Top Software Development Companies in Denmark (2026 Guide)

Innovation & Specialization: Leadership in FinTech, GreenTech, and Life Sciences

Denmark is an innovation hub, with a well-balanced ecosystem that supports innovation across sectors. Nonetheless, fintech, greentech, and life sciences are standout fields of the country. Here is a quick glimpse at these three sectors of Denmark.

Fintech

Denmark’s tech advances and strong entrepreneurial culture have played a major role in the country’s fintech boom. The tech adoption was further accelerated during the pandemic.

The country’s fintech operation spreads across banking, payments, expense and payroll management, lending, robo-trading, remittances, and cryptocurrency.

Not only has the country’s fintech sector boomed, but it has also produced multiple successes like Tradeshift, Lunar, and Chainanalysis. These achievements wouldn’t have been possible without multiple government initiatives and support, including open and collaborative regulators, constructive dialogue with the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA), the FSA regulatory sandbox (FSA Lab), and Copenhagen Fintech Lab, especially in accelerating innovation and scaling startups.

Greentech

Despite the strong growth in technology, Denmark doesn’t leave the environment as an afterthought. The country poses ambitious goals – to achieve 70% emission cuts by 2030, and climate neutrality by 2050.

Greentech, or green technology, refers to solutions built to minimize environmental harm by using innovation and sustainable practices to reduce humanity’s impact on the planet. Some of the country’s notable national green strategies and initiatives include:

• Energy Islands: Denmark is building the world’s first “Energy Islands” in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea to serve as massive green energy hubs. Simply put, these structures will collect and distribute electricity from surrounding offshore wind farms directly to the Danish grid and neighboring European countries. They will also house Power-to-X facilities.

• Green leadership: The country established its Ministry of the Environment in 1971 – the world’s very first. This 50-year head start has allowed Denmark to create its first commercial offshore wind farm (called Vindeby) in 1991 and develop world-class systems for district heating and waste-to-energy.
• Power-to-X (PtX): Power-to-X is a technology that turns excess renewable electricity (such as energy from wind or solar) into other usable forms like hydrogen, synthetic fuels, or heat, making it possible to store green energy and apply it in hard-to-electrify sectors such as shipping, aviation, and industrial manufacturing. This tech solves the challenge of storing renewable energy, prompting Denmark to become a “green fuel station”.

Life Sciences

The Danish life science sector is pushed forward by strong public-private collaboration, a world-class ecosystem (especially Medicon Valley, a leading cross-border life science cluster in the Greater Copenhagen region and the Skåne region. It is a powerful hub for biotech, pharma, medtech, universities, and hospitals, a skilled talent pool, and supportive government strategies.

This synergy has cemented Denmark’s status as a global powerhouse for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and health tech. The ecosystem is celebrated for its vibrant startup scene, streamlined regulatory pathways that accelerate clinical trials, and a massive export footprint that serves as a cornerstone of the national economy.

Global Language Proficiency

Danes have an extremely high English proficiency level (up to 90% of the population can speak the language well). While Danish is the official language, German, Swedish, and French are also spoken among parts of the population, so language barriers are rarely an issue in day-to-day collaboration or business communication.

Trifork

• Founded in 1996 in Aarhus, Denmark.
• Headquarters: While the group is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen (TRIFOR), its administrative headquarters moved to Schindellegi, Switzerland, in 2014 to support international expansion.
• Company size: Approximately 1,197 employees (as of late 2025/ early 2026).

Trifork, with its long history, has operated across 16 different countries, delivering successful projects to many clients. The company’s core services span digital health, fintech (building early architecture for MobilePay), AI and cloud operations, and smart enterprise solutions. The company also has a venture capital-style arm that invests in and co-founds high-potential tech startups to keep the parent company at the forefront of emerging technology. Additionally, the company offers services relating to the government, aviation, and transportation.

Systematic

• Founded in 1985 in Aarhus, Denmark.
• Headquarters: Søren Frichs Vej 39, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark (home to the iconic 14-story Systematic Tower).
• Company size: Approximately 1,280+ employees globally (as of early 2026).

Systematic is a company with significant projects in the US, UK, and Germany. Its footprint spans across 15 countries, with notable industries including:

• Defense (C4ISR): Their SitaWare suite helps the military see what’s happening and make better decisions in real time.
• Healthcare: Their platform manages electronic health records (EHR) and clinical logistics.
• Digital transformation
• Power-to-X & infrastructure: This is a new business unit that focuses on protecting critical infrastructure like airports and energy networks.

It is safe to say that Systematic is deeply involved in building scalable solutions for national security.

NNIT (Novo Nordisk IT)

• Established: Founded in 1994 as an independent business unit of Novo Nordisk; it went public in 2015.
• Headquarters: Weidekampsgade 14, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark. It is moving its headquarters soon.
• Company size: Approximately 1,600 – 1,700 employees globally.

NNIT is focused on highly regulated IT solutions, particularly where the intersection of technology and patient safety is critical. It is no surprise, hence, that the company specializes in clinical trial management, regulatory affairs, laboratory informatics, and manufacturing execution systems (MES). It is also known for implementing standard platforms like SAP for enterprise, but the company does offer a software engineering team for custom software development services.

Other notable services of NNIT include quality and compliance, AI and data management, and the public sector.

Netcompany

• Established: Founded in 1999 in Copenhagen
• Headquarters: Strandgade 3, 1401 Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Company size: Approximately 8,600+ employees (as of early 2026).

Known to be a direct competitor of tech giants like Accenture and CapeGemini, Netcompany emphasizes “responsible digitization.” It specializes in end-to-end IT services, prioritizing high-complexity, business-critical systems.

• Digital transformation and platforms: the organization provides bespoke software development services using proprietary platforms like AMPLIO.
• AI & machine learning: The company launched Feniks AI, a tool designed to accelerate the modernization of legacy IT systems.
• System integration and development: Specializing in custom software development and system modernization.
• Banking Services: Following the 2025 merger with SDC, they now offer a full suite of core banking, AML, and mobile banking solutions.

The company has a global presence in 10 countries, ranging from Europe to Vietnam.

Halfspace

• Established: Founded in 2015 by Simon Kristiansen and Kasper Nagel Nielsen.
• Headquarters: Kronprinsensgade 7, 1114 Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Company size: Approximately 80–85 employees (as of early 2026).

Halfspace is known for its talent pool – all very academically talented, employing PhDs in physics, mathematics, and computer science from institutions like CERN, Stanford, and Oxford. The organization focuses on solving complex and “uncertain” problems. This lays the foundation for its core services:

• Decision making under uncertainty: Building advanced forecasting, pricing, and scheduling systems
• Frontier generative AI: Developing “agentic” AI tools that go beyond simple chatbots to automate complex, text-heavy business workflows.
• Scalable data platforms: Designing the cloud infrastructure required to run enterprise-grade AI at scale.
• AI strategy and roadmap: Linking AI initiatives directly to business and creating operational roadmaps for the long run.

Accenture acquired Halfspace in March 2025 to serve as the foundation for its new “Center for Advanced AI” in the Nordic region.

KMD

• Founded in 1972 as a municipal data center.
• Headquarters: Lautrupparken 40-42, 2750 Ballerup, Denmark.
• Company size: Approximately 2,700 – 3,200 employees globally (as of early 2026).

Originally called Kommunedata, this 50-year-old company has played a silent role in Denmark’s welfare state. It specializes in high-volume, secure data processing, so it only makes sense that its clients span across the public sector (including the Danish State), major utility companies like Energi Fyn, primary schools in Denmark, and national health services. Additionally, KMD specializes in welfare technology, energy and utility, and cybersecurity and cloud.

• Mobile app development: The company’s core specialty.

A quick note: the company was acquired by the Japanese tech giant NEC Corporation in 2019.

Shape (now Framna)

• Founded in 2010 in Copenhagen.
• Headquarters: Njalsgade 17A, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark.
• Company size: Within Denmark, the team consists of approximately 150 employees. However, as part of the broader Framna group (formed after the Waterland acquisition), it is now part of a network of over 900+ digital experts across 10 European countries.

Shape is a mobile development agency that has quickly grown into a go-to place for high-end digital products. The core services of Shape involve end-to-end mobile development services.

• Product discovery and strategy: Helping clients map out their digital direction and clarify user value before any code is written.
• UI/UX design: A heavy focus on “design-led” development, which has led to multiple awards.
• Internet of Things (IoT) and connectivity: Building the mobile interfaces and software layers that connect physical products (like high-end speakers or medical devices) to the cloud.

After the acquisition by the private equity firm Waterland in 2023, Shape has transitioned into a global “product agency” platform (under the Framna group) focused on scaling award-winning mobile experiences across international markets.

Orient Software

Orient Software is one of the most established and recognizable names in the Vietnamese IT outsourcing landscape. The company was founded on a unique collaboration between Vietnamese and Norwegian management, blending Nordic business ethics with high-velocity Asian engineering.

• Established: Founded in 2005.
• Headquarters: 364 Cong Hoa Street, Tan Binh Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Etown 1 building).
• Workforce: Approximately 350 – 500+ employees

Orient Software offers a broad range of IT solutions, but its core services are:

• Custom software development: Their primary business, focusing on scalable web and mobile applications.
• AI and machine learning: A major growth area. The business offers AI consulting, Generative AI implementation, and data engineering.
• Staff augmentation: Providing “Dedicated Software Teams” that serve as an extension of a client’s internal department.
• Quality assurance and software testing: Both manual and automated testing services to ensure high-compliance software standards.

Orient Software is a unique combination of Nordic and Asian work ethics and high-speed development. The company embraces transparency and work-life balance, but operates at Vietnamese cost efficiencies.