Ab Catering København A/S

Public limited companyCVR 13768390GreveActive

Ab Catering København A/S is a public limited company, based in Greve, active in non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco, founded in 1989. Net profit fell 96% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 842k. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 10 of 154 companies in the industry in the database. With 246 employees, the company is about 49 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 915.6m+6.3% vs. 2024

Net profitDKK 842k−96.3% vs. 2024

EquityDKK 20.8m−51.4% vs. 2024

Employees246latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

Gross profit fell 13% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 122.4m.
Revenue rose 6% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 915.6m.
Net profit fell 96% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 842k.
Equity fell 51% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 20.8m.

Employees

15 more employees than a year earlier: 246 (08/2026) against 231 (08/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

21/01/2025: Moved to Ventrupvej 18, 2670 Greve

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

EquityNet profit

Financial figures for Ab Catering København A/S
	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change
Revenue	not stated	not stated	761,416	846,030	860,969	915,598	+6.3%
Gross profit	–	99,022	134,250	148,231	140,992	122,409	−13.2%
Operating profit (EBIT)	14,319	16,563	33,078	40,624	30,405	5,435	−82.1%
Profit before tax	14,019	16,220	32,600	40,563	29,300	1,100	−96.2%
Net profit	10,926	12,654	25,432	31,641	22,848	842	−96.3%
Total assets	138,796	160,181	179,098	222,824	209,046	257,793	+23.3%
Equity	30,926	32,654	45,432	58,843	42,848	20,842	−51.4%
Liabilities	107,026	127,114	133,666	163,982	166,091	235,815	+42%
Cash and cash equivalents	34	15	1	33	1	1,567	+203,470%
Average number of employees	177	147	169	183	183	185	+1.1%

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: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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Compare with the industry (156 companies)

Gross profitMedian, the industry (156 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

Equity fell sharply
Equity fell 51% from 2024 to 2025 (DKK 42.8m to DKK 20.8m).
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 8% 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 Ab Catering København A/S
Financial year	Period	Published	Figures for	Documents
2025	01/10/2024 – 30/09/2025	18/12/2025	The company	PDF not statedXBRL
2024	01/10/2023 – 30/09/2024	11/12/2024	The company	PDF XBRL
2023	01/10/2022 – 30/09/2023	11/12/2023	The company	PDF XBRL
2022	01/10/2021 – 30/09/2022	19/12/2022	The company	PDF XBRL
2021	01/10/2020 – 30/09/2021	29/11/2021	The company	PDF XBRL
2020	01/10/2019 – 30/09/2020	10/12/2020	The company	PDF XBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR

Employees

Position in the industry

156 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 122.4mNo. 10 of 154

Better than 94% of the companies in the industry

EquityDKK 20.8mNo. 40 of 156

Better than 75% of the companies in the industry

Number of employees246No. 7 of 156

Better than 96% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 4.9m, net profit DKK 455k, equity DKK 3.8m, 5 employees.

Distribution of gross profit for 147 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
Group	Gross profit	Equity
Companies with 200–499 employees796 companies in the comparison	No. 481of 763 Better than 37%	No. 633of 796 Better than 21%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison	No. 713of 10,152 Better than 93%	No. 3,323of 10,275 Better than 68%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison	No. 1,294of 17,786 Better than 93%	No. 6,027of 18,024 Better than 67%

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

Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco

Gross profit

Ab Catering København A/SDKK 122.4m
Rema 1000 Danmark A/SDKK 1.8bn
Hørkram Foodservice A/SDKK 927.1m

Net profit

Ab Catering København A/SDKK 842k
Rema 1000 Danmark A/SDKK 533.2m
Hørkram Foodservice A/SDKK 120.6m

Equity

Ab Catering København A/SDKK 20.8m
Rema 1000 Danmark A/SDKK 2.8bn
Hørkram Foodservice A/SDKK 1.5bn

Employees

Ab Catering København A/S246
Rema 1000 Danmark A/S187
Hørkram Foodservice A/S1,299

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register

Owners

Dansk Cater A/S100%

Ab Catering København A/S

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Ab Catering København A/S
Name	Role	Appointed
Flemming Nielsen	Director	23/05/2008

Board of directors

Board of directors at Ab Catering København A/S
Name	Role	Appointed
Flemming Nielsen	Board member	23/05/2008
Henrik Ellegaard	Board member	23/11/2009
Steen Damsgård Pedersen	Chair of the board	23/11/2009

Auditor: EY Godkendt Revisionspartnerselskab
Founders: Anders Nikolaj Balsby, Jesper Balsby, Morten Balsby

Former management (7)

Former management at Ab Catering København A/S
Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
Anders Nikolaj Balsby	Board member	29/12/1989	10/01/2007
Anders Nikolaj Balsby	Director	29/12/1989	01/10/2004
Jesper Balsby	Board member	29/12/1989	10/01/2007
Morten Balsby	Board member	29/12/1989	23/05/2008
Jens Peter Børsting	Board member	01/10/2004	10/01/2007
Leon Giessing Sørensen	Chair of the board	01/10/2004	23/11/2009
Morten Balsby	Director	01/10/2004	23/05/2008

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af to bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Ventrupvej 18
2670 Greve

Greve Municipality · Postcode 2670

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Production units
Production unit	Address	Industry	Employees	P number
AB CATERING KØBENHAVN A/S	Ventrupvej 18, 2670 Greve	Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco	246	1000621629

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel og herunder særligt distribution af fødevarer.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

38 registered events

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20252 changesaccounts 1 · address 1

18/12AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
21/01AddressMoved to Ventrupvej 18, 2670 Greve

20241 changeaccounts 1

11/12AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published

20231 changeaccounts 1

11/12AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published

20221 changeaccounts 1

19/12AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published

20211 changeaccounts 1

29/11AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published

20201 changeaccounts 1

10/12AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published

20181 changeaddress 1

20/10AddressMoved to Park Allé 362, 2605 Brøndby

20141 changeindustry 1

12/03IndustryIndustry changed to Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco (463900)

20131 changecapital 1

10/10CapitalShare capital changed from 11,000,000 DKK to 12,000,000 DKK

20121 changecapital 1

29/08CapitalShare capital changed from 10,000,000 DKK to 11,000,000 DKK

20112 changescapital 1 · address 1

08/09CapitalShare capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 10,000,000 DKK
24/08AddressMoved to Park Allé 362, 2605 Brøndby

20093 changesmanagement 3

23/11ManagementSteen Damsgård Pedersen appointed chair of the board
23/11ManagementHenrik Ellegaard appointed board member
23/11ManagementLeon Giessing Sørensen stepped down as chair of the board

20084 changesmanagement 4

23/05ManagementFlemming Nielsen appointed board member
23/05ManagementFlemming Nielsen appointed director
23/05ManagementMorten Balsby stepped down as director
23/05ManagementMorten Balsby stepped down as board member

20073 changesmanagement 3

10/01ManagementJens Peter Børsting stepped down as board member
10/01ManagementAnders Nikolaj Balsby stepped down as board member
10/01ManagementJesper Balsby stepped down as board member

20062 changesname 1 · industry 1

26/09NameName changed from MEJERICENTRALEN A/S to AB CATERING KØBENHAVN A/S
13/02IndustryIndustry changed to Engroshandel med kød og kødprodukter (513200)

20045 changesmanagement 4 · ownership 1

01/10ManagementLeon Giessing Sørensen appointed chair of the board
01/10ManagementJens Peter Børsting appointed board member
01/10ManagementMorten Balsby appointed director
01/10ManagementAnders Nikolaj Balsby stepped down as director
01/10OwnershipDANSK CATER A/S registered as owner (100%)

20031 changemerger 1

06/01MergerMerger registered in CVR

20001 changeaddress 1

06/01AddressMoved to Vingelodden 10, 2200 København N

19951 changecapital 1

23/11CapitalShare capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK

19895 changesfounded 1 · management 4

29/12FoundedRegistered as MEJERICENTRALEN A/S
29/12ManagementAnders Nikolaj Balsby appointed board member
29/12ManagementMorten Balsby appointed board member
29/12ManagementJesper Balsby appointed board member
29/12ManagementAnders Nikolaj Balsby appointed director

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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 23/10/2026.

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