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Bookboon ApS

Private limited companyCVR 28852444FrederiksbergActive

Bookboon ApS is a private limited company, based in Frederiksberg, active in book publishing, founded in 2005. Net profit rose 477% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 23.6m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 6 of 104 companies in the industry in the database. Equity grew to DKK 30.8m in 2025.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 30.8m+111.1% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 23.6m+476.9% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 30.8m+328.9% vs. 2024
Employees6latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 111% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 30.8m.
  • Net profit rose 477% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 23.6m.
  • Equity rose 329% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 30.8m.

Employees

  • 5 fewer employees than a year earlier: 6 (08/2026) against 11 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Elliot David James Gowans (director, 03/07/2025), Elizabeth Helen Brownell (board member, 12/08/2026) and Patrick Jon Seeley (chair of the board, 12/08/2026).
  • Stepped down: Adam John Witherow Brown (chair of the board, 12/08/2026), Robert Hugh Binns (board member, 12/08/2026) and Marko Perisic (director, 03/07/2025).

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 2019–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

−DKK 5mDKK 0DKK 5mDKK 10mDKK 15mDKK 20mDKK 25mDKK 30m201920202021202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Bookboon ApS
201920202021202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit5,5476,3368,32718,20714,59230,806+111.1%
Operating profit (EBIT)4931,9412,3311,3354,62025,671+455.6%
Profit before tax3881,7512,6351,1335,12029,165+469.6%
Net profit3031,3662,055−6514,09123,600+476.9%
Total assets32,66240,47747,76261,85062,85185,913+36.7%
Equity3151,6813,7363,0857,17630,776+328.9%
Liabilities32,34738,79644,02658,76555,67555,137−1%
Cash and cash equivalents146,8027,8414,3043,4126,159+80.5%
Average number of employees879131311−15.4%

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. Revenue is not stated for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures. The register has no financial statements for 2022 (changed financial year or not filed).

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DKK 0DKK 5mDKK 10mDKK 15mDKK 20mDKK 25mDKK 30m201920202021202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (104 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Bookboon ApS
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/07/2024 – 30/06/202529/01/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/07/2023 – 30/06/202410/01/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2022 – 30/06/202325/01/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202130/05/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202014/07/2021The companyPDFXBRL
201901/01/2019 – 31/12/201931/08/2020The companyPDFXBRL

The figures from all the annual reports are shown on this page. The documents themselves (PDF and XBRL, the machine-readable edition) are downloaded with a Pro account: sign in or create a free account, and then choose Pro. XBRL is the edition the figures on the page are read from.

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 30.8mNo. 6 of 104
Better than 95% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 30.8mNo. 9 of 104
Better than 92% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees6No. 18 of 104
Better than 83% 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 fewer than 20 employees69,967 companies in the comparison
No. 848of 69,742
Better than 99%
No. 4,390of 69,964
Better than 94%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees92 companies in the comparison
No. 1of 92
Better than 100%
No. 3of 92
Better than 98%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 2,297of 24,791
Better than 91%
No. 3,325of 24,909
Better than 87%
All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison
No. 1,379of 66,379
Better than 98%
No. 3,106of 66,505
Better than 95%

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. Bookboon ApSDKK 30.8m
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 355.7m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 316.1m
Net profit
  1. Bookboon ApSDKK 23.6m
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 40.8m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 13.1m
Equity
  1. Bookboon ApSDKK 30.8m
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 402.9m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 216.2m
Employees
  1. Bookboon ApS6
  2. Gyldendal A/S427
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/S321

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Bookboon Corporate A/S100%
Bookboon ApS

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Bookboon ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Elliot David James GowansDirector03/07/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at Bookboon ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Michael James AudisBoard member25/05/2022
Elizabeth Helen BrownellBoard member12/08/2026
Patrick Jon SeeleyChair of the board12/08/2026
Founders
Niels Kristian Buus Madsen, Niels Thomas Buus Madsen
Former management (14)
Former management at Bookboon ApS
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Niels Kristian Buus MadsenBoard member01/10/200608/02/2016
Niels Thomas Buus MadsenBoard member01/10/200625/05/2022
Thorsten Erik RamsingChair of the board01/10/200607/02/2016
Thorsten Erik RamsingCEO14/06/201101/09/2013
Niels Kristian Buus MadsenCEO01/09/201331/10/2023
Niels Thomas Buus MadsenDirector01/12/201331/10/2023
Thorsten Erik RamsingBoard member08/02/201625/05/2022
Jesper JarlbækChair of the board08/02/201625/05/2022
Jannick Birger PedersenBoard member08/02/201625/05/2022
Lars Fløe NielsenBoard member08/02/201625/05/2022
Niels Kristian Buus MadsenBoard member25/05/202231/10/2023
Adam John Witherow BrownChair of the board25/05/202212/08/2026
Robert Hugh BinnsBoard member25/05/202212/08/2026
Marko PerisicDirector31/10/202303/07/2025

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af bestyrelsesformanden i forening med et bestyrelsesmedlem, af bestyrelsesformanden i forening med en direktør eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Falkoner Alle 1
2000 Frederiksberg

Frederiksberg Municipality · Postcode 2000

Other companies at the address (2)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Bookboon ApSFalkoner Alle 1, 2, 2000 Frederiksberg61011494974

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive forlagsvirksomhed og hermed efter ledelsens skøn beslægtet virksomhed

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

53 registered events
20265 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1
  • Patrick Jon Seeley appointed chair of the board
  • Elizabeth Helen Brownell appointed board member
  • Adam John Witherow Brown stepped down as chair of the board
  • Robert Hugh Binns stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20253 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Elliot David James Gowans appointed director
  • Marko Perisic stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20234 changesmanagement 4
  • Marko Perisic appointed director
  • Niels Kristian Buus Madsen stepped down as board member
  • Niels Thomas Buus Madsen stepped down as director
  • Niels Kristian Buus Madsen stepped down as ceo
202210 changesaccounts 1 · management 9
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Adam John Witherow Brown appointed chair of the board
  • Michael James Audis appointed board member
  • Niels Kristian Buus Madsen appointed board member
  • Robert Hugh Binns appointed board member
  • Lars Fløe Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Thorsten Erik Ramsing stepped down as board member
  • Jesper Jarlbæk stepped down as chair of the board
  • Jannick Birger Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Niels Thomas Buus Madsen stepped down as board member
20213 changesaccounts 1 · address 2
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Moved to Falkoner Alle 1, 2, 2000 Frederiksberg
  • Moved to Falkoner Alle 1, 2, 2000 Frederiksberg
20201 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2019 published
20191 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Falkoner Alle 1, 2, 2000 Frederiksberg
20182 changesaddress 1 · name 1
  • Moved to Falkoner Alle 1, 2, 2000 Frederiksberg
  • Name changed from VENTUS PUBLISHING ApS to Bookboon ApS
20171 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Falkoner Alle 1, 2, 2000 Frederiksberg
20166 changesmanagement 6
  • Lars Fløe Nielsen appointed board member
  • Thorsten Erik Ramsing appointed board member
  • Jesper Jarlbæk appointed chair of the board
  • Jannick Birger Pedersen appointed board member
  • Niels Kristian Buus Madsen stepped down as board member
  • Thorsten Erik Ramsing stepped down as chair of the board
20141 changeownership 1
  • BOOKBOON CORPORATE A/S registered as owner (100%)
20133 changesmanagement 3
  • Niels Thomas Buus Madsen appointed director
  • Niels Kristian Buus Madsen appointed ceo
  • Thorsten Erik Ramsing stepped down as ceo
20111 changemanagement 1
  • Thorsten Erik Ramsing appointed ceo
20091 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Book publishing (581100)
20082 changesaddress 1 · industry 1
  • Moved to Falkoner Alle 7, 1. 15, 2000 Frederiksberg
  • Industry changed to Retail sale of books (476100)
20071 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 147,058 DKK to 178,571 DKK
20064 changescapital 1 · management 3
  • Share capital changed from 125,000 DKK to 147,058 DKK
  • Niels Kristian Buus Madsen appointed board member
  • Thorsten Erik Ramsing appointed chair of the board
  • Niels Thomas Buus Madsen appointed board member
20053 changesindustry 1 · name 1 · founded 1
  • Industry changed to Bog- og papirhandlere (524700)
  • Name changed from VENTUS PUBLISHING ApS UNDER STIFTELSE to VENTUS PUBLISHING ApS
  • Registered as VENTUS PUBLISHING ApS UNDER STIFTELSE

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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.

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