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Denmark's buildings in numbers.

Roof, facade, heating and age for every building in BBR, municipality by municipality. Counts only — no addresses. The numbers are fetched once a day.

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The municipalities on the map

Target
  • ≤ 29.9 %
  • 29.9 % – 32.9 %
  • 32.9 % – 35.9 %
  • 35.9 % – 40.5 %
  • > 40.5 %
  • not looked up

The colour shows the share of the municipality's buildings — not the count, which mostly follows the size of the municipality.

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

The map as a table: Buildings used as homes (BBR group «bolig», residential)
MunicipalityQuantityShare of all
Lyngby-Taarbæk11,59749.1 %
Frederiksberg4,44646.8 %
Rudersdal15,21546.7 %
Gentofte14,81446.5 %
Gladsaxe12,28846.1 %
Albertslund6,15144.6 %
Fredensborg11,30543.5 %
Hørsholm6,83943.3 %
Aarhus71,13443.2 %
Furesø11,24342.6 %
København35,01742.3 %
Greve15,00642.3 %
Horsens29,41042.3 %
Egedal14,37041.7 %
Hvidovre9,45641.6 %
Odense51,85241.1 %
Solrød7,25041.0 %
Fredericia15,02041.0 %
Allerød8,28840.6 %
Rødovre6,80140.5 %
Herlev5,42340.4 %
Høje-Taastrup10,73940.1 %
Køge16,84140.0 %
Randers30,45439.8 %
Skanderborg21,70039.4 %
Esbjerg35,05739.2 %
Vejle39,32139.2 %
Dragør4,72439.0 %
Roskilde23,31838.7 %
Ishøj3,63338.3 %
Helsingør15,83937.4 %
Tårnby9,20337.3 %
Silkeborg33,36037.3 %
Brøndby5,34837.0 %
Kolding31,33536.8 %
Herning29,65236.6 %
Vallensbæk3,96636.4 %
Aalborg54,24136.1 %
Rebild12,21736.0 %
Ringsted10,24735.9 %
Hedensted19,60235.9 %
Viborg35,68335.9 %
Svendborg21,27335.8 %
Aabenraa21,59535.5 %
Næstved27,12335.3 %
Ærø4,03934.9 %
Middelfart15,83434.6 %
Faxe14,21034.3 %
Haderslev20,22334.2 %
Hillerød13,98934.1 %
Kerteminde9,81033.7 %
Lejre10,38933.6 %
Faaborg-Midtfyn21,77433.5 %
Assens17,06333.4 %
Nyborg11,34033.3 %
Sønderborg25,75133.2 %
Vejen16,99833.2 %
Favrskov18,07433.2 %
Struer8,37832.9 %
Brønderslev14,28032.9 %
Ballerup9,26832.7 %
Holbæk23,16432.5 %
Slagelse23,79932.4 %
Tønder16,32032.2 %
Stevns9,23132.0 %
Morsø9,09332.0 %
Ikast-Brande15,23031.9 %
Billund10,09931.6 %
Thisted18,94431.6 %
Mariagerfjord16,50631.5 %
Holstebro22,31931.1 %
Glostrup3,89030.9 %
Hjørring25,63930.8 %
Lolland18,35830.5 %
Bornholm18,90730.2 %
Frederikshavn24,26830.2 %
Odder7,96730.1 %
Vesthimmerlands15,32730.1 %
Lemvig8,83529.9 %
Sorø11,07929.1 %
Skive17,53829.0 %
Nordfyns12,03328.9 %
Langeland7,50428.6 %
Frederikssund15,16428.4 %
Guldborgsund23,98828.3 %
Varde19,65628.3 %
Vordingborg17,91828.2 %
Samsø2,67427.3 %
Jammerbugt16,74227.2 %
Syddjurs17,79526.8 %
Kalundborg18,50726.5 %
Norddjurs14,66126.2 %
Ringkøbing-Skjern22,97226.1 %
Halsnæs10,00923.0 %
Læsø1,29321.9 %
Gribskov13,97120.5 %
Fanø1,39717.7 %
Odsherred12,47214.0 %

The whole country

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WhatNumber of buildingsShare of all
Buildings used as homes (BBR group «bolig», residential)1,656,08534.2 %
Buildings on a plot with a registered oil tank in use — garages too, not «has an oil boiler»630,41213.0 %
Roofing code 5 «Clay tiles»642,11813.2 %
Roofing code 7 «Thatch»52,0261.1 %
Holiday homes (group «sommerhus»)220,7134.6 %
Roofing codes 1 and 2 «Roofing felt, low/steep pitch»977,93620.2 %
Blocks of flats (group «etagebolig»)106,4462.2 %
Detached single-family houses (group «enfamiliehus»)1,248,31925.8 %
Heating installation code 7 «Electric heating»283,4815.8 %
External wall code 5 «Timber»1,363,89928.1 %
All buildings in BBR's building index, including sheds, garages and carports4,846,196100.0 %
Buildings with construction year 1000, BBR's placeholder for «unknown»410,8398.5 %
Heating fuel code 3 «Liquid fuel», typically oil145,1983.0 %
Roofing code 3 «Fibre cement, including asbestos» — suspected asbestos, not a finding1,267,03226.1 %
Heating installation code 1 «District heating/block heating»974,23420.1 %
Heating installation code 5 «Heat pump»306,7196.3 %
External wall code 1 «Brick»2,481,93551.2 %
Asbestos-containing material registered in byg036 (codes 1–4); the field is almost empty in BBR8,5830.2 %
Heating fuel code 7 «Natural gas»287,3805.9 %
External wall code 3 «Fibre cement, including asbestos» — suspected asbestos, not a finding28,7640.6 %
External wall code 4 «Half-timbering»47,5321.0 %
Heating fuel code 4 «Solid fuel», e.g. wood and pellets114,8712.4 %

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 Denmark by decade of construction
BuiltNumber of buildings
before 1900
252,784
1900–09
154,234
1910–19
112,356
1920–29
148,939
1930–39
177,864
1940–49
121,172
1950–59
242,399
1960–69
477,390
1970–79
686,915
1980–89
511,372
1990–99
366,400
2000–09
512,969
2010–19
395,557
2020–29
267,671
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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