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Backpackerlife ApS

Private limited companyCVR 38393758ÅbyhøjActive

Backpackerlife ApS is a private limited company, based in Åbyhøj, active in retail sale of sports and leisure equipment, founded in 2017. Net profit rose 71% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 17.3m. Profit has grown three years in a row. With 34 employees, the company is about 10 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 27.5m+60.3% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 17.3m+70.6% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 33.4m+84.5% vs. 2024
Employees34latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 60% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 27.5m.
  • Net profit rose 71% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 17.3m.
  • Equity rose 85% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 33.4m.

Employees

  • 1 fewer employees than a year earlier: 34 (07/2026) against 35 (07/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Retail sale of sports and leisure equipment (476310)

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 5mDKK 10mDKK 15mDKK 20mDKK 25mDKK 30mDKK 35m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Backpackerlife ApS
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit1,1991,8374,3708,19117,18227,546+60.3%
Operating profit (EBIT)9111,205–––––
Profit before tax9061,1932,5795,31213,10122,222+69.6%
Net profit7079241,9924,11610,14317,309+70.6%
Total assets1,9105,5108,60215,91128,32439,976+41.1%
Equity9332,3584,3498,46518,10833,417+84.5%
Liabilities9773,1534,0237,2269,9366,279−36.8%
Cash and cash equivalents9511,7549604,4244,72215,310+224.2%
Average number of employees–135913+44.4%

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, 2025: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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DKK 0DKK 5mDKK 10mDKK 15mDKK 20mDKK 25mDKK 30m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (292 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 Backpackerlife ApS
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202520/03/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202430/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202325/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202227/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202122/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202018/05/2021The companyPDF not statedXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

292 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in retail sale of sports and leisure equipment based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 27.5mNo. 16 of 292
Better than 95% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 33.4mNo. 13 of 292
Better than 96% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees34No. 32 of 292
Better than 89% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.7m, net profit DKK 139k, equity DKK 1.4m, 4 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 783kDKK 6.1mDKK 48mDKK 189mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 274 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 20–49 employees9,922 companies in the comparison
No. 1,583of 9,892
Better than 84%
No. 1,084of 9,922
Better than 89%
Same industry and 20–49 employees28 companies in the comparison
No. 2of 28
Better than 96%
No. 1of 28
Better than 100%
Companies that are between 5 and 14 years old33,688 companies in the comparison
No. 1,398of 33,588
Better than 96%
No. 1,619of 33,687
Better than 95%
All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison
No. 1,611of 66,379
Better than 98%
No. 2,915of 66,505
Better than 96%

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 sports and leisure equipment
Gross profit
  1. Backpackerlife ApSDKK 27.5m
  2. Sport 24 A/SDKK 375.3m
  3. Sportmaster Danmark ApSDKK 181.3m
Net profit
  1. Backpackerlife ApSDKK 17.3m
  2. Sport 24 A/SDKK 45.3m
  3. Sportmaster Danmark ApS−DKK 9.3m
Equity
  1. Backpackerlife ApSDKK 33.4m
  2. Sport 24 A/SDKK 214.4m
  3. Sportmaster Danmark ApS−DKK 574.1m
Employees
  1. Backpackerlife ApS34
  2. Sport 24 A/S1,282
  3. Sportmaster Danmark ApS226

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Guerilla Capital ApS10%
  • Golo ApS33.33%
  • Ring Kjær Holding ApS33.33%
Backpackerlife ApS

Management

2 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Backpackerlife ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Lars Ring KjærDirector26/01/2017
Jesper HougårdDirector26/01/2017
Founders
Lars Ring Kjær, Niels Peter Betton Johansen, Jesper Hougård
Former management (1)
Former management at Backpackerlife ApS
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Niels Peter Betton JohansenDirector26/01/201714/02/2020

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af den samlede direktion.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Vesterløkken 4
8230 Åbyhøj

Aarhus Municipality · Postcode 8230

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Backpackerlife ApSVesterløkken 4, 8230 Åbyhøj281022162418

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive virksomhed inden for salg af udstyr til rejser, backpacking og outdoor samt aktiviteter, som efter direktionens skøn er forbundet hermed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

41 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Retail sale of sports and leisure equipment (476310)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20222 changesaddress 1 · accounts 1
  • Moved to Vesterløkken 4, 8230 Åbyhøj
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20219 changescapital 1 · ownership 5 · address 2 · accounts 1
  • Share capital changed from 40,000 DKK to 44,445 DKK
  • Guerilla Capital ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • Ring Kjær Holding ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • Golo ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • Golo ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Ring Kjær Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Moved to Stavangergade 10, 8200 Aarhus N
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Moved to Bergensgade 11, 8200 Aarhus N
20207 changesaddress 1 · management 1 · ownership 5
  • Moved to Tordenskjoldsgade 31B, 8200 Aarhus N
  • Niels Peter Betton Johansen stepped down as director
  • Golo ApS registered as owner (50%)
  • Ring Kjær Holding ApS registered as owner (50%)
  • MC1R ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Golo ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Ring Kjær Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
20198 changesname 1 · capital 1 · ownership 6
  • Name changed from Backpackerlife IVS to Backpackerlife ApS
  • Share capital changed from 12,183 DKK to 40,000 DKK
  • MC1R ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • Golo ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • Ring Kjær Holding ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • Lars Ring Kjær is no longer registered as owner
  • Jesper Hougård is no longer registered as owner
  • Niels Peter Betton Johansen is no longer registered as owner
20182 changesaddress 2
  • Moved to Helsingforsgade 27C, 8200 Aarhus N
  • Moved to Møllevangs Allé 142, 8200 Aarhus N
20178 changescapital 1 · founded 1 · management 3 · ownership 3
  • Share capital changed from 3 DKK to 12,183 DKK
  • Registered as Backpackerlife IVS
  • Niels Peter Betton Johansen appointed director
  • Lars Ring Kjær appointed director
  • Jesper Hougård appointed director
  • Lars Ring Kjær registered as owner (33.33%)
  • Jesper Hougård registered as owner (33.33%)
  • Niels Peter Betton Johansen registered as owner (33.33%)

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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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