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Live numbers from across søge — vehicles, companies, addresses and phones in Denmark.

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12,842,803
vehicles in the register
7,002,028
companies (CVR)
6.8%
electric & hybrid
7.3 yrs
avg. vehicle age
122
avg. CO₂ g/km
1
verified reviews

Most common car brands

Volkswagen › 1,343,793 Ford › 863,981 Toyota › 806,449 Peugeot › 735,889 Opel › 610,630 Citroën › 571,754 Mercedes-Benz › 535,930 Brenderup › 503,089 Skoda › 376,802 Renault › 364,011 Audi › 313,735 Suzuki › 311,717 Mazda › 309,035 Nissan › 306,364 Fiat › 304,724 Volvo › 297,615 BMW › 288,870 Hyundai › 247,660 KIA › 204,628 Seat › 179,956 Honda › 151,798 Mitsubishi › 136,375 Tesla › 104,807 Stema › 80,644

Fuel mix

Petrol 7,590,023
Diesel 3,536,715
Electric 875,449
Bottled gas (LPG) 2,669
Natural gas (CNG) 1,190
Hydrogen 460
Petroleum 119
Ætanol 4

Fuel economy by fuel type

Petrol 19.2 km/l
Diesel 19.6 km/l
Electric 66.5 km/l
Bottled gas (LPG) 12.7 km/l
Natural gas (CNG) 21.4 km/l
Hydrogen 623.9 km/l
Petroleum 15.5 km/l
Ætanol 10.9 km/l

Average EV consumption: 142 Wh/km (322,981)

Most fuel-efficient models

Ford Puma Gen-E 80.6 km/l
Dacia Spring 79.1 km/l
Cupra Raval 78.9 km/l
Fiat e 500 78.4 km/l
Toyota Toyota C-HR+ 77.7 km/l
Fiat 500e 77.6 km/l
Fiat 500 E 77.5 km/l
Volkswagen E-UP! 76.8 km/l
Volkswagen E - UP! 76.3 km/l
Toyota BZ4X 76.3 km/l
Tesla Model 3 76.2 km/l
Mini Aceman 76.1 km/l
Skoda CITIGOe 76.0 km/l
Volkswagen ID.7 75.4 km/l
Hyundai Inster 75.0 km/l

Most energy-efficient EVs

Lower is better

Volvo/Nilsson V90 T6 Recharge Aut 7 Wh/km
Bach Tria 35 Wh/km
Bach YM2000DP 46 Wh/km
Toyota Prius Plug-in 87 Wh/km
KIA CEED Plug-in 93 Wh/km
KIA CEED SW 94 Wh/km
KIA CEED 98 Wh/km
KIA NIRO Plug-in Hybrid 100 Wh/km
Hyundai Ioniq 102 Wh/km
KIA Xceed Plug-in Hybrid 104 Wh/km
KIA XCeed 104 Wh/km
Garia MONACO 2+2 105 Wh/km
Volkswagen Golf eHybrid 109 Wh/km
Mitsubishi ASX 110 Wh/km
KIA Niro 112 Wh/km

By vehicle category

Personbil 8,222,232
Påhængsvogn 1,588,503
Varebil 1,401,861
Motorcykel 287,478
Campingvogn 242,828
Lastbil 235,666
Traktor 226,155
Lille knallert 198,384
Sættevogn 170,191
Stor knallert 150,511

By use (private / commercial)

Privat personkørsel 8,733,000
Godstransport 2,382,072
Godstransport erhverv 568,464
Beboelse 274,414
Skov-, landbrug- og gartnerikørsel 181,150
Godstransport privat/erhverv 178,425
Godstransport privat 153,178
Trækkraft for sættevogn 88,262
Arbejdskørsel 49,749
Særlig anvendelse 36,488

Used imports

1,661,006 · 12.9% of the fleet is used-imported

Most imported makes

Volkswagen › 168,597 Mercedes-Benz › 151,645 Volvo › 99,235 BMW › 88,648 Audi › 72,564 Ford › 56,224 Scania › 48,903 Brenderup › 33,167 Honda › 30,606 Opel › 30,202 Iveco › 29,968 Tesla › 28,379

Most imported models

Volkswagen GOLF 48,458
Brenderup - 28,622
Mercedes-Benz - 24,383
Krone - 21,885
Schmitz - 21,311
Scania - 20,286
Volkswagen PASSAT 19,084
Tesla Model 3 18,166
Volkswagen POLO 13,475
KEL-Berg - 12,385
Volvo - 12,106
Mercedes-Benz SPRINTER 10,712

Vintage of imported cars

19902026

Most exported makes

Volkswagen › 76,203 Toyota › 62,579 Ford › 56,379 Mercedes-Benz › 50,302 Peugeot › 44,191 Opel › 40,575 Citroën › 37,691 Audi › 32,841 Renault › 28,984 Nissan › 26,174 BMW › 25,264 Suzuki › 25,118

Most exported models

Suzuki GRAND VITARA 15,790
Volkswagen PASSAT 12,468
Toyota AVENSIS 11,161
Nissan QASHQAI 8,361
Ford MONDEO 8,230
Skoda OCTAVIA 8,025
Toyota HIACE 7,648
Mercedes-Benz Vito 7,459
Mercedes-Benz SPRINTER 7,193
Volkswagen GOLF 7,149
Peugeot 406 7,054
Mercedes-Benz E 6,975

Exports by year

20052026

New-car registrations by year

20002026

EV share of new cars (by year)

71.8%
20112026

Fleet lifecycle

12,842,414
Registered 5,124,141 · 39.9%
Deregistered 4,554,261 · 35.5%
Scrapped 1,270,154 · 9.9%
Exported 681,781 · 5.3%

Highest scrap share (by make)

Chevrolet › 21.2% Peugeot › 20.9% Fiat › 19.5% Saab › 18.9% Citroën › 18.1% Hyundai › 18.1% Alfa Romeo › 17.8% Opel › 17.7% Mitsubishi › 17.0% Suzuki › 16.3%

Share of all such cars in DK — partly reflects the make’s age and desirability.

Highest export share (by make)

Alfa Romeo › 17.6% Audi › 10.5% Honda › 10.2% Mercedes-Benz › 9.4% Iveco › 9.2% Saab › 8.8% BMW › 8.7% Nissan › 8.5% Suzuki › 8.1% Mazda › 8.0%

Share of all such cars in DK — partly reflects the make’s age and desirability.

Most scrapped makes

Volkswagen › 159,674 Peugeot › 153,950 Ford › 110,371 Opel › 107,863 Citroën › 103,642 Toyota › 95,704 Fiat › 59,292 Skoda › 53,472 Suzuki › 50,846 Mazda › 46,572 Hyundai › 44,838 Renault › 41,007

Most scrapped models

Volkswagen GOLF 43,466
Opel ASTRA 36,695
Volkswagen POLO 35,299
Peugeot 206 32,885
Fiat PUNTO 31,500
Ford MONDEO 30,192
Volkswagen PASSAT 26,073
Opel CORSA 24,318
Toyota COROLLA 22,883
Peugeot 307 21,480
Peugeot 406 18,612
Opel VECTRA 17,800

Scrapping by year

20052026

Youngest fleets (by make)

Tesla › 3.6 yrs VGA › 5.5 yrs Neptun › 6.6 yrs Dacia › 7.8 yrs Skoda › 8.2 yrs Mercedes-Benz › 8.4 yrs Renault › 8.4 yrs Audi › 8.5 yrs Hyundai › 9.0 yrs KIA › 9.0 yrs

Oldest fleets (by make)

Yamaha › 23.8 yrs Honda › 23.0 yrs Brenderup › 22.1 yrs Chevrolet › 22.1 yrs Camp-LET › 18.7 yrs VA › 17.0 yrs Stema › 15.9 yrs Fiat › 14.2 yrs PGO › 14.2 yrs Suzuki › 13.8 yrs

Fleet age distribution

avg. vehicle age: 7.3 yrs
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025

Number of vehicles by model year

Most popular models

Volkswagen GOLF › 220,112 Volkswagen POLO › 185,094 Toyota COROLLA › 158,207 Opel KADETT › 115,017 Volkswagen PASSAT › 113,466 Opel CORSA › 106,453 Ford ESCORT › 104,957 Peugeot 208 › 101,645 Opel ASTRA › 98,985 Ford FIESTA › 97,813 Volkswagen UP! › 92,588 Toyota YARIS › 92,263 Citroën C3 › 85,658 Ford MONDEO › 83,147 Mazda 323 › 82,561 Mazda 626 › 79,995 Nissan QASHQAI › 74,170 Skoda OCTAVIA › 70,980 Toyota AVENSIS › 67,218 Volkswagen TOURAN › 66,002

EV adoption — new registrations per year

738,889 electric vehicles first registered in denmark
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

Electric vehicles first registered in Denmark

Inspection reliability (syn)

10,546,542 inspections
97.6%
Approved
2.0%
Conditional pass
0.3%
Failed
0.0%
Incomplete

Most reliable brands

Zetor 100.0%
Frenderup Maskinfabr 100.0%
Deutz 100.0%
Ducati 99.9%
Valmet 99.9%
Combi Camp 99.9%
Nimbus 99.9%
BSA 99.9%
Camping Nissen 99.9%
Vestbro 99.9%
Massey Ferguson 99.9%
Vespa 99.8%

Brands with most failures

Daewoo 93.9%
HFR 94.7%
Nopa 96.2%
Ssangyong 96.2%
Alfa Romeo 96.2%
KEL-Berg 96.3%
Fiat 96.3%
Chevrolet 96.4%

Pass rates from all Danish mandatory inspections

Most common car colours

Grå 1,328,824
Sort 1,003,161
Hvid 718,011
Blå 322,134
Rød 209,594
Brun 80,581
Grøn 69,657
Gul 29,226
Orange 20,102
Lilla/Violet 8,340

Body types

Hatchback 1,837,124
Stationcar 1,586,956
MPV 959,894
Sedan 348,323
Cabriolet 50,369
Coupe 46,562
3-hjulet, lukket 8,323
Uden karrosseri 2,402
Stationcar-pickup 1,734
3-hjulet, åben 1,375

Companies by legal form

862,637 active · 950,505 closed
Sole proprietorship 893,342
Private limited (ApS) 700,001
Association 245,037
Small personally owned business 115,090
Public limited (A/S) 89,759
Entrepreneurial (IVS) 40,888
active: 862,637 closed: 950,505 forced-closed: 86,168

New companies per year

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

Year founded (last 16 years)

Most companies (municipality)

København 338,815
Aarhus 137,638
Aalborg 73,417
Odense 65,609
Frederiksberg 49,860
Esbjerg 34,486
Kolding 33,552
Randers 28,074

Companies by industry

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Phone numbers

37,938,000
allocated numbers
6.4
numbers per capita

Numbering plan

2–7 · Mobil & fastnet70 · Landsdækkende80 · Frikald (gratis)90 · Overtakst

Source: SDFI/DIGST Danish Numbering Plan (CC0). Lookups via nummeropslag.dk.

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