Cosmos Trawl A/S
Public limited companyCVR 25783980HirtshalsActive
Cosmos Trawl A/S is a public limited company, based in Hirtshals, active in manufacture of cordage, rope, twine and netting, founded in 2000. Net profit rose 17% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 11.3m. Profit has grown three years in a row. Operations are spread over 4 production units in 4 towns.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit rose 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 58.3m.
- Net profit rose 17% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 11.3m.
- Equity rose 7% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 80.6m.
Employees
- 2 fewer employees than a year earlier: 67 (08/2026) against 69 (08/2025).
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 thousandEquity and net profit
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | – |
| Gross profit | 41,110 | 36,439 | 34,662 | 53,686 | 57,069 | 58,313 | +2.2% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 11,604 | 8,418 | 7,402 | 11,339 | 12,454 | 11,172 | −10.3% |
| Profit before tax | 12,922 | 10,337 | 9,287 | 11,263 | 12,173 | 13,358 | +9.7% |
| Net profit | 10,515 | 8,616 | 7,727 | 9,008 | 9,656 | 11,280 | +16.8% |
| Total assets | 93,897 | 89,413 | 115,047 | 143,333 | 156,214 | 162,877 | +4.3% |
| Equity | 50,745 | 54,330 | 57,626 | 69,743 | 75,149 | 80,629 | +7.3% |
| Liabilities | 39,874 | 31,925 | 54,245 | 69,979 | 78,072 | 79,095 | +1.3% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 5,949 | 10,443 | 1,835 | 2,283 | 724 | 2,852 | +293.6% |
| Average number of employees | 46 | 44 | – | 57 | 57 | 55 | −3.5% |
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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Signals from the financial statements
calculated from the 2025 figuresProfit 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| Financial year | Period | Published | Figures for | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 01/01/2025 – 31/12/2025 | 04/06/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024 | 26/05/2025 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 19/06/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 02/05/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021 | 10/05/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020 | 01/06/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
8 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in manufacture of cordage, rope, twine and netting based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 16.5m, net profit DKK 1.4m, equity DKK 26.9m, 18 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison | No. 1,481of 4,412 Better than 66% | No. 818of 4,466 Better than 82% |
| Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison | No. 1,225of 24,791 Better than 95% | No. 1,620of 24,909 Better than 94% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 2,526of 17,786 Better than 86% | No. 2,639of 18,024 Better than 85% |
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 cordage, rope, twine and netting- Cosmos Trawl A/SDKK 58.3m
- Dynamica Ropes ApSDKK 38.1m
- Strandby Net A/SDKK 18.3m
- Cosmos Trawl A/SDKK 11.3m
- Dynamica Ropes ApSDKK 13.4m
- Strandby Net A/SDKK 4.4m
- Cosmos Trawl A/SDKK 80.6m
- Dynamica Ropes ApSDKK 37.3m
- Strandby Net A/SDKK 16.6m
- Cosmos Trawl A/S67
- Dynamica Ropes ApS34
- Strandby Net A/S21
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership RegisterSubsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.
Management
4 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Kenn Kjærulff Lassen | CEO | 01/03/2018 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Hjörtur Valdemar Erlendsson | Chair of the board | 23/05/2014 |
| Emil Vidar Eythorsson | Board member | 05/12/2016 |
| Michael Kenn Kjærulff Lassen | Board member | 01/08/2022 |
- Founders
- Hgj Hirtshals A/S, Hampidjan HF
Former management (10)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hans Jørgen Kaptain | Board member | 07/12/2000 | 31/05/2011 |
| Georg Jensen | Board member | 07/12/2000 | 19/08/2010 |
| Georg Jensen | Director | 07/12/2000 | 02/05/2011 |
| Hjörleifur Jakobsson | Chair of the board | 07/12/2000 | 31/01/2002 |
| Lars Jensen | Board member | 31/01/2002 | 31/05/2011 |
| Jon Gudmann Petursson | Chair of the board | 31/01/2002 | 23/05/2014 |
| Haraldur Árnason | CEO | 02/05/2011 | 19/05/2017 |
| Haraldur Árnason | Board member | 31/05/2011 | 19/05/2017 |
| Flemming Ruby | Board member | 23/05/2014 | 01/08/2022 |
| Flemming Ruby | CEO | 19/05/2017 | 01/03/2018 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør i forening med et bestyrelsesmedlem eller af bestyrelsens formand i forening med et bestyrelsesmedlem.
Address and production units
4 active production unitsNotkajen 2
9850 Hirtshals
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| COSMOS TRAWL A/S | Notkajen 2, 9850 Hirtshals | 25 | 1003083626 |
| Thyborøn | Nordsøkaj 18, 7680 Thyborøn | 23 | 1029696493 |
| COSMOS TRAWL A/S | Kattegatmolen 2, 9990 Skagen | 15 | 1003083638 |
| Eldi Danmark | Gasværksvej 5, 9000 Aalborg | 4 | 1032038383 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive fabrikation og handel, hovedsaglig med fiskeredskaber, og anden i forbindelse hermed stående virksomhed samt foretage kapitalanbringelse.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
36 registered events20261 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
20251 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
20241 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
20232 changesmerger 1 · accounts 1
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
20223 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
- ManagementMichael Kenn Kjærulff Lassen appointed board member
- ManagementFlemming Ruby stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
20182 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementMichael Kenn Kjærulff Lassen appointed ceo
- ManagementFlemming Ruby stepped down as ceo
20173 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementFlemming Ruby appointed ceo
- ManagementHaraldur Árnason stepped down as board member
- ManagementHaraldur Árnason stepped down as ceo
20161 changemanagement 1
- ManagementEmil Vidar Eythorsson appointed board member
20143 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementFlemming Ruby appointed board member
- ManagementHjörtur Valdemar Erlendsson appointed chair of the board
- ManagementJon Gudmann Petursson stepped down as chair of the board
20116 changesmanagement 5 · ownership 1
- ManagementHaraldur Árnason appointed board member
- ManagementLars Jensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementHans Jørgen Kaptain stepped down as board member
- OwnershipHampidjan HF registered as owner (100%)
- ManagementHaraldur Árnason appointed ceo
- ManagementGeorg Jensen stepped down as director
20101 changemanagement 1
- ManagementGeorg Jensen stepped down as board member
20082 changesindustry 2
- IndustryIndustry changed to Manufacture of cordage, rope, twine and netting (139400)
- IndustryIndustry changed to Repair of other equipment (331900)
20071 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to Notkajen 2, 9850 Hirtshals
20023 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementJon Gudmann Petursson appointed chair of the board
- ManagementLars Jensen appointed board member
- ManagementHjörleifur Jakobsson stepped down as chair of the board
20005 changesfounded 1 · management 4
- FoundedRegistered as COSMOS TRAWL A/S
- ManagementHans Jørgen Kaptain appointed board member
- ManagementHjörleifur Jakobsson appointed chair of the board
- ManagementGeorg Jensen appointed director
- ManagementGeorg Jensen appointed board member
Related companies
Same people in management
- Dansk Træemballage A/Svia Hans Jørgen Kaptain
- Im. Stiholt A/Svia Hans Jørgen Kaptain
- Scandic Pelagic A/Svia Hans Jørgen Kaptain
- Scanel International A/Svia Hans Jørgen Kaptain
- Aktieselskabet Sæby Fiske-industrivia Hans Jørgen Kaptain
- Sbs Friction A/Svia Hans Jørgen Kaptain
Largest in the industry
- Dynamica Ropes ApSDKK 38.1m
- Strandby Net A/SDKK 18.3m
- Egersund Danmark ApSDKK 16.5m
- Comet Trawl ApSDKK 4m
- L.p. Weidemann A/SDKK 3.3m
- Øens Vodbinderi ApSDKK 1.2m
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.