BibMedia A/S

Public limited companyCVR 17260839HerlevActive

BibMedia A/S is a public limited company, based in Herlev, active in book publishing, founded in 1993. Net profit fell 47% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 7m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 5 of 104 companies in the industry in the database. Operations are spread over 3 production units in 3 towns.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 37.1m−15.8% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 7m−46.6% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 61.4m+3.4% vs. 2024
Employees50latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 16% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 37.1m.
  • Net profit fell 47% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 7m.
  • Equity rose 3% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 61.4m.

Employees

  • 24 fewer employees than a year earlier: 50 (08/2026) against 74 (08/2025).

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 thousand

Equity and net profit

−DKK 10mDKK 0DKK 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40mDKK 50mDKK 60m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for BibMedia A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit18,11136,56742,96845,58344,06337,102−15.8%
Operating profit (EBIT)3,62512,0658,0289,00113,4659,680−28.1%
Profit before tax−6108,18217,78311,71316,2838,823−45.8%
Net profit−6285,46814,9987,71713,1997,046−46.6%
Total assets64,174107,651101,87297,720110,19599,119−10.1%
Equity17,89223,36037,67945,64559,34261,388+3.4%
Liabilities46,28284,18064,19351,79050,43537,526−25.6%
Cash and cash equivalents7253462624418,5822,271−73.5%
Average number of employees2749–565344−17%

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 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40mDKK 50m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (104 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 BibMedia A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202506/07/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202418/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202302/07/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202229/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202113/07/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202008/07/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

104 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in book publishing based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 37.1mNo. 5 of 104
Better than 96% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 61.4mNo. 4 of 104
Better than 97% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees50No. 5 of 104
Better than 96% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.6m, net profit DKK 91,836, equity DKK 1.4m, 3 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 772kDKK 6mDKK 46.1mDKK 179.9mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 97 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. 2,412of 4,412
Better than 45%
No. 1,028of 4,466
Better than 77%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 1,854of 10,152
Better than 82%
No. 1,763of 10,275
Better than 83%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 3,747of 17,786
Better than 79%
No. 3,140of 18,024
Better than 83%

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

Book publishing
Gross profit
  1. BibMedia A/SDKK 37.1m
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 355.7m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 316.1m
Net profit
  1. BibMedia A/SDKK 7m
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 40.8m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 13.1m
Equity
  1. BibMedia A/SDKK 61.4m
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 402.9m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 216.2m

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Keglekær Holding, Vejle ApS100%
BibMedia A/S

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at BibMedia A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Rene MilholtCEO09/03/2016

Board of directors

Board of directors at BibMedia A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Hans Ole Lomholt PoulsenChair of the board09/03/2016
Lasse Madsen NyrupBoard member17/09/2018
Rene MilholtBoard member31/05/2023
Founders
VX 10.312 ApS, Medimex ApS, ApS Kbil 9 Nr. 1008
Former management (60)
Former management at BibMedia A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Hans Christian GalstBoard member01/09/199307/01/1994
Tom Anders AhlbergBoard member01/09/199328/09/1994
Carl Johan RasmussenBoard member01/09/199326/05/1998
Ejgil Winther RasmussenDeputy board member01/09/199306/05/2002
Ulf Svejgaard PoulsenChair of the board01/09/199307/01/1994
Else Kristine KøbstrupBoard member01/09/199303/03/2008
Hilmar SølundDeputy board member01/09/199329/06/1994
Kurt Christian FrombergDeputy board member01/09/199310/05/1999
Per Emil Hasselbalch StakemannBoard member01/09/199307/01/1994
Per Emil Hasselbalch StakemannDirector01/09/199307/01/1994
Mogens Brabrand JensenDirector01/09/199315/11/2007
Henrik Gerhard ChristiansenChair of the board01/09/199314/12/2000
Ingelise VilsenDeputy board member01/09/199326/05/1998
Thorkild IbsenBoard member01/09/199329/06/1994
Birgit Helene LundDeputy board member01/09/199329/06/1994
Henning Johannes JensenDeputy board member01/09/199326/05/1998
Jens Møller JohansenBoard member01/09/199326/05/1998
Per HedemanBoard member01/09/199303/03/2008
Hans ThustrupBoard member26/05/199806/05/2002
Børge Hermann SørensenDeputy board member26/05/199808/05/2001
Jørgen WitteDeputy board member26/05/199806/05/2002
Stig AndersenDeputy board member10/05/199903/03/2008
Jørn Lehmann PetersenChair of the board14/12/200003/03/2008
Signe BartelBoard member14/12/200018/05/2006
Kaja JacobsenDeputy board member08/05/200106/05/2002
Svend Aage JensenDeputy board member06/05/200218/05/2006
Vigdis Mona HeibergDeputy board member06/05/200230/06/2003
Bjarne FeyBoard member06/05/200230/06/2003
Jette KristensenDeputy board member06/05/200218/05/2006
Jens Christian GjesingDeputy board member06/05/200203/03/2008
Povl FriisBoard member27/05/200517/05/2013
Kim Jesper JosefsenBoard member27/05/200531/12/2007
Gitte NielsenDeputy board member27/05/200512/05/2009
Per Deichmann BisgaardDeputy board member18/05/200603/03/2008
Bjørn Thomas DahlBoard member18/05/200603/03/2008
Poul Arne NielsenDeputy board member18/05/200603/03/2008
Christian Ingemann PetersenCEO15/11/200710/03/2008
Søren RatzerBoard member01/01/200831/05/2017
Henrik SteenstrupBoard member03/03/200824/06/2008
Christian Møller ChristensenChair of the board03/03/200824/06/2008
Arne Grünfeld PedersenCEO10/03/200819/03/2012
Jesper BoysenBoard member24/06/200822/01/2013
Lars Monrad-GyllingChair of the board24/06/200819/03/2012
Anette Aalberg JensenDeputy board member12/05/200917/05/2013
Hans Ole Lomholt PoulsenCEO19/03/201209/03/2016
Arne Grünfeld PedersenChair of the board19/03/201222/01/2013
Hans Ole Lomholt PoulsenBoard member22/01/201306/08/2014
Peter ThorsenChair of the board22/01/201309/03/2016
Lars BrinkmannBoard member22/01/201308/06/2015
Rene MilholtChief financial officer01/03/201308/03/2016
Hanne BergDeputy board member17/05/201330/04/2017
Gurli MadsenBoard member17/05/201331/12/2014
Marianne Kjeldgaard KnudsenBoard member06/08/201420/05/2019
Kim Nymark LarsenBoard member31/12/201431/05/2017
Hans Ole Lomholt PoulsenBoard member08/06/201508/03/2016
Rene MilholtBoard member09/03/201617/09/2018
Pia Maiken HenriksenBoard member01/06/201701/11/2021
Søren RatzerDeputy board member01/06/201701/11/2021
Jan Erik FrennesenBoard member01/06/201701/11/2021
Sara Inger ØllgaardBoard member20/05/201930/05/2023

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af de generalforsamlingsvalgte medlemmer af bestyrelsen tilsammen eller af bestyrelsesformanden i forening med en direktør.

Address and production units

3 active production units

Hørkær 28
2730 Herlev

Herlev Municipality · Postcode 2730

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
BibMedia A/SKrogagervej 10, 5240 Odense NØ281020785523
BibMedia A/SHørkær 28, 3, 2730 Herlev221003087979
Selvlyd A/SBülowsvej 3A, st, 1870 Frederiksberg C–1031710606

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at udvikle, fremstille og forhandle biblioteksmateriel og biblioteksmaterialer, at udvikle, vedligeholde, suppotere og drive lokale biblioteksløsninger, at forestå undervisnings- og konsulentvirksomhed, at udføre andre hermed beslægtede opgaver efter bestyrelsens skøn .

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

146 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20251 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20233 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Rene Milholt appointed board member
  • Sara Inger Øllgaard stepped down as board member
20223 changesaccounts 1 · merger 1 · address 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Moved to Hørkær 28, 3, 2730 Herlev
20214 changesmanagement 3 · accounts 1
  • Jan Erik Frennesen stepped down as board member
  • Søren Ratzer stepped down as deputy board member
  • Pia Maiken Henriksen stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20192 changesmanagement 2
  • Sara Inger Øllgaard appointed board member
  • Marianne Kjeldgaard Knudsen stepped down as board member
20184 changesaddress 1 · management 2 · name 1
  • Moved to Hørkær 28, 3, 2730 Herlev
  • Lasse Madsen Nyrup appointed board member
  • Rene Milholt stepped down as board member
  • Name changed from BIBLIOTEKSMEDIER A/S to BibMedia A/S
20177 changesaddress 1 · management 6
  • Moved to Hørkær 28, 3, 2730 Herlev
  • Jan Erik Frennesen appointed board member
  • Søren Ratzer appointed deputy board member
  • Pia Maiken Henriksen appointed board member
  • Kim Nymark Larsen stepped down as board member
  • Søren Ratzer stepped down as board member
  • Hanne Berg stepped down as deputy board member
201611 changesmerger 1 · ownership 3 · management 7
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • KEGLEKÆR HOLDING, VEJLE ApS registered as owner (100%)
  • KEGLEKÆR HOLDING, VEJLE ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Thorsen Ejendomme A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Rene Milholt appointed board member
  • Hans Ole Lomholt Poulsen appointed chair of the board
  • Rene Milholt appointed ceo
  • Peter Thorsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Hans Ole Lomholt Poulsen stepped down as ceo
  • Hans Ole Lomholt Poulsen stepped down as board member
  • Rene Milholt stepped down as chief financial officer
20153 changesmerger 1 · management 2
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Hans Ole Lomholt Poulsen appointed board member
  • Lars Brinkmann stepped down as board member
20144 changesmanagement 4
  • Kim Nymark Larsen appointed board member
  • Gurli Madsen stepped down as board member
  • Marianne Kjeldgaard Knudsen appointed board member
  • Hans Ole Lomholt Poulsen stepped down as board member
201312 changesmanagement 10 · ownership 2
  • Hanne Berg appointed deputy board member
  • Gurli Madsen appointed board member
  • Anette Aalberg Jensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Povl Friis stepped down as board member
  • Rene Milholt appointed chief financial officer
  • Peter Thorsen appointed chair of the board
  • Lars Brinkmann appointed board member
  • Hans Ole Lomholt Poulsen appointed board member
  • Arne Grünfeld Pedersen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Jesper Boysen stepped down as board member
  • KEGLEKÆR HOLDING, VEJLE ApS registered as owner (90%)
  • Thorsen Ejendomme A/S registered as owner (10%)
20124 changesmanagement 4
  • Arne Grünfeld Pedersen appointed chair of the board
  • Hans Ole Lomholt Poulsen appointed ceo
  • Lars Monrad-Gylling stepped down as chair of the board
  • Arne Grünfeld Pedersen stepped down as ceo
20093 changesindustry 1 · management 2
  • Industry changed to Book publishing (581100)
  • Anette Aalberg Jensen appointed deputy board member
  • Gitte Nielsen stepped down as deputy board member
200821 changesmerger 1 · management 17 · capital 1 · address 1 · industry 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Lars Monrad-Gylling appointed chair of the board
  • Jesper Boysen appointed board member
  • Christian Møller Christensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Henrik Steenstrup stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 2,850,000 DKK to 5,224,929 DKK
  • Moved to Energivej 9, 2750 Ballerup
  • Arne Grünfeld Pedersen appointed ceo
  • Christian Ingemann Petersen stepped down as ceo
  • Christian Møller Christensen appointed chair of the board
  • Henrik Steenstrup appointed board member
  • Per Deichmann Bisgaard stepped down as deputy board member
  • Poul Arne Nielsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Bjørn Thomas Dahl stepped down as board member
  • Jens Christian Gjesing stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jørn Lehmann Petersen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Stig Andersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Else Kristine Købstrup stepped down as board member
  • Per Hedeman stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med indspillede videoer, cd'er, dvd'er mv. (464330)
  • Søren Ratzer appointed board member
20073 changesmanagement 2 · name 1
  • Kim Jesper Josefsen stepped down as board member
  • Christian Ingemann Petersen appointed ceo
  • Name changed from DBC MEDIER A/S to BIBLIOTEKSMEDIER A/S
20066 changesmanagement 6
  • Per Deichmann Bisgaard appointed deputy board member
  • Poul Arne Nielsen appointed deputy board member
  • Bjørn Thomas Dahl appointed board member
  • Svend Aage Jensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jette Kristensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Signe Bartel stepped down as board member
20053 changesmanagement 3
  • Gitte Nielsen appointed deputy board member
  • Povl Friis appointed board member
  • Kim Jesper Josefsen appointed board member
20041 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 3,000,000 DKK to 2,850,000 DKK
20032 changesmanagement 2
  • Vigdis Mona Heiberg stepped down as deputy board member
  • Bjarne Fey stepped down as board member
20029 changesmanagement 9
  • Jens Christian Gjesing appointed deputy board member
  • Svend Aage Jensen appointed deputy board member
  • Vigdis Mona Heiberg appointed deputy board member
  • Bjarne Fey appointed board member
  • Jette Kristensen appointed deputy board member
  • Kaja Jacobsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Hans Thustrup stepped down as board member
  • Jørgen Witte stepped down as deputy board member
  • Ejgil Winther Rasmussen stepped down as deputy board member
20012 changesmanagement 2
  • Kaja Jacobsen appointed deputy board member
  • Børge Hermann Sørensen stepped down as deputy board member
20004 changescapital 1 · management 3
  • Share capital changed from 1,000,000 DKK to 3,000,000 DKK
  • Jørn Lehmann Petersen appointed chair of the board
  • Signe Bartel appointed board member
  • Henrik Gerhard Christiansen stepped down as chair of the board
19992 changesindustry 1 · management 1
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med indspillede og uindspillede videobånd, cd'er, dvd'er mv. (514330)
  • Stig Andersen appointed deputy board member
19987 changesmanagement 7
  • Hans Thustrup appointed board member
  • Børge Hermann Sørensen appointed deputy board member
  • Jørgen Witte appointed deputy board member
  • Carl Johan Rasmussen stepped down as board member
  • Jens Møller Johansen stepped down as board member
  • Henning Johannes Jensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Ingelise Vilsen stepped down as deputy board member
19948 changesmanagement 6 · name 1 · capital 1
  • Tom Anders Ahlberg stepped down as board member
  • Hilmar Sølund stepped down as deputy board member
  • Birgit Helene Lund stepped down as deputy board member
  • Thorkild Ibsen stepped down as board member
  • Name changed from A/S PSE NR. 4825 to DBC MEDIER A/S
  • Share capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 1,000,000 DKK
  • Ulf Svejgaard Poulsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Hans Christian Galst stepped down as board member
199315 changesfounded 1 · management 14
  • Registered as A/S PSE NR. 4825
  • Hilmar Sølund appointed deputy board member
  • Else Kristine Købstrup appointed board member
  • Ulf Svejgaard Poulsen appointed chair of the board
  • Ejgil Winther Rasmussen appointed deputy board member
  • Carl Johan Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Hans Christian Galst appointed board member
  • Tom Anders Ahlberg appointed board member
  • Per Hedeman appointed board member
  • Jens Møller Johansen appointed board member
  • Henning Johannes Jensen appointed deputy board member
  • Birgit Helene Lund appointed deputy board member
  • Thorkild Ibsen appointed board member
  • Ingelise Vilsen appointed deputy board member
  • Henrik Gerhard Christiansen appointed chair of the board

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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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