Foreign-owned enterprises in Denmark
How many enterprises in Denmark are foreign-owned? How many employees do these enterprises have, and how big is their turnover? These are some of the questions you can find answers to here on this page.
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An enterprise that meets a range of criteria for economic activity, such as full-time equivalents, turnover, goods purchases, imports, exports, value added, or balance sheet total. The enterprise's relationships with other enterprises, such as ownership or joint VAT settlement, may also be included. The precise criteria and thresholds vary between statistics and may depend on the purpose of the assessment.
Staff (excluding apprentices) whose regular working hours are the same as the collectively agreed or customary hours worked in the enterprise, even if their contract is for less than one year.
Active enterprise located in Denmark, which ultimately is owned by a foreign enterprise, regardless of the number of existing intermediate enterprise relations.
Selected statistics on Foreign-owned enterprises in Denmark
Development in foreign-owned enterprises and full-time employees
The statistics are based on information from National Bank, commercial registers, companies’ official financial statements, the Business Register (ESR), and the General Enterprise statistics. The National Bank provides information on foreign direct investments and ownership relationships. Commercial registers and companies’ official financial statements are used as supplementary sources for identifying and validating ownership relationships. The ESR is used to identify the enterprises, while information on the companies’ industry classification and size is obtained from the General Business Statistics.
Distribution by industry of foreign-owned and Danish-owned enterprises
The statistics are based on information from National Bank, commercial registers, companies’ official financial statements, the Business Register (ESR), and the General Enterprise statistics. The National Bank provides information on foreign direct investments and ownership relationships. Commercial registers and companies’ official financial statements are used as supplementary sources for identifying and validating ownership relationships. The ESR is used to identify the enterprises, while information on the companies’ industry classification and size is obtained from the General Business Statistics.
Country distribution for foreign-owned enterprises
The statistics are based on information from National Bank, commercial registers, companies’ official financial statements, the Business Register (ESR), and the General Enterprise statistics. The National Bank provides information on foreign direct investments and ownership relationships. Commercial registers and companies’ official financial statements are used as supplementary sources for identifying and validating ownership relationships. The ESR is used to identify the enterprises, while information on the companies’ industry classification and size is obtained from the General Business Statistics.
Country distribution for full-time employees in foreign-owned enterprises
The statistics are based on information from National Bank, commercial registers, companies’ official financial statements, the Business Register (ESR), and the General Enterprise statistics. The National Bank provides information on foreign direct investments and ownership relationships. Commercial registers and companies’ official financial statements are used as supplementary sources for identifying and validating ownership relationships. The ESR is used to identify the enterprises, while information on the companies’ industry classification and size is obtained from the General Business Statistics.
Country distribution for total turnover in foreign-owned enterprises
The statistics are based on information from National Bank, commercial registers, companies’ official financial statements, the Business Register (ESR), and the General Enterprise statistics. The National Bank provides information on foreign direct investments and ownership relationships. Commercial registers and companies’ official financial statements are used as supplementary sources for identifying and validating ownership relationships. The ESR is used to identify the enterprises, while information on the companies’ industry classification and size is obtained from the General Business Statistics.
On the statistics – documentation, sources and method
See the documentation of statistics to learn more:
The purpose of the statistics foreign-owned enterprises is to show the number of foreign-owned enterprises in Denmark and how this number develops over time. The statistics were compiled with the first reference year 2000 and is comparable from 2019 onwards. First as a pilot project and subsequent regulation determined in connection with the implementation of the Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 of The European Parliament and of The Council of 20 June 2007 on Community statistics on the structure and activity of foreign affiliates.