Brdr. Holst Sørensen A/S
Public limited companyCVR 47807417RibeActive
Brdr. Holst Sørensen A/S is a public limited company, based in Ribe, active in wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies, founded in 1973. With 59 employees, the company is about 6 times larger than the industry median. Equity grew to DKK 60.7m in 2025. Gross profit is higher than that of 86% of the companies in the industry in the database.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit fell 8% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 30.6m.
- Net profit fell 4% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 10.2m.
- Equity rose 18% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 60.7m.
Employees
- 6 fewer employees than a year earlier: 59 (07/2026) against 65 (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 2020–2025 · amounts in DKK thousandEquity and net profit
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 292,331 | 304,919 | 343,290 | not stated | not stated | not stated | – |
| Gross profit | 29,396 | 30,586 | 34,243 | 35,856 | 33,171 | 30,622 | −7.7% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | – | 16,515 | 18,411 | 19,632 | 16,116 | 14,328 | −11.1% |
| Profit before tax | 15,234 | 15,299 | 17,804 | 17,958 | 13,741 | 13,121 | −4.5% |
| Net profit | 11,877 | 11,922 | 13,872 | 14,002 | 10,685 | 10,234 | −4.2% |
| Total assets | 93,165 | 83,637 | 96,041 | 139,546 | 126,407 | 110,577 | −12.5% |
| Equity | 18,389 | 27,311 | 36,426 | 47,628 | 51,515 | 60,748 | +17.9% |
| Liabilities | 71,464 | 54,060 | 57,564 | 89,258 | 71,947 | 47,344 | −34.2% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 655 | 5,858 | 5,071 | 57 | 13 | 17 | +30.8% |
| Average number of employees | 60 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 57 | 53 | −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 2023, 2024, 2025: 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 | 10/06/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024 | 30/04/2025 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 07/05/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 01/04/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021 | 17/05/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020 | 10/05/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
230 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 6.9m, net profit DKK 958k, equity DKK 6.6m, 10 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. 2,737of 4,412 Better than 38% | No. 1,039of 4,466 Better than 77% |
| Same industry and 50–199 employees21 companies in the comparison | No. 21of 21 Better than 0% | No. 7of 21 Better than 70% |
| Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison | No. 2,109of 10,152 Better than 79% | No. 1,779of 10,275 Better than 83% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 4,335of 17,786 Better than 76% | No. 3,168of 18,024 Better than 82% |
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
Wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies- Brdr. Holst Sørensen A/SDKK 30.6m
- Semler Agro A/SDKK 150m
- TBS Maskinpower ApSDKK 142.9m
- Brdr. Holst Sørensen A/SDKK 10.2m
- Semler Agro A/S−DKK 26.3m
- TBS Maskinpower ApS−DKK 2.4m
- Brdr. Holst Sørensen A/SDKK 60.7m
- Semler Agro A/SDKK 238.2m
- TBS Maskinpower ApSDKK 129.4m
- Brdr. Holst Sørensen A/S59
- Semler Agro A/S284
- TBS Maskinpower ApS187
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership Register- Jwj Invest Rødding ApS25%
- Arbjerg Andersen Holding ApS25%
- CFP Invest ApS25%
- Lhs Obbekær ApS25%
Management
5 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Flemming Bjødstrup Madsen | Director | 08/06/2021 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Lars Holst Sørensen | Board member | 03/05/2004 |
| Johan Willi Jønsson | Board member | 14/01/2015 |
| Lars Arbjerg Andersen | Board member | 14/01/2015 |
| Christian Hult Friis Petersen | Board member | 14/04/2021 |
Former management (12)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vagn Holst Sørensen | Board member | 27/06/1973 | 29/11/2006 |
| Vagn Holst Sørensen | Director | 27/06/1973 | 29/11/2006 |
| Kristian Holst Sørensen | Board member | 27/06/1973 | 03/05/2004 |
| Kristian Holst Sørensen | Director | 27/06/1973 | 01/07/1998 |
| Eva Sørensen | Board member | 27/06/1973 | 18/12/1992 |
| Aase Lund Sørensen | Board member | 27/06/1973 | 18/12/1992 |
| Søren Holst Sørensen | Board member | 27/06/1973 | 01/06/2022 |
| Lars Hedebo | Board member | 27/06/1973 | 08/06/2021 |
| Lars Hedebo | Director | 27/06/1973 | 08/06/2021 |
| Søren Marinus Nielsen | Board member | 27/06/1973 | 14/04/2021 |
| Svend Fillipsen Sørensen | Board member | 27/06/1973 | 28/06/2013 |
| Aage Hede-Jensen | Board member | 27/06/1973 | 30/06/2009 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af 3 medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening eller af en direktør alene.
Address and production units
1 active production unitsObbekjærvej 105
6760 Ribe
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRDR HOLST SØRENSEN A/S | Obbekjærvej 105, Obbekjær, 6760 Ribe | 56 | 1003089831 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive handel med nye og brugte landbrugsmaskiner, herunder im- og export heraf, herunder iøvrigt drive industri og financiering og anden dermed beslægtet virksomhed.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
74 registered events20261 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
20251 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
20241 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
202217 changescapital 2 · ownership 13 · management 1 · accounts 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 1,664,750 DKK to 1,666,000 DKK
- OwnershipLHS OBBEKÆR ApS registered as owner (25%)
- OwnershipLHS OBBEKÆR ApS is no longer registered as owner
- CapitalShare capital changed from 2,080,000 DKK to 1,664,750 DKK
- ManagementSøren Holst Sørensen stepped down as board member
- OwnershipBRDR. HOLST SØRENSEN A/S registered as owner (15%)
- OwnershipBRDR. HOLST SØRENSEN A/S is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipCFP Invest ApS registered as owner (25%)
- OwnershipARBJERG ANDERSEN HOLDING ApS registered as owner (25%)
- OwnershipJWJ INVEST RØDDING ApS registered as owner (25%)
- OwnershipLHS OBBEKÆR ApS registered as owner (20%)
- OwnershipSHS INVEST ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipJWJ INVEST RØDDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipARBJERG ANDERSEN HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipCFP Invest ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipLHS OBBEKÆR ApS is no longer registered as owner
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
202117 changescapital 2 · management 5 · ownership 9 · accounts 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 2,497,750 DKK to 2,080,000 DKK
- ManagementFlemming Bjødstrup Madsen appointed director
- ManagementLars Hedebo stepped down as board member
- ManagementLars Hedebo stepped down as director
- OwnershipJWJ INVEST RØDDING ApS registered as owner (20%)
- OwnershipARBJERG ANDERSEN HOLDING ApS registered as owner (20%)
- OwnershipCFP Invest ApS registered as owner (20%)
- OwnershipBRDR. HOLST SØRENSEN A/S is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipCFP Invest ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipARBJERG ANDERSEN HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipJWJ INVEST RØDDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipBRDR. HOLST SØRENSEN A/S registered as owner (15%)
- OwnershipLH INVESTMENT ApS is no longer registered as owner
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
- CapitalShare capital changed from 2,499,000 DKK to 2,497,750 DKK
- ManagementChristian Hult Friis Petersen appointed board member
- ManagementSøren Marinus Nielsen stepped down as board member
20202 changesownership 2
- OwnershipCFP Invest ApS registered as owner (15%)
- OwnershipSØRMANI HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
20152 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementJohan Willi Jønsson appointed board member
- ManagementLars Arbjerg Andersen appointed board member
20147 changescapital 1 · ownership 6
- CapitalShare capital changed from 1,666,000 DKK to 2,499,000 DKK
- OwnershipARBJERG ANDERSEN HOLDING ApS registered as owner (15%)
- OwnershipJWJ INVEST RØDDING ApS registered as owner (15%)
- OwnershipSHS INVEST ApS registered as owner (15%)
- OwnershipLHS OBBEKÆR ApS registered as owner (15%)
- OwnershipSØRMANI HOLDING ApS registered as owner (15%)
- OwnershipLH INVESTMENT ApS registered as owner (15%)
20131 changemanagement 1
- ManagementSvend Fillipsen Sørensen stepped down as board member
20092 changescapital 1 · management 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 2,000,000 DKK to 1,666,000 DKK
- ManagementAage Hede-Jensen stepped down as board member
20081 changeindustry 1
- IndustryIndustry changed to Wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies (466100)
20071 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to Obbekjærvej 105, Obbekjær, 6760 Ribe
20062 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementVagn Holst Sørensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementVagn Holst Sørensen stepped down as director
20042 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementLars Holst Sørensen appointed board member
- ManagementKristian Holst Sørensen stepped down as board member
19981 changemanagement 1
- ManagementKristian Holst Sørensen stepped down as director
19922 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementAase Lund Sørensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementEva Sørensen stepped down as board member
197313 changesfounded 1 · management 12
- FoundedRegistered as BRDR. HOLST SØRENSEN A/S
- ManagementAase Lund Sørensen appointed board member
- ManagementSøren Holst Sørensen appointed board member
- ManagementLars Hedebo appointed board member
- ManagementVagn Holst Sørensen appointed board member
- ManagementSøren Marinus Nielsen appointed board member
- ManagementSvend Fillipsen Sørensen appointed board member
- ManagementAage Hede-Jensen appointed board member
- ManagementLars Hedebo appointed director
- ManagementVagn Holst Sørensen appointed director
- ManagementKristian Holst Sørensen appointed board member
- ManagementKristian Holst Sørensen appointed director
- ManagementEva Sørensen appointed board member
Related companies
Same industry in Esbjerg
- Hvamø A/S14 employees
- Gørding Smede- og Maskinforretning ApS10 employees
- ST Maskintech ApS6 employees
- Toxværd Maskinforretning ApS4 employees
- Jmj Brørup ApS3 employees
Largest in the industry
- Semler Agro A/SDKK 150m
- TBS Maskinpower ApSDKK 142.9m
- Cnh Industrial Danmark A/SDKK 141.4m
- Delaval A/SDKK 133.2m
- Kramp Danmark A/SDKK 119.1m
- Grimme Skandinavien A/SDKK 94.9m
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.