- 313,890 staff
- 49,989 staff
- 57,268 staff
- 67,112 staff
- 76,579 staff
- 86,541 staff
- 96,536 staff
- 106,268 staff
Headcount as it is recorded on the company; for a group's parent or holding company it is usually the whole group's, worldwide.
Novo Nordisk A/S is the largest company in Denmark by revenue; 272 Danish companies report more than $1 billion a year. Corporations only.
- 1$48.0B
- 2$21.8B
- 3$14.6B
- 4$12.9B
- 5$12.0B
- 6$10.9B
- 7$9.6B
- 8$9.6B
- 9$5.9B
- 10$5.7B
Kobenhavns Kommune is the largest public body in our data for Denmark, with 52,656 staff.
- 152,656 staff
- 250,598 staff
- 336,573 staff
- 435,961 staff
- 532,922 staff
- 632,566 staff
1,076 foreign companies have a registered branch or establishment in Denmark.
- 1294 worldwide
- 2147 worldwide
- 3129 worldwide
- 4126 worldwide
- 572 worldwide
- 657 worldwide
- 754 worldwide
- 839 worldwide
Headcount and revenue are those of the worldwide company, not of the branch in Denmark.
By employee size · 875,215 companies with a known headcount
| Employees | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 725,166 | 83% | |
| 5-9 | 79,563 | 9% | |
| 10-19 | 32,470 | 4% | |
| 20-49 | 24,640 | 3% | |
| 50-99 | 7,859 | 0.9% | |
| 100-199 | 3,219 | 0.4% | |
| 200-499 | 1,522 | 0.2% | |
| 500+ | 776 | <0.1% |
83% have 1 to 4 employees; 776 have 500 or more.
By yearly revenue (USD)
| Revenue | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| < $100K | 612,734 | 71% | |
| $100K-$500K | 159,233 | 18% | |
| $500K-$1M | 37,137 | 4% | |
| $1M-$5M | 37,881 | 4% | |
| $5M-$10M | 6,049 | 0.7% | |
| $10M-$100M | 6,291 | 0.7% | |
| $100M-$1B | 1,709 | 0.2% | |
| $1B+ | 272 | <0.1% |
1,981 companies report more than $100 million; 272 more than $1 billion.
Small businesses in Denmark
Most companies in Denmark are small businesses. Of the 875,215 with a known headcount, 804,729 (92%) are micro businesses with fewer than ten employees, 57,110 are small (10 to 49) and 12,600 medium-sized (50 to 499). Only 776 employ 500 people or more, so 99.91% of Danish companies are SMEs. This is where our data is strongest: sole traders, micro companies and single shops, each with an address and an industry code.
| Size class | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micro · fewer than 10 | 804,729 | 92% | |
| Small · 10 to 49 | 57,110 | 7% | |
| Medium · 50 to 499 | 12,600 | 1% | |
| Large · 500 or more | 776 | <0.1% |
725,166
companies have 1 to 4 employees (83%). 612,734 turn over less than $100,000 a year.
304,240
sole traders are in the data, each with an address and an industry code.
94%
of the 55,970 companies started in 2026 have 1 to 4 employees (47,910). Only 2 started with 200 staff or more.
Where are companies in Denmark based?
Hovedstaden has more companies than any other region in Denmark: 342,444, or 36% of the total, ahead of Midtjylland (215,280) and Syddanmark (181,975). Below you find all five regions and the ten busiest cities, with a link to the local list where we have one.
five regions
| Region | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hovedstaden | 342,444 | 36% | |
| Midtjylland | 215,280 | 22% | |
| Syddanmark | 181,975 | 19% | |
| Sjælland | 126,500 | 13% | |
| Nordjylland | 91,919 | 10% |
Ten busiest cities
- København113,694
- Odense27,110
- Aarhus26,556
- Frederiksberg20,743
- Aalborg19,217
- Roskilde12,555
- Vejle12,323
- Randers11,317
- Silkeborg10,993
- Esbjerg10,940
Main industries in Denmark
Holding and investment companies is the biggest industry in Denmark by number of companies: 144,054, or 15% of all firms with an industry code. Next come associations (107,742) and business services and IT (98,760). Companies are grouped here by their SIC code, the classification every company in our data carries, in every country. Below you find the main sectors, the largest industries with their biggest companies and our 56 industry lists for Denmark.
- Holding and investment companies144,05415%
- Associations107,74211%
- Business services and IT98,76010%
- Real estate79,8288%
- Engineering, accounting and management64,8307%
- Construction trades44,5195%
- Health care39,1404%
- Crop farming25,6423%
- Restaurants and bars24,2403%
- Social services24,0443%
- Other shops22,9852%
- Lenders22,3402%
- Personal services21,1942%
- Leisure and recreation20,8102%
- Education18,6832%
- Other industries199,14821%
The fifteen largest of 78 SIC major groups; records without an industry code are not in this chart.
Largest industries in Denmark
107,742
Associations
SIC 86: Membership Organizations
- 1340 staff
- 2290 staff
- 3233 staff
98,760
SIC 73: Business Services
- 17,112 staff
- 26,579 staff
- 36,541 staff
64,830
Engineering, accounting and management
SIC 87: Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management, And Related Services
- 13,319 staff
- 23,151 staff
- 33,082 staff
44,519
SIC 17: Construction Special Trade Contractors
- 13,123 staff
- 22,982 staff
- 31,527 staff
25,642
Crop farming
SIC 01: Agricultural Production Crops
- 1374 staff
- 2202 staff
- 3201 staff
24,240
Restaurants and bars
SIC 58: Eating And Drinking Places
- 13,823 staff
- 21,143 staff
- 31,041 staff
Discover more: all Danish industries, cities and regions
Every Danish list we publish. Industries are grouped by economic sector.
A · Agriculture
B · Mining
D · Energy
F · Construction
G · Wholesale and retail
H · Transport and storage
J · Information and communication
K · Finance and insurance
L · Real estate
M · Professional, scientific and technical
N · Administrative and support
P · Education
Q · Health and social work
S · Other services
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Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkey
- UAE
- Uganda
- UK
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- USA
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
How many new companies are registered in Denmark? (2026)
55,970 new companies and startups registered in Denmark so far in 2026, about 257 every working day, after a record 78,797 new businesses in 2025. Most startups begin small: 94% of this year's newcomers have one to four employees. 20,105 of them are corporations (ApS and A/S).
≈ 257
new companies register every working day in 2026
94%
of this year's startups begin with one to four employees
78,797
new companies in 2025, a record year
Companies founded per year
- 50,6672022
- 60,1272023
- 65,8802024
- 78,7972025
- 55,9702026 so far
The biggest newcomers of 2026
A new registration is often a restructuring, not a start-up: the largest newcomers are new holding and property companies for existing businesses.
- 1194 staff
- 2145 staff
- 3145 staff
- 4145 staff
- 5130 staff
Oldest companies in Denmark
The oldest organisation still active is Kobstædernes Forsikring, Gensidig, from 1761. Our data holds 2 Danish organisations founded before 1800, 83 before 1900 and 3,588 before 1950.
Oldest organisations still active
- 1761494 staff
- 1770697 staff
The founding year is the year a business traces itself to, as recorded in the register and company filings, not the incorporation date of the current legal entity. Trading companies listed here report $100 million or more a year.
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63,452
Danish companies were founded before 1990
4,741
were founded in 1990
894,768 Danish companies, 93% of those with a founding year on record, were founded in 1990 or later. 63,452 are older.
Types of companies in Denmark
Two in five Danish businesses in our data are corporations (ApS and A/S), and one in three is a sole trader (enkeltmandsvirksomhed). Partnerships (I/S and K/S) make up 2%. The chart shows every legal form in our data.
- Corporations397,69342%
- No legal form on record101,87911%
- Sole traders304,24032%
- Partnerships22,8002%
- Foreign companies1,0760.1%
- Non-profit organisations128,12013%
- Cooperatives2,1370.2%
- Public bodies275<0.1%
Which Danish companies are part of a group?
Most Danish companies stand alone: 77% are single-site businesses. The other 218,960 are part of a multi-site structure, as one of 122,470 head offices or 96,490 branches. The largest corporate family on this page is Bestseller A/S, with 2,990 companies in its group.
The largest corporate families on this page
- 12,990 companies
- 2976 companies
- 3881 companies
- 4871 companies
- 5848 companies
- 6537 companies
- 7462 companies
- 8426 companies
Counted from the largest companies on this page, not from all 958,220; the API has no group-size filter.
What you can reach: contact data on Danish companies
378,663 Danish companies have a website on record (40%), 362,504 a phone number (38%) and 458,125 an email address (48%). Among corporations: 34% have a website and 34% an email address.
| Field | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website | 378,663 | 40% | |
| Phone | 362,504 | 38% | |
| 458,125 | 48% |
Questions about companies in Denmark
Every answer is counted from the data on this page (2 November 2026).
958,220. That includes 304,240 sole traders and 22,800 partnerships.
397,693 corporations, 42% of all Danish businesses in our data (2 November 2026).
Of the 875,215 Danish companies with a known headcount, 874,439 have fewer than 500 employees: 804,729 micro, 57,110 small and 12,600 medium-sized. 776 are large enterprises.
Novo Nordisk A/S, with $48.0 billion in yearly revenue, ahead of Vestas Wind Systems A/S ($21.8B) and Danske Bank A/S ($14.6B).
Salling Group A/S, with 43,972 staff on its record (for a group's parent this is usually the whole group's headcount).
342,444, 36% of all Danish companies (2 November 2026).
55,970 so far in 2026, about 257 per working day, after a record 78,797 in 2025.
From CVR (Det Centrale Virksomhedsregister) and other official sources, combined with company websites and filings, and refreshed every month.
378,663, 40% of all Danish companies. 362,504 have a phone number and 458,125 an email address.
Yes. The full list of 958,220 companies is available as Excel, CSV or through the API from our Danish company database.
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