A/S A. P. Botved

Public limited companyCVR 25923693HerlevActive

A/S A. P. Botved is a public limited company, based in Herlev, active in wholesale of other machinery and equipment, founded in 2001. Net profit rose 810% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 1.4m. With 40 employees, the company is about 7 times larger than the industry median. Equity fell to DKK 1.2m in 2025.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 23.4m−0.9% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 1.4m+809.7% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 1.2m−31.3% vs. 2024
Employees40latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Net profit rose 810% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.4m.
  • Equity fell 31% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.2m.

Employees

  • 3 more employees than a year earlier: 40 (08/2026) against 37 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Christian Frode Peytz (board member, 30/10/2024) and Klaus Søren Zwisler (deputy chair, 10/02/2026).
  • Stepped down: Claus Noel Vermund Bretton-Meyer (board member, 10/02/2026).
  • New owners registered: Mp3 ApS (03/09/2025), Wilh. Carl Jacobsen AB (03/09/2025) and Mads Peter Poulsen (03/09/2025).
  • No longer registered as owner: Mp3 ApS (02/09/2025) and Mads Peter Poulsen (03/09/2025).

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 1mDKK 2mDKK 3mDKK 4m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for A/S A. P. Botved
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit20,90121,32425,12022,87823,64623,424−0.9%
Operating profit (EBIT)1,0183571,6469211,2132,852+135.2%
Profit before tax6792071,4042732561,395+445.4%
Net profit545861,0952271531,395+809.7%
Total assets25,31824,27923,45723,16823,71622,963−3.2%
Equity4,0869932,0891,5741,7271,187−31.3%
Liabilities21,23223,28621,36821,59421,98921,776−1%
Cash and cash equivalents2142251500––
Average number of employees434243433934−12.8%

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. Revenue is not stated for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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DKK 0DKK 5mDKK 10mDKK 15mDKK 20mDKK 25m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (1,000 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures
  • Equity fell sharply

    Equity fell 31% from 2024 to 2025 (DKK 1.7m to DKK 1.2m).

    How is this calculated?

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

  • Low equity ratio

    Equity makes up 5% of total assets in 2025.

    How is this calculated?

    Equity ÷ total assets is below 10% in the latest annual report. Banks, insurers and some industries naturally have a low ratio.

  • 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/S A. P. Botved
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202528/07/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202410/07/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202308/07/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202210/07/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202121/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202029/03/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

1,000 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in wholesale of other machinery and equipment based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 23.4mNo. 177 of 1,000
Better than 82% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 1.2mNo. 777 of 1,000
Better than 22% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees40No. 117 of 1,000
Better than 88% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 6m, net profit DKK 772k, equity DKK 4.8m, 6 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 961kDKK 9.2mDKK 88.8mDKK 401.7mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 957 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 20–49 employees9,922 companies in the comparison
No. 2,205of 9,892
Better than 78%
No. 7,310of 9,922
Better than 26%
Same industry and 20–49 employees159 companies in the comparison
No. 88of 159
Better than 45%
No. 155of 159
Better than 3%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 2,945of 24,791
Better than 88%
No. 17,331of 24,909
Better than 30%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 5,287of 17,786
Better than 70%
No. 15,655of 18,024
Better than 13%

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 other machinery and equipment
Gross profit
  1. A/S A. P. BotvedDKK 23.4m
  2. HydraSpecma A/SDKK 854.1m
  3. Sanovo Technology A/SDKK 779.2m
Net profit
  1. A/S A. P. BotvedDKK 1.4m
  2. HydraSpecma A/SDKK 142.1m
  3. Sanovo Technology A/SDKK 204.2m
Equity
  1. A/S A. P. BotvedDKK 1.2m
  2. HydraSpecma A/SDKK 1.2bn
  3. Sanovo Technology A/SDKK 592.3m
Employees
  1. A/S A. P. Botved40
  2. HydraSpecma A/S365
  3. Sanovo Technology A/S216

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Mp3 ApS66.67%
  • Wilh. Carl Jacobsen AB25%
A/S A. P. Botved

Management

6 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at A/S A. P. Botved
NameRoleAppointed
Mads Peter PoulsenCEO02/03/2001

Board of directors

Board of directors at A/S A. P. Botved
NameRoleAppointed
Henrik Bernt SandersBoard member29/04/2002
Mads Peter PoulsenBoard member30/08/2020
Gert FrostChair of the board21/06/2022
Christian Frode PeytzBoard member30/10/2024
Klaus Søren ZwislerDeputy chair10/02/2026
Founders
Mp3 ApS
Former management (10)
Former management at A/S A. P. Botved
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Mads Peter PoulsenBoard member02/03/200121/09/2010
Henrik EdeltoftBoard member02/03/200113/03/2006
Gert FrostBoard member13/03/200615/03/2012
Poul PoulsenBoard member21/09/201030/08/2020
Per MichelsenChair of the board21/09/201029/04/2011
Hans-Henrik Videbæk KjerBoard member15/03/201210/09/2018
Claus Noel Vermund Bretton-MeyerChair of the board01/05/201220/06/2022
Morten Falck LarsenBoard member04/06/201327/08/2015
Gert FrostBoard member29/06/202120/06/2022
Claus Noel Vermund Bretton-MeyerBoard member21/06/202210/02/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af 1 direktør i forening med 1 bestyrelsesmedlem, af 2 bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Nørrelundvej 5
2730 Herlev

Herlev Municipality · Postcode 2730

Other companies at the address (3)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
A/S A. P. BOTVEDNørrelundvej 5, 2730 Herlev401000170241

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handels-, industri- og agenturvirksomhed samt anbringelse af kapital i hermed beslægtede virksomheder.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

48 registered events
20263 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Klaus Søren Zwisler appointed deputy chair
  • Claus Noel Vermund Bretton-Meyer stepped down as board member
20256 changesownership 5 · accounts 1
  • Mads Peter Poulsen registered as owner (66.67%)
  • Mads Peter Poulsen is no longer registered as owner
  • MP3 ApS registered as owner (66.67%)
  • Wilh. Carl Jacobsen AB registered as owner (25%)
  • MP3 ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20242 changesmanagement 1 · accounts 1
  • Christian Frode Peytz appointed board member
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20225 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1
  • Claus Noel Vermund Bretton-Meyer appointed board member
  • Gert Frost appointed chair of the board
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Gert Frost stepped down as board member
  • Claus Noel Vermund Bretton-Meyer stepped down as chair of the board
20212 changesmanagement 1 · accounts 1
  • Gert Frost appointed board member
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20205 changesmanagement 2 · ownership 3
  • Mads Peter Poulsen appointed board member
  • Poul Poulsen stepped down as board member
  • MP3 ApS registered as owner (100%)
  • IPODAN ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • MP3 ApS is no longer registered as owner
20181 changemanagement 1
  • Hans-Henrik Videbæk Kjer stepped down as board member
20151 changemanagement 1
  • Morten Falck Larsen stepped down as board member
20131 changemanagement 1
  • Morten Falck Larsen appointed board member
20126 changesmanagement 3 · capital 1 · ownership 2
  • Claus Noel Vermund Bretton-Meyer appointed chair of the board
  • Hans-Henrik Videbæk Kjer appointed board member
  • Gert Frost stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 1,000,000 DKK to 1,727,273 DKK
  • MP3 ApS registered as owner (66.67%)
  • IPODAN ApS registered as owner (25%)
20111 changemanagement 1
  • Per Michelsen stepped down as chair of the board
20103 changesmanagement 3
  • Per Michelsen appointed chair of the board
  • Poul Poulsen appointed board member
  • Mads Peter Poulsen stepped down as board member
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med andre maskiner og andet udstyr (466900)
20063 changesmanagement 2 · industry 1
  • Gert Frost appointed board member
  • Henrik Edeltoft stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med andre maskiner, udstyr og tilbehør (518790)
20051 changename 1
  • Name changed from BOTVED PLEJEUDSTYR A/S to A/S A. P. BOTVED
20021 changemanagement 1
  • Henrik Bernt Sanders appointed board member
20015 changesindustry 1 · founded 1 · management 3
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med medicinalvarer og sygeplejeartikler (514610)
  • Registered as BOTVED PLEJEUDSTYR A/S
  • Henrik Edeltoft appointed board member
  • Mads Peter Poulsen appointed board member
  • Mads Peter Poulsen appointed ceo

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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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