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BESTSELLER Stores Denmark A/S

Public limited companyCVR 29287511BrandeActive

BESTSELLER Stores Denmark A/S is a public limited company, based in Brande, active in retail sale of clothing, founded in 1970. The company went from a profit in 2024 to a loss of DKK 744k in 2025. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 3 of 936 companies in the industry in the database. Operations are spread over 209 production units in 65 towns.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 803.2m+9.6% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 744k−103.9% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 202.5m−10.4% vs. 2024
Employees1,325latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 3% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 279.7m.
  • Revenue rose 10% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 803.2m.
  • Net profit went from a profit of DKK 18.9m to a loss of DKK 744k (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity fell 10% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 202.5m.

Employees

  • 89 more employees than a year earlier: 1,325 (07/2026) against 1,236 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Line Andrea Fandrup (board member, 01/08/2026) and Lise Kaae (board member, 31/08/2025).
  • Stepped down: Thomas Børglum Jensen (board member, 31/08/2025) and Lise Kaae (board member, 01/08/2026).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Retail sale of clothing (477110)

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 50mDKK 0DKK 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200mDKK 250m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for BESTSELLER Stores Denmark A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue487,070467,594574,377600,481733,101803,196+9.6%
Gross profit187,494164,971198,006229,785271,450279,740+3.1%
Operating profit (EBIT)11,92918,270–––––
Profit before tax6,72212,54613,36924,52724,5131,202−95.1%
Net profit6,2749,60310,75019,11418,856−744−103.9%
Total assets460,280301,315378,462507,195649,923751,827+15.7%
Equity85,62795,229105,979207,082225,939202,523−10.4%
Liabilities374,653206,086270,784294,006419,147545,578+30.2%
Cash and cash equivalents198,8487,1592,7806,3871,1261,268+12.6%
Average number of employees374354390415472494+4.7%

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 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200mDKK 250mDKK 300m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (937 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for BESTSELLER Stores Denmark A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/08/2024 – 31/07/202503/11/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/08/2023 – 31/07/202410/12/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202301/08/2022 – 31/07/202325/10/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202201/08/2021 – 31/07/202213/10/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202101/08/2020 – 31/07/202108/10/2021The companyPDFXBRL
202001/08/2019 – 31/07/202009/10/2020The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
02004006008001,0001,2001,40008/2309/2310/2311/2312/2301/2402/2403/2404/2405/2406/2407/2408/2409/2410/2411/2412/2401/2502/2503/2504/2505/2506/2507/2508/2509/2510/2511/2512/2501/2602/2603/2604/2605/2606/2607/26
Employees

Position in the industry

937 companies in the database

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

Gross profitDKK 279.7mNo. 3 of 936
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 202.5mNo. 4 of 937
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees1,325No. 3 of 937
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.3m, net profit DKK 76,336, equity DKK 784k, 3 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 921kDKK 8.5mDKK 78.1mDKK 343mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 870 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 1,000 employees or more177 companies in the comparison
No. 127of 147
Better than 14%
No. 136of 177
Better than 23%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 324of 10,152
Better than 97%
No. 786of 10,275
Better than 92%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 551of 17,786
Better than 97%
No. 1,426of 18,024
Better than 92%

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 clothing
Gross profit
  1. BESTSELLER Stores Denmark A/SDKK 279.7m
  2. H & M Hennes & Mauritz A/SDKK 718.7m
  3. Pwt Group A/SDKK 407.4m
Net profit
  1. BESTSELLER Stores Denmark A/S−DKK 744k
  2. H & M Hennes & Mauritz A/SDKK 106.2m
  3. Pwt Group A/SDKK 112.3m
Equity
  1. BESTSELLER Stores Denmark A/SDKK 202.5m
  2. H & M Hennes & Mauritz A/SDKK 299.3m
  3. Pwt Group A/SDKK 283.1m
Employees
  1. BESTSELLER Stores Denmark A/S1,325
  2. H & M Hennes & Mauritz A/S2,767
  3. Pwt Group A/S522

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
BESTSELLER Stores Denmark A/S

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at BESTSELLER Stores Denmark A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Anders Holch PovlsenDirector15/02/2010

Board of directors

Board of directors at BESTSELLER Stores Denmark A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Anders Holch PovlsenBoard member07/09/1970
Merete Bech PovlsenChair of the board15/02/2010
Line Andrea FandrupBoard member01/08/2026
Former management (7)
Former management at BESTSELLER Stores Denmark A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Eigil Anton Johansen DührBoard member07/09/197020/01/1988
Carsten HenriksenBoard member07/09/197004/11/1994
Troels Holch PovlsenBoard member07/09/197015/02/2010
Troels Holch PovlsenDirector07/09/197015/02/2010
Lise KaaeBoard member15/02/201023/11/2017
Thomas Børglum JensenBoard member23/11/201731/08/2025
Lise KaaeBoard member31/08/202501/08/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af to medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening eller af en direktør alene

Address and production units

209 active production units

Fredskovvej 7
7330 Brande

Ikast-Brande Municipality · Postcode 7330

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
BESTSELLER Rømerhus AarhusSkt. Clemens Torv 8, 8000 Aarhus C321022069884
BESTSELLER GammeltorvFrederiksberggade 2, 1459 København K261031743407
NAME IT Ringsted OutletKlosterparks Alle 1, 59, 4100 Ringsted221026877365
BESTSELLER Stores Denmark A/SFredskovvej 7, 7330 Brande191003025669
NAME ITRødovre Centrum 1G, st. 65, 2610 Rødovre191019107880
VERO MODAFrederiksberggade 40, 1459 København K191001878636
Name ItM.P. Bruuns Gade 25, 8000 Aarhus C151019168626
NAME ITMerkurvej 1A, st. 12, 7400 Herning141019107562
VERO MODA BRUUNS GALLERI 5093M.P. Bruuns Gade 25, 8000 Aarhus C141010440021
NAME IT Aalborg StorcenterHobrovej 452, 9200 Aalborg SV131019108046
NAME IT Lyngby StorcenterKlampenborgvej 232, 2800 Kongens Lyngby131019108186
NAME IT SlotsarkaderneSlotsarkaderne 225, 3400 Hillerød131019111519
Name ItØrbækvej 75, 5220 Odense SØ131019169231
Name it, Kolding storcenterSkovvangen 42, 6000 Kolding131022065110
NAME IT City 2, TaastrupCityringen 20, 255, 2630 Taastrup121027315980

Showing 15 of 209 units (sorted by employees).

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at udøve handelsvirksomhed, herunder import og export

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

40 registered events
20262 changesmanagement 2
  • Line Andrea Fandrup appointed board member
  • Lise Kaae stepped down as board member
20254 changesaccounts 1 · management 2 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Lise Kaae appointed board member
  • Thomas Børglum Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Retail sale of clothing (477110)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20235 changesaccounts 1 · capital 2 · merger 2
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Share capital changed from 2,172,456 DKK to 3,485,713 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Share capital changed from 2,100,000 DKK to 2,172,456 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20201 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20181 changename 1
  • Name changed from BESTSELLER RETAIL DENMARK A/S to BESTSELLER Stores Denmark A/S
20172 changesmanagement 2
  • Thomas Børglum Jensen appointed board member
  • Lise Kaae stepped down as board member
20143 changescapital 1 · ownership 1 · merger 1
  • Share capital changed from 2,000,000 DKK to 2,100,000 DKK
  • BESTSELLER A/S registered as owner (100%)
  • Merger registered in CVR
20105 changesmanagement 5
  • Anders Holch Povlsen appointed director
  • Merete Bech Povlsen appointed chair of the board
  • Lise Kaae appointed board member
  • Troels Holch Povlsen stepped down as director
  • Troels Holch Povlsen stepped down as board member
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Retail sale of clothing (477110)
20071 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Fredskovvej 7, 7330 Brande
20022 changesaddress 1 · name 1
  • Moved to Fredskovvej 7, 7330 Brande
  • Name changed from BESTSELLER RETAIL A/S to BESTSELLER RETAIL DENMARK A/S
19941 changemanagement 1
  • Carsten Henriksen stepped down as board member
19881 changemanagement 1
  • Eigil Anton Johansen Dühr stepped down as board member
19872 changescapital 1 · name 1
  • Share capital changed from 1,700,000 DKK to 2,000,000 DKK
  • Name changed from GULVAGENT A/S to BESTSELLER RETAIL A/S
19706 changesfounded 1 · management 5
  • Registered as GULVAGENT A/S
  • Anders Holch Povlsen appointed board member
  • Troels Holch Povlsen appointed director
  • Carsten Henriksen appointed board member
  • Eigil Anton Johansen Dühr appointed board member
  • Troels Holch Povlsen 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.

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