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Astrazeneca A/S

Public limited companyCVR 55742928København VActive

Astrazeneca A/S is a public limited company, based in København V, active in wholesale of pharmaceutical goods and nursing supplies, founded in 1943. Net profit rose 288% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 24.2m. With 122 employees, the company is about 14 times larger than the industry median. Gross profit is higher than that of 95% of the companies in the industry in the database.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 630.3m+32.7% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 24.2m+287.8% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 226.8m+11.9% vs. 2024
Employees122latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 1% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 186.3m.
  • Revenue rose 33% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 630.3m.
  • Net profit rose 288% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 24.2m.
  • Equity rose 12% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 226.8m.

Employees

  • 6 fewer employees than a year earlier: 122 (07/2026) against 128 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Charlotte Ivang Ladefoged (board member, 30/06/2025).
  • Stepped down: Kurt Hungeberg (board member, 30/10/2025).

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 Astrazeneca A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue256,232259,638395,470391,141475,073630,320+32.7%
Gross profit108,019116,398137,268168,524188,709186,256−1.3%
Operating profit (EBIT)8,5349,63616,65918,8094,70029,009+517.2%
Profit before tax8,2369,49316,65922,95710,28132,591+217%
Net profit5,6396,48111,81216,2146,24124,203+287.8%
Total assets221,548232,531255,019268,631302,098327,562+8.4%
Equity161,880168,361180,173196,387202,628226,831+11.9%
Liabilities59,17163,65074,57170,38486,16898,426+14.2%
Cash and cash equivalents10,29456,2585,83112,28713,2939,325−29.9%
Average number of employees818189110126124−1.6%

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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Gross profitMedian, the industry (232 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 Astrazeneca A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202503/07/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202407/07/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202302/07/2024The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202207/07/2023The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202104/07/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202001/06/2021The companyPDFXBRL

The figures from all the annual reports are shown on this page. The documents themselves (PDF and XBRL, the machine-readable edition) are downloaded with a Pro account: sign in or create a free account, and then choose Pro. XBRL is the edition the figures on the page are read from.

Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

232 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in wholesale of pharmaceutical goods and nursing supplies based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 186.3mNo. 12 of 232
Better than 95% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 226.8mNo. 13 of 232
Better than 95% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees122No. 18 of 232
Better than 93% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 11.2m, net profit DKK 1.8m, equity DKK 9.6m, 9 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 1.4mDKK 19.1mDKK 263.2mDKK 1.5bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 225 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. 207of 4,412
Better than 95%
No. 313of 4,466
Better than 93%
Same industry and 50–199 employees30 companies in the comparison
No. 8of 30
Better than 76%
No. 8of 30
Better than 76%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 473of 10,152
Better than 95%
No. 712of 10,275
Better than 93%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 853of 17,786
Better than 95%
No. 1,315of 18,024
Better than 93%

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 pharmaceutical goods and nursing supplies
Gross profit
  1. Astrazeneca A/SDKK 186.3m
  2. Ambu A/SDKK 3.6bn
  3. Stada Nordic ApSDKK 687m
Net profit
  1. Astrazeneca A/SDKK 24.2m
  2. Ambu A/SDKK 609m
  3. Stada Nordic ApSDKK 54.6m
Equity
  1. Astrazeneca A/SDKK 226.8m
  2. Ambu A/SDKK 6bn
  3. Stada Nordic ApSDKK 346.3m
Employees
  1. Astrazeneca A/S122
  2. Ambu A/S619
  3. Stada Nordic ApS51

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • AstraZeneca Continent BV66.67%
  • AstraZeneca AB15%
Astrazeneca A/S

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Astrazeneca A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Christof Josef BischoffCEO30/06/2020

Board of directors

Board of directors at Astrazeneca A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Christof Josef BischoffBoard member31/05/2021
Erik Jesper BergkvistBoard member31/05/2021
Emelie Karin Susanne AntoniChair of the board01/07/2023
Charlotte Ivang LadefogedBoard member30/06/2025
Former management (66)
Former management at Astrazeneca A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Kirsten Ulbæk KlaaborgDeputy board member08/05/194301/07/2004
Søren Aage Munck SchmidtBoard member08/05/194301/01/2000
Jens HenumBoard member08/05/194331/01/1997
Bent Benny AndersenChair of the board08/05/194301/01/2000
Bent Benny AndersenDirector08/05/194325/01/1993
Torben Binderup JensenBoard member08/05/194310/01/2003
Torben Binderup JensenDirector08/05/194310/01/2003
Nanna Dam SkjærbækBoard member08/05/194309/03/2007
Kamma Martesen HansenBoard member08/05/194301/07/2004
Pia Haugaard JensenBoard member08/05/194310/06/2003
Michael Ejnar ThorbekDeputy board member08/05/194302/07/1993
Bent Jørgen OhlChair of the board08/05/194304/05/1993
Kurt Willy Pfeiffer PetersenBoard member08/05/194302/06/1995
Ole Opdam ChristensenDeputy board member08/05/194324/01/1991
Jan SoelbergDeputy board member08/05/194330/03/1999
Lars Graham SkarnvadDeputy board member08/05/194309/03/2007
Martha Brandtoft ChristiansenDeputy board member08/05/194324/01/1991
Ulf Nils Joel WidengrenBoard member08/05/194309/05/1988
Håkan Lars MogrenBoard member08/05/194304/05/1993
Anders LonnerBoard member08/05/194312/08/1996
Ake Bo Tage StavlingBoard member12/08/199617/10/1996
Sven Håkan BjorklundBoard member17/10/199601/06/1999
Krista RubyBoard member01/02/199730/03/1999
Thorsten Erik RamsingDeputy board member30/03/199910/06/2003
Anne Marie AndersenBoard member30/03/199910/06/2003
Erik Corty SpetzlerBoard member01/01/200025/03/2004
Martin Douglas WrightBoard member07/02/200127/02/2001
Steinar HøegChair of the board07/02/200128/05/2003
Lone AagaardDirector10/01/200301/07/2009
Luc Angèle Marie Raymond VrankenChair of the board28/05/200321/03/2006
Carit Jacques AndersenBoard member25/03/200401/12/2006
Rudi DobberChair of the board21/03/200601/01/2007
Henrik NistrupChair of the board01/03/200701/07/2009
Michael Alec CharterBoard member01/03/200701/07/2009
Thomas EwertsenBoard member09/03/200727/05/2011
Claus Dall AndersenDeputy board member09/03/200727/05/2011
Jacob Bonde LenauBoard member09/03/200727/05/2011
Lone AagaardChair of the board01/07/200924/03/2010
Henrik AsmussenBoard member01/07/200922/09/2012
Henrik AsmussenCEO01/07/200901/09/2012
Steinar HøegBoard member01/07/200924/03/2010
Daniel Per Erik Andreas WarnholtzBoard member01/07/200911/03/2011
Martin OlovssonChair of the board24/03/201030/05/2014
Lars Peter WallqvistBoard member11/03/201130/05/2014
Julie Enevold BrookerBoard member27/05/201130/01/2020
Agnethe GrønnegaardDeputy board member27/05/201131/08/2012
Katrine Thule ThulesenBoard member27/05/201131/08/2012
Kim Dyrhauge HansenBoard member01/09/201220/06/2016
Susanne Skovgaard NickelsenCEO01/09/201201/11/2015
Rasmus Boqvist Toft-NielsenBoard member22/09/201205/12/2014
Susanne Skovgaard NickelsenBoard member22/09/201201/10/2017
Nenad PavleticChair of the board30/05/201405/12/2014
Hans Stefan VoxströmChair of the board05/12/201418/01/2018
Niklas Johan Magnus AxelssonBoard member05/12/201418/01/2018
Julie Enevold BrookerCEO01/11/201508/04/2020
Erik Jesper BergkvistBoard member18/01/201829/05/2018
Michelle Catherine WernerChair of the board18/01/201830/01/2020
Victor Benjamin WållgrenBoard member18/01/201829/05/2018
Tarlanay CingayBoard member29/05/201830/01/2020
Martin BostrupBoard member30/01/202030/03/2020
Charlotte Thomsen FastBoard member30/01/202031/05/2021
Maibritt Klint FalkesgaardBoard member30/01/202031/05/2021
Kerstin Anna-Lena EngvallBoard member30/03/202030/05/2021
Martin BostrupCEO08/04/202030/06/2020
Kurt HungebergBoard member09/11/202030/10/2025
Kerstin Anna-Lena EngvallChair of the board31/05/202101/07/2023

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af et bestyrelsesmedlem.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Johanne Møllers Passage 1
1799 København V

København Municipality · Postcode 1799

Other companies at the address (2)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
ASTRAZENECA A/SJohanne Møllers Passage 1, 1799 København V1181003109157

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel med lægemidler og andre dermed beslægtede produkter samt fabrikation og financieringsvirksomhed

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

136 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20253 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Kurt Hungeberg stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Charlotte Ivang Ladefoged appointed board member
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20234 changesaddress 1 · accounts 1 · management 2
  • Moved to Johanne Møllers Passage 1, 1799 København V
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Emelie Karin Susanne Antoni appointed chair of the board
  • Kerstin Anna-Lena Engvall stepped down as chair of the board
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20218 changesaddress 1 · accounts 1 · management 6
  • Moved to Borupvang 3, 2750 Ballerup
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Erik Jesper Bergkvist appointed board member
  • Christof Josef Bischoff appointed board member
  • Kerstin Anna-Lena Engvall appointed chair of the board
  • Maibritt Klint Falkesgaard stepped down as board member
  • Charlotte Thomsen Fast stepped down as board member
  • Kerstin Anna-Lena Engvall stepped down as board member
202014 changesmanagement 13 · address 1
  • Kurt Hungeberg appointed board member
  • Christof Josef Bischoff appointed ceo
  • Martin Bostrup stepped down as ceo
  • Martin Bostrup appointed ceo
  • Julie Enevold Brooker stepped down as ceo
  • Kerstin Anna-Lena Engvall appointed board member
  • Martin Bostrup stepped down as board member
  • Martin Bostrup appointed board member
  • Maibritt Klint Falkesgaard appointed board member
  • Charlotte Thomsen Fast appointed board member
  • Tarlanay Cingay stepped down as board member
  • Michelle Catherine Werner stepped down as chair of the board
  • Julie Enevold Brooker stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Borupvang 3, 2750 Ballerup
20188 changesmanagement 8
  • Tarlanay Cingay appointed board member
  • Victor Benjamin Wållgren stepped down as board member
  • Erik Jesper Bergkvist stepped down as board member
  • Michelle Catherine Werner appointed chair of the board
  • Victor Benjamin Wållgren appointed board member
  • Erik Jesper Bergkvist appointed board member
  • Hans Stefan Voxström stepped down as chair of the board
  • Niklas Johan Magnus Axelsson stepped down as board member
20171 changemanagement 1
  • Susanne Skovgaard Nickelsen stepped down as board member
20161 changemanagement 1
  • Kim Dyrhauge Hansen stepped down as board member
20152 changesmanagement 2
  • Julie Enevold Brooker appointed ceo
  • Susanne Skovgaard Nickelsen stepped down as ceo
20147 changesmanagement 7
  • Hans Stefan Voxström appointed chair of the board
  • Niklas Johan Magnus Axelsson appointed board member
  • Nenad Pavletic stepped down as chair of the board
  • Rasmus Boqvist Toft-Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Nenad Pavletic appointed chair of the board
  • Lars Peter Wallqvist stepped down as board member
  • Martin Olovsson stepped down as chair of the board
20128 changesmanagement 8
  • Susanne Skovgaard Nickelsen appointed board member
  • Rasmus Boqvist Toft-Nielsen appointed board member
  • Henrik Asmussen stepped down as board member
  • Kim Dyrhauge Hansen appointed board member
  • Susanne Skovgaard Nickelsen appointed ceo
  • Henrik Asmussen stepped down as ceo
  • Agnethe Grønnegaard stepped down as deputy board member
  • Katrine Thule Thulesen stepped down as board member
20119 changesaddress 1 · management 8
  • Moved to Arne Jacobsens Allé 13, 2300 København S
  • Agnethe Grønnegaard appointed deputy board member
  • Katrine Thule Thulesen appointed board member
  • Julie Enevold Brooker appointed board member
  • Claus Dall Andersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Thomas Ewertsen stepped down as board member
  • Jacob Bonde Lenau stepped down as board member
  • Lars Peter Wallqvist appointed board member
  • Daniel Per Erik Andreas Warnholtz stepped down as board member
20103 changesmanagement 3
  • Martin Olovsson appointed chair of the board
  • Steinar Høeg stepped down as board member
  • Lone Aagaard stepped down as chair of the board
20098 changesmanagement 8
  • Henrik Asmussen appointed board member
  • Daniel Per Erik Andreas Warnholtz appointed board member
  • Steinar Høeg appointed board member
  • Henrik Asmussen appointed ceo
  • Lone Aagaard appointed chair of the board
  • Michael Alec Charter stepped down as board member
  • Henrik Nistrup stepped down as chair of the board
  • Lone Aagaard stepped down as director
20076 changesmanagement 6
  • Claus Dall Andersen appointed deputy board member
  • Thomas Ewertsen appointed board member
  • Jacob Bonde Lenau appointed board member
  • Michael Alec Charter appointed board member
  • Henrik Nistrup appointed chair of the board
  • Rudi Dobber stepped down as chair of the board
20063 changesmanagement 3
  • Carit Jacques Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Rudi Dobber appointed chair of the board
  • Luc Angèle Marie Raymond Vranken stepped down as chair of the board
20043 changesmanagement 3
  • Kirsten Ulbæk Klaaborg stepped down as deputy board member
  • Carit Jacques Andersen appointed board member
  • Erik Corty Spetzler stepped down as board member
20037 changesmanagement 7
  • Anne Marie Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Thorsten Erik Ramsing stepped down as deputy board member
  • Luc Angèle Marie Raymond Vranken appointed chair of the board
  • Steinar Høeg stepped down as chair of the board
  • Lone Aagaard appointed director
  • Torben Binderup Jensen stepped down as director
  • Torben Binderup Jensen stepped down as board member
20013 changesmanagement 3
  • Martin Douglas Wright stepped down as board member
  • Steinar Høeg appointed chair of the board
  • Martin Douglas Wright appointed board member
20007 changesownership 2 · name 1 · capital 1 · management 3
  • AstraZeneca Continent BV registered as owner (66.67%)
  • AstraZeneca AB registered as owner (15%)
  • Name changed from ASTRA DANMARK A/S to ASTRAZENECA A/S
  • Share capital changed from 50,000,000 DKK to 57,000,000 DKK
  • Erik Corty Spetzler appointed board member
  • Bent Benny Andersen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Søren Aage Munck Schmidt stepped down as board member
19994 changesmanagement 4
  • Sven Håkan Bjorklund stepped down as board member
  • Anne Marie Andersen appointed board member
  • Thorsten Erik Ramsing appointed deputy board member
  • Krista Ruby stepped down as board member
19973 changesmerger 1 · management 2
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Krista Ruby appointed board member
  • Jens Henum stepped down as board member
19964 changesmanagement 4
  • Sven Håkan Bjorklund appointed board member
  • Ake Bo Tage Stavling stepped down as board member
  • Ake Bo Tage Stavling appointed board member
  • Anders Lonner stepped down as board member
19951 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 40,000,000 DKK to 50,000,000 DKK
19941 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 30,000,000 DKK to 40,000,000 DKK
19932 changesmanagement 2
  • Håkan Lars Mogren stepped down as board member
  • Bent Benny Andersen stepped down as director
19921 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 15,000,000 DKK to 30,000,000 DKK
19911 changename 1
  • Name changed from ASTRA-GRUPPEN A/S to ASTRA DANMARK A/S
19881 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 7,500,000 DKK to 15,000,000 DKK
194310 changesfounded 1 · management 9
  • Registered as ASTRA-GRUPPEN A/S
  • Torben Binderup Jensen appointed director
  • Torben Binderup Jensen appointed board member
  • Bent Benny Andersen appointed director
  • Bent Benny Andersen appointed chair of the board
  • Jens Henum appointed board member
  • Kirsten Ulbæk Klaaborg appointed deputy board member
  • Søren Aage Munck Schmidt appointed board member
  • Anders Lonner appointed board member
  • Håkan Lars Mogren 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.

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