Colgate-palmolive A/S

Public limited companyCVR 43418114København ØActive

Colgate-palmolive A/S is a public limited company, based in København Ø, active in wholesale of perfume and cosmetics, founded in 1926. Net profit fell 34% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 31.2m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 3 of 126 companies in the industry in the database. With 43 employees, the company is about 8 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 725.3m+1.2% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 31.2m−34.3% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 120.7m−11.6% vs. 2024
Employees43latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Revenue rose 1% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 725.3m.
  • Net profit fell 34% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 31.2m.
  • Equity fell 12% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 120.7m.

Employees

  • 4 fewer employees than a year earlier: 43 (07/2026) against 47 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • Stepped down: Rita Moestrup Skånstrøm (board member, 30/06/2026).

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 20mDKK 40mDKK 60mDKK 80mDKK 100mDKK 120mDKK 140m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Colgate-palmolive A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue559,880593,014593,615661,248716,788725,271+1.2%
Gross profit188,749206,178208,148236,368252,680252,169−0.2%
Operating profit (EBIT)18,46930,73528,02928,73029,78139,543+32.8%
Profit before tax18,46857,40142,47744,3155541,363+74,584%
Net profit13,76849,97735,68836,75747,46731,168−34.3%
Total assets151,133157,819178,864163,790197,052183,274−7%
Equity99,432113,035118,897127,597136,524120,710−11.6%
Liabilities51,70144,78459,96736,19360,52862,564+3.4%
Cash and cash equivalents0000–––
Average number of employees5354534746460%

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 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200mDKK 250m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (126 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 Colgate-palmolive A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202506/07/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202403/07/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202304/07/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202207/07/2023The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202130/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202007/07/2021The 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

126 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in wholesale of perfume and cosmetics based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 252.2mNo. 3 of 126
Better than 98% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 120.7mNo. 3 of 126
Better than 98% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees43No. 11 of 126
Better than 92% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 3.4m, net profit DKK 191k, equity DKK 2.6m, 6 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 1.1mDKK 12.2mDKK 134.3mDKK 665.5mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 117 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 20–49 employees9,922 companies in the comparison
No. 44of 9,892
Better than 100%
No. 294of 9,922
Better than 97%
Same industry and 20–49 employees16 companies in the comparison
No. 1of 16
Better than 100%
No. 1of 16
Better than 100%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 353of 10,152
Better than 97%
No. 1,112of 10,275
Better than 89%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 613of 17,786
Better than 97%
No. 2,012of 18,024
Better than 89%

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 perfume and cosmetics
Gross profit
  1. Colgate-palmolive A/SDKK 252.2m
  2. L'oréal Danmark A/SDKK 1.5bn
  3. Estee Lauder Cosmetics A/SDKK 311.8m
Net profit
  1. Colgate-palmolive A/SDKK 31.2m
  2. L'oréal Danmark A/SDKK 635.6m
  3. Estee Lauder Cosmetics A/SDKK 113.1m
Equity
  1. Colgate-palmolive A/SDKK 120.7m
  2. L'oréal Danmark A/SDKK 897.7m
  3. Estee Lauder Cosmetics A/SDKK 673.6m
Employees
  1. Colgate-palmolive A/S43
  2. L'oréal Danmark A/S660
  3. Estee Lauder Cosmetics A/S171

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Colgate-Palmolive Services S.A.100%
Colgate-palmolive A/S

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Colgate-palmolive A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Colin Trevor MorrisonCEO04/10/2022

Board of directors

Board of directors at Colgate-palmolive A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Berit Kryger MortensenBoard member31/05/2018
Colin Trevor MorrisonBoard member04/10/2022
Ingrid Claire StewartBoard member07/03/2023
Stephane Jean Yves LionnetChair of the board07/03/2023
Former management (87)
Former management at Colgate-palmolive A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Gunnar Gregerz JonssonBoard member06/05/192609/06/1995
Henrik Holm-NielsenChair of the board06/05/192630/05/2012
Christian Theodor KjølbyeDeputy board member06/05/192630/05/2012
Ray KjærulffBoard member06/05/192614/07/1989
Peter MikkelsenBoard member06/05/192630/05/2013
Peter MikkelsenDirector06/05/192630/05/2013
Flemming Villiam Nygaard LarsenBoard member06/05/192614/07/1989
Anni Herdis la FontaineBoard member06/05/192630/08/1990
Peter Martin DessauDeputy board member06/05/192630/08/1990
Martin PedersenDeputy board member06/05/192607/12/1994
Per Stanley MadsenDeputy board member06/05/192607/12/1994
Søren Otto BurchardtDeputy board member06/05/192607/02/1991
Flemming Gottlieb HansenBoard member06/05/192626/04/1999
Neil PearsonBoard member06/05/192630/08/1990
Neil PearsonCEO06/05/192630/08/1990
Jens Aaløkke Angelbo PedersenDeputy board member06/05/192624/05/2006
Martti Elmar KirotarBoard member06/05/192604/06/1992
Per Anders Lennart GraffnerBoard member06/05/192607/02/1991
Per Anders Lennart GraffnerCEO06/05/192607/02/1991
Kaj Albert Nor MøllerBoard member06/05/192624/05/2006
Ole Friis ChristensenBoard member06/05/192616/01/1997
Leon Fellsgaard CuberDeputy board member06/05/192607/12/1994
Jørgen Grønnegaard LauridsenCEO06/05/192611/02/1993
Henning JakobsenDirector06/05/192626/07/1995
Ian Miller CookBoard member06/05/192607/12/1994
Ian Miller CookCEO06/05/192607/12/1994
James Clark ShoultzBoard member06/05/192611/06/1996
James Clark ShoultzCEO06/05/192611/06/1996
Leif AndersenDeputy board member06/05/192630/09/1996
Christopher Ernest PedersenBoard member06/05/192629/10/1999
Christopher Ernest PedersenDirector06/05/192629/10/1999
Jørgen Richard HansenBoard member06/05/192630/08/1990
Brian Francis BerginBoard member06/05/192604/10/1993
David Alfred MetzlerBoard member06/05/192623/06/1997
Mogens LangeBoard member16/01/199726/04/1999
Herroz Adolfo Javier Garcia TeruelBoard member23/06/199730/05/2000
Lois JuliberBoard member23/06/199726/05/2003
Jean-Mathieu HellichBoard member28/05/199826/05/2003
Werner Philip NielsenBoard member26/04/199924/05/2006
Jørgen Grønnegaard LauridsenBoard member26/04/199924/05/2006
Michael PetersenDeputy board member26/04/199924/05/2006
Mona HenriksenDeputy board member26/04/199924/05/2006
Bo AndersenBoard member26/04/199924/05/2006
Alexandre de GuillenchmidtBoard member29/10/199929/05/2001
Alexandre de GuillenchmidtDirector29/10/199929/05/2001
Franck Jean Yves Henri MoisonBoard member29/06/200025/10/2007
Peter Brøns-PoulsenBoard member29/05/200125/10/2007
Peter Brøns-PoulsenDirector29/05/200125/10/2007
Ian Miller CookBoard member26/05/200325/10/2007
Jules Perry KaufmanBoard member26/05/200325/10/2007
Karin JessenDeputy board member24/05/200627/05/2016
Kim Rune RolstedBoard member24/05/200625/10/2007
Rita Moestrup SkånstrømBoard member24/05/200630/06/2026
Ole LisbergBoard member24/05/200630/11/2006
Lisbeth Top JensenBoard member30/11/200627/05/2016
Erik Anders RasmussenBoard member25/10/200727/05/2016
Michael Townsend SloadBoard member25/10/200725/05/2009
Michael Townsend SloadCEO25/10/200725/05/2009
Alexandre de GuillenchmidtBoard member25/10/200725/05/2009
Katherine Elizabeth Hargrove RamundoBoard member25/10/200701/09/2009
Massimo PoliBoard member25/05/200930/05/2012
Massimo PoliCEO25/05/200901/08/2011
Victoria DolanBoard member25/05/200927/05/2011
Peter John GraylinBoard member01/09/200929/05/2015
Jesper AndersenBoard member27/05/201130/05/2012
Riccardo RicciCEO01/08/201129/05/2015
Henning JakobsenChair of the board30/05/201228/05/2015
Riccardo RicciBoard member30/05/201229/05/2015
Stefan Ettrup ZeuthenDeputy board member30/05/201329/05/2015
Caroline Ann BanerjeeBoard member30/05/201329/05/2015
Henning JakobsenBoard member29/05/201505/02/2018
Henning JakobsenCEO29/05/201505/02/2018
Nikolai Saxil NymannDeputy board member29/05/201527/05/2016
Mathilde FleuryBoard member29/05/201531/05/2017
Mathilde FleuryDirector29/05/201501/03/2017
Tina StoianChair of the board29/05/201503/11/2016
Bryn Gareth ThomasBoard member29/05/201527/05/2016
Berit Kryger MortensenDeputy board member27/05/201630/05/2017
Charalabos KladosBoard member27/05/201607/03/2023
Paolo RossettoChair of the board03/11/201607/03/2023
Marcus HenriksenDirector01/03/201731/05/2018
Berit Kryger MortensenDeputy board member31/05/201730/05/2018
Marcus HenriksenBoard member31/05/201731/05/2018
Nicola Jayne BatyBoard member05/02/201818/11/2019
Nicola Jayne BatyCEO05/02/201818/11/2019
Cristiane De Freitas MartiniBoard member18/11/201904/10/2022
Cristiane De Freitas MartiniCEO18/11/201904/10/2022

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af:  Den administrerende direktør i forening med et medlem af bestyrelsen eller af Formanden for Bestyrelsen i forening med et bestyrelsesmedlem.

Address and production units

2 active production units

Sundkrogsgade 11
2100 København Ø

København Municipality · Postcode 2100

Other companies at the address (1)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE A/SSundkrogsgade 11, 1, 2100 København Ø421011173884
Colgate-Palmolive Europe SarlSundkrogsgade 11, 1, 2100 København Ø01003075363

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive fabrikation og handel samt sådan finansieringsvirksomhed, som står i naturlig forbindelse med selskabets hovedvirksomhed

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

131 registered events
20262 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Rita Moestrup Skånstrøm stepped down as board member
20251 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20243 changesaccounts 1 · address 2
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Moved to Sundkrogsgade 11, 1, 2100 København Ø
  • Moved to Sundkrogsgade 11, 1, 2100 København Ø
20235 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Ingrid Claire Stewart appointed board member
  • Stephane Jean Yves Lionnet appointed chair of the board
  • Paolo Rossetto stepped down as chair of the board
  • Charalabos Klados stepped down as board member
20225 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1
  • Colin Trevor Morrison appointed ceo
  • Colin Trevor Morrison appointed board member
  • Cristiane De Freitas Martini stepped down as ceo
  • Cristiane De Freitas Martini stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20194 changesmanagement 4
  • Cristiane De Freitas Martini appointed ceo
  • Cristiane De Freitas Martini appointed board member
  • Nicola Jayne Baty stepped down as ceo
  • Nicola Jayne Baty stepped down as board member
20188 changesmanagement 8
  • Berit Kryger Mortensen appointed board member
  • Marcus Henriksen stepped down as board member
  • Marcus Henriksen stepped down as director
  • Berit Kryger Mortensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Nicola Jayne Baty appointed ceo
  • Nicola Jayne Baty appointed board member
  • Henning Jakobsen stepped down as ceo
  • Henning Jakobsen stepped down as board member
20176 changesmanagement 6
  • Marcus Henriksen appointed board member
  • Berit Kryger Mortensen appointed deputy board member
  • Mathilde Fleury stepped down as board member
  • Berit Kryger Mortensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Marcus Henriksen appointed director
  • Mathilde Fleury stepped down as director
201611 changesmanagement 9 · address 2
  • Paolo Rossetto appointed chair of the board
  • Tina Stoian stepped down as chair of the board
  • Moved to Bredevej 2, 2830 Virum
  • Moved to Parallelvej 16, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby
  • Charalabos Klados appointed board member
  • Berit Kryger Mortensen appointed deputy board member
  • Bryn Gareth Thomas stepped down as board member
  • Nikolai Saxil Nymann stepped down as deputy board member
  • Erik Anders Rasmussen stepped down as board member
  • Lisbeth Top Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Karin Jessen stepped down as deputy board member
201513 changesmanagement 13
  • Tina Stoian appointed chair of the board
  • Bryn Gareth Thomas appointed board member
  • Mathilde Fleury appointed director
  • Mathilde Fleury appointed board member
  • Nikolai Saxil Nymann appointed deputy board member
  • Henning Jakobsen appointed ceo
  • Henning Jakobsen appointed board member
  • Stefan Ettrup Zeuthen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Caroline Ann Banerjee stepped down as board member
  • Riccardo Ricci stepped down as board member
  • Riccardo Ricci stepped down as ceo
  • Peter John Graylin stepped down as board member
  • Henning Jakobsen stepped down as chair of the board
20132 changesmanagement 2
  • Stefan Ettrup Zeuthen appointed deputy board member
  • Caroline Ann Banerjee appointed board member
20125 changesmerger 1 · management 4
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Riccardo Ricci appointed board member
  • Henning Jakobsen appointed chair of the board
  • Jesper Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Massimo Poli stepped down as board member
20114 changesmanagement 4
  • Riccardo Ricci appointed ceo
  • Massimo Poli stepped down as ceo
  • Jesper Andersen appointed board member
  • Victoria Dolan stepped down as board member
20098 changesmanagement 8
  • Peter John Graylin appointed board member
  • Katherine Elizabeth Hargrove Ramundo stepped down as board member
  • Massimo Poli appointed ceo
  • Victoria Dolan appointed board member
  • Massimo Poli appointed board member
  • Alexandre de Guillenchmidt stepped down as board member
  • Michael Townsend Sload stepped down as ceo
  • Michael Townsend Sload stepped down as board member
200711 changesmanagement 11
  • Erik Anders Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Katherine Elizabeth Hargrove Ramundo appointed board member
  • Alexandre de Guillenchmidt appointed board member
  • Michael Townsend Sload appointed ceo
  • Michael Townsend Sload appointed board member
  • Kim Rune Rolsted stepped down as board member
  • Ian Miller Cook stepped down as board member
  • Jules Perry Kaufman stepped down as board member
  • Peter Brøns-Poulsen stepped down as board member
  • Peter Brøns-Poulsen stepped down as director
  • Franck Jean Yves Henri Moison stepped down as board member
200612 changesmanagement 11 · address 1
  • Lisbeth Top Jensen appointed board member
  • Ole Lisberg stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Parallelvej 16, 2800 Kgs.Lyngby
  • Karin Jessen appointed deputy board member
  • Rita Moestrup Skånstrøm appointed board member
  • Kim Rune Rolsted appointed board member
  • Ole Lisberg appointed board member
  • Michael Petersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Werner Philip Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Jørgen Grønnegaard Lauridsen stepped down as board member
  • Bo Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Mona Henriksen stepped down as deputy board member
20051 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med parfumerivarer og kosmetik (514500)
20034 changesmanagement 4
  • Ian Miller Cook appointed board member
  • Jules Perry Kaufman appointed board member
  • Jean-Mathieu Hellich stepped down as board member
  • Lois Juliber stepped down as board member
20015 changesmanagement 4 · ownership 1
  • Peter Brøns-Poulsen appointed board member
  • Peter Brøns-Poulsen appointed director
  • Alexandre de Guillenchmidt stepped down as director
  • Alexandre de Guillenchmidt stepped down as board member
  • Colgate-Palmolive Services S.A. registered as owner (100%)
20002 changesmanagement 2
  • Franck Jean Yves Henri Moison appointed board member
  • Herroz Adolfo Javier Garcia Teruel stepped down as board member
19998 changesmanagement 8
  • Alexandre de Guillenchmidt appointed director
  • Alexandre de Guillenchmidt appointed board member
  • Michael Petersen appointed deputy board member
  • Werner Philip Nielsen appointed board member
  • Jørgen Grønnegaard Lauridsen appointed board member
  • Bo Andersen appointed board member
  • Mona Henriksen appointed deputy board member
  • Mogens Lange stepped down as board member
19981 changemanagement 1
  • Jean-Mathieu Hellich appointed board member
19973 changesmanagement 3
  • Lois Juliber appointed board member
  • Herroz Adolfo Javier Garcia Teruel appointed board member
  • Mogens Lange appointed board member
19951 changemanagement 1
  • Henning Jakobsen stepped down as director
19931 changemanagement 1
  • Jørgen Grønnegaard Lauridsen stepped down as ceo
19871 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 3,000,000 DKK to 82,000,000 DKK
19263 changesfounded 1 · management 2
  • Registered as COLGATE-PALMOLIVE A/S
  • Henning Jakobsen appointed director
  • Jørgen Grønnegaard Lauridsen appointed ceo

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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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