European Growth Leaders 2026

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Annual rank51

Denmark · Industrials

MT Hoejgaard Holding

Develops, plans and executes projects across construction, civil engineering, infrastructure and the green transition.

+26%revenue growth
FY2022–FY2025
+2180%net-income growth
FY2022–FY2025
+266%stock return
FY2022–FY2025
−48%2026 stock return
current context only

Company profile

Two Danish builders spanning infrastructure and occupied renewal

MT Højgaard Holding is the strategic owner of two independent Danish construction businesses, not one contractor taking the same role on every project. MT Højgaard Danmark handles civil engineering, infrastructure, newbuilds and transformation; Enemærke & Petersen concentrates on refurbishment, new construction, building services and strategic partnerships. The holding company sets direction and supports knowledge sharing. Its 2026-2028 plan keeps newbuilds, raises infrastructure's portfolio share and coordinates refurbishment, while Denmark is now the operating centre after the international wind-down.

Group and strategy

Two specialists, one deliberately Danish 2028 portfolio

MT Højgaard Holding says its two units run more than 300 active projects across Denmark. Its 2026-2028 strategy seeks a larger share of infrastructure revenue, stronger collaborative newbuilds and better-coordinated refurbishment. In April 2026, completion of the Arssarnerit sale in Greenland closed the group's international wind-down; the operating story is therefore Danish rather than a global-contractor narrative. On the same horizon, the group targets 80% recirculation of construction waste by 2028 and lower operational and value-chain emissions.

Transport and marine works

A finished harbour, a tunnel under construction and a metro in design

Rønne Harbour shows finished marine work: MT Højgaard Danmark used 600,000 tonnes of stone, extended the outer breakwater by 450 metres and continued from Phase 2 into Phases 3 and 4 for client Rønne Havn. At Nordhavn, its BESIX joint venture is casting a 1.4-kilometre tunnel for the Danish Road Directorate; a short official drone film shows the site. Separately, MT Højgaard Danmark, Cobe and Ramboll are only in Phase 1 on a planned 1.6-kilometre elevated M4 extension with two provisionally named stations, intended to open in 2030.

Complex facilities

Thirty-one accommodation blocks, 75,000 pallets and an electric-train workshop

In a Danish Armed Forces public-private partnership, MT Højgaard Danmark is constructing 31 accommodation buildings with 1,600 rooms at 11 sites; Raunstrup will operate and externally maintain them for 20 years after construction. For CAMPUS 4, MT Højgaard Danmark holds the turnkey construction contract on a 63,000-square-metre UNICEF world warehouse designed for more than 75,000 pallets. By & Havn is developing the facility for the Danish Building and Property Agency as tenant and UNICEF as user. The company also completed DSB's 11,500-square-metre electric-train workshop at Godsbanegården. An English OpenBIM film shows how an earlier laboratory project integrated digital design and construction.

Occupied renewal

Renovation timed around the people still living there

Enemærke & Petersen plans occupied refurbishment around residents, not just building fabric. Folehaven covers 972 homes, with repeated weekly production rhythms and work scheduled from September 2026 to March 2031. At Langkærparken, 860 apartments housing about 2,000 people were upgraded while occupied, with each stairwell completed in a nine-week cycle. At Åhaven, the contractor built 363 social homes on retained point foundations and says almost all demolished materials were recirculated for reuse or recycling. The housing organisations remain clients; Enemærke & Petersen is the contractor.

Current 2026 update

What has changed in 2026?

Contract announced on 18 June 2026 · 18 June 2026

Contract announced on 18 June 2026latest official update
4company-specific highlights
−48%2026 stock return · context only

Revenue and EBIT

Q1 revenue fell to DKK 2,153 million from DKK 2,625 million, while EBIT fell to DKK 67 million from DKK 98 million.

Three months ended 31 March 2026

Order intake

Order intake rose 92.7% to DKK 4,998 million.

Three months ended 31 March 2026 · DKK 4,998m · +92.7%

EBIT outlook lowered

On 3 June, MT Højgaard Holding lowered 2026 EBIT expectations to DKK 225–275 million from DKK 400–450 million; revenue expectations remained DKK 10–10.5 billion.

Outlook revision on 3 June 2026

Solbakken contract

Enemærke & Petersen secured a DKK 302 million turnkey contract to modernise Solbakken in Odense, covering 267 homes with handover planned for mid-2029.

Contract announced on 18 June 2026

Annual record

Ranking history

Future editions add rows; they do not rewrite the 2026 record.

EditionMeasurement periodRankRevenue growthNet-income growthStock return
2026FY2022–FY202551+26%+2180%+266%