De Danske Gærfabrikker A/S
Public limited companyCVR 30921860GrenaaActive
De Danske Gærfabrikker A/S is a public limited company, based in Grenaa, active in manufacture of other food products n.e.c., founded in 2007. Net profit fell 22% from 2025 to 2026, ending at DKK 23.1m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 5 of 81 companies in the industry in the database. With 150 employees, the company is about 25 times larger than the industry median.
Key figures · financial year 2026
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2026 against 2025
- Gross profit rose 9% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 165.3m.
- Revenue fell 6% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 479.5m.
- Net profit fell 22% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 23.1m.
- Equity fell 51% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 147.1m.
Employees
- 3 more employees than a year earlier: 150 (07/2026) against 147 (07/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Robert Cornelis Lucas Compier (board member, 22/04/2025).
- Stepped down: Per Henrik Larsen (board member, 22/04/2025).
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 2021–2026 · amounts in DKK thousandEquity and net profit
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | not stated | 396,758 | 498,636 | 435,846 | 512,502 | 479,466 | −6.4% |
| Gross profit | 117,422 | 120,570 | 128,901 | 120,334 | 151,556 | 165,294 | +9.1% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 28,404 | 28,594 | 31,161 | 18,945 | 42,783 | 36,307 | −15.1% |
| Profit before tax | 27,621 | 27,691 | 29,576 | 14,883 | 37,323 | 29,688 | −20.5% |
| Net profit | 21,623 | 21,987 | 23,820 | 12,650 | 29,517 | 23,099 | −21.7% |
| Total assets | 404,996 | 428,400 | 478,938 | 528,420 | 738,143 | 575,650 | −22% |
| Equity | 214,779 | 236,766 | 260,586 | 273,236 | 301,798 | 147,097 | −51.3% |
| Liabilities | 165,397 | 165,220 | 189,062 | 223,919 | 404,951 | 397,159 | −1.9% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 117 | 6,413 | 5,004 | 19,554 | 27,191 | 15,031 | −44.7% |
| Average number of employees | 111 | 115 | 122 | 130 | 132,000 | 139,000 | +5.3% |
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 2021: 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 2026 figuresEquity fell sharply
Equity fell 51% from 2025 to 2026 (DKK 301.8m to DKK 147.1m).
How is this calculated?
Equity has fallen by at least 30% from the previous annual report, and it was positive the year before.
Profit for five years in a row
Net result has been positive in 2022–2026.
How is this calculated?
Net result is positive in the five 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| Financial year | Period | Published | Figures for | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 01/02/2025 – 31/01/2026 | 02/06/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2025 | 01/02/2024 – 31/01/2025 | 02/07/2025 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/02/2023 – 31/01/2024 | 14/06/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/02/2022 – 31/01/2023 | 11/07/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/02/2021 – 31/01/2022 | 18/05/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/02/2020 – 31/01/2021 | 25/06/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
81 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in manufacture of other food products n.e.c. based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.5m, net profit DKK 27,940, equity DKK 757k, 6 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison | No. 254of 4,412 Better than 94% | No. 467of 4,466 Better than 90% |
| Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison | No. 418of 24,791 Better than 98% | No. 1,005of 24,909 Better than 96% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 968of 17,786 Better than 95% | No. 1,770of 18,024 Better than 90% |
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
Manufacture of other food products n.e.c.- De Danske Gærfabrikker A/SDKK 165.3m
- Fertin Pharma A/SDKK 755.3m
- CP Kelco ApSDKK 561.7m
- De Danske Gærfabrikker A/SDKK 23.1m
- Fertin Pharma A/S−DKK 280.8m
- CP Kelco ApSDKK 87m
- De Danske Gærfabrikker A/SDKK 147.1m
- Fertin Pharma A/SDKK 1.3bn
- CP Kelco ApSDKK 2.5bn
- De Danske Gærfabrikker A/S150
- Fertin Pharma A/S949
- CP Kelco ApS368
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership RegisterManagement
7 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Nicolai Francis Jensen | CEO | 10/11/2011 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Antoine Chagnon | Board member | 03/07/2013 |
| William John Nankervis | Board member | 19/05/2016 |
| Lars Overvad Asferg | Chair of the board | 19/05/2016 |
| Francisco Pereira Da Conceicoa | Board member | 07/01/2022 |
| Tiina Valk | Board member | 03/05/2023 |
| Robert Cornelis Lucas Compier | Board member | 22/04/2025 |
- Auditor
- KPMG P/S
Former management (14)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hans Christian Pape | Board member | 23/10/2007 | 29/10/2007 |
| Rolf Lennart Cassergren | Chair of the board | 23/10/2007 | 29/10/2007 |
| Lars Johannes Engvall | Board member | 23/10/2007 | 29/10/2007 |
| Lars Johannes Engvall | Director | 23/10/2007 | 30/10/2007 |
| Christian Simon Sanchez | Board member | 29/10/2007 | 03/07/2013 |
| Rejean Landry | Board member | 29/10/2007 | 29/11/2010 |
| Jean Frederic Chagnon | Board member | 29/10/2007 | 03/07/2013 |
| Per Rasmussen | Director | 30/10/2007 | 20/07/2011 |
| Rudolf Kreuz | CEO | 20/07/2011 | 10/11/2011 |
| Francois Leblanc | Board member | 10/11/2011 | 07/01/2022 |
| Rudolf Kreuz | Board member | 03/07/2013 | 19/05/2016 |
| Johannes Gerhardus Steenkamp | Chair of the board | 03/07/2013 | 19/05/2016 |
| André Lambert | Board member | 19/05/2016 | 05/05/2022 |
| Per Henrik Larsen | Board member | 05/05/2022 | 22/04/2025 |
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Address and production units
2 active production unitsBredstrupvej 33
8500 Grenaa
Norddjurs Municipality · Postcode 8500
Other companies at the address (1)
- Lallemand Denmark A/SPackaging activities
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE DANSKE GÆRFABRIKKER A/S | Bredstrupvej 33, 8500 Grenaa | 126 | 1013718659 |
| De Danske Gærfabrikker A/S - Lunderskov | Stændergårdsvej 12, 6640 Lunderskov | 25 | 1025334775 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive handels- og industrivirksomhed.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
49 registered events20261 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2026 published
20253 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
- ManagementRobert Cornelis Lucas Compier appointed board member
- ManagementPer Henrik Larsen stepped down as board member
20241 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
20232 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
- ManagementTiina Valk appointed board member
20225 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
- ManagementPer Henrik Larsen appointed board member
- ManagementAndré Lambert stepped down as board member
- ManagementFrancisco Pereira Da Conceicoa appointed board member
- ManagementFrancois Leblanc stepped down as board member
20211 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
20165 changesmanagement 5
- ManagementLars Overvad Asferg appointed chair of the board
- ManagementWilliam John Nankervis appointed board member
- ManagementAndré Lambert appointed board member
- ManagementRudolf Kreuz stepped down as board member
- ManagementJohannes Gerhardus Steenkamp stepped down as chair of the board
20135 changesmanagement 5
- ManagementRudolf Kreuz appointed board member
- ManagementJohannes Gerhardus Steenkamp appointed chair of the board
- ManagementAntoine Chagnon appointed board member
- ManagementChristian Simon Sanchez stepped down as board member
- ManagementJean Frederic Chagnon stepped down as board member
20115 changesmanagement 5
- ManagementFrancois Leblanc appointed board member
- ManagementNicolai Francis Jensen appointed ceo
- ManagementRudolf Kreuz stepped down as ceo
- ManagementRudolf Kreuz appointed ceo
- ManagementPer Rasmussen stepped down as director
20101 changemanagement 1
- ManagementRejean Landry stepped down as board member
20083 changescapital 1 · industry 2
- CapitalShare capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 1,000,000 DKK
- IndustryIndustry changed to Manufacture of other food products n.e.c. (108900)
- IndustryIndustry changed to Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits (110100)
200717 changesaddress 1 · industry 1 · management 12 · name 1 · ownership 1 · founded 1
- AddressMoved to Bredstrupvej 33, 8500 Grenaa
- IndustryIndustry changed to Fremstilling af spiritus (159100)
- ManagementPer Rasmussen appointed director
- ManagementLars Johannes Engvall stepped down as director
- NameName changed from V&S AF 29. JUNI 2007 A/S to DE DANSKE GÆRFABRIKKER A/S
- ManagementChristian Simon Sanchez appointed board member
- ManagementRejean Landry appointed board member
- ManagementJean Frederic Chagnon appointed board member
- ManagementRolf Lennart Cassergren stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementLars Johannes Engvall stepped down as board member
- ManagementHans Christian Pape stepped down as board member
- OwnershipLALLEMAND DENMARK A/S registered as owner (100%)
- FoundedRegistered as V&S AF 29. JUNI 2007 A/S
- ManagementRolf Lennart Cassergren appointed chair of the board
- ManagementLars Johannes Engvall appointed board member
- ManagementHans Christian Pape appointed board member
- ManagementLars Johannes Engvall appointed director
Related companies
Same people in management
- Duos A/Svia Hans Christian Pape
- HortenDahl Advokatpartnerselskabvia Hans Christian Pape
- Østjysk Vinforsyning A/Svia Hans Christian Pape
- Lallemand Denmark A/Svia Nicolai Francis Jensen
- BullWall Group A/Svia Hans Christian Pape
- Moch A/Svia Hans Christian Pape
Largest in the industry
- Fertin Pharma A/SDKK 755.3m
- CP Kelco ApSDKK 561.7m
- Orkla Care A/SDKK 298m
- Pharma Nord ApSDKK 268.1m
- Fipros A/SDKK 101.3m
- Oscar A/SDKK 92.1m
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.