Designa A/S

Public limited companyCVR 37521027KjellerupActive

Designa A/S is a public limited company, based in Kjellerup, active in manufacture of furniture, founded in 2016. After a loss in 2024, the company made a profit of DKK 1.8m in 2025. With 98 employees, the company is about 14 times larger than the industry median. Gross profit is higher than that of 93% of the companies in the industry in the database.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 53m+63.3% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 1.8m+109.1% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 27.6m+6.8% vs. 2024
Employees98latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 63% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 53m.
  • Net profit went from a loss of DKK 19.4m to a profit of DKK 1.8m (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity rose 7% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 27.6m.

Employees

  • 6 more employees than a year earlier: 98 (07/2026) against 92 (07/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Manufacture of furniture (310000)

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 20m−DKK 10mDKK 0DKK 10mDKK 20mDKK 30m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Designa A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit73,36478,79763,70137,14332,44552,988+63.3%
Operating profit (EBIT)9,93819,3954,466−17,876−18,9194,293+122.7%
Profit before tax7,95017,2521,986−21,501−24,8091,929+107.8%
Net profit6,56213,2561,455−16,852−19,4441,760+109.1%
Total assets119,036105,867149,937144,330133,639139,836+4.6%
Equity2,48415,74017,19528,34325,82227,579+6.8%
Liabilities116,55189,353131,437115,987107,818110,021+2%
Cash and cash equivalents2,3364022242,4591,5311,104−27.9%
Average number of employees118104104928580−5.9%

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 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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DKK 0DKK 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40mDKK 50mDKK 60mDKK 70mDKK 80m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (295 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Designa A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202502/03/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202411/07/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202331/05/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202214/02/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202124/02/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202017/02/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

295 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in manufacture of furniture based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 53mNo. 21 of 294
Better than 93% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 27.6mNo. 35 of 295
Better than 88% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees98No. 22 of 295
Better than 93% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 3.5m, net profit DKK 196k, equity DKK 2.2m, 7 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 1mDKK 10.3mDKK 104.5mDKK 489.6mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 281 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. 1,671of 4,412
Better than 62%
No. 1,846of 4,466
Better than 59%
Same industry and 50–199 employees27 companies in the comparison
No. 14of 26
Better than 48%
No. 20of 27
Better than 27%
Companies that are between 5 and 14 years old33,688 companies in the comparison
No. 643of 33,588
Better than 98%
No. 1,841of 33,687
Better than 95%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 2,762of 17,786
Better than 84%
No. 5,183of 18,024
Better than 71%

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 furniture
Gross profit
  1. Designa A/SDKK 53m
  2. Nobia Denmark A/SDKK 1.1bn
  3. Dan-foam ApSDKK 894.1m
Net profit
  1. Designa A/SDKK 1.8m
  2. Nobia Denmark A/SDKK 296.2m
  3. Dan-foam ApSDKK 623.6m
Equity
  1. Designa A/SDKK 27.6m
  2. Nobia Denmark A/SDKK 457.6m
  3. Dan-foam ApSDKK 1.3bn
Employees
  1. Designa A/S98
  2. Nobia Denmark A/S1,161
  3. Dan-foam ApS435

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Designa Kitchen Group A/S100%
Designa A/S

Management

7 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Designa A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Erik HøjCEO18/05/2016
Stephan AndersenDirector01/04/2020

Board of directors

Board of directors at Designa A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Per Asmund ChristensenDeputy chair23/02/2018
Rasmus Kvist MaarbjergBoard member23/02/2018
Karsten Rydder PedersenChair of the board11/05/2020
Christian Monrad OvergaardBoard member11/05/2020
Carin Camilla NordqvistBoard member31/08/2020
Founders
KR 332 ApS
Former management (11)
Former management at Designa A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Christina Bruun GeertsenBoard member04/03/201618/05/2016
Bent KemplarDirector04/03/201618/05/2016
Bent KemplarBoard member04/03/201618/05/2016
Jeppe BuskovChair of the board04/03/201618/05/2016
Søren Bjerregaard MadsenBoard member18/05/201623/02/2018
Claus Astrup-LarsenBoard member18/05/201603/11/2016
Kim BuchwaldChair of the board18/05/201623/02/2018
Erik HøjBoard member03/11/201623/02/2018
David Packness MeyerBoard member23/02/201831/08/2020
Christian Monrad OvergaardChair of the board23/02/201810/05/2020
Karsten Rydder PedersenBoard member14/04/202010/05/2020

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af bestyrelsens formand i forening med en direktør eller af den samlede bestyrelse

Address and production units

1 active production units

Industriparken 1
8620 Kjellerup

Silkeborg Municipality · Postcode 8620

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Designa A/SIndustriparken 1-2, 8620 Kjellerup981021230894

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel, håndværk og industri samt al virksomhed, som efter bestyrelsens skøn har forbindelse hermed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

48 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of furniture (310000)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20209 changesmanagement 8 · capital 1
  • Carin Camilla Nordqvist appointed board member
  • David Packness Meyer stepped down as board member
  • Christian Monrad Overgaard appointed board member
  • Karsten Rydder Pedersen appointed chair of the board
  • Karsten Rydder Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Christian Monrad Overgaard stepped down as chair of the board
  • Karsten Rydder Pedersen appointed board member
  • Stephan Andersen appointed director
  • Share capital changed from 1,001,000 DKK to 1,002,000 DKK
201811 changescapital 2 · management 7 · ownership 2
  • Share capital changed from 501,000 DKK to 1,001,000 DKK
  • Christian Monrad Overgaard appointed chair of the board
  • David Packness Meyer appointed board member
  • Per Asmund Christensen appointed deputy chair
  • Rasmus Kvist Maarbjerg appointed board member
  • Erik Høj stepped down as board member
  • Søren Bjerregaard Madsen stepped down as board member
  • Kim Buchwald stepped down as chair of the board
  • Designa Kitchen Group A/S registered as owner (100%)
  • Selskabet af 18. maj 2016 A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Share capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 501,000 DKK
201621 changesmanagement 14 · name 1 · address 1 · industry 1 · ownership 3 · founded 1
  • Erik Høj appointed board member
  • Claus Astrup-Larsen stepped down as board member
  • Name changed from KR 604 A/S to Designa A/S
  • Moved to Industriparken 1-2, 8620 Kjellerup
  • Industry changed to Fremstilling af andre møbler (310900)
  • Søren Bjerregaard Madsen appointed board member
  • Kim Buchwald appointed chair of the board
  • Claus Astrup-Larsen appointed board member
  • Erik Høj appointed ceo
  • Jeppe Buskov stepped down as chair of the board
  • Bent Kemplar stepped down as board member
  • Bent Kemplar stepped down as director
  • Christina Bruun Geertsen stepped down as board member
  • Selskabet af 18. maj 2016 A/S registered as owner (100%)
  • KR 332 ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Registered as KR 604 A/S
  • Jeppe Buskov appointed chair of the board
  • Bent Kemplar appointed board member
  • Bent Kemplar appointed director
  • Christina Bruun Geertsen appointed board member
  • KR 332 ApS registered as owner (100%)

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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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