Danish Crown A/S

Public limited companyCVR 26121264Randers SVActive

Danish Crown A/S is a public limited company, based in Randers SV, active in processing of pork, founded in 2001. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 1 of 13 companies in the industry in the database. The company made a loss in both 2024 and 2025, most recently DKK 239m. Operations are spread over 28 production units in 22 towns.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 26.1bn−10.4% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 239m−146.4% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 4bn−5.5% vs. 2024
Employees6,731latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 21% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.7bn.
  • Revenue fell 10% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 26.1bn.
  • The loss grew: from DKK 97m to DKK 239m (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity fell 5% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 4bn.

Employees

  • 81 more employees than a year earlier: 6,731 (07/2026) against 6,650 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Anders Aakær Jensen (director, 02/12/2024), Niels Ulrich Duedahl (board member, 17/12/2024) and Søren Skou (chair of the board, 17/12/2024) (+6).
  • Stepped down: Jesper Vaagelund Christensen (board member, 17/12/2024), Søren Frandsen Bonde (board member, 17/12/2024) and Brian Vestergaard (board member, 17/12/2024) (+12).

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 1bnDKK 0DKK 1bnDKK 2bnDKK 3bnDKK 4bn202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Danish Crown A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue24,795,00022,887,00023,742,00030,212,00029,194,00026,149,000−10.4%
Gross profit2,180,0002,081,0002,606,0002,972,0003,452,0002,728,000−21%
Operating profit (EBIT)−35,000−343,00059,00047,000613,000230,000−62.5%
Profit before tax790,000769,000843,000108,000−31,000−255,000−722.6%
Net profit773,000822,000801,000214,000−97,000−239,000−146.4%
Total assets16,823,00018,884,00021,896,00024,419,00022,744,00022,568,000−0.8%
Equity3,504,0003,443,0004,058,0004,265,0004,276,0004,041,000−5.5%
Liabilities13,144,00015,305,00017,455,00019,624,00018,002,00018,086,000+0.5%
Cash and cash equivalents390,0000–––––
Average number of employees6,0866,4686,4347,2766,2446,166−1.2%

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 500mDKK 1bnDKK 1.5bnDKK 2bnDKK 2.5bnDKK 3bnDKK 3.5bn202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (13 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures
  • Loss for 2 years in a row

    Net result has been negative in 2024–2025.

    How is this calculated?

    Net result is negative in the two or more 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
Annual reports for Danish Crown A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/10/2024 – 30/09/202528/11/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/10/2023 – 30/09/202429/11/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202301/10/2022 – 30/09/202330/11/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202201/10/2021 – 30/09/202207/12/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202101/10/2020 – 30/09/202109/12/2021The companyPDFXBRL
202001/10/2019 – 30/09/202016/12/2020The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00008/2309/2310/2311/2312/2301/2402/2403/2404/2405/2406/2407/2408/2409/2410/2411/2412/2401/2502/2503/2504/2505/2506/2507/2508/2509/2510/2511/2512/2501/2602/2603/2604/2605/2606/2607/26
Employees

Position in the industry

13 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in processing of pork based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 2.7bnNo. 1 of 13
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 4bnNo. 1 of 13
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees6,731No. 1 of 13
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 14.3m, net profit DKK 325k, equity DKK 16.9m, 19 employees.

DKK 1.9mDKK 11.8mDKK 72.4mDKK 444.5mDKK 1.5bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 13 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. 27of 147
Better than 82%
No. 41of 177
Better than 77%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 21of 24,791
Better than 100%
No. 54of 24,909
Better than 100%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 47of 17,786
Better than 100%
No. 122of 18,024
Better than 99%

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

Processing of pork
Gross profit
  1. Danish Crown A/SDKK 2.7bn
  2. Danepork A/SDKK 350.6m
  3. Tican Fresh Meat A/SDKK 341.8m
Net profit
  1. Danish Crown A/S−DKK 239m
  2. Danepork A/S−DKK 35.7m
  3. Tican Fresh Meat A/S−DKK 227.3m
Equity
  1. Danish Crown A/SDKK 4bn
  2. Danepork A/SDKK 223.1m
  3. Tican Fresh Meat A/SDKK 604.6m
Employees
  1. Danish Crown A/S6,731
  2. Danepork A/S841
  3. Tican Fresh Meat A/S1,674

Latest financial year per company. Choose up to three companies from the largest in the industry.

Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register

Management

7 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Danish Crown A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Niels Ulrich DuedahlCEO01/09/2024
Anders Aakær JensenDirector02/12/2024

Board of directors

Board of directors at Danish Crown A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Niels Ulrich DuedahlBoard member17/12/2024
Søren SkouChair of the board17/12/2024
Anders Aakær JensenBoard member17/12/2024
Daniel Overgaard PedersenDeputy chair17/12/2024
Hanne Line Skovgaard RevsbechBoard member01/04/2026
Founders
Victor Christoffersen ApS
Former management (85)
Former management at Danish Crown A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Victor ChristoffersenDirector01/07/200111/10/2001
Jan Hinderfeldt IsagerDirector11/10/200101/08/2002
Svend Erik SørensenBoard member27/09/200209/02/2004
Jørgen Birch JensenDirector27/09/200209/02/2004
Preben SunkeChair of the board27/09/200209/02/2004
Jørgen Birch JensenBoard member27/09/200209/02/2004
Erik Ugilt HansenBoard member09/02/200403/02/2005
Erik LarsenBoard member09/02/200420/12/2017
John Pommer BrædderBoard member09/02/200413/03/2006
Per Højgaard AndersenBoard member09/02/200427/02/2006
Bjarke ChristiansenBoard member09/02/200403/01/2007
Karl Kristian AndersenBoard member09/02/200414/12/2009
Per Viggo Hasling FrandsenBoard member09/02/200403/01/2007
Hans Hartvig Klejsgaard HansenBoard member09/02/200420/12/2012
Kai Kragkær LarsenBoard member09/02/200403/01/2007
Bent Claudi LassenDeputy chair09/02/200403/01/2007
Niels Gottrup MikkelsenChair of the board09/02/200422/12/2011
Preben HansenBoard member09/02/200403/02/2005
Peder Steen Andersen PhilippBoard member09/02/200416/12/2019
Peder DamgaardBoard member09/02/200406/01/2009
Torben SkouDirector09/02/200403/02/2006
Carsten Svejgaard JakobsenDeputy CEO09/02/200402/12/2010
Kjeld JohannesenCEO09/02/200417/01/2016
Preben SunkeDirector09/02/200402/05/2022
Jens Haven ChristiansenDirector09/02/200401/10/2008
Jens PedersenBoard member25/02/200403/01/2007
Leo ChristensenBoard member25/02/200415/12/2009
Hans Søgaard HansenBoard member25/02/200415/12/2009
Jørgen Højberg RasmussenBoard member25/02/200403/01/2007
Niels Jakob HansenBoard member03/02/200514/12/2009
Jens Thomsen LorenzenBoard member18/01/200603/01/2007
Flemming Nyenstad EnevoldsenDirector03/02/200606/04/2016
Niels Daugaard BuhlBoard member27/02/200606/01/2014
Henrik Høegh-AndersenBoard member13/03/200603/01/2007
Poul MøllerBoard member03/01/200726/11/2009
Kim FrimerBoard member03/01/200726/11/2009
Morten PetersenDirector01/10/200801/07/2009
Peter Fallesen Kjær RavnBoard member06/01/200916/12/2021
Jeff Olsen GravenhorstBoard member26/11/200928/11/2016
Palle Joest AndersenBoard member14/12/200916/12/2021
Cay Wulff SørensenBoard member14/12/200920/12/2012
Tom Michael JensenBoard member15/12/200920/12/2012
Torben LyngsøBoard member15/12/200914/09/2017
Søren Dalum TinggaardBoard member15/12/200901/01/2011
Mogens BirchBoard member01/01/201101/09/2017
Erik Michael BredholtChair of the board22/12/201109/11/2023
Arne Bech PoulsenBoard member22/12/201120/12/2012
Asger KrogsgaardBoard member20/12/201210/11/2023
Lars Holm MoseBoard member20/12/201201/08/2014
Søren BachDeputy chair20/12/201220/12/2015
Jesper Teddy LokBoard member13/05/201320/12/2015
Majken SchultzBoard member13/05/201327/11/2020
Hans Jørgen FrankBoard member01/08/201418/12/2015
Paul SejerBoard member18/12/201520/12/2017
Jesper Teddy LokDeputy chair21/12/201520/12/2017
Søren BachBoard member21/12/201528/11/2016
Jais Stampe Li ValeurCEO18/01/201601/09/2024
Kjeld JohannesenDirector18/01/201606/04/2016
Mads NipperBoard member28/11/201619/12/2017
Jesper Vaagelund ChristensenBoard member28/11/201617/12/2024
Kim TovgaardBoard member01/09/201716/12/2021
Hans Jørgen FrankBoard member14/09/201720/12/2017
Søren Frandsen BondeBoard member20/12/201717/12/2024
Kurt HøjBoard member20/12/201716/12/2021
Mads NipperDeputy chair20/12/201721/12/2022
Camilla SylvestBoard member20/12/201720/12/2022
Brian VestergaardBoard member20/12/201717/12/2024
Karsten WillumsenBoard member16/12/201917/12/2024
Thomas AhleDirector03/02/202001/09/2024
Camilla Andrea Harder HartvigBoard member03/06/202116/05/2024
Thomas Lehné Witt HansenBoard member16/12/202117/12/2024
Thomas Risager KjærBoard member16/12/202109/08/2024
Henrik Seaton Tanggaard RedmondBoard member16/12/202117/12/2024
Knud Jørgen Christensen LeiBoard member16/12/202117/12/2024
Tim Ørting JørgensenDirector01/08/202201/09/2024
Søren BrinckBoard member21/12/202217/12/2024
Camilla SylvestDeputy chair21/12/202217/12/2024
Asger KrogsgaardChair of the board11/11/202317/12/2024
Daniel Overgaard PedersenBoard member18/12/202316/12/2024
Britta Veis JensenDirector12/07/202402/12/2024
Susanne Arfelt RajamandBoard member01/11/202404/11/2024
Susanne Arfelt RajamandBoard member02/12/202417/12/2024
Ulrik BremholmBoard member17/12/202401/04/2026
Hans Kristian JacobsenBoard member–24/01/2008
Torben ChristensenBoard member–24/01/2008

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af bestyrelsesformanden og næstformanden i forening, af bestyrelsesformanden og en direktør i forening, af næstformanden og en direktør i forening eller af fire bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening med en direktør.

Address and production units

28 active production units

Danish Crown Vej 1
8940 Randers SV

Randers Municipality · Postcode 8940

Other companies at the address (5)

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
DANISH CROWN A/SØstbirkvej 2, 8700 Horsens1,6611016497483
DANISH CROWN A/SLangbro 7, 6400 Sønderborg1,2651016497165
DANISH CROWN A/SDanmarksgade 22, 7400 Herning8781016459085
DANISH CROWN A/SDanish Crown Vej 1, 8940 Randers SV7111017997676
DANISH CROWN A/SGrindstedvej 2, 6670 Holsted3701018775839
DANISH CROWN A/SMosevangen 1, 9230 Svenstrup J3591028614329
DANISH CROWN A/STulipvej 10, 7100 Vejle2831028614205
DANISH CROWN A/SHaslevej 19, 3700 Rønne2251016458798
DANISH CROWN A/SØsterbro 40, 9000 Aalborg1421028614183
DANISH CROWN A/SBommen 9, 8620 Kjellerup1341028614310
DANISH CROWN A/SSvanningevej 1, 9220 Aalborg Øst1151016497092
DANISH CROWN A/SEnergivej 5-55, 6670 Holsted1061018525875
DANISH CROWN A/SErhvervsparken 2, 7280 Sønder Felding851016497114
DANISH CROWN A/SÅbenråvej 11, 6780 Skærbæk781016497173
DANISH CROWN A/SKilen 10, 6200 Aabenraa611028614191

Showing 15 of 28 units (sorted by employees).

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive virksomhed med produktion og afsætning af kød og kødprodukter, slagteriaktiviteter, finansiering, at eje aktier, anparter, kapitalandele og ansvarlige indskud i andre selskaber samt, direkte eller indirekte, at drive anden virksomhed, der efter bestyrelsens skøn er forbundet hermed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

145 registered events
20262 changesmanagement 2
  • Hanne Line Skovgaard Revsbech appointed board member
  • Ulrik Bremholm stepped down as board member
20251 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
202431 changesmanagement 29 · accounts 1 · merger 1
  • Daniel Overgaard Pedersen appointed deputy chair
  • Anders Aakær Jensen appointed board member
  • Søren Skou appointed chair of the board
  • Niels Ulrich Duedahl appointed board member
  • Ulrik Bremholm appointed board member
  • Susanne Arfelt Rajamand stepped down as board member
  • Asger Krogsgaard stepped down as chair of the board
  • Camilla Sylvest stepped down as deputy chair
  • Søren Brinck stepped down as board member
  • Henrik Seaton Tanggaard Redmond stepped down as board member
  • Thomas Lehné Witt Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Knud Jørgen Christensen Lei stepped down as board member
  • Karsten Willumsen stepped down as board member
  • Søren Frandsen Bonde stepped down as board member
  • Brian Vestergaard stepped down as board member
  • Jesper Vaagelund Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Daniel Overgaard Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Anders Aakær Jensen appointed director
  • Susanne Arfelt Rajamand appointed board member
  • Britta Veis Jensen stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Susanne Arfelt Rajamand stepped down as board member
  • Susanne Arfelt Rajamand appointed board member
  • Niels Ulrich Duedahl appointed ceo
  • Tim Ørting Jørgensen stepped down as director
  • Thomas Ahle stepped down as director
  • Jais Stampe Li Valeur stepped down as ceo
  • Thomas Risager Kjær stepped down as board member
  • Britta Veis Jensen appointed director
  • Camilla Andrea Harder Hartvig stepped down as board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
20235 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1
  • Daniel Overgaard Pedersen appointed board member
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Asger Krogsgaard appointed chair of the board
  • Asger Krogsgaard stepped down as board member
  • Erik Michael Bredholt stepped down as chair of the board
20228 changesmanagement 5 · accounts 1 · address 1 · merger 1
  • Camilla Sylvest appointed deputy chair
  • Søren Brinck appointed board member
  • Mads Nipper stepped down as deputy chair
  • Camilla Sylvest stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Moved to Danish Crown Vej 1, 8940 Randers SV
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Tim Ørting Jørgensen appointed director
202110 changesmanagement 9 · accounts 1
  • Henrik Seaton Tanggaard Redmond appointed board member
  • Thomas Lehné Witt Hansen appointed board member
  • Thomas Risager Kjær appointed board member
  • Knud Jørgen Christensen Lei appointed board member
  • Kurt Høj stepped down as board member
  • Kim Tovgaard stepped down as board member
  • Palle Joest Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Peter Fallesen Kjær Ravn stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Camilla Andrea Harder Hartvig appointed board member
20203 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Majken Schultz stepped down as board member
  • Thomas Ahle appointed director
20191 changemanagement 1
  • Karsten Willumsen appointed board member
201714 changesmanagement 13 · capital 1
  • Søren Frandsen Bonde appointed board member
  • Brian Vestergaard appointed board member
  • Camilla Sylvest appointed board member
  • Mads Nipper appointed deputy chair
  • Kurt Høj appointed board member
  • Hans Jørgen Frank stepped down as board member
  • Jesper Teddy Lok stepped down as deputy chair
  • Paul Sejer stepped down as board member
  • Mads Nipper stepped down as board member
  • Hans Jørgen Frank appointed board member
  • Torben Lyngsø stepped down as board member
  • Kim Tovgaard appointed board member
  • Mogens Birch stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 37,000,000 DKK to 38,000,000 DKK
20168 changesmanagement 8
  • Mads Nipper appointed board member
  • Jesper Vaagelund Christensen appointed board member
  • Søren Bach stepped down as board member
  • Jeff Olsen Gravenhorst stepped down as board member
  • Kjeld Johannesen stepped down as director
  • Flemming Nyenstad Enevoldsen stepped down as director
  • Kjeld Johannesen appointed director
  • Jais Stampe Li Valeur appointed ceo
20156 changesmanagement 6
  • Jesper Teddy Lok appointed deputy chair
  • Søren Bach appointed board member
  • Jesper Teddy Lok stepped down as board member
  • Søren Bach stepped down as deputy chair
  • Paul Sejer appointed board member
  • Hans Jørgen Frank stepped down as board member
20144 changesmanagement 3 · capital 1
  • Hans Jørgen Frank appointed board member
  • Lars Holm Mose stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 36,000,000 DKK to 37,000,000 DKK
  • Niels Daugaard Buhl stepped down as board member
20135 changescapital 2 · address 1 · management 2
  • Share capital changed from 35,500,000 DKK to 36,000,000 DKK
  • Moved to Marsvej 43, 8960 Randers SØ
  • Share capital changed from 35,000,000 DKK to 35,500,000 DKK
  • Jesper Teddy Lok appointed board member
  • Majken Schultz appointed board member
20126 changesmanagement 6
  • Søren Bach appointed deputy chair
  • Lars Holm Mose appointed board member
  • Asger Krogsgaard appointed board member
  • Arne Bech Poulsen stepped down as board member
  • Tom Michael Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Cay Wulff Sørensen stepped down as board member
20115 changesmanagement 4 · address 1
  • Arne Bech Poulsen appointed board member
  • Erik Michael Bredholt appointed chair of the board
  • Moved to Marsvej 43, 8960 Randers SØ
  • Mogens Birch appointed board member
  • Søren Dalum Tinggaard stepped down as board member
20102 changesname 1 · capital 1
  • Name changed from DANISH CROWN HOLDING A/S to DANISH CROWN A/S
  • Share capital changed from 28,500,000 DKK to 35,000,000 DKK
200910 changesmanagement 10
  • Torben Lyngsø appointed board member
  • Søren Dalum Tinggaard appointed board member
  • Tom Michael Jensen appointed board member
  • Cay Wulff Sørensen appointed board member
  • Palle Joest Andersen appointed board member
  • Jeff Olsen Gravenhorst appointed board member
  • Kim Frimer stepped down as board member
  • Poul Møller stepped down as board member
  • Morten Petersen stepped down as director
  • Peter Fallesen Kjær Ravn appointed board member
20083 changesmanagement 1 · capital 1 · industry 1
  • Morten Petersen appointed director
  • Share capital changed from 28,000,000 DKK to 28,500,000 DKK
  • Industry changed to Processing of pork (101110)
20075 changesmanagement 4 · address 1
  • Kim Frimer appointed board member
  • Poul Møller appointed board member
  • Henrik Høegh-Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Jens Thomsen Lorenzen stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Marsvej 43, 8960 Randers SØ
20064 changesmanagement 4
  • Henrik Høegh-Andersen appointed board member
  • Niels Daugaard Buhl appointed board member
  • Flemming Nyenstad Enevoldsen appointed director
  • Jens Thomsen Lorenzen appointed board member
20043 changescapital 2 · name 1
  • Share capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 28,000,000 DKK
  • Name changed from DANISH CROWN HOLDING ApS to DANISH CROWN HOLDING A/S
  • Share capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
20031 changename 1
  • Name changed from DC HOLDING ApS to DANISH CROWN HOLDING ApS
20022 changesname 1 · address 1
  • Name changed from STEFF BUTIKKEN ApS to DC HOLDING ApS
  • Moved to Marsvej 43, 8900 Randers C
20016 changesownership 1 · name 1 · address 1 · capital 1 · industry 1 · founded 1
  • LEVERANDØRSELSKABET DANISH CROWN AMBA registered as owner (100%)
  • Name changed from VICH 6397 ApS to STEFF BUTIKKEN ApS
  • Moved to Bragesvej 18, 4100 Ringsted
  • Share capital changed from 125,000 DKK to 300,000 DKK
  • Industry changed to Svineslagterier (151110)
  • Registered as VICH 6397 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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