Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Denmark

Explore more than 553,930 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 553,930 (1.2%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 6,982,499 (15.6%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 44,865,360

According to our database, a total of more than 553,930 businesses are registered in Denmark . That represents 1.23% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Denmark-based companies have a share of 2.38% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 1.09% 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 (215,296 companies in total), followed by Services (209,902) and Retail Trade (33,940).

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 553,930 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 215,296 38.9% 215,296
Services 209,902 37.9% 209,902
Retail Trade 33,940 6.1% 33,940
Construction 28,189 5.1% 28,189
Wholesale Trade 20,458 3.7% 20,458
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 18,459 3.3% 18,459
Manufacturing 15,293 2.8% 15,293
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 11,445 2.1% 11,445
Public Sector 550 0.1% 550
Mining 253 0.0% 253
Unknown industry 145 0.0% 145

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 (21.79%), Membership organization (16.91%) and Real property lessor (7.84%).

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 553,930 registered companies

Denmark: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Denmark generated € 1,948,866,707,832 in sales, which represents 2.38% 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 553,930 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S € 74.46B 3.82% € 74.46B
2. Maersk A/S € 57.84B 2.97% € 57.84B
3. Andel A.M.B.A. € 49.5B 2.54% € 49.5B
4. Energi Danmark A/S € 46.21B 2.37% € 46.21B
5. Dsv A/S € 31.61B 1.62% € 31.61B
6. Ocean Network Express Europe Ltd. Denmark Filial € 29.93B 1.54% € 29.93B
7. Nitor Energy A/S € 26.45B 1.36% € 26.45B
8. Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Filial af Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.,Indien € 23.95B 1.23% € 23.95B
9. Novo Nordisk A/S € 23.73B 1.22% € 23.73B
10. A/S United Shipping & Trading Company € 19.77B 1.01% € 19.77B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 383.4B

Denmark: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 4,226,379 people, which represents 1.09% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Københavns Kommune (54,000), followed by Region Hovedstaden (51,428) and Salling Group A/S (44,145).

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 553,930 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. Københavns Kommune 54,000 1.28% 54,000
2. Region Hovedstaden 51,428 1.22% 51,428
3. Salling Group A/S 44,145 1.04% 44,145
4. Forsvaret og Forsvarsministeriets Styrelser 32,477 0.77% 32,477
5. Novo Nordisk A/S 26,118 0.62% 26,118
6. Region Sjælland 23,000 0.54% 23,000
7. Aalborg Kommune 21,061 0.5% 21,061
8. Rigspolitiet 18,667 0.44% 18,667
9. Odense Kommune 18,078 0.43% 18,078
10. Københavns Universitet 16,714 0.4% 16,714
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 305,688

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