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Danespo A/S

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Danespo A/S is a public limited company, based in Give, active in wholesale of fruit and vegetables, founded in 1986. Net profit fell 49% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 7.5m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 5 of 94 companies in the industry in the database. Operations are spread over 4 production units in 3 towns.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 399.1m−25.6% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 7.5m−48.5% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 99.6m−10.4% vs. 2024
Employees45latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 36% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 53.8m.
  • Revenue fell 26% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 399.1m.
  • Net profit fell 49% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 7.5m.
  • Equity fell 10% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 99.6m.

Employees

  • 1 more employees than a year earlier: 45 (08/2026) against 44 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Lars Næsted (board member, 30/06/2025) and Baptiste Brunello (deputy chair, 30/06/2025).
  • Stepped down: Marin Desprez (board member, 30/06/2025), Torsten Spill (board member, 30/06/2025) and Francois Florimond Charles Victor Desprez (board member, 30/06/2025) (+2).
  • New owners registered: Germicopa Breeding SAS (13/05/2026) and FD Admiral SAS (30/06/2025).
  • No longer registered as owner: DLF Seeds A/S (30/06/2025), FD Admiral SAS (29/06/2025) and FD Admiral SAS (13/05/2026).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 26/05/2026: Share capital changed from 22,525,822 DKK to 22,073,822 DKK

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 20mDKK 0DKK 20mDKK 40mDKK 60mDKK 80mDKK 100mDKK 120m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Danespo A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue425,935398,206427,898475,202536,682399,125−25.6%
Gross profit61,75550,30961,96467,54984,62453,759−36.5%
Operating profit (EBIT)3,104–4,5708,50822,18014,245−35.8%
Profit before tax1,295−7,3554,4574,18219,23214,225−26%
Net profit608−6,1993,0872,26914,5587,493−48.5%
Total assets171,136166,429171,326191,142218,633187,041−14.4%
Equity97,68991,27694,56597,097111,19099,614−10.4%
Liabilities73,19775,15376,69592,266104,52886,005−17.7%
Cash and cash equivalents1,7241,4601,3058,2771,11519,639+1,661%
Average number of employees929093909074−17.8%

Source: annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority (XBRL). Group figures; change is the latest year against the year before. “–” means the figure is not stated in the annual report.

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Gross profitMedian, the industry (94 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Danespo A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/07/2024 – 30/06/202529/09/2025The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202401/07/2023 – 30/06/202401/10/2024The groupPDFXBRL
202301/07/2022 – 30/06/202303/10/2023The groupPDFXBRL
202201/07/2021 – 30/06/202212/10/2022The groupPDFXBRL
202101/07/2020 – 30/06/202108/10/2021The groupPDFXBRL
202001/07/2019 – 30/06/202010/10/2020The groupPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

94 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in wholesale of fruit and vegetables based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 53.8mNo. 5 of 94
Better than 96% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 99.6mNo. 4 of 94
Better than 97% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees45No. 3 of 94
Better than 98% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 6.7m, net profit DKK 683k, equity DKK 3.9m, 7 employees.

DKK 221kDKK 935kDKK 3.9mDKK 16.7mDKK 43.5mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 89 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 20–49 employees9,922 companies in the comparison
No. 379of 9,892
Better than 96%
No. 347of 9,922
Better than 97%
Same industry and 20–49 employees18 companies in the comparison
No. 2of 18
Better than 94%
No. 1of 18
Better than 100%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 1,400of 10,152
Better than 86%
No. 1,252of 10,275
Better than 88%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 2,724of 17,786
Better than 85%
No. 2,274of 18,024
Better than 87%

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

Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
Gross profit
  1. Danespo A/SDKK 53.8m
  2. Cater Grønt A/SDKK 70.4m
  3. Dole Nordic A/SDKK 57.3m
Net profit
  1. Danespo A/SDKK 7.5m
  2. Cater Grønt A/SDKK 1.6m
  3. Dole Nordic A/SDKK 5.7m
Equity
  1. Danespo A/SDKK 99.6m
  2. Cater Grønt A/SDKK 11.6m
  3. Dole Nordic A/SDKK 86.1m
Employees
  1. Danespo A/S45
  2. Cater Grønt A/S215
  3. Dole Nordic A/S124

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Germicopa Breeding SAS100%
Danespo A/S

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Danespo A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Lars NæstedCEO19/09/2024

Board of directors

Board of directors at Danespo A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Florimond DesprezChair of the board20/01/2022
Lars NæstedBoard member30/06/2025
Baptiste BrunelloDeputy chair30/06/2025
Founders
Iver Kristian Frederiksen, Jens Holst Byrialsen, Krogstrup og Jensen ApS, Novitas A/S, Buris Kartoffel-eksport ApS, Sajyka A.m.b.A, Dansolanum-Danske Kartoffelcen tralers Exportselskab, Ltd.,
Former management (75)
Former management at Danespo A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Erik Sten JørgensenBoard member01/07/198624/03/1988
Erik Sten JørgensenDirector01/07/198624/03/1988
Jørgen Kjelvik RumpBoard member01/07/198630/09/1997
Niels Graversen ThomsenBoard member01/07/198613/12/1993
Jakob Andersen KlosterBoard member01/07/198624/03/1988
Ejvind Visborg AndreasenBoard member01/07/198620/10/2006
Sven Viktor RohbachBoard member01/07/198616/02/1989
Bent Kjærsgaard HedeBoard member01/07/198630/09/1997
Henning JacobsenBoard member01/07/198613/12/1993
Jørn OutzenBoard member01/07/198620/10/1998
Hans Kristian RaunkjærBoard member01/07/198628/10/2005
Finn MyllerupDirector01/07/198601/07/2006
Jens Jørgen HansenBoard member01/07/198621/10/1997
Ejnar RasmussenBoard member01/07/198622/01/1999
Ejnar RasmussenDirector01/07/198618/11/1994
Martin NielsenChair of the board01/07/198621/10/1997
Fritz Verner Siig HermannBoard member01/07/198618/03/1992
Niels Bager SkadhaugeBoard member01/07/198619/10/2007
Jens Christian Peder WeinreichBoard member01/07/198621/10/1997
Flemming Søndergaard RasmussenBoard member01/07/198603/11/1995
Frank KjærBoard member01/07/198627/08/1990
Iver Kristian FrederiksenBoard member01/07/198603/11/1995
Martin Wiuff Daugaard-HansenBoard member21/10/199729/10/1999
Peter ColletBoard member21/10/199729/10/1999
Uffe Winther HennebergBoard member21/10/199720/10/1998
Knud Erik Klinkgaard PedersenBoard member21/10/199729/10/1999
Bjarne RisvigBoard member21/10/199721/10/2004
Niels Christian NielsenBoard member20/10/199820/10/2006
Jørgen Høegh-AndersenBoard member20/10/199821/10/2004
Niels Peder ChristiansenBoard member29/10/199928/10/2005
Anders Nordtorp HenriksenBoard member29/10/199928/10/2005
Hans Kristian PedersenBoard member29/10/199928/10/2005
Benny Kirkebække ChristensenChair of the board18/10/200019/10/2007
Aksel Christian Lauesgaard NissenBoard member18/10/200020/10/2006
Niels Peter NielsenBoard member18/10/200028/10/2005
Mads Jørgen Feldborg HelmsBoard member24/11/200019/10/2001
Hans Henrik Brandt KoefoedBoard member19/10/200131/05/2005
Niels Dengsø JensenBoard member21/10/200428/10/2005
Aksel Christian Lauesgaard NissenCEO22/05/200601/01/2007
Asbjørn BørstingDeputy chair20/10/200619/10/2007
Jeppe JørgensenBoard member20/10/200602/09/2019
Niels Karl NielsenBoard member20/10/200621/10/2008
Steen BitschCEO01/01/200701/04/2017
Arne Bech PoulsenBoard member19/10/200714/10/2010
Truels DamsgaardChair of the board19/10/200703/09/2017
Kristian Johnsen HundebøllDeputy chair19/10/200731/12/2015
Mogens Worre-JensenBoard member21/10/200814/10/2010
Gunnar Rask JensenBoard member21/10/200806/12/2012
Peter Bagge HansenBoard member14/10/201011/10/2012
Jørn Munk AndersenBoard member14/10/201031/12/2015
Lars Erik GarderBoard member11/10/201215/12/2014
Niels Frederik Skov JensenBoard member06/12/201202/09/2019
Steen Viggo HansenBoard member15/12/201404/03/2016
Hans Vestergaard BoesenBoard member15/12/201404/03/2016
Christian Høegh-AndersenBoard member15/12/201404/03/2016
Lars Romme JakobsenBoard member15/12/201431/12/2015
Ole OlesenDirector01/03/201530/09/2015
Gerrit van StraalenBoard member04/03/201630/06/2020
Francois Florimond Charles Victor DesprezDeputy chair04/03/201603/09/2017
Bruno Florimond Henri DesprezBoard member04/03/201620/01/2022
Lars NæstedDirector14/02/201718/09/2024
Jens HolstborgCEO01/09/201719/09/2024
Truels DamsgaardDeputy chair04/09/201701/09/2019
Francois Florimond Charles Victor DesprezChair of the board04/09/201701/09/2019
Christian Høegh-AndersenBoard member02/09/201926/10/2021
Truels DamsgaardChair of the board02/09/201926/09/2021
Francois Florimond Charles Victor DesprezDeputy chair02/09/201926/09/2021
Marin DesprezBoard member02/09/201930/06/2025
Torsten SpillBoard member26/01/202130/06/2025
Truels DamsgaardDeputy chair27/09/202106/10/2022
Francois Florimond Charles Victor DesprezChair of the board27/09/202119/01/2022
Peter Bagge HansenBoard member26/10/202115/11/2023
Francois Florimond Charles Victor DesprezBoard member20/01/202230/06/2025
Søren HalbyeDeputy chair06/10/202230/06/2025
Flemming Rod MadsenBoard member15/11/202330/06/2025

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af bestyrelsesformanden eller næstformanden i forening med et andet bestyrelsesmedlem, eller af bestyrelsesformanden eller næstformanden i forening med en direktør, eller af den samlede bestyrelse, eller af den samlede direktion.

Address and production units

4 active production units

Dyrskuevej 15
7323 Give

Vejle Municipality · Postcode 7323

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
DANESPO A/SDyrskuevej 15, Hjortsballe, 7323 Give351000077754
Danespo A/S, SnejbjergSnerlundvej 2, 7400 Herning51026240847
Danespo A/S LyneGlibstrupvej 14, 6880 Tarm41013781326
Danespo A/S, HerningMads Clausens Vej 13, 7400 Herning–1032798426

Purpose

Selskabets formål er a) handel og herunder im- og eksport med kartofler og andre grøntsager og hermed beslægtet virksomhed, b) direkte eller indirekte gennem datter- eller associerede virksomheder og såvel i indland som udland at virke til fremme af den størst mulige produktion og omsætning af kvalitetslæggekartofler, industrikartofler og spisekartofler samt andre planteavlsprodukter, c) at forestå og/eller medvirke til kartoffelforarbejdnings-, forsøgs-, og forædlingsvirksomhed og efterfølgende markedsføring af nye sorter samt anden i forbindelse hermed stående virksomhed, samt d) at drive anden handels- og industrivirksomhed og besidde kapitalandele i andre selskaber mv.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

143 registered events
20263 changescapital 1 · ownership 2
  • Share capital changed from 22,525,822 DKK to 22,073,822 DKK
  • Germicopa Breeding SAS registered as owner (100%)
  • FD Admiral SAS is no longer registered as owner
202511 changesaccounts 1 · management 7 · ownership 3
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Lars Næsted appointed board member
  • Baptiste Brunello appointed deputy chair
  • Flemming Rod Madsen stepped down as board member
  • Søren Halbye stepped down as deputy chair
  • Francois Florimond Charles Victor Desprez stepped down as board member
  • Torsten Spill stepped down as board member
  • Marin Desprez stepped down as board member
  • FD Admiral SAS registered as owner (90%)
  • DLF Seeds A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • FD Admiral SAS is no longer registered as owner
20244 changesaccounts 1 · management 3
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Lars Næsted appointed ceo
  • Jens Holstborg stepped down as ceo
  • Lars Næsted stepped down as director
20233 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Flemming Rod Madsen appointed board member
  • Peter Bagge Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20227 changesaccounts 1 · management 6
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Søren Halbye appointed deputy chair
  • Truels Damsgaard stepped down as deputy chair
  • Francois Florimond Charles Victor Desprez appointed board member
  • Florimond Desprez appointed chair of the board
  • Bruno Florimond Henri Desprez stepped down as board member
  • Francois Florimond Charles Victor Desprez stepped down as chair of the board
20218 changesmanagement 7 · accounts 1
  • Peter Bagge Hansen appointed board member
  • Christian Høegh-Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Truels Damsgaard appointed deputy chair
  • Francois Florimond Charles Victor Desprez appointed chair of the board
  • Truels Damsgaard stepped down as chair of the board
  • Francois Florimond Charles Victor Desprez stepped down as deputy chair
  • Torsten Spill appointed board member
20203 changesaccounts 1 · management 1 · address 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Gerrit van Straalen stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Dyrskuevej 15, Hjortsballe, 7323 Give
20198 changesmanagement 8
  • Truels Damsgaard appointed chair of the board
  • Marin Desprez appointed board member
  • Francois Florimond Charles Victor Desprez appointed deputy chair
  • Christian Høegh-Andersen appointed board member
  • Niels Frederik Skov Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Jeppe Jørgensen stepped down as board member
  • Francois Florimond Charles Victor Desprez stepped down as chair of the board
  • Truels Damsgaard stepped down as deputy chair
20181 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Dyrskuevej 15, Hjortsballe, 7323 Give
20177 changesmanagement 7
  • Francois Florimond Charles Victor Desprez appointed chair of the board
  • Truels Damsgaard appointed deputy chair
  • Francois Florimond Charles Victor Desprez stepped down as deputy chair
  • Truels Damsgaard stepped down as chair of the board
  • Jens Holstborg appointed ceo
  • Steen Bitsch stepped down as ceo
  • Lars Næsted appointed director
20166 changesmanagement 6
  • Gerrit van Straalen appointed board member
  • Bruno Florimond Henri Desprez appointed board member
  • Francois Florimond Charles Victor Desprez appointed deputy chair
  • Hans Vestergaard Boesen stepped down as board member
  • Christian Høegh-Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Steen Viggo Hansen stepped down as board member
20157 changesmanagement 5 · ownership 2
  • Lars Romme Jakobsen stepped down as board member
  • Jørn Munk Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Kristian Johnsen Hundebøll stepped down as deputy chair
  • FD Admiral SAS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • DANSK LANDBRUGS GROVVARESELSKAB A.M.B.A. is no longer registered as owner
  • Ole Olesen stepped down as director
  • Ole Olesen appointed director
20149 changescapital 1 · management 5 · merger 1 · ownership 2
  • Share capital changed from 12,500,000 DKK to 22,525,822 DKK
  • Hans Vestergaard Boesen appointed board member
  • Lars Romme Jakobsen appointed board member
  • Christian Høegh-Andersen appointed board member
  • Steen Viggo Hansen appointed board member
  • Lars Erik Garder stepped down as board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • DANSK LANDBRUGS GROVVARESELSKAB A.M.B.A. registered as owner (33.33%)
  • DLF Seeds A/S registered as owner (33.33%)
20124 changesmanagement 4
  • Niels Frederik Skov Jensen appointed board member
  • Gunnar Rask Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Lars Erik Garder appointed board member
  • Peter Bagge Hansen stepped down as board member
20104 changesmanagement 4
  • Jørn Munk Andersen appointed board member
  • Peter Bagge Hansen appointed board member
  • Mogens Worre-Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Arne Bech Poulsen stepped down as board member
20084 changesmanagement 3 · industry 1
  • Gunnar Rask Jensen appointed board member
  • Mogens Worre-Jensen appointed board member
  • Niels Karl Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Wholesale of fruit and vegetables (463100)
20079 changesmanagement 7 · merger 1 · address 1
  • Arne Bech Poulsen appointed board member
  • Kristian Johnsen Hundebøll appointed deputy chair
  • Truels Damsgaard appointed chair of the board
  • Asbjørn Børsting stepped down as deputy chair
  • Benny Kirkebække Christensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Moved to Ryttervangen 1, Hjortsballe, 7323 Give
  • Steen Bitsch appointed ceo
  • Aksel Christian Lauesgaard Nissen stepped down as ceo
20067 changesmanagement 7
  • Asbjørn Børsting appointed deputy chair
  • Jeppe Jørgensen appointed board member
  • Niels Karl Nielsen appointed board member
  • Aksel Christian Lauesgaard Nissen stepped down as board member
  • Niels Christian Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Ejvind Visborg Andreasen stepped down as board member
  • Aksel Christian Lauesgaard Nissen appointed ceo
20056 changesmanagement 6
  • Niels Dengsø Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Niels Peter Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Niels Peder Christiansen stepped down as board member
  • Hans Kristian Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Anders Nordtorp Henriksen stepped down as board member
  • Hans Henrik Brandt Koefoed stepped down as board member
20043 changesmanagement 3
  • Niels Dengsø Jensen appointed board member
  • Jørgen Høegh-Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Bjarne Risvig stepped down as board member
20012 changesmanagement 2
  • Hans Henrik Brandt Koefoed appointed board member
  • Mads Jørgen Feldborg Helms stepped down as board member
20004 changesmanagement 4
  • Mads Jørgen Feldborg Helms appointed board member
  • Aksel Christian Lauesgaard Nissen appointed board member
  • Benny Kirkebække Christensen appointed chair of the board
  • Niels Peter Nielsen appointed board member
19996 changesmanagement 6
  • Niels Peder Christiansen appointed board member
  • Hans Kristian Pedersen appointed board member
  • Anders Nordtorp Henriksen appointed board member
  • Peter Collet stepped down as board member
  • Knud Erik Klinkgaard Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Martin Wiuff Daugaard-Hansen stepped down as board member
19983 changesmanagement 3
  • Niels Christian Nielsen appointed board member
  • Jørgen Høegh-Andersen appointed board member
  • Uffe Winther Henneberg stepped down as board member
19975 changesmanagement 5
  • Bjarne Risvig appointed board member
  • Peter Collet appointed board member
  • Uffe Winther Henneberg appointed board member
  • Knud Erik Klinkgaard Pedersen appointed board member
  • Martin Wiuff Daugaard-Hansen appointed board member
19902 changesname 1 · capital 1
  • Name changed from DANESPO A/S (SAMMENSLUTNINGEN AF DANSKE KARTOFFELEKSPORTØRER) to DANESPO A/S
  • Share capital changed from 3,350,000 DKK to 12,500,000 DKK
19892 changescapital 1 · management 1
  • Share capital changed from 350,000 DKK to 3,350,000 DKK
  • Sven Viktor Rohbach stepped down as board member
19881 changemanagement 1
  • Jakob Andersen Kloster stepped down as board member
19864 changesfounded 1 · management 3
  • Registered as DANESPO A/S (SAMMENSLUTNINGEN AF DANSKE KARTOFFELEKSPORTØRER)
  • Sven Viktor Rohbach appointed board member
  • Ejvind Visborg Andreasen appointed board member
  • Jakob Andersen Kloster appointed board member

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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. The company is protected against advertising; contact details are not shown, and the data must not be used for marketing.

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