Large parts of Denmark's surplus from global trade come from the ten largest industrial groups. This is shown by an analysis from Statistics Denmark.
In 2025, the ten largest industrial groups in Denmark contributed 68 percent of the industrial groups' total contribution to the surplus on the balance of payments. The balance of payments is a statement of Denmark's trade with the rest of the world. If there is a surplus, companies export more than they import. In the case of a deficit, the opposite is true.
Industrial groups contributed a total of 531 billion kroner to the surplus on the balance of payments in 2025, writes Statistics Denmark. This is more than Denmark's total surplus on the balance of payments, which was 441 billion kroner in 2025.
This is because other industries import more than they export. According to Statistics Denmark, this applies, for example, to trade.
Since 2018, the contribution of industrial groups to the surplus on the balance of payments has increased. The same applies to the ten largest industrial groups. According to Aron T. Besrat, who is responsible for statistics at Statistics Denmark, this is due, among other things, to increased globalization and larger companies.
- The development is related both to the fact that the largest companies are becoming increasingly larger, and to increased globalization, where the largest industrial groups also have production outside the country's borders, he says in a press release.
Danish groups' production outside Denmark's borders is registered as exports that do not cross a Danish border. It is this part of exports in particular that has increased since 2018, explains Aron T. Besrat.
In 2018, the share of the ten largest industrial groups of the total contribution of industrial groups was 57 percent. This means that it has increased by 11 percentage points by 2025. A group is a number of independent companies controlled by a parent company. Groups operate as a single economic unit.
In Statistics Denmark's analysis, industrial groups also meet a number of requirements regarding turnover or employees within the industry.
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