Bang & Olufsen Operations A/S
Public limited companyCVR 26035406StruerActive
Bang & Olufsen Operations A/S is a public limited company, based in Struer, active in manufacture of consumer electronics, founded in 2001. Net profit rose 436% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 257.1m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 2 of 42 companies in the industry in the database. Operations are spread over 6 production units.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit fell 8% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 423.2m.
- Revenue rose 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.8bn.
- Net profit rose 436% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 257.1m.
- Equity rose 9% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 660.6m.
Employees
- 43 more employees than a year earlier: 394 (07/2026) against 351 (07/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Heidi Winkler (board member, 01/07/2025), Heidi Winkler (ceo, 15/05/2026) and Mikkel Staun Jørgensen (board member, 15/05/2026).
- Stepped down: Line Køhler Ljungdahl (board member, 15/05/2026), Line Køhler Ljungdahl (ceo, 15/05/2026) and Jesper Hejselbæk (board member, 01/07/2025).
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 thousandEquity and net profit
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 932,300 | 1,624,900 | 1,929,100 | 1,690,300 | 1,756,000 | 1,793,200 | +2.1% |
| Gross profit | 234,200 | 357,800 | 321,700 | 329,300 | 461,700 | 423,200 | −8.3% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 67,700 | 141,200 | 123,300 | 141,100 | 174,800 | 177,800 | +1.7% |
| Profit before tax | −10,500 | 235,900 | 251,100 | 204,100 | 97,600 | 292,100 | +199.3% |
| Net profit | −73,500 | 200,700 | 223,300 | 175,200 | 48,000 | 257,100 | +435.6% |
| Total assets | 1,342,900 | 1,738,600 | 1,253,500 | 1,451,900 | 1,278,500 | 1,454,500 | +13.8% |
| Equity | 1,138,800 | 1,347,500 | 774,900 | 953,000 | 603,700 | 660,600 | +9.4% |
| Liabilities | – | – | 478,600 | 498,900 | 674,800 | 793,900 | +17.6% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | – | 0 | 0 | 152,000 | 40,800 | 100 | −99.8% |
| Average number of employees | – | 275 | 346 | 312 | 298 | 311 | +4.4% |
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.
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Signals from the financial statements
calculated from the 2025 figuresProfit 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| Financial year | Period | Published | Figures for | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 01/06/2024 – 31/05/2025 | 09/12/2025 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/06/2023 – 31/05/2024 | 09/12/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/06/2022 – 31/05/2023 | 14/11/2023 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/06/2021 – 31/05/2022 | 15/11/2022 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/06/2020 – 31/05/2021 | 08/11/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/06/2019 – 31/05/2020 | 04/11/2020 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
42 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in manufacture of consumer electronics based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 3.2m, net profit DKK 108k, equity DKK 3.3m, 4 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with 200–499 employees796 companies in the comparison | No. 74of 763 Better than 90% | No. 91of 796 Better than 89% |
| Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison | No. 130of 24,791 Better than 99% | No. 301of 24,909 Better than 99% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 348of 17,786 Better than 98% | No. 567of 18,024 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
Manufacture of consumer electronics- Bang & Olufsen Operations A/SDKK 423.2m
- GN Hearing A/SDKK 4.7bn
- Dpa Microphones A/SDKK 220.2m
- Bang & Olufsen Operations A/SDKK 257.1m
- GN Hearing A/SDKK 971m
- Dpa Microphones A/SDKK 31.9m
- Bang & Olufsen Operations A/SDKK 660.6m
- GN Hearing A/SDKK 17.1bn
- Dpa Microphones A/SDKK 271.5m
- Bang & Olufsen Operations A/S394
- GN Hearing A/S1,365
- Dpa Microphones A/S185
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership RegisterSubsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.
Management
4 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Heidi Winkler | CEO | 15/05/2026 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Nikolaj Wendelboe | Chair of the board | 28/10/2019 |
| Heidi Winkler | Board member | 01/07/2025 |
| Mikkel Staun Jørgensen | Board member | 15/05/2026 |
- Founders
- Bang & Olufsen A/S
Former management (34)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torben Ballegaard Sørensen | Board member | 09/05/2001 | 10/01/2008 |
| Karsten Okholm Larsen | Board member | 09/05/2001 | 01/09/2002 |
| Peter Degnboel Thostrup | Chair of the board | 09/05/2001 | 30/09/2008 |
| Kim Hyldahl Hansen | Board member | 11/01/2008 | 18/05/2009 |
| Karl Kristian Nielsen | Chair of the board | 01/10/2008 | 18/05/2009 |
| Peter Skak Olufsen | Board member | 18/05/2009 | 23/09/2011 |
| Jørgen Worning | Chair of the board | 18/05/2009 | 18/10/2010 |
| Thorleif Krarup | Board member | 18/05/2009 | 18/09/2009 |
| Lars Brorsen | Deputy chair | 18/05/2009 | 18/09/2009 |
| Knud Olesen | Board member | 18/05/2009 | 23/09/2011 |
| Jesper Olesen | Board member | 18/05/2009 | 23/09/2011 |
| Anette Revsgaard Sejbjerg | Board member | 18/05/2009 | 23/09/2011 |
| Karl Kristian Nielsen | CEO | 01/05/2010 | 28/02/2011 |
| Christian Winther | Director | 01/05/2010 | 23/09/2011 |
| Henning Bejer Beck | Chief financial officer | 01/10/2010 | 23/09/2011 |
| Rolf Eriksen | Board member | 18/10/2010 | 23/09/2011 |
| Niels Bjørn Christiansen | Deputy chair | 18/10/2010 | 23/09/2011 |
| Brian Petersen | Chair of the board | 18/10/2010 | 14/12/2010 |
| Ole Andersen | Chair of the board | 14/12/2010 | 23/09/2011 |
| Tue Mantoni | Director | 01/03/2011 | 23/09/2011 |
| Jesper Jarlbæk | Board member | 10/03/2011 | 23/09/2011 |
| Alberto Torres | Board member | 10/03/2011 | 23/09/2011 |
| Tue Mantoni | Chair of the board | 23/09/2011 | 01/07/2016 |
| John Christian Bennett-Therkildsen | Board member | 23/09/2011 | 31/07/2013 |
| John Christian Bennett-Therkildsen | CEO | 23/09/2011 | 31/07/2013 |
| Henning Bejer Beck | Board member | 23/09/2011 | 01/08/2014 |
| Folkert Bouwe Bölger | Board member | 31/07/2013 | 06/03/2017 |
| Folkert Bouwe Bölger | CEO | 31/07/2013 | 06/03/2017 |
| Anders Aakær Jensen | Board member | 01/08/2014 | 01/11/2018 |
| Henrik Clausen | Chair of the board | 01/07/2016 | 28/10/2019 |
| Line Køhler Ljungdahl | Board member | 06/03/2017 | 15/05/2026 |
| Line Køhler Ljungdahl | CEO | 06/03/2017 | 15/05/2026 |
| John Mollanger | Board member | 01/11/2018 | 17/12/2019 |
| Jesper Hejselbæk | Board member | 17/12/2019 | 01/07/2025 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af et bestyrelsesmedlem sammen med en direktør eller af to bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening.
Address and production units
6 active production unitsBang og Olufsen Allé 1
7600 Struer
Struer Municipality · Postcode 7600
Other companies at the address (3)
- Bang & Olufsen A/SResearch and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
- Bang & Olufsen Danmark A/SWholesale of radio, television, photographic and optical goods
- B&o Play A/SWholesale of radio, television, photographic and optical goods
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANG & OLUFSEN OPERATIONS A/S (Fabrik 5) | Bang og Olufsen Allé 3, 7600 Struer | 194 | 1022997099 |
| BANG & OLUFSEN OPERATIONS A/S(Fabrik 4) | Bang og Olufsen Allé 1, 7600 Struer | 78 | 1002956003 |
| BANG & OLUFSEN OPERATIONS A/S (Fabrik 3,7,8) | Hjermvej 21, 7600 Struer | 61 | 1024248255 |
| BANG & OLUFSEN OPERATIONS A/S - Lyngby | Gammel Lundtoftevej 1B, 2800 Kongens Lyngby | 53 | 1023946110 |
| BANG & OLUFSEN OPERATIONS A/S - Lyngby 2 | Gammel Lundtoftevej 7, 2800 Kongens Lyngby | 4 | 1024401177 |
| BANG & OLUFSEN OPERATIONS A/S (Fabrik 11) | Bang og Olufsen Allé 5, 7600 Struer | 0 | 1021481455 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at udøve handels-, industri-, udviklings-, holding- og investeringsvirksomhed. Selskabet kan endvidere udøve anden virksomhed, der efter bestyrelsens skøn måtte være formålstjenlig.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
89 registered events20264 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementMikkel Staun Jørgensen appointed board member
- ManagementHeidi Winkler appointed ceo
- ManagementLine Køhler Ljungdahl stepped down as ceo
- ManagementLine Køhler Ljungdahl stepped down as board member
20253 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
- ManagementHeidi Winkler appointed board member
- ManagementJesper Hejselbæk stepped down as board member
20241 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
20212 changesaccounts 1 · merger 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
20201 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
20194 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementJesper Hejselbæk appointed board member
- ManagementJohn Mollanger stepped down as board member
- ManagementNikolaj Wendelboe appointed chair of the board
- ManagementHenrik Clausen stepped down as chair of the board
20184 changesaddress 2 · management 2
- AddressMoved to Bang og Olufsen Allé 1, 7600 Struer
- AddressMoved to Bang og Olufsen Allé 1, 7600 Struer
- ManagementJohn Mollanger appointed board member
- ManagementAnders Aakær Jensen stepped down as board member
20174 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementLine Køhler Ljungdahl appointed ceo
- ManagementLine Køhler Ljungdahl appointed board member
- ManagementFolkert Bouwe Bölger stepped down as ceo
- ManagementFolkert Bouwe Bölger stepped down as board member
20162 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementHenrik Clausen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementTue Mantoni stepped down as chair of the board
20142 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementAnders Aakær Jensen appointed board member
- ManagementHenning Bejer Beck stepped down as board member
20134 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementFolkert Bouwe Bölger appointed ceo
- ManagementFolkert Bouwe Bölger appointed board member
- ManagementJohn Christian Bennett-Therkildsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementJohn Christian Bennett-Therkildsen stepped down as ceo
201120 changesmanagement 20
- ManagementJohn Christian Bennett-Therkildsen appointed board member
- ManagementHenning Bejer Beck appointed board member
- ManagementJohn Christian Bennett-Therkildsen appointed ceo
- ManagementTue Mantoni appointed chair of the board
- ManagementAlberto Torres stepped down as board member
- ManagementJesper Jarlbæk stepped down as board member
- ManagementTue Mantoni stepped down as director
- ManagementOle Andersen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementNiels Bjørn Christiansen stepped down as deputy chair
- ManagementRolf Eriksen stepped down as board member
- ManagementHenning Bejer Beck stepped down as chief financial officer
- ManagementChristian Winther stepped down as director
- ManagementAnette Revsgaard Sejbjerg stepped down as board member
- ManagementJesper Olesen stepped down as board member
- ManagementKnud Olesen stepped down as board member
- ManagementPeter Skak Olufsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementAlberto Torres appointed board member
- ManagementJesper Jarlbæk appointed board member
- ManagementTue Mantoni appointed director
- ManagementKarl Kristian Nielsen stepped down as ceo
20109 changesmanagement 9
- ManagementOle Andersen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementBrian Petersen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementBrian Petersen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementNiels Bjørn Christiansen appointed deputy chair
- ManagementRolf Eriksen appointed board member
- ManagementJørgen Worning stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementHenning Bejer Beck appointed chief financial officer
- ManagementChristian Winther appointed director
- ManagementKarl Kristian Nielsen appointed ceo
200912 changesmanagement 11 · capital 1
- ManagementLars Brorsen stepped down as deputy chair
- ManagementThorleif Krarup stepped down as board member
- ManagementJørgen Worning appointed chair of the board
- ManagementAnette Revsgaard Sejbjerg appointed board member
- ManagementJesper Olesen appointed board member
- ManagementKnud Olesen appointed board member
- ManagementLars Brorsen appointed deputy chair
- ManagementThorleif Krarup appointed board member
- ManagementPeter Skak Olufsen appointed board member
- ManagementKarl Kristian Nielsen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementKim Hyldahl Hansen stepped down as board member
- CapitalShare capital changed from 155,000,000 DKK to 156,000,000 DKK
20085 changesmanagement 4 · industry 1
- ManagementKarl Kristian Nielsen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementPeter Degnboel Thostrup stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementKim Hyldahl Hansen appointed board member
- ManagementTorben Ballegaard Sørensen stepped down as board member
- IndustryIndustry changed to Manufacture of consumer electronics (264000)
20051 changecapital 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 150,500,000 DKK to 155,000,000 DKK
20021 changemanagement 1
- ManagementKarsten Okholm Larsen stepped down as board member
20018 changescapital 2 · industry 1 · founded 1 · management 3 · ownership 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 150,000,000 DKK to 150,500,000 DKK
- CapitalShare capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 150,000,000 DKK
- IndustryIndustry changed to Fremstilling af radioer, fjernsyn mv. (323010)
- FoundedRegistered as BANG & OLUFSEN OPERATIONS A/S
- ManagementKarsten Okholm Larsen appointed board member
- ManagementPeter Degnboel Thostrup appointed chair of the board
- ManagementTorben Ballegaard Sørensen appointed board member
- OwnershipBANG & OLUFSEN A/S registered as owner (100%)
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Largest in the industry
- GN Hearing A/SDKK 4.7bn
- Dpa Microphones A/SDKK 220.2m
- FalCom A/SDKK 86.2m
- Dynaudio A/SDKK 56.3m
- Zenitel Etronic ApSDKK 23m
- Gryphon Audio Designs ApSDKK 18.1m
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.