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København in numbers.

The buildings in the municipality as BBR registers them: roof, facade, heating and age. Counts only — no addresses.

82,702

All buildings in BBR's building index, including sheds, garages and carports

35,017

Buildings used as homes (BBR group «bolig», residential)

8,214

Buildings on a plot with a registered oil tank in use — garages too, not «has an oil boiler»

The buildings in København

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WhatNumber of buildingsShare of allRank among municipalities
Buildings used as homes (BBR group «bolig», residential)35,01742.3 %no. 7 of 98
Buildings on a plot with a registered oil tank in use — garages too, not «has an oil boiler»8,2149.9 %no. 35 of 98
Roofing code 5 «Clay tiles»20,43124.7 %no. 3 of 98
Roofing code 7 «Thatch»320.0 %no. 92 of 98
Holiday homes (group «sommerhus»)60.0 %no. 86 of 98
Roofing codes 1 and 2 «Roofing felt, low/steep pitch»30,42836.8 %no. 3 of 98
Blocks of flats (group «etagebolig»)13,48316.3 %no. 1 of 98
Detached single-family houses (group «enfamiliehus»)14,97118.1 %no. 35 of 98
Heating installation code 7 «Electric heating»2,6963.3 %no. 37 of 98
External wall code 5 «Timber»25,86231.3 %no. 10 of 98
All buildings in BBR's building index, including sheds, garages and carports82,702100.0 %no. 13 of 98
Buildings with construction year 1000, BBR's placeholder for «unknown»4,2245.1 %no. 36 of 98
Heating fuel code 3 «Liquid fuel», typically oil2,1962.7 %no. 24 of 98
Roofing code 3 «Fibre cement, including asbestos» — suspected asbestos, not a finding9,15711.1 %no. 59 of 98
Heating installation code 1 «District heating/block heating»39,42447.7 %no. 4 of 98
Heating installation code 5 «Heat pump»7320.9 %no. 91 of 98
External wall code 1 «Brick»40,28948.7 %no. 16 of 98
Asbestos-containing material registered in byg036 (codes 1–4); the field is almost empty in BBR30.0 %no. 58 of 98
Heating fuel code 7 «Natural gas»280.0 %no. 85 of 98
External wall code 3 «Fibre cement, including asbestos» — suspected asbestos, not a finding4380.5 %no. 17 of 98
External wall code 4 «Half-timbering»4660.6 %no. 33 of 98
Heating fuel code 4 «Solid fuel», e.g. wood and pellets2520.3 %no. 73 of 98

Source: BBR + DAR (Datafordeler) — bygningsindeks; grundareal fra Matriklen, jordforurening fra Danmarks Miljøportal (DKJord), fredning/SAVE fra Slots- og Kulturstyrelsen (FBB), energimærker fra Grundfasts energimærke-korpus via Grundfast · fetched

When were the buildings built?

Buildings in København by decade of construction
BuiltNumber of buildings
before 1900
7,391
1900–09
4,030
1910–19
2,682
1920–29
6,184
1930–39
10,218
1940–49
5,484
1950–59
5,824
1960–69
4,815
1970–79
4,093
1980–89
4,397
1990–99
5,136
2000–09
6,531
2010–19
8,328
2020–29
2,967
Buildings without a known year of construction are not in the figure. The latest decade is not over, so its bar only counts up to today.If the bar for the 2020s is tall even though the decade is not over, that is not a counting error. A lot was built around 2020, and Statistics Denmark measures the same rise in completed housing: 66,896 m² in Silkeborg Municipality in 2015 and 147,387 m² in 2020, 77,163 m² in Vejle Municipality in 2019 and 188,829 m² in 2020. Source: Statistics Denmark, table BYGV11, completed construction of detached houses, terraced, linked and semi-detached houses and blocks of flats, retrieved 3 October 2026.

Source: BBR + DAR (Datafordeler) — bygningsindeks; grundareal fra Matriklen, jordforurening fra Danmarks Miljøportal (DKJord), fredning/SAVE fra Slots- og Kulturstyrelsen (FBB), energimærker fra Grundfasts energimærke-korpus via Grundfast · fetched

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