Auto-Centralen A/S

Public limited companyCVR 77552812KoldingActive

Auto-Centralen A/S is a public limited company, based in Kolding, active in retail sale of motor vehicles, founded in 1985. After a loss in 2024, the company made a profit of DKK 42.3m in 2025. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 6 of 861 companies in the industry in the database. Operations are spread over 6 production units in 6 towns.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 3.4bn
Net profitDKK 42.3m+1,237% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 77.4m+346.8% vs. 2024
Employees422latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 189% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 272.3m.
  • Net profit went from a loss of DKK 3.7m to a profit of DKK 42.3m (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity rose 347% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 77.4m.

Employees

  • 194 more employees than a year earlier: 422 (07/2026) against 228 (07/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/12/2025: Merger registered in CVR
  • 01/12/2025: Share capital changed from 600,000 DKK to 700,000 DKK
  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Retail sale of motor vehicles (478100)
  • 09/12/2024: Moved to Egtved Alle 1, 6000 Kolding
  • 01/12/2024: Merger registered in CVR
  • 01/12/2024: Share capital changed from 550,000 DKK to 600,000 DKK

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 20mDKK 0DKK 20mDKK 40mDKK 60mDKK 80m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Auto-Centralen A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated3,403,646–
Gross profit68,12467,93378,93676,24494,115272,339+189.4%
Operating profit (EBIT)11,01714,25621,0442,6153,53775,046+2,021.7%
Profit before tax10,27313,56017,769−6,164−4,67654,517+1,265.9%
Net profit7,98710,44213,724−5,039−3,71742,261+1,237%
Total assets119,939117,275180,610183,173144,525403,663+179.3%
Equity23,13125,57229,29614,14517,32177,389+346.8%
Liabilities96,52191,703151,314169,028127,204323,431+154.3%
Cash and cash equivalents1414612112351,4571,236−15.2%
Average number of employees133116113114159324+103.8%

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: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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Gross profitMedian, the industry (862 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Auto-Centralen A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202511/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202418/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202317/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202209/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202101/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202026/05/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

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Employees

Position in the industry

862 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in retail sale of motor vehicles based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 272.3mNo. 6 of 861
Better than 99% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 77.4mNo. 28 of 862
Better than 97% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees422No. 9 of 862
Better than 99% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 3.4m, net profit DKK 425k, equity DKK 3.7m, 4 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 1.1mDKK 11.3mDKK 119.8mDKK 579mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 813 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 200–499 employees796 companies in the comparison
No. 179of 763
Better than 77%
No. 452of 796
Better than 43%
Same industry and 200–499 employees12 companies in the comparison
No. 1of 12
Better than 100%
No. 9of 12
Better than 27%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 332of 10,152
Better than 97%
No. 1,505of 10,275
Better than 85%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 564of 17,786
Better than 97%
No. 2,705of 18,024
Better than 85%

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

Retail sale of motor vehicles
Gross profit
  1. Auto-Centralen A/SDKK 272.3m
  2. Ejner Hessel A/SDKK 1.3bn
  3. Semler Mobility Retail A/SDKK 961.5m
Net profit
  1. Auto-Centralen A/SDKK 42.3m
  2. Ejner Hessel A/SDKK 168.7m
  3. Semler Mobility Retail A/SDKK 50.9m
Equity
  1. Auto-Centralen A/SDKK 77.4m
  2. Ejner Hessel A/SDKK 1.2bn
  3. Semler Mobility Retail A/SDKK 167.2m
Employees
  1. Auto-Centralen A/S422
  2. Ejner Hessel A/S1,866
  3. Semler Mobility Retail A/S1,617

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Autocentralen.com Holding ApS66.67%
  • Autocentralen Medarbejderholding ApS20%
Auto-Centralen A/S
Subsidiaries and ownership shares

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Auto-Centralen A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Anders Lindskov JensenDirector28/09/2013

Board of directors

Board of directors at Auto-Centralen A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Knud Majgaard JensenChair of the board06/08/2013
Anders Lindskov JensenBoard member21/02/2014
Palle Majgaard Lindskov JensenBoard member13/03/2020
Former management (13)
Former management at Auto-Centralen A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Per Duwe AndersenDirector15/04/198525/06/2009
Per Duwe AndersenBoard member15/04/198506/08/2013
Poul MøllerBoard member15/04/198519/12/1990
Annie Sandgaard AndersenBoard member15/04/198502/09/2010
Ole WittenkampBoard member15/04/198519/12/1990
Aksel NielsenBoard member15/04/198519/12/1990
Aksel NielsenDirector15/04/198519/12/1990
Svend Ole PedersenBoard member15/04/198519/12/1990
Ulrik Duwe AndersenBoard member15/04/198521/02/2014
Jacob Schilling JacobsenBoard member09/12/200202/09/2010
Ulrik Duwe AndersenDirector25/06/200928/09/2013
Peter VammenChair of the board02/09/201006/08/2013
Finn Boel PedersenBoard member06/08/201310/06/2024

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af direktøren, af bestyrelsesformanden eller af den samlede bestyrelse i forening.

Address and production units

6 active production units

Egtved Alle 1
6000 Kolding

Kolding Municipality · Postcode 6000

Other companies at the address (2)

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Auto-Centralen Vejle A/SBugattivej 4, 7100 Vejle1111031752317
Auto-Centralen A/SEgtved Alle 1, 6000 Kolding951002523797
Auto-Centralen Esbjerg A/SSkagerrakvej 4, 6715 Esbjerg N701021734590
Auto-Centralen Horsens A/SVejlevej 151, 8700 Horsens651031752333
Auto-Centralen Ishøj A/SIndustriskellet 3, 2635 Ishøj501029689268
Auto-Centralen Vejen A/SVestermarksvej 1, 6600 Vejen301019648040

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel fortrinsvis med automobiler, herunder reparation af disse samt investering og iøvrigt ethvert formål, som efter bestyrelsens skøn er beslægtet hermed

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

53 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20254 changescapital 1 · merger 1 · accounts 1 · industry 1
  • Share capital changed from 600,000 DKK to 700,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Retail sale of motor vehicles (478100)
20248 changesaddress 2 · capital 2 · merger 2 · accounts 1 · management 1
  • Moved to Egtved Alle 1, 6000 Kolding
  • Share capital changed from 550,000 DKK to 600,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Moved to Dieselvej 2, 6000 Kolding
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Finn Boel Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 550,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20214 changesownership 3 · accounts 1
  • Autocentralen Medarbejderholding ApS registered as owner (20%)
  • Autocentralen.com Holding ApS registered as owner (66.67%)
  • Autocentralen.com Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20201 changemanagement 1
  • Palle Majgaard Lindskov Jensen appointed board member
20161 changename 1
  • Name changed from KOLDING BILER A/S to Auto-Centralen A/S
20143 changesmanagement 2 · ownership 1
  • Anders Lindskov Jensen appointed board member
  • Ulrik Duwe Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Autocentralen.com Holding ApS registered as owner (100%)
20136 changesmanagement 6
  • Anders Lindskov Jensen appointed director
  • Ulrik Duwe Andersen stepped down as director
  • Knud Majgaard Jensen appointed chair of the board
  • Finn Boel Pedersen appointed board member
  • Peter Vammen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Per Duwe Andersen stepped down as board member
20103 changesmanagement 3
  • Peter Vammen appointed chair of the board
  • Jacob Schilling Jacobsen stepped down as board member
  • Annie Sandgaard Andersen stepped down as board member
20092 changesmanagement 2
  • Ulrik Duwe Andersen appointed director
  • Per Duwe Andersen stepped down as director
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Detailhandel med personbiler, varebiler og minibusser (451120)
20021 changemanagement 1
  • Jacob Schilling Jacobsen appointed board member
19971 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
19905 changesmanagement 5
  • Poul Møller stepped down as board member
  • Ole Wittenkamp stepped down as board member
  • Aksel Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Aksel Nielsen stepped down as director
  • Svend Ole Pedersen stepped down as board member
198510 changesfounded 1 · management 9
  • Registered as KOLDING BILER A/S
  • Per Duwe Andersen appointed director
  • Ulrik Duwe Andersen appointed board member
  • Per Duwe Andersen appointed board member
  • Poul Møller appointed board member
  • Annie Sandgaard Andersen appointed board member
  • Ole Wittenkamp appointed board member
  • Aksel Nielsen appointed board member
  • Aksel Nielsen appointed director
  • Svend Ole Pedersen 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. The company is protected against advertising; contact details are not shown, and the data must not be used for marketing.

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