Chr. Hansen A/S

Public limited companyCVR 12516479HørsholmActive

Chr. Hansen A/S is a public limited company, based in Hørsholm, active in manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c., founded in 1988. Net profit rose 11% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 2.1bn. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 1 of 29 companies in the industry in the database. Profit has grown three years in a row.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 6.8bn+1.5% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 2.1bn+11.3% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 11.3bn+11.3% vs. 2024
Employees1,747latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 17% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 4.4bn.
  • Revenue rose 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 6.8bn.
  • Net profit rose 11% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.1bn.
  • Equity rose 11% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 11.3bn.

Employees

  • 40 more employees than a year earlier: 1,747 (08/2026) against 1,707 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Lisbet Kragelund (board member, 11/12/2024), Ingermarie Jensen (deputy board member, 23/04/2026) and Tobias Vode Kornbeck Bramminge (board member, 23/04/2026) (+1).
  • Stepped down: Ingermarie Jensen (board member, 22/04/2026), Jens Græsted (deputy board member, 23/04/2026) and Dejan Stanisavic (deputy board member, 23/04/2026).

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 2020–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

DKK 0DKK 2bnDKK 4bnDKK 6bnDKK 8bnDKK 10bnDKK 12bn202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Chr. Hansen A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue5,351,1995,411,4215,902,7699,775,9276,716,6366,820,616+1.5%
Gross profit3,332,9773,272,5903,628,6905,799,2003,789,6894,436,065+17.1%
Operating profit (EBIT)1,759,4071,024,2911,400,1241,802,801–––
Profit before tax1,525,6751,001,0761,450,021959,7922,296,8072,669,484+16.2%
Net profit1,153,070812,7221,210,766574,4711,891,4192,105,477+11.3%
Total assets12,622,14111,690,27611,715,33515,098,24815,728,64716,845,685+7.1%
Equity6,583,7717,145,7467,350,1858,549,21610,121,94011,263,718+11.3%
Liabilities5,119,9293,530,3373,288,1215,453,2544,563,6874,573,625+0.2%
Cash and cash equivalents1,309,1732,02417,95345,006337,071317,099−5.9%
Average number of employees–1,528–2,4621,6141,629+0.9%

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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DKK 0DKK 1bnDKK 2bnDKK 3bnDKK 4bnDKK 5bnDKK 6bn202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (29 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 Chr. Hansen A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202531/07/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202430/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/09/2022 – 31/12/202312/08/2024The groupPDFXBRL
202201/09/2021 – 31/08/202203/02/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/09/2020 – 31/08/202125/01/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/09/2019 – 31/08/202023/12/2020The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

29 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c. based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 4.4bnNo. 1 of 29
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 11.3bnNo. 1 of 29
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees1,747No. 2 of 29
Better than 96% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 13.6m, net profit DKK 2.4m, equity DKK 16.4m, 14 employees.

DKK 1.1mDKK 8.7mDKK 69.5mDKK 555.3mDKK 2.2bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 26 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 1,000 employees or more177 companies in the comparison
No. 19of 147
Better than 88%
No. 17of 177
Better than 91%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 19of 10,152
Better than 100%
No. 34of 10,275
Better than 100%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 32of 17,786
Better than 100%
No. 53of 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

Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c.
Gross profit
  1. Chr. Hansen A/SDKK 4.4bn
  2. International N&H Denmark ApSDKK 889m
  3. Palsgaard A/SDKK 690.7m
Net profit
  1. Chr. Hansen A/SDKK 2.1bn
  2. International N&H Denmark ApSDKK 1.4bn
  3. Palsgaard A/SDKK 89.4m
Equity
  1. Chr. Hansen A/SDKK 11.3bn
  2. International N&H Denmark ApSDKK 4.2bn
  3. Palsgaard A/SDKK 1.9bn
Employees
  1. Chr. Hansen A/S1,747
  2. International N&H Denmark ApS1,022
  3. Palsgaard A/S365

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

Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Chr. Hansen A/S

Management

9 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Chr. Hansen A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Morten Enggaard RasmussenCEO01/07/2024

Board of directors

Board of directors at Chr. Hansen A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Rainer Chapour LehmannChair of the board29/01/2024
Morten Enggaard RasmussenBoard member01/07/2024
Helle RexenBoard member02/09/2024
Anders LundDeputy chair02/09/2024
Lisbet KragelundBoard member11/12/2024
Ingermarie JensenDeputy board member23/04/2026
Tobias Vode Kornbeck BrammingeBoard member23/04/2026
Charlotte LundDeputy board member23/04/2026
Founders
VX 10.312 ApS, ApS Hvkmd 5 Nr. 555, Medimex ApS, Pehsb ApS
Former management (80)
Former management at Chr. Hansen A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Erik SørensenChair of the board01/09/198829/06/2005
Ulf Svejgaard PoulsenBoard member01/09/198802/03/1989
Susanne Saul StakemannChair of the board01/09/198802/03/1989
Aage Nyholm ThomsenBoard member01/09/198802/02/1995
Kent Helmer BergenholtzDeputy board member01/09/198806/11/1998
Flemming Bent LindeløvBoard member01/09/198813/01/1997
Steen EngelChair of the board01/09/198827/02/1992
Sven Dyrløv MadsenDeputy chair01/09/198813/01/1997
Per Emil Hasselbalch StakemannBoard member01/09/198802/03/1989
Per Emil Hasselbalch StakemannDirector01/09/198802/03/1989
Niels Peter SimonsenDirector01/09/198825/01/1996
Poul HansenBoard member01/09/198801/08/2002
Poul HansenCEO01/09/198801/08/2002
Dina VanellBoard member01/09/198803/12/2002
Vagn Aage DinesenBoard member01/09/198802/02/1995
Vagn Aage DinesenDirector01/09/198827/03/1995
Hans Richard RavnBoard member01/09/198806/11/1998
Palle MortensenDeputy board member01/09/198806/11/1998
Erik BillumDeputy chair13/01/199702/11/2001
Janne Winther-SørensenBoard member06/11/199831/08/2001
Henrik Albahn HansenDeputy board member06/11/199831/01/2001
Søren KorsgaardDeputy board member06/11/199803/12/2002
Martin Gerhard SeidelDeputy board member01/09/200103/12/2002
Leif NørgaardCEO01/08/200208/11/2005
Karin Margaretha HeisterbergBoard member03/12/200207/11/2006
Else KroneDeputy board member03/12/200207/11/2006
Peter BudtzDeputy board member03/12/200229/10/2008
Lars Vinge FrederiksenDirector10/11/200408/11/2005
Peter OlesenDirector10/11/200412/12/2007
Leif NørgaardBoard member29/06/200526/10/2005
Frédéric StéveninChair of the board30/06/200526/10/2005
Hans Mikael Olsen ThorkilgaardBoard member26/10/200523/02/2006
Knud VindfeldtDeputy chair08/11/200523/02/2006
Lars Vinge FrederiksenChair of the board08/11/200531/03/2013
Carsten HellmannDirector23/02/200631/08/2013
Henning JakobsenDeputy chair23/02/200630/09/2011
Winnie Højvang BügelBoard member23/02/200625/06/2024
Hans Mikael Olsen ThorkilgaardCEO02/03/200630/09/2010
Steen LøndalDirector05/04/200629/10/2008
Henrik MøllgaardBoard member07/11/200612/12/2007
Per PoulsenBoard member12/12/200716/12/2013
Henrik DalbøgeDirector05/10/200930/09/2013
Knud VindfeldtCEO30/09/201018/05/2017
Jimm Gjøe KvistDeputy board member03/12/201004/12/2014
Susanne ParfeltBoard member09/12/201004/12/2014
Carsten BennikeDirector15/04/201101/01/2014
Jesper Preben AllentoftDirector15/04/201101/08/2015
Klaus PedersenDeputy chair03/10/201101/08/2015
Cornelis de JongChair of the board01/04/201331/05/2018
Peer Kurt RafnBoard member16/12/201304/12/2014
Lasse Vigel JørgensenDeputy board member04/12/201406/12/2018
Kim Ib SørensenBoard member04/12/201406/12/2018
Lisbeth GrubovBoard member04/12/201406/12/2018
Helle RexenDeputy board member04/12/201406/12/2018
Søren Westh LonningDeputy chair01/08/201531/05/2018
Ditte Marstrand WulfDirector01/08/201505/11/2015
Alice Hjørdis LarsenDirector01/09/201607/12/2021
Winnie Højvang BügelCEO18/05/201701/07/2024
Søren Westh LonningChair of the board01/06/201830/10/2020
Torsten SteenholtBoard member01/06/201805/12/2018
Mikkel Wisborg-MøllerBoard member06/12/201801/11/2022
Asger GeppelBoard member06/12/201813/01/2023
Torsten SteenholtDeputy chair06/12/201829/01/2024
Frank KaltoftDeputy board member06/12/201813/01/2023
Birte Skov LarsenDeputy board member06/12/201811/11/2021
Lise Skaarup MortensenChair of the board30/10/202029/01/2024
Tobias Møller SjøgrenDeputy board member11/11/202113/01/2023
Alice Hjørdis LarsenBoard member07/12/202129/01/2024
Liudmila Viktorovna BobekDeputy board member13/01/202326/10/2023
Anisha GoelBoard member13/01/202301/08/2024
Bent Glückstadt KnudsenBoard member13/01/202302/09/2024
Anne-Mette Hviid ErichsenDeputy board member13/01/202326/10/2023
Ingermarie JensenDeputy board member26/10/202331/07/2024
Helle RexenDeputy board member26/10/202301/09/2024
Morten Enggaard RasmussenBoard member29/01/202424/06/2024
Anders LundBoard member29/01/202401/09/2024
Morten Enggaard RasmussenDeputy chair25/06/202430/06/2024
Ingermarie JensenBoard member01/08/202422/04/2026
Jens GræstedDeputy board member02/09/202423/04/2026
Dejan StanisavicDeputy board member02/09/202423/04/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af bestyrelsens formand eller bestyrelsens næstformand i forening med en direktør eller et andet medlem af bestyrelsen, eller af den administrerende direktør i forening med en direktør, eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

17 active production units
Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
CHR HANSEN A/SBøge Alle 10-12, 2970 Hørsholm7541002924688
CHR HANSEN A/SJernholmen 1-27, 2650 Hvidovre5411003721445
CHR HANSEN A/SSøndre Ringvej 22, 4000 Roskilde1501002924652
Chr. Hansen A/SBiologiens Vej 2, 2800 Kongens Lyngby1171030591182
CHR. HANSEN A/SHallas Alle 1, 4400 Kalundborg1161031800389
CHR HANSEN A/SSundsnæs 10-18, 6300 Gråsten601002924640
Chr. Hansen A/SKogle Alle 6, 2970 Hørsholm511022437042
Chr. Hansen A/SAgern Alle 24, 1, 2970 Hørsholm381024883732
CHR. HANSEN A/SHillerødgade 42, 2200 København N151031776208
Novozymes A/SKrogshøjvej 36, 2880 Bagsværd151030877590
Chr. Hansen A/SAgern Alle 1, 2970 Hørsholm131025368661
Chr. Hansen A/SHøjbakkegård Alle 30, 2630 Taastrup51025368637
Chr. Hansen A/SJuelsmindevej 5, 4400 Kalundborg31026519485
CHR. HANSEN A/SLundtoftegårdsvej 95, 2800 Kongens Lyngby11031610830
Chr. Hansen A/SHammerholmen 17, 2650 Hvidovre11022440272

Showing 15 of 17 units (sorted by employees).

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive investeringsvirksomhed samt direkte eller indirekte at drive fabrikation af og handel med bioteknologiske og kemiske produkter, processer og anlæg, samt at drive forsknings- og rådgivningsvirksomhed og anden virksomhed, der efter bestyrelsens skøn er forbundet dermed. Selskabet søger i enhver henseende at drive sin virksomhed på social, miljømæssig og økonomisk ansvarlig vis.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

134 registered events
20267 changesaccounts 1 · management 6
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Charlotte Lund appointed deputy board member
  • Tobias Vode Kornbeck Bramminge appointed board member
  • Ingermarie Jensen appointed deputy board member
  • Jens Græsted stepped down as deputy board member
  • Dejan Stanisavic stepped down as deputy board member
  • Ingermarie Jensen stepped down as board member
20251 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
202427 changesmanagement 24 · accounts 1 · ownership 2
  • Lisbet Kragelund appointed board member
  • Jens Græsted appointed deputy board member
  • Anders Lund appointed deputy chair
  • Helle Rexen appointed board member
  • Dejan Stanisavic appointed deputy board member
  • Bent Glückstadt Knudsen stepped down as board member
  • Anders Lund stepped down as board member
  • Helle Rexen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Ingermarie Jensen appointed board member
  • Anisha Goel stepped down as board member
  • Ingermarie Jensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Morten Enggaard Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Morten Enggaard Rasmussen appointed ceo
  • Winnie Højvang Bügel stepped down as ceo
  • Morten Enggaard Rasmussen stepped down as deputy chair
  • Morten Enggaard Rasmussen appointed deputy chair
  • Winnie Højvang Bügel stepped down as board member
  • Morten Enggaard Rasmussen stepped down as board member
  • Anders Lund appointed board member
  • Rainer Chapour Lehmann appointed chair of the board
  • Morten Enggaard Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Alice Hjørdis Larsen stepped down as board member
  • Lise Skaarup Mortensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Torsten Steenholt stepped down as deputy chair
  • NOVOZYMES A/S registered as owner (100%)
  • CHR. HANSEN HOLDING A/S is no longer registered as owner
202312 changesmanagement 11 · accounts 1
  • Helle Rexen appointed deputy board member
  • Ingermarie Jensen appointed deputy board member
  • Anne-Mette Hviid Erichsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Liudmila Viktorovna Bobek stepped down as deputy board member
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Anisha Goel appointed board member
  • Anne-Mette Hviid Erichsen appointed deputy board member
  • Bent Glückstadt Knudsen appointed board member
  • Liudmila Viktorovna Bobek appointed deputy board member
  • Tobias Møller Sjøgren stepped down as deputy board member
  • Frank Kaltoft stepped down as deputy board member
  • Asger Geppel stepped down as board member
20222 changesmanagement 1 · accounts 1
  • Mikkel Wisborg-Møller stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20214 changesmanagement 4
  • Alice Hjørdis Larsen appointed board member
  • Alice Hjørdis Larsen stepped down as director
  • Tobias Møller Sjøgren appointed deputy board member
  • Birte Skov Larsen stepped down as deputy board member
20203 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Lise Skaarup Mortensen appointed chair of the board
  • Søren Westh Lonning stepped down as chair of the board
201814 changesmanagement 14
  • Frank Kaltoft appointed deputy board member
  • Torsten Steenholt appointed deputy chair
  • Asger Geppel appointed board member
  • Birte Skov Larsen appointed deputy board member
  • Mikkel Wisborg-Møller appointed board member
  • Lasse Vigel Jørgensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Helle Rexen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Lisbeth Grubov stepped down as board member
  • Kim Ib Sørensen stepped down as board member
  • Torsten Steenholt stepped down as board member
  • Torsten Steenholt appointed board member
  • Søren Westh Lonning appointed chair of the board
  • Søren Westh Lonning stepped down as deputy chair
  • Cornelis de Jong stepped down as chair of the board
20172 changesmanagement 2
  • Winnie Højvang Bügel appointed ceo
  • Knud Vindfeldt stepped down as ceo
20161 changemanagement 1
  • Alice Hjørdis Larsen appointed director
20155 changesmanagement 5
  • Ditte Marstrand Wulf stepped down as director
  • Ditte Marstrand Wulf appointed director
  • Søren Westh Lonning appointed deputy chair
  • Klaus Pedersen stepped down as deputy chair
  • Jesper Preben Allentoft stepped down as director
20148 changesmanagement 8
  • Lasse Vigel Jørgensen appointed deputy board member
  • Helle Rexen appointed deputy board member
  • Lisbeth Grubov appointed board member
  • Kim Ib Sørensen appointed board member
  • Peer Kurt Rafn stepped down as board member
  • Susanne Parfelt stepped down as board member
  • Jimm Gjøe Kvist stepped down as deputy board member
  • Carsten Bennike stepped down as director
20136 changesmanagement 6
  • Peer Kurt Rafn appointed board member
  • Per Poulsen stepped down as board member
  • Henrik Dalbøge stepped down as director
  • Carsten Hellmann stepped down as director
  • Cornelis de Jong appointed chair of the board
  • Lars Vinge Frederiksen stepped down as chair of the board
20114 changesmanagement 4
  • Klaus Pedersen appointed deputy chair
  • Henning Jakobsen stepped down as deputy chair
  • Jesper Preben Allentoft appointed director
  • Carsten Bennike appointed director
20104 changesmanagement 4
  • Susanne Parfelt appointed board member
  • Jimm Gjøe Kvist appointed deputy board member
  • Knud Vindfeldt appointed ceo
  • Hans Mikael Olsen Thorkilgaard stepped down as ceo
20091 changemanagement 1
  • Henrik Dalbøge appointed director
20082 changesmanagement 1 · industry 1
  • Steen Løndal stepped down as director
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c. (205900)
20073 changesmanagement 2 · address 1
  • Per Poulsen appointed board member
  • Henrik Møllgaard stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Bøge Alle 10-12, 2970 Hørsholm
20069 changesmanagement 8 · industry 1
  • Henrik Møllgaard appointed board member
  • Steen Løndal appointed director
  • Hans Mikael Olsen Thorkilgaard appointed ceo
  • Henning Jakobsen appointed deputy chair
  • Winnie Højvang Bügel appointed board member
  • Carsten Hellmann appointed director
  • Knud Vindfeldt stepped down as deputy chair
  • Hans Mikael Olsen Thorkilgaard stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Fremstilling af andre næringsmidler i øvrigt (158920)
20057 changesmanagement 7
  • Knud Vindfeldt appointed deputy chair
  • Lars Vinge Frederiksen appointed chair of the board
  • Hans Mikael Olsen Thorkilgaard appointed board member
  • Frédéric Stévenin stepped down as chair of the board
  • Leif Nørgaard stepped down as board member
  • Frédéric Stévenin appointed chair of the board
  • Leif Nørgaard appointed board member
20041 changeownership 1
  • CHR. HANSEN HOLDING A/S registered as owner (100%)
20031 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 194,100,000 DKK to 194,101,000 DKK
20002 changescapital 1 · merger 1
  • Share capital changed from 183,500,000 DKK to 194,100,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
19972 changescapital 1 · merger 1
  • Share capital changed from 150,000,000 DKK to 183,500,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
19942 changesname 1 · capital 1
  • Name changed from CHR. HANSEN'S LABORATORIUM DANMARK A/S to CHR. HANSEN A/S
  • Share capital changed from 100,000,000 DKK to 150,000,000 DKK
19921 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 80,000,000 DKK to 100,000,000 DKK
19892 changesname 1 · capital 1
  • Name changed from A/S PSE NR. 2770 to CHR. HANSEN'S LABORATORIUM DANMARK A/S
  • Share capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 80,000,000 DKK
19881 changefounded 1
  • Registered as A/S PSE NR. 2770

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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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