Top GOVERNMENT AND DEFENCE Companies in Denmark
Approximately 1,699 real businesses classified under Public Administration and Defence in Denmark, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Approximately 1,699 real businesses operate in the Public Administration and Defence sector across Denmark. Government bodies do not have beneficial owners — they have budgets and mandates. Ministries, defence entities, and compulsory-social-security bodies are state functions, not shareholder-owned companies, so the ownership-verification questions that apply everywhere else in this directory largely do not translate here.
22 companies in this sector are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.
Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Public Administration and Defence companies in Denmark follow the same national framework as every other sector there.
Full Denmark beneficial ownership overviewTop Public Administration and Defence Companies in Denmark
Live from the register. Every row opens the full record — officers, shareholders and resolved group structure.
Data Coverage
Record counts for NACE section O in Denmark, as of the last reconciliation.
Section O is 0% of the Denmark register by entity count and its 18th largest sector — see all sectors.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you
Denmark’s Act on Public Access to Information in Administrative Files (offentlighedsloven) gives a genuine statutory right to request most documents held by a public authority, subject to defined exceptions — a real transparency baseline for verifying a public-sector counterparty’s claimed activity, functioning in a comparable role to the company register for private entities, since most public administration bodies aren’t themselves CVR-registered companies.
It’s worth distinguishing, before applying either the transparency framework or standard company checks, between a genuine government agency (styrelse) and a commercially-run, wholly or majority state-owned company such as Energinet (the transmission grid operator) or Ørsted (energy, majority state-owned) — the latter are ordinary CVR-registered, profit-oriented companies with the Danish state as a shareholder, not public authorities in the offentlighedsloven sense. Public procurement above relevant thresholds is separately published and searchable, giving a direct way to confirm whether a claimed government contract actually exists.
Denmark Public Administration and Defence, by the register
Charts render from live counts. Modules are suppressed where coverage is too thin to be meaningful.
Active vs. inactive
Section O entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.
Company size, by disclosed headcount
By number of employees on file, Section O, Denmark. 3 entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.
Who uses Denmark public administration and defence ownership data
The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.
Offentlighedsloven (public access) screening
Denmark’s Act on Public Access to Information in Administrative Files (offentlighedsloven) gives a strong statutory right to request most public-authority documents — a genuine transparency baseline for verifying a public-sector counterparty’s claimed activity.
Public procurement portal screening
Danish public contracts above relevant thresholds are published and searchable, a direct way to verify a claimed government contract rather than relying on a vendor’s own description of it.
State-owned company vs. genuine authority distinction
Denmark’s state sector spans everything from government agencies (styrelser) to commercially-run, wholly or majority state-owned companies (e.g. Energinet, Ørsted); confirming which category a ‘public sector’ counterparty actually falls into changes what due diligence applies.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Public Administration and Defence companies are registered in Denmark?
Approximately 1,699 real businesses operate under Public Administration and Defence in Denmark.
What does the Public Administration and Defence sector include in Denmark?
Government bodies do not have beneficial owners — they have budgets and mandates. Ministries, defence entities, and compulsory-social-security bodies are state functions, not shareholder-owned companies, so the ownership-verification questions that apply everywhere else in this directory largely do not translate here.
How is company ownership disclosed for Public Administration and Defence 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 Public Administration and Defence.
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 Public Administration and Defence companies in other countries?
Yes — the Public Administration and Defence sector directory lists every country with recorded Public Administration and Defence companies on Zavia.
Can Zavia monitor changes to Public Administration and Defence 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 Public Administration and Defence companies in Denmark going forward, flagging updates as they are filed instead of requiring a manual recheck.
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