A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S

Public limited companyCVR 22756214København KActive

A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S is a public limited company, based in København K, active in activities of non-financial head offices, founded in 1904. Net profit fell 53% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 2.9bn. Operations are spread over 5 production units in 3 towns. The company has existed for over 120 years.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 54bn−2.7% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 2.9bn−53.2% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 56.7bn−2.2% vs. 2024
Employees2latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Revenue fell 3% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 54bn.
  • Net profit fell 53% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.9bn.
  • Equity fell 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 56.7bn.

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Xavier Francois Emile Urbain (board member, 18/03/2025) and Robert Josef Erni (director, 06/02/2026).
  • Stepped down: Arne Karlsson (board member, 18/03/2025) and Patrick Christoph Georg Jany (director, 06/02/2026).
  • New owners registered: A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S (05/09/2025).
  • No longer registered as owner: A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S (04/06/2026).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 25/03/2026: Share capital changed from 15,828,942,000 DKK to 14,695,828,000 DKK
  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)

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 0DKK 10bnDKK 20bnDKK 30bnDKK 40bnDKK 50bnDKK 60bnDKK 70bn202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue39,740,00061,787,00081,529,00051,065,00055,482,00053,988,000−2.7%
Operating profit (EBIT)4,186,00019,674,00030,860,0003,934,0006,499,0003,500,000−46.1%
Profit before tax3,307,00018,730,00030,231,0004,362,0006,816,0003,471,000−49.1%
Net profit2,900,00018,033,00029,321,0003,908,0006,232,0002,915,000−53.2%
Total assets56,117,00072,271,00093,680,00082,100,00087,697,00088,352,000+0.7%
Equity30,854,00045,588,00065,032,00055,090,00057,947,00056,696,000−2.2%
Liabilities25,263,00026,683,00028,648,00027,010,00029,750,00031,656,000+6.4%
Cash and cash equivalents5,865,00011,832,00010,057,0006,701,0006,575,0009,042,000+37.5%

Source: annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority (XBRL). Figures for the company (not the group); 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 5bnDKK 10bnDKK 15bnDKK 20bnDKK 25bnDKK 30bn202020212022202320242025
Net profitMedian, the industry (310 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures
  • Profit for five years in a row

    Net result has been positive in 2021–2025.

    How is this calculated?

    Net result is positive in the five latest annual reports in a row.

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.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202525/03/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202419/03/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202315/03/2024The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202230/03/2023The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202115/03/2022The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202006/05/2021The companyPDF not statedXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

310 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in activities of non-financial head offices based on the latest financial year.

EquityDKK 56.7bnNo. 2 of 310
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees2No. 259 of 310
Better than 17% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 31.9m, net profit DKK 3.9m, equity DKK 179.4m, 49 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 2.7mDKK 75.2mDKK 2.1bnDKK 18.8bn
Distribution of gross profit for 235 companies in the industry (latest financial year, logarithmic scale).

Compared with similar companies

size, age and company form
Rank among similar companies
GroupGross profitEquity
Companies with fewer than 20 employees69,967 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 4of 69,964
Better than 100%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees151 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 1of 151
Better than 100%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 6of 10,275
Better than 100%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 13of 18,024
Better than 100%

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

Activities of non-financial head offices
Gross profit
  1. A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S–
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 56.6bn
  3. Demant A/SDKK 17.4bn
Net profit
  1. A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/SDKK 2.9bn
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 16.7bn
  3. Demant A/SDKK 1.5bn
Equity
  1. A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/SDKK 56.7bn
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 49.3bn
  3. Demant A/SDKK 9.9bn
Employees
  1. A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S2
  2. LEGO A/S5
  3. Demant A/S58

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

12 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Vincent ClercCEO01/01/2023
Robert Josef ErniDirector06/02/2026

Board of directors

Board of directors at A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Thomas Lindegaard MadsenBoard member10/04/2018
Bernard Ladislas BotBoard member02/04/2019
Maria Amparo Moraleda MartinezBoard member23/03/2021
Robert Maersk UgglaChair of the board15/03/2022
Eva Marika FredrikssonBoard member15/03/2022
Julija VoitiekuteBoard member15/03/2022
Jasper Willem Marcus EngelDeputy chair15/03/2022
Kasper Bo RørstedBoard member28/03/2023
Allan Christoffer ThygesenBoard member14/03/2024
Xavier Francois Emile UrbainBoard member18/03/2025
Former management (57)
Former management at A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Kurth AndersenBoard member16/04/190410/05/2000
Troels DillingBoard member16/04/190421/05/1992
Poul Johan SvanholmDeputy chair16/04/190427/04/2010
Jess SøderbergBoard member16/04/190430/04/2007
Arnold Mærsk Mc Kinney MøllerChair of the board16/04/190415/12/2003
Jørgen Mikael Ole OlufsenBoard member16/04/190428/05/1991
Leise Mærsk Mc-Kinney MøllerBoard member16/04/190431/03/2014
Svend-Aage NielsenBoard member16/04/190429/04/2008
Knud RasmussenBoard member16/04/190411/06/1990
Henrik BerendtBoard member16/04/190407/05/1998
Josef Tage AndersenBoard member16/04/190410/05/2000
Eigil JørgensenBoard member16/04/190402/06/1993
Kurt Boysen BrændekildeBoard member16/04/190407/05/1998
Mogens Kristian MogensenBoard member16/04/190423/05/1989
Jørgen LyngBoard member10/05/199608/05/2002
Jens SkovriderBoard member07/05/199820/04/2006
Henrik Lorensen SolmerBoard member07/05/199829/04/2008
Frants Erich Bernstorff-GyldensteenBoard member10/05/200012/06/2003
Jan TøpholmBoard member09/05/200131/03/2014
Lars Erik Kann-RasmussenBoard member08/05/200227/04/2010
Ane Mærsk Mc Kinney UgglaDeputy chair12/06/200315/03/2022
Jan LeschlyBoard member12/06/200302/04/2019
Michael Pram RasmussenChair of the board15/12/200328/03/2017
Nils Smedegaard AndersenBoard member18/04/200505/11/2007
Cecilie Mose HansenBoard member20/04/200627/04/2010
Lars Christian PallesenBoard member29/04/200831/03/2014
John Axel PoulsenBoard member29/04/200831/03/2014
John BondBoard member29/04/200812/04/2016
A. P MøllerDirector02/11/200901/01/2013
Niels JacobsenDeputy chair27/04/201010/04/2018
Erik RasmussenBoard member27/04/201031/03/2014
Arne KarlssonBoard member27/04/201018/03/2025
Robert John RoutsBoard member27/04/201002/04/2019
Claus Michael Valentin HemmingsenDirector01/01/201330/06/2019
Søren SkouDirector01/01/201330/06/2016
Nils Smedegaard AndersenCEO01/01/201301/07/2016
Trond Ødegård WestlieDirector01/01/201301/12/2016
Jakob Bo ThomasenDirector01/01/201301/10/2016
Kim FejferDirector01/01/201301/10/2016
Niels Bjørn ChristiansenBoard member31/03/201423/03/2020
Robert Maersk UgglaBoard member31/03/201414/03/2022
Palle Vestergaard RasmussenBoard member31/03/201410/04/2018
Renata Lella Greenberg-FrolovaBoard member31/03/201410/04/2018
Dorothee BlessingBoard member31/03/201423/03/2021
Jim Hagemann SnabeBoard member12/04/201627/03/2017
Søren SkouCEO01/07/201601/01/2023
Jakob StausholmDirector01/12/201631/03/2018
Jim Hagemann SnabeChair of the board28/03/201715/03/2022
Morten Henrik EngelstoftDirector01/12/201730/06/2022
Vincent ClercDirector01/12/201731/12/2022
Søren ToftDirector01/12/201711/11/2019
Jacob Andersen SterlingBoard member10/04/201815/03/2022
Carolina Helena Stensdotter Dybeck HappeDirector01/01/201929/02/2020
Jasper Willem Marcus EngelBoard member02/04/201914/03/2022
Henriette Hallberg ThygesenDirector01/01/202031/03/2023
Blythe Sally Jess MastersBoard member23/03/202015/03/2022
Patrick Christoph Georg JanyDirector01/05/202006/02/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af bestyrelsens formand og en næstformand i forening, af bestyrelsens formand i forening med et medlem af direktionen, af en næstformand i forening med et medlem af direktionen eller af to medlemmer af direktionen i forening.

Address and production units

5 active production units

Esplanaden 50
1263 København K

København Municipality · Postcode 1263

Other companies at the address (8)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
A.P. MØLLER - MÆRSK A/SEsplanaden 50, 1263 København K21001550956
The Leadership Centre at RolighedSkodsborg Strandvej 303, 2942 Skodsborg01017220418
A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/SSundkrogsgade 7, 2100 København Ø–1031630181
A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/SSundkrogsgade 9, 2100 København Ø–1031630610
A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S (Maersk Tankers)Nicolai Eigtveds Gade 28, 4. th, 1402 København K–1015501606

Purpose

Selskabets formål er, direkte eller indirekte, at drive skibsfart, befragtning og lignende virksomhed, at drive anden transportvirksomhed, handel og industriel virksomhed i indland eller udland samt at udbyde tjenesteydelser, finansierings- og forsikringsydelser, digitale løsninger og produkter indenfor de grænser som bestyrelsen finder rigtige.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

144 registered events
20265 changesownership 1 · capital 1 · accounts 1 · management 2
  • A.P. MØLLER - MÆRSK A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Share capital changed from 15,828,942,000 DKK to 14,695,828,000 DKK
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Robert Josef Erni appointed director
  • Patrick Christoph Georg Jany stepped down as director
20255 changesownership 1 · accounts 1 · management 2 · industry 1
  • A.P. MØLLER - MÆRSK A/S registered as owner (5%)
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Xavier Francois Emile Urbain appointed board member
  • Arne Karlsson stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)
20244 changesownership 1 · accounts 1 · capital 1 · management 1
  • A.P. MØLLER - MÆRSK A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Share capital changed from 17,569,715,000 DKK to 15,828,942,000 DKK
  • Allan Christoffer Thygesen appointed board member
20238 changesownership 2 · management 4 · accounts 1 · capital 1
  • A.P. MØLLER - MÆRSK A/S registered as owner (10%)
  • A.P. MØLLER - MÆRSK A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Henriette Hallberg Thygesen stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Share capital changed from 18,707,161,000 DKK to 17,569,715,000 DKK
  • Kasper Bo Rørsted appointed board member
  • Vincent Clerc appointed ceo
  • Søren Skou stepped down as ceo
202215 changesmanagement 12 · ownership 1 · capital 1 · accounts 1
  • Vincent Clerc stepped down as director
  • A.P. MØLLER - MÆRSK A/S registered as owner (5%)
  • Morten Henrik Engelstoft stepped down as director
  • Share capital changed from 19,376,016,000 DKK to 18,707,161,000 DKK
  • Eva Marika Fredriksson appointed board member
  • Jasper Willem Marcus Engel appointed deputy chair
  • Julija Voitiekute appointed board member
  • Robert Maersk Uggla appointed chair of the board
  • Blythe Sally Jess Masters stepped down as board member
  • Jacob Andersen Sterling stepped down as board member
  • Jim Hagemann Snabe stepped down as chair of the board
  • Ane Mærsk Mc Kinney Uggla stepped down as deputy chair
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Jasper Willem Marcus Engel stepped down as board member
  • Robert Maersk Uggla stepped down as board member
20214 changesaccounts 1 · capital 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Share capital changed from 20,031,947,000 DKK to 19,376,016,000 DKK
  • Maria Amparo Moraleda Martinez appointed board member
  • Dorothee Blessing stepped down as board member
20206 changesmanagement 5 · capital 1
  • Patrick Christoph Georg Jany appointed director
  • Share capital changed from 20,816,862,000 DKK to 20,031,947,000 DKK
  • Blythe Sally Jess Masters appointed board member
  • Niels Bjørn Christiansen stepped down as board member
  • Carolina Helena Stensdotter Dybeck Happe stepped down as director
  • Henriette Hallberg Thygesen appointed director
20198 changesmanagement 7 · industry 1
  • Søren Toft stepped down as director
  • Claus Michael Valentin Hemmingsen stepped down as director
  • Jasper Willem Marcus Engel appointed board member
  • Bernard Ladislas Bot appointed board member
  • Robert John Routs stepped down as board member
  • Jan Leschly stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)
  • Carolina Helena Stensdotter Dybeck Happe appointed director
20186 changesmanagement 6
  • Thomas Lindegaard Madsen appointed board member
  • Jacob Andersen Sterling appointed board member
  • Renata Lella Greenberg-Frolova stepped down as board member
  • Palle Vestergaard Rasmussen stepped down as board member
  • Niels Jacobsen stepped down as deputy chair
  • Jakob Stausholm stepped down as director
20176 changesmanagement 6
  • Vincent Clerc appointed director
  • Søren Toft appointed director
  • Morten Henrik Engelstoft appointed director
  • Jim Hagemann Snabe appointed chair of the board
  • Michael Pram Rasmussen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Jim Hagemann Snabe stepped down as board member
201610 changesmanagement 9 · capital 1
  • Jakob Stausholm appointed director
  • Trond Ødegård Westlie stepped down as director
  • Jakob Bo Thomasen stepped down as director
  • Kim Fejfer stepped down as director
  • Søren Skou appointed ceo
  • Nils Smedegaard Andersen stepped down as ceo
  • Søren Skou stepped down as director
  • Share capital changed from 21,545,382,000 DKK to 20,816,862,000 DKK
  • Jim Hagemann Snabe appointed board member
  • John Bond stepped down as board member
20152 changescapital 1 · industry 1
  • Share capital changed from 21,978,000,000 DKK to 21,545,382,000 DKK
  • Industry changed to Extraction of crude petroleum (061000)
201410 changescapital 1 · management 9
  • Share capital changed from 4,395,600,000 DKK to 21,978,000,000 DKK
  • Robert Maersk Uggla appointed board member
  • Dorothee Blessing appointed board member
  • Renata Lella Greenberg-Frolova appointed board member
  • Palle Vestergaard Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Niels Bjørn Christiansen appointed board member
  • Erik Rasmussen stepped down as board member
  • John Axel Poulsen stepped down as board member
  • Lars Christian Pallesen stepped down as board member
  • Jan Tøpholm stepped down as board member
20138 changesownership 1 · management 7
  • A.P. MØLLER HOLDING A/S registered as owner (33.33%)
  • Søren Skou appointed director
  • Claus Michael Valentin Hemmingsen appointed director
  • Nils Smedegaard Andersen appointed ceo
  • Trond Ødegård Westlie appointed director
  • Jakob Bo Thomasen appointed director
  • Kim Fejfer appointed director
  • A. P Møller stepped down as director
20107 changesmanagement 7
  • Robert John Routs appointed board member
  • Niels Jacobsen appointed deputy chair
  • Arne Karlsson appointed board member
  • Erik Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Cecilie Mose Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Lars Erik Kann-Rasmussen stepped down as board member
  • Poul Johan Svanholm stepped down as deputy chair
20091 changemanagement 1
  • A. P Møller appointed director
20085 changesmanagement 4 · industry 1
  • John Axel Poulsen appointed board member
  • John Bond appointed board member
  • Lars Christian Pallesen appointed board member
  • Henrik Lorensen Solmer stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Sea and coastal freight water transport (502000)
20072 changesownership 1 · management 1
  • A.P. Møller og Hustru Chastine McKinney Møllers Familiefond registered as owner (5%)
  • Nils Smedegaard Andersen stepped down as board member
20062 changesmanagement 2
  • Cecilie Mose Hansen appointed board member
  • Jens Skovrider stepped down as board member
20051 changemanagement 1
  • Nils Smedegaard Andersen appointed board member
20041 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
200311 changesmanagement 5 · merger 2 · name 1 · address 1 · capital 1 · ownership 1
  • Michael Pram Rasmussen appointed chair of the board
  • Arnold Mærsk Mc Kinney Møller stepped down as chair of the board
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Name changed from AKTIESELSKABET DAMPSKIBSSELSKABET SVENDBORG to A.P. MØLLER - MÆRSK A/S
  • Moved to Esplanaden 50, 1263 København K
  • Share capital changed from 745,200,000 DKK to 4,395,600,000 DKK
  • Ane Mærsk Mc Kinney Uggla appointed deputy chair
  • Jan Leschly appointed board member
  • Frants Erich Bernstorff-Gyldensteen stepped down as board member
  • DEN A.P. MØLLERSKE STØTTEFOND registered as owner (0%)
  • Merger registered in CVR
20022 changesmanagement 2
  • Lars Erik Kann-Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Jørgen Lyng stepped down as board member
20011 changemanagement 1
  • Jan Tøpholm appointed board member
20001 changemanagement 1
  • Frants Erich Bernstorff-Gyldensteen appointed board member
19984 changescapital 1 · management 3
  • Share capital changed from 149,040,000 DKK to 745,200,000 DKK
  • Jens Skovrider appointed board member
  • Henrik Lorensen Solmer appointed board member
  • Kurt Boysen Brændekilde stepped down as board member
19961 changemanagement 1
  • Jørgen Lyng appointed board member
19921 changemanagement 1
  • Troels Dilling stepped down as board member
19891 changemanagement 1
  • Mogens Kristian Mogensen stepped down as board member
19046 changesfounded 1 · management 5
  • Registered as AKTIESELSKABET DAMPSKIBSSELSKABET SVENDBORG
  • Arnold Mærsk Mc Kinney Møller appointed chair of the board
  • Poul Johan Svanholm appointed deputy chair
  • Troels Dilling appointed board member
  • Mogens Kristian Mogensen appointed board member
  • Kurt Boysen Brændekilde 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.

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