Astarri A/S
Public limited companyCVR 46481410HorsensActive
Astarri A/S is a public limited company, based in Horsens, active in manufacture of electric lighting equipment, founded in 1977. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 8 of 50 companies in the industry in the database. The company made a loss in both 2024 and 2025, most recently DKK 11.1m. With 56 employees, the company is about 6 times larger than the industry median.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit rose 50% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 31.4m.
- The loss got smaller: from DKK 19.4m to DKK 11.1m (2024 → 2025).
- Equity fell 34% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 21.9m.
Employees
- 12 fewer employees than a year earlier: 56 (07/2026) against 68 (07/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Henrik Damtoft Nielsen (director, 01/01/2026), Lise Kaae (board member, 03/09/2026) and Martin Kornbek Hansen (chair of the board, 03/09/2026).
- Stepped down: Martin Kornbek Hansen (board member, 02/09/2026), Lise Kaae (chair of the board, 02/09/2026) and Martin Kornbek Hansen (director, 01/01/2026).
Registrations, last 24 months
- 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Manufacture of electric lighting equipment (274000)
- 04/11/2024: Name changed from NINE UNITED SCANDINAVIA A/S to ASTARRI A/S
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 thousandEquity and net profit
| 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | – |
| Gross profit | 41,880 | 38,818 | 39,208 | 20,049 | 20,918 | 31,415 | +50.2% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 6,356 | 137 | −12,462 | −26,304 | −22,937 | −12,412 | +45.9% |
| Profit before tax | 8,573 | 7,028 | −13,610 | −27,772 | −24,784 | −14,067 | +43.2% |
| Net profit | 7,240 | 7,163 | −10,908 | −21,546 | −19,359 | −11,114 | +42.6% |
| Total assets | 98,733 | 130,241 | 145,258 | 115,776 | 94,695 | 74,053 | −21.8% |
| Equity | 51,057 | 84,830 | 74,348 | 52,371 | 33,008 | 21,898 | −33.7% |
| Liabilities | 45,616 | 44,189 | 70,138 | 62,961 | 61,687 | 52,155 | −15.5% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 115 | 6,825 | 3,985 | 2,832 | 1,177 | 621 | −47.2% |
| Average number of employees | 62 | 63 | 75 | 78 | 74 | 71 | −4.1% |
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 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures. The register has no financial statements for 2020 (changed financial year or not filed).
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Signals from the financial statements
calculated from the 2025 figuresLoss for 4 years in a row
Net result has been negative in 2022–2025.
How is this calculated?
Net result is negative in the two or more latest annual reports in a row.
Equity fell sharply
Equity fell 34% from 2024 to 2025 (DKK 33m to DKK 21.9m).
How is this calculated?
Equity has fallen by at least 30% from the previous annual report, and it was positive the year before.
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| Financial year | Period | Published | Figures for | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 01/08/2024 – 31/07/2025 | 25/11/2025 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/08/2023 – 31/07/2024 | 25/11/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/08/2022 – 31/07/2023 | 29/11/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/08/2021 – 31/07/2022 | 28/11/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/08/2020 – 31/07/2021 | 19/11/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2019 | 01/01/2019 – 31/12/2019 | 03/12/2020 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
50 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in manufacture of electric lighting equipment based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 4.7m, net profit DKK 458k, equity DKK 3.6m, 10 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison | No. 2,697of 4,412 Better than 39% | No. 2,097of 4,466 Better than 53% |
| Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison | No. 2,075of 10,152 Better than 80% | No. 3,225of 10,275 Better than 69% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 4,258of 17,786 Better than 76% | No. 5,867of 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
Manufacture of electric lighting equipment- Astarri A/SDKK 31.4m
- Louis Poulsen A/SDKK 507m
- Wiseled ApSDKK 147.5m
- Astarri A/S−DKK 11.1m
- Louis Poulsen A/SDKK 152m
- Wiseled ApSDKK 77m
- Astarri A/SDKK 21.9m
- Louis Poulsen A/SDKK 332m
- Wiseled ApSDKK 93.6m
- Astarri A/S56
- Louis Poulsen A/S331
- Wiseled ApS32
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership Register- Noe Holding ApS25%
- Brightfolk A/S66.67%
Management
4 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Henrik Damtoft Nielsen | Director | 01/01/2026 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Anders Holch Povlsen | Board member | 22/11/2023 |
| Lise Kaae | Board member | 03/09/2026 |
| Martin Kornbek Hansen | Chair of the board | 03/09/2026 |
Former management (44)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ole Riis Ebbesen | Board member | 13/10/1977 | 25/11/1994 |
| Erick Marcus Poull Lenskjold | Board member | 13/10/1977 | 03/03/1994 |
| Poul Møller Andersen | Board member | 13/10/1977 | 11/10/1996 |
| Hans Carl Christian Kleberg | Board member | 13/10/1977 | 29/01/1993 |
| Niels Arne Beyer Jepsen | Board member | 13/10/1977 | 29/01/1993 |
| Leif Henning Nielsen | Board member | 13/10/1977 | 11/10/1996 |
| Hans Ernst Hoffmann | Board member | 13/10/1977 | 18/01/1995 |
| Henning Gerner Jensen | Board member | 13/10/1977 | 11/06/1991 |
| Henning Gerner Jensen | Director | 13/10/1977 | 23/10/1990 |
| Niels Erik Raasthøj | Board member | 13/10/1977 | 22/08/1995 |
| Hans Peter Ernst Hersland | Board member | 29/01/1993 | 29/11/1993 |
| John Hansen | Board member | 22/08/1995 | 11/10/1996 |
| Jørgen Wauvert Brorson | Board member | 22/11/1995 | 11/10/1996 |
| Jørgen Wauvert Brorson | Director | 22/11/1995 | 11/10/1996 |
| Inge Lynggaard Frandsen | Board member | 22/11/1995 | 24/10/1996 |
| Poul Erik Kesting | Board member | 11/10/1996 | 02/04/2002 |
| Harald Hansen | Board member | 24/10/1996 | 27/01/1999 |
| Anders Bodilsen | Board member | 27/01/1999 | 02/04/2002 |
| Bent Aage Petersen | Board member | 22/03/2000 | 14/05/2001 |
| Finn Andersen | Chair of the board | 22/03/2000 | 12/04/2018 |
| Lars Wedege | Board member | 14/05/2001 | 22/09/2003 |
| Benny Frandsen | Board member | 02/04/2002 | 29/08/2019 |
| Johannes Poulsen | Board member | 02/04/2002 | 15/03/2017 |
| Dorte Nørgaard Christensen | Board member | 26/04/2005 | 31/12/2019 |
| Lars Houe | CEO | 26/04/2005 | 01/05/2006 |
| Benny Frandsen | Director | 01/05/2006 | 30/08/2019 |
| Georg Sørensen | Board member | 20/03/2014 | 31/12/2019 |
| Pernille Lynggaard Frandsen | Board member | 12/03/2015 | 31/12/2019 |
| Peter Frandsen | Board member | 14/03/2016 | 31/12/2019 |
| Jesper Ganzhorn Ørskov | Board member | 01/06/2017 | 31/12/2019 |
| Torben Paulin | Chair of the board | 12/04/2018 | 29/08/2019 |
| Benny Frandsen | Chair of the board | 30/08/2019 | 31/12/2019 |
| Torben Paulin | Board member | 30/08/2019 | 31/12/2019 |
| Torben Paulin | CEO | 30/08/2019 | 01/02/2020 |
| Troels Holch Povlsen | Chair of the board | 31/12/2019 | 22/11/2023 |
| James Peter Gough | Board member | 31/12/2019 | 30/06/2020 |
| Jan Willem Peter Lodder | Board member | 31/12/2019 | 20/02/2023 |
| Søren Schøllhammer | Director | 01/02/2020 | 01/09/2022 |
| Adam Christian Dantzer | Board member | 30/06/2020 | 22/11/2023 |
| Anne Marie Düring Lausen | Director | 01/09/2022 | 25/10/2022 |
| Christian Schmidt Broe | Director | 25/10/2022 | 01/10/2024 |
| Martin Kornbek Hansen | Board member | 20/02/2023 | 02/09/2026 |
| Lise Kaae | Chair of the board | 22/11/2023 | 02/09/2026 |
| Martin Kornbek Hansen | Director | 01/10/2024 | 01/01/2026 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af to medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening eller af direktøren og et medlem af bestyrelsen i forening.
Address and production units
2 active production unitsEgeskovvej 29
8700 Horsens
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASTARRI A/S | Egeskovvej 29, Tolstrup, 8700 Horsens | 50 | 1001881673 |
| VERPAN | Amaliegade 16B, 4, 1256 København K | 8 | 1031834674 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive fabrikation og handel
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
141 registered events20266 changesmanagement 6
- ManagementMartin Kornbek Hansen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementLise Kaae appointed board member
- ManagementLise Kaae stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementMartin Kornbek Hansen stepped down as board member
- ManagementHenrik Damtoft Nielsen appointed director
- ManagementMartin Kornbek Hansen stepped down as director
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
- IndustryIndustry changed to Manufacture of electric lighting equipment (274000)
20244 changesaccounts 1 · name 1 · management 2
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
- NameName changed from NINE UNITED SCANDINAVIA A/S to ASTARRI A/S
- ManagementMartin Kornbek Hansen appointed director
- ManagementChristian Schmidt Broe stepped down as director
202310 changesaccounts 1 · management 6 · ownership 2 · address 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
- ManagementLise Kaae appointed chair of the board
- ManagementAnders Holch Povlsen appointed board member
- ManagementAdam Christian Dantzer stepped down as board member
- ManagementTroels Holch Povlsen stepped down as chair of the board
- OwnershipBrightfolk A/S registered as owner (66.67%)
- OwnershipUNION NINE A/S is no longer registered as owner
- AddressMoved to Egeskovvej 29, Tolstrup, 8700 Horsens
- ManagementMartin Kornbek Hansen appointed board member
- ManagementJan Willem Peter Lodder stepped down as board member
202212 changesownership 5 · accounts 1 · management 4 · address 1 · merger 1
- OwnershipNOE HOLDING ApS registered as owner (25%)
- OwnershipUNION NINE A/S registered as owner (66.67%)
- OwnershipUNION NINE A/S is no longer registered as owner
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
- ManagementChristian Schmidt Broe appointed director
- ManagementAnne Marie Düring Lausen stepped down as director
- ManagementAnne Marie Düring Lausen appointed director
- ManagementSøren Schøllhammer stepped down as director
- AddressMoved to Egeskovvej 29, Tolstrup, 8700 Horsens
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
- OwnershipUNION NINE A/S registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipNINE UNITED A/S is no longer registered as owner
20216 changesaddress 3 · accounts 1 · name 1 · capital 1
- AddressMoved to Egeskovvej 29, Tolstrup, 8700 Horsens
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
- AddressMoved to Egeskovvej 29, Tolstrup, 8700 Horsens
- NameName changed from FRANDSEN LIGHTING A/S to NINE UNITED SCANDINAVIA A/S
- CapitalShare capital changed from 10,000,000 DKK to 20,000,000 DKK
- AddressMoved to Egeskovvej 29, Tolstrup, 8700 Horsens
20206 changesaccounts 1 · management 4 · capital 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2019 published
- ManagementAdam Christian Dantzer appointed board member
- ManagementJames Peter Gough stepped down as board member
- CapitalShare capital changed from 8,000,000 DKK to 10,000,000 DKK
- ManagementSøren Schøllhammer appointed director
- ManagementTorben Paulin stepped down as ceo
201922 changesmanagement 16 · ownership 5 · address 1
- ManagementJan Willem Peter Lodder appointed board member
- ManagementJames Peter Gough appointed board member
- ManagementTroels Holch Povlsen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementBenny Frandsen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementTorben Paulin stepped down as board member
- ManagementJesper Ganzhorn Ørskov stepped down as board member
- ManagementPeter Frandsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementPernille Lynggaard Frandsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementGeorg Sørensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementDorte Nørgaard Christensen stepped down as board member
- OwnershipNINE UNITED A/S registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipPernille Lynggaard Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipPPCG Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipFrandsen Skb.Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipDNC HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
- AddressMoved to Egeskovvej 29, Tolstrup, 8700 Horsens
- ManagementBenny Frandsen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementTorben Paulin appointed ceo
- ManagementTorben Paulin appointed board member
- ManagementBenny Frandsen stepped down as director
- ManagementTorben Paulin stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementBenny Frandsen stepped down as board member
20183 changesaddress 1 · management 2
- AddressMoved to Egeskovvej 29, Tolstrup, 8700 Horsens
- ManagementTorben Paulin appointed chair of the board
- ManagementFinn Andersen stepped down as chair of the board
20172 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementJesper Ganzhorn Ørskov appointed board member
- ManagementJohannes Poulsen stepped down as board member
20161 changemanagement 1
- ManagementPeter Frandsen appointed board member
20155 changesownership 4 · management 1
- OwnershipPernille Lynggaard Holding ApS registered as owner (15%)
- OwnershipPPCG Holding ApS registered as owner (15%)
- OwnershipFrandsen Skb.Holding ApS registered as owner (50%)
- OwnershipFRANDSEN SKANDERBORG HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
- ManagementPernille Lynggaard Frandsen appointed board member
20141 changemanagement 1
- ManagementGeorg Sørensen appointed board member
20121 changeownership 1
- OwnershipFRANDSEN SKANDERBORG HOLDING ApS registered as owner (66.67%)
20111 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to Egeskovvej 29, Tolstrup, 8700 Horsens
20092 changesmerger 1 · address 1
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
- AddressMoved to Egeskovvej 29, Egebjerg, 8700 Horsens
20081 changeindustry 1
- IndustryIndustry changed to Manufacture of electric lighting equipment (274000)
20071 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to Industrivej 8, 8740 Brædstrup
20062 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementBenny Frandsen appointed director
- ManagementLars Houe stepped down as ceo
20053 changescapital 1 · management 2
- CapitalShare capital changed from 4,200,000 DKK to 8,000,000 DKK
- ManagementLars Houe appointed ceo
- ManagementDorte Nørgaard Christensen appointed board member
20041 changeownership 1
- OwnershipDNC HOLDING ApS registered as owner (10%)
20032 changesname 1 · management 1
- NameName changed from FRANDSEN/LYSKILDE A/S to FRANDSEN LIGHTING A/S
- ManagementLars Wedege stepped down as board member
20024 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementJohannes Poulsen appointed board member
- ManagementBenny Frandsen appointed board member
- ManagementAnders Bodilsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementPoul Erik Kesting stepped down as board member
20012 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementLars Wedege appointed board member
- ManagementBent Aage Petersen stepped down as board member
20003 changescapital 1 · management 2
- CapitalShare capital changed from 4,000,000 DKK to 4,200,000 DKK
- ManagementFinn Andersen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementBent Aage Petersen appointed board member
19992 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementAnders Bodilsen appointed board member
- ManagementHarald Hansen stepped down as board member
19968 changesmanagement 8
- ManagementHarald Hansen appointed board member
- ManagementInge Lynggaard Frandsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementPoul Erik Kesting appointed board member
- ManagementJørgen Wauvert Brorson stepped down as director
- ManagementJørgen Wauvert Brorson stepped down as board member
- ManagementJohn Hansen stepped down as board member
- ManagementLeif Henning Nielsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementPoul Møller Andersen stepped down as board member
19957 changesmanagement 6 · capital 1
- ManagementJørgen Wauvert Brorson appointed director
- ManagementInge Lynggaard Frandsen appointed board member
- ManagementJørgen Wauvert Brorson appointed board member
- ManagementJohn Hansen appointed board member
- ManagementNiels Erik Raasthøj stepped down as board member
- CapitalShare capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 4,000,000 DKK
- ManagementHans Ernst Hoffmann stepped down as board member
19942 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementOle Riis Ebbesen stepped down as board member
- ManagementErick Marcus Poull Lenskjold stepped down as board member
19936 changesmanagement 4 · name 1 · capital 1
- ManagementHans Peter Ernst Hersland stepped down as board member
- NameName changed from FRANDSEN BELYSNING, SKANDERBORG ApS to FRANDSEN/LYSKILDE A/S
- CapitalShare capital changed from 80,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
- ManagementHans Peter Ernst Hersland appointed board member
- ManagementNiels Arne Beyer Jepsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementHans Carl Christian Kleberg stepped down as board member
19911 changemanagement 1
- ManagementHenning Gerner Jensen stepped down as board member
19901 changemanagement 1
- ManagementHenning Gerner Jensen stepped down as director
197711 changesfounded 1 · management 10
- FoundedRegistered as FRANDSEN BELYSNING, SKANDERBORG ApS
- ManagementErick Marcus Poull Lenskjold appointed board member
- ManagementNiels Erik Raasthøj appointed board member
- ManagementHenning Gerner Jensen appointed director
- ManagementHenning Gerner Jensen appointed board member
- ManagementHans Ernst Hoffmann appointed board member
- ManagementLeif Henning Nielsen appointed board member
- ManagementNiels Arne Beyer Jepsen appointed board member
- ManagementHans Carl Christian Kleberg appointed board member
- ManagementPoul Møller Andersen appointed board member
- ManagementOle Riis Ebbesen 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 24/10/2026.