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A. Espersen A/S

Public limited companyCVR 38389912KastrupActive

A. Espersen A/S is a public limited company, based in Kastrup, active in wholesale of fish and fish products, founded in 1945. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 1 of 115 companies in the industry in the database. The company made a loss in both 2024 and 2025, most recently DKK 256.6m. Operations are spread over 3 production units in 3 towns.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 3.3bn−1.2% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 256.6m−136.2% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 241.2m−52.5% vs. 2024
Employees109latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 31% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 365.1m.
  • Revenue fell 1% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 3.3bn.
  • The loss grew: from DKK 108.6m to DKK 256.6m (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity fell 52% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 241.2m.

Employees

  • 5 fewer employees than a year earlier: 109 (07/2026) against 114 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Martin Busk Andersen (director, 10/02/2025), Morten Holm Jensen (board member, 15/08/2025) and Belinda Florentine Bergmann (board member, 03/09/2025).
  • Stepped down: Mette Bendix Nielsen (board member, 15/08/2025), Jacek Migrala (board member, 24/06/2025) and Claus Rosthof (director, 31/12/2024).

Calculated from the latest two annual reports in sequence and from registrations in CVR. A figure that is missing in either year gives no line, and we derive no figures.

Financial statements

Financial years 2020–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

−DKK 400m−DKK 200mDKK 0DKK 200mDKK 400mDKK 600m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for A. Espersen A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue2,857,5242,707,6603,236,4533,465,3693,303,9453,263,359−1.2%
Gross profit450,627446,472388,196568,862527,693365,141−30.8%
Operating profit (EBIT)40,26435,243−92,12970,409−56,898−195,262−243.2%
Profit before tax−8,312704−107,48628,228−102,947−250,353−143.2%
Net profit−7,6677,663−80,76927,616−108,638−256,604−136.2%
Total assets1,463,1981,472,2581,840,8601,754,3151,784,8441,499,739−16%
Equity310,054353,206285,349598,251507,598241,176−52.5%
Liabilities1,150,8561,116,6221,555,0221,134,5711,276,4901,258,452−1.4%
Cash and cash equivalents45,47346,22332,69445,06359,23745,998−22.3%
Average number of employees2,9903,1503,2843,3393,2182,735−15%

Source: annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority (XBRL). Group figures; change is the latest year against the year before. “–” means the figure is not stated in the annual report.

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DKK 0DKK 100mDKK 200mDKK 300mDKK 400mDKK 500mDKK 600m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (116 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • Loss for 2 years in a row

    Net result has been negative in 2024–2025.

    How is this calculated?

    Net result is negative in the two or more latest annual reports in a row.

  • Equity fell sharply

    Equity fell 52% from 2024 to 2025 (DKK 507.6m to DKK 241.2m).

    How is this calculated?

    Equity has fallen by at least 30% from the previous annual report, and it was positive the year before.

The signals are rules applied to the figures in the annual reports. They are not an assessment or credit rating of the company. See Data and method.

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for A. Espersen A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202501/07/2026The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202428/05/2025The groupPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202306/05/2024The groupPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202212/04/2023The groupPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202103/05/2022The groupPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202013/04/2021The groupPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

116 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in wholesale of fish and fish products based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 365.1mNo. 1 of 115
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 241.2mNo. 4 of 116
Better than 97% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees109No. 1 of 116
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 6.3m, net profit DKK 840k, equity DKK 6.5m, 7 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 777kDKK 6mDKK 47mDKK 184.3mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 111 companies in the industry (latest financial year, logarithmic scale). Amber bar: where this company sits.

Compared with similar companies

size, age and company form
Rank among similar companies
GroupGross profitEquity
Companies with 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison
No. 63of 4,412
Better than 99%
No. 291of 4,466
Better than 94%
Same industry and 50–199 employees12 companies in the comparison
No. 1of 12
Better than 100%
No. 3of 12
Better than 82%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 243of 10,152
Better than 98%
No. 677of 10,275
Better than 93%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 410of 17,786
Better than 98%
No. 1,247of 18,024
Better than 93%

The rank is calculated among companies in the database with a figure for the latest financial year, and is shown only for groups of at least ten companies.

Compare with the industry

Wholesale of fish and fish products
Gross profit
  1. A. Espersen A/SDKK 365.1m
  2. Polar Seafood Denmark A/SDKK 360.6m
  3. Nordic Seafood A/SDKK 283.6m
Net profit
  1. A. Espersen A/S−DKK 256.6m
  2. Polar Seafood Denmark A/SDKK 172.5m
  3. Nordic Seafood A/SDKK 94.7m
Equity
  1. A. Espersen A/SDKK 241.2m
  2. Polar Seafood Denmark A/SDKK 1.1bn
  3. Nordic Seafood A/SDKK 570.8m
Employees
  1. A. Espersen A/S109
  2. Polar Seafood Denmark A/S179
  3. Nordic Seafood A/S92

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Insepa A/S100%
A. Espersen A/S

Management

11 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at A. Espersen A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Tino BendixCEO05/08/2024
Martin Busk AndersenDirector10/02/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at A. Espersen A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Christopher ThomasBoard member17/04/2012
René KofodBoard member28/03/2018
Peter KjærBoard member23/04/2018
Flemming Nyenstad EnevoldsenChair of the board28/11/2018
Bettina Simone FürstenbergBoard member03/04/2020
Preben Vagn FinneBoard member02/01/2024
Ulrich WittBoard member18/04/2024
Morten Holm JensenBoard member15/08/2025
Belinda Florentine BergmannBoard member03/09/2025
Former management (61)
Former management at A. Espersen A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Jens Christian SkovgaardDeputy board member23/02/194525/09/1990
Hans Aage Holstein KoefoedBoard member23/02/194505/04/1990
Poul Erik EspersenBoard member23/02/194531/12/1998
Henrik EspersenBoard member23/02/194531/05/2001
Henrik EspersenCEO23/02/194501/01/2001
Karl Ravn NielsenBoard member23/02/194505/04/1990
Sven Gunnar SchoughBoard member23/02/194516/05/2016
Gunnar RixenBoard member23/02/194516/07/1993
Bent Erik NielsenBoard member23/02/194529/05/1998
Svend SandalDeputy board member23/02/194520/07/1994
Rolf HansenDeputy board member23/02/194529/05/1998
Olaf CarstensenDeputy board member23/02/194525/09/1990
Arne Charles Rindom JacobsenBoard member23/02/194525/04/2003
Karin Marie PedersenDeputy board member23/02/194525/09/1990
Tony Dahl NielsenBoard member23/02/194520/07/1994
Jens Ole MaegaardBoard member23/02/194529/05/1998
Lillian KlausenBoard member23/02/194525/09/1990
Johnny NilssonBoard member23/02/194525/09/1990
Jan Erik Vesth SvenningsenDeputy board member29/05/199814/05/2002
Ernst Harald JensenBoard member29/05/199814/05/2002
Tina Birgitte LarsenBoard member29/05/199801/09/2005
Klaus Beyer NielsenCEO01/01/200105/08/2024
Marianne Hjorth MaegaardDeputy board member14/05/200207/03/2006
Flemming KrupaBoard member14/05/200220/06/2013
Mona Rita SteffensenDeputy board member14/05/200201/09/2005
Asger KastbjergBoard member31/05/200217/04/2012
Klaus Beyer NielsenBoard member06/12/200208/04/2022
Vagn ThorupChair of the board25/04/200317/05/2016
John Egon PedersenBoard member07/03/200603/04/2006
Pia DamDeputy board member07/03/200617/04/2012
Jytte Lund JensenDeputy board member07/03/200617/04/2012
Lisbeth FrigaardDeputy board member12/05/201017/04/2012
Marianne Munk KofoedDeputy board member12/05/201017/04/2012
Johnny Eivind GraversenBoard member17/04/201227/05/2014
John EllingDeputy board member17/04/201227/05/2014
Max SørensenDirector01/11/201229/05/2024
Ole KeilbergChief financial officer20/06/201301/07/2017
John Willy JohansenBoard member20/06/201327/05/2014
Preben HolmDeputy board member27/05/201419/08/2015
Bjarne Sand BorckBoard member27/05/201420/08/2015
Lars Holm JensenBoard member27/05/201428/03/2018
Betina SkytteDeputy board member27/05/201420/08/2015
Diane May HughesBoard member29/05/201503/04/2020
Preben HolmBoard member20/08/201525/01/2017
Sven Gunnar SchoughChair of the board17/05/201627/11/2018
Marianne Munk KofoedDeputy board member25/01/201727/03/2018
Turan SavasBoard member25/01/201727/03/2018
Mads Ville Flinch MarkussenDeputy board member25/01/201728/03/2018
Niels Walther-RasmussenBoard member11/05/201730/03/2023
Olav Holst-DyrnesBoard member11/05/201711/04/2019
Marianne Munk KofoedDeputy board member28/03/201808/04/2022
Turan SavasBoard member28/03/201820/11/2019
Mette Bendix NielsenBoard member28/03/201815/08/2025
Preben Vagn FinneDeputy board member28/03/201819/11/2019
Flemming Nyenstad EnevoldsenBoard member08/10/201827/11/2018
Sven Gunnar SchoughBoard member28/11/201811/04/2019
Preben Vagn FinneBoard member20/11/201908/04/2022
Jesper Mikkelsen HeilbuthDirector01/02/202014/06/2022
Jacek MigralaBoard member03/04/202024/06/2025
Pernille AndersenBoard member08/04/202229/12/2023
Claus RosthofDirector25/10/202231/12/2024

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af tre bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening, den administrerende direktør i forening med en direktør eller af en direktør i forening med bestyrelsesformanden.

Address and production units

3 active production units

Amager Strandvej 403
2770 Kastrup

Tårnby Municipality · Postcode 2770

Other companies at the address (4)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
A ESPERSEN A/SAmager Strandvej 403, 2770 Kastrup831003056827
ESPERSEN FÆRDIGVARE HASLEStrandgade 8, 3790 Hasle11003056864
A. Espersen A/SSydhavnsvej 12, 3700 Rønne–1028983693

Purpose

Selskabets formål er direkte eller indirekte at drive handel, skibsfart, fiskeri, industrivirksomhed eller anden efter bestyrelsens skøn i forbindelse dermed stående virksomhed såvel i indland som i udland

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

130 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20256 changesmanagement 5 · accounts 1
  • Belinda Florentine Bergmann appointed board member
  • Morten Holm Jensen appointed board member
  • Mette Bendix Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Jacek Migrala stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Martin Busk Andersen appointed director
20247 changesmanagement 6 · accounts 1
  • Claus Rosthof stepped down as director
  • Tino Bendix appointed ceo
  • Klaus Beyer Nielsen stepped down as ceo
  • Max Sørensen stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Ulrich Witt appointed board member
  • Preben Vagn Finne appointed board member
20234 changesmanagement 2 · capital 1 · accounts 1
  • Pernille Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 39,000,000 DKK to 41,500,000 DKK
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Niels Walther-Rasmussen stepped down as board member
20229 changesmanagement 6 · address 1 · accounts 1 · industry 1
  • Claus Rosthof appointed director
  • Moved to Amager Strandvej 403, 2770 Kastrup
  • Jesper Mikkelsen Heilbuth stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Pernille Andersen appointed board member
  • Preben Vagn Finne stepped down as board member
  • Marianne Munk Kofoed stepped down as deputy board member
  • Klaus Beyer Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med fisk og fiskeprodukter (463810)
20212 changesaddress 1 · accounts 1
  • Moved to Sydhavnsvej 12, 3700 Rønne
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20204 changesmanagement 4
  • Bettina Simone Fürstenberg appointed board member
  • Jacek Migrala appointed board member
  • Diane May Hughes stepped down as board member
  • Jesper Mikkelsen Heilbuth appointed director
20196 changesmanagement 5 · capital 1
  • Preben Vagn Finne appointed board member
  • Turan Savas stepped down as board member
  • Preben Vagn Finne stepped down as deputy board member
  • Share capital changed from 35,000,000 DKK to 39,000,000 DKK
  • Sven Gunnar Schough stepped down as board member
  • Olav Holst-Dyrnes stepped down as board member
201816 changesmanagement 15 · capital 1
  • Flemming Nyenstad Enevoldsen appointed chair of the board
  • Sven Gunnar Schough appointed board member
  • Flemming Nyenstad Enevoldsen stepped down as board member
  • Sven Gunnar Schough stepped down as chair of the board
  • Flemming Nyenstad Enevoldsen appointed board member
  • Share capital changed from 30,000,000 DKK to 35,000,000 DKK
  • Peter Kjær appointed board member
  • Turan Savas appointed board member
  • René Kofod appointed board member
  • Preben Vagn Finne appointed deputy board member
  • Mette Bendix Nielsen appointed board member
  • Marianne Munk Kofoed appointed deputy board member
  • Mads Ville Flinch Markussen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Lars Holm Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Marianne Munk Kofoed stepped down as deputy board member
  • Turan Savas stepped down as board member
20177 changesmanagement 7
  • Ole Keilberg stepped down as chief financial officer
  • Olav Holst-Dyrnes appointed board member
  • Niels Walther-Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Marianne Munk Kofoed appointed deputy board member
  • Mads Ville Flinch Markussen appointed deputy board member
  • Turan Savas appointed board member
  • Preben Holm stepped down as board member
20162 changesmanagement 2
  • Sven Gunnar Schough appointed chair of the board
  • Vagn Thorup stepped down as chair of the board
20155 changesmanagement 5
  • Preben Holm appointed board member
  • Bjarne Sand Borck stepped down as board member
  • Betina Skytte stepped down as deputy board member
  • Preben Holm stepped down as deputy board member
  • Diane May Hughes appointed board member
20148 changesmerger 1 · management 7
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Bjarne Sand Borck appointed board member
  • Betina Skytte appointed deputy board member
  • Lars Holm Jensen appointed board member
  • Preben Holm appointed deputy board member
  • John Willy Johansen stepped down as board member
  • John Elling stepped down as deputy board member
  • Johnny Eivind Graversen stepped down as board member
20133 changesmanagement 3
  • Ole Keilberg appointed chief financial officer
  • John Willy Johansen appointed board member
  • Flemming Krupa stepped down as board member
20129 changesmanagement 9
  • Max Sørensen appointed director
  • John Elling appointed deputy board member
  • Johnny Eivind Graversen appointed board member
  • Christopher Thomas appointed board member
  • Marianne Munk Kofoed stepped down as deputy board member
  • Lisbeth Frigaard stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jytte Lund Jensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Pia Dam stepped down as deputy board member
  • Asger Kastbjerg stepped down as board member
20112 changescapital 1 · merger 1
  • Share capital changed from 20,448,000 DKK to 30,000,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
20102 changesmanagement 2
  • Marianne Munk Kofoed appointed deputy board member
  • Lisbeth Frigaard appointed deputy board member
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs, except fishmeal (102020)
20065 changesmanagement 5
  • John Egon Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Jytte Lund Jensen appointed deputy board member
  • Pia Dam appointed deputy board member
  • John Egon Pedersen appointed board member
  • Marianne Hjorth Maegaard stepped down as deputy board member
20053 changesmanagement 2 · industry 1
  • Mona Rita Steffensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Tina Birgitte Larsen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med fisk og fiskeprodukter (513810)
20041 changeownership 1
  • INSEPA A/S registered as owner (100%)
20033 changesmanagement 2 · address 1
  • Vagn Thorup appointed chair of the board
  • Arne Charles Rindom Jacobsen stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Fiskerivej 1, 3700 Rønne
20027 changesmanagement 7
  • Klaus Beyer Nielsen appointed board member
  • Asger Kastbjerg appointed board member
  • Mona Rita Steffensen appointed deputy board member
  • Flemming Krupa appointed board member
  • Marianne Hjorth Maegaard appointed deputy board member
  • Ernst Harald Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Jan Erik Vesth Svenningsen stepped down as deputy board member
20011 changemanagement 1
  • Klaus Beyer Nielsen appointed ceo
19984 changesmanagement 4
  • Tina Birgitte Larsen appointed board member
  • Ernst Harald Jensen appointed board member
  • Jan Erik Vesth Svenningsen appointed deputy board member
  • Jens Ole Maegaard stepped down as board member
19941 changemanagement 1
  • Tony Dahl Nielsen stepped down as board member
19903 changesmanagement 3
  • Johnny Nilsson stepped down as board member
  • Lillian Klausen stepped down as board member
  • Karin Marie Pedersen stepped down as deputy board member
19871 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
19457 changesfounded 1 · management 6
  • Registered as A. ESPERSEN A/S
  • Johnny Nilsson appointed board member
  • Lillian Klausen appointed board member
  • Jens Ole Maegaard appointed board member
  • Tony Dahl Nielsen appointed board member
  • Karin Marie Pedersen appointed deputy board member
  • Arne Charles Rindom Jacobsen appointed board member

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Source and updates

The information comes from the Danish Central Business Register (Danish Business Authority) and from annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority. Last synchronised 24/10/2026. The company is protected against advertising; contact details are not shown, and the data must not be used for marketing.

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