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DB Cargo Scandinavia A/S

Public limited companyCVR 26092485TaastrupActive

DB Cargo Scandinavia A/S is a public limited company, based in Taastrup, active in freight rail transport, founded in 2001. After a loss in 2024, the company made a profit of DKK 3.2m in 2025. Operations are spread over 8 production units in 5 towns. With 203 employees, the company is about 7 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 300.8m−26.5% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 3.2m+160.5% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 235.3m+1.4% vs. 2024
Employees203latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 5% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 216.2m.
  • Revenue fell 27% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 300.8m.
  • Net profit went from a loss of DKK 5.2m to a profit of DKK 3.2m (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity rose 1% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 235.3m.

Employees

  • 5 fewer employees than a year earlier: 203 (07/2026) against 208 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Anastasia Ledendecker-Zahn (board member, 01/03/2025).
  • Stepped down: Ralf Günter Kloß (chair of the board, 15/10/2026) and Carola Belitz (board member, 01/03/2025).

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 thousand

Equity and net profit

−DKK 50mDKK 0DKK 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200mDKK 250m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for DB Cargo Scandinavia A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue559,711447,260469,526546,532409,405300,772−26.5%
Gross profit165,482205,547242,418228,126228,114216,200−5.2%
Operating profit (EBIT)−54,957−21,4246,714−9,029−11,1408,069+172.4%
Profit before tax−9,221−22,2125,012−11,116−14,1154,989+135.3%
Net profit−8,297−16,0613,497−8,721−5,2133,156+160.5%
Total assets531,198471,435455,963526,586456,566529,159+15.9%
Equity258,627242,566246,063237,342232,131235,286+1.4%
Liabilities215,069169,820180,767264,921212,989268,556+26.1%
Cash and cash equivalents15,802305323306270560+107.5%
Average number of employees268274287280279249−10.8%

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 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200mDKK 250m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (3 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for DB Cargo Scandinavia A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202522/05/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202430/06/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202329/05/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202213/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202123/05/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202023/04/2021The companyPDFXBRL

The figures from all the annual reports are shown on this page. The documents themselves (PDF and XBRL, the machine-readable edition) are downloaded with a Pro account: sign in or create a free account, and then choose Pro. XBRL is the edition the figures on the page are read from.

Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

3 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in freight rail transport based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 216.2mNo. 1 of 3
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 235.3mNo. 1 of 3
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees203No. 1 of 3
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 34.3m, net profit DKK 3.2m, equity DKK 18.4m, 31 employees.

Compared with similar companies

size, age and company form
Rank among similar companies
GroupGross profitEquity
Companies with 200–499 employees796 companies in the comparison
No. 260of 763
Better than 66%
No. 241of 796
Better than 70%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 300of 24,791
Better than 99%
No. 682of 24,909
Better than 97%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 726of 17,786
Better than 96%
No. 1,266of 18,024
Better than 93%

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

Freight rail transport
Gross profit
  1. DB Cargo Scandinavia A/SDKK 216.2m
  2. VIKING-Rail ApSDKK 34.3m
  3. Contec Rail ApSDKK 7.7m
Net profit
  1. DB Cargo Scandinavia A/SDKK 3.2m
  2. VIKING-Rail ApSDKK 4.9m
  3. Contec Rail ApS−DKK 2.3m
Equity
  1. DB Cargo Scandinavia A/SDKK 235.3m
  2. VIKING-Rail ApSDKK 18.4m
  3. Contec Rail ApSDKK 13.5m
Employees
  1. DB Cargo Scandinavia A/S203
  2. VIKING-Rail ApS34
  3. Contec Rail ApS18

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • DB Cargo Aktiengesellschaft100%
DB Cargo Scandinavia A/S

Management

8 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at DB Cargo Scandinavia A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Oliver GescheChief financial officer01/01/2010
Birgit Maria Elisabeth WirthCEO01/03/2021

Board of directors

Board of directors at DB Cargo Scandinavia A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jørn JessenBoard member31/07/2006
Tom Allan GreenBoard member24/05/2007
Sylke Elisabeth HussmannBoard member16/01/2017
Michael PuggaardBoard member19/05/2017
Verena Alexa KörtjeBoard member01/05/2023
Anastasia Ledendecker-ZahnBoard member01/03/2025
Auditor
KPMG P/S
Founders
DSB
Former management (76)
Former management at DB Cargo Scandinavia A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Hans Henrik WintherDirector27/06/200108/04/2003
Hans-Christian SchlichterBoard member27/06/200101/01/2005
Keld SengeløvChair of the board27/06/200101/08/2001
Carsten Krogsgaard ThomsenBoard member27/06/200119/05/2004
Thuri Didriksen von der AhéBoard member27/06/200101/08/2001
Hans Jørgen LaugesenBoard member27/06/200119/05/2004
Erik Flemming JallerBoard member27/06/200105/01/2010
Hans Jakob Sørup JakobsenDeputy board member27/06/200115/05/2003
Andre ZeugBoard member01/08/200127/05/2005
Johannes Karl-Heinz JesbergBoard member01/08/200116/05/2002
Wilhelm WegscheiderBoard member31/01/200319/02/2003
Klaus KremperChair of the board31/01/200319/03/2008
Karl Michael MohnsenBoard member19/02/200330/06/2004
Leif Pedersen KeppCEO08/04/200301/01/2004
Ejner SørensenDeputy board member15/05/200331/07/2006
Niels Christian ThingCEO01/01/200401/10/2007
Bjarne Aage Bille SteffensenBoard member19/05/200419/03/2008
Jan HermannBoard member19/05/200431/07/2006
Erik WillumsgaardDeputy board member01/01/200531/07/2006
Uffe Kurt Hjorth AnderssonBoard member01/01/200524/05/2007
Dieter BaumbauerBoard member01/01/200517/10/2005
Lutz FreytagBoard member17/10/200519/03/2008
Jan Bent AndersenDeputy board member31/07/200626/09/2018
Pernille Clemen OtboDeputy board member31/07/200618/09/2013
Stig Kyster-HansenCEO01/02/200801/06/2012
Mats Anders GranatBoard member19/03/200815/04/2010
Hans Olof ParidonDeputy board member19/03/200815/04/2010
Christian Oliver KuhnBoard member19/03/200805/05/2009
Jan Gunnar Percyval SundlingChair of the board19/03/200815/04/2010
Sebastian Bernd JürgensDeputy board member19/03/200827/01/2009
Christoph Maria WolffBoard member19/03/200809/06/2009
Falk HoltzChief financial officer16/05/200801/01/2010
Ralf-Günter KloßBoard member05/05/200924/03/2010
Edmund Heinrich SchlummerBoard member09/06/200915/02/2010
Michael Jørn PetersenBoard member05/01/201023/03/2011
Otto Georg NiederhoferBoard member15/02/201025/09/2018
Michael AnslingerDeputy board member15/02/201026/09/2018
Christian Oliver KuhnBoard member24/03/201015/07/2011
Paul Mikael StöhrChair of the board15/04/201024/03/2011
Olof Bertil WennersteinBoard member15/04/201024/03/2011
Lars Michael NordahnDeputy board member23/03/201118/09/2013
Brian Milner EllekvistBoard member23/03/201119/05/2017
John Iwan KlintChair of the board24/03/201111/03/2015
Hendrik Willem Marcel KroezeDeputy board member24/03/201122/11/2012
John Bertil Christer NilssonBoard member24/03/201114/11/2013
Lars Erik Lennart JohanssonDeputy board member24/03/201110/03/2015
Sylke Elisabeth HussmannDeputy board member15/07/201103/12/2015
Markus HunkelBoard member15/07/201104/12/2015
Gottfried Georg EymerCEO01/06/201209/07/2012
Gottfried Georg EymerDirector09/07/201201/07/2016
Lars Østerskov RasmussenDeputy board member18/09/201314/11/2013
Gitte PeterssonDeputy board member18/09/201326/09/2018
Pia LockDeputy board member14/11/201304/12/2015
Bengt Patrik SaxvallDeputy board member14/11/201324/05/2016
Mats Bo Knut HansonBoard member14/11/201310/03/2015
Lars Erik Lennart JohanssonManagement body11/03/201524/05/2016
Mats Bo Knut HansonChair of the board11/03/201525/05/2016
Per Henrik BackmanBoard member11/03/201524/05/2016
Michael PuggaardDeputy board member04/12/201518/05/2017
Sylke Elisabeth HussmannDeputy board member04/12/201515/01/2017
Clemens FörstBoard member04/12/201516/01/2017
Lars Erik Lennart JohanssonDeputy board member25/05/201614/03/2018
Bengt Patrik SaxvallDeputy board member25/05/201629/11/2017
Per Henrik BackmanChair of the board25/05/201630/11/2017
Mikael Sven Tore WågbergBoard member25/05/201629/11/2017
Silke JanserCEO30/09/201602/11/2020
Ulrich Carsten NaujokatDeputy board member16/01/201726/09/2018
Bengt Patrik SaxvallDeputy board member30/11/201714/03/2018
Mikael Sven Tore WågbergChair of the board30/11/201714/03/2018
Erik Viktor JohanssonBoard member30/11/201714/03/2018
Christian Rudolf RöslerBoard member14/03/201801/01/2022
Frank ErschkatBoard member14/03/201801/11/2020
Otto Georg NiederhoferChair of the board26/09/201801/11/2020
Ralf Günter KloßChair of the board01/11/202015/10/2026
Steffi KahlBoard member01/11/202021/10/2022
Carola BelitzBoard member01/01/202201/03/2025

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af to direktører i forening eller af en direktør i forening med bestyrelsesformanden.

Address and production units

8 active production units

Spotorno Alle 12
2630 Taastrup

Høje-Taastrup Municipality · Postcode 2630

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
DB Cargo Scandinavia A/S, FredericiaIndre Ringvej 29A, 7000 Fredericia571009258430
DB Cargo Scandinavia A/S, Høje Taastrup TerminalEstland Alle 10, Høje Taastrup, 2630 Taastrup481009330018
DB Cargo Scandinavia A/SSpotorno Alle 12, Høje Taastrup, 2630 Taastrup431008503407
DB Cargo Scandinavia A/S, TaulovEuropavej 28, Taulov, 7000 Fredericia261009258406
DB Cargo Scandinavia A/S, PadborgJernbanegade 15, 6330 Padborg121007622526
DB Cargo Scandinavia A/S, NyborgBanegårdsalleen 100, 5800 Nyborg51009329893
DB Cargo Scandinavia A/S, KoldingNdr. Havnevej 3, 6000 Kolding21009258252
DB Cargo Scandiavia A/S Værksted FredericiaEgumvej 55, 7000 Fredericia–1029625235

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at være godstogsoperatør inden for jernbanegodstransport og direkte eller indirekte at drive anden virksomhed, der efter bestyrelsens skøn er forbunden dermed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

142 registered events
20262 changesmanagement 1 · accounts 1
  • Ralf Günter Kloß stepped down as chair of the board
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20253 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Anastasia Ledendecker-Zahn appointed board member
  • Carola Belitz stepped down as board member
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20232 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Verena Alexa Körtje appointed board member
20224 changesmanagement 3 · accounts 1
  • Steffi Kahl stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Carola Belitz appointed board member
  • Christian Rudolf Rösler stepped down as board member
20212 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Birgit Maria Elisabeth Wirth appointed ceo
20206 changesmanagement 5 · address 1
  • Silke Janser stepped down as ceo
  • Ralf Günter Kloß appointed chair of the board
  • Steffi Kahl appointed board member
  • Otto Georg Niederhofer stepped down as chair of the board
  • Frank Erschkat stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Spotorno Alle 12, Høje Taastrup, 2630 Taastrup
20192 changescapital 1 · merger 1
  • Share capital changed from 42,050,000 DKK to 42,100,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
201819 changesownership 5 · name 1 · management 12 · address 1
  • DB Cargo Aktiengesellschaft registered as owner (100%)
  • DB DANMARK HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • DB Cargo Aktiengesellschaft is no longer registered as owner
  • Name changed from DB Cargo SCANDINAVIA A/S to DB Cargo Scandinavia A/S
  • Otto Georg Niederhofer appointed chair of the board
  • Ulrich Carsten Naujokat stepped down as deputy board member
  • Gitte Petersson stepped down as deputy board member
  • Michael Anslinger stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jan Bent Andersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Otto Georg Niederhofer stepped down as board member
  • Christian Rudolf Rösler appointed board member
  • Frank Erschkat appointed board member
  • Erik Viktor Johansson stepped down as board member
  • Bengt Patrik Saxvall stepped down as deputy board member
  • Mikael Sven Tore Wågberg stepped down as chair of the board
  • Lars Erik Lennart Johansson stepped down as deputy board member
  • DB Cargo Aktiengesellschaft registered as owner (33.33%)
  • Green Cargo AB is no longer registered as owner
  • Moved to Spotorno Alle 12, Høje Taastrup, 2630 Taastrup
201713 changesmanagement 13
  • Erik Viktor Johansson appointed board member
  • Bengt Patrik Saxvall appointed deputy board member
  • Mikael Sven Tore Wågberg appointed chair of the board
  • Per Henrik Backman stepped down as chair of the board
  • Bengt Patrik Saxvall stepped down as deputy board member
  • Mikael Sven Tore Wågberg stepped down as board member
  • Michael Puggaard appointed board member
  • Brian Milner Ellekvist stepped down as board member
  • Michael Puggaard stepped down as deputy board member
  • Ulrich Carsten Naujokat appointed deputy board member
  • Sylke Elisabeth Hussmann appointed board member
  • Clemens Först stepped down as board member
  • Sylke Elisabeth Hussmann stepped down as deputy board member
201611 changesmanagement 10 · name 1
  • Silke Janser appointed ceo
  • Gottfried Georg Eymer stepped down as director
  • Bengt Patrik Saxvall appointed deputy board member
  • Mikael Sven Tore Wågberg appointed board member
  • Per Henrik Backman appointed chair of the board
  • Lars Erik Lennart Johansson appointed deputy board member
  • Mats Bo Knut Hanson stepped down as chair of the board
  • Per Henrik Backman stepped down as board member
  • Lars Erik Lennart Johansson stepped down as management body
  • Bengt Patrik Saxvall stepped down as deputy board member
  • Name changed from DB SCHENKER RAIL SCANDINAVIA A/S to DB Cargo SCANDINAVIA A/S
201512 changesmanagement 12
  • Sylke Elisabeth Hussmann appointed deputy board member
  • Clemens Först appointed board member
  • Michael Puggaard appointed deputy board member
  • Pia Lock stepped down as deputy board member
  • Markus Hunkel stepped down as board member
  • Sylke Elisabeth Hussmann stepped down as deputy board member
  • Mats Bo Knut Hanson appointed chair of the board
  • Per Henrik Backman appointed board member
  • Lars Erik Lennart Johansson appointed management body
  • John Iwan Klint stepped down as chair of the board
  • Mats Bo Knut Hanson stepped down as board member
  • Lars Erik Lennart Johansson stepped down as deputy board member
20138 changesmanagement 8
  • Bengt Patrik Saxvall appointed deputy board member
  • Mats Bo Knut Hanson appointed board member
  • Pia Lock appointed deputy board member
  • Lars Østerskov Rasmussen stepped down as deputy board member
  • John Bertil Christer Nilsson stepped down as board member
  • Gitte Petersson appointed deputy board member
  • Lars Østerskov Rasmussen appointed deputy board member
  • Lars Michael Nordahn stepped down as deputy board member
20125 changesmanagement 5
  • Hendrik Willem Marcel Kroeze stepped down as deputy board member
  • Gottfried Georg Eymer appointed director
  • Gottfried Georg Eymer stepped down as ceo
  • Gottfried Georg Eymer appointed ceo
  • Stig Kyster-Hansen stepped down as ceo
201113 changesmanagement 12 · ownership 1
  • Markus Hunkel appointed board member
  • Sylke Elisabeth Hussmann appointed deputy board member
  • Christian Oliver Kuhn stepped down as board member
  • John Iwan Klint appointed chair of the board
  • Hendrik Willem Marcel Kroeze appointed deputy board member
  • John Bertil Christer Nilsson appointed board member
  • Lars Erik Lennart Johansson appointed deputy board member
  • Olof Bertil Wennerstein stepped down as board member
  • Paul Mikael Stöhr stepped down as chair of the board
  • Lars Michael Nordahn appointed deputy board member
  • Brian Milner Ellekvist appointed board member
  • Michael Jørn Petersen stepped down as board member
  • DB DANMARK HOLDING ApS registered as owner (50%)
201013 changesmanagement 13
  • Olof Bertil Wennerstein appointed board member
  • Paul Mikael Stöhr appointed chair of the board
  • Mats Anders Granat stepped down as board member
  • Jan Gunnar Percyval Sundling stepped down as chair of the board
  • Hans Olof Paridon stepped down as deputy board member
  • Christian Oliver Kuhn appointed board member
  • Ralf-Günter Kloß stepped down as board member
  • Michael Anslinger appointed deputy board member
  • Otto Georg Niederhofer appointed board member
  • Edmund Heinrich Schlummer stepped down as board member
  • Michael Jørn Petersen appointed board member
  • Oliver Gesche appointed chief financial officer
  • Falk Holtz stepped down as chief financial officer
20096 changesmanagement 5 · name 1
  • Edmund Heinrich Schlummer appointed board member
  • Christoph Maria Wolff stepped down as board member
  • Ralf-Günter Kloß appointed board member
  • Christian Oliver Kuhn stepped down as board member
  • Name changed from RAILION SCANDINAVIA A/S to DB SCHENKER RAIL SCANDINAVIA A/S
  • Sebastian Bernd Jürgens stepped down as deputy board member
200812 changescapital 1 · ownership 1 · management 8 · name 1 · industry 1
  • Share capital changed from 42,000,000 DKK to 42,050,000 DKK
  • Green Cargo AB registered as owner (33.33%)
  • Falk Holtz appointed chief financial officer
  • Name changed from RAILION DANMARK A/S to RAILION SCANDINAVIA A/S
  • Christoph Maria Wolff appointed board member
  • Mats Anders Granat appointed board member
  • Sebastian Bernd Jürgens appointed deputy board member
  • Jan Gunnar Percyval Sundling appointed chair of the board
  • Christian Oliver Kuhn appointed board member
  • Hans Olof Paridon appointed deputy board member
  • Stig Kyster-Hansen appointed ceo
  • Industry changed to Freight rail transport (492000)
20072 changesaddress 1 · management 1
  • Moved to Spotorno Alle 12, Høje Taastr., 2630 Taastrup
  • Tom Allan Green appointed board member
20061 changemanagement 1
  • Jan Bent Andersen appointed deputy board member
20042 changescapital 1 · address 1
  • Share capital changed from 41,000,000 DKK to 42,000,000 DKK
  • Moved to Sydvestvej 21-23, 2600 Glostrup
20022 changesname 1 · capital 1
  • Name changed from RAILION DENMARK A/S to RAILION DANMARK A/S
  • Share capital changed from 40,000,000 DKK to 41,000,000 DKK
20011 changefounded 1
  • Registered as RAILION DENMARK A/S

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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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