Abena A/S
Public limited companyCVR 25682742AabenraaActive
Abena A/S is a public limited company, based in Aabenraa, active in wholesale of other household goods n.e.c., founded in 2000. The company went from a profit in 2024 to a loss of DKK 36.5m in 2025. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 1 of 124 companies in the industry in the database. Operations are spread over 3 production units.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit fell 11% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 249m.
- Revenue rose 14% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 4.7bn.
- Net profit went from a profit of DKK 19.9m to a loss of DKK 36.5m (2024 → 2025).
Employees
- 58 fewer employees than a year earlier: 375 (07/2026) against 433 (07/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Christian Ørum Madsen (director, 04/04/2025), Jane Lautrup Asmussen (director, 04/04/2025) and Henrik Clausen (board member, 01/05/2026) (+1).
- Stepped down: Erik Barsøe Bohsen (director, 30/09/2025) and Jens-Peter Poulsen (board member, 01/05/2026).
Registrations, last 24 months
- 20/06/2025: Merger registered in CVR
- 20/06/2025: Share capital changed from 50,000,000 DKK to 51,000,000 DKK
- 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Wholesale of other household goods n.e.c. (464990)
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 thousandEquity and net profit
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 3,114,807 | 5,008,226 | 4,868,440 | 4,061,770 | 4,109,522 | 4,688,849 | +14.1% |
| Gross profit | 224,800 | 623,301 | 511,497 | 96,201 | 279,400 | 248,962 | −10.9% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 65,162 | 432,758 | 306,523 | −128,328 | 29,378 | −42,228 | −243.7% |
| Profit before tax | 58,990 | 415,713 | 322,596 | −141,776 | 25,733 | −46,562 | −280.9% |
| Net profit | 45,896 | 324,251 | 251,543 | −110,713 | 19,933 | −36,482 | −283% |
| Total assets | 1,303,394 | 2,672,045 | 2,146,997 | 2,243,181 | 2,080,919 | 2,639,193 | +26.8% |
| Equity | 468,296 | 783,346 | 970,089 | 809,076 | 829,009 | 820,861 | −1% |
| Liabilities | 835,098 | 1,888,699 | 1,176,908 | 1,434,105 | 1,251,910 | 1,818,332 | +45.2% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 3,669 | 45,753 | 6,451 | 2,605 | 45 | 5,512 | +12,148.9% |
| Average number of employees | 300 | 326 | 371 | 385 | 410 | 450 | +9.8% |
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.
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Annual reports
6 financial years| Financial year | Period | Published | Figures for | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 01/05/2024 – 30/04/2025 | 06/11/2025 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/05/2023 – 30/04/2024 | 06/11/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/05/2022 – 30/04/2023 | 01/11/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/05/2021 – 30/04/2022 | 08/11/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/05/2020 – 30/04/2021 | 05/10/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/05/2019 – 30/04/2020 | 07/10/2020 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
125 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in wholesale of other household goods n.e.c. based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 4.3m, net profit DKK 423k, equity DKK 4.9m, 5 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with 200–499 employees796 companies in the comparison | No. 211of 763 Better than 72% | No. 73of 796 Better than 91% |
| Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison | No. 253of 24,791 Better than 99% | No. 245of 24,909 Better than 99% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 619of 17,786 Better than 97% | No. 480of 18,024 Better than 97% |
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 household goods n.e.c.- Abena A/SDKK 249m
- F&H Group A/SDKK 188.7m
- Creativ Company A/SDKK 169.9m
- Abena A/S−DKK 36.5m
- F&H Group A/S−DKK 59.6m
- Creativ Company A/SDKK 2m
- Abena A/SDKK 820.9m
- F&H Group A/SDKK 83.7m
- Creativ Company A/SDKK 73.9m
- Abena A/S375
- F&H Group A/S262
- Creativ Company A/S226
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership Register- Institutions Holding A/S100%
Management
6 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Christian Ørum Madsen | Director | 04/04/2025 |
| Jane Lautrup Asmussen | Director | 04/04/2025 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Hanne Terp-Nielsen | Board member | 30/09/2000 |
| Preben Terp-Nielsen | Chair of the board | 02/09/2008 |
| Arne Terp-Nielsen | Board member | 02/09/2008 |
| Henrik Clausen | Board member | 01/05/2026 |
- Founders
- Abena Holding A/S
Former management (13)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preben Terp-Nielsen | Director | 30/09/2000 | 02/09/2008 |
| Erik Barsøe Bohsen | Director | 24/01/2001 | 31/12/2013 |
| Søren Christensen | Director | 25/04/2007 | 02/09/2008 |
| Claus Madsen | Director | 02/09/2008 | 31/05/2022 |
| Poul Henning Schlaikjer-Petersen | Director | 01/01/2009 | 05/03/2010 |
| Søren Gjessing | Director | 01/12/2012 | 20/06/2014 |
| Jens Rønn Olesen | Director | 01/01/2014 | 01/10/2017 |
| Sean Frank Ammentorp | Director | 10/08/2015 | 15/06/2017 |
| Erik Møller | Director | 01/01/2016 | 31/08/2020 |
| Erik Barsøe Bohsen | Director | 01/10/2017 | 30/09/2025 |
| Jens Bundgaard Andersen | Director | 01/03/2021 | 18/03/2021 |
| Morten Nielsen | Director | 26/08/2021 | 31/08/2022 |
| Jens-Peter Poulsen | Board member | 24/02/2025 | 01/05/2026 |
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Address and production units
3 active production unitsEgelund 35
6200 Aabenraa
Aabenraa Municipality · Postcode 6200
Other companies at the address (4)
- Abena Global Operations A/SWholesale of other intermediate products
- Abena Data ApSWholesale of information and communication equipment
- Abena Holding A/SActivities of non-financial head offices
- Abena Group Marketing ApSPlanning and design of advertising campaigns
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abena A/S | Ole Lippmanns Vej 1, 2630 Taastrup | 18 | 1020543147 |
| Abena A/S | Birkedam 18, 6000 Kolding | 14 | 1029260237 |
| Abena A/S | Marsvej 26, 6000 Kolding | 10 | 1030908070 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er fabrikation, handel og finansiering, udlejning og investering samt hermed beslægtet virksomhed.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
53 registered events20262 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementHenrik Clausen appointed board member
- ManagementJens-Peter Poulsen stepped down as board member
20258 changesaccounts 1 · management 4 · capital 1 · merger 1 · industry 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
- ManagementErik Barsøe Bohsen stepped down as director
- CapitalShare capital changed from 50,000,000 DKK to 51,000,000 DKK
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
- ManagementJane Lautrup Asmussen appointed director
- ManagementChristian Ørum Madsen appointed director
- ManagementJens-Peter Poulsen appointed board member
- IndustryIndustry changed to Wholesale of other household goods n.e.c. (464990)
20241 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
20223 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
- ManagementMorten Nielsen stepped down as director
- ManagementClaus Madsen stepped down as director
20214 changesaccounts 1 · management 3
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
- ManagementMorten Nielsen appointed director
- ManagementJens Bundgaard Andersen stepped down as director
- ManagementJens Bundgaard Andersen appointed director
20206 changesownership 3 · accounts 1 · address 1 · management 1
- OwnershipINSTITUTIONS HOLDING A/S registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipABENA PARTNERS A/S is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipINSTITUTIONS HOLDING A/S is no longer registered as owner
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
- AddressMoved to Egelund 35, 6200 Aabenraa
- ManagementErik Møller stepped down as director
20173 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementErik Barsøe Bohsen appointed director
- ManagementJens Rønn Olesen stepped down as director
- ManagementSean Frank Ammentorp stepped down as director
20161 changemanagement 1
- ManagementErik Møller appointed director
20151 changemanagement 1
- ManagementSean Frank Ammentorp appointed director
20142 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementSøren Gjessing stepped down as director
- ManagementJens Rønn Olesen appointed director
20131 changemanagement 1
- ManagementErik Barsøe Bohsen stepped down as director
20122 changesmanagement 1 · address 1
- ManagementSøren Gjessing appointed director
- AddressMoved to Egelund 35, 6200 Aabenraa
20101 changemanagement 1
- ManagementPoul Henning Schlaikjer-Petersen stepped down as director
20091 changemanagement 1
- ManagementPoul Henning Schlaikjer-Petersen appointed director
20085 changesmanagement 5
- ManagementClaus Madsen appointed director
- ManagementPreben Terp-Nielsen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementArne Terp-Nielsen appointed board member
- ManagementSøren Christensen stepped down as director
- ManagementPreben Terp-Nielsen stepped down as director
20073 changesmanagement 1 · ownership 1 · address 1
- ManagementSøren Christensen appointed director
- OwnershipABENA PARTNERS A/S registered as owner (5%)
- AddressMoved to Egelund 35, 6200 Aabenraa
20052 changesmerger 1 · name 1
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
- NameName changed from SÆKKO A/S to ABENA A/S
20012 changesmanagement 1 · industry 1
- ManagementErik Barsøe Bohsen appointed director
- IndustryIndustry changed to Engroshandel med andre husholdningsartikler (514790)
20004 changesownership 1 · founded 1 · management 2
- OwnershipINSTITUTIONS HOLDING A/S registered as owner (90%)
- FoundedRegistered as SÆKKO A/S
- ManagementPreben Terp-Nielsen appointed director
- ManagementHanne Terp-Nielsen appointed board member
Related companies
Same industry in Aabenraa
- Fun Nordic ApS18 employees
- Nimo Company ApS16 employees
- Nordic Hauz ApS6 employees
Same people in management
- Marius Pedersen A/Svia Christian Ørum Madsen
- Davidsen A/Svia Henrik Clausen
- Dagrofa Foodservice A/Svia Henrik Clausen
- Abena Produktion A/Svia Arne Terp-Nielsen
- Kohberg Bakery Group A/Svia Erik Barsøe Bohsen
- TCM Operations A/Svia Jens-Peter Poulsen
Largest in the industry
- F&H Group A/SDKK 188.7m
- Creativ Company A/SDKK 169.9m
- Bent Brandt A/SDKK 131m
- Plast 1 A/SDKK 116m
- Maki A/SDKK 109.8m
- DK International Interior A/SDKK 109.7m
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. The company is protected against advertising; contact details are not shown, and the data must not be used for marketing.