Coloplast A/S

Public limited companyCVR 69749917HumlebækActive

Coloplast A/S is a public limited company, based in Humlebæk, active in manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies, founded in 1957. Net profit fell 28% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 3.6bn. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 1 of 185 companies in the industry in the database. Operations are spread over 3 production units.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 27.9bn+3.1% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 3.6bn−28% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 16.1bn−10.1% vs. 2024
Employees1,501latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 4% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 18.9bn.
  • Revenue rose 3% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 27.9bn.
  • Net profit fell 28% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 3.6bn.
  • Equity fell 10% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 16.1bn.

Employees

  • 88 more employees than a year earlier: 1,501 (07/2026) against 1,413 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Jette Nygaard-Andersen (chair of the board, 05/05/2025), Niels Bjørn Christiansen (board member, 04/12/2025) and Gavin Alexander Wood (ceo, 29/04/2026) (+2).
  • Stepped down: Allan Bjørn Rasmussen (director, 05/11/2024), Jette Nygaard-Andersen (board member, 04/05/2025) and Kristian Villumsen (ceo, 05/05/2025) (+5).

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 2017–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

DKK 0DKK 2bnDKK 4bnDKK 6bnDKK 8bnDKK 10bnDKK 12bnDKK 14bnDKK 16bnDKK 18bn201720182019202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Coloplast A/S
201720182019202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue15,528,00016,449,00017,939,00018,544,00019,426,00022,579,00024,500,00027,030,00027,874,000+3.1%
Gross profit10,571,00011,066,00012,153,00012,612,00013,313,00015,529,00016,328,00018,269,00018,945,000+3.7%
Operating profit (EBIT)5,024,0005,091,0005,156,0005,854,0006,155,0006,439,0006,771,0007,320,0007,201,000−1.6%
Profit before tax4,950,0005,009,0005,028,0005,466,0006,233,0006,127,0006,025,0006,395,0006,157,000−3.7%
Net profit3,797,0003,845,0003,873,0004,197,0004,825,0004,706,0004,783,0005,052,0003,636,000−28%
Total assets12,050,00011,769,00012,732,00013,499,00015,841,00034,956,00048,159,00048,073,00048,367,000+0.6%
Equity5,952,0006,418,0006,913,0007,406,0008,168,0008,292,00017,299,00017,942,00016,122,000−10.1%
Liabilities6,098,0005,351,0005,819,000–––––––
Cash and cash equivalents83,000297,000356,000323,000448,000414,000911,000788,000947,000+20.2%

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 2bnDKK 4bnDKK 6bnDKK 8bnDKK 10bnDKK 12bnDKK 14bnDKK 16bnDKK 18bn201720182019202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (185 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

9 financial years
Annual reports for Coloplast A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/10/2024 – 30/09/202505/12/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/10/2023 – 30/09/202406/12/2024The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/10/2022 – 30/09/202308/12/2023The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202201/10/2021 – 30/09/202207/12/2022The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202101/10/2020 – 30/09/202109/12/2021The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202001/10/2019 – 30/09/202008/12/2020The companyPDFXBRL
201901/10/2018 – 30/09/201912/12/2019The companyPDFXBRL
201801/10/2017 – 30/09/201812/12/2018The companyPDFXBRL
201701/10/2016 – 30/09/201710/12/2017The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

185 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 18.9bnNo. 1 of 185
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 16.1bnNo. 1 of 185
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees1,501No. 1 of 185
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 2.5m, net profit DKK 224k, equity DKK 1.9m, 4 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 2.1mDKK 43.5mDKK 908.1mDKK 6.9bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 170 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. 6of 147
Better than 97%
No. 11of 177
Better than 94%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 7of 10,152
Better than 100%
No. 23of 10,275
Better than 100%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 12of 17,786
Better than 100%
No. 38of 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 medical and dental instruments and supplies
Gross profit
  1. Coloplast A/SDKK 18.9bn
  2. Unomedical A/SDKK 1.2bn
  3. William Cook Europe ApSDKK 685.8m
Net profit
  1. Coloplast A/SDKK 3.6bn
  2. Unomedical A/SDKK 731.7m
  3. William Cook Europe ApSDKK 229.2m
Equity
  1. Coloplast A/SDKK 16.1bn
  2. Unomedical A/SDKK 2.2bn
  3. William Cook Europe ApSDKK 1.2bn
Employees
  1. Coloplast A/S1,501
  2. Unomedical A/S606
  3. William Cook Europe ApS741

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Coloplast Holding ApS25% · 50% votes
Coloplast A/S
Subsidiaries and ownership shares

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

14 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Coloplast A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Anders Frisenberg Lonning-SkovgaardDirector01/07/2014
Gavin Alexander WoodCEO29/04/2026

Board of directors

Board of directors at Coloplast A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Niels Peter Louis-HansenBoard member04/09/1957
Thomas Tærsbøl BarfodBoard member13/12/2006
Carsten HellmannBoard member07/12/2017
Gitte HejselbakDeputy board member05/12/2018
Nikolaj Kyhe GundersenBoard member05/12/2018
Roland Vendelbo PedersenBoard member05/12/2018
Marianne WiinholtBoard member03/12/2020
Annette Maria BrülsBoard member02/12/2021
Marie Terese NalbandianDeputy board member01/12/2022
Brianna Marie GalatiusDeputy board member01/12/2022
Jette Nygaard-AndersenChair of the board05/05/2025
Niels Bjørn ChristiansenBoard member04/12/2025
Former management (65)
Former management at Coloplast A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Poul BunkDeputy board member04/09/195721/12/1990
Helle BechgaardBoard member04/09/195709/12/2004
Vagn Holck-AndersenBoard member04/09/195712/12/1996
Per Ossip MagidBoard member04/09/195708/08/2018
Lise Lotte ReimerBoard member04/09/195729/11/1994
Jørn Vilhelm HallChair of the board04/09/195712/12/1996
Mads Skaarup VilladsenBoard member04/09/195721/12/1990
Steen-Ole JensenDeputy board member04/09/195714/12/1998
Niels Olav JohannessonDirector04/09/195730/04/2001
Henrik NymandDeputy board member04/09/195723/12/1994
Torsten Erik RasmussenBoard member04/09/195701/12/2010
Knud Carsten Bernhard LønfeldtDirector04/09/195730/11/2006
Henry BrennumBoard member04/09/195721/12/1990
Nils Erling KroghDeputy board member04/09/195721/12/1990
John Blauenfeldt RasmussenBoard member04/09/195702/12/1992
Folmer HalskovDirector04/09/195715/02/1995
Ib Finn PoulsenBoard member04/09/195721/12/1990
Inger Jytte VingeDeputy board member04/09/195721/12/1990
Jytte Gliim RørbækBoard member04/09/195716/12/2002
Bjarne NielsenBoard member04/09/195714/12/1998
Lillian NielsenDeputy board member04/09/195714/12/1998
Sten ScheibyeCEO16/02/199530/09/2008
Palle MarcusBoard member14/12/199513/12/2006
Kurt Anker NielsenBoard member12/12/199714/12/2005
Thorkild Jensen VormDeputy board member14/12/199816/12/2002
Steen ChristensenDeputy board member14/12/199813/12/2006
Flemming MossBoard member14/12/199816/12/2002
Maxwell Stephen StringerDirector09/02/200031/03/2004
Erik Frank AndersenBoard member16/12/200213/12/2006
Lise BergstrandBoard member16/12/200213/12/2006
Bjarne RiboeDeputy board member16/12/200213/12/2006
Klaus Victor WedelboeDeputy board member16/12/200213/12/2006
Ingrid Beichmann WiikBoard member16/12/200301/12/2010
Christian JørgensenDirector01/05/200431/08/2006
Lene Skole-SørensenDirector01/04/200530/06/2014
Michael Pram RasmussenChair of the board13/12/200605/12/2018
Mads Boritz GrønBoard member13/12/200601/12/2010
Henrik Bo AnderssonDeputy board member13/12/200605/10/2009
Preben Ole ChristensenDeputy board member13/12/200606/05/2008
Peter GrønDeputy board member13/12/200601/12/2010
Sven Håkan BjörklundBoard member13/12/200605/12/2016
Jørgen Tang-JensenBoard member18/12/200703/12/2020
Lars Søren RasmussenCEO30/09/200804/12/2018
Brian PetersenBoard member01/12/201007/12/2017
Torben RasmussenBoard member01/12/201005/12/2018
Gitte BöseBoard member01/12/201001/08/2012
Knud ØllgaardDeputy board member01/08/201204/12/2014
Anja SommerDeputy board member01/08/201204/12/2014
Jane LichtenbergBoard member01/08/201204/12/2014
Henrik Hjort LorenzenDeputy board member01/08/201204/12/2014
Kristian VillumsenDirector01/07/201403/12/2018
Allan Bjørn RasmussenDirector01/07/201405/11/2024
Nikolaj Kyhe GundersenDeputy board member04/12/201404/12/2018
Martin Giørtz MüllerBoard member04/12/201405/12/2018
Karsten Kåre ChristensenDeputy board member04/12/201405/12/2018
Jette Nygaard-AndersenBoard member09/12/201504/05/2025
Birgitte NielsenBoard member09/12/201502/12/2021
Kristian VillumsenCEO04/12/201805/05/2025
Lars Søren RasmussenChair of the board05/12/201804/05/2025
Morten FønsDeputy board member05/12/201801/12/2022
Vibeke RiiseDeputy board member05/12/201801/12/2022
Paul Robert MarcunDirector15/01/201905/11/2024
Nicolai Buhl AndersenDirector01/10/202005/11/2024
Lars Søren RasmussenBoard member05/05/202504/12/2025
Lars Søren RasmussenCEO05/05/202529/04/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af to direktører i forening, af formanden i forening med en direktør eller af bestyrelsen i forening.

Address and production units

3 active production units

Holtedam 1
3050 Humlebæk

Fredensborg Municipality · Postcode 3050

Other companies at the address (1)

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
COLOPLAST A/SHoltedam 1, Dageløkke, 3050 Humlebæk9261003173009
COLOPLAST A/SHoltedam 3, 3050 Humlebæk3411012773729
COLOPLAST A/SAa.Louis-Hansens Alle 15, 3060 Espergærde2401008330871

Purpose

Selskabets formål er direkte og indirekte at drive fabrikations- og handelsvirksomhed fortrinsvis med produkter indenfor sundhedssektoren, og yde service og rådgivning i tilknytning hertil, samt at drive forsknings-, udviklings- og investeringsvirksomhed og anden virksomhed, der efter bestyrelsens skøn har tilsvarende tilknytning.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

146 registered events
20262 changesmanagement 2
  • Gavin Alexander Wood appointed ceo
  • Lars Søren Rasmussen stepped down as ceo
20259 changesaccounts 1 · management 8
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Niels Bjørn Christiansen appointed board member
  • Lars Søren Rasmussen stepped down as board member
  • Lars Søren Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Lars Søren Rasmussen appointed ceo
  • Jette Nygaard-Andersen appointed chair of the board
  • Kristian Villumsen stepped down as ceo
  • Lars Søren Rasmussen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Jette Nygaard-Andersen stepped down as board member
20244 changesaccounts 1 · management 3
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Nicolai Buhl Andersen stepped down as director
  • Paul Robert Marcun stepped down as director
  • Allan Bjørn Rasmussen stepped down as director
20235 changesaccounts 1 · capital 1 · ownership 3
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Share capital changed from 216,000,000 DKK to 228,200,000 DKK
  • Coloplast Holding ApS registered as owner (25%)
  • Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansen A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Niels Peter Louis-Hansen is no longer registered as owner
20225 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Brianna Marie Galatius appointed deputy board member
  • Marie Terese Nalbandian appointed deputy board member
  • Morten Føns stepped down as deputy board member
  • Vibeke Riise stepped down as deputy board member
20213 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Annette Maria Brüls appointed board member
  • Birgitte Nielsen stepped down as board member
20204 changesaccounts 1 · management 3
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Marianne Wiinholt appointed board member
  • Jørgen Tang-Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Nicolai Buhl Andersen appointed director
20192 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2019 published
  • Paul Robert Marcun appointed director
201815 changesaccounts 1 · management 14
  • Annual report for 2018 published
  • Morten Føns appointed deputy board member
  • Roland Vendelbo Pedersen appointed board member
  • Nikolaj Kyhe Gundersen appointed board member
  • Gitte Hejselbak appointed deputy board member
  • Vibeke Riise appointed deputy board member
  • Lars Søren Rasmussen appointed chair of the board
  • Karsten Kåre Christensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Martin Giørtz Müller stepped down as board member
  • Torben Rasmussen stepped down as board member
  • Michael Pram Rasmussen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Kristian Villumsen appointed ceo
  • Nikolaj Kyhe Gundersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Lars Søren Rasmussen stepped down as ceo
  • Kristian Villumsen stepped down as director
20174 changesaccounts 1 · management 2 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2017 published
  • Carsten Hellmann appointed board member
  • Brian Petersen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies (325000)
20162 changesmanagement 1 · capital 1
  • Sven Håkan Björklund stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 220,000,000 DKK to 216,000,000 DKK
20156 changesownership 4 · management 2
  • Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansen A/S registered as owner (10%)
  • Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansen A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Birgitte Nielsen appointed board member
  • Jette Nygaard-Andersen appointed board member
  • Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansen A/S registered as owner (10%)
  • AAGE OG JOHANNE LOUIS-HANSENS FOND is no longer registered as owner
201411 changesmanagement 11
  • Karsten Kåre Christensen appointed deputy board member
  • Martin Giørtz Müller appointed board member
  • Nikolaj Kyhe Gundersen appointed deputy board member
  • Henrik Hjort Lorenzen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jane Lichtenberg stepped down as board member
  • Anja Sommer stepped down as deputy board member
  • Knud Øllgaard stepped down as deputy board member
  • Kristian Villumsen appointed director
  • Anders Frisenberg Lonning-Skovgaard appointed director
  • Allan Bjørn Rasmussen appointed director
  • Lene Skole-Sørensen stepped down as director
20132 changesownership 1 · capital 1
  • Niels Peter Louis-Hansen registered as owner (20%)
  • Share capital changed from 225,000,000 DKK to 220,000,000 DKK
20128 changesownership 2 · management 5 · industry 1
  • AAGE OG JOHANNE LOUIS-HANSENS FOND registered as owner (10%)
  • Benedicte Anne Find registered as owner (0%)
  • Henrik Hjort Lorenzen appointed deputy board member
  • Jane Lichtenberg appointed board member
  • Anja Sommer appointed deputy board member
  • Knud Øllgaard appointed deputy board member
  • Gitte Böse stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations (212000)
20106 changesmanagement 6
  • Gitte Böse appointed board member
  • Torben Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Brian Petersen appointed board member
  • Peter Grøn stepped down as deputy board member
  • Mads Boritz Grøn stepped down as board member
  • Ingrid Beichmann Wiik stepped down as board member
20092 changesmanagement 1 · capital 1
  • Henrik Bo Andersson stepped down as deputy board member
  • Share capital changed from 230,000,000 DKK to 225,000,000 DKK
20085 changesmanagement 3 · capital 1 · industry 1
  • Lars Søren Rasmussen appointed ceo
  • Sten Scheibye stepped down as ceo
  • Preben Ole Christensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Share capital changed from 240,000,000 DKK to 230,000,000 DKK
  • Industry changed to Fremstilling af andre plastprodukter (222900)
20072 changesmanagement 1 · address 1
  • Jørgen Tang-Jensen appointed board member
  • Moved to Holtedam 1, Dageløkke, 3050 Humlebæk
200614 changesmanagement 14
  • Peter Grøn appointed deputy board member
  • Michael Pram Rasmussen appointed chair of the board
  • Mads Boritz Grøn appointed board member
  • Henrik Bo Andersson appointed deputy board member
  • Preben Ole Christensen appointed deputy board member
  • Sven Håkan Björklund appointed board member
  • Thomas Tærsbøl Barfod appointed board member
  • Klaus Victor Wedelboe stepped down as deputy board member
  • Bjarne Riboe stepped down as deputy board member
  • Lise Bergstrand stepped down as board member
  • Erik Frank Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Steen Christensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Palle Marcus stepped down as board member
  • Christian Jørgensen stepped down as director
20052 changesmanagement 2
  • Kurt Anker Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Lene Skole-Sørensen appointed director
20043 changesmanagement 2 · merger 1
  • Christian Jørgensen appointed director
  • Maxwell Stephen Stringer stepped down as director
  • Merger registered in CVR
20031 changemanagement 1
  • Ingrid Beichmann Wiik appointed board member
20027 changesmanagement 7
  • Klaus Victor Wedelboe appointed deputy board member
  • Bjarne Riboe appointed deputy board member
  • Lise Bergstrand appointed board member
  • Erik Frank Andersen appointed board member
  • Flemming Moss stepped down as board member
  • Thorkild Jensen Vorm stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jytte Gliim Rørbæk stepped down as board member
20001 changemanagement 1
  • Maxwell Stephen Stringer appointed director
19985 changesmanagement 5
  • Flemming Moss appointed board member
  • Steen Christensen appointed deputy board member
  • Thorkild Jensen Vorm appointed deputy board member
  • Lillian Nielsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Bjarne Nielsen stepped down as board member
19972 changesmanagement 1 · capital 1
  • Kurt Anker Nielsen appointed board member
  • Share capital changed from 236,700,000 DKK to 240,000,000 DKK
19961 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 157,800,000 DKK to 236,700,000 DKK
19953 changesmanagement 2 · capital 1
  • Palle Marcus appointed board member
  • Share capital changed from 129,528,240 DKK to 157,800,000 DKK
  • Sten Scheibye appointed ceo
19942 changescapital 2
  • Share capital changed from 127,800,000 DKK to 129,528,240 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 126,000,000 DKK to 127,800,000 DKK
19931 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 84,000,000 DKK to 126,000,000 DKK
19902 changescapital 2
  • Share capital changed from 82,000,000 DKK to 84,000,000 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 61,500,000 DKK to 82,000,000 DKK
19871 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 45,000,000 DKK to 61,500,000 DKK
19574 changesfounded 1 · management 3
  • Registered as COLOPLAST A/S
  • Lillian Nielsen appointed deputy board member
  • Bjarne Nielsen appointed board member
  • Jytte Gliim Rørbæk 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 23/10/2026.

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