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Carl Backs A/S

Public limited companyCVR 49420218EsbjergActive

Carl Backs A/S is a public limited company, based in Esbjerg, active in wholesale of clothing, founded in 1974. Net profit rose 24% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 390k. Profit has grown three years in a row. The company has existed for over 50 years.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 223k
Net profitDKK 390k+24.1% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 4m+10.9% vs. 2024
Employees5latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Net profit rose 24% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 390k.
  • Equity rose 11% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 4m.

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 0DKK 2mDKK 4mDKK 6mDKK 8mDKK 10mDKK 12mDKK 14m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Carl Backs A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit5,6913924176–223–
Operating profit (EBIT)3,25539–176143––
Profit before tax––99312314390+24.1%
Net profit3,33077457312314390+24.1%
Total assets14,5752,5002,9573,2693,5833,975+10.9%
Equity13,9082,4852,9423,2543,5683,958+10.9%
Liabilities6671515151517+12.2%
Cash and cash equivalents1,279971700−100%
Average number of employees50–––0–

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 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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DKK 0DKK 1mDKK 2mDKK 3mDKK 4mDKK 5mDKK 6m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (356 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • Profit 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
Annual reports for Carl Backs A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202509/04/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202416/04/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202304/04/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202203/04/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202130/03/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202031/03/2021The 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

356 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in wholesale of clothing based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 223kNo. 321 of 356
Better than 10% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 4mNo. 169 of 356
Better than 53% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees5No. 334 of 356
Better than 6% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 3.9m, net profit DKK 258k, equity DKK 3.4m, 5 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 1.3mDKK 17.2mDKK 224.7mDKK 1.2bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 331 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. 59,046of 69,742
Better than 15%
No. 16,426of 69,964
Better than 77%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees258 companies in the comparison
No. 224of 258
Better than 13%
No. 82of 258
Better than 68%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 9,057of 10,152
Better than 11%
No. 6,666of 10,275
Better than 35%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 16,344of 17,786
Better than 8%
No. 12,401of 18,024
Better than 31%

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 clothing
Gross profit
  1. Carl Backs A/SDKK 223k
  2. DK Company A/SDKK 2.9bn
  3. Sports Connection ApSDKK 439.2m
Net profit
  1. Carl Backs A/SDKK 390k
  2. DK Company A/SDKK 309.3m
  3. Sports Connection ApSDKK 315.1m
Equity
  1. Carl Backs A/SDKK 4m
  2. DK Company A/SDKK 1.3bn
  3. Sports Connection ApSDKK 620.5m
Employees
  1. Carl Backs A/S5
  2. DK Company A/S467
  3. Sports Connection ApS76

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
Carl Backs A/S

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Carl Backs A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Morten EspersenDirector11/10/2016

Board of directors

Board of directors at Carl Backs A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jan Bruun JørgensenBoard member11/10/2016
Niels Erik HedeagerChair of the board11/10/2016
Torben MikkelsenBoard member29/03/2023
Former management (37)
Former management at Carl Backs A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Kristen Peder NielsenBoard member27/08/197408/05/1996
Carl BacksDirector27/08/197417/06/2003
Nelly Lund BacksBoard member27/08/197407/12/2000
Peter ChristensenBoard member08/05/199607/12/2000
Dorte BacksBoard member08/05/199607/12/2000
Lene BacksBoard member08/05/199607/12/2000
Hans Peter AndersenBoard member07/12/200014/06/2003
Steen SalomonsenChair of the board07/12/200019/03/2002
Jesper Klokker HansenBoard member07/12/200004/10/2001
Jens Ulrik GreveBoard member19/03/200217/06/2003
Carsten Georg LauthChair of the board16/02/200324/04/2006
Ole Bang NielsenBoard member16/02/200317/06/2003
Morten Vedel KruseBoard member17/06/200301/12/2004
Carl BacksBoard member19/08/200316/03/2004
Hans Peter AndersenCEO19/08/200311/03/2005
Søren ChristensenBoard member16/03/200424/04/2006
Kim Nørgaard AndreasenBoard member01/12/200424/04/2006
Søren ChristensenCEO11/03/200515/01/2007
Anders GrønlundChair of the board24/04/200601/07/2010
Gry Hege SølsnesBoard member24/04/200625/06/2007
Sven Magnus LjungdahlBoard member24/04/200625/06/2007
Anders Winther LarsenCEO15/01/200710/10/2016
Thomas William Scobie RøkkeBoard member25/06/200724/06/2015
Jonathan NilssonBoard member25/06/200708/09/2009
Martin Busk AndersenBoard member08/09/200928/02/2013
Mikael SternbergChair of the board01/07/201016/01/2014
Magnus BjörnströmBoard member28/02/201324/06/2015
Poul Erik TofteChair of the board16/01/201414/10/2014
Anders Daniel DavidssonChair of the board14/10/201423/06/2015
Ole Lenarth NielsenChair of the board24/06/201510/06/2016
Stellan Bjørn PetersenBoard member24/06/201510/06/2016
Anders Daniel DavidssonBoard member24/06/201510/06/2016
Morten EspersenChair of the board10/06/201611/10/2016
Stefan Bo KristiansenBoard member10/06/201611/10/2016
Anders Winther LarsenBoard member10/06/201611/10/2016
Lars Skov ChristensenBoard member11/10/201629/03/2023
Anders Winther LarsenDirector11/10/201631/01/2017

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af den samlede direktion, en direktør og et bestyrelsesmedlem i forening eller af to bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Fiskebrogade 19
6700 Esbjerg

Esbjerg Municipality · Postcode 6700

Other companies at the address (1)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
CARL BACKS A/SFiskebrogade 19, 6700 Esbjerg51001932509

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handelsvirksomhed med arbejdsbeklædning/profilbeklædning og dermed beslægtet virksomhed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

96 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20251 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20242 changesaccounts 1 · address 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Moved to Fiskebrogade 19, 6700 Esbjerg
20233 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Torben Mikkelsen appointed board member
  • Lars Skov Christensen stepped down as board member
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20172 changesaddress 1 · management 1
  • Moved to Vesterhavsgade 153, 6700 Esbjerg
  • Anders Winther Larsen stepped down as director
201618 changesmanagement 15 · ownership 2 · capital 1
  • Lars Skov Christensen appointed board member
  • Niels Erik Hedeager appointed chair of the board
  • Morten Espersen appointed director
  • Jan Bruun Jørgensen appointed board member
  • Anders Winther Larsen appointed director
  • Stefan Bo Kristiansen stepped down as board member
  • Anders Winther Larsen stepped down as board member
  • Morten Espersen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Anders Winther Larsen stepped down as ceo
  • Stefan Bo Kristiansen appointed board member
  • Anders Winther Larsen appointed board member
  • Morten Espersen appointed chair of the board
  • Anders Daniel Davidsson stepped down as board member
  • Stellan Bjørn Petersen stepped down as board member
  • Ole Lenarth Nielsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • COMTEC INTERNATIONAL A/S registered as owner (100%)
  • Kansas A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Share capital changed from 2,110,000 DKK to 2,111,000 DKK
20156 changesmanagement 6
  • Anders Daniel Davidsson appointed board member
  • Stellan Bjørn Petersen appointed board member
  • Ole Lenarth Nielsen appointed chair of the board
  • Magnus Björnström stepped down as board member
  • Thomas William Scobie Røkke stepped down as board member
  • Anders Daniel Davidsson stepped down as chair of the board
20144 changesmanagement 4
  • Anders Daniel Davidsson appointed chair of the board
  • Poul Erik Tofte stepped down as chair of the board
  • Poul Erik Tofte appointed chair of the board
  • Mikael Sternberg stepped down as chair of the board
20132 changesmanagement 2
  • Magnus Björnström appointed board member
  • Martin Busk Andersen stepped down as board member
20102 changesmanagement 2
  • Mikael Sternberg appointed chair of the board
  • Anders Grønlund stepped down as chair of the board
20094 changesmanagement 2 · capital 1 · merger 1
  • Martin Busk Andersen appointed board member
  • Jonathan Nilsson stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 1,010,000 DKK to 2,110,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
20081 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 1,000,000 DKK to 1,010,000 DKK
20076 changesmanagement 6
  • Thomas William Scobie Røkke appointed board member
  • Jonathan Nilsson appointed board member
  • Sven Magnus Ljungdahl stepped down as board member
  • Gry Hege Sølsnes stepped down as board member
  • Anders Winther Larsen appointed ceo
  • Søren Christensen stepped down as ceo
20066 changesmanagement 6
  • Sven Magnus Ljungdahl appointed board member
  • Anders Grønlund appointed chair of the board
  • Gry Hege Sølsnes appointed board member
  • Kim Nørgaard Andreasen stepped down as board member
  • Søren Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Carsten Georg Lauth stepped down as chair of the board
20052 changesmanagement 2
  • Søren Christensen appointed ceo
  • Hans Peter Andersen stepped down as ceo
20045 changesmerger 1 · management 4
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Kim Nørgaard Andreasen appointed board member
  • Morten Vedel Kruse stepped down as board member
  • Søren Christensen appointed board member
  • Carl Backs stepped down as board member
20039 changesmanagement 9
  • Hans Peter Andersen appointed ceo
  • Carl Backs appointed board member
  • Morten Vedel Kruse appointed board member
  • Ole Bang Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Jens Ulrik Greve stepped down as board member
  • Carl Backs stepped down as director
  • Hans Peter Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Carsten Georg Lauth appointed chair of the board
  • Ole Bang Nielsen appointed board member
20023 changesownership 1 · management 2
  • Kansas A/S registered as owner (100%)
  • Jens Ulrik Greve appointed board member
  • Steen Salomonsen stepped down as chair of the board
20011 changemanagement 1
  • Jesper Klokker Hansen stepped down as board member
20007 changesmanagement 7
  • Steen Salomonsen appointed chair of the board
  • Jesper Klokker Hansen appointed board member
  • Hans Peter Andersen appointed board member
  • Dorte Backs stepped down as board member
  • Lene Backs stepped down as board member
  • Peter Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Nelly Lund Backs stepped down as board member
19964 changesmanagement 4
  • Dorte Backs appointed board member
  • Lene Backs appointed board member
  • Peter Christensen appointed board member
  • Kristen Peder Nielsen stepped down as board member
19881 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 1,000,000 DKK
19744 changesfounded 1 · management 3
  • Registered as CARL BACKS A/S
  • Carl Backs appointed director
  • Nelly Lund Backs appointed board member
  • Kristen Peder Nielsen appointed board member

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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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