Shared Services Centres

Looking for an ideal location for your Shared Services Centre activities?
Looking for excellent business conditions?
Looking for the right mix of cost and quality?

Have a look at Denmark!


Denmark offers excellent conditions for setting up Shared Services Centres and has become a natural choice for headquarters and Shared Services Centres in the Nordic region. The capital, Copenhagen, is emerging as a favoured location for Shared Services Centres and is in the top 5 of regions in Europe regarding shares of SSCs.


Why Denmark?

• Excellent business conditions (EIU 2007 & 2008)
•  Highly educated, efficient and motivated workforce (IMD 2007)
• EU’s most flexible labour market (IMD 2007)
• Competitive costs given the high level of quality
• No 1 in the world on E-readiness (The Economist & IBM, 2006 & 2007)
• Low office rent (CB Richard Ellis, 2007)
• No 4 Forbes Capital Hospitality Index (2007)

The benefits of Shared Services Centres

• Improving customer service 
• Sharing best practices
• Utilizing technology
• Simplifying processes
•  Increasing efficiency

Last but not least – lowering costs


Quantitative measures
The most important quantitative measures to take into consideration in connection with the cost structure of a Shared Services Centre are real estate costs and salaries.

Copenhagen offers some of the most competitive office rental rates in Europe. Rates are very low, and the Copenhagen property market can provide a great variety of modern, centrally located premises.

Qualitative measures
One of the most important factors when establishing a Shared Services Centre is Human Resources. Denmark offers the foreign investor a well-organised labour market with good cooperation between the different parties.

The Danish workforce is among the most productive in Europe and no restrictions apply regarding overtime work, allowing companies to operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Invest in Denmark's Benchmarking Service
Invest in Denmark offers a comprehensive benchmarking service covering a range of sector interests. Using a qualitycost matrix this tool allows objective comparison of Denmark with up to 35 different global locations. All the data programmed into the tool is kept constantly up to date and fully referenced.

Besides being fast, our benchmarking service is also free. If you have reached a point in your investment planning where benchmarking Denmark could be a useful next step, please contact us for arranging an initial meeting.