Statistical presentation

Data description

The statistics on workplaces and jobs are published annually and include information on the number of workplaces and jobs at the end of November, as well as data on full-time equivalents and annual salaries. Jobs can be held by self-employed individuals, assisting spouses, or employees. Workplaces are defined based on Statistics Denmark's Business Register. The number of workplaces at the end of November includes all workplaces associated with active businesses that have jobs at the end of November.

The statistic is published in Statbank Denmark.

Classification system

The statistics follow the Danish Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities 2007. A description of the classification is available here.

Sector information from 2008 onwards is based on ESA2010.

Sector coverage

The statistics include all sectors.

Statistical concepts and definitions

Workplace: A workplace is defined as an organizationally delimited part of a company that is located at a specific address. In the statistics on workplaces and jobs, workplaces are defined as those to which jobs can be attributed at the end of November. Only workplaces associated with genuinely active companies are included, i.e., companies without activity or with only insignificant activity are not covered by the statistics.

Job: The number of jobs corresponds to all jobs at each establishment at the end of November.

Statistical unit

The statistical units are workplaces and jobs linked to real, active businesses as registered in the Central Business Register. All jobs at these workplaces as of the end of November are included, regardless of whether they are primary jobs, secondary jobs, or additional jobs beyond the primary or secondary.

Statistical population

The population comprises all workplaces with jobs at the end of November. Only workplaces associated with real, active companies are included.

Reference area

Denmark, along with a few register-based technical units in the group “Outside Denmark” (mainly sailors).

Time coverage

The statistics have been published since 1990, although there have been data breaks during this period (see the section “Comparability over time”). Using the current methodology, the statistics cover the period from 2008 onwards.

Base period

Not relevant for this statistics.

Unit of measure

Workplaces and jobs.

Reference period

01-01-2024 - 31-12-2024

Frequency of dissemination

The statistics are published annually.

Legal acts and other agreements

§6 in Law about Statistics Denmark (Lov om Danmarks Statistik). The main source of data for the statistics is information from eIncome, which is collected by the Danish Tax authorities and provided to Statistics Denmark.

Cost and burden

There is no direct reporting burden associated with the statistics.

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