Afa Decaux A/S

Public limited companyCVR 12843488Aarhus CActive

Afa Decaux A/S is a public limited company, based in Aarhus C, active in media representation, founded in 1989. Net profit rose 16% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 70.7m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 2 of 41 companies in the industry in the database. Profit has grown three years in a row.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 156.3m+15.9% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 70.7m+15.9% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 269.5m+17.8% vs. 2024
Employees124latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 16% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 156.3m.
  • Net profit rose 16% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 70.7m.
  • Equity rose 18% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 269.5m.

Employees

  • 9 fewer employees than a year earlier: 124 (08/2026) against 133 (08/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 25/03/2025: Moved to Sønder Allé 12, 8000 Aarhus C
  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Media representation (731200)

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 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200mDKK 250m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Afa Decaux A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit70,790107,561139,788121,378134,889156,347+15.9%
Operating profit (EBIT)–55,40582,56962,67274,47890,958+22.1%
Profit before tax20,21155,52182,84666,69878,39793,463+19.2%
Net profit15,65243,45964,68651,61860,97470,665+15.9%
Total assets232,658240,979240,828284,527313,756349,415+11.4%
Equity158,543157,150161,654213,006228,781269,456+17.8%
Liabilities51,26965,01760,89154,36267,68364,831−4.2%
Cash and cash equivalents27,65857,55474,411111,81289,713114,307+27.4%
Average number of employees114109110116120123+2.5%

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. 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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Gross profitMedian, the industry (41 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 Afa Decaux A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202529/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202427/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202326/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202230/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202129/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202028/06/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

41 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in media representation based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 156.3mNo. 2 of 41
Better than 98% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 269.5mNo. 1 of 41
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees124No. 2 of 41
Better than 98% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 5.7m, net profit DKK 632k, equity DKK 3.8m, 4 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 785kDKK 6.2mDKK 48.3mDKK 190.7mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 39 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. 284of 4,412
Better than 94%
No. 260of 4,466
Better than 94%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 563of 10,152
Better than 94%
No. 611of 10,275
Better than 94%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 1,025of 17,786
Better than 94%
No. 1,140of 18,024
Better than 94%

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

Media representation
Gross profit
  1. Afa Decaux A/SDKK 156.3m
  2. Dentsu Danmark A/SDKK 378.9m
  3. Out Of Home Media ApSDKK 68.9m
Net profit
  1. Afa Decaux A/SDKK 70.7m
  2. Dentsu Danmark A/S−DKK 7.4m
  3. Out Of Home Media ApSDKK 17m
Equity
  1. Afa Decaux A/SDKK 269.5m
  2. Dentsu Danmark A/SDKK 137.9m
  3. Out Of Home Media ApSDKK 21.4m
Employees
  1. Afa Decaux A/S124
  2. Dentsu Danmark A/S375
  3. Out Of Home Media ApS71

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • JCDecaux SE50%
  • Afa Reklame Århus A/S50%
Afa Decaux A/S

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Afa Decaux A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Anders Fajstrup AxelsenDirector01/07/2014

Board of directors

Board of directors at Afa Decaux A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Kim Fajstrup AxelsenBoard member01/01/1989
Anders Fajstrup AxelsenBoard member25/04/2008
Jean-François Maurice DecauxChair of the board11/10/2013
Founders
Preben Bang Henriksen
Former management (6)
Former management at Afa Decaux A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Preben Bang HenriksenDirector01/01/198926/10/1990
Jørgen SchoubyBoard member01/01/198925/04/2008
Kim Fajstrup AxelsenDirector01/01/198901/07/2014
Jean Francois DecauxBoard member01/01/198905/03/2002
Robert CaudronBoard member01/01/198923/04/2007
Jeremy John MaleBoard member05/03/200211/10/2013

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af direktøren eller mindst tre medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening

Address and production units

4 active production units
Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
AFA DECAUX A/SStamholmen 111N, 2650 Hvidovre471002931221
AFA DECAUX A/SFrederiksborggade 15, 1360 København K321020727000
AFA DECAUX A/SJegstrupvej 37, 8361 Hasselager321009888248
AFA DECAUX A/SSønder Allé 12, 8000 Aarhus C131003759736

Purpose

Selskabets formål er produktion, installation, vedligeholdelse og servicering af gadeinventar, samt udlejning af reklame og reklamepladser

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

40 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20253 changesaccounts 1 · address 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Moved to Sønder Allé 12, 8000 Aarhus C
  • Industry changed to Media representation (731200)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20232 changesname 1 · accounts 1
  • Name changed from AFA JCDECAUX A/S to AFA DECAUX A/S
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20171 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Sønder Allé 12, 8000 Aarhus C
20152 changesaddress 1 · industry 1
  • Moved to Frederiksborggade 15, 1360 København K
  • Industry changed to Media representation (731200)
20142 changesmanagement 2
  • Anders Fajstrup Axelsen appointed director
  • Kim Fajstrup Axelsen stepped down as director
20132 changesmanagement 2
  • Jean-François Maurice Decaux appointed chair of the board
  • Jeremy John Male stepped down as board member
20083 changesmanagement 2 · industry 1
  • Anders Fajstrup Axelsen appointed board member
  • Jørgen Schouby stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Planning and design of advertising campaigns (731110)
20071 changemanagement 1
  • Robert Caudron stepped down as board member
20061 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Industriholmen 82, 2650 Hvidovre
20022 changesmanagement 2
  • Jeremy John Male appointed board member
  • Jean Francois Decaux stepped down as board member
20011 changeownership 1
  • AFA REKLAME ÅRHUS A/S registered as owner (50%)
20001 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Stamholmen 111, 2650 Hvidovre
19992 changescapital 1 · ownership 1
  • Share capital changed from 7,100,000 DKK to 7,200,000 DKK
  • JCDecaux SE registered as owner (50%)
19941 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 7,000,000 DKK to 7,100,000 DKK
19931 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 3,000,000 DKK to 7,000,000 DKK
19921 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 3,000,000 DKK
19903 changesname 1 · capital 1 · management 1
  • Name changed from ASX 14567 ApS to AFA JCDECAUX A/S
  • Share capital changed from 80,000 DKK to 300,000 DKK
  • Preben Bang Henriksen stepped down as director
19897 changesfounded 1 · management 6
  • Registered as ASX 14567 ApS
  • Robert Caudron appointed board member
  • Preben Bang Henriksen appointed director
  • Kim Fajstrup Axelsen appointed board member
  • Jean Francois Decaux appointed board member
  • Kim Fajstrup Axelsen appointed director
  • Jørgen Schouby 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 23/10/2026.

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