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Enterprise Groups in Denmark

This statistic is, to our knowledge, only carried out in Denmark. The method has not changed since the first reference period in which the statistic was published (2009). Enterprise group structures undergo substantial changes, and the statistics is expected to be of a volatile nature as regards the number of groups and employees.

Comparability - geographical

This statistics is, to our knowledge, only carried out in Denmark.

Comparability over time

The method has not changed since the first reference period (2009). Enterprise group structures undergo substantial changes, and the statistic is expected to be of a volatile nature as regards the number of groups and employees.

From the reference year 2015, the statistic calculate the figures for full-time employees with 2 decimals, which have previously been rounded to whole numbers. The consequence is minor deviations in statbank tables konc1 and konc4.

Since December 2014, Danish companies are obliged to register their ownership with the Danish Enterprise Authority. This means that much better data is available about group relations. This information has been incorporated into Statistics Denmark's sources of statistics for Enterprise Groups in the period 2015 and 2016, and means that we have more and better links between companies. One should therefore be careful to compare with data from previous years.

From the reference year 2017 enterprises that ceases activity within the reference year, will not automatically be linked in enterprise groups, since we make a statistic that measures a picture of the date 31/12 in the reference year. However, we still want to make sure that large parts of the employment do not fall out of groups due to restructuring. Therefore we check enterprises that ceases activity in the reference year, that have been in groups. Enterprises that e.g. falls out due to a fusion, is linked to the enterprise it is combined with, if this is still in a group.

Coherence - cross domain

Enterprise groups in Denmark is comparable with the general enterprise statistics, when the criteria mentioned is taken into consideration.

Coherence - internal

Overarching groups of number of enterprises that are part of enterprise groups and their number of employees, are calculated based on the underlying detailed information on the individual enterprises, which secures an internal consistency.