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Compass Group Danmark A/S

Public limited companyCVR 81093628København SActive

Compass Group Danmark A/S is a public limited company, based in København S, active in contract catering and other food service activities, founded in 1977. Net profit rose 98% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 73.3m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 1 of 227 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 2.4bn+12.7% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 73.3m+98.1% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 494.8m+8.8% vs. 2024
Employees3,737latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 18% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.6bn.
  • Revenue rose 13% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.4bn.
  • Net profit rose 98% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 73.3m.
  • Equity rose 9% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 494.8m.

Employees

  • 30 fewer employees than a year earlier: 3,737 (07/2026) against 3,767 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • Stepped down: Morten Hvenegaard (board member, 30/06/2026).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 26/03/2026: Moved to Rued Langgaards Vej 8, 3, 2300 København S
  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Contract catering and other food service activities (562200)

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 100mDKK 0DKK 100mDKK 200mDKK 300mDKK 400mDKK 500m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Compass Group Danmark A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue842,8661,228,1811,631,3501,879,1512,159,8042,433,286+12.7%
Gross profit581,011833,8611,024,9251,159,6821,340,7691,585,483+18.3%
Operating profit (EBIT)5,69357−51,61050,19159,623103,173+73%
Profit before tax−27,878−2,914−53,02446,10256,413100,548+78.2%
Net profit−30,690−11,583−66,37026,98137,01973,322+98.1%
Total assets904,1531,043,977900,284973,5751,001,8331,073,649+7.2%
Equity130,625483,171416,801443,782454,801494,806+8.8%
Liabilities769,618559,780483,483529,793547,032578,843+5.8%
Cash and cash equivalents43,02246,71219,638124,312105,101127,727+21.5%
Average number of employees1,3651,9162,1952,3562,6693,014+12.9%

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 200mDKK 400mDKK 600mDKK 800mDKK 1bnDKK 1.2bnDKK 1.4bnDKK 1.6bn202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (227 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Compass Group Danmark A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/10/2024 – 30/09/202526/03/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/10/2023 – 30/09/202426/03/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/10/2022 – 30/09/202318/03/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/10/2021 – 30/09/202229/03/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/10/2020 – 30/09/202120/01/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/10/2019 – 30/09/202016/02/2021The 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

227 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in contract catering and other food service activities based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 1.6bnNo. 1 of 227
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 494.8mNo. 1 of 227
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees3,737No. 1 of 227
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 2.3m, net profit DKK 113k, equity DKK 384k, 5 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 1.1mDKK 12.6mDKK 141.3mDKK 708.3mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 219 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. 42of 147
Better than 72%
No. 110of 177
Better than 38%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 53of 10,152
Better than 99%
No. 373of 10,275
Better than 96%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 85of 17,786
Better than 100%
No. 725of 18,024
Better than 96%

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

Contract catering and other food service activities
Gross profit
  1. Compass Group Danmark A/SDKK 1.6bn
  2. Meyers Contract Catering A/SDKK 280.8m
  3. Gate Gourmet Denmark ApSDKK 259.5m
Net profit
  1. Compass Group Danmark A/SDKK 73.3m
  2. Meyers Contract Catering A/SDKK 14.4m
  3. Gate Gourmet Denmark ApSDKK 21.9m
Equity
  1. Compass Group Danmark A/SDKK 494.8m
  2. Meyers Contract Catering A/SDKK 29.7m
  3. Gate Gourmet Denmark ApSDKK 67.3m
Employees
  1. Compass Group Danmark A/S3,737
  2. Meyers Contract Catering A/S764
  3. Gate Gourmet Denmark ApS400

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Compass Group International B.V.100%
Compass Group Danmark A/S

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Compass Group Danmark A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Thomas KempfCEO24/11/2023

Board of directors

Board of directors at Compass Group Danmark A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Claus PinholtDeputy chair30/11/2022
Zanne BurøChair of the board24/11/2023
Thomas KempfBoard member24/11/2023
Auditor
KPMG P/S
Former management (59)
Former management at Compass Group Danmark A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Jan PlengeBoard member01/06/197712/01/2004
Søren Jakob Anker-LadefogedBoard member01/06/197715/12/1995
Rose-Marie HolmBoard member01/06/197703/03/1989
Otto Hugo EggersBoard member07/12/199510/04/1996
Thor PedersenBoard member10/04/199613/11/2000
Svend AndersenChair of the board10/04/199613/11/2000
Jack Bjørn NielsenBoard member13/11/200005/01/2001
Jørgen Lauritsen VindingCEO13/11/200009/01/2001
Arne Grünfeld PedersenBoard member13/11/200005/01/2001
Niels Seier Rørdam HolmDirector07/12/200009/01/2001
Søren Gjøl SørensenBoard member05/01/200116/12/2010
Søren Gjøl SørensenCEO05/01/200101/12/2004
Bendt Otto ElfangChair of the board05/01/200101/12/2004
Niels Seier Rørdam HolmBoard member09/01/200112/02/2001
Jørgen Lauritsen VindingBoard member09/01/200112/02/2001
Steen AndersenBoard member18/06/200411/06/2009
Kristian Hofman-BangBoard member18/06/200411/06/2009
Carl-Henrik AndreasonChair of the board01/12/200426/02/2007
Gunnar Teis HansenCEO01/12/200423/10/2007
Per SköldBoard member01/12/200411/12/2007
Brian DanebodDirector26/02/200723/10/2007
Per Lars Tore ArnborgChair of the board26/02/200711/12/2007
Torben Grinder-PedersenCEO23/10/200706/05/2008
Gunnar Teis HansenBoard member11/12/200716/05/2008
Bo NielsenCEO06/05/200812/08/2009
Bo NielsenBoard member16/05/200812/08/2009
Max René LindeskovBoard member11/06/200918/07/2011
Inger Marie BorupDeputy board member11/06/200918/07/2011
Finn Tveen DyppingBoard member11/06/200916/09/2016
Paul SynnottCEO12/08/200906/12/2010
Claus RasmussenDeputy chair21/09/200927/02/2013
Miguel Ramis BarriosChair of the board21/09/200924/05/2011
Paul SynnottBoard member21/09/200916/12/2010
Brian BisgaardDirector06/12/201027/02/2013
Jesper BuskCEO06/12/201001/09/2015
Jesper BuskBoard member16/12/201001/09/2015
Philippe Alberta Maria Antonius Op de BeeckChair of the board24/05/201127/02/2013
Helle Grønfeldt NimbBoard member18/07/201116/09/2016
Brian BisgaardDeputy chair27/02/201330/09/2013
Johannes Adrianus FrankeChair of the board27/02/201301/09/2015
Uffe IversenDirector30/09/201315/10/2014
Henrik SeestBoard member27/02/201431/08/2015
Arne RasmussenDirector15/10/201405/08/2016
Henrik SeestDeputy chair01/09/201514/09/2016
Mikko Markus KäkeläBoard member01/09/201501/06/2017
Mikko Markus KäkeläCEO01/09/201501/06/2017
Ian James SarsonChair of the board01/09/201501/06/2017
Paul Martin BakerDeputy chair14/09/201601/06/2017
Mads Frank AndersenDeputy board member01/11/201615/01/2018
Kent DyrkovBoard member01/11/201601/06/2017
Morten HvenegaardBoard member01/11/201630/06/2026
Martin FagerstrømDeputy board member01/11/201631/05/2017
Zanne BurøCEO01/06/201724/11/2023
Martin FagerstrømBoard member01/06/201715/01/2018
Therese Log BergjordChair of the board01/06/201730/09/2017
Rolf Göran KlingensjöDeputy chair01/06/201731/12/2017
Zanne BurøBoard member29/12/201723/11/2023
Ole Rårup LauritsenDeputy chair29/12/201731/08/2022
Kathinka Friis-MøllerChair of the board29/12/201724/11/2023

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af bestyrelsens formand alene eller af to direktører i forening eller af en direktør i forening med bestyrelsens næstformand.

Address and production units

359 active production units

Rued Langgaards Vej 8
2300 København S

København Municipality · Postcode 2300

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Rued Langgaards Vej 8 København S Compass GroupRued Langgaards Vej 8, 3, 2300 København S2441002951451
353 Compass Group Danmark A/SAssensvej 11, 9220 Aalborg Øst1331012359183
115810_115812_115820 Compass Group Danmark A/SSundkrogsgade 25, 2150 Nordhavn861030254429
113910-113918 Compass Group Danmark A/SHallas Alle 1, 4400 Kalundborg581010001567
653510_653511_653512_653513_563514_653515 Compass Group Danmark A/SNovo Nordisk Park 1, 2760 Måløv541027839920
652810_652811_652812_652813_652814_652815 Compass Group Danmark A/SBrennum Park 1, 3400 Hillerød481027839904
Skibbrogade 5, st. tv. Aalborg Compass GroupSkibbrogade 5, 9000 Aalborg431016630930
518610 Compass Group Danmark A/SAnker Engelunds Vej 101A, 2800 Kongens Lyngby421023278533
493 & 658420..658460 Compass Group Danmark A/SIndustriparken 55, 2750 Ballerup391019926512
680810 Compass Group Danmark A/SUniversitetsbyen 43B, 8000 Aarhus C381031798317
669410 Compass Group Danmark A/SAvedøreholmen 96, 2650 Hvidovre371030399591
141010 Compass Group Danmark A/SNovo Alle 1, 2880 Bagsværd361018948687
675110..675111_675130Hans Jensensvej 7, 7190 Billund331030870545
143810 Compass Group Danmark A/SFredskovvej 5, 7330 Brande311020979735
53 Compass Group Danmark A/SOttiliavej 7-57, 2500 Valby311016773529

Showing 15 of 359 units (sorted by employees).

Purpose

Selskabets formål er catering- og restaurationsdrift, anden servicevirksomhed, produktion og handel og enhver anden virksomhed, som efter bestyrelsens skøn står i naturlig forbindelse hermed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

147 registered events
20263 changesmanagement 1 · address 1 · accounts 1
  • Morten Hvenegaard stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Rued Langgaards Vej 8, 3, 2300 København S
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Contract catering and other food service activities (562200)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20238 changesmanagement 6 · address 1 · accounts 1
  • Zanne Burø appointed chair of the board
  • Thomas Kempf appointed ceo
  • Thomas Kempf appointed board member
  • Kathinka Friis-Møller stepped down as chair of the board
  • Zanne Burø stepped down as ceo
  • Zanne Burø stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Rued Langgaards Vej 8, 1, 2300 København S
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20223 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Claus Pinholt appointed deputy chair
  • Ole Rårup Lauritsen stepped down as deputy chair
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20213 changesmerger 1 · capital 1 · accounts 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Share capital changed from 4,000,000 DKK to 4,000,001 DKK
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20182 changesmanagement 2
  • Martin Fagerstrøm stepped down as board member
  • Mads Frank Andersen stepped down as deputy board member
201716 changesmanagement 15 · address 1
  • Rolf Göran Klingensjö stepped down as deputy chair
  • Zanne Burø appointed board member
  • Kathinka Friis-Møller appointed chair of the board
  • Ole Rårup Lauritsen appointed deputy chair
  • Moved to Rued Langgaards Vej 8, 2300 København S
  • Therese Log Bergjord stepped down as chair of the board
  • Martin Fagerstrøm appointed board member
  • Rolf Göran Klingensjö appointed deputy chair
  • Therese Log Bergjord appointed chair of the board
  • Zanne Burø appointed ceo
  • Kent Dyrkov stepped down as board member
  • Paul Martin Baker stepped down as deputy chair
  • Ian James Sarson stepped down as chair of the board
  • Mikko Markus Käkelä stepped down as ceo
  • Mikko Markus Käkelä stepped down as board member
  • Martin Fagerstrøm stepped down as deputy board member
20169 changesmanagement 9
  • Mads Frank Andersen appointed deputy board member
  • Martin Fagerstrøm appointed deputy board member
  • Morten Hvenegaard appointed board member
  • Kent Dyrkov appointed board member
  • Helle Grønfeldt Nimb stepped down as board member
  • Finn Tveen Dypping stepped down as board member
  • Paul Martin Baker appointed deputy chair
  • Henrik Seest stepped down as deputy chair
  • Arne Rasmussen stepped down as director
20158 changesmanagement 8
  • Ian James Sarson appointed chair of the board
  • Mikko Markus Käkelä appointed ceo
  • Mikko Markus Käkelä appointed board member
  • Henrik Seest appointed deputy chair
  • Johannes Adrianus Franke stepped down as chair of the board
  • Jesper Busk stepped down as board member
  • Jesper Busk stepped down as ceo
  • Henrik Seest stepped down as board member
20145 changesmanagement 3 · ownership 1 · merger 1
  • Arne Rasmussen appointed director
  • Uffe Iversen stepped down as director
  • Compass Group International B.V. registered as owner (100%)
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Henrik Seest appointed board member
20137 changesmanagement 7
  • Uffe Iversen appointed director
  • Brian Bisgaard stepped down as deputy chair
  • Brian Bisgaard appointed deputy chair
  • Johannes Adrianus Franke appointed chair of the board
  • Philippe Alberta Maria Antonius Op de Beeck stepped down as chair of the board
  • Brian Bisgaard stepped down as director
  • Claus Rasmussen stepped down as deputy chair
20118 changesmanagement 5 · name 1 · capital 1 · address 1
  • Helle Grønfeldt Nimb appointed board member
  • Inger Marie Borup stepped down as deputy board member
  • Max René Lindeskov stepped down as board member
  • Philippe Alberta Maria Antonius Op de Beeck appointed chair of the board
  • Miguel Ramis Barrios stepped down as chair of the board
  • Name changed from EUREST A/S to COMPASS GROUP DANMARK A/S
  • Share capital changed from 3,182,659 DKK to 4,000,000 DKK
  • Moved to Roholmsvej 11D, 2620 Albertslund
20107 changesmanagement 6 · merger 1
  • Jesper Busk appointed board member
  • Paul Synnott stepped down as board member
  • Søren Gjøl Sørensen stepped down as board member
  • Jesper Busk appointed ceo
  • Brian Bisgaard appointed director
  • Paul Synnott stepped down as ceo
  • Merger registered in CVR
200911 changesmanagement 11
  • Miguel Ramis Barrios appointed chair of the board
  • Claus Rasmussen appointed deputy chair
  • Paul Synnott appointed board member
  • Paul Synnott appointed ceo
  • Bo Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Bo Nielsen stepped down as ceo
  • Finn Tveen Dypping appointed board member
  • Inger Marie Borup appointed deputy board member
  • Max René Lindeskov appointed board member
  • Kristian Hofman-Bang stepped down as board member
  • Steen Andersen stepped down as board member
20085 changesmanagement 4 · industry 1
  • Bo Nielsen appointed board member
  • Gunnar Teis Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Bo Nielsen appointed ceo
  • Torben Grinder-Pedersen stepped down as ceo
  • Industry changed to Anden restaurationsvirksomhed (562900)
20079 changesmanagement 9
  • Gunnar Teis Hansen appointed board member
  • Per Lars Tore Arnborg stepped down as chair of the board
  • Per Sköld stepped down as board member
  • Torben Grinder-Pedersen appointed ceo
  • Brian Danebod stepped down as director
  • Gunnar Teis Hansen stepped down as ceo
  • Per Lars Tore Arnborg appointed chair of the board
  • Brian Danebod appointed director
  • Carl-Henrik Andreason stepped down as chair of the board
200412 changesmanagement 7 · industry 1 · name 1 · address 1 · capital 1 · merger 1
  • Gunnar Teis Hansen appointed ceo
  • Per Sköld appointed board member
  • Carl-Henrik Andreason appointed chair of the board
  • Bendt Otto Elfang stepped down as chair of the board
  • Søren Gjøl Sørensen stepped down as ceo
  • Kristian Hofman-Bang appointed board member
  • Steen Andersen appointed board member
  • Industry changed to Kantiner (555100)
  • Name changed from CENTRALKØKKENET. STALDGADE. KØBENHAVN A/S to EUREST A/S
  • Moved to Lyngbyvej 28, 2100 København Ø
  • Share capital changed from 1,000,000 DKK to 3,182,659 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
200113 changesaddress 1 · management 11 · capital 1
  • Moved to Staldgade, 1699 København V
  • Jørgen Lauritsen Vinding stepped down as board member
  • Niels Seier Rørdam Holm stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 666,000 DKK to 1,000,000 DKK
  • Jørgen Lauritsen Vinding appointed board member
  • Niels Seier Rørdam Holm appointed board member
  • Niels Seier Rørdam Holm stepped down as director
  • Jørgen Lauritsen Vinding stepped down as ceo
  • Søren Gjøl Sørensen appointed board member
  • Bendt Otto Elfang appointed chair of the board
  • Søren Gjøl Sørensen appointed ceo
  • Arne Grünfeld Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Jack Bjørn Nielsen stepped down as board member
20006 changesmanagement 6
  • Niels Seier Rørdam Holm appointed director
  • Jørgen Lauritsen Vinding appointed ceo
  • Arne Grünfeld Pedersen appointed board member
  • Jack Bjørn Nielsen appointed board member
  • Thor Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Svend Andersen stepped down as chair of the board
19963 changesmanagement 3
  • Thor Pedersen appointed board member
  • Svend Andersen appointed chair of the board
  • Otto Hugo Eggers stepped down as board member
19951 changemanagement 1
  • Otto Hugo Eggers appointed board member
19941 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 600,000 DKK to 666,000 DKK
19911 changename 1
  • Name changed from CENTRALKØKKENET, JAGTVEJ 176, KØBENHAVN A/S to CENTRALKØKKENET. STALDGADE. KØBENHAVN A/S
19882 changesname 1 · capital 1
  • Name changed from CENTRALKØKKENET, JAGTVEJ 176, KØBENHAVN ApS to CENTRALKØKKENET, JAGTVEJ 176, KØBENHAVN A/S
  • Share capital changed from 100,000 DKK to 600,000 DKK
19771 changefounded 1
  • Registered as CENTRALKØKKENET, JAGTVEJ 176, KØBENHAVN ApS

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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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