Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Denmark
Explore more than 541,422 Denmark-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.
According to our database, a total of more than 541,422 businesses are registered in Denmark . That represents 1.15% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Denmark-based companies have a share of 1.9% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 1.04% of all EU employees.
Denmark: TOP Industries
According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (217,309 companies in total), followed by Services (207,333) and Retail Trade (29,221).
Denmark: TOP Industries 541,422 registered companies
Industry, Number of Companies | Number of Companies |
Market Share | ||
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Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 217,309 40.1% | 217,309 | 40.1% | ||
Services 207,333 38.3% | 207,333 | 38.3% | ||
Retail Trade 29,221 5.4% | 29,221 | 5.4% | ||
Construction 26,107 4.8% | 26,107 | 4.8% | ||
Wholesale Trade 19,089 3.5% | 19,089 | 3.5% | ||
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 17,075 3.2% | 17,075 | 3.2% | ||
Manufacturing 13,821 2.6% | 13,821 | 2.6% | ||
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 10,425 1.9% | 10,425 | 1.9% | ||
Public Sector 583 0.1% | 583 | 0.1% | ||
Mining 237 0.0% | 237 | 0.0% | ||
Unknown industry 222 0.0% | 222 | 0.0% |
Denmark: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code
The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC Code) is used to assign companies to specific industries. According to our database, the top 3 SIC Codes for Denmark are Holding company (21.49%), Membership organization (17.4%) and Misc business credit institutions (4.26%).
Denmark: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 541,422 registered companies
Denmark: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales
According to our database, companies registered in the Denmark generated € 1,606,475,105,963 in sales, which represents 1.9% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.
Denmark: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 541,422 registered companies
Company Name, Sales & Share | Sales | Market Share | ||
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1. | A.P. Moller - Mærsk A/S € 48.46B 3.02% | € 48.46B | 3.02% | |
2. | Novo Nordisk A/S € 36.81B 2.29% | € 36.81B | 2.29% | |
3. | Maersk A/S € 30.1B 1.87% | € 30.1B | 1.87% | |
4. | Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Filial af Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.,Indien € 25.4B 1.58% | € 25.4B | 1.58% | |
5. | Ocean Network Express Europe Ltd. Denmark Filial € 25.29B 1.57% | € 25.29B | 1.57% | |
6. | Dsv A/S € 21.18B 1.32% | € 21.18B | 1.32% | |
7. | Qatar Airways, Filial af Qatar Airways Group (Q.C.S.C.), Qatar € 18.07B 1.13% | € 18.07B | 1.13% | |
8. | Vestas Wind Systems A/S € 16.37B 1.02% | € 16.37B | 1.02% | |
9. | Andel A.M.B.A. € 15.76B 0.98% | € 15.76B | 0.98% | |
10. | Infosys Limited, Filial af Infosys Limited, Indien € 15.29B 0.95% | € 15.29B | 0.95% | |
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies | € 252.7B | 15.73% |
Denmark: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees
According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 3,916,641 people, which represents 1.04% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Kobenhavns Kommune (49,300), followed by Region Hovedstaden (49,232) and Salling Group A/S (42,129).
Denmark: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 541,422 registered companies
Company Name, Employees & Share | Number of Employees | Market Share | ||
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1. | Kobenhavns Kommune 49,300 1.26% | 49,300 | 1.26% | |
2. | Region Hovedstaden 49,232 1.26% | 49,232 | 1.26% | |
3. | Salling Group A/S 42,129 1.08% | 42,129 | 1.08% | |
4. | Novo Nordisk A/S 33,090 0.84% | 33,090 | 0.84% | |
5. | Region Sjælland 20,508 0.52% | 20,508 | 0.52% | |
6. | Aalborg Kommune 19,983 0.51% | 19,983 | 0.51% | |
7. | Rigspolitiet 18,442 0.47% | 18,442 | 0.47% | |
8. | Odense Kommune 17,413 0.44% | 17,413 | 0.44% | |
9. | Region Nordjylland 16,228 0.41% | 16,228 | 0.41% | |
10. | Kobenhavns Universitet 14,371 0.37% | 14,371 | 0.37% | |
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies | 280,696 | 7.17% |
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