Bigadan A/S
Public limited companyCVR 25191153SkanderborgActive
Bigadan A/S is a public limited company, based in Skanderborg, active in manufacture of gas, founded in 2000. Net profit rose 50% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 30.6m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 1 of 54 companies in the industry in the database. Operations are spread over 3 production units in 3 towns.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit rose 44% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 83.7m.
- Revenue rose 62% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 337.2m.
- Net profit rose 50% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 30.6m.
- Equity rose 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 320.3m.
Employees
- 12 more employees than a year earlier: 66 (08/2026) against 54 (08/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Henrik Vestergaard Laursen (board member, 31/10/2025), Jesper Nybo Stenager (director, 31/10/2025) and Jonatan Bastrup Gonge (chair of the board, 31/10/2025) (+2).
- Stepped down: Karsten Buchhave (board member, 31/10/2025), Edvin Andersen (board member, 31/10/2025) and Karsten Buchhave (director, 31/10/2025) (+2).
Registrations, last 24 months
- 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Manufacture of gas (352100)
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 | not stated | not stated | 437,959 | 305,619 | 207,682 | 337,197 | +62.4% |
| Gross profit | 47,141 | 83,518 | 111,694 | 85,264 | 57,980 | 83,692 | +44.3% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 29,907 | 54,278 | 93,574 | 56,028 | 21,763 | 26,119 | +20% |
| Profit before tax | 33,919 | 58,127 | 98,922 | 69,938 | 26,333 | 37,984 | +44.2% |
| Net profit | 26,432 | 44,989 | 77,160 | 53,901 | 20,367 | 30,608 | +50.3% |
| Total assets | 342,119 | 360,895 | 458,522 | 513,893 | 644,266 | 878,567 | +36.4% |
| Equity | 172,735 | 217,490 | 284,650 | 303,550 | 314,727 | 320,335 | +1.8% |
| Liabilities | 164,687 | 131,211 | 145,842 | 173,627 | 318,140 | 539,032 | +69.4% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 8,700 | 41,398 | 42 | 192 | 521 | 1,770 | +239.7% |
| Average number of employees | 27 | 23 | 27 | 35 | 38 | 47 | +23.7% |
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. Revenue is not stated for 2020, 2021: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.
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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 | 01/01/2025 – 31/12/2025 | 10/07/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024 | 30/06/2025 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 03/07/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 05/07/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021 | 27/06/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020 | 24/06/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
54 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in manufacture of gas based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 5m, net profit −DKK 1.9m, equity DKK 39.3m, 5 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison | No. 898of 4,412 Better than 80% | No. 220of 4,466 Better than 95% |
| Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison | No. 858of 24,791 Better than 97% | No. 523of 24,909 Better than 98% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 1,847of 17,786 Better than 90% | No. 996of 18,024 Better than 94% |
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 gas- Bigadan A/SDKK 83.7m
- BioCirc Vinkel Biogas ApSDKK 59.7m
- Shell Biogas A/SDKK 51.1m
- Bigadan A/SDKK 30.6m
- BioCirc Vinkel Biogas ApSDKK 14.6m
- Shell Biogas A/S−DKK 697.1m
- Bigadan A/SDKK 320.3m
- BioCirc Vinkel Biogas ApSDKK 113.9m
- Shell Biogas A/SDKK 3.8bn
- Bigadan A/S66
- BioCirc Vinkel Biogas ApS27
- Shell Biogas A/S488
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership RegisterManagement
5 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Henrik Vestergaard Laursen | CEO | 01/07/2020 |
| Jesper Nybo Stenager | Director | 31/10/2025 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Henrik Vestergaard Laursen | Board member | 31/10/2025 |
| Jonatan Bastrup Gonge | Chair of the board | 31/10/2025 |
| Torben Ravn Pedersen | Board member | 24/04/2026 |
- Founders
- Bigadan Holding ApS
Former management (18)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karsten Buchhave | Board member | 14/04/2000 | 31/10/2025 |
| Karsten Buchhave | Director | 14/04/2000 | 11/03/2019 |
| Susanne Beck Nielsen | Board member | 14/04/2000 | 16/01/2016 |
| Erwin Henoch Roloff | Director | 14/04/2000 | 02/02/2001 |
| Willi August Johann Müller | Chair of the board | 14/04/2000 | 02/05/2002 |
| Claus Peter Schrum | Board member | 14/04/2000 | 20/01/2003 |
| Heiko Labusch | Board member | 02/05/2002 | 11/12/2003 |
| Heinz Ulrich Wogart | Board member | 20/01/2003 | 11/12/2003 |
| Armin Weis | Board member | 11/12/2003 | 02/04/2004 |
| Karl-Wilhelm Giersberg | Board member | 11/12/2003 | 02/04/2004 |
| Ghita Cordsen Nielsen | Board member | 02/04/2004 | 22/07/2021 |
| Emma Cordsen Buchhave | Board member | 16/01/2016 | 22/07/2021 |
| Karsten Buchhave | CEO | 12/03/2019 | 30/06/2020 |
| Henrik Vestergaard Laursen | Director | 12/03/2019 | 30/06/2020 |
| Edvin Andersen | Board member | 24/06/2019 | 31/10/2025 |
| Karsten Buchhave | Director | 01/07/2020 | 31/10/2025 |
| Nigel David Hildyard | Board member | 22/07/2021 | 31/10/2025 |
| Steffen Varisbøl | Board member | 31/10/2025 | 24/04/2026 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør, eller af den samlede bestyrelse i forening.
Address and production units
3 active production unitsDronning Sophies Allé 7A
8660 Skanderborg
Skanderborg Municipality · Postcode 8660
Other companies at the address (7)
- Solrød Bioenergi ApSWholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products
- Fangel Bioenergi ApSManufacture of gas
- Herning Bioenergi ApSManufacture of gas
- Kalundborg Bioenergi ApSManufacture of gas
- Bornholms Bioenergi ApSProduction of electricity from renewable sources
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| SBS Kliplev | Hjerneshøjvej 10, 6200 Aabenraa | 14 | 1027303729 |
| Kalundborg Bioenergi A/S | Asnæsvej 14A, 4400 Kalundborg | 1 | 1023737333 |
| Solrød Biogas A/S | Åmarken 6, Jersie, 4623 Lille Skensved | 1 | 1020519521 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er drift af biogasanlæg, investerings- og finansieringsvirksomhed samt enhver anden aktivitet, der efter bestyrelsens skøn står i forbindelse hermed.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
61 registered events20263 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
- ManagementTorben Ravn Pedersen appointed board member
- ManagementSteffen Varisbøl stepped down as board member
202510 changesmanagement 8 · accounts 1 · industry 1
- ManagementSteffen Varisbøl appointed board member
- ManagementJonatan Bastrup Gonge appointed chair of the board
- ManagementJesper Nybo Stenager appointed director
- ManagementHenrik Vestergaard Laursen appointed board member
- ManagementNigel David Hildyard stepped down as board member
- ManagementKarsten Buchhave stepped down as director
- ManagementEdvin Andersen stepped down as board member
- ManagementKarsten Buchhave stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
- IndustryIndustry changed to Manufacture of gas (352100)
20242 changesaddress 1 · accounts 1
- AddressMoved to Dronning Sophies Allé 7A, Skanderborg Bakker, 8660 Skanderborg
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
20214 changesmanagement 3 · accounts 1
- ManagementNigel David Hildyard appointed board member
- ManagementEmma Cordsen Buchhave stepped down as board member
- ManagementGhita Cordsen Nielsen stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
20204 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementKarsten Buchhave appointed director
- ManagementHenrik Vestergaard Laursen appointed ceo
- ManagementHenrik Vestergaard Laursen stepped down as director
- ManagementKarsten Buchhave stepped down as ceo
20194 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementEdvin Andersen appointed board member
- ManagementHenrik Vestergaard Laursen appointed director
- ManagementKarsten Buchhave appointed ceo
- ManagementKarsten Buchhave stepped down as director
20181 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to Vroldvej 168, 8660 Skanderborg
20162 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementEmma Cordsen Buchhave appointed board member
- ManagementSusanne Beck Nielsen stepped down as board member
20151 changeindustry 1
- IndustryIndustry changed to Anden bygge- og anlægsvirksomhed, som kræver specialisering (439990)
20141 changeindustry 1
- IndustryIndustry changed to Construction of utility projects for fluids (422100)
20131 changeownership 1
- OwnershipBIGADAN HOLDING ApS registered as owner (100%)
20081 changeindustry 1
- IndustryIndustry changed to Anden anlægsvirksomhed (429000)
20071 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to Vroldvej 168, 8660 Skanderborg
20043 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementGhita Cordsen Nielsen appointed board member
- ManagementKarl-Wilhelm Giersberg stepped down as board member
- ManagementArmin Weis stepped down as board member
20036 changesmanagement 6
- ManagementKarl-Wilhelm Giersberg appointed board member
- ManagementArmin Weis appointed board member
- ManagementHeinz Ulrich Wogart stepped down as board member
- ManagementHeiko Labusch stepped down as board member
- ManagementHeinz Ulrich Wogart appointed board member
- ManagementClaus Peter Schrum stepped down as board member
20022 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementHeiko Labusch appointed board member
- ManagementWilli August Johann Müller stepped down as chair of the board
20011 changemanagement 1
- ManagementErwin Henoch Roloff stepped down as director
200012 changescapital 2 · name 1 · management 6 · industry 2 · founded 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 16,780 EUR to 100,000 EUR
- NameName changed from BIGADAN ApS to BIGADAN A/S
- CapitalShare capital changed from 125,000 DKK to 16,780 EUR
- ManagementKarsten Buchhave appointed board member
- ManagementKarsten Buchhave appointed director
- ManagementClaus Peter Schrum appointed board member
- ManagementWilli August Johann Müller appointed chair of the board
- ManagementErwin Henoch Roloff appointed director
- ManagementSusanne Beck Nielsen appointed board member
- IndustryIndustry changed to Fremstilling af ovne og fyringsaggregater (292100)
- IndustryIndustry changed to Gasforsyning (402000)
- FoundedRegistered as BIGADAN ApS
Related companies
Same industry in Skanderborg
- Herning Bioenergi ApS12 employees
- Fangel Bioenergi ApS12 employees
- Kalundborg Bioenergi ApS10 employees
- Nysted Bioenergi ApS5 employees
Same people in management
- AL Sydbank A/Svia Susanne Beck Nielsen
- Mind Energy A/Svia Jesper Nybo Stenager
- Stibo Systems A/Svia Jesper Nybo Stenager
- Aquagain - Folding Smed A/Svia Karsten Buchhave
- Ec Power A/Svia Karsten Buchhave
- Samtank A/Svia Jesper Nybo Stenager
Largest in the industry
- BioCirc Vinkel Biogas ApSDKK 59.7m
- Shell Biogas A/SDKK 51.1m
- LBT Agro A/SDKK 37m
- Agri Energy Vrå P/SDKK 36.2m
- Ribe Biogas A/SDKK 34.5m
- Greenlab Skive Biogas ApSDKK 33.1m
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 24/10/2026. The company is protected against advertising; contact details are not shown, and the data must not be used for marketing.