Industry Breakdown of Companies in Denmark

This statistic shows TOP industries, TOP companies by sales and number of employees and the most common SIC codes in Denmark

The number of companies in Denmark is 525,576, which represents 1.15% of all 45,639,763 companies in the HitHorizons database. The country with the highest number of registered companies is United Kingdom with 6,756,179 companies.

Current Country:
Denmark 525,576 (1.2%)
Largest Country:
United Kingdom 6,756,179 (14.8%)
Total Number of Companies 45,639,763

TOP Industries in Denmark

The industry with the highest number of companies registered in Denmark is Services with 208,455 companies followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate and Retail Trade with 197,762 and 30,453 companies respectively.

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TOP Industries in Denmark 525,576 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of Companies
Services 208,455 39.7% 208,455
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 197,762 37.6% 197,762
Retail Trade 30,453 5.8% 30,453
Construction 25,703 4.9% 25,703
Wholesale Trade 20,081 3.8% 20,081
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 17,051 3.2% 17,051
Manufacturing 14,545 2.8% 14,545
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 10,496 2.0% 10,496
Public Sector 550 0.1% 550
Mining 254 0.0% 254
Unknown industry 226 0.0% 226

Breakdown of Companies in Denmark by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification code (SIC code) allows to classify individual industries. The top three SIC codes for Denmark are Holding company (21.09%), Membership organization (17.24%) and Real property lessor (7.99%) .

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Breakdown of Companies in Denmark by SIC Code 525,576 registered companies

TOP 10 Companies by Sales Registered in Denmark

Companies registered in Denmark generate € 1,501,069,494,127 in sales per annum, which represents 1.94% of sales of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest sales is A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S with € 56.28B followed by Maersk A/S and Dsv A/S with € 39.58B and € 31.67B in sales respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Sales in Denmark 525,576 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S € 56.28B 3.75% € 56.28B
2. Maersk A/S € 39.58B 2.64% € 39.58B
3. Dsv A/S € 31.67B 2.11% € 31.67B
4. Ocean Network Express Europe Ltd. Denmark Filial € 30.00B 2% € 30.00B
5. Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Filial af Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.,Indien € 24.20B 1.61% € 24.20B
6. Novo Nordisk A/S € 18.92B 1.26% € 18.92B
7. Energi Danmark A/S € 15.99B 1.07% € 15.99B
8. A/S United Shipping & Trading Company € 15.93B 1.06% € 15.93B
9. Vestas Wind Systems A/S € 15.59B 1.04% € 15.59B
10. Infosys Limited, Filial af Infosys Limited, Indien € 15.04B 1% € 15.04B

TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees Registered in Denmark

Companies registered in Denmark have 3,900,312 employees, which represents 1% of all employees of companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Region Hovedstaden with 56,620 people followed by Københavns Kommune and Salling Group A/S with 51,541 and 43,805 employees respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees in Denmark 525,576 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Employees
1. Region Hovedstaden 56,620 1.45% 56,620
2. Københavns Kommune 51,541 1.32% 51,541
3. Salling Group A/S 43,805 1.12% 43,805
4. Forsvaret og Forsvarsministeriets Styrelser 31,013 0.8% 31,013
5. Aalborg Kommune 23,183 0.59% 23,183
6. Region Sjælland 22,829 0.59% 22,829
7. Novo Nordisk A/S 22,150 0.57% 22,150
8. Odense Kommune 19,981 0.51% 19,981
9. Rigspolitiet 18,954 0.49% 18,954
10. Region Nordjylland 18,603 0.48% 18,603

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