Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Denmark
Explore more than 557,489 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 557,489 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 2.09% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 1.15% 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 (227,848 companies in total), followed by Services (212,013) and Retail Trade (29,179).
Denmark: TOP Industries 557,489 registered companies
| Industry, Number of Companies | Number of Companies |
Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 227,848 40.9% | 227,848 | 40.9% | ||
| Services 212,013 38.0% | 212,013 | 38.0% | ||
| Retail Trade 29,179 5.2% | 29,179 | 5.2% | ||
| Construction 26,969 4.8% | 26,969 | 4.8% | ||
| Wholesale Trade 18,682 3.4% | 18,682 | 3.4% | ||
| Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 17,544 3.1% | 17,544 | 3.1% | ||
| Manufacturing 13,790 2.5% | 13,790 | 2.5% | ||
| Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 10,506 1.9% | 10,506 | 1.9% | ||
| Public Sector 579 0.1% | 579 | 0.1% | ||
| Mining 241 0.0% | 241 | 0.0% | ||
| Unknown industry 138 0.0% | 138 | 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 (22.63%), Membership organization (17.11%) and Dwelling operator (4.09%).
Denmark: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 557,489 registered companies
Denmark: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales
According to our database, companies registered in the Denmark generated € 1,860,027,347,145 in sales, which represents 2.09% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.
Denmark: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 557,489 registered companies
| Company Name, Sales & Share | Sales | Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | A.P. Moller - Mærsk A/S € 46.92B 2.52% | € 46.92B | 2.52% | |
| 2. | Novo Nordisk A/S € 41.4B 2.23% | € 41.4B | 2.23% | |
| 3. | Dsv A/S € 33.13B 1.78% | € 33.13B | 1.78% | |
| 4. | Maersk A/S € 32.3B 1.74% | € 32.3B | 1.74% | |
| 5. | Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Filial af Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.,Indien € 23.22B 1.25% | € 23.22B | 1.25% | |
| 6. | Qatar Airways, Filial af Qatar Airways Group (Q.C.S.C.), Qatar € 20.19B 1.09% | € 20.19B | 1.09% | |
| 7. | Vestas Wind Systems A/S € 18.84B 1.01% | € 18.84B | 1.01% | |
| 8. | Dnb Carnegie Investment Bank, Filial af Dnb Carnegie Investment Bank Ab (Publ), Sverige € 18.08B 0.97% | € 18.08B | 0.97% | |
| 9. | Amazon Web Services, Dansk Filial af Amazon Web Services Emea Sarl, Luxembourg € 17.07B 0.92% | € 17.07B | 0.92% | |
| 10. | Arla Foods A.m.b.a € 15.08B 0.81% | € 15.08B | 0.81% | |
| Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies | € 266.2B | 14.31% |
Denmark: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees
According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 4,395,189 people, which represents 1.15% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Kobenhavns Kommune (52,656), followed by Region Hovedstaden (50,598) and Salling Group A/S (43,972).
Denmark: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 557,489 registered companies
| Company Name, Employees & Share | Number of Employees | Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kobenhavns Kommune 52,656 1.2% | 52,656 | 1.2% | |
| 2. | Region Hovedstaden 50,598 1.15% | 50,598 | 1.15% | |
| 3. | Salling Group A/S 43,972 1% | 43,972 | 1% | |
| 4. | Novo Nordisk A/S 27,975 0.64% | 27,975 | 0.64% | |
| 5. | Region Sjælland 21,313 0.48% | 21,313 | 0.48% | |
| 6. | Aalborg Kommune 20,542 0.47% | 20,542 | 0.47% | |
| 7. | Odense Kommune 17,730 0.4% | 17,730 | 0.4% | |
| 8. | Region Nordjylland 16,666 0.38% | 16,666 | 0.38% | |
| 9. | Coop Danmark A/S 13,890 0.32% | 13,890 | 0.32% | |
| 10. | Rigspolitiet 12,656 0.29% | 12,656 | 0.29% | |
| Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies | 277,998 | 6.33% |
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