Editing Economy of Denmark (section)

==Major companies==
{{See also|List of largest Danish companies}}
Denmark has fostered and is home to many multi-national companies. Many of the largest are interdisciplinary with business – and sometimes research activities – in several fields. The most notable companies include:

;Agribusiness
* [[Arla Foods]] (dairy)
* [[Dansk Landbrugs Grovvareselskab]] (DLG) (agricultural coop (Danish ''[[:da:Andelsselskab med begrænset ansvar|a.m.b.a.]]''). Main focus is agricultural supply and trade)
* [[Danish Crown AmbA|Danish Crown]] (meat products)

;Banking
* [[Danske Bank]] (commercial banking and mortgage lending)
* [[Nordea]]
* [[Nykredit]]
* [[Jyske Bank]]
* [[Saxo Bank]]
* [[Sydbank]]

;Clothing and attire
* [[ECCO]] (shoe and leather accessories manufacturer and retailer)
* [[Bestseller (company)|Bestseller]]

;Construction
* [[FLSmidth]] (global supplier of equipment and services to the cement and [[minerals]] industries)
* [[Rockwool International|Rockwool]] ([[mineral wool]] producer with production in 28 countries)
* [[Velux]] ([[window]]s and [[Skylight (window)|skylight]]s production, owned by [[Villum Foundation]])
* [[Rambøll]]
* [[COWI]]

;Energy technology
* [[Vestas]] ([[wind turbine]]s)
* [[Siemens Wind Power]] (wind turbines)
* [[Danfoss]] (climate and energy)
* [[Grundfos]] (the world's largest [[pump]] manufacturer)
* [[NKT Cables Group A/S]] ([[Power cables]] and [[subsea umbilicals]], owner of subsidiary [[Nilfisk-Advance]])
* [[Ørsted (company)]] (Formerly known as DONG energy)

;Electronics
* [[Linak]]
* [[Bang and Olufsen]] ([[hi-fi]] equipment)
* [[Nilfisk]]
* [[Ortofon]]
* [[Danfoss]]

;Food and drink
* [[Carlsberg Group|Carlsberg]] ([[brewing company]])
* [[Royal Unibrew]]
* [[Chr. Hansen]] (food ingredients and enzymes)
* [[Danisco]] (enzymes, biotechnology and pharmaceutical supplier)

;Insurance
* [[Alm. Brand]]
* [[Tryg]]

;[[Medical equipment]]
* [[Widex]]
* [[William Demant]]

;[[Pharmaceutical]] and [[biotechnology]]
Many of the largest food producers are also engaged in biotechnology and research. Notable companies dedicated to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector, includes:
* [[H. Lundbeck]]
* [[Novo Nordisk]]
* [[LEO Pharma]]
* [[Coloplast]]
* [[Dansac]] (owner Hollister Inc)
* [[Novozymes]]
* [[Pharma Nord]]
* [[Pharmacosmos]]
* [[ALK-Abelló]]
* [[Genmab]]
* [[RosePharma]]
* [[Santaris Pharma A/S]]
* [[Veloxis Pharmaceuticals]]
* [[Zealand Pharma]]

;Retail
* [[Salling Group]] (retail business)
* [[Coop Danmark]], (part of the multi-sector [[Coop amba]], formerly known as FDB until 2013)
* [[Dagrofa]]

;Transport
* [[A. P. Moller-Maersk Group]] (Maersk – conglomerate: shipping)
* [[Blue Water Shipping]]
* [[DFDS]]
* [[DSV (company)|DSV]]
* [[Scan Global Logistics]]
* [[United Shipping & Trading Company|USTC]] (conglomerate: shipping, trading)

;Miscellaneous
* [[ISS A/S|ISS]] (facility services)
* [[The Lego Group]], as of 2014 the world's largest toy manufacturer by sales (in the first half of 2015, it made $2.1&nbsp;billion in sales)
* [[Terma A/S]], aerospace and defense

=== Cooperatives ===
{{main|Danish cooperative movement}}
Denmark has a long tradition for [[cooperative]] production and trade on a large scale. The most notable cooperative societies today includes the agricultural coop of [[Dansk Landbrugs Grovvareselskab]] (DLG), dairy producer Arla Foods and the retail cooperative [[Coop Danmark]]. Coop Danmark started out as ''"Fællesforeningen for Danmarks Brugsforeninger"'' (FDB) in 1896 and now has around 1.4&nbsp;million members in Denmark as of 2017.<ref name="Hoovers">{{cite web|url=http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.coop_danmark_a-s.8e8622076b0a12bc.html |title=Coop Danmark A/S |website= Hoovers|access-date=15 April 2017}}</ref> It is part of the larger multi-sector cooperative [[Coop amba]] which has 1.7&nbsp;million members in that same year.

The cooperative structure also extends to both the housing and banking sector. [[Arbejdernes Landsbank]], founded in 1919, is the largest bank cooperative and it is currently the 6th largest bank in the country as of 2018.<ref>[https://www.finanstilsynet.dk/da/Tal-og-Fakta/Statistik/Statistik-om-sektoren/Pengeinstitutternes-stoerrelsesgruppering Pengeinstitutternes størrelsesgruppering] {{in lang|da}}</ref> The [[Copenhagen Municipality|municipality of Copenhagen]] alone holds a total of 153 housing cooperatives and ''"Arbejdernes Andelsboligforening Århus"'' (AAB Århus) is the largest individual housing cooperative in Denmark, with 23,000 homes in [[Aarhus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.andelsboligforeninger.com/andelsboligforening-statistik.html|title=Statistik for registrede andelsboligforeninger på andelsboligforeninger.com [Statistics for registered housing cooperatives at andelsboligforeninger.com]|publisher=Andelsboligforeninger.com|language=da|access-date=19 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501094056/http://www.andelsboligforeninger.com/andelsboligforening-statistik.html|archive-date=1 May 2016}}</ref>

=== Statistics ===
In 2022, the sector with the highest number of companies registered in Denmark is Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate with 204,853 companies followed by Services and Retail Trade with 204,050 and 30,563 companies respectively.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hithorizons.com/eu/analyses/country-statistics/denmark | title=Industry Breakdown of Companies in Denmark | website=HitHorizons}}</ref>