List of largest Danish companies
This article lists the largest companies in Denmark in terms of their revenue, net profit and total assets, according to the American business magazines Fortune and Forbes, and the United Kingdom-based B2B data provider Global Database.
2024 Global Database list
This list displays all Danish companies ranked by annual revenue according to the United Kingdom-based B2B data provider Global Database. The figures below are given in millions of US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2023/2024.[1] Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.
| Rank | Name | Industry | Revenue (USD millions) |
Operating income (USD millions) |
Net income (USD millions) |
Total assets (USD millions) |
Total equity (USD millions) |
Employees | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maersk (A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S) | Transportation | 55,500 | 6,500 | 6,200 | 87,700 | 57,900 | 94,260 | Copenhagen |
| 2 | Novo Nordisk | Pharmaceuticals | 43,560 | 19,245 | 15,135 | 69,870 | 21,525 | 77,349 | Bagsværd |
| 3 | DSV | Logistics | 35,350 | 3,780 | 2,650 | 23,860 | 10,760 | 76,000 | Hedehusene |
| 4 | Vestas Wind Systems | Renewable energy | 19,350 | 889 | 553 | 27,620 | 3,965 | 30,586 | Aarhus |
| 5 | Ørsted | Renewable energy | 11,890 | -2,670 | -3,030 | 42,165 | 11,670 | 8,905 | Fredericia |
2023 Fortune list
This list displays all Danish companies in the Fortune Global 500, which ranks the world's largest companies by annual revenue. The figures below are given in millions of US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2022.[2] Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.
| Rank | Fortune 500 rank |
Name | Industry | Revenue (USD millions) |
Profits (USD millions) |
Employees | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 151 | Maersk Group | Transportation | 81,529 | 29,198 | 104,260 | Copenhagen |
| 2 | 293 | Energi Danmark Group | Energy trading | 48,717 | 1,251 | 220 | Aarhus |
| 3 | 461 | DSV | Logistics | 33,321 | 2,484 | 76,283 | Hedehusene |
2019 Forbes list
This list is based on the Forbes Global 2000, which ranks the world's 2,000 largest publicly traded companies. The Forbes list takes into account a multitude of factors, including the revenue, net profit, total assets and market value of each company; each factor is given a weighted rank in terms of importance when considering the overall ranking. The table below also lists the headquarters location and industry sector of each company. The figures are in billions of US dollars and are for the year 2018.[3]
| Rank | Forbes 2000 rank |
Name | Headquarters | Revenue (billions US$) |
Profit (billions US$) |
Assets (billions US$) |
Value (billions US$) |
Industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 262 | Maersk Group | Copenhagen | 39.0 | 3.1 | 56.6 | 28.1 | Transportation |
| 2 | 339 | Danske Bank | Copenhagen | 15.4 | 2.2 | 548.2 | 16.6 | Banking |
| 3 | 376 | Novo Nordisk | Bagsværd | 17.7 | 6.1 | 17.0 | 116.3 | Pharmaceuticals |
| 4 | 486 | Ørsted | Copenhagen | 11.5 | 2.8 | 26.7 | 31.4 | Utilities |
| 5 | 794 | Carlsberg Group | Copenhagen | 9.9 | 0.8 | 18.0 | 19.3 | Beverages |
| 6 | 847 | Vestas Wind Systems | Aarhus | 12.0 | 0.8 | 13.6 | 17.9 | Electrical equipment |
| 7 | 1012 | DSV | Hedehusene | 12.5 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 15.5 | Transportation |
| 8 | 1361 | Coloplast | Fredensborg | 2.7 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 21.9 | Health care |
| 9 | 1520 | Jyske Bank | Silkeborg | 2.4 | 0.4 | 91.9 | 3.4 | Banking |
| 10 | 1668 | Novozymes | Bagsværd | 2.3 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 13.2 | Pharmaceuticals |
| 11 | 1899 | Lundbeck | Copenhagen | 2.9 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 8.3 | Pharmaceuticals |
| 12 | 1973 | ISS A/S | Copenhagen | 12.3 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 5.8 | Services |
| 13 | 1977 | Maersk Drilling | Kongens Lyngby | 1.4 | 0.9 | - | 3.2 |
See also
References
- ^ "Top 10 Companies in Denmark by Sales in 2024". Global Database. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ "Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- ^ "The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-25.