Herning Kommune Due Diligence

Run due diligence on Herning Kommune: check compliance and get alerts when suppliers or ownership change.

Denmark · owned by Independent (Denmark) · herning.dk · 15 vendors

Herning Kommune is the municipal government of Herning, located in the Central Jutland region of Denmark. It provides a wide range of public services to residents and businesses, including citizen services, childcare, schools, social welfare, environmental management, and urban development. The municipality serves as the primary local administrative authority for the Herning area.

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Last updated 2026-10-08 · revision 3

15 direct vendors, 171 subvendors

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Migration Readiness: 6/10

Assessed by AI based on technology stack characteristics (cloud-native vs legacy, containerization, microservices), regulatory environment, data residency requirements, financial stability, and vendor lock-in risks. The score ranges from 0-10, where higher scores indicate better readiness for technology migration.

Herning Kommune's migration readiness score is 55, placing it in the medium readiness category. The organization benefits from a low vendor lock-in risk due to its diverse vendor base, which offers flexibility when considering new solutions or migrating existing ones. The tech stack includes modern elements such as ASP.NET Core and the use of Microsoft 365, indicating some familiarity and capability with contemporary platforms and cloud services. However, significant challenges exist. The most prominent are the strict regulatory environment (GDPR and NIS2 Directive) and data residency requirements (likely within EU/EEA), which will necessitate careful planning and potentially limit choices for cloud providers and regions, adding complexity and cost to any migration effort. The reliance on national digital infrastructure like Digital Post, MitID/NemID, Borger.dk, and Virk.dk implies deep integrations that could be complex to re-architect or migrate to new environments. The specific cloud-nativeness or ease of migration for several core platforms (e.g., GoPublic CMS, FrontDeskSuite, NemForm) is not detailed, representing an unknown factor that could either facilitate or hinder migration. The lack of specific financial data also makes it difficult to assess the municipality's capacity to fund a large-scale migration project.

Compliance

4 in-scope frameworks identified; showing 3.

GDPR (source) — Evidence found

Herning Kommune is a public authority established in Denmark, an EU member state. It processes the personal data of its citizens, employees, and suppliers, placing it squarely within the scope of GDPR.

Evidence: https://www.herning.dk/om-kommunen/digitalisering-og-databeskyttelse/personoplysninger/, https://www.herning.dk/om-kommunen/digitalisering-og-databeskyttelse/databeskyttelse/, https://www.datatilsynet.dk/afgoerelser/afgoerelser/2019/dec/databehandlers-behandling-af-personoplysninger-uden-for-instruks, https://www.herning.dk/om-kommunen/digitalisering-og-databeskyttelse/databeskyttelse, https://www.herning.dk/om-kommunen/digitalisering-og-databeskyttelse/personoplysninger, https://ungherning.dk/privatliv?menu_id=33

CSRD (source) — No public evidence

While the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) primarily targets large companies, its influence extends to the public sector. Herning Kommune has a published climate plan aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050, indicating a commitment to sustainability reporting.

Evidence: https://www.herning.dk/borger/natur-og-miljoe/klima/klimaplan-for-herning-kommune/, https://www.herning.dk/politik/politikker-strategier-og-planer/kommunens-planer/klimaplan-for-herning-kommune, https://logic2020.com/insight/esg-reporting-understanding-its-importance-and-benefits/, https://kromannreumert.com/en/knowledge/articles/esg-reporting

ISO 27001 (source) — No public evidence

ISO 27001 is not a legal requirement for Danish municipalities, but it is a widely recognized best-practice standard for information security management. The Danish National Strategy for Cyber and Information Security encourages public authorities to adopt such standards.

Evidence: https://www.pwc.dk/da/services/consulting/cyber-transformation/viden/iso27001.html, https://pcsg.dk/iso-27001-compliance/, https://onepoint.dk/loesninger/kvalitetsstyring/iso-27001/, https://www.fmn.dk/en/topics/cyber-security/danish-national-strategy/, https://www.topograph.co/companies/dk/herning-kommune-29189919

Financials

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Financial Resilience Score: 8/10

Herning Kommune is a Danish municipality with an effectively zero default risk given its legally secured tax base (income tax, property tax) and participation in the national block grant and equalisation system. The municipality has a stable operating revenue base of approximately DKK 6.7 billion per year, a favourable socio-economic index of 91 (making it a net contributor to equalisation), and a modestly growing population (~90,546 at January 2026, up from 87,593 in 2016). Service spending has been kept within the national KL economic agreement framework in both 2024 and 2025, and the municipality outperformed its budget in 2022, 2023 and 2024. However, 2025 showed a materially worse-than-planned deficit of DKK 275.3 million (vs. budgeted deficit of DKK 110.6 million), driven by a planned capital spending surge of DKK 494.4 million (83% above 2024). The cash reserve fell DKK 160 million to DKK 483.8 million at end-2025, though the 12-month average daily liquidity actually rose to DKK 1,031 million, remaining well above the regulatory kassekreditregel minimum. Structural headwinds include demographic cost pressure (80+ cohort projected +37.4% by 2036, working-age falling -2.7%), a below-average tax base per capita (DKK 209,367 vs DKK 228,079 nationally), and known cost pressure in child/family and social/health service areas which together account for ~80% of FTE.

Key strengths: Legally secured tax base with zero default risk as a Danish municipality, Stable revenue base of ~DKK 6.7 billion annually, Favourable socio-economic index of 91 (net contributor to equalisation), Growing population (+3.4% over 2016-2026), Strong liquidity cushion with 12-month average liquidity of DKK 1.03 billion, History of outperforming budget in 2022, 2023 and 2024, Service spending within national KL agreement framework

Risk factors: Large 2025 cash drawdown of DKK 160 million reduced reserves to DKK 483.8 million, Demographic pressure: 80+ cohort projected +37.4% by 2036, Working-age population declining -2.7% through 2036, Below-average taxable income per capita (DKK 209,367 vs DKK 228,079 nationally), Cost overrun pressure in child/family and social/health service areas, Variable-rate debt exposure with 3.25% expected interest in 2025, Continued heavy capital spending planned for 2026 (~DKK 296m net)

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