Best Transportation and Logistics Companies in Denmark
The 196 best Transportation and Logistics companies in Denmark in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Nordic Aviation Capital.
Nordic Aviation Capital sits at $1.2B in disclosed funding. That's the number that anchors Denmark's Transportation and Logistics sector, and it's the right place to start. This directory tracks 196 companies operating across Transportation and Logistics in Denmark, ranked by disclosed equity funding and recent funding momentum, with a combined $2.0B raised across the board.
The funding isn't evenly distributed, and I think that's the honest story here. Torm follows Nordic Aviation Capital with $730M, and DSV lands at $69M, which means three names absorb the vast majority of the capital pool before you even reach the remaining 193 tracked companies. So what does that tell you? Scale compounds fast at the top, and the gap to the middle is steep. App-side data backs the directional momentum: median install growth across logistics and transportation apps runs roughly +20% YoY across 691 tracked apps, suggesting demand-side interest is real even where disclosed funding stays thin. Investors like Polaris Private Equity and Vaekstfonden are active in the mix, and the sector's one unicorn signals that breakout scale is possible here, even if the funding distribution makes that path narrower than the headline $2.0B implies.
Our analysis of 200 Transportation and Logistics companies
$33.9b in tracked funding; 79% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Transportation and Logistics companies in Denmark
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nordic Aviation Capital Provider of aircraft leasing services | $1.2B | 47 mo ago | Acquired | Martin Moller Founder | 1990 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+27 | — | — | — |
| 2 | TORM Shipping company | $730M | 6 mo ago | Public | — | 2002 | Q4MediaElement.jsMicrosoft ASP.NET+14 | 3 signals Earnings | — | — |
| 3 | DSV 🦄 Provider of transport and logistics | $69M | 38 mo ago | Acquired | Real Estate In Georgia Founder | 1976 | AceHereLeaflet+22 | 27 signals Announcements · Earnings · Capital raise | 4 patents Design and manufacturing of versatile heavy-duty trailers for transport | — |
| 4 | Naviair Provider of safe and efficient traffic management services for aviation industry | $16M | 52 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2001 | SentryElastic APMApple iCloud Mail+12 | — | — | — |
| 5 | DTK Group Provider of warehousing, transportation, fleet management and logistics services | $8M | 69 mo ago | Acquired | Steen Sorensen Co-Founder & CEO | 1991 | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Toit Provider of free open source software services | $4M | 66 mo ago | Series A | Erik Corry Co-Founder | 2018 | VarnishJSSEmotion+12 | — | — | — |
| 7 | FREJA Provider of multi-modal freight forwarding and logistic services | — | 29 mo ago | Early Stage | — | 1985 | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Uptimus Provider of vehicle rental services with a focus on vans | — | 48 mo ago | Seed | Morten Petersen Co-Founder | 2022 | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Transportation and Logistics companies in Denmark
#1
Public · Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark · founded 2002 · 175 employees$730Mraised▾
TORM is a product tanker and dry bulk company and runs a fleet of approx. 160 vessels. The Company is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. The company provides tankers for carrying oils and gasoline products. The company is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen.
- Dec 2025Post IPO—
- Jan 2018Post IPO$100M
- Jun 2011Conventional Debt$630M
#2
Acquired · Billund, South Denmark · founded 1990 · 181 employees$1.2Braised▾
Provider of aircraft leasing services
#3
DSV 🦄Acquired · Hedehusene, Capital Region of Denmark · founded 1976 · 47000 employees$68.9Mraised▾
Provider of transport and logistics. The company offers alternative routings and flexible schedules to suit even the most demanding logistical requirements to and from all parts of the world. It handles sea freight and air freight. The company partners with customers to design and deliver logistics solutions, adding value by increasing operation and cost efficiency.
#4
Funding Raised · Tarnby, Capital Region of Denmark · founded 2001 · 645 employees$16.2Mraised▾
Provider of safe and efficient traffic management services for aviation industry
- Jan 2022Grant (prize money)$72.4K
- Apr 2018Grant (prize money)$7.7M
- Jan 2018Grant (prize money)—
- Feb 2017Grant (prize money)$931.7K
#5
Acquired · Padborg, Region of Southern Denmark · founded 1991 · 1 employees$8.1Mraised▾
Provider of warehousing, transportation, fleet management and logistics services
#6
Series A · Aarhus, Capital Region of Denmark · founded 2018 · 4 employees$3.8Mraised▾
Developer of a general-purpose computing platform designed to provide the infrastructure necessary in a battery-operated IoT alternative. The company's platform offers high-level programming language together with secure, wireless communication to the cloud that turns the microcontroller into a fully-fledged computer with memory protection and parallel and independent execution of applications, enabling developers to have an IoT device up and running with a minimum of effort and with maintained security, stability, and flexibility.
- Dec 2020Series A$196.3K
- Jan 2019Series A$3.5M
- Jul 2018Seed$53.9K
#7
Early Stage · Skive, Capital Region of Denmark · founded 1985 · 397 employees—raised▾
Provider of multi-modal freight forwarding and logistic services
#8
Seed · Ballerup, Capital Region of Denmark · founded 2022 · 3 employees—raised▾
Uptimus is a Danish company that offers van rental services. They have received investment from the global venture capital fund Antler.
- 2022Seed—
#9
Acquired · Kastrup, Capital Region of Denmark · founded 1925 · 3 employees—raised▾
International airport in Denmark
#10
Funding Raised · Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark · founded 1949 · 1012 employees—raised▾
Vejdirektoratet is the Danish government agency responsible for managing and maintaining the country's roads. The agency is responsible for the development, planning, and operation of the road network, as well as ensuring road safety and traffic flow.
#11
Acquired · Herning, Central Denmark Region · founded 1979 · 300 employees—raised▾
Provider of freight forwarding and warehousing services
#12
Public · Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark · founded 1904 · 75813 employees—raised▾
Provider of supply chain & logistics and transportation services. It provides warehousing & distribution, cold chain & eCommerce logistic services for the automotive, chemicals, and retail industries. In 2022, the company recorded annual revenues of $76.61B and a net profit of $24.83B.
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
How research on Logistics & Supply Chain Tech is moving in Denmark
A read on the academic research around Logistics & Supply Chain Tech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 20 Denmark-affiliated papers.
- Aalborg University7
- Technical University of Denmark5
- Aarhus University4
- Aarhus Business College3
- University of Copenhagen2
- Vehicle routing problem2
- Routing (electronic design automation)2
- Idle1
- Taxis1
- Fleet management1
- Fleet management5
- Transport engineering5
- Scheduling (production processes)4
- Profitability index3
- Natural gas3
- Sizing1
- Battery (electricity)1
- Battery capacity1
- Battery electric vehicle1
- Electric vehicle1
Where logistics supply chain is researched across Denmark
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
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