Denmark (DK)

Overview

Registry

CVR (Det Centrale Virksomhedsregister)Central Business Register

Denmark’s Central Business Register (CVR) is the official registry for all business entities in Denmark and Greenland. It provides comprehensive company data including registration details, ownership information, and management structure.

Company Identifiers

Identifier	Format	Example	Notes
CVR Number (CVR-nummer)	8-digit numeric	`36734205`	Primary identifier for all registered entities
VAT Number	`DK` + CVR number	`DK36734205`	CVR number prefixed with country code
P-Number (pNummer)	10-digit numeric	`1001564464`	Production unit / establishment identifier

Additional Internal Identifiers

Identifier	Description
Entity Number (enhedsNummer)	Internal CVR system-level ID (up to 10 digits)
Business Key (forretningsnoegle)	External registration number on participant entities

Search Capabilities

Search Method	Supported
Search by CVR number	Yes
Search by company name	Yes
Search by P-number	Yes (for production units)

Data Availability

Data Point	A/S	ApS	ENK	I/S / K/S	Non-Profits	Public Entities
Basic profile	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Address	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Capital	Yes	Yes	No	Varies	No	No
Shareholders	Yes	Yes	No	Varies	Limited	No
Management	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Limited
Activities	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Establishments	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Contact details	If provided	If provided	If provided	If provided	If provided	If provided

A/S = Public Limited Company, ApS = Private Limited Company, ENK = Sole Proprietorship, I/S = General Partnership, K/S = Limited Partnership

UBO Register Profile: declared beneficial owners from Reelle ejere, the Danish central register of beneficial owners. See UBO Register Profile.

Legal Forms

Denmark has an extensive set of legal form codes. Below are the most common categories.

Commercial Companies

Code	Abbreviation	Danish Name	English	Notes
60	A/S	Aktieselskab	Public Limited Company	Min capital DKK 400,000
80	ApS	Anpartsselskab	Private Limited Company	Min capital DKK 40,000
81	IVS	Iværksætterselskab	Entrepreneurial Company	Discontinued since 2019, min capital DKK 1
290	E/S	SE-selskab	European Company (SE)	Societas Europaea
285	FIV	Særlig finansiel virksomhed	Special Financial Undertaking	Regulated financial entity

Sole Proprietorships

Code	Abbreviation	Danish Name	English
10	ENK	Enkeltmandsvirksomhed	Sole Proprietorship
15	PMV	Personligt ejet Mindre Virksomhed	Personally Owned Small Business
20	DØD	Dødsbo	Estate of Deceased

Partnerships

Code	Abbreviation	Danish Name	English
30	I/S	Interessentskab	General Partnership
40	K/S	Kommanditselskab	Limited Partnership
45	MSS	Medarbejderinvesteringsselskab	Employee Investment Company
50	PAR	Partrederi	Shipping Partnership
70	KAS	Kommanditaktieselskab/Partnerselskab	Limited Partnership Company (P/S)

Cooperatives & Limited Liability Associations

Code	Abbreviation	Danish Name	English
130	ANS	Andelsselskab (-forening)	Cooperative Society
140	ABA	Andelsselskab (-forening) med begrænset ansvar	Cooperative Society (Limited Liability)
150	FBA	Forening eller selskab med begrænset ansvar	Association or Company (Limited Liability)
151	SMA	Selskab med begrænset ansvar	Company with Limited Liability (SMBA)
152	FMA	Forening med begrænset ansvar	Association with Limited Liability (FMBA)

Non-Profits & Foundations

Code	Abbreviation	Danish Name	English
90	FON	Fonde og andre selvejende institutioner	Foundations and Self-Governing Institutions
100	EFO	Erhvervsdrivende fond	Commercial Foundation
110	FOR	Forening	Association
115	FFO	Frivillig forening	Voluntary Association
95	TRU	Trust	Trust

Foreign Entities & Branches

Code	Abbreviation	Danish Name	English
170	FAS	Filial af udenlandsk aktieselskab	Branch of Foreign Public Ltd. Co.
190	FBA	Filial af udenlandsk virksomhed	Branch of Foreign Ltd. Liability Co.
200	-	Filial af anden udenlandsk virksomhedsform	Branch of Other Foreign Entity
210	UDL	Anden udenlandsk virksomhed	Other Foreign Entity
291	FES	Filial af SE-selskab	Branch of European Company (SE)
520	GUS	Grønlandsk afdeling af udenlandsk selskab	Greenlandic Branch of Foreign Co.

Public & Special Entities

Code	Abbreviation	Danish Name	English
230	STA	Statslig administrativ enhed	State Administrative Unit
235	SOV	Selvstændig offentlig virksomhed	Independent Public Enterprise
245	REG	Region	Region
250	KOM	Primærkommune	Municipality
260	FKI	Folkekirkelige Institutioner	Church Institutions

European Legal Forms

Code	Abbreviation	Danish Name	English
160	EØF	Europæisk Økonomisk Firmagruppe	European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG)
195	SCE	SCE-selskab	European Cooperative Society (SCE)
220	FEØ	Fast forretningssted af Europæisk økonomisk Firmagruppe	Permanent Establishment of EEIG

Other

Code	Abbreviation	Danish Name	English
240	AMT	Amtskommune	County Municipality (historical)
270	EUO	Enhed under oprettelse i Erhvervsstyrelsen	Entity Being Registered
280	ØVR	Øvrige virksomhedsformer	Other Legal Forms
990	UOP	Uoplyst virksomhedsform	Undisclosed Legal Form

Status Codes

Primary Status Values

Danish Status	English	Normalized
NORMAL	Active / Normal	Active
OPLØST	Dissolved	Inactive
OPLØST EFTER KONKURS	Dissolved after Bankruptcy	Inactive
OPLØST EFTER ERKLÆRING	Dissolved after Declaration	Inactive
OPLØST EFTER FRIVILLIG LIKVIDATION	Dissolved after Voluntary Liquidation	Inactive
OPLØST EFTER FUSION	Dissolved after Merger	Inactive
OPLØST EFTER SPALTNING	Dissolved after Demerger	Inactive
OPHØRT	Ceased	Inactive
KONKURS	Bankrupt	Inactive
TVANGSOPLØST	Compulsorily Dissolved	Inactive
SLETTET	Deleted	Inactive
UNDER TVANGSOPLØSNING	Under Compulsory Dissolution	Distressed
UNDER FRIVILLIG LIKVIDATION	Under Voluntary Liquidation	Distressed
UNDER KONKURS	Under Bankruptcy	Distressed
UNDER REKONSTRUKTION	Under Reconstruction	Distressed

Some entity types (particularly sole proprietorships, associations, and public entities) may use a simplified status system with values like “Aktiv” (Active) or “Ophørt” (Ceased).

Activity Codes

Denmark uses DB07 (Dansk Branchekode 2007), the Danish implementation of NACE Rev. 2.

Field	Description	Example
Industry code (branchekode)	6-digit NACE-compatible code	`620100`
Industry text (branchetekst)	Activity description in Danish	Computerprogrammering
Classification scheme	DB07_NACErev2	-

The first 4 digits align with the EU NACE standard; the last 2 digits provide Danish sub-detail. Companies may have a main activity (hovedbranche) and up to three secondary activities (bibranche).

Ownership Data

Ownership is reported as bands, not exact percentages. CVR reports ownership as ranges rather than precise values. This is a regulatory feature of Danish company law, not a data limitation.

Ownership Bands

Band	Display Value
5-9.99%	5-9.99%
10-14.99%	10-14.99%
15-19.99%	15-19.99%
20-24.99%	20-24.99%
25-33.32%	25-33.32%
33.33-49.99%	33.33-49.99%
50-66.66%	50-66.66%
66.67-89.99%	66.67-89.99%
90-99.99%	90-99.99%
100%	100%

Ownership data includes both share capital ownership and voting rights, which may be reported in different bands for the same shareholder.

UBO Register Profile

Denmark’s central register of beneficial owners, Reelle ejere, is kept within CVR, the company register documented above, as a separate dataset. A beneficial ownership profile carries the company’s declared beneficial owners: the persons registered as ultimately owning or controlling it. For ordering, the workflow and the full response schema, see Retrieve Ultimate Beneficial Ownership.

To access ultimate beneficial ownership you must qualify for Legitimate Interest under the EU AML framework (AMLR). For more details, please speak to your Account Manager.

The register

Erhvervsstyrelsen, the Danish Business Authority, publishes Reelle ejere through Det Offentlige Ejerregister, the public register of owners, which also records legal owners. Registration is required under the Companies Act, Selskabsloven, and the Money Laundering Act, Hvidvaskloven, which implement the EU’s 4th and 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directives. A company must register each person who holds more than 25% of its shares or voting rights, or otherwise exercises control over it. Some companies sit outside this requirement: sole proprietorships, personally owned small businesses, employee investment companies, independent public enterprises, branches of foreign companies, and listed companies.

What a profile contains

Shareholding and voting rights are separate interests, each present where the register states it, and a person’s share of each can differ. The register states each share as a decimal fraction: share.original carries that fraction as given, such as 0.56, and share.exact the percentage. A beneficial owner can also be registered through a role in the company rather than a share. Where a company has no beneficial owners, or cannot identify any, Danish company law has it register its management instead. A board member carries a BoardMember interest and a member of the executive management a SeniorManagingOfficial interest, each with the register’s wording in type.original and no share. A control right set out in the company’s articles carries a ControlViaCompanyRulesOrArticles interest.

{
  "partyId": "DK:12345678",
  "partyIdBasis": "RegisterIdentifier",
  "partyType": "Individual",
  "name": "Jane Example",
  "countryOfResidence": "DK",
  "notifiedDate": { "original": "2021-03-15", "normalized": "2021-03-15" },
  "interests": [
    {
      "type": { "original": "EJERANDEL_PROCENT", "normalized": "Shareholding" },
      "share": { "exact": 56.00, "original": "0.56" }
    },
    {
      "type": { "original": "EJERANDEL_STEMMERET_PROCENT", "normalized": "VotingRights" },
      "share": { "exact": 56.00, "original": "0.56" }
    }
  ],
  "totalOwnership": { "exact": 56.00, "original": "0.56" },
  "totalVotingRights": { "exact": 56.00, "original": "0.56" }
}

The register also accepts a company as a beneficial owner. A company’s CVR registration number is carried in identifiers.

Party identification

partyId is built from CVR’s own identifier for the party, the enhedsNummer, so partyIdBasis is RegisterIdentifier. The enhedsNummer belongs to the person within CVR rather than to any one filing.

Register statements

A company with no beneficial owners in its profile carries one statement, chosen by what the register records:

NoBeneficialOwners: the company has a current Reelle ejere registration that lists no owners. This covers a registration that declares none and one whose owners have all ended.
SubjectExemptFromDisclosure: the company has no current registration and is outside the requirement, by its legal form or as a listed company.
Unknown: the company has no current registration and is within the requirement.

A closed registration counts as no registration. Statements from this register describe the declaration as a whole and carry no linkedPartyId.

Relationship to the Enhanced Profile

The Enhanced Profile’s ownership bands, documented above, and this profile’s interestedParties come from two different datasets in Det Offentlige Ejerregister. Ownership bands come from its record of legal owners, which states statutory ranges such as 25 to 33.32%. Reelle ejere states each beneficial owner’s share as a single figure. A company can appear in both with different figures: a 25 to 33.32% band in the Enhanced Profile and a 31.40% share here answer different questions, about legal ownership and beneficial ownership.

Personal data

CVR publishes a beneficial owner’s name and address. Date of birth and nationality are outside what it publishes.

Address Format

Danish addresses follow a structured format: Standard format:

Højbro Plads 10, 1200 København K, Denmark

With floor and apartment:

Vesterbrogade 42, 3. th, 1620 København V, Denmark

Address Components

Component	Description	Example
Street name (vejnavn)	Street name	Højbro Plads
House number (husnummerFra)	Building number	10
Floor (etage)	Floor number	3
Side door (sidedoer)	Apartment indicator	th (til højre = right)
Postal code (postnummer)	4-digit postal code	1200
Postal district (postdistrikt)	City/area name	København K
Municipality (kommune)	Administrative municipality	KØBENHAVN

Capital Structure

Standard minimum capital requirements:

Legal Form	Minimum Capital
A/S (Public Limited)	DKK 400,000
ApS (Private Limited)	DKK 40,000
IVS (Entrepreneurial)	DKK 1 (discontinued since 2019)

Capital is typically reported in Danish Kroner (DKK). If no currency is specified in the registry data, DKK is assumed.

Representatives

Common Roles

Danish Role	English	Description
DIREKTØR	Director	Company director
ADMINISTRERENDE DIREKTØR	CEO	Chief Executive Officer
BESTYRELSESFORMAND	Chairman of the Board	Board chairman
NÆSTFORMAND	Deputy Chairman	Vice chairman
BESTYRELSESMEDLEM	Board Member	Board member
SUPPLEANT	Alternate	Substitute/alternate member
REVISOR	Auditor	Company auditor
LIKVIDATOR	Liquidator	Appointed for dissolution
STIFTER	Founder	Company founder
PROKURA	Procurator	Signatory authority holder

Establishments (Production Units)

Danish companies can have multiple production units (penheder), representing physical locations where the company operates. Each is identified by a unique 10-digit P-number.

Production unit details (name, address, activities) may require additional lookups. The primary company lookup returns P-numbers and validity periods for each unit.

Implementation Notes

Empty results possible: Some CVR numbers may return no results if the entity does not exist in the current registry index.

Historical data model: All Danish company data is versioned with validity periods. Current values have no end date. For dissolved companies, all records have end dates, and the most recent values are used.

Known Limitations

Ownership bands: Exact shareholding percentages are not available - only the band (range) is reported
Establishment details: Production unit records contain only identifiers and dates; detailed branch information requires separate lookups
Status variations: Different entity types may use different status reporting systems

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Overview

Registry

Company Identifiers

Additional Internal Identifiers

Search Capabilities

Data Availability

Legal Forms

Status Codes

Primary Status Values

Activity Codes

Ownership Data

Ownership Bands

UBO Register Profile

The register

What a profile contains

Party identification

Register statements

Relationship to the Enhanced Profile

Personal data

Address Format

Address Components

Capital Structure

Representatives

Common Roles

Establishments (Production Units)

Implementation Notes

Known Limitations

​Overview

Registry

​Company Identifiers

​Additional Internal Identifiers

​Search Capabilities

​Data Availability

​Legal Forms

​Status Codes

​Primary Status Values

​Activity Codes

​Ownership Data

​Ownership Bands

​UBO Register Profile

​The register

​What a profile contains

​Party identification

​Register statements

​Relationship to the Enhanced Profile

​Personal data

​Address Format

​Address Components

​Capital Structure

​Representatives

​Common Roles

​Establishments (Production Units)

​Implementation Notes

​Known Limitations

Overview

Company Identifiers

Additional Internal Identifiers

Search Capabilities

Data Availability

Legal Forms

Status Codes

Primary Status Values

Activity Codes

Ownership Data

Ownership Bands

UBO Register Profile

The register

What a profile contains

Party identification

Register statements

Relationship to the Enhanced Profile

Personal data

Address Format

Address Components

Capital Structure

Representatives

Common Roles

Establishments (Production Units)

Implementation Notes

Known Limitations