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Denmark

Check who the institutions in Denmark are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. Two tracked registers cover Denmark, so institutions without a BIC appear where they list them.

355
Institutions
Active · plus 25 inactive
305
Hold a BIC
86% of institutions
56
On a tracked register
16% of institutions
225
LEI mapped
63% of institutions
5
ECB-supervised
3 significant, 2 less significant

Denmark at a glance

Every row is the same 355 institutions, split by one attribute

Type

  • Financial institution 250 · 70%
  • Payments & e-money 51 · 14%
  • Non-financial corporate 43 · 12%
  • Other 11 · 3.1%

Identification

Regulation level

LEI

  • LEI mapped 225 · 63%
  • No LEI mapped 130 · 37%
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AttributeInstitutionsShare
Type
Financial institution25070%
Payments & e-money5114%
Non-financial corporate4312%
Crypto61.7%
Credit institution51.4%
Identification
BIC only29984%
BIC and a register licence61.7%
Register only, no BIC5014%
Regulation level
Prudential licence3811%
Small-firm registration236.5%
Not on a tracked register29483%
LEI
LEI mapped22563%
No LEI mapped13037%

An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page.

BIC data as at 23 September 2026 · Registers retrieved 25 September 2026

Institutions in Denmark

The first 25 of 355 institutions in Denmark, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Denmark.

See all 355 institutions in Denmark →

See the 25 institutions marked inactive →

Regulation and supervision

Two tracked registers cover Denmark, retrieved 25 September 2026. Of the 355 institutions here, 56 are on one of them. By regulation level: 38 prudentially supervised, 23 with a small-firm registration, 294 not on a tracked register.

Registers covering Denmark

Institutions in Denmark holding an active licence or registration on each register

RegisterPublisherInstitutions hereOf which hold a BICInactiveAs at
EBA PSD2 RegisterEBA-PSD2European Banking Authority (EBA)5062625 September 2026
ESMA interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providersESMA-CASPEuropean Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)71025 September 2026

Supervisors

Authorities named on the ECB list and on the active licences of institutions here

AuthorityBasisInstitutions
Danish Financial Supervisory AuthorityLicences on the tracked registers50
FinanstilsynetLicences on the tracked registers7

Groups and systemic importance

Institutions in Denmark belong to 3 groups on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). GLEIF records the head office of 9 corporate groups in the directory here. For 17 institutions here, GLEIF records a parent in another country.

G-SIB groups

FSB 2025 list; institutions here that hold a BIC, by group

GroupBucketInstitutions here
BNP Paribas22
Citigroup31
Santander11
See all 4 institutions in G-SIB groups →

Largest other groups

GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country

Groups headquartered here

Largest of 9, by legal entities in the directory

See all corporate groups →

Parents abroad

Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent)

GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control.

Payments and connectivity

Of the 305 institutions in Denmark that hold a BIC, 18.7% are connected to Swift and 4 are Swift GPI members, as at 23 September 2026. Network data does not exist for the 50 that do not hold a BIC.

Connection to Swift

Institutions that hold a BIC, by connection type in Swift’s directory

  • Connected to Swift57 · 18.7%
  • Reverse billing60 · 19.7%
  • Passive participant (no connection)188 · 61.6%

A BIC does not imply a connection to the Swift network.

Payment schemes

Institutions that hold a BIC, reachable in each scheme

Reachable in a SEPA scheme
48 institutions
SEPA Instant Credit Transfer
7 institutions
T2 participants
20 institutions
Swift GPI members
4 institutions
Swift GPI members, live
3 institutions
See all 4 Swift GPI members →

Trading venues

16 live market identifier codes (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category

  • Systematic internaliser SINT 16

All BIC codes in Denmark

Look up any of the 838 BIC codes registered in Denmark: the head offices and branch codes of the 305 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags.

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Where branch codes cluster

Branch codes by city, top 8

  • Copenhagen268
  • Ballerup142
  • Aabenraa9
  • Aarhus8
  • Bredebro8
  • Svendborg4
  • Esbjerg3
  • Grenaa3

In Elucidate research

One Elucidate article names Denmark.

Sources & method

Each institution counts once, in one country: the BIC country when it holds a BIC, otherwise the country of the register that lists it. Licences in other countries are shown on its page.

Sanctions listings are matched on the BIC and on the LEI mapped to it, so they cover institutions that hold a BIC only. Institutions without a BIC are not screened. Always screen against the official lists.

Read the methodology →

Sources for this page

  • Swift ISO 9362 BIC directory—institutions and branch codes, mapped to LEIs through the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file. As at 23 September 2026
  • EBA PSD2 Register—European Banking Authority (EBA) · register ↗ retrieved 25 September 2026
  • ESMA interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providers—European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) · register ↗ retrieved 25 September 2026
  • ECB list of supervised entities · ECB ↗ published 20 August 2026
  • FSB 2025 list of global systemically important banks · FSB ↗ published 27 November 2025
  • GLEIF relationship records (Level 2)—accounting consolidation as reported to GLEIF · about Level 2 data ↗ as at 25 September 2026

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