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Aktieselskabet Schouw & Co.

Public limited companyCVR 63965812Aarhus CActive

Aktieselskabet Schouw & Co. is a public limited company, based in Aarhus C, active in activities of non-financial head offices, founded in 1911. Net profit fell 29% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 707m. The company has existed for over 110 years. 8 people are registered in the company's management and ownership.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 34.1bn−1.6% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 707m−28.5% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 11.8bn−3.5% vs. 2024
Employees25latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Revenue fell 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 34.1bn.
  • Net profit fell 29% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 707m.
  • Equity fell 4% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 11.8bn.

Employees

  • 1 more employees than a year earlier: 25 (07/2026) against 24 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Michael Hansen (board member, 16/04/2026).
  • Stepped down: Peter Kjær (director, 15/08/2025) and Kjeld Johannesen (board member, 16/04/2026).
  • New owners registered: Aktieselskabet Schouw & Co. (18/08/2026).
  • No longer registered as owner: Aktieselskabet Schouw & Co. (17/08/2026).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 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 2bnDKK 4bnDKK 6bnDKK 8bnDKK 10bnDKK 12bn202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Aktieselskabet Schouw & Co.
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue21,273,00024,219,00032,637,00037,210,00034,666,00034,128,000−1.6%
Operating profit (EBIT)1,376,0001,346,0001,288,0001,727,0001,827,0001,446,000−20.9%
Profit before tax1,209,0001,332,0001,304,0001,367,0001,413,0001,149,000−18.7%
Net profit909,0001,039,000993,000991,000989,000707,000−28.5%
Total assets17,994,00021,524,00028,445,00027,896,00028,123,00026,977,000−4.1%
Equity9,605,00010,684,00011,237,00011,556,00012,233,00011,799,000−3.5%
Liabilities8,389,00010,839,00017,208,00016,341,00015,890,00015,178,000−4.5%
Cash and cash equivalents635,000490,000712,000584,000892,0001,254,000+40.6%
Average number of employees9,393––––––

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 200mDKK 400mDKK 600mDKK 800mDKK 1bn202020212022202320242025
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 Aktieselskabet Schouw & Co.
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202517/04/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202410/04/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202310/04/2024The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202213/04/2023The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202121/04/2022The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202015/04/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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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 11.8bnNo. 10 of 310
Better than 97% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees25No. 192 of 310
Better than 38% 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 20–49 employees9,922 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 5of 9,922
Better than 100%
Same industry and 20–49 employees60 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 2of 60
Better than 98%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 32of 10,275
Better than 100%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 51of 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. Aktieselskabet Schouw & Co.–
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 56.6bn
  3. Demant A/SDKK 17.4bn
Net profit
  1. Aktieselskabet Schouw & Co.DKK 707m
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 16.7bn
  3. Demant A/SDKK 1.5bn
Equity
  1. Aktieselskabet Schouw & Co.DKK 11.8bn
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 49.3bn
  3. Demant A/SDKK 9.9bn
Employees
  1. Aktieselskabet Schouw & Co.25
  2. LEGO A/S5
  3. Demant A/S58

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
Aktieselskabet Schouw & Co.
Subsidiaries and ownership shares

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

7 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Aktieselskabet Schouw & Co.
NameRoleAppointed
Jens Bjerg SørensenCEO01/09/2000

Board of directors

Board of directors at Aktieselskabet Schouw & Co.
NameRoleAppointed
Hans Martin SmithBoard member20/04/2017
Søren StæhrBoard member20/04/2022
Jørgen Dencker WisborgChair of the board20/04/2022
Kenneth Skov EskildsenDeputy chair20/04/2022
Sisse Fjelsted RasmussenBoard member10/04/2024
Michael HansenBoard member16/04/2026
Former management (23)
Former management at Aktieselskabet Schouw & Co.
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Poul Johannes JensenBoard member28/03/191107/05/2002
Thorkild Bjerglund AndersenDeputy chair28/03/191106/05/1998
Jørn Ankær ThomsenChair of the board28/03/191126/04/1982
Erling Sørensen LindahlDirector28/03/191101/09/2000
Erling Hessellund EskildsenDeputy chair28/03/191120/04/1988
Knud Erik JespersenBoard member28/03/191103/05/1988
Freddy MogensenBoard member28/03/191103/05/1988
Hans Kurt MøllerDeputy board member28/03/191103/05/1988
Allan Emlington DarlingDeputy board member28/03/191103/05/1988
Erik BargsteenBoard member28/03/191103/05/1988
Jens Bjerg SørensenBoard member28/03/191114/05/2001
Mogens Herman OsterhammelBoard member28/03/191108/09/1989
Carsten Bach ChristensenDeputy board member28/03/191103/05/1988
Jørn Ankær ThomsenChair of the board27/04/198220/04/2022
Erling Hessellund EskildsenBoard member21/04/198812/04/2018
Peter KjærDirector08/05/199615/08/2025
Niels Kristian AgnerBoard member06/05/199812/04/2018
Erling Sørensen LindahlBoard member02/05/200014/04/2016
Kjeld JohannesenBoard member29/04/200316/04/2026
Jørgen Dencker WisborgBoard member21/04/200913/04/2016
Agnete Raaschou-NielsenBoard member11/04/201210/04/2024
Jørgen Dencker WisborgDeputy chair14/04/201619/04/2022
Kenneth Skov EskildsenBoard member12/04/201819/04/2022

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af to direktører i forening eller af en direktør i forening med et bestyrelsesmedlem eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Chr. Filtenborgs Plads 1
8000 Aarhus C

Aarhus Municipality · Postcode 8000

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
AKTIESELSKABET SCHOUW & CO.Chr. Filtenborgs Plads 1, 8000 Aarhus C251002180802

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel og fabrikation samt hermed beslægtet virksomhed efter bestyrelsens skøn.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

83 registered events
20265 changesownership 2 · accounts 1 · management 2
  • AKTIESELSKABET SCHOUW & CO. registered as owner (10%)
  • AKTIESELSKABET SCHOUW & CO. is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Michael Hansen appointed board member
  • Kjeld Johannesen stepped down as board member
20253 changesmanagement 1 · accounts 1 · industry 1
  • Peter Kjær stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)
20246 changesownership 2 · capital 1 · management 2 · accounts 1
  • DIREKTØR SVEND HORNSYLDS LEGAT registered as owner (15%)
  • DIREKTØR SVEND HORNSYLDS LEGAT is no longer registered as owner
  • Share capital changed from 255,000,000 DKK to 250,000,000 DKK
  • Sisse Fjelsted Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Agnete Raaschou-Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20227 changesaccounts 1 · management 6
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Søren Stæhr appointed board member
  • Kenneth Skov Eskildsen appointed deputy chair
  • Jørgen Dencker Wisborg appointed chair of the board
  • Jørn Ankær Thomsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Kenneth Skov Eskildsen stepped down as board member
  • Jørgen Dencker Wisborg stepped down as deputy chair
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20183 changesmanagement 3
  • Kenneth Skov Eskildsen appointed board member
  • Niels Kristian Agner stepped down as board member
  • Erling Hessellund Eskildsen stepped down as board member
20171 changemanagement 1
  • Hans Martin Smith appointed board member
20163 changesmanagement 3
  • Jørgen Dencker Wisborg appointed deputy chair
  • Erling Sørensen Lindahl stepped down as board member
  • Jørgen Dencker Wisborg stepped down as board member
20122 changesmanagement 1 · industry 1
  • Agnete Raaschou-Nielsen appointed board member
  • Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)
20101 changeownership 1
  • AKTIESELSKABET SCHOUW & CO. registered as owner (5%)
20092 changescapital 1 · management 1
  • Share capital changed from 280,000,000 DKK to 255,000,000 DKK
  • Jørgen Dencker Wisborg appointed board member
20083 changescapital 1 · ownership 1 · merger 1
  • Share capital changed from 124,700,000 DKK to 280,000,000 DKK
  • DIREKTØR SVEND HORNSYLDS LEGAT registered as owner (10%)
  • Merger registered in CVR
20061 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Chr. Filtenborgs Plads 1, 8000 Aarhus C
20031 changemanagement 1
  • Kjeld Johannesen appointed board member
20022 changescapital 1 · management 1
  • Share capital changed from 122,000,000 DKK to 124,700,000 DKK
  • Poul Johannes Jensen stepped down as board member
20012 changescapital 1 · management 1
  • Share capital changed from 61,000,000 DKK to 122,000,000 DKK
  • Jens Bjerg Sørensen stepped down as board member
20003 changesmanagement 3
  • Jens Bjerg Sørensen appointed ceo
  • Erling Sørensen Lindahl stepped down as director
  • Erling Sørensen Lindahl appointed board member
19982 changesmanagement 2
  • Niels Kristian Agner appointed board member
  • Thorkild Bjerglund Andersen stepped down as deputy chair
19971 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 58,500,000 DKK to 61,000,000 DKK
19962 changescapital 1 · management 1
  • Share capital changed from 56,000,000 DKK to 58,500,000 DKK
  • Peter Kjær appointed director
19941 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
19932 changescapital 1 · name 1
  • Share capital changed from 54,000,000 DKK to 56,000,000 DKK
  • Name changed from AKTIESELSKABET "SCHOUW & CO.", PAPIRFORRETNING, PAPIRPOSEFABRIK, BOG- OG STENTRYKKERI to AKTIESELSKABET SCHOUW & CO.
19911 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 36,000,000 DKK to 54,000,000 DKK
19891 changemanagement 1
  • Mogens Herman Osterhammel stepped down as board member
19888 changesmanagement 8
  • Erik Bargsteen stepped down as board member
  • Allan Emlington Darling stepped down as deputy board member
  • Hans Kurt Møller stepped down as deputy board member
  • Freddy Mogensen stepped down as board member
  • Knud Erik Jespersen stepped down as board member
  • Carsten Bach Christensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Erling Hessellund Eskildsen appointed board member
  • Erling Hessellund Eskildsen stepped down as deputy chair
19871 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 9,000,000 DKK to 36,000,000 DKK
19861 changeownership 1
  • GIVESCO A/S registered as owner (25%)
19822 changesmanagement 2
  • Jørn Ankær Thomsen appointed chair of the board
  • Jørn Ankær Thomsen stepped down as chair of the board
191114 changesfounded 1 · management 13
  • Registered as AKTIESELSKABET "SCHOUW & CO.", PAPIRFORRETNING, PAPIRPOSEFABRIK, BOG- OG STENTRYKKERI
  • Mogens Herman Osterhammel appointed board member
  • Jens Bjerg Sørensen appointed board member
  • Erik Bargsteen appointed board member
  • Allan Emlington Darling appointed deputy board member
  • Hans Kurt Møller appointed deputy board member
  • Freddy Mogensen appointed board member
  • Knud Erik Jespersen appointed board member
  • Erling Hessellund Eskildsen appointed deputy chair
  • Erling Sørensen Lindahl appointed director
  • Jørn Ankær Thomsen appointed chair of the board
  • Poul Johannes Jensen appointed board member
  • Thorkild Bjerglund Andersen appointed deputy chair
  • Carsten Bach Christensen appointed deputy 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. The company is protected against advertising; contact details are not shown, and the data must not be used for marketing.

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