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Colourbox ApS

Private limited companyCVR 28995938Odense NActive

Colourbox ApS is a private limited company, based in Odense N, active in other publishing activities, except software publishing, founded in 2005. After a loss in 2024, the company made a profit of DKK 180k in 2025. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 7 of 31 companies in the industry in the database. With 20 employees, the company is about 7 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 9.6m+29.8% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 180k+111.9% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 2.3m+8.5% vs. 2024
Employees20latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 30% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 9.6m.
  • Net profit went from a loss of DKK 1.5m to a profit of DKK 180k (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity rose 8% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.3m.

Employees

  • 3 fewer employees than a year earlier: 20 (08/2026) against 23 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Esben Darling (ceo, 28/07/2025), Esben Darling (chair of the board, 28/09/2026) and Morten Lennert (board member, 28/09/2026) (+1).
  • Stepped down: Shinta Darling (director, 28/09/2026), Morten Bern (board member, 28/09/2026) and Esben Darling (chair of the board, 28/07/2025) (+1).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Other publishing activities, except software publishing (581900)

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 2m−DKK 1mDKK 0DKK 1mDKK 2mDKK 3mDKK 4mDKK 5mDKK 6m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Colourbox ApS
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit11,49011,51510,81810,7977,4159,626+29.8%
Operating profit (EBIT)1,7981,233522223−2,556−1,247+51.2%
Profit before tax1,9182,5285291,888−1,942231+111.9%
Net profit1,4921,9794501,498−1,515180+111.9%
Total assets14,51016,11914,53916,17312,65014,987+18.5%
Equity4,2776,2564,7066,2042,1222,302+8.5%
Liabilities10,2339,8639,8339,96910,52812,685+20.5%
Cash and cash equivalents6,3862,0712,2423,7602,7553,028+9.9%
Average number of employees191919191617+6.3%

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 2mDKK 4mDKK 6mDKK 8mDKK 10mDKK 12m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (31 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Colourbox ApS
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202529/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202430/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202301/07/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202211/07/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202120/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202002/06/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

31 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in other publishing activities, except software publishing based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 9.6mNo. 7 of 31
Better than 80% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 2.3mNo. 10 of 31
Better than 70% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees20No. 5 of 31
Better than 87% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 2.3m, net profit DKK 180k, equity DKK 669k, 3 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 738kDKK 5.5mDKK 40.3mDKK 152.7mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 31 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. 5,906of 9,892
Better than 40%
No. 6,289of 9,922
Better than 37%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 6,140of 24,791
Better than 75%
No. 13,824of 24,909
Better than 45%
All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison
No. 6,408of 66,379
Better than 90%
No. 18,843of 66,505
Better than 72%

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

Other publishing activities, except software publishing
Gross profit
  1. Colourbox ApSDKK 9.6m
  2. Karnov Group Denmark A/SDKK 297.4m
  3. Bording Danmark A/SDKK 95.3m
Net profit
  1. Colourbox ApSDKK 180k
  2. Karnov Group Denmark A/SDKK 52.2m
  3. Bording Danmark A/SDKK 18.4m
Equity
  1. Colourbox ApSDKK 2.3m
  2. Karnov Group Denmark A/SDKK 290.6m
  3. Bording Danmark A/SDKK 37.4m
Employees
  1. Colourbox ApS20
  2. Karnov Group Denmark A/S184
  3. Bording Danmark A/S120

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • The Darlings ApS100%
Colourbox ApS

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Colourbox ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Esben DarlingCEO28/07/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at Colourbox ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Shinta DarlingBoard member28/03/2019
Esben DarlingChair of the board28/09/2026
Morten LennertBoard member28/09/2026
Founders
The Darlings ApS
Former management (20)
Former management at Colourbox ApS
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Esben DarlingDirector15/09/200501/08/2015
Erik ChristensenBoard member10/11/200510/01/2007
Kenneth RossauChair of the board10/11/200528/02/2009
Michael MortensenBoard member24/01/200728/02/2009
Esben DarlingBoard member28/02/200929/09/2022
Christina Wiesner FærchChair of the board28/02/200911/05/2015
Kent Bredmose ThomsenBoard member28/02/200915/03/2010
Shinta DarlingBoard member15/03/201001/08/2012
Carsten John ChristensenBoard member01/08/201211/05/2015
Mike PetersenBoard member21/02/201331/10/2018
Christina Wiesner FærchBoard member12/05/201501/08/2015
Carsten John ChristensenChair of the board12/05/201530/09/2022
Mads Martin JørgensenCEO01/08/201531/07/2017
Shinta DarlingDirector01/08/201728/09/2026
Kim Ingmar SvendsenBoard member01/08/201828/03/2019
Martin Rud EhmsenBoard member01/10/201930/09/2022
Peter FrentzBoard member01/05/202130/06/2022
Morten BernBoard member01/08/202228/09/2026
Esben DarlingChair of the board30/09/202228/07/2025
Joseph Martin TrouttCEO01/11/202428/07/2025

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør og et bestyrelsesmedlem i forening.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Hammergyden 75
5270 Odense N

Odense Municipality · Postcode 5270

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
COLOURBOX ApSHammergyden 75, Stige, 5270 Odense N201011706459

Purpose

Selskabets formål er salg af stock files ( free og copyright protected foto materiale ) til primært reklamebureauer, in-house bureauer, forlag, redaktioner på ugeblade på ugeblade, aviser og magasiner og anden hermed beslægtet virksomhed efter direktionens skøn.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

59 registered events
20265 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1
  • Esben Darling appointed chair of the board
  • Morten Lennert appointed board member
  • Morten Bern stepped down as board member
  • Shinta Darling stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20255 changesmanagement 3 · accounts 1 · industry 1
  • Esben Darling appointed ceo
  • Joseph Martin Troutt stepped down as ceo
  • Esben Darling stepped down as chair of the board
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Other publishing activities, except software publishing (581900)
20242 changesmanagement 1 · accounts 1
  • Joseph Martin Troutt appointed ceo
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20227 changesmanagement 6 · accounts 1
  • Esben Darling appointed chair of the board
  • Martin Rud Ehmsen stepped down as board member
  • Carsten John Christensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Esben Darling stepped down as board member
  • Morten Bern appointed board member
  • Peter Frentz stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20212 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Peter Frentz appointed board member
20193 changesmanagement 3
  • Martin Rud Ehmsen appointed board member
  • Shinta Darling appointed board member
  • Kim Ingmar Svendsen stepped down as board member
20182 changesmanagement 2
  • Mike Petersen stepped down as board member
  • Kim Ingmar Svendsen appointed board member
20172 changesmanagement 2
  • Shinta Darling appointed director
  • Mads Martin Jørgensen stepped down as ceo
20157 changesmanagement 7
  • Mads Martin Jørgensen appointed ceo
  • Christina Wiesner Færch stepped down as board member
  • Esben Darling stepped down as director
  • Carsten John Christensen appointed chair of the board
  • Christina Wiesner Færch appointed board member
  • Carsten John Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Christina Wiesner Færch stepped down as chair of the board
20132 changesmanagement 1 · industry 1
  • Mike Petersen appointed board member
  • Industry changed to Other publishing activities, except software publishing (581900)
20122 changesmanagement 2
  • Carsten John Christensen appointed board member
  • Shinta Darling stepped down as board member
20102 changesmanagement 2
  • Shinta Darling appointed board member
  • Kent Bredmose Thomsen stepped down as board member
20095 changesmanagement 5
  • Esben Darling appointed board member
  • Kent Bredmose Thomsen appointed board member
  • Christina Wiesner Færch appointed chair of the board
  • Michael Mortensen stepped down as board member
  • Kenneth Rossau stepped down as chair of the board
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Other advertising activities (731190)
20074 changesaddress 2 · management 2
  • Moved to Hammergyden 75, Stige, 5270 Odense N
  • Michael Mortensen appointed board member
  • Erik Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Storegade 88, 2, 6100 Haderslev
20061 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Storegade 88, 2, 6100 Haderslev
20056 changesmanagement 3 · industry 1 · founded 1 · ownership 1
  • Erik Christensen appointed board member
  • Kenneth Rossau appointed chair of the board
  • Esben Darling appointed director
  • Industry changed to Anden reklamevirksomhed og reklameformidling (744090)
  • Registered as COLOURBOX ApS
  • The Darlings ApS registered as owner (100%)

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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. The company is protected against advertising; contact details are not shown, and the data must not be used for marketing.

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