Carat Tools ApS
Private limited companyCVR 10397677HobroActive
Carat Tools ApS is a private limited company, based in Hobro, active in wholesale of hardware, heating equipment and supplies, founded in 1986. Net profit fell 18% from 2025 to 2026, ending at DKK 597k.
Key figures · financial year 2026
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2026 against 2025
- Gross profit rose 2% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 4.3m.
- Net profit fell 18% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 597k.
- Equity rose 9% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 7.2m.
Employees
- 2 fewer employees than a year earlier: 5 (08/2026) against 7 (08/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Eric Petrus Martinus Venmans (director, 01/05/2026) and Inci Korkmaz Adiguzel (director, 26/08/2025).
- Stepped down: Cornelis Jacobus van Beek (director, 01/04/2026), Oliver Haug (director, 01/07/2025) and Inci Korkmaz Adiguzel (director, 16/01/2026).
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 2021–2026 · amounts in DKK thousandEquity and net profit
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | – |
| Gross profit | 3,691 | 4,242 | 2,737 | 3,042 | 4,262 | 4,350 | +2% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 656 | 1,121 | −482 | −158 | 905 | 729 | −19.5% |
| Profit before tax | 581 | 1,034 | −568 | −286 | 732 | 597 | −18.5% |
| Net profit | 581 | 1,182 | −650 | −304 | 732 | 597 | −18.5% |
| Total assets | 16,434 | 15,670 | 14,056 | 12,799 | 11,544 | 13,994 | +21.2% |
| Equity | 5,608 | 6,790 | 6,140 | 5,836 | 6,567 | 7,164 | +9.1% |
| Liabilities | 10,827 | 8,879 | 7,916 | 6,963 | 4,976 | 6,830 | +37.2% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 3,236 | 2,792 | 1,458 | 1,571 | 490 | 1,270 | +159.1% |
| Average number of employees | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | +16.7% |
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 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.
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Annual reports
6 financial years| Financial year | Period | Published | Figures for | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 01/04/2025 – 31/03/2026 | 02/06/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2025 | 01/04/2024 – 31/03/2025 | 01/05/2025 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/04/2023 – 31/03/2024 | 20/06/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/04/2022 – 31/03/2023 | 23/06/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/04/2021 – 31/03/2022 | 08/07/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/04/2020 – 31/03/2021 | 10/09/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
219 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in wholesale of hardware, heating equipment and supplies based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 6.9m, net profit DKK 840k, equity DKK 6.4m, 8 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with fewer than 20 employees69,967 companies in the comparison | No. 15,651of 69,742 Better than 78% | No. 11,267of 69,964 Better than 84% |
| Same industry and fewer than 20 employees167 companies in the comparison | No. 90of 167 Better than 46% | No. 53of 167 Better than 69% |
| Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison | No. 5,929of 10,152 Better than 42% | No. 5,472of 10,275 Better than 47% |
| All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison | No. 15,821of 66,379 Better than 76% | No. 8,703of 66,505 Better than 87% |
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 hardware, heating equipment and supplies- Carat Tools ApSDKK 4.3m
- Saint-gobain Distribution Denmark A/SDKK 997.9m
- Ahlsell Danmark A/SDKK 730.1m
- Carat Tools ApSDKK 597k
- Saint-gobain Distribution Denmark A/SDKK 4.7m
- Ahlsell Danmark A/S−DKK 26.6m
- Carat Tools ApSDKK 7.2m
- Saint-gobain Distribution Denmark A/SDKK 399.2m
- Ahlsell Danmark A/SDKK 611m
- Carat Tools ApS5
- Saint-gobain Distribution Denmark A/S822
- Ahlsell Danmark A/S764
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership Register- Carat International B.V.100%
Management
3 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Heiko Struchtemeier | Director | 19/11/2021 |
| Frans André Heins | Director | 01/04/2022 |
| Eric Petrus Martinus Venmans | Director | 01/05/2026 |
- Founders
- Ligrema ApS
Former management (29)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tage Rasmus Brik | Board member | 28/08/1986 | 18/12/1990 |
| Henning Østergaard Thomsen | Board member | 28/08/1986 | 18/12/1990 |
| Mogens Anders Friis Nielsen | Board member | 28/08/1986 | 18/12/1990 |
| Alfred Thue Andersen | Board member | 28/08/1986 | 18/12/1990 |
| Ebbe Borup | CEO | 14/03/2005 | 24/11/2006 |
| Mogens Anders Friis Nielsen | Director | 24/11/2006 | 31/08/2008 |
| Akihiko Nozaki | Director | 15/03/2007 | 01/05/2010 |
| Cornelis Jacobus van Beek | Director | 15/03/2007 | 01/04/2026 |
| Thomas Christensen | Director | 01/09/2008 | 01/04/2020 |
| Shoichi Sakuma | Director | 01/05/2010 | 11/06/2010 |
| Yoichiro Tanaka | Director | 11/06/2010 | 10/04/2012 |
| Hideki Fujii | Director | 21/02/2011 | 01/10/2013 |
| Shoji Matsushima | Director | 21/02/2011 | 22/12/2011 |
| Hiroaki Matsumoto | Director | 22/12/2011 | 12/03/2014 |
| Shoichi Sakuma | Director | 10/04/2012 | 02/07/2013 |
| Yoichiro Tanaka | Director | 02/07/2013 | 01/10/2014 |
| Hiroyuki Usuku | Director | 12/03/2014 | 01/06/2019 |
| Nobuhiro Tsukamoto | Director | 01/10/2014 | 22/03/2016 |
| Kota Sasaki | Director | 22/03/2016 | 01/10/2016 |
| Yoshio Komei | Director | 01/10/2016 | 19/09/2019 |
| Yasuo Hanamura | Director | 01/06/2019 | 29/10/2019 |
| Shuichi Shiina | Director | 19/09/2019 | 29/10/2019 |
| Tomoyoshi Seo | Director | 29/10/2019 | 19/11/2021 |
| Horst Wilhelm Rolf Garbrecht | Director | 29/10/2019 | 02/12/2019 |
| yoichiro Tanaka | Director | 20/02/2020 | 24/05/2021 |
| Christian Møller Kissov | Director | 01/04/2020 | 11/08/2023 |
| Henning Jansen | Director | 24/05/2021 | 19/11/2021 |
| Oliver Haug | Director | 19/11/2021 | 01/07/2025 |
| Inci Korkmaz Adiguzel | Director | 26/08/2025 | 16/01/2026 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af 2 direktører.
Address and production units
1 active production unitsAagade 56
9500 Hobro
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARAT TOOLS ApS | Aagade 56, Rørbæk, 9500 Hobro | 5 | 1000070281 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive handel og fabrikation
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
77 registered events20264 changesaccounts 1 · management 3
- AccountsAnnual report for 2026 published
- ManagementEric Petrus Martinus Venmans appointed director
- ManagementCornelis Jacobus van Beek stepped down as director
- ManagementInci Korkmaz Adiguzel stepped down as director
20253 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
- ManagementInci Korkmaz Adiguzel appointed director
- ManagementOliver Haug stepped down as director
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
20241 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
20232 changesmanagement 1 · accounts 1
- ManagementChristian Møller Kissov stepped down as director
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
20222 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
- ManagementFrans André Heins appointed director
20217 changesmanagement 6 · accounts 1
- ManagementHeiko Struchtemeier appointed director
- ManagementOliver Haug appointed director
- ManagementHenning Jansen stepped down as director
- ManagementTomoyoshi Seo stepped down as director
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
- ManagementHenning Jansen appointed director
- Managementyoichiro Tanaka stepped down as director
20204 changesaddress 1 · management 3
- AddressMoved to Aagade 56, Rørbæk, 9500 Hobro
- ManagementChristian Møller Kissov appointed director
- ManagementThomas Christensen stepped down as director
- Managementyoichiro Tanaka appointed director
20199 changesmanagement 9
- ManagementHorst Wilhelm Rolf Garbrecht stepped down as director
- ManagementTomoyoshi Seo appointed director
- ManagementHorst Wilhelm Rolf Garbrecht appointed director
- ManagementShuichi Shiina stepped down as director
- ManagementYasuo Hanamura stepped down as director
- ManagementShuichi Shiina appointed director
- ManagementYoshio Komei stepped down as director
- ManagementYasuo Hanamura appointed director
- ManagementHiroyuki Usuku stepped down as director
20171 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to Aagade 56, Rørbæk, 9500 Hobro
20164 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementYoshio Komei appointed director
- ManagementKota Sasaki stepped down as director
- ManagementKota Sasaki appointed director
- ManagementNobuhiro Tsukamoto stepped down as director
20144 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementNobuhiro Tsukamoto appointed director
- ManagementYoichiro Tanaka stepped down as director
- ManagementHiroyuki Usuku appointed director
- ManagementHiroaki Matsumoto stepped down as director
20134 changesaddress 1 · management 3
- AddressMoved to Industrivej 73, 6740 Bramming
- ManagementHideki Fujii stepped down as director
- ManagementYoichiro Tanaka appointed director
- ManagementShoichi Sakuma stepped down as director
20122 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementShoichi Sakuma appointed director
- ManagementYoichiro Tanaka stepped down as director
20114 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementHiroaki Matsumoto appointed director
- ManagementShoji Matsushima stepped down as director
- ManagementShoji Matsushima appointed director
- ManagementHideki Fujii appointed director
20104 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementYoichiro Tanaka appointed director
- ManagementShoichi Sakuma stepped down as director
- ManagementShoichi Sakuma appointed director
- ManagementAkihiko Nozaki stepped down as director
20083 changesmanagement 2 · industry 1
- ManagementThomas Christensen appointed director
- ManagementMogens Anders Friis Nielsen stepped down as director
- IndustryIndustry changed to Engroshandel med isenkram, varmeanlæg og tilbehør (467400)
20072 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementCornelis Jacobus van Beek appointed director
- ManagementAkihiko Nozaki appointed director
20062 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementMogens Anders Friis Nielsen appointed director
- ManagementEbbe Borup stepped down as ceo
20053 changesownership 1 · name 1 · management 1
- OwnershipCarat International B.V. registered as owner (100%)
- NameName changed from PROFIL TRADING ApS to CARAT TOOLS ApS
- ManagementEbbe Borup appointed ceo
19991 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to Stenhuggervej 9, 6710 Esbjerg V
19931 changecapital 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 80,000 DKK to 200,000 DKK
19904 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementHenning Østergaard Thomsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementAlfred Thue Andersen stepped down as board member
- ManagementMogens Anders Friis Nielsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementTage Rasmus Brik stepped down as board member
19871 changename 1
- NameName changed from ÅÆØ 119 ApS to PROFIL TRADING ApS
19865 changesfounded 1 · management 4
- FoundedRegistered as ÅÆØ 119 ApS
- ManagementHenning Østergaard Thomsen appointed board member
- ManagementAlfred Thue Andersen appointed board member
- ManagementMogens Anders Friis Nielsen appointed board member
- ManagementTage Rasmus Brik appointed board member
Related companies
Same people in management
- Granly Gruppen A/Svia Henning Østergaard Thomsen
- Jacobi Tegl A/Svia Tage Rasmus Brik
Largest in the industry
- Saint-gobain Distribution Denmark A/SDKK 997.9m
- Ahlsell Danmark A/SDKK 730.1m
- Jørgen Schou Holding A/SDKK 563.3m
- Schou Company A/SDKK 533.9m
- Carl Ras A/SDKK 287m
- Scanpipe A/SDKK 117.8m
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.