Bent Pedersen A/S

Public limited companyCVR 15214678Esbjerg ØActive

Bent Pedersen A/S is a public limited company, based in Esbjerg Ø, active in retail sale of motor vehicles, founded in 1991. Net profit fell 14% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 16.9m. Operations are spread over 4 production units in 3 towns. With 145 employees, the company is about 36 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 693.9m−5.9% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 16.9m−13.6% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 89.1m+5.8% vs. 2024
Employees145latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 58% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 57.8m.
  • Revenue fell 6% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 693.9m.
  • Net profit fell 14% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 16.9m.
  • Equity rose 6% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 89.1m.

Employees

  • 2 fewer employees than a year earlier: 145 (08/2026) against 147 (08/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Retail sale of motor vehicles (478100)

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 20mDKK 40mDKK 60mDKK 80m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Bent Pedersen A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue527,239574,307637,806707,649737,279693,944−5.9%
Gross profit30,66642,64149,115128,530137,03857,824−57.8%
Operating profit (EBIT)13,47223,87430,67726,86828,88524,429−15.4%
Profit before tax12,27422,92628,81322,90025,10421,729−13.4%
Net profit9,55517,86522,48217,83519,56716,904−13.6%
Total assets129,041142,887159,116208,510177,208213,621+20.5%
Equity47,42758,99269,27476,60984,17689,080+5.8%
Liabilities81,61583,89589,825131,86892,850124,541+34.1%
Cash and cash equivalents948010248319,201+29,826%
Average number of employees120120124126128132+3.1%

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.

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DKK 0DKK 20mDKK 40mDKK 60mDKK 80mDKK 100mDKK 120mDKK 140m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (862 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 Bent Pedersen A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202523/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202427/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202324/05/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202217/05/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202128/04/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202001/06/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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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 57.8mNo. 29 of 861
Better than 97% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 89.1mNo. 24 of 862
Better than 97% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees145No. 25 of 862
Better than 97% 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 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison
No. 1,495of 4,412
Better than 66%
No. 743of 4,466
Better than 83%
Same industry and 50–199 employees51 companies in the comparison
No. 11of 50
Better than 80%
No. 6of 51
Better than 90%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 1,325of 10,152
Better than 87%
No. 1,348of 10,275
Better than 87%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 2,550of 17,786
Better than 86%
No. 2,452of 18,024
Better than 86%

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. Bent Pedersen A/SDKK 57.8m
  2. Ejner Hessel A/SDKK 1.3bn
  3. Semler Mobility Retail A/SDKK 961.5m
Net profit
  1. Bent Pedersen A/SDKK 16.9m
  2. Ejner Hessel A/SDKK 168.7m
  3. Semler Mobility Retail A/SDKK 50.9m
Equity
  1. Bent Pedersen A/SDKK 89.1m
  2. Ejner Hessel A/SDKK 1.2bn
  3. Semler Mobility Retail A/SDKK 167.2m
Employees
  1. Bent Pedersen A/S145
  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
  • Bent Pedersen Holding ApS100%
Bent Pedersen A/S

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Bent Pedersen A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Michael PedersenDirector06/01/2014

Board of directors

Board of directors at Bent Pedersen A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Søren PedersenBoard member20/05/1999
Michael PedersenBoard member20/05/1999
Dorthe Søjberg PedersenBoard member04/11/2014
Jan Teilmann ToustrupChair of the board18/12/2019
Founders
Else Pedersen, Bent Pedersen, Bent Pedersen Varde A/S
Former management (4)
Former management at Bent Pedersen A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Frits NielsenBoard member27/06/199106/06/2002
Jens Aage ThomasenBoard member27/06/199106/06/2002
Bent PedersenBoard member27/06/199104/11/2014
Bent PedersenDirector27/06/199106/01/2014

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af 2 medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening eller af en direktør og et bestyrelsesmedlem i forening.

Address and production units

4 active production units
Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Bent Pedersen ASStoregade 244, 6705 Esbjerg Ø1011000882081
Bent Pedersen ASJeppe Skovgaards Vej 1, 6800 Varde141019253593
Bent Pedersen ASGlansager 1, 6400 Sønderborg121018293613
Bent Pedersen ASHedelundvej 11A, 6705 Esbjerg Ø81019253704

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive forretning med køb og salg af automobiler, reparation af automobiler og salg af reservedele.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

32 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 motor vehicles (478100)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20194 changesmanagement 1 · address 3
  • Jan Teilmann Toustrup appointed chair of the board
  • Moved to Storegade 244, 6705 Esbjerg Ø
  • Moved to Storegade 244, 6705 Esbjerg Ø
  • Moved to Storegade 244, 6705 Esbjerg Ø
20181 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Storegade 244, 6705 Esbjerg Ø
20145 changesmanagement 4 · ownership 1
  • Dorthe Søjberg Pedersen appointed board member
  • Bent Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Michael Pedersen appointed director
  • Bent Pedersen stepped down as director
  • BENT PEDERSEN HOLDING ApS registered as owner (100%)
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Detailhandel med personbiler, varebiler og minibusser (451120)
20031 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 2,650,000 DKK to 6,000,000 DKK
20022 changesmanagement 2
  • Jens Aage Thomasen stepped down as board member
  • Frits Nielsen stepped down as board member
19992 changesmanagement 2
  • Søren Pedersen appointed board member
  • Michael Pedersen appointed board member
19961 changename 1
  • Name changed from BENT PEDERSEN - ESBJERG A/S to BENT PEDERSEN A/S
19942 changescapital 1 · merger 1
  • Share capital changed from 2,500,000 DKK to 2,650,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
19921 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 2,000,000 DKK to 2,500,000 DKK
19915 changesfounded 1 · management 4
  • Registered as BENT PEDERSEN - ESBJERG A/S
  • Jens Aage Thomasen appointed board member
  • Bent Pedersen appointed director
  • Bent Pedersen appointed board member
  • Frits Nielsen 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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