Bureau Veritas Denmark A/S
Public limited companyCVR 16930431FredericiaActive
Bureau Veritas Denmark A/S is a public limited company, based in Fredericia, active in other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c., founded in 1993. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 2 of 309 companies in the industry in the database. Profit has grown three years in a row. With 161 employees, the company is about 81 times larger than the industry median.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit rose 8% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 149.1m.
- Revenue rose 3% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 259.6m.
- Net profit rose 4% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 17.3m.
- Equity rose 4% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 18.7m.
Employees
- 3 more employees than a year earlier: 161 (08/2026) against 158 (08/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Gitte Popp Schwabe (board member, 01/07/2026), Gitte Popp Schwabe (ceo, 01/07/2026) and Mette Wejs Nistrup Bojsen (board member, 08/09/2025) (+1).
- Stepped down: Jacob Færgemand Nielsen (ceo, 08/09/2025), Jacob Færgemand Nielsen (board member, 08/09/2025) and Mette Wejs Nistrup Bojsen (board member, 01/07/2026) (+1).
- New owners registered: Bureau Veritas Certification Holding s.a. (12/05/2025), Bureau Veritas Certification Holding s.a. (10/12/2024) and Bureau Veritas S.A. (10/12/2024) (+1).
- No longer registered as owner: Bureau Veritas Certification Holding s.a. (09/12/2024), Bureau Veritas Certification Holding s.a. (11/05/2025) and Bureau Veritas S.A. (12/05/2025) (+1).
Registrations, last 24 months
- 10/12/2024: Share capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 1,349,000 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 2016–2025 · amounts in DKK thousandEquity and net profit
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 115,268 | 128,276 | 130,862 | 129,380 | 122,078 | 130,672 | 130,862 | 147,828 | 250,903 | 259,581 | +3.5% |
| Gross profit | 60,435 | 67,947 | 72,443 | 69,465 | 61,521 | 66,128 | 67,765 | 70,352 | 137,460 | 149,055 | +8.4% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 10,031 | 11,191 | 9,444 | 10,453 | 8,779 | 9,513 | 9,263 | 9,351 | 21,960 | 22,771 | +3.7% |
| Profit before tax | 9,973 | 10,802 | 9,263 | 10,256 | 8,204 | 9,484 | 8,111 | 9,088 | 21,563 | 22,405 | +3.9% |
| Net profit | 7,170 | 8,188 | 6,932 | 7,670 | 6,179 | 7,165 | 6,932 | 6,909 | 16,613 | 17,301 | +4.1% |
| Total assets | 33,997 | 33,502 | 35,071 | 32,918 | 35,804 | 36,625 | 31,508 | 35,812 | 78,997 | 80,297 | +1.6% |
| Equity | 11,356 | 9,545 | 12,477 | 8,247 | 6,726 | 7,692 | 12,477 | 7,471 | 18,033 | 18,734 | +3.9% |
| Liabilities | 22,641 | 23,958 | 22,594 | 24,671 | 29,078 | 28,933 | 24,846 | 28,341 | 60,964 | 61,563 | +1% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 238 | 152 | 1,960 | 1,187 | 0 | – | −614 | −283 | – | – | – |
| Average number of employees | 81 | 95 | 100 | 91 | 84 | 86 | 82 | 87 | 152 | 153 | +0.7% |
Source: annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority (XBRL). Group figures; change is the latest year against the year before. “–” means the figure is not stated in the annual report.
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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
10 financial years| Financial year | Period | Published | Figures for | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 01/01/2025 – 31/12/2025 | 15/07/2026 | The group | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024 | 14/07/2025 | The group | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 07/06/2024 | The group | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 16/06/2023 | The group | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021 | 13/06/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020 | 02/06/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2019 | 01/01/2019 – 31/12/2019 | 10/06/2020 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2018 | 01/01/2018 – 31/12/2018 | 29/05/2019 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2017 | 01/01/2017 – 31/12/2017 | 28/05/2018 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2016 | 01/01/2016 – 31/12/2016 | 06/06/2017 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
310 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c. based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.9m, net profit DKK 142k, equity DKK 1.1m, 2 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. 310of 4,412 Better than 93% | No. 2,265of 4,466 Better than 49% |
| Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison | No. 596of 10,152 Better than 94% | No. 3,521of 10,275 Better than 66% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 1,074of 17,786 Better than 94% | No. 6,408of 18,024 Better than 64% |
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
Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.- Bureau Veritas Denmark A/SDKK 149.1m
- Clearwater Denmark K/SDKK 251.1m
- Zacco Denmark A/SDKK 111.2m
- Bureau Veritas Denmark A/SDKK 17.3m
- Clearwater Denmark K/SDKK 134.2m
- Zacco Denmark A/SDKK 19.9m
- Bureau Veritas Denmark A/SDKK 18.7m
- Clearwater Denmark K/SDKK 76.4m
- Zacco Denmark A/SDKK 110.7m
- Bureau Veritas Denmark A/S161
- Clearwater Denmark K/S56
- Zacco Denmark A/S102
Latest financial year per company. Choose up to three companies from the largest in the industry.
Owners and group
from the Public Ownership Register- Bureau Veritas Certification Holding s.a.100%
Management
4 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Gitte Popp Schwabe | CEO | 01/07/2026 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Augusto Raposo Abreu Lima | Chair of the board | 07/05/2019 |
| Inesa Niemi | Board member | 07/05/2024 |
| Gitte Popp Schwabe | Board member | 01/07/2026 |
- Founders
- VX 10.312 ApS, Medimex ApS, ApS Kbil 9 Nr. 1008
Former management (38)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hans Christian Galst | Board member | 01/03/1993 | 23/08/1993 |
| Ulf Svejgaard Poulsen | Chair of the board | 01/03/1993 | 23/08/1993 |
| Per Emil Hasselbalch Stakemann | Board member | 01/03/1993 | 23/08/1993 |
| Per Emil Hasselbalch Stakemann | Director | 01/03/1993 | 23/08/1993 |
| Henrik Stein | Board member | 01/03/1993 | 15/04/2004 |
| Christian Michel Francois Guinard | Board member | 01/03/1993 | 29/05/1996 |
| Sven Hauberg Nielsen | CEO | 01/03/1993 | 28/01/1998 |
| Bernard Emile Doroszczuk | Board member | 01/03/1993 | 29/05/1996 |
| Roger Michael Smith | Board member | 01/03/1993 | 21/09/1999 |
| Barry May | Board member | 29/05/1996 | 06/06/2002 |
| Pieter Coevert | Board member | 29/05/1996 | 30/03/1999 |
| Søren Juhl Christensen | Director | 28/01/1998 | 01/01/2011 |
| Alf Per Jörgen Adamson | Board member | 30/03/1999 | 15/04/2004 |
| Ian Jeffrey Day | Board member | 30/03/1999 | 15/04/2004 |
| Jean Philippe Lanternier | Chair of the board | 06/06/2002 | 01/05/2006 |
| Andrew Mark Kirkby | Board member | 06/06/2002 | 01/05/2006 |
| Søren Juhl Christensen | Board member | 01/05/2006 | 05/11/2010 |
| Hendrik Jan Vaneveld | Chair of the board | 01/05/2006 | 01/01/2007 |
| Francis Boigelot | Board member | 01/05/2006 | 05/11/2010 |
| Laurent, Philippe Bermejo | Chair of the board | 01/01/2007 | 14/06/2013 |
| Andrew Mark Kirkby | Board member | 05/11/2010 | 09/01/2012 |
| Francois Félix Adrien Chabas | Board member | 05/11/2010 | 27/05/2013 |
| Jacob Færgemand Nielsen | CEO | 01/01/2011 | 08/09/2025 |
| Jacob Færgemand Nielsen | Board member | 09/01/2012 | 08/09/2025 |
| Andrew Kirkby | Board member | 27/05/2013 | 08/07/2014 |
| Charles Johannes Gerhardus Laarhuis | Chair of the board | 14/06/2013 | 08/07/2014 |
| Paul Barry | Chair of the board | 08/07/2014 | 30/10/2015 |
| Kenneth Mar Smith | Board member | 08/07/2014 | 29/10/2015 |
| Kenneth Mar Smith | Chair of the board | 30/10/2015 | 08/01/2016 |
| Yvo Jeroen Jansen | Board member | 30/10/2015 | 23/09/2018 |
| Andrew Kirkby | Chair of the board | 08/01/2016 | 08/03/2018 |
| Romain Nicolas Adrien Petit | Chair of the board | 08/03/2018 | 24/09/2018 |
| Yvo Jeroen Jansen | Chair of the board | 24/09/2018 | 07/05/2019 |
| Augusto Raposo Abreu Lima | Board member | 24/09/2018 | 06/05/2019 |
| Richard David Bryan | Board member | 07/05/2019 | 21/12/2020 |
| Eddie Jørgen Seamus Mogensen | Board member | 21/12/2020 | 07/05/2024 |
| Mette Wejs Nistrup Bojsen | Board member | 08/09/2025 | 01/07/2026 |
| Mette Wejs Nistrup Bojsen | CEO | 08/09/2025 | 01/07/2026 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af bestyrelsens formand i forening med en direktør, to bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening eller af den samlede bestyrelse.
Address and production units
2 active production unitsOldenborggade 25
7000 Fredericia
Fredericia Municipality · Postcode 7000
Other companies at the address (1)
- Bureau Veritas Solutions Denmark A/SOther technical consultancy
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bureau Veritas Denmark A/S | Oldenborggade 25, 7000 Fredericia | 125 | 1001186820 |
| BUREAU VERITAS CERTIFICATION DENMARK A/S Bygning 4 | Vesterbrogade 149, 1620 København V | 34 | 1005272603 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at fremme, opmuntre og sikre en udsøgt høj standard og designkvalitet, konstruktion, fremstillings- og fabrikationsvirksomhed samt fremstillingsprocesser og metoder, og til dette formål kan selskabet: (a) Fastlægge procedurer for certificering af systemer, ordninger, produkter eller personale og leverandør kvalitetsstyringssytemer og andre sådanne systemer, procedurer eller lignende med hensyn til, men ikke begrænset til, samtlige af de følgende brancher indenfor industri, handel, service og/eller miljøsektoren: forarbejdning af let og tungmetal og enhver anden forarbejdning af meterialer generelt, kemikalier, petrokemikalier, byggeri, olie, gas, produktion, testning, betjening, vedligeholdelse, bjærgning samt bortskaffelse af anlæg, maskineri, køretøjer, skibe, fly, luftskibe og samtlige andre fartøjer og andre mineral- eller naturforekomster, efterforskning og indvinding såvel on- og offshore, havteknik, strømfrembringelse og -fordeling, computer hardware og software fremstilling, testning, betjening, reparation og vedligholdelse, finansiering, forsikring og finansielle serviceydelser i samtlige deres respektive brancher, (b) Godkende design af, undersøge, udføre kvalitets- revision af, inspicere og rapportere om systemer til kontrol af kvaliteten af materialer, komponenter, apparater, udstyr, motorer, produktionsmetoder og processer af enhver art, med det formål at teste deres evne til at sikre overholdelse af planer, specifika- tioner, lovkrav, regler, kutymer, etablerede normer eller egnethed i forhold til særlige krav, (c) Handle på vegne af, eller som bemyndiget af, enhver regering eller anden myndighed i en sådan egenskab og i en sådan udstrækning, som det bliver aftalt under hensyntagen til lovmæssige krav, anbefalede eller etablerede normer, kutymer eller lignende, hvad enten disse er af lovmæssig eler ikke- lovmæssig karakter, (d) Foretage eller støtte udførelsen af forskning og at tilvejebringe uddannelse, uddannelsesmæssige aktiviteter af enhver art, herunder især men ikke udelukkende udgivelse af bøger, afhandlinger eller andet materiale vedrørende ethvert forhold, der er relevant for selskabets drift.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
107 registered events20265 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
- ManagementGitte Popp Schwabe appointed board member
- ManagementGitte Popp Schwabe appointed ceo
- ManagementMette Wejs Nistrup Bojsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementMette Wejs Nistrup Bojsen stepped down as ceo
202510 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1 · ownership 5
- ManagementMette Wejs Nistrup Bojsen appointed board member
- ManagementMette Wejs Nistrup Bojsen appointed ceo
- ManagementJacob Færgemand Nielsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementJacob Færgemand Nielsen stepped down as ceo
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
- OwnershipBureau Veritas International SAS registered as owner (50%)
- OwnershipBureau Veritas International SAS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipBureau Veritas Certification Holding s.a. registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipBureau Veritas S.A. is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipBureau Veritas Certification Holding s.a. is no longer registered as owner
20248 changescapital 1 · ownership 3 · accounts 1 · name 1 · management 2
- CapitalShare capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 1,349,000 DKK
- OwnershipBureau Veritas Certification Holding s.a. registered as owner (33.33%)
- OwnershipBureau Veritas S.A. registered as owner (50%)
- OwnershipBureau Veritas Certification Holding s.a. is no longer registered as owner
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
- NameName changed from BUREAU VERITAS CERTIFICATION DENMARK A/S to Bureau Veritas Denmark A/S
- ManagementInesa Niemi appointed board member
- ManagementEddie Jørgen Seamus Mogensen stepped down as board member
20231 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
20203 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
- ManagementEddie Jørgen Seamus Mogensen appointed board member
- ManagementRichard David Bryan stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2019 published
20195 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
- AccountsAnnual report for 2018 published
- ManagementAugusto Raposo Abreu Lima appointed chair of the board
- ManagementRichard David Bryan appointed board member
- ManagementYvo Jeroen Jansen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementAugusto Raposo Abreu Lima stepped down as board member
20187 changesmanagement 6 · accounts 1
- ManagementYvo Jeroen Jansen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementAugusto Raposo Abreu Lima appointed board member
- ManagementRomain Nicolas Adrien Petit stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementYvo Jeroen Jansen stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2017 published
- ManagementRomain Nicolas Adrien Petit appointed chair of the board
- ManagementAndrew Kirkby stepped down as chair of the board
20172 changesaccounts 1 · address 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2016 published
- AddressMoved to Oldenborggade 25, 7000 Fredericia
20162 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementAndrew Kirkby appointed chair of the board
- ManagementKenneth Mar Smith stepped down as chair of the board
20154 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementYvo Jeroen Jansen appointed board member
- ManagementKenneth Mar Smith appointed chair of the board
- ManagementPaul Barry stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementKenneth Mar Smith stepped down as board member
20144 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementPaul Barry appointed chair of the board
- ManagementKenneth Mar Smith appointed board member
- ManagementCharles Johannes Gerhardus Laarhuis stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementAndrew Kirkby stepped down as board member
20134 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementCharles Johannes Gerhardus Laarhuis appointed chair of the board
- ManagementLaurent, Philippe Bermejo stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementAndrew Kirkby appointed board member
- ManagementFrancois Félix Adrien Chabas stepped down as board member
20122 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementJacob Færgemand Nielsen appointed board member
- ManagementAndrew Mark Kirkby stepped down as board member
20112 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementJacob Færgemand Nielsen appointed ceo
- ManagementSøren Juhl Christensen stepped down as director
20104 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementFrancois Félix Adrien Chabas appointed board member
- ManagementAndrew Mark Kirkby appointed board member
- ManagementFrancis Boigelot stepped down as board member
- ManagementSøren Juhl Christensen stepped down as board member
20081 changeindustry 1
- IndustryIndustry changed to Andre liberale, videnskabelige og tekniske tjenesteydelser i.a.n. (749090)
20072 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementLaurent, Philippe Bermejo appointed chair of the board
- ManagementHendrik Jan Vaneveld stepped down as chair of the board
20067 changesindustry 1 · name 1 · management 5
- IndustryIndustry changed to Anden forretningsservice i.a.n. (748790)
- NameName changed from BVQI DENMARK A/S to BUREAU VERITAS CERTIFICATION DENMARK A/S
- ManagementFrancis Boigelot appointed board member
- ManagementHendrik Jan Vaneveld appointed chair of the board
- ManagementSøren Juhl Christensen appointed board member
- ManagementJean Philippe Lanternier stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementAndrew Mark Kirkby stepped down as board member
20043 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementAlf Per Jörgen Adamson stepped down as board member
- ManagementIan Jeffrey Day stepped down as board member
- ManagementHenrik Stein stepped down as board member
20023 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementJean Philippe Lanternier appointed chair of the board
- ManagementAndrew Mark Kirkby appointed board member
- ManagementBarry May stepped down as board member
19994 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementRoger Michael Smith stepped down as board member
- ManagementAlf Per Jörgen Adamson appointed board member
- ManagementIan Jeffrey Day appointed board member
- ManagementPieter Coevert stepped down as board member
19982 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementSøren Juhl Christensen appointed director
- ManagementSven Hauberg Nielsen stepped down as ceo
19964 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementPieter Coevert appointed board member
- ManagementBarry May appointed board member
- ManagementBernard Emile Doroszczuk stepped down as board member
- ManagementChristian Michel Francois Guinard stepped down as board member
199316 changesname 1 · management 13 · founded 1 · ownership 1
- NameName changed from A/S PSE NR. 4751 to BVQI DENMARK A/S
- ManagementUlf Svejgaard Poulsen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementPer Emil Hasselbalch Stakemann stepped down as director
- ManagementPer Emil Hasselbalch Stakemann stepped down as board member
- ManagementHans Christian Galst stepped down as board member
- FoundedRegistered as A/S PSE NR. 4751
- ManagementUlf Svejgaard Poulsen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementRoger Michael Smith appointed board member
- ManagementBernard Emile Doroszczuk appointed board member
- ManagementSven Hauberg Nielsen appointed ceo
- ManagementChristian Michel Francois Guinard appointed board member
- ManagementHenrik Stein appointed board member
- ManagementPer Emil Hasselbalch Stakemann appointed director
- ManagementPer Emil Hasselbalch Stakemann appointed board member
- ManagementHans Christian Galst appointed board member
- OwnershipBureau Veritas Certification Holding s.a. registered as owner (100%)
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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 23/10/2026.