Denmark AGRICULTURE Companies
Approximately 113,706 real businesses classified under Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing in Denmark, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Approximately 113,706 real businesses operate in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector across Denmark. Agriculture looks like the simplest sector to verify — a farm, a name, a plot of land. It rarely is. Ownership here often runs through family trusts, cooperatives, and, in many jurisdictions, foreign-land-ownership restrictions that route control through a domestic holding entity instead of the operator you would expect. The sector spans crop and livestock farms, forestry and logging operators, and commercial fisheries and aquaculture producers feeding raw commodities into much longer supply chains. For due diligence, the real exposure is not the farm gate — it is the subsidy filings, land-registry disclosures, and supply-chain traceability rules sitting on top of it.
46 companies in this sector are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.
Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing companies in Denmark follow the same national framework as every other sector there.
Full Denmark beneficial ownership overviewTop Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Companies in Denmark
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Data Coverage
Record counts for SIC Code A in Denmark, as of the last reconciliation.
Section A is 6% of the Denmark register by entity count and its 9th largest sector — see all sectors.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you
Danish farmland carries a statutory agricultural obligation (landbrugspligt) recorded directly on the property’s title and administered by Landbrugsstyrelsen (the Danish Agricultural Agency) — a real, checkable land-use constraint on how a given parcel may be used and transferred, entirely separate from ownership recorded at CVR. For verification, a change of effective control over Danish farmland often shows up as a landbrugspligt-linked filing before it shows up as an ordinary company transaction.
Denmark’s agricultural sector is unusually large-scale and consolidated for its size, one of the most productive per hectare in the EU, but a meaningful share of holdings still operate as sole proprietorships rather than CVR-registered companies, limiting available financial disclosure. EU Common Agricultural Policy support, administered by Landbrugsstyrelsen, gives a separate, genuinely checkable data point on a farm’s finances independent of its own filed accounts — useful for EUDR compliance work in particular, where a compliant supply chain often has to be traced to entities that never filed a standard company report.
What changed recently
Sector-specific developments that change how this data is used. Each carries a verification date so it can be refreshed on a schedule.
The EU deforestation rules apply from 30 December 2026
The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) requires operators placing cattle, wood, cocoa, coffee, palm oil or soya on the EU market to prove their supply chains are deforestation-free. After two postponements — originally due 30 December 2024, then pushed to 30 December 2025 — the Council of the EU adopted a further revision in December 2025 moving the application date for all operators to 30 December 2026, with an additional six-month allowance for micro and small operators to 30 June 2027. For Denmark operators and exporters supplying the EU market, this is now the operative compliance deadline.
Source: Council of the EU, 18 December 2025 · Last verified 7 October 2026.
Denmark Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, by the register
Charts render from live counts. Modules are suppressed where coverage is too thin to be meaningful.
Entities by sub-sector
SIC division level, live from official registries.
Active vs. inactive
Section A entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.
Company size, by disclosed headcount
By number of employees on file, Section A, Denmark. 31 entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.
Who uses Denmark agriculture, forestry and fishing ownership data
The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.
EUDR supply-chain due diligence
Proving a Danish grain, dairy or forestry supplier is who they claim to be, upstream of the first trader, before the EUDR’s December 2026 date. Danish agriculture is dominated by large-scale, highly consolidated farms, but many still operate as sole proprietorships rather than registered companies.
Landbrugspligt and land-use screening
Danish farmland carries a statutory agricultural obligation (landbrugspligt) recorded on the property’s title, administered by Landbrugsstyrelsen (the Danish Agricultural Agency) — a real, checkable land-use constraint separate from ownership itself.
CAP subsidy screening
EU Common Agricultural Policy payments are administered by Landbrugsstyrelsen; a farm’s subsidy history is a separate, checkable signal from its own filed accounts, useful given how many Danish holdings are structured as sole proprietorships with minimal financial disclosure.
Sub-sectors within Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
SIC divisions inside this section, each with its own Denmark company directory.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing companies are registered in Denmark?
Approximately 113,706 real businesses operate under Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing in Denmark.
What does the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector include in Denmark?
Agriculture looks like the simplest sector to verify — a farm, a name, a plot of land. It rarely is. Ownership here often runs through family trusts, cooperatives, and, in many jurisdictions, foreign-land-ownership restrictions that route control through a domestic holding entity instead of the operator you would expect. The sector spans crop and livestock farms, forestry and logging operators, and commercial fisheries and aquaculture producers feeding raw commodities into much longer supply chains. For due diligence, the real exposure is not the farm gate — it is the subsidy filings, land-registry disclosures, and supply-chain traceability rules sitting on top of it.
How is company ownership disclosed for Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing companies in Denmark?
The same national framework applies here as for every other sector in Denmark — there is no sector-specific beneficial-ownership regime for Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing.
Can I see all industries present in Denmark?
Yes — the Denmark company directory lists every industry with recorded companies for that jurisdiction, alongside the full beneficial-ownership overview for Denmark.
Can I see Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing companies in other countries?
Yes — the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector directory lists every country with recorded Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing companies on Zavia.
Can Zavia monitor changes to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing companies in Denmark over time?
A directory listing is a snapshot, not a live feed. Zavia's monitoring API tracks changes to registered shareholders, officers, and group structure for Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing companies in Denmark going forward, flagging updates as they are filed instead of requiring a manual recheck.
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