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Arla Foods AMBA

Cooperative society with limited liabilityCVR 25313763Viby JActive

Arla Foods AMBA is a cooperative society with limited liability, based in Viby J, active in operation of dairies and cheese making, founded in 2000. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 1 of 20 companies in the industry in the database. Profit has grown three years in a row. Operations are spread over 61 production units in 23 towns.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 15.1bn+9.4% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 433m+3.8% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 3bn−3.9% vs. 2024
Employees9,308latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 1% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 3bn.
  • Revenue rose 9% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 15.1bn.
  • Net profit rose 4% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 433m.
  • Equity fell 4% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 3bn.

Employees

  • 82 fewer employees than a year earlier: 9,308 (07/2026) against 9,390 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Torben Dahl Nyholm (director, 01/12/2024), Jeppe Thing Jensen (board member, 21/05/2026) and Michael Skytt Juhl (board member, 21/05/2026) (+5).
  • Stepped down: Peter Giørtz-Carlsen (director, 10/01/2025), Jørn Kjær Madsen (board member, 21/05/2026) and Nana Sejbæk (board member, 21/05/2026) (+1).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Operation of dairies and cheese making (105100)

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 2019–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

DKK 0DKK 500mDKK 1bnDKK 1.5bnDKK 2bnDKK 2.5bnDKK 3bn2019202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Arla Foods AMBA
2019202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue10,527,00010,644,00011,202,00013,793,00013,674,00013,770,00015,066,000+9.4%
Gross profit–2,343,0002,380,0002,648,0002,780,0002,967,0002,998,000+1%
Operating profit (EBIT)––––––647,000–
Profit before tax347,000386,000407,000449,000455,000463,000514,000+11%
Net profit323,000352,000346,000400,000399,000417,000433,000+3.8%
Total assets7,106,0007,331,0007,813,0008,746,0008,299,0009,330,0009,427,000+1%
Equity2,494,0002,639,0002,910,0003,168,0003,052,0003,138,0003,016,000−3.9%
Liabilities4,612,0004,692,0004,903,0005,578,0005,247,0006,192,0006,411,000+3.5%
Cash and cash equivalents187,000126,00097,000106,000138,00091,00076,000−16.5%
Average number of employees–20,020–021,30721,895––

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 500mDKK 1bnDKK 1.5bnDKK 2bnDKK 2.5bnDKK 3bn2019202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (20 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

7 financial years
Annual reports for Arla Foods AMBA
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202508/03/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202417/03/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202315/03/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202203/03/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202123/05/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202005/03/2021The companyPDFXBRL
201901/01/2019 – 31/12/201904/03/2020The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00008/2309/2310/2311/2312/2301/2402/2403/2404/2405/2406/2407/2408/2409/2410/2411/2412/2401/2502/2503/2504/2505/2506/2507/2508/2509/2510/2511/2512/2501/2602/2603/2604/2605/2606/2607/26
Employees

Position in the industry

20 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in operation of dairies and cheese making based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 3bnNo. 1 of 20
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 3bnNo. 1 of 20
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees9,308No. 1 of 20
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 22.9m, net profit DKK 2.9m, equity DKK 44.3m, 47 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 1.3mDKK 17.3mDKK 227.9mDKK 1.3bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 18 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 1,000 employees or more177 companies in the comparison
No. 24of 147
Better than 84%
No. 47of 177
Better than 74%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 19of 24,791
Better than 100%
No. 78of 24,909
Better than 100%
All companies of type ABA312 companies in the comparison
No. 6of 311
Better than 98%
No. 10of 312
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

Operation of dairies and cheese making
Gross profit
  1. Arla Foods AMBADKK 3bn
  2. Mammen Mejerierne A/SDKK 321m
  3. Lactosan A/SDKK 284.7m
Net profit
  1. Arla Foods AMBADKK 433m
  2. Mammen Mejerierne A/SDKK 37.4m
  3. Lactosan A/SDKK 98.8m
Equity
  1. Arla Foods AMBADKK 3bn
  2. Mammen Mejerierne A/SDKK 286.8m
  3. Lactosan A/SDKK 553.7m
Employees
  1. Arla Foods AMBA9,308
  2. Mammen Mejerierne A/S313
  3. Lactosan A/S145

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Management

25 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Arla Foods AMBA
NameRoleAppointed
Peder TuborghCEO01/07/2005
Torben Dahl NyholmDirector01/12/2024

Board of directors

Board of directors at Arla Foods AMBA
NameRoleAppointed
Steen Nørgaard MadsenBoard member03/03/2005
Bjørn JepsenBoard member26/05/2011
Simon SimonsenBoard member23/05/2017
Arthur Richard FearnallBoard member08/02/2018
Jan Toft NørgaardChair of the board02/07/2018
Rene Lund HansenBoard member15/05/2019
Marcel GoffinetBoard member15/05/2019
Karin Marita Pernilla WolfBoard member27/10/2021
Karl Evert Gustav KämpeBoard member27/10/2021
Carl Gustav Daniel HalmsjöBoard member25/05/2022
Bo Anders Roland OlssonBoard member25/05/2022
Florence Marie Cécile RolletBoard member25/05/2022
Inger-Lise SjöströmDeputy chair29/05/2024
Markus HübersBoard member29/05/2024
George Bright HolmesBoard member29/05/2024
Paul Francis CullenBoard member29/05/2024
Jeppe Thing JensenBoard member21/05/2026
Michael Skytt JuhlBoard member21/05/2026
Natacha Louise Edith VallaBoard member21/05/2026
Gerhardus Maria MensinkBoard member01/06/2026
Heinz Hinrich KorteBoard member01/06/2026
Thomas StürtzBoard member01/06/2026
Uwe OchBoard member16/06/2026
Former management (74)
Former management at Arla Foods AMBA
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Niels Aksel Frydendahl BøgedalBoard member17/04/200006/03/2002
Hans Jensen LundBoard member17/04/200029/05/2001
Kristen Ole KristensenBoard member17/04/200006/03/2003
Kaj Ole PedersenBoard member17/04/200006/02/2006
Peter StoffersenBoard member17/04/200006/03/2002
Bent Juul SørensenBoard member17/04/200014/05/2013
Jens Jørgen BigumCEO17/04/200031/12/2003
Kaj Winther ChristensenBoard member17/04/200028/02/2003
Hans Peter Lindberg NielsenBoard member17/04/200028/02/2003
Lars Henrik Gustaf LambergChair of the board17/04/200006/03/2003
Anders Eric EricssonBoard member17/04/200001/11/2007
Arne Ruben OlssonBoard member17/04/200029/05/2001
Karl Bertil AnderssonBoard member17/04/200006/03/2003
Christer Ingemar EliassonBoard member17/04/200003/03/2005
Maria Elisabeth GauffinBoard member17/04/200003/03/2005
Nils Søren KihlbergBoard member17/04/200001/11/2007
Tommy Axel Henry JacobssonBoard member17/04/200006/03/2003
Gunilla Elisabeth SvenssonBoard member17/04/200026/03/2001
Leif Tore BackstadBoard member26/03/200120/05/2010
Søren RasmussenBoard member29/05/200103/03/2005
Per Folke NorstedtBoard member29/05/200103/03/2005
Pejter Andersen SøndergaardBoard member06/03/200214/05/2013
Thomas Erling JohansenBoard member06/03/200223/05/2017
Bjarne BundesenBoard member28/02/200314/04/2012
Steen BolvigBoard member28/02/200305/05/2011
Knud Erik JensenChair of the board06/03/200315/05/2007
Viggo Ølgaard BlochBoard member06/03/200315/05/2019
Sven Åke Oskar ModigDeputy chair06/03/200306/03/2003
Povl KrogsgaardDeputy CEO31/12/200329/12/2017
Andreas LundbyDeputy CEO31/12/200301/09/2011
Sven Åke Oskar ModigCEO31/12/200301/07/2005
Bengt DarhultBoard member03/03/200514/05/2008
Erik KarlssonBoard member03/03/200504/03/2010
Johan von ScheeleBoard member03/03/200514/05/2008
Torben MyrupBoard member06/02/200615/05/2019
Ove MøbergChair of the board15/05/200726/05/2011
Ingela Linnea Kristina SvenssonBoard member15/05/200714/05/2013
Gunnar Gusten Mikael PlejertBoard member14/05/200814/05/2013
Karin Heléne GunnarsonBoard member14/05/200801/07/2018
Hans Palle BorgströmBoard member14/05/200823/05/2017
Annelie Marie NielsenBoard member20/05/201014/05/2013
Björn Henrik Göte JakobssonBoard member20/05/201026/05/2011
Leif-Erik ErikssonBoard member17/01/201120/05/2015
Uwe Heinz Gerhard KrauseBoard member06/04/201114/05/2013
Bjarne Hass NielsenBoard member05/05/201114/04/2012
Jan Toft NørgaardDeputy chair26/05/201101/07/2018
Åke HantoftChair of the board26/05/201102/07/2018
Carl Jonas Hugo CarlgrenBoard member06/10/201125/05/2022
Anders Lennart ramström RamströmBoard member01/11/201114/05/2013
Steen Koefoed NielsenBoard member30/04/201214/05/2013
Søren JensenBoard member30/04/201214/05/2013
Klaus-Dieter LandBoard member03/10/201210/12/2013
John Hugo Trenchard RussellBoard member03/10/201229/05/2024
Manfred GraffBoard member03/10/201226/10/2021
Peter George WinstoneBoard member03/10/201220/05/2015
Ib Bjerglund NielsenBoard member14/05/201329/05/2024
Oliver BrandesBoard member14/05/201320/05/2015
Manfred SieversBoard member14/05/201315/05/2019
John Harry ShawBoard member14/05/201325/05/2022
Jonathan Jesse OvensBoard member01/01/201412/12/2017
Patrick André Joseph KringsBoard member30/04/201420/05/2015
Mathieu Camille Francois DobbelsteinBoard member22/08/201431/12/2015
Bror Håkan GillströmBoard member20/05/201525/05/2022
Markus HübersBoard member01/01/201615/05/2019
Inger-Lise SjöströmBoard member23/05/201728/05/2024
Karin Heléne GunnarsonDeputy chair02/07/201827/10/2021
Carl Jan-Erik HanssonBoard member11/09/201827/10/2021
Peter Giørtz-CarlsenDirector01/02/201910/01/2025
Jørn Kjær MadsenBoard member15/05/201921/05/2026
Walter LausenBoard member15/05/201925/05/2022
Manfred GraffDeputy chair27/10/202129/05/2024
Nana SejbækBoard member25/05/202221/05/2026
Grant Lindsay CathcartBoard member25/05/202229/05/2024
Holger Steen LundBoard member29/05/202421/05/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af bestyrelsens formand eller næstformand i forening med den administrerende direktør, af bestyrelsens formand, næstformand og et bestyrelsesmedlem i forening eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

61 active production units

Sønderhøj 14
8260 Viby J

Aarhus Municipality · Postcode 8260

Other companies at the address (1)

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Arla Foods ambaSønderhøj 14, 8260 Viby J1,8451003024637
AFI Group PS, Danmark Protein (Arla Foods amba, HR)Sønderupvej 26, Sønderup, 6920 Videbæk8491001971408
Arla Foods Amba Hobro MejericenterSkivevej 39, Hald-Tostrup, 9500 Hobro4891003024583
Arla Foods Amba Christiansfeld MejericenterArlavej 2, 6070 Christiansfeld4671003024467
Arla Foods amba, Nr. Vium MejeriSønderupvej 24, Sønderup, 6920 Videbæk4431003024571
Arla Foods Amba Rødkærsbro MejeriÅrhusvej 15, 8840 Rødkærsbro4271003024820
Arla Foods Amba Slagelse MejericenterKarolinevej 1, 4200 Slagelse4101003024832
Arla Foods Amba Esbjerg MejeriKvaglundvej 84, 6705 Esbjerg Ø4061003029664
Arla Foods Amba Holstebro FlødeostHjermvej 28, 7500 Holstebro3701003024510
Arla Foods Amba Taulov mejeriDanbovej 2, Taulov, 7000 Fredericia3421007806937
Arla Foods AmbaSønderhøj 46, 8260 Viby J3171012871356
Arla Foods Amba Holstebro mejeriHjermvej 24, 7500 Holstebro3171003024704
Arla Foods amba Arla Innovation CenterAgro Food Park 19, 8200 Aarhus N2471022104663
Arla Foods Amba ArincoMælkevejen 4, 6920 Videbæk2451003029585
Arla Foods amba Terminal og Distribution IshøjIndustrikrogen 28, 2635 Ishøj2351003024844

Showing 15 of 61 units (sorted by employees).

Purpose

Selskabets formål (1) er at fremme andelshavernes økonomiske interesser ved at drive mejerivirksomhed ved at modtage, behandle og afsætte andelshavernes mælkeprouktion og deraf forarbejdede produkter. (2) Selskabet kan drive enhver form for produktion og handel, herunder ved køb og salg af mælk og mælkeprodukter udenfor andelshavernes kreds, der står i direkte eller indirekte forbindelse med den i § 2.1 nævnte virksomhed. (3) Selskabet kan udøve den i § 2.1 og § 2.2 nævnte virksomhed i eget navn eller ved at være deltager i eller på anden måde samarbejde med selskaber m.v., der driver sådan virksomhed. (4) Selskabets kooperationsfremmede virksomhed skal ske i dattervirksomheder.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

111 registered events
202611 changesmanagement 10 · accounts 1
  • Uwe Och appointed board member
  • Heinz Hinrich Korte appointed board member
  • Gerhardus Maria Mensink appointed board member
  • Thomas Stürtz appointed board member
  • Jeppe Thing Jensen appointed board member
  • Natacha Louise Edith Valla appointed board member
  • Michael Skytt Juhl appointed board member
  • Holger Steen Lund stepped down as board member
  • Nana Sejbæk stepped down as board member
  • Jørn Kjær Madsen stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20253 changesaccounts 1 · management 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Peter Giørtz-Carlsen stepped down as director
  • Industry changed to Operation of dairies and cheese making (105100)
202412 changesmanagement 11 · accounts 1
  • Torben Dahl Nyholm appointed director
  • Inger-Lise Sjöström appointed deputy chair
  • Paul Francis Cullen appointed board member
  • George Bright Holmes appointed board member
  • Markus Hübers appointed board member
  • Holger Steen Lund appointed board member
  • Grant Lindsay Cathcart stepped down as board member
  • Manfred Graff stepped down as deputy chair
  • Ib Bjerglund Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • John Hugo Trenchard Russell stepped down as board member
  • Inger-Lise Sjöström stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20232 changesaccounts 1 · address 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Moved to Sønderhøj 14, 8260 Viby J
202210 changesmanagement 9 · accounts 1
  • Nana Sejbæk appointed board member
  • Grant Lindsay Cathcart appointed board member
  • Florence Marie Cécile Rollet appointed board member
  • Bo Anders Roland Olsson appointed board member
  • Carl Gustav Daniel Halmsjö appointed board member
  • Walter Lausen stepped down as board member
  • Bror Håkan Gillström stepped down as board member
  • John Harry Shaw stepped down as board member
  • Carl Jonas Hugo Carlgren stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20217 changesmanagement 6 · accounts 1
  • Karin Marita Pernilla Wolf appointed board member
  • Karl Evert Gustav Kämpe appointed board member
  • Manfred Graff appointed deputy chair
  • Carl Jan-Erik Hansson stepped down as board member
  • Karin Heléne Gunnarson stepped down as deputy chair
  • Manfred Graff stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20201 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2019 published
20198 changesmanagement 7 · merger 1
  • Walter Lausen appointed board member
  • Marcel Goffinet appointed board member
  • Rene Lund Hansen appointed board member
  • Jørn Kjær Madsen appointed board member
  • Markus Hübers stepped down as board member
  • Manfred Sievers stepped down as board member
  • Peter Giørtz-Carlsen appointed director
  • Merger registered in CVR
20187 changesmanagement 7
  • Carl Jan-Erik Hansson appointed board member
  • Jan Toft Nørgaard appointed chair of the board
  • Karin Heléne Gunnarson appointed deputy chair
  • Åke Hantoft stepped down as chair of the board
  • Jan Toft Nørgaard stepped down as deputy chair
  • Karin Heléne Gunnarson stepped down as board member
  • Arthur Richard Fearnall appointed board member
20174 changesmanagement 4
  • Jonathan Jesse Ovens stepped down as board member
  • Simon Simonsen appointed board member
  • Inger-Lise Sjöström appointed board member
  • Hans Palle Borgström stepped down as board member
20161 changemanagement 1
  • Markus Hübers appointed board member
20156 changesmanagement 6
  • Mathieu Camille Francois Dobbelstein stepped down as board member
  • Bror Håkan Gillström appointed board member
  • Patrick André Joseph Krings stepped down as board member
  • Oliver Brandes stepped down as board member
  • Peter George Winstone stepped down as board member
  • Leif-Erik Eriksson stepped down as board member
20143 changesmanagement 3
  • Mathieu Camille Francois Dobbelstein appointed board member
  • Patrick André Joseph Krings appointed board member
  • Jonathan Jesse Ovens appointed board member
201311 changesmanagement 11
  • Klaus-Dieter Land stepped down as board member
  • Oliver Brandes appointed board member
  • John Harry Shaw appointed board member
  • Manfred Sievers appointed board member
  • Ib Bjerglund Nielsen appointed board member
  • Steen Koefoed Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Søren Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Anders Lennart ramström Ramström stepped down as board member
  • Uwe Heinz Gerhard Krause stepped down as board member
  • Annelie Marie Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Gunnar Gusten Mikael Plejert stepped down as board member
20127 changesmanagement 7
  • John Hugo Trenchard Russell appointed board member
  • Peter George Winstone appointed board member
  • Manfred Graff appointed board member
  • Klaus-Dieter Land appointed board member
  • Steen Koefoed Nielsen appointed board member
  • Søren Jensen appointed board member
  • Bjarne Hass Nielsen stepped down as board member
201110 changesmanagement 9 · merger 1
  • Anders Lennart ramström Ramström appointed board member
  • Carl Jonas Hugo Carlgren appointed board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Åke Hantoft appointed chair of the board
  • Bjørn Jepsen appointed board member
  • Jan Toft Nørgaard appointed deputy chair
  • Björn Henrik Göte Jakobsson stepped down as board member
  • Bjarne Hass Nielsen appointed board member
  • Uwe Heinz Gerhard Krause appointed board member
  • Leif-Erik Eriksson appointed board member
20103 changesaddress 1 · management 2
  • Moved to Sønderhøj 14, 8260 Viby J
  • Björn Henrik Göte Jakobsson appointed board member
  • Annelie Marie Nielsen appointed board member
20083 changesmanagement 3
  • Hans Palle Borgström appointed board member
  • Karin Heléne Gunnarson appointed board member
  • Gunnar Gusten Mikael Plejert appointed board member
20071 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Skanderborgvej 277, 8260 Viby J
20001 changefounded 1
  • Registered as ARLA FOODS AMBA

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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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