Danaqua ApS
Private limited companyCVR 28675313GrindstedActive
Danaqua ApS is a private limited company, based in Grindsted, active in freshwater aquaculture, founded in 2006. Equity was negative at the end of 2025 (−DKK 5.8m). After a loss in 2024, the company made a profit of DKK 15.4m in 2025. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 4 of 27 companies in the industry in the database.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit rose 20% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 13.8m.
- Net profit went from a loss of DKK 3.8m to a profit of DKK 15.4m (2024 → 2025).
Employees
- 1 fewer employees than a year earlier: 19 (08/2026) against 20 (08/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Hans Erik Bylling (board member, 29/04/2026) and Christian Christensen (chair of the board, 29/04/2026).
- Stepped down: Hans Erik Bylling (chair of the board, 28/04/2026).
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 | 8,216 | 4,982 | 226 | −1,570 | 11,496 | 13,802 | +20.1% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 1,190 | −4,698 | −18,551 | −12,730 | −363 | 2,651 | +830% |
| Profit before tax | 1,034 | −4,981 | −19,496 | −19,730 | −4,215 | 15,372 | +464.7% |
| Net profit | 1,073 | −3,703 | −16,030 | −21,230 | −3,814 | 15,440 | +504.8% |
| Total assets | 64,180 | 75,835 | 71,075 | 58,090 | 54,801 | 59,115 | +7.9% |
| Equity | 16,156 | 12,453 | −3,577 | −17,385 | −21,200 | −5,759 | +72.8% |
| Liabilities | 48,025 | 63,382 | 74,652 | 74,927 | 75,774 | 64,874 | −14.4% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 12 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 62 | +765.2% |
| Average number of employees | 19 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 22 | 20 | −9.1% |
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 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 figuresNegative equity
Equity was −DKK 5.8m at the end of 2025.
How is this calculated?
Equity in the latest annual report is below zero.
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 | 11/05/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024 | 22/06/2025 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 19/06/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/05/2021 – 30/04/2022 | 04/11/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/05/2020 – 30/04/2021 | 13/10/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/05/2019 – 30/04/2020 | 21/12/2020 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
27 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in freshwater aquaculture based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 2.6m, net profit DKK 580k, equity DKK 5.1m, 3 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with fewer than 20 employees69,967 companies in the comparison | No. 2,775of 69,742 Better than 96% | No. 69,272of 69,964 Better than 1% |
| Same industry and fewer than 20 employees24 companies in the comparison | No. 1of 24 Better than 100% | No. 24of 24 Better than 0% |
| Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison | No. 4,633of 24,791 Better than 81% | No. 24,670of 24,909 Better than 1% |
| All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison | No. 4,018of 66,379 Better than 94% | No. 65,818of 66,505 Better than 1% |
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
Freshwater aquaculture- Danaqua ApSDKK 13.8m
- Aquapri ApSDKK 155.3m
- Snaptun A/SDKK 82.4m
- Danaqua ApSDKK 15.4m
- Aquapri ApSDKK 65.2m
- Snaptun A/SDKK 10.1m
- Danaqua ApS−DKK 5.8m
- Aquapri ApSDKK 247.2m
- Snaptun A/SDKK 48.7m
- Danaqua ApS19
- Aquapri ApS124
- Snaptun A/S88
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership Register- Danforel Holding ApS100%
Management
5 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Steffen Broe Nielsen | Director | 01/08/2022 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Carsten Jørgensen | Board member | 02/06/2022 |
| Anders Carøe Bylling | Board member | 22/05/2024 |
| Hans Erik Bylling | Board member | 29/04/2026 |
| Christian Christensen | Chair of the board | 29/04/2026 |
- Founders
- Danforel Holding ApS
Former management (13)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Dalgaard Hansen | Director | 14/12/2006 | 01/11/2016 |
| Niels Malling Laursen | Director | 01/11/2016 | 26/09/2017 |
| Ivan Bundgård Sørensen | Board member | 10/11/2016 | 30/10/2023 |
| Carl Erik Skovgaard | Board member | 10/11/2016 | 25/09/2017 |
| Erik Dalgaard Hansen | Chair of the board | 10/11/2016 | 25/09/2017 |
| Carl Erik Skovgaard | Chair of the board | 26/09/2017 | 30/08/2022 |
| Erik Dalgaard Hansen | CEO | 26/09/2017 | 01/08/2022 |
| Erik Dalgaard Hansen | Board member | 26/09/2017 | 22/05/2024 |
| Bent Urup | Board member | 22/08/2019 | 28/09/2021 |
| Jürgen Mark Solms | Board member | 22/08/2019 | 02/06/2022 |
| Peter Huber | Board member | 14/10/2021 | 02/06/2022 |
| Hans Erik Bylling | Board member | 02/06/2022 | 29/08/2022 |
| Hans Erik Bylling | Chair of the board | 30/08/2022 | 28/04/2026 |
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Address and production units
7 active production unitsSlagterivej 2
7200 Grindsted
Billund Municipality · Postcode 7200
Other companies at the address (1)
- Danforel A/SProcessing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs, except fishmeal
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grindsted Sættefisk | Slagterivej 2, 7200 Grindsted | 7 | 1012849806 |
| Binderup Mølle Dambrug | Aalborgvej 99, 9240 Nibe | 3 | 1028858791 |
| Chr. Minde Dambrug | Gl Råstedvej 3B, 7500 Holstebro | 3 | 1018115189 |
| Nr. Vium Dambrug | Fiskerivej 1, 6920 Videbæk | 3 | 1018115154 |
| Ejstrupholm Dambrug | Løvbjergvej 23, 7361 Ejstrupholm | 2 | 1018115065 |
| Abild Dambrug | Herningvej 45A, Abildtrup, 6920 Videbæk | 1 | 1018115111 |
| Sig Fiskeri | Vesterbækvej 39, 6800 Varde | – | 1029508778 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er opdræt og fabrikation indenfor fiskeindustrien og akvakultur samt handel med fisk og fiskerelaterede produkter.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
43 registered events20264 changesaccounts 1 · management 3
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
- ManagementChristian Christensen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementHans Erik Bylling appointed board member
- ManagementHans Erik Bylling stepped down as chair of the board
20251 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
20243 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
- ManagementAnders Carøe Bylling appointed board member
- ManagementErik Dalgaard Hansen stepped down as board member
20231 changemanagement 1
- ManagementIvan Bundgård Sørensen stepped down as board member
202210 changesaccounts 1 · management 9
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
- ManagementHans Erik Bylling appointed chair of the board
- ManagementCarl Erik Skovgaard stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementHans Erik Bylling stepped down as board member
- ManagementSteffen Broe Nielsen appointed director
- ManagementErik Dalgaard Hansen stepped down as ceo
- ManagementCarsten Jørgensen appointed board member
- ManagementHans Erik Bylling appointed board member
- ManagementPeter Huber stepped down as board member
- ManagementJürgen Mark Solms stepped down as board member
20213 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
- ManagementPeter Huber appointed board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
- ManagementBent Urup stepped down as board member
20201 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
20192 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementJürgen Mark Solms appointed board member
- ManagementBent Urup appointed board member
20176 changesmanagement 6
- ManagementErik Dalgaard Hansen appointed board member
- ManagementErik Dalgaard Hansen appointed ceo
- ManagementCarl Erik Skovgaard appointed chair of the board
- ManagementNiels Malling Laursen stepped down as director
- ManagementErik Dalgaard Hansen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementCarl Erik Skovgaard stepped down as board member
20165 changesmanagement 5
- ManagementIvan Bundgård Sørensen appointed board member
- ManagementErik Dalgaard Hansen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementCarl Erik Skovgaard appointed board member
- ManagementNiels Malling Laursen appointed director
- ManagementErik Dalgaard Hansen stepped down as director
20111 changeindustry 1
- IndustryIndustry changed to Freshwater aquaculture (032200)
20101 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to Slagterivej 2, 7200 Grindsted
20081 changeindustry 1
- IndustryIndustry changed to Marine aquaculture (032100)
20071 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to Mørkedalsvej 28, 7100 Vejle
20063 changesfounded 1 · management 1 · ownership 1
- FoundedRegistered as DANAQUA ApS
- ManagementErik Dalgaard Hansen appointed director
- OwnershipDANFOREL HOLDING ApS registered as owner (100%)
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- Via Biler A/Svia Carl Erik Skovgaard
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- IRS Denmark A/Svia Carl Erik Skovgaard
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Largest in the industry
- Aquapri ApSDKK 155.3m
- Snaptun A/SDKK 82.4m
- Løjstrup Dambrug A/SDKK 23.2m
- Frea A/SDKK 12.1m
- Pure Salmon Technology Denmark ApSDKK 11.1m
- Ege-Tved ApSDKK 8.7m
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.