Carlsberg Breweries A/S

Public limited companyCVR 25508343København VActive

Carlsberg Breweries A/S is a public limited company, based in København V, active in wholesale of beer, mineral water, fruit and vegetable juice, founded in 2000. Net profit fell 34% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 6.8bn. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 1 of 67 companies in the industry in the database. With 556 employees, the company is about 111 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 89.1bn+18.8% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 6.8bn−34.1% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 21.5bn−1.5% vs. 2024
Employees556latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 17% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 40.2bn.
  • Revenue rose 19% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 89.1bn.
  • Net profit fell 34% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 6.8bn.
  • Equity fell 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 21.5bn.

Employees

  • 8 more employees than a year earlier: 556 (07/2026) against 548 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Julie Folmer-Niemann (deputy board member, 16/03/2026), Madelon Karoline Grandjean Poulsen (deputy board member, 16/03/2026) and Serap Ozcalici Saldamli (board member, 16/03/2026).
  • Stepped down: Peter Petersen (board member, 16/03/2026).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 28/11/2024: Share capital changed from 497,000,000 DKK to 496,000,000 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 thousand

Equity and net profit

−DKK 10bnDKK 0DKK 10bnDKK 20bnDKK 30bnDKK 40bn2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Carlsberg Breweries A/S
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue86,957,00086,942,00088,970,00065,902,00058,541,00066,634,0002,736,0002,765,00075,011,00089,095,000+18.8%
Gross profit––––28,361,00031,327,0001,821,0001,683,00034,380,00040,236,000+17%
Operating profit (EBIT)––––9,718,00010,870,000–––––
Profit before tax7,327,0003,573,0008,562,00010,364,0009,071,00010,158,000−6,758,000−3,036,00010,076,0008,954,000−11.1%
Net profit4,925,0002,088,0006,167,0007,598,0006,831,0007,976,000−6,895,000−3,138,00010,372,0006,835,000−34.1%
Total assets115,913,000103,361,000107,178,000112,149,000108,100,000114,738,00097,318,00098,727,000103,836,000144,265,000+38.9%
Equity43,419,00039,267,00037,435,00034,710,00032,869,00037,338,00038,115,00028,972,00021,785,00021,458,000−1.5%
Liabilities72,494,00064,094,00069,743,00077,439,00075,231,00077,400,00059,203,00069,755,00082,051,000122,807,000+49.7%
Cash and cash equivalents–3,120,000–5,149,0003,903,0003,291,0001,368,0006,478,00011,542,0009,585,000−17%
Average number of employees––––39,91539,278–––––

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.

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Gross profitMedian, the industry (67 companies)

Annual reports

10 financial years
Annual reports for Carlsberg Breweries A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202526/03/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202425/03/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202315/03/2024The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202215/03/2023The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202102/03/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202006/04/2021The companyPDFXBRL
201901/01/2019 – 31/12/201919/03/2020The companyPDFXBRL
201801/01/2018 – 31/12/201819/03/2019The companyPDFXBRL
201701/01/2017 – 31/12/201719/04/2018The companyPDFXBRL
201601/01/2016 – 31/12/201605/05/2017The 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 wholesale of beer, mineral water, fruit and vegetable juice based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 40.2bnNo. 1 of 67
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 21.5bnNo. 1 of 67
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees556No. 1 of 67
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 2.6m, net profit DKK 237k, equity DKK 1.7m, 5 employees.

DKK 292kDKK 5.6mDKK 108.3mDKK 2.1bnDKK 15bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 64 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 500–999 employees207 companies in the comparison
No. 1of 189
Better than 100%
No. 2of 207
Better than 100%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 1of 24,791
Better than 100%
No. 13of 24,909
Better than 100%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 4of 17,786
Better than 100%
No. 31of 18,024
Better than 100%

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 beer, mineral water, fruit and vegetable juice
Gross profit
  1. Carlsberg Breweries A/SDKK 40.2bn
  2. Carlsberg Danmark A/SDKK 2.2bn
  3. Airshoppen Travel Retail A/SDKK 52.9m
Net profit
  1. Carlsberg Breweries A/SDKK 6.8bn
  2. Carlsberg Danmark A/SDKK 354.5m
  3. Airshoppen Travel Retail A/SDKK 6.7m
Equity
  1. Carlsberg Breweries A/SDKK 21.5bn
  2. Carlsberg Danmark A/SDKK 743.1m
  3. Airshoppen Travel Retail A/SDKK 15.1m
Employees
  1. Carlsberg Breweries A/S556
  2. Carlsberg Danmark A/S554
  3. Airshoppen Travel Retail A/S31

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register

Management

11 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Carlsberg Breweries A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Åsa Ulrica Susanne FearnDirector31/12/2022
Jacob Aarup-AndersenCEO01/09/2023

Board of directors

Board of directors at Carlsberg Breweries A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Eva Vilstrup DeckerBoard member15/03/2006
Majken SchultzDeputy chair25/02/2022
Henrik PoulsenChair of the board25/02/2022
Åsa Ulrica Susanne FearnBoard member31/12/2022
Jacob Aarup-AndersenBoard member01/09/2023
Justyn Apelt-SalamonBoard member01/09/2024
Julie Folmer-NiemannDeputy board member16/03/2026
Madelon Karoline Grandjean PoulsenDeputy board member16/03/2026
Serap Ozcalici SaldamliBoard member16/03/2026
Founders
Carlsberg A/S
Former management (57)
Former management at Carlsberg Breweries A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Flemming Bent LindeløvDirector29/06/200031/08/2001
Michael Christian Stig IuulChair of the board29/06/200013/02/2001
Henning Baunbæk DyremoseBoard member13/02/200115/03/2006
Palle MarcusChair of the board13/02/200118/03/2002
Poul Christian MatthiessenBoard member13/02/200131/03/2003
Bjørn Erik NæssDirector13/02/200108/03/2004
Paul Assar BergquistDirector13/02/200105/03/2001
Finn Marum JebsenDeputy chair13/02/200108/03/2004
Tom Vidar RyghBoard member13/02/200106/06/2001
Jens Paludan HeyerdahlBoard member13/02/200123/07/2002
Paul Assar BergqvistDirector05/03/200101/04/2006
Roar EngelandBoard member06/06/200108/03/2004
Nils Smedegaard AndersenCEO01/09/200101/10/2007
Søren Bjerre-NielsenBoard member18/03/200215/03/2006
Jens Jørgen BigumChair of the board18/03/200204/05/2009
Jens Magnus EikenBoard member18/03/200215/03/2006
Bjarne Staunsholt GottfredsenDeputy board member18/03/200215/03/2006
Poul-Henrik AppelqvistDeputy board member18/03/200215/03/2006
Elisabeth Augusta Køhlert LarsenDeputy board member18/03/200215/03/2006
Bente WøhlkDeputy board member18/03/200215/03/2006
Dag Jakob OpedalBoard member23/07/200208/03/2004
Povl Krogsgaard-LarsenDeputy chair08/03/200430/03/2012
Jørn Peter JensenDirector08/03/200401/10/2015
Hans Scott AndersenBoard member15/03/200629/04/2010
Morten IbsenBoard member15/03/200629/04/2010
Nils Smedegaard AndersenBoard member01/04/200601/10/2007
Erik Christian Dedenroth OlsenDeputy board member01/04/200629/04/2010
Jørn Peter JensenBoard member01/04/200601/10/2015
Per HalkierDeputy board member01/04/200629/04/2010
Ernst Hartvig RøgeDeputy board member01/04/200606/03/2009
Jørgen Buhl RasmussenBoard member01/10/200725/06/2015
Jørgen Buhl RasmussenCEO01/10/200712/06/2015
Jess SøderbergChair of the board04/05/200917/04/2015
Ann-Camilla KjæmpeBoard member29/04/201016/02/2011
Nicolaj Harmundal PetersenDeputy board member29/04/201030/10/2012
Dennis Onsvig GjedvedDeputy board member29/04/201010/04/2014
Peter PetersenBoard member29/04/201010/04/2014
Carsten Rievers BuhlBoard member16/02/201101/10/2012
Flemming BesenbacherDeputy chair30/03/201213/03/2019
Jakob Laurent Lund KarsvangBoard member10/04/201402/02/2015
Søren LethDeputy board member10/04/201431/01/2017
Anders WintherBoard member10/04/201401/02/2017
Lars Rebien SørensenChair of the board17/04/201514/03/2019
Cornelis Christiaan 't HartCEO15/06/201531/08/2023
Cornelis Christiaan 't HartBoard member25/06/201531/08/2023
Jan Thieme RasmussenDirector01/10/201503/06/2016
Mette KronborgBoard member26/10/201503/04/2018
Heine DalsgaardBoard member03/06/201631/12/2022
Heine DalsgaardDirector03/06/201631/12/2022
Søren LethBoard member01/02/201701/11/2020
Kasper Neerup VillumsenBoard member03/04/201801/10/2018
Albena Stoykova JensenBoard member01/10/201801/06/2020
Flemming BesenbacherChair of the board14/03/201925/02/2022
Lars Fruergaard JørgensenDeputy chair14/03/201930/03/2021
Thomas Paludan-MüllerBoard member03/07/202001/09/2024
Henrik PoulsenDeputy chair30/03/202124/02/2022
Peter PetersenBoard member14/03/202216/03/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af 1) to direktører i forening, eller 2) en direktør i forening med bestyrelsens formand eller næstformand, eller 3) den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

2 active production units

J.C. Jacobsens Gade 1
1799 København V

København Municipality · Postcode 1799

Other companies at the address (5)

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
CARLSBERG BREWERIES A/SJ.C. Jacobsens Gade 1, 1799 København V5461007751482
Visit CarlsbergGamle Carlsberg Vej 15, 1799 København V–1023263315

Purpose

Selskabets formål er i eller uden for Danmark at drive bryggerivirksomhed samt at yde teknisk eller merkantil bistand, erhverve og eje fast ejendom eller i øvrigt udøve eller være interesseret i anden virksomhed, der efter bestyrelsens skøn har tilknytning til de førnævnte formål.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

141 registered events
20265 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Serap Ozcalici Saldamli appointed board member
  • Madelon Karoline Grandjean Poulsen appointed deputy board member
  • Julie Folmer-Niemann appointed deputy board member
  • Peter Petersen stepped down as board member
20251 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20244 changescapital 1 · management 2 · accounts 1
  • Share capital changed from 497,000,000 DKK to 496,000,000 DKK
  • Justyn Apelt-Salamon appointed board member
  • Thomas Paludan-Müller stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20236 changescapital 1 · management 4 · accounts 1
  • Share capital changed from 498,000,000 DKK to 497,000,000 DKK
  • Jacob Aarup-Andersen appointed board member
  • Jacob Aarup-Andersen appointed ceo
  • Cornelis Christiaan 't Hart stepped down as board member
  • Cornelis Christiaan 't Hart stepped down as ceo
  • Annual report for 2022 published
202211 changesmanagement 9 · capital 1 · accounts 1
  • Åsa Ulrica Susanne Fearn appointed director
  • Åsa Ulrica Susanne Fearn appointed board member
  • Heine Dalsgaard stepped down as board member
  • Heine Dalsgaard stepped down as director
  • Share capital changed from 499,000,000 DKK to 498,000,000 DKK
  • Peter Petersen appointed board member
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Henrik Poulsen appointed chair of the board
  • Majken Schultz appointed deputy chair
  • Flemming Besenbacher stepped down as chair of the board
  • Henrik Poulsen stepped down as deputy chair
20215 changescapital 1 · address 1 · accounts 1 · management 2
  • Share capital changed from 500,000,000 DKK to 499,000,000 DKK
  • Moved to J.C. Jacobsens Gade 1, 1799 København V
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Henrik Poulsen appointed deputy chair
  • Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen stepped down as deputy chair
20206 changesmanagement 3 · capital 1 · accounts 1 · address 1
  • Søren Leth stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 501,000,000 DKK to 500,000,000 DKK
  • Thomas Paludan-Müller appointed board member
  • Albena Stoykova Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2019 published
  • Moved to J.C. Jacobsens Gade 1, 1799 København V
20196 changescapital 1 · accounts 1 · management 4
  • Share capital changed from 502,000,000 DKK to 501,000,000 DKK
  • Annual report for 2018 published
  • Flemming Besenbacher appointed chair of the board
  • Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen appointed deputy chair
  • Lars Rebien Sørensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Flemming Besenbacher stepped down as deputy chair
20187 changesaddress 1 · management 4 · capital 1 · accounts 1
  • Moved to Ny Carlsberg Vej 100, 1799 København V
  • Albena Stoykova Jensen appointed board member
  • Kasper Neerup Villumsen stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 501,000,000 DKK to 502,000,000 DKK
  • Annual report for 2017 published
  • Kasper Neerup Villumsen appointed board member
  • Mette Kronborg stepped down as board member
20174 changesaccounts 1 · management 3
  • Annual report for 2016 published
  • Søren Leth appointed board member
  • Anders Winther stepped down as board member
  • Søren Leth stepped down as deputy board member
20164 changesaddress 1 · management 3
  • Moved to Ny Carlsberg Vej 100, 1799 København V
  • Heine Dalsgaard appointed board member
  • Heine Dalsgaard appointed director
  • Jan Thieme Rasmussen stepped down as director
201512 changesmanagement 11 · address 1
  • Mette Kronborg appointed board member
  • Jan Thieme Rasmussen appointed director
  • Jørn Peter Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Jørn Peter Jensen stepped down as director
  • Cornelis Christiaan 't Hart appointed board member
  • Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen stepped down as board member
  • Cornelis Christiaan 't Hart appointed ceo
  • Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen stepped down as ceo
  • Lars Rebien Sørensen appointed chair of the board
  • Jess Søderberg stepped down as chair of the board
  • Moved to Ny Carlsberg Vej 100, 1799 København V
  • Jakob Laurent Lund Karsvang stepped down as board member
20145 changesmanagement 5
  • Søren Leth appointed deputy board member
  • Anders Winther appointed board member
  • Jakob Laurent Lund Karsvang appointed board member
  • Dennis Onsvig Gjedved stepped down as deputy board member
  • Peter Petersen stepped down as board member
20124 changesmanagement 4
  • Nicolaj Harmundal Petersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Carsten Rievers Buhl stepped down as board member
  • Flemming Besenbacher appointed deputy chair
  • Povl Krogsgaard-Larsen stepped down as deputy chair
20112 changesmanagement 2
  • Carsten Rievers Buhl appointed board member
  • Ann-Camilla Kjæmpe stepped down as board member
20109 changesaddress 1 · management 8
  • Moved to Ny Carlsberg Vej 100, 1760 København V
  • Nicolaj Harmundal Petersen appointed deputy board member
  • Ann-Camilla Kjæmpe appointed board member
  • Dennis Onsvig Gjedved appointed deputy board member
  • Peter Petersen appointed board member
  • Erik Christian Dedenroth Olsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Per Halkier stepped down as deputy board member
  • Hans Scott Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Morten Ibsen stepped down as board member
20093 changesmanagement 3
  • Jess Søderberg appointed chair of the board
  • Jens Jørgen Bigum stepped down as chair of the board
  • Ernst Hartvig Røge stepped down as deputy board member
20082 changescapital 1 · industry 1
  • Share capital changed from 500,000,000 DKK to 501,000,000 DKK
  • Industry changed to Wholesale of beer, mineral water, fruit and vegetable juice (463410)
20075 changesmanagement 4 · industry 1
  • Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen appointed ceo
  • Nils Smedegaard Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Nils Smedegaard Andersen stepped down as ceo
  • Industry changed to Bryggerier (159600)
200616 changesmanagement 16
  • Erik Christian Dedenroth Olsen appointed deputy board member
  • Jørn Peter Jensen appointed board member
  • Ernst Hartvig Røge appointed deputy board member
  • Per Halkier appointed deputy board member
  • Nils Smedegaard Andersen appointed board member
  • Paul Assar Bergqvist stepped down as director
  • Hans Scott Andersen appointed board member
  • Morten Ibsen appointed board member
  • Eva Vilstrup Decker appointed board member
  • Bente Wøhlk stepped down as deputy board member
  • Elisabeth Augusta Køhlert Larsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Poul-Henrik Appelqvist stepped down as deputy board member
  • Bjarne Staunsholt Gottfredsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jens Magnus Eiken stepped down as board member
  • Søren Bjerre-Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Henning Baunbæk Dyremose stepped down as board member
20045 changesmanagement 4 · industry 1
  • Povl Krogsgaard-Larsen appointed deputy chair
  • Jørn Peter Jensen appointed director
  • Dag Jakob Opedal stepped down as board member
  • Roar Engeland stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Ikke-finansielle holdingselskaber (741500)
200210 changesmerger 1 · management 9
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Dag Jakob Opedal appointed board member
  • Bente Wøhlk appointed deputy board member
  • Elisabeth Augusta Køhlert Larsen appointed deputy board member
  • Poul-Henrik Appelqvist appointed deputy board member
  • Bjarne Staunsholt Gottfredsen appointed deputy board member
  • Jens Magnus Eiken appointed board member
  • Jens Jørgen Bigum appointed chair of the board
  • Søren Bjerre-Nielsen appointed board member
  • Palle Marcus stepped down as chair of the board
20018 changesmanagement 5 · ownership 1 · capital 1 · industry 1
  • Nils Smedegaard Andersen appointed ceo
  • CARLSBERG A/S registered as owner (100%)
  • Roar Engeland appointed board member
  • Paul Assar Bergqvist appointed director
  • Share capital changed from 1,000,000 DKK to 500,000,000 DKK
  • Palle Marcus appointed chair of the board
  • Henning Baunbæk Dyremose appointed board member
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med øl og mineralvand (513410)
20001 changefounded 1
  • Registered as CARLSBERG BREWERIES A/S

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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.

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