Entrepreneur Analysis: Status of Newly Founded Businesses in 2025 (EIFO - Export and Investment Fund of Denmark)

Summary

• 37,668 new businesses were founded in 2025, an increase of 9% from the 2023-2024 level.p.3
• Consulting and business services accounts for 25 percent of new businesses in 2025.p.3
• In IT and media, 25 % more businesses were founded in 2025 than the year before.p.3
• Private limited companies (ApS) rose to 49% of new registrations in 2025, while sole proprietorships declined correspondingly.p.4
• Two main sectors together make up 48% of new businesses in 2025: consulting and business services, and trade, transport, accommodation and restaurants.p.5
• Region Hovedstaden accounts for the largest share of new businesses in 2025, at 42%.p.7
• Læsø had the strongest growth in new businesses per 1,000 inhabitants at 105%, but only 14 new businesses in 2025.p.9

Key insights

1. The number of new businesses has been falling for years, but the 9% rise in 2025 may mark a turning point.p.3
2. Newly founded private limited companies rose 22%, from 15.049 in 2024 to 18.399 in 2025.p.4
3. The 2024 entrepreneur package lowered the capital requirement for private limited companies from 40,000 to 20,000 kr., which appears to have had an effect.p.4
4. New businesses in computer programming grew by 55%, and construction and civil engineering grew by 11%.p.5
5. New businesses increased in all regions in 2025, with the largest relative increase in Region Hovedstaden.p.7
6. The share of new businesses in agriculture is more than 25 times higher in rural municipalities than in capital-area municipalities.p.10
7. Differences between municipality types are about 8–9 percentage points in construction, IT and media, and consulting and business services.p.3