Demant A/S

Public limited companyCVR 71186911SmørumActive

Demant A/S is a public limited company, based in Smørum, active in activities of non-financial head offices, founded in 1983. Net profit fell 35% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 1.5bn. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 2 of 276 companies in the industry in the database. 6 other companies in the database are registered at the same address.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 23bn+2.5% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 1.5bn−35.3% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 9.9bn+2.9% vs. 2024
Employees58latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 17.4bn.
  • Revenue rose 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 23bn.
  • Net profit fell 35% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.5bn.
  • Equity rose 3% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 9.9bn.

Employees

  • 2 more employees than a year earlier: 58 (07/2026) against 56 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Anders Højsgaard Thomsen (board member, 01/11/2024), Merete Hartvig Petersen (deputy board member, 01/11/2024) and Yvonne-Katrin Pucknat (board member, 06/03/2025) (+2).
  • Stepped down: Niels Bjørn Christiansen (chair of the board, 05/03/2026), Kristian Villumsen (board member, 04/03/2026) and Charlotte Hedegaard (board member, 31/10/2024) (+1).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 08/04/2026: Share capital changed from 42,758,933 DKK to 42,350,658 DKK
  • 04/04/2025: Share capital changed from 44,217,958 DKK to 42,758,933 DKK
  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)

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 0DKK 2bnDKK 4bnDKK 6bnDKK 8bnDKK 10bn202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Demant A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue14,469,00018,388,00019,705,00022,443,00022,419,00022,971,000+2.5%
Gross profit10,193,00013,754,00014,669,00016,544,00017,090,00017,371,000+1.6%
Operating profit (EBIT)1,530,0003,445,0003,207,0004,148,0004,528,0003,832,000−15.4%
Profit before tax1,336,0003,243,0002,927,0003,394,0003,716,0003,101,000−16.6%
Net profit1,134,0002,528,0002,084,0001,798,0002,388,0001,544,000−35.3%
Total assets21,927,00024,860,00029,857,00030,546,00032,450,00039,074,000+20.4%
Equity8,279,0007,981,0008,562,0009,338,0009,644,0009,919,000+2.9%
Liabilities13,648,00016,879,00021,295,00021,208,00022,806,00029,155,000+27.8%
Cash and cash equivalents952,0001,172,0001,130,0001,138,0001,112,0001,330,000+19.6%

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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Gross profitMedian, the industry (310 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures
  • Profit for five years in a row

    Net result has been positive in 2021–2025.

    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 Demant A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202506/03/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202412/03/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202308/03/2024The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202214/03/2023The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202122/03/2022The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202026/03/2021The companyPDF not statedXBRL

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Employees

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Employees

Position in the industry

310 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in activities of non-financial head offices based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 17.4bnNo. 2 of 276
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 9.9bnNo. 15 of 310
Better than 95% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees58No. 139 of 310
Better than 55% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 31.9m, net profit DKK 3.9m, equity DKK 179.4m, 49 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 2.7mDKK 75.2mDKK 2.1bnDKK 18.8bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 235 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. 3of 4,412
Better than 100%
No. 13of 4,466
Better than 100%
Same industry and 50–199 employees71 companies in the comparison
No. 1of 60
Better than 100%
No. 3of 71
Better than 97%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 8of 10,152
Better than 100%
No. 37of 10,275
Better than 100%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 13of 17,786
Better than 100%
No. 65of 18,024
Better than 100%

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

Activities of non-financial head offices
Gross profit
  1. Demant A/SDKK 17.4bn
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 56.6bn
  3. T&W Medical A/SDKK 12.1bn
Net profit
  1. Demant A/SDKK 1.5bn
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 16.7bn
  3. T&W Medical A/S−DKK 347m
Equity
  1. Demant A/SDKK 9.9bn
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 49.3bn
  3. T&W Medical A/SDKK 10bn
Employees
  1. Demant A/S58
  2. LEGO A/S5
  3. T&W Medical A/S22

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

14 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Demant A/S
NameRoleAppointed
René SchneiderDirector01/09/2015
Søren NielsenCEO01/04/2017
Niels WagnerDirector01/04/2022

Board of directors

Board of directors at Demant A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Niels JacobsenDeputy chair27/03/2017
Thor Højlund OlsenDeputy board member19/03/2019
Sisse Fjelsted RasmussenBoard member05/03/2021
Heidir HørbyBoard member08/03/2023
Thomas DuerBoard member01/08/2023
Ole LundsgaardDeputy board member01/08/2023
Anders Højsgaard ThomsenBoard member01/11/2024
Merete Hartvig PetersenDeputy board member01/11/2024
Yvonne-Katrin PucknatBoard member06/03/2025
Kristian VillumsenChair of the board05/03/2026
Thomas Peider Hofman-BangBoard member05/03/2026
Former management (71)
Former management at Demant A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Steen Bilde JørgensenBoard member22/04/198320/06/1991
Lise Marie GribsvadBoard member22/04/198305/05/1995
Niels JacobsenCEO22/04/198301/04/2017
Susanne SmithBoard member22/04/198311/05/1999
Sven Folmer ThomsenChair of the board22/04/198311/05/1999
Jørgen MølvangDeputy chair22/04/198325/03/2004
Frode Peter SlipsagerBoard member22/04/198310/05/1996
Bent Johan SimonsenBoard member22/04/198320/09/1988
Bent Johan SimonsenDirector22/04/198320/09/1988
Lars KolindCEO22/04/198312/05/1998
Palle RasmussenChair of the board22/04/198323/06/1992
Hanne Schrøder StephensenBoard member22/04/198329/04/2005
Tove Liza SchouDeputy board member22/04/198320/06/1991
John WitthøftDeputy board member22/04/198305/05/1995
Kurt Østergaard ChristensenDeputy board member22/04/198320/06/1991
Kirsten AndersenDeputy board member22/04/198305/05/1995
Steffen Johannes LavDeputy board member22/04/198301/06/1994
Alf Duch-PedersenBoard member22/04/198315/05/1997
Peter Johan MarkDeputy board member25/04/199510/05/1996
Henrik Brandt Lindegaard OlsenDeputy board member25/04/199507/12/1995
Bent Bahne BahnsonBoard member25/04/199526/12/1998
Anders Jørn KnutsenBoard member15/05/199712/05/1998
Rasmus HøjringDeputy board member11/05/199925/03/2003
Michael Pram RasmussenBoard member11/05/199926/03/2009
Jørgen Arne KornumBoard member11/05/199925/03/2003
Franck Fogh AndersenBoard member11/05/199925/03/2003
Jan StavngaardDeputy board member11/05/199925/03/2003
John Kjærsgaard PedersenDeputy board member25/03/200329/03/2007
Nils Smedegaard AndersenBoard member25/03/200331/03/2008
Bente Marie MadsenDeputy board member25/03/200313/04/2011
Stig Axel MikkelsenBoard member25/03/200329/03/2007
Ole LundsgaardBoard member25/03/200319/03/2019
Loc A HanDeputy board member29/03/200728/02/2008
Niels BoserupDeputy chair29/03/200731/03/2008
Lars Nørby JohansenChair of the board29/03/200727/03/2017
Susanne FredsøBoard member29/03/200713/04/2011
Bruno JørgensenDeputy board member29/03/200713/04/2011
Peter Alexander FossDeputy chair31/03/200826/03/2017
Niels Bjørn ChristiansenBoard member31/03/200826/03/2017
Thomas Peider Hofman-BangBoard member26/03/200909/04/2014
Anne Merete PlougmandDeputy board member13/04/201105/02/2015
Thomas DuerDeputy board member13/04/201105/02/2015
Karin Vera UbbesenBoard member13/04/201131/01/2017
Ivan Harald Holger JørgensenDeputy board member13/04/201130/06/2012
Jørgen Møller NielsenBoard member13/04/201115/03/2015
Thomas Kofod ChristensenDeputy board member30/06/201231/07/2014
Benedikte Christina Bredsgaard LeroyBoard member09/04/201405/03/2021
Mikkel Ebbe HolmehaveDeputy board member01/08/201405/02/2015
Anne Merete PlougmandDeputy board member06/02/201509/04/2015
Thomas DuerDeputy board member06/02/201508/04/2015
Mikkel Ebbe HolmehaveDeputy board member06/02/201509/04/2015
Jørgen Møller NielsenManagement body16/03/201508/04/2015
Thomas DuerBoard member09/04/201507/03/2023
Bo LittauDeputy board member09/04/201519/03/2019
Jørgen Møller NielsenDeputy board member09/04/201531/01/2017
Tommy Roy RøsholtDeputy board member09/04/201519/03/2019
Søren NielsenDirector01/09/201531/03/2017
Lars Søren RasmussenBoard member07/04/201605/03/2021
Søren StranneDeputy board member01/02/201719/03/2019
Jørgen Møller NielsenBoard member01/02/201708/03/2023
Peter Alexander FossBoard member27/03/201710/03/2020
Niels Bjørn ChristiansenChair of the board27/03/201705/03/2026
Thomas Aagaard SørensenDeputy board member19/03/201908/03/2023
Casper JensenBoard member19/03/201931/07/2023
Heine Højvang AndersenDeputy board member19/03/201908/03/2023
Anja Dyrum MadsenBoard member10/03/202006/03/2024
Kristian VillumsenBoard member05/03/202104/03/2026
Arne Boye NielsenDirector01/04/202227/04/2023
Thomas DuerDeputy board member08/03/202331/07/2023
Charlotte HedegaardBoard member08/03/202331/10/2024
Anders Højsgaard ThomsenDeputy board member08/03/202331/10/2024

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af bestyrelsens formand alene, af den administrerende direktør alene, af to direktører i forening, af fire bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening, af et bestyrelsesmedlem i forening med en direktør eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

2 active production units

Kongebakken 9
2765 Smørum

Egedal Municipality · Postcode 2765

Other companies at the address (6)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Demant A/SKongebakken 9, 2765 Smørum131002337317
Eriksholm Research CentreRørtangvej 20, 3070 Snekkersten11031828429

Purpose

Selskabets formål er helt eller delvist at eje andre virksomheder samt at drive international handel og industri

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

155 registered events
20266 changescapital 1 · accounts 1 · management 4
  • Share capital changed from 42,758,933 DKK to 42,350,658 DKK
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Thomas Peider Hofman-Bang appointed board member
  • Kristian Villumsen appointed chair of the board
  • Niels Bjørn Christiansen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Kristian Villumsen stepped down as board member
20254 changescapital 1 · accounts 1 · management 1 · industry 1
  • Share capital changed from 44,217,958 DKK to 42,758,933 DKK
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Yvonne-Katrin Pucknat appointed board member
  • Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)
20248 changesmanagement 5 · address 1 · capital 1 · accounts 1
  • Merete Hartvig Petersen appointed deputy board member
  • Anders Højsgaard Thomsen appointed board member
  • Charlotte Hedegaard stepped down as board member
  • Anders Højsgaard Thomsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Moved to Kongebakken 9, 2765 Smørum
  • Share capital changed from 44,787,888 DKK to 44,217,958 DKK
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Anja Dyrum Madsen stepped down as board member
202315 changesmanagement 13 · capital 1 · accounts 1
  • Thomas Duer appointed board member
  • Ole Lundsgaard appointed deputy board member
  • Thomas Duer stepped down as deputy board member
  • Casper Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Arne Boye Nielsen stepped down as director
  • Share capital changed from 46,075,747 DKK to 44,787,888 DKK
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Charlotte Hedegaard appointed board member
  • Heidir Hørby appointed board member
  • Thomas Duer appointed deputy board member
  • Anders Højsgaard Thomsen appointed deputy board member
  • Heine Højvang Andersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Thomas Aagaard Sørensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jørgen Møller Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Thomas Duer stepped down as board member
20225 changesaddress 1 · management 2 · accounts 1 · capital 1
  • Moved to Kongebakken 9, 2765 Smørum
  • Arne Boye Nielsen appointed director
  • Niels Wagner appointed director
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Share capital changed from 48,025,567 DKK to 46,075,747 DKK
20217 changesownership 1 · accounts 1 · capital 1 · management 4
  • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Share capital changed from 48,138,234 DKK to 48,025,567 DKK
  • Kristian Villumsen appointed board member
  • Sisse Fjelsted Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Lars Søren Rasmussen stepped down as board member
  • Benedikte Christina Bredsgaard Leroy stepped down as board member
20203 changescapital 1 · management 2
  • Share capital changed from 49,057,407 DKK to 48,138,234 DKK
  • Anja Dyrum Madsen appointed board member
  • Peter Alexander Foss stepped down as board member
201910 changescapital 1 · name 1 · management 8
  • Share capital changed from 50,473,595 DKK to 49,057,407 DKK
  • Name changed from WILLIAM DEMANT HOLDING A/S to Demant A/S
  • Heine Højvang Andersen appointed deputy board member
  • Casper Jensen appointed board member
  • Thomas Aagaard Sørensen appointed deputy board member
  • Thor Højlund Olsen appointed deputy board member
  • Søren Stranne stepped down as deputy board member
  • Tommy Roy Røsholt stepped down as deputy board member
  • Bo Littau stepped down as deputy board member
  • Ole Lundsgaard stepped down as board member
20181 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 51,793,255 DKK to 50,473,595 DKK
201714 changesownership 1 · management 12 · capital 1
  • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board registered as owner (5%)
  • Søren Nielsen appointed ceo
  • Søren Nielsen stepped down as director
  • Share capital changed from 53,216,365 DKK to 51,793,255 DKK
  • Peter Alexander Foss appointed board member
  • Niels Jacobsen appointed deputy chair
  • Niels Bjørn Christiansen appointed chair of the board
  • Lars Nørby Johansen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Niels Bjørn Christiansen stepped down as board member
  • Peter Alexander Foss stepped down as deputy chair
  • Jørgen Møller Nielsen appointed board member
  • Søren Stranne appointed deputy board member
  • Jørgen Møller Nielsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Karin Vera Ubbesen stepped down as board member
20162 changescapital 1 · management 1
  • Share capital changed from 54,425,235 DKK to 53,216,365 DKK
  • Lars Søren Rasmussen appointed board member
201519 changesmanagement 18 · capital 1
  • René Schneider appointed director
  • Søren Nielsen appointed director
  • Share capital changed from 56,661,638 DKK to 54,425,235 DKK
  • Tommy Roy Røsholt appointed deputy board member
  • Jørgen Møller Nielsen appointed deputy board member
  • Bo Littau appointed deputy board member
  • Thomas Duer appointed board member
  • Anne Merete Plougmand stepped down as deputy board member
  • Mikkel Ebbe Holmehave stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jørgen Møller Nielsen stepped down as management body
  • Thomas Duer stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jørgen Møller Nielsen appointed management body
  • Jørgen Møller Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Anne Merete Plougmand appointed deputy board member
  • Mikkel Ebbe Holmehave appointed deputy board member
  • Thomas Duer appointed deputy board member
  • Mikkel Ebbe Holmehave stepped down as deputy board member
  • Anne Merete Plougmand stepped down as deputy board member
  • Thomas Duer stepped down as deputy board member
20144 changesmanagement 4
  • Mikkel Ebbe Holmehave appointed deputy board member
  • Thomas Kofod Christensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Benedikte Christina Bredsgaard Leroy appointed board member
  • Thomas Peider Hofman-Bang stepped down as board member
20131 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 58,349,875 DKK to 56,661,638 DKK
20123 changesmanagement 2 · industry 1
  • Thomas Kofod Christensen appointed deputy board member
  • Ivan Harald Holger Jørgensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)
201110 changesownership 2 · management 8
  • William Demant Fonden registered as owner (50%)
  • WILLIAM DEMANT INVEST A/S registered as owner (50%)
  • Karin Vera Ubbesen appointed board member
  • Anne Merete Plougmand appointed deputy board member
  • Thomas Duer appointed deputy board member
  • Ivan Harald Holger Jørgensen appointed deputy board member
  • Jørgen Møller Nielsen appointed board member
  • Bruno Jørgensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Susanne Fredsø stepped down as board member
  • Bente Marie Madsen stepped down as deputy board member
20101 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 58,956,257 DKK to 58,349,875 DKK
20091 changemanagement 1
  • Thomas Peider Hofman-Bang appointed board member
20086 changescapital 1 · management 5
  • Share capital changed from 60,986,527 DKK to 58,956,257 DKK
  • Niels Bjørn Christiansen appointed board member
  • Peter Alexander Foss appointed deputy chair
  • Niels Boserup stepped down as deputy chair
  • Nils Smedegaard Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Loc A Han stepped down as deputy board member
20079 changescapital 1 · management 7 · address 1
  • Share capital changed from 63,323,202 DKK to 60,986,527 DKK
  • Lars Nørby Johansen appointed chair of the board
  • Loc A Han appointed deputy board member
  • Niels Boserup appointed deputy chair
  • Bruno Jørgensen appointed deputy board member
  • Susanne Fredsø appointed board member
  • Stig Axel Mikkelsen stepped down as board member
  • John Kjærsgaard Pedersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Moved to Kongebakken 9, 2765 Smørum
20062 changescapital 2
  • Share capital changed from 63,184,204 DKK to 63,323,202 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 65,568,804 DKK to 63,184,204 DKK
20052 changesaddress 1 · capital 1
  • Moved to Kongebakken 9, 2765 Smørum
  • Share capital changed from 67,514,816 DKK to 65,568,804 DKK
20041 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 70,293,953 DKK to 67,514,816 DKK
20038 changescapital 1 · management 7
  • Share capital changed from 74,712,906 DKK to 70,293,953 DKK
  • Nils Smedegaard Andersen appointed board member
  • Ole Lundsgaard appointed board member
  • Stig Axel Mikkelsen appointed board member
  • Bente Marie Madsen appointed deputy board member
  • John Kjærsgaard Pedersen appointed deputy board member
  • Rasmus Højring stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jan Stavngaard stepped down as deputy board member
20001 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 74,377,290 DKK to 74,712,906 DKK
19993 changescapital 1 · management 2
  • Share capital changed from 77,475,780 DKK to 74,377,290 DKK
  • Rasmus Højring appointed deputy board member
  • Jan Stavngaard appointed deputy board member
19973 changescapital 2 · name 1
  • Share capital changed from 77,152,705 DKK to 77,475,780 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 76,358,400 DKK to 77,152,705 DKK
  • Name changed from OTICON HOLDING A/S to WILLIAM DEMANT HOLDING A/S
19951 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 68,358,400 DKK to 76,358,400 DKK
19941 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 66,956,500 DKK to 68,358,400 DKK
19921 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 65,000,000 DKK to 66,956,500 DKK
19911 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 50,000,000 DKK to 65,000,000 DKK
19901 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 20,000,000 DKK to 50,000,000 DKK
19831 changefounded 1
  • Registered as OTICON HOLDING 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 24/10/2026.

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