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.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 13.8m+20.1% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 15.4m+504.8% vs. 2024
Equity−DKK 5.8m+72.8% vs. 2024
Employees19latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 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 thousand

Equity and net profit

−DKK 25m−DKK 20m−DKK 15m−DKK 10m−DKK 5mDKK 0DKK 5mDKK 10mDKK 15m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Danaqua ApS
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit8,2164,982226−1,57011,49613,802+20.1%
Operating profit (EBIT)1,190−4,698−18,551−12,730−3632,651+830%
Profit before tax1,034−4,981−19,496−19,730−4,21515,372+464.7%
Net profit1,073−3,703−16,030−21,230−3,81415,440+504.8%
Total assets64,18075,83571,07558,09054,80159,115+7.9%
Equity16,15612,453−3,577−17,385−21,200−5,759+72.8%
Liabilities48,02563,38274,65274,92775,77464,874−14.4%
Cash and cash equivalents121425762+765.2%
Average number of employees192018132220−9.1%

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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−DKK 2mDKK 0DKK 2mDKK 4mDKK 6mDKK 8mDKK 10mDKK 12mDKK 14m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (27 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures
  • Negative 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
Annual reports for Danaqua ApS
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202511/05/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202422/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202319/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/05/2021 – 30/04/202204/11/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202101/05/2020 – 30/04/202113/10/2021The companyPDFXBRL
202001/05/2019 – 30/04/202021/12/2020The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

27 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in freshwater aquaculture based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 13.8mNo. 4 of 27
Better than 88% of the companies in the industry
Equity−DKK 5.8mNo. 27 of 27
Better than 0% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees19No. 4 of 27
Better than 88% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 2.6m, net profit DKK 580k, equity DKK 5.1m, 3 employees.

DKK 717kDKK 2.8mDKK 10.6mDKK 40.5mDKK 99.2mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 25 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 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
Gross profit
  1. Danaqua ApSDKK 13.8m
  2. Aquapri ApSDKK 155.3m
  3. Snaptun A/SDKK 82.4m
Net profit
  1. Danaqua ApSDKK 15.4m
  2. Aquapri ApSDKK 65.2m
  3. Snaptun A/SDKK 10.1m
Equity
  1. Danaqua ApS−DKK 5.8m
  2. Aquapri ApSDKK 247.2m
  3. Snaptun A/SDKK 48.7m
Employees
  1. Danaqua ApS19
  2. Aquapri ApS124
  3. Snaptun A/S88

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Danforel Holding ApS100%
Danaqua ApS

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Danaqua ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Steffen Broe NielsenDirector01/08/2022

Board of directors

Board of directors at Danaqua ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Carsten JørgensenBoard member02/06/2022
Anders Carøe ByllingBoard member22/05/2024
Hans Erik ByllingBoard member29/04/2026
Christian ChristensenChair of the board29/04/2026
Founders
Danforel Holding ApS
Former management (13)
Former management at Danaqua ApS
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Erik Dalgaard HansenDirector14/12/200601/11/2016
Niels Malling LaursenDirector01/11/201626/09/2017
Ivan Bundgård SørensenBoard member10/11/201630/10/2023
Carl Erik SkovgaardBoard member10/11/201625/09/2017
Erik Dalgaard HansenChair of the board10/11/201625/09/2017
Carl Erik SkovgaardChair of the board26/09/201730/08/2022
Erik Dalgaard HansenCEO26/09/201701/08/2022
Erik Dalgaard HansenBoard member26/09/201722/05/2024
Bent UrupBoard member22/08/201928/09/2021
Jürgen Mark SolmsBoard member22/08/201902/06/2022
Peter HuberBoard member14/10/202102/06/2022
Hans Erik ByllingBoard member02/06/202229/08/2022
Hans Erik ByllingChair of the board30/08/202228/04/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør i forening med bestyrelsesformanden, af en direktør i forening med 1 bestyrelsesmedlem, af 2 bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

7 active production units

Slagterivej 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 units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Grindsted SættefiskSlagterivej 2, 7200 Grindsted71012849806
Binderup Mølle DambrugAalborgvej 99, 9240 Nibe31028858791
Chr. Minde DambrugGl Råstedvej 3B, 7500 Holstebro31018115189
Nr. Vium DambrugFiskerivej 1, 6920 Videbæk31018115154
Ejstrupholm DambrugLøvbjergvej 23, 7361 Ejstrupholm21018115065
Abild DambrugHerningvej 45A, Abildtrup, 6920 Videbæk11018115111
Sig FiskeriVesterbækvej 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 events
20264 changesaccounts 1 · management 3
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Christian Christensen appointed chair of the board
  • Hans Erik Bylling appointed board member
  • Hans Erik Bylling stepped down as chair of the board
20251 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20243 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Anders Carøe Bylling appointed board member
  • Erik Dalgaard Hansen stepped down as board member
20231 changemanagement 1
  • Ivan Bundgård Sørensen stepped down as board member
202210 changesaccounts 1 · management 9
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Hans Erik Bylling appointed chair of the board
  • Carl Erik Skovgaard stepped down as chair of the board
  • Hans Erik Bylling stepped down as board member
  • Steffen Broe Nielsen appointed director
  • Erik Dalgaard Hansen stepped down as ceo
  • Carsten Jørgensen appointed board member
  • Hans Erik Bylling appointed board member
  • Peter Huber stepped down as board member
  • Jürgen Mark Solms stepped down as board member
20213 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Peter Huber appointed board member
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Bent Urup stepped down as board member
20201 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20192 changesmanagement 2
  • Jürgen Mark Solms appointed board member
  • Bent Urup appointed board member
20176 changesmanagement 6
  • Erik Dalgaard Hansen appointed board member
  • Erik Dalgaard Hansen appointed ceo
  • Carl Erik Skovgaard appointed chair of the board
  • Niels Malling Laursen stepped down as director
  • Erik Dalgaard Hansen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Carl Erik Skovgaard stepped down as board member
20165 changesmanagement 5
  • Ivan Bundgård Sørensen appointed board member
  • Erik Dalgaard Hansen appointed chair of the board
  • Carl Erik Skovgaard appointed board member
  • Niels Malling Laursen appointed director
  • Erik Dalgaard Hansen stepped down as director
20111 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Freshwater aquaculture (032200)
20101 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Slagterivej 2, 7200 Grindsted
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Marine aquaculture (032100)
20071 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Mørkedalsvej 28, 7100 Vejle
20063 changesfounded 1 · management 1 · ownership 1
  • Registered as DANAQUA ApS
  • Erik Dalgaard Hansen appointed director
  • DANFOREL HOLDING 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.

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