Setting Up a Company

Types of Companies and Capital (Max/Min)	Number of Partners/Shareholders and Liability
Anpartselskab (ApS) is a Private Limited Company Minimum DKK 80,000 totally subscribed and released.	One or more Liability is limited to the amount contributed.
Aktieselskab ( A/S) is a public limited company. Minimum DKK 500,000 totally subscribed and released.	One or more Liability is limited to the amount contributed.
Interessentskab ( I/S) is a general partnership. No minimum capital.	Minimum 2 partners. Partners' liability is indefinite and several.
Kommanditselskab ( K/S) is a limited partnership. No minimum capital.	Two types of partners: active partners and sleeping partners Liability of active partners is unlimited. Liability of sleeping partners is limited to the amount contributed.

The Competent Organization: The Danish Commerce and Companies Agency (DCCA) handles the registration of the company and issues a CVR-number.
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Central Business Register

Source: Doing Business.

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Central Business Register (CVR)

Working Conditions

Legal Weekly Duration: 37 hours
Retirement Age: 65
Working Contracts: Permanent contract, fixed-term contract, training contracts.

Minimum Wage: No legally mandated national minimum wage. Collective agreements are the main mechanism used for regulating low pay.
Average Wage: USD 24,000 a year.

Social Dialogue and Involvement of Social Partners: Many employers are members of the Danish Employers’ Confederation (Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening/DA) or one of the special employers’ associations (e.g. the Financial Sector or Agriculture). Employees are often members of the relevant trade union (Metal Workers, Commerce and Office etc), although most of these unions are also members of the ”umbrella” employee confederation, The Danish Federation of Trade Unions (Landsorganisationen/LO), a service organisation that undertakes to negotiate or co-ordinate various matters common to all trade unions. The labor market is thus to a very large degree regulated by collective agreements.
Unions
Unionization Rate: 80%
Labor Regulation Bodies: Danish Employers' Confederation (DA)
National Labor Market Authority

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