Bryggeriet Kølster ApS

Private limited companyCVR 34090122HumlebækActive

Bryggeriet Kølster ApS is a private limited company, based in Humlebæk, active in manufacture of beer, founded in 2011. The company made a loss in both 2024 and 2025, most recently DKK 1m. With 10 employees, the company is about 3 times larger than the industry median. Equity grew to DKK 19.3m in 2025.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 1.7m+44.8% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 1m+14.7% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 19.3m+479.8% vs. 2024
Employees10latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 45% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.7m.
  • The loss got smaller: from DKK 1.2m to DKK 1m (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity rose 480% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 19.3m.

Employees

  • 5 more employees than a year earlier: 10 (08/2026) against 5 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Mikkel Bethlowsky Rasmussen (board member, 10/12/2024), Per Kølster (board member, 10/12/2024) and Jesper Teichert Marcussen (board member, 11/03/2025) (+7).
  • Stepped down: Harald Hvalkof Kristensen (director, 09/06/2026), Thomas Alexander North Harttung (chair of the board, 10/03/2025) and Jens Peter Bredholt (board member, 11/03/2025).
  • New owners registered: Thomas Harttung A/S (11/03/2025), Mens et Manus ApS (11/03/2025) and Bethlowsky & Co ApS (11/03/2025) (+1).
  • No longer registered as owner: Per Kølster Holding af 2012 ApS (11/03/2025), Thomas Harttung A/S (10/03/2025) and Mens et Manus ApS (10/03/2025) (+1).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 23/07/2026: Share capital changed from 16,981,668 DKK to 17,124,168 DKK
  • 30/10/2025: Name changed from KØLSTER - MALT OG ØL ApS to Bryggeriet Kølster ApS
  • 11/03/2025: Share capital changed from 4,430,000 DKK to 16,981,668 DKK

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 5mDKK 0DKK 5mDKK 10mDKK 15mDKK 20m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Bryggeriet Kølster ApS
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue3,2173,7684,7814,6874,964not stated–
Gross profit1,8861,7501,4661,1751,1891,722+44.8%
Operating profit (EBIT)−78−169−280−551−1,199−1,671−39.4%
Profit before tax−84−173−328−678−1,266−1,723−36.1%
Net profit−66−133−258−550−1,231−1,050+14.7%
Total assets3,8274,1365,3766,4215,23821,212+305%
Equity2,6452,5122,2554,5553,32419,274+479.8%
Liabilities1,0961,5783,1211,8661,9141,939+1.3%
Cash and cash equivalents6368601,435077–
Average number of employees3333440%

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 2025: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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Gross profitMedian, the industry (67 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures
  • Loss for 6 years in a row

    Net result has been negative in 2020–2025.

    How is this calculated?

    Net result is negative in the two or more 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 Bryggeriet Kølster ApS
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202501/05/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202426/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202328/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202230/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202130/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202006/07/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

67 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in manufacture of beer based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 1.7mNo. 37 of 67
Better than 45% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 19.3mNo. 7 of 67
Better than 91% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees10No. 28 of 67
Better than 59% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.8m, net profit DKK 26,701, equity DKK 881k, 3 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 466kDKK 2.2mDKK 10.1mDKK 28.1mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 62 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. 34,038of 69,742
Better than 51%
No. 5,924of 69,964
Better than 92%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees55 companies in the comparison
No. 25of 55
Better than 56%
No. 3of 55
Better than 96%
Companies that are between 5 and 14 years old33,688 companies in the comparison
No. 18,327of 33,588
Better than 45%
No. 2,370of 33,687
Better than 93%
All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison
No. 32,905of 66,379
Better than 50%
No. 4,348of 66,505
Better than 93%

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 beer
Gross profit
  1. Bryggeriet Kølster ApSDKK 1.7m
  2. Hancock Bryggerierne A/SDKK 47m
  3. To Øl ApSDKK 36.6m
Net profit
  1. Bryggeriet Kølster ApS−DKK 1m
  2. Hancock Bryggerierne A/SDKK 5.6m
  3. To Øl ApSDKK 96,018
Equity
  1. Bryggeriet Kølster ApSDKK 19.3m
  2. Hancock Bryggerierne A/SDKK 32.2m
  3. To Øl ApSDKK 20.2m
Employees
  1. Bryggeriet Kølster ApS10
  2. Hancock Bryggerierne A/S84
  3. To Øl ApS91

Latest financial year per company. Choose up to three companies from the largest in the industry.

Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Thomas Harttung A/S15%
  • Mens et Manus ApS10%
  • Bethlowsky & Co ApS10%
  • Investeringsselskabet af 6. marts 2025 ApS50%
Bryggeriet Kølster ApS

Management

8 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Bryggeriet Kølster ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Christian BrandtCEO08/06/2026

Board of directors

Board of directors at Bryggeriet Kølster ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Mikkel Bethlowsky RasmussenBoard member10/12/2024
Per KølsterBoard member10/12/2024
Jesper Teichert MarcussenBoard member11/03/2025
Slim BourichaBoard member11/03/2025
Esben Bay JørgensenChair of the board11/03/2025
Thomas Alexander North HarttungBoard member11/03/2025
Christian BrandtBoard member11/03/2025
Founders
Per Kølster
Former management (4)
Former management at Bryggeriet Kølster ApS
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Per KølsterDirector22/12/201130/04/2023
Harald Hvalkof KristensenDirector01/05/202309/06/2026
Thomas Alexander North HarttungChair of the board10/12/202410/03/2025
Jens Peter BredholtBoard member10/12/202411/03/2025

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør sammen med bestyrelsens formand eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

2 active production units

Krogerupvej 3C
3050 Humlebæk

Fredensborg Municipality · Postcode 3050

Other companies at the address (1)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Bryggeriet Kølster ApSKrogerupvej 3C, 3050 Humlebæk41017360678
Kølster malteriEsrum Søvej 33, 3080 Tikøb–1029204604

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive virksomhed med produktion af malt og brygning af øl, og andre dikkevarer, samt enhver i forbindelse hermed stående virksomhed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

50 registered events
20264 changescapital 1 · management 2 · accounts 1
  • Share capital changed from 16,981,668 DKK to 17,124,168 DKK
  • Harald Hvalkof Kristensen stepped down as director
  • Christian Brandt appointed ceo
  • Annual report for 2025 published
202518 changesname 1 · accounts 1 · capital 1 · management 7 · ownership 8
  • Name changed from KØLSTER - MALT OG ØL ApS to Bryggeriet Kølster ApS
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Share capital changed from 4,430,000 DKK to 16,981,668 DKK
  • Slim Bouricha appointed board member
  • Thomas Alexander North Harttung appointed board member
  • Christian Brandt appointed board member
  • Jesper Teichert Marcussen appointed board member
  • Esben Bay Jørgensen appointed chair of the board
  • Jens Peter Bredholt stepped down as board member
  • THOMAS HARTTUNG A/S registered as owner (15%)
  • Investeringsselskabet af 6. marts 2025 ApS registered as owner (50%)
  • BETHLOWSKY & CO ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • Mens et Manus ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • PER KØLSTER HOLDING AF 2012 ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Thomas Alexander North Harttung stepped down as chair of the board
  • Mens et Manus ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • THOMAS HARTTUNG A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • BETHLOWSKY & CO ApS is no longer registered as owner
20245 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1
  • Mikkel Bethlowsky Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Thomas Alexander North Harttung appointed chair of the board
  • Jens Peter Bredholt appointed board member
  • Per Kølster appointed board member
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20238 changescapital 1 · ownership 4 · accounts 1 · management 2
  • Share capital changed from 3,000,000 DKK to 4,430,000 DKK
  • Mens et Manus ApS registered as owner (20%)
  • THOMAS HARTTUNG A/S registered as owner (33.33%)
  • BETHLOWSKY & CO ApS registered as owner (20%)
  • THOMAS HARTTUNG A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Harald Hvalkof Kristensen appointed director
  • Per Kølster stepped down as director
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20195 changescapital 1 · ownership 4
  • Share capital changed from 1,080,000 DKK to 3,000,000 DKK
  • PER KØLSTER HOLDING AF 2012 ApS registered as owner (5%)
  • THOMAS HARTTUNG A/S registered as owner (90%)
  • THOMAS HARTTUNG A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • PER KØLSTER HOLDING AF 2012 ApS is no longer registered as owner
20174 changescapital 1 · ownership 3
  • Share capital changed from 80,000 DKK to 1,080,000 DKK
  • THOMAS HARTTUNG A/S registered as owner (90%)
  • PER KØLSTER HOLDING AF 2012 ApS registered as owner (5%)
  • PER KØLSTER HOLDING AF 2012 ApS is no longer registered as owner
20121 changeownership 1
  • PER KØLSTER HOLDING AF 2012 ApS registered as owner (100%)
20113 changesindustry 1 · management 1 · founded 1
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of beer (110500)
  • Per Kølster appointed director
  • Registered as KØLSTER - MALT OG ØL ApS

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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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