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.

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Key figures · financial year 2026

RevenueDKK 479.5m−6.4% vs. 2025
Net profitDKK 23.1m−21.7% vs. 2025
EquityDKK 147.1m−51.3% vs. 2025
Employees150latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 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 thousand

Equity and net profit

DKK 0DKK 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200mDKK 250mDKK 300m202120222023202420252026
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for De Danske Gærfabrikker A/S
202120222023202420252026Change
Revenuenot stated396,758498,636435,846512,502479,466−6.4%
Gross profit117,422120,570128,901120,334151,556165,294+9.1%
Operating profit (EBIT)28,40428,59431,16118,94542,78336,307−15.1%
Profit before tax27,62127,69129,57614,88337,32329,688−20.5%
Net profit21,62321,98723,82012,65029,51723,099−21.7%
Total assets404,996428,400478,938528,420738,143575,650−22%
Equity214,779236,766260,586273,236301,798147,097−51.3%
Liabilities165,397165,220189,062223,919404,951397,159−1.9%
Cash and cash equivalents1176,4135,00419,55427,19115,031−44.7%
Average number of employees111115122130132,000139,000+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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DKK 0DKK 20mDKK 40mDKK 60mDKK 80mDKK 100mDKK 120mDKK 140mDKK 160m202120222023202420252026
Gross profitMedian, the industry (81 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2026 figures
  • Equity 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
Annual reports for De Danske Gærfabrikker A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202601/02/2025 – 31/01/202602/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202501/02/2024 – 31/01/202502/07/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/02/2023 – 31/01/202414/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202301/02/2022 – 31/01/202311/07/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202201/02/2021 – 31/01/202218/05/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202101/02/2020 – 31/01/202125/06/2021The 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

81 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in manufacture of other food products n.e.c. based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 165.3mNo. 5 of 81
Better than 95% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 147.1mNo. 5 of 81
Better than 95% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees150No. 1 of 81
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.5m, net profit DKK 27,940, equity DKK 757k, 6 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 932kDKK 8.7mDKK 81mDKK 358.9mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 62 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 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.
Gross profit
  1. De Danske Gærfabrikker A/SDKK 165.3m
  2. Fertin Pharma A/SDKK 755.3m
  3. CP Kelco ApSDKK 561.7m
Net profit
  1. De Danske Gærfabrikker A/SDKK 23.1m
  2. Fertin Pharma A/S−DKK 280.8m
  3. CP Kelco ApSDKK 87m
Equity
  1. De Danske Gærfabrikker A/SDKK 147.1m
  2. Fertin Pharma A/SDKK 1.3bn
  3. CP Kelco ApSDKK 2.5bn
Employees
  1. De Danske Gærfabrikker A/S150
  2. Fertin Pharma A/S949
  3. CP Kelco ApS368

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
De Danske Gærfabrikker A/S

Management

7 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at De Danske Gærfabrikker A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Nicolai Francis JensenCEO10/11/2011

Board of directors

Board of directors at De Danske Gærfabrikker A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Antoine ChagnonBoard member03/07/2013
William John NankervisBoard member19/05/2016
Lars Overvad AsfergChair of the board19/05/2016
Francisco Pereira Da ConceicoaBoard member07/01/2022
Tiina ValkBoard member03/05/2023
Robert Cornelis Lucas CompierBoard member22/04/2025
Auditor
KPMG P/S
Former management (14)
Former management at De Danske Gærfabrikker A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Hans Christian PapeBoard member23/10/200729/10/2007
Rolf Lennart CassergrenChair of the board23/10/200729/10/2007
Lars Johannes EngvallBoard member23/10/200729/10/2007
Lars Johannes EngvallDirector23/10/200730/10/2007
Christian Simon SanchezBoard member29/10/200703/07/2013
Rejean LandryBoard member29/10/200729/11/2010
Jean Frederic ChagnonBoard member29/10/200703/07/2013
Per RasmussenDirector30/10/200720/07/2011
Rudolf KreuzCEO20/07/201110/11/2011
Francois LeblancBoard member10/11/201107/01/2022
Rudolf KreuzBoard member03/07/201319/05/2016
Johannes Gerhardus SteenkampChair of the board03/07/201319/05/2016
André LambertBoard member19/05/201605/05/2022
Per Henrik LarsenBoard member05/05/202222/04/2025

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af den samlede bestyrelse, af to bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening, af et bestyrelsesmedlem og en direktør i forening eller af to direktører i forening.

Address and production units

2 active production units

Bredstrupvej 33
8500 Grenaa

Norddjurs Municipality · Postcode 8500

Other companies at the address (1)

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
DE DANSKE GÆRFABRIKKER A/SBredstrupvej 33, 8500 Grenaa1261013718659
De Danske Gærfabrikker A/S - LunderskovStændergårdsvej 12, 6640 Lunderskov251025334775

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handels- og industrivirksomhed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

49 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2026 published
20253 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Robert Cornelis Lucas Compier appointed board member
  • Per Henrik Larsen stepped down as board member
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20232 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Tiina Valk appointed board member
20225 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Per Henrik Larsen appointed board member
  • André Lambert stepped down as board member
  • Francisco Pereira Da Conceicoa appointed board member
  • Francois Leblanc stepped down as board member
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20165 changesmanagement 5
  • Lars Overvad Asferg appointed chair of the board
  • William John Nankervis appointed board member
  • André Lambert appointed board member
  • Rudolf Kreuz stepped down as board member
  • Johannes Gerhardus Steenkamp stepped down as chair of the board
20135 changesmanagement 5
  • Rudolf Kreuz appointed board member
  • Johannes Gerhardus Steenkamp appointed chair of the board
  • Antoine Chagnon appointed board member
  • Christian Simon Sanchez stepped down as board member
  • Jean Frederic Chagnon stepped down as board member
20115 changesmanagement 5
  • Francois Leblanc appointed board member
  • Nicolai Francis Jensen appointed ceo
  • Rudolf Kreuz stepped down as ceo
  • Rudolf Kreuz appointed ceo
  • Per Rasmussen stepped down as director
20101 changemanagement 1
  • Rejean Landry stepped down as board member
20083 changescapital 1 · industry 2
  • Share capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 1,000,000 DKK
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of other food products n.e.c. (108900)
  • Industry changed to Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits (110100)
200717 changesaddress 1 · industry 1 · management 12 · name 1 · ownership 1 · founded 1
  • Moved to Bredstrupvej 33, 8500 Grenaa
  • Industry changed to Fremstilling af spiritus (159100)
  • Per Rasmussen appointed director
  • Lars Johannes Engvall stepped down as director
  • Name changed from V&S AF 29. JUNI 2007 A/S to DE DANSKE GÆRFABRIKKER A/S
  • Christian Simon Sanchez appointed board member
  • Rejean Landry appointed board member
  • Jean Frederic Chagnon appointed board member
  • Rolf Lennart Cassergren stepped down as chair of the board
  • Lars Johannes Engvall stepped down as board member
  • Hans Christian Pape stepped down as board member
  • LALLEMAND DENMARK A/S registered as owner (100%)
  • Registered as V&S AF 29. JUNI 2007 A/S
  • Rolf Lennart Cassergren appointed chair of the board
  • Lars Johannes Engvall appointed board member
  • Hans Christian Pape appointed board member
  • Lars Johannes Engvall appointed director

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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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