Danish company types

Company types and codes

The codes below are the values CVR returns in the companycode field:

Personally owned businesses

The sole proprietorship (enkeltmandsvirksomhed) is the simplest form: one owner, no capital requirement, and the owner is liable with all personal assets. An I/S has two or more owners who are personally, jointly and severally liable. A K/S has at least one general partner with unlimited liability and one or more limited partners liable only for their contribution.

Limited companies: ApS, A/S and P/S

In an ApS or A/S, owners are only liable for the capital they have paid in. An ApS requires at least DKK 40,000 in share capital, an A/S at least DKK 400,000. A P/S (partnerselskab) combines a general partner with unlimited liability and shareholders with limited liability; in CVR it shares code 70 with the kommanditaktieselskab.

What happened to IVS?

The entrepreneurial company (IVS) was abolished in 2019. Existing IVS companies had to convert to an ApS or be dissolved within a transition period. You may still see code 81 on older and dissolved companies.

The company type in the API

curl https://apicvr.dk/api/v1/24256790

{
  "vat": 24256790,
  "name": "NOVO NORDISK A/S",
  "companycode": 60,
  "companydesc": "Aktieselskab",
  "companytypeshort": "A/S",
  ...
}

Use the numeric companycode for logic and filtering – the text fields are meant for display. For example, keep only limited companies from a name search:

const res = await fetch("https://apicvr.dk/api/v1/search/company/tømrer?limit=50");
const companies = await res.json();

// Keep only limited-liability companies (ApS and A/S)
const limited = companies.filter((c) => [60, 80].includes(c.companycode));
console.log(limited.map((c) => `${c.name} (${c.companytypeshort})`));

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