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Columbus A/S

Public limited companyCVR 13228345BallerupActive

Columbus A/S is a public limited company, based in Ballerup, active in computer consultancy and computer facilities management, founded in 1989. Net profit fell 73% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 14.8m. Operations are spread over 4 production units in 4 towns. With 316 employees, the company is about 158 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 1.6bn−5% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 14.8m−72.8% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 745m−0.8% vs. 2024
Employees316latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Revenue fell 5% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.6bn.
  • Net profit fell 73% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 14.8m.

Employees

  • 17 fewer employees than a year earlier: 316 (08/2026) against 333 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New owners registered: Consolidated Holdings A/S (13/03/2026).
  • No longer registered as owner: Consolidated Holdings A/S (12/03/2026).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 26/05/2026: Share capital changed from 162,157,830 DKK to 160,000,000 DKK
  • 16/03/2026: Share capital changed from 161,595,330 DKK to 162,157,830 DKK
  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Computer consultancy and computer facilities management (622000)

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 2015–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

−DKK 100mDKK 0DKK 100mDKK 200mDKK 300mDKK 400mDKK 500mDKK 600mDKK 700mDKK 800m20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Columbus A/S
20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated1,654,7331,481,8181,389,4341,539,9551,659,4421,576,456−5%
Gross profit848,481928,1069511,483,9761,494,5771,304,5911,221,0851,254,084––––
Operating profit (EBIT)74,843105,271107107,51659,18883,04458,70235,13560,08871,80158,415−18.6%
Profit before tax83,400107,303102115,44148,73665,83355,20032,08839,33857,80946,795−19.1%
Net profit65,33981,4799696,67420,99048,562758,548−11,31326,88954,38114,812−72.8%
Total assets697,781837,5068521,633,5581,654,5171,640,8651,268,5971,183,9471,297,8511,295,4351,275,745−1.5%
Equity388,752471,587552639,720668,480715,605740,980706,405716,829751,214744,962−0.8%
Liabilities309,029365,919300993,838986,037831,369527,617477,542581,022544,221530,783−2.5%
Cash and cash equivalents82,29494,66988108,909147,264164,21362,94332,78738,26979,22368,032−14.1%

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 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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Gross profitMedian, the industry (1,974 companies)

Annual reports

11 financial years
Annual reports for Columbus A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202523/04/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202429/04/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202325/04/2024The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202224/04/2023The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202105/05/2022The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202010/05/2021The companyPDF not statedXBRL
201901/01/2019 – 31/12/201904/05/2020The companyPDFXBRL
201801/01/2018 – 31/12/201801/05/2019The companyPDFXBRL
201701/01/2017 – 31/12/201725/04/2018The companyPDFXBRL
201601/01/2016 – 31/12/201602/05/2017The companyPDFXBRL
201501/01/2015 – 31/12/201524/06/2016The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

1,974 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in computer consultancy and computer facilities management based on the latest financial year.

EquityDKK 745mNo. 6 of 1,974
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees316No. 15 of 1,974
Better than 99% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 2.1m, net profit DKK 235k, equity DKK 931k, 2 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 1.1mDKK 12.3mDKK 136.8mDKK 680.5m
Distribution of gross profit for 1,845 companies in the industry (latest financial year, logarithmic scale).

Compared with similar companies

size, age and company form
Rank among similar companies
GroupGross profitEquity
Companies with 200–499 employees796 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 81of 796
Better than 90%
Same industry and 200–499 employees11 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 2of 11
Better than 90%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 270of 10,275
Better than 97%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 518of 18,024
Better than 97%

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

Computer consultancy and computer facilities management
Gross profit
  1. Columbus A/SDKK 1.3bn
  2. KMD A/SDKK 1.5bn
  3. Netcompany A/SDKK 1.1bn
Net profit
  1. Columbus A/SDKK 14.8m
  2. KMD A/SDKK 272.1m
  3. Netcompany A/SDKK 374.2m
Equity
  1. Columbus A/SDKK 745m
  2. KMD A/SDKK 1.7bn
  3. Netcompany A/SDKK 902.7m
Employees
  1. Columbus A/S316
  2. KMD A/S1,540
  3. Netcompany A/S2,464

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
Columbus A/S
Subsidiaries and ownership shares

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

7 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Columbus A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Søren Krogh KnudsenCEO07/06/2021
Brian IversenDirector01/10/2022

Board of directors

Board of directors at Columbus A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Ib KunøeChair of the board22/12/2004
Peter Skov HansenBoard member07/08/2012
Sven MadsenDeputy chair24/04/2018
Karina Kirk RingstedBoard member24/04/2018
Per Ove KogutBoard member29/04/2022
Founders
A/S Pse Nr. 1680
Former management (28)
Former management at Columbus A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Søren Carstensen DolbergDirector01/05/198915/09/1994
Per Emil Hasselbalch StakemannDirector01/05/198906/12/1989
Lars AndersenBoard member01/05/198924/03/1998
Karsten Ørneborg ThomsenBoard member01/05/198924/03/1998
Lars AndersenDirector02/04/199709/08/2000
Jørn Kristian MeldgaardBoard member24/03/199824/04/2003
Birgit Aagaard-SvendsenBoard member24/03/199828/04/2004
Frosti BergssonBoard member09/04/200101/10/2003
Carsten DillingCEO01/08/200116/02/2005
Torben BartelsGroup director12/09/200117/08/2005
Jan HansenCEO01/12/200101/12/2001
Kim Graven NielsenBoard member28/04/200422/12/2004
Birgitte NielsenBoard member28/04/200422/12/2004
Niels Thomas HeeringBoard member22/12/200420/04/2005
Claus True HougesenBoard member22/12/200407/08/2012
Vladislav MartynovChair of the board16/02/200516/02/2005
Vladislav MartynovCEO16/02/200522/12/2005
Vladislav MartynovCEO16/02/200516/02/2005
Jørgen Leif CadoviusBoard member20/04/200524/04/2018
Sven MadsenChief financial officer17/08/200501/01/2008
Michael GaardboeBoard member22/12/200523/04/2007
Michael GaardboeCEO22/12/200501/12/2008
Sven MadsenBoard member23/04/200723/04/2018
Claus HansenCEO01/12/200801/05/2011
Carsten GottschalckBoard member27/04/200929/04/2011
Ulla Doria KrossteigBoard member29/04/201125/04/2014
Thomas Gregers HonoreCEO01/05/201127/08/2020
Hans Henrik ThraneDirector26/10/201631/08/2022

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør i forening med bestyrelsesformanden, af en direktør i forening med to bestyrelsesmedlemmer eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

4 active production units

Lautrupvang 6
2750 Ballerup

Ballerup Municipality · Postcode 2750

Other companies at the address (4)

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
COLUMBUS A/SLautrupvang 6, 2750 Ballerup2911018457497
Columbus A/SNyvang 16, 5500 Middelfart261027572657
COLUMBUS A/STangen 4, 8200 Aarhus N171019855372
COLUMBUS A/SLyngvej 3, st, 9000 Aalborg81019855402

Purpose

Selskabets formål er handel, industri samt service- og konsulentvirksomhed, særligt inden for EDB-området og hermed beslægtede ydelser, anden i forbindelse hermed stående virksomhed samt eje andre virksomheder og selskaber med samme formål eller andele heraf.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

144 registered events
20265 changescapital 2 · accounts 1 · ownership 2
  • Share capital changed from 162,157,830 DKK to 160,000,000 DKK
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Share capital changed from 161,595,330 DKK to 162,157,830 DKK
  • CONSOLIDATED HOLDINGS A/S registered as owner (50%)
  • CONSOLIDATED HOLDINGS A/S is no longer registered as owner
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Computer consultancy and computer facilities management (622000)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20234 changesownership 3 · accounts 1
  • CONSOLIDATED HOLDINGS A/S registered as owner (50%)
  • Protector Forsikring ASA is no longer registered as owner
  • CONSOLIDATED HOLDINGS A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20227 changesmanagement 3 · accounts 1 · ownership 3
  • Brian Iversen appointed director
  • Hans Henrik Thrane stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Per Ove Kogut appointed board member
  • CONSOLIDATED HOLDINGS A/S registered as owner (33.33%)
  • CONSOLIDATED HOLDINGS A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Protector Forsikring ASA registered as owner (5%)
20215 changesmerger 1 · management 1 · accounts 1 · capital 2
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Søren Krogh Knudsen appointed ceo
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Share capital changed from 160,226,665 DKK to 161,595,330 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 155,777,665 DKK to 160,226,665 DKK
20202 changesmanagement 1 · accounts 1
  • Thomas Gregers Honore stepped down as ceo
  • Annual report for 2019 published
20192 changesaccounts 1 · capital 1
  • Annual report for 2018 published
  • Share capital changed from 152,233,915 DKK to 155,777,665 DKK
20186 changesaccounts 1 · management 4 · capital 1
  • Annual report for 2017 published
  • Karina Kirk Ringsted appointed board member
  • Sven Madsen appointed deputy chair
  • Jørgen Leif Cadovius stepped down as board member
  • Sven Madsen stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 149,832,040 DKK to 152,233,915 DKK
20172 changesaccounts 1 · capital 1
  • Annual report for 2016 published
  • Share capital changed from 145,247,215 DKK to 149,832,040 DKK
20163 changesmanagement 1 · accounts 1 · capital 1
  • Hans Henrik Thrane appointed director
  • Annual report for 2015 published
  • Share capital changed from 142,123,215 DKK to 145,247,215 DKK
20151 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 137,830,615 DKK to 142,123,215 DKK
20144 changesmerger 1 · management 1 · capital 1 · industry 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Ulla Doria Krossteig stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 132,793,116 DKK to 137,830,615 DKK
  • Industry changed to Konsulentbistand vedrørende informationsteknologi (620200)
20132 changescapital 1 · ownership 1
  • Share capital changed from 132,174,366 DKK to 132,793,116 DKK
  • CONSOLIDATED HOLDINGS A/S registered as owner (33.33%)
20123 changesmanagement 2 · name 1
  • Peter Skov Hansen appointed board member
  • Claus True Hougesen stepped down as board member
  • Name changed from COLUMBUS IT PARTNER A/S to COLUMBUS A/S
20114 changesmanagement 4
  • Thomas Gregers Honore appointed ceo
  • Claus Hansen stepped down as ceo
  • Ulla Doria Krossteig appointed board member
  • Carsten Gottschalck stepped down as board member
20101 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 99,130,775 DKK to 132,174,366 DKK
20093 changescapital 1 · management 1 · industry 1
  • Share capital changed from 96,465,530 DKK to 99,130,775 DKK
  • Carsten Gottschalck appointed board member
  • Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)
20085 changesmanagement 3 · capital 1 · industry 1
  • Claus Hansen appointed ceo
  • Michael Gaardboe stepped down as ceo
  • Share capital changed from 95,579,784 DKK to 96,465,530 DKK
  • Industry changed to Konsulentbistand vedrørende informationsteknologi (620200)
  • Sven Madsen stepped down as chief financial officer
20075 changesaddress 1 · capital 2 · management 2
  • Moved to Lautrupvang 6, 2750 Ballerup
  • Share capital changed from 94,036,475 DKK to 95,579,784 DKK
  • Sven Madsen appointed board member
  • Michael Gaardboe stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 93,929,203 DKK to 94,036,475 DKK
20069 changescapital 9
  • Share capital changed from 91,241,246 DKK to 93,929,203 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 91,131,109 DKK to 91,241,246 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 90,683,259 DKK to 91,131,109 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 90,623,459 DKK to 90,683,259 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 90,367,391 DKK to 90,623,459 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 90,224,891 DKK to 90,367,391 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 90,107,818 DKK to 90,224,891 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 88,998,713 DKK to 90,107,818 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 88,777,175 DKK to 88,998,713 DKK
200520 changescapital 8 · management 12
  • Share capital changed from 88,277,175 DKK to 88,777,175 DKK
  • Michael Gaardboe appointed ceo
  • Michael Gaardboe appointed board member
  • Vladislav Martynov stepped down as ceo
  • Share capital changed from 88,122,794 DKK to 88,277,175 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 85,603,694 DKK to 88,122,794 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 83,933,129 DKK to 85,603,694 DKK
  • Sven Madsen appointed chief financial officer
  • Torben Bartels stepped down as group director
  • Jørgen Leif Cadovius appointed board member
  • Niels Thomas Heering stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 50,359,878 DKK to 83,933,129 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 48,971,581 DKK to 50,359,878 DKK
  • Vladislav Martynov appointed ceo
  • Vladislav Martynov stepped down as ceo
  • Vladislav Martynov appointed chair of the board
  • Vladislav Martynov stepped down as chair of the board
  • Carsten Dilling stepped down as ceo
  • Share capital changed from 47,791,704 DKK to 48,971,581 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 47,569,079 DKK to 47,791,704 DKK
200410 changesmanagement 8 · capital 1 · address 1
  • Ib Kunøe appointed chair of the board
  • Claus True Hougesen appointed board member
  • Niels Thomas Heering appointed board member
  • Birgitte Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Kim Graven Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 46,231,078 DKK to 47,569,079 DKK
  • Moved to Banemarksvej 50C, 2605 Brøndby
  • Birgitte Nielsen appointed board member
  • Kim Graven Nielsen appointed board member
  • Birgit Aagaard-Svendsen stepped down as board member
20036 changescapital 3 · management 2 · industry 1
  • Share capital changed from 43,606,078 DKK to 46,231,078 DKK
  • Frosti Bergsson stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 10,044,994 DKK to 43,606,078 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 40,179,975 DKK to 10,044,994 DKK
  • Jørn Kristian Meldgaard stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Udvikling af kundespecifikt software og konsulentbistand i forbindelse med software (722200)
20018 changesmanagement 5 · capital 3
  • Jan Hansen appointed ceo
  • Jan Hansen stepped down as ceo
  • Torben Bartels appointed group director
  • Carsten Dilling appointed ceo
  • Share capital changed from 32,143,980 DKK to 40,179,975 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 31,800,230 DKK to 32,143,980 DKK
  • Frosti Bergsson appointed board member
  • Share capital changed from 31,738,300 DKK to 31,800,230 DKK
20002 changescapital 1 · management 1
  • Share capital changed from 28,403,420 DKK to 31,738,300 DKK
  • Lars Andersen stepped down as director
19991 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 28,281,660 DKK to 28,403,420 DKK
19987 changescapital 3 · management 4
  • Share capital changed from 28,000,000 DKK to 28,281,660 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 25,000,000 DKK to 28,000,000 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 1,075,000 DKK to 25,000,000 DKK
  • Jørn Kristian Meldgaard appointed board member
  • Birgit Aagaard-Svendsen appointed board member
  • Karsten Ørneborg Thomsen stepped down as board member
  • Lars Andersen stepped down as board member
19971 changemanagement 1
  • Lars Andersen appointed director
19962 changescapital 1 · address 1
  • Share capital changed from 1,000,000 DKK to 1,075,000 DKK
  • Moved to Krudtløbsvej 1, 1439 København K
19943 changescapital 1 · name 1 · management 1
  • Share capital changed from 100,000 DKK to 1,000,000 DKK
  • Name changed from DOLBERG DATA ÅRHUS ApS to COLUMBUS IT PARTNER A/S
  • Søren Carstensen Dolberg stepped down as director
19898 changesname 1 · capital 1 · management 5 · founded 1
  • Name changed from ApS SPKR 4 NR. 2579 to DOLBERG DATA ÅRHUS ApS
  • Share capital changed from 80,000 DKK to 100,000 DKK
  • Per Emil Hasselbalch Stakemann stepped down as director
  • Registered as ApS SPKR 4 NR. 2579
  • Per Emil Hasselbalch Stakemann appointed director
  • Karsten Ørneborg Thomsen appointed board member
  • Lars Andersen appointed board member
  • Søren Carstensen Dolberg appointed director

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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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