Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Denmark

Explore more than 544,350 Denmark-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.

Current Country: Denmark 544,350 (1.2%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,802,759 (16.6%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 47,115,226

According to our database, a total of more than 544,350 businesses are registered in Denmark . That represents 1.16% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Denmark-based companies have a share of 1.97% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 1.07% 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 (219,161 companies in total), followed by Services (208,195) and Retail Trade (29,159).

This TOP 10 list was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Denmark: TOP Industries 544,350 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 219,161 40.3% 219,161
Services 208,195 38.2% 208,195
Retail Trade 29,159 5.4% 29,159
Construction 26,344 4.8% 26,344
Wholesale Trade 18,998 3.5% 18,998
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 17,136 3.1% 17,136
Manufacturing 13,843 2.5% 13,843
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 10,454 1.9% 10,454
Public Sector 586 0.1% 586
Mining 240 0.0% 240
Unknown industry 234 0.0% 234

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 (21.67%), Membership organization (17.37%) and Misc business credit institutions (4.2%).

This breakdown was generated automarically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and find companies leading within individual SIC Codes, SIC Code distribution among individual countries, or SIC Code breakdowns within other industries using HitHorizons Screener.

Denmark: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 544,350 registered companies

Denmark: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Denmark generated € 1,672,329,541,756 in sales, which represents 1.97% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.

This TOP 10 list of companies operating in Denmark was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Denmark: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 544,350 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. A.P. Moller - Mærsk A/S € 48.46B 2.9% € 48.46B
2. Novo Nordisk A/S € 36.81B 2.2% € 36.81B
3. Maersk A/S € 32.73B 1.96% € 32.73B
4. Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Filial af Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.,Indien € 25.4B 1.52% € 25.4B
5. Ocean Network Express Europe Ltd. Denmark Filial € 25.29B 1.51% € 25.29B
6. Dsv A/S € 21.18B 1.27% € 21.18B
7. Qatar Airways, Filial af Qatar Airways Group (Q.C.S.C.), Qatar € 18.07B 1.08% € 18.07B
8. Vestas Wind Systems A/S € 16.37B 0.98% € 16.37B
9. Infosys Limited, Filial af Infosys Limited, Indien € 15.29B 0.91% € 15.29B
10. A/S United Shipping & Trading Company € 14.48B 0.87% € 14.48B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 254.1B

Denmark: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 4,099,546 people, which represents 1.07% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Region Hovedstaden (50,370), followed by Kobenhavns Kommune (50,267) and Salling Group A/S (42,161).

This TOP 10 list of companies with the highest number of employees was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Denmark: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 544,350 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. Region Hovedstaden 50,370 1.23% 50,370
2. Kobenhavns Kommune 50,267 1.23% 50,267
3. Salling Group A/S 42,161 1.03% 42,161
4. Novo Nordisk A/S 33,547 0.82% 33,547
5. Region Sjælland 20,870 0.51% 20,870
6. Aalborg Kommune 20,420 0.5% 20,420
7. Rigspolitiet 18,392 0.45% 18,392
8. Odense Kommune 17,519 0.43% 17,519
9. Region Nordjylland 16,524 0.4% 16,524
10. Kobenhavns Universitet 14,337 0.35% 14,337
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 284,407

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