Number of female business owners in Denmark
Denmark: Number of female business owners was 5,699 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female business owners in Denmark, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 5,699 for number of female business owners in 2024.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 60.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Denmark peaked at 7,631 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 3,551, in 2014.
Denmark ranks 27th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Number of female business owners in Denmark, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3,551 | — |
| 2015 | 5,268 | +48.4% |
| 2016 | 6,255 | +18.7% |
| 2017 | 7,273 | +16.3% |
| 2018 | 7,631 | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 7,101 | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 6,748 | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 7,355 | +9.0% |
| 2022 | 6,076 | -17.4% |
| 2023 | 5,849 | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 5,699 | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6,180 | 3,551 | 7,631 | 6 |
| 2020s | 6,345 | 5,699 | 7,355 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
More private sector data for Denmark
- Merchandise trade 61.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.6% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 75.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 136.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 17.1% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 73.9% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 148.38 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 24,692 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3208 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.28 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Denmark?
- Number of female business owners in Denmark was 5,699 in 2024, according to World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
- What is the highest number of female business owners recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 7,631 in 2018.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,551 in 2014.
- How does Denmark rank for number of female business owners?
- Denmark ranks 27th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026, published as part of Number of female business owners. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of female business owners is the number of female individuals that own at least one share of a limited liability company that was newly registered in the calendar year.