DLF Seeds A/S

Public limited companyCVR 62556013SmørumActive

DLF Seeds A/S is a public limited company, based in Smørum, active in post-harvest crop activities and seed processing, founded in 1900. Net profit rose 209% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 247.2m. Operations are spread over 13 production units in 12 towns. With 359 employees, the company is about 40 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 7.6bn−6.9% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 247.2m+209.3% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 2.8bn+3.7% vs. 2024
Employees359latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 10% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.6bn.
  • Revenue fell 7% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 7.6bn.
  • Net profit rose 209% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 247.2m.
  • Equity rose 4% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.8bn.

Employees

  • 10 more employees than a year earlier: 359 (07/2026) against 349 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Brian Benjamin Staalkjær (director, 01/10/2026).
  • Stepped down: Tom Karlebo (director, 31/07/2026).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 25/03/2026: Moved to Kongebakken 6, Smørumnedre, 2765 Smørum
  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Post-harvest crop activities and seed processing (016300)

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 500mDKK 1bnDKK 1.5bnDKK 2bnDKK 2.5bnDKK 3bn202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for DLF Seeds A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue7,437,4017,535,6968,477,1008,755,5008,151,4597,585,201−6.9%
Gross profit1,512,6951,666,3261,928,2981,827,2971,806,0241,620,736−10.3%
Operating profit (EBIT)406,636537,983693,200503,035419,755460,912+9.8%
Profit before tax320,899486,281656,769392,136158,117260,495+64.7%
Net profit226,926353,646531,100319,73479,924247,194+209.3%
Total assets5,336,2585,462,1346,218,6007,220,4827,178,2296,400,122−10.8%
Equity2,284,7512,608,2943,091,4002,630,2192,736,9862,839,005+3.7%
Liabilities2,945,5892,753,5173,037,8444,527,0514,345,6873,482,889−19.9%
Cash and cash equivalents471,830703,130642,213471,329525,629411,671−21.7%
Average number of employees1,9832,0242,2442,2822,1451,963−8.5%

Source: annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority (XBRL). Group figures; 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 200mDKK 400mDKK 600mDKK 800mDKK 1bnDKK 1.2bnDKK 1.4bnDKK 1.6bnDKK 1.8bnDKK 2bn202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (9 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 DLF Seeds A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/07/2024 – 30/06/202528/11/2025The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202401/07/2023 – 30/06/202412/11/2024The groupPDFXBRL
202301/07/2022 – 30/06/202307/11/2023The groupPDFXBRL
202201/07/2021 – 30/06/202202/11/2022The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202101/07/2020 – 30/06/202104/11/2021The groupPDFXBRL
202001/07/2019 – 30/06/202017/11/2020The groupPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

9 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in post-harvest crop activities and seed processing based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 1.6bnNo. 1 of 9
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 2.8bnNo. 1 of 9
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees359No. 2 of 9
Better than 88% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 12.3m, net profit DKK 4.2m, equity DKK 14.1m, 9 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. 10of 763
Better than 99%
No. 17of 796
Better than 98%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 52of 10,152
Better than 99%
No. 91of 10,275
Better than 99%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 83of 17,786
Better than 100%
No. 170of 18,024
Better than 99%

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

Post-harvest crop activities and seed processing

Latest financial year per company. Choose up to three companies from the largest in the industry.

Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
DLF Seeds A/S
Subsidiaries and ownership shares

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

6 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at DLF Seeds A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Søren HalbyeCEO01/11/2022
Brian Benjamin StaalkjærDirector01/10/2026

Board of directors

Board of directors at DLF Seeds A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Christian Høegh-AndersenChair of the board29/10/2013
Peter Bagge HansenBoard member27/10/2015
Flemming Rod MadsenBoard member27/10/2015
Martin Raymond Blach MogensenDeputy chair26/10/2021
Former management (62)
Former management at DLF Seeds A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Peter Børge PoulsenBoard member19/05/190009/08/1990
Torben Jakobsen RehderDeputy board member19/05/190005/11/2002
Otto PiilBoard member19/05/190020/11/1992
Martin Wiuff Daugaard-HansenBoard member19/05/190016/11/1999
Ole HansenDeputy chair19/05/190003/11/1998
Axel Gustav PitznerBoard member19/05/190013/12/1988
Knud Vestergaard RasmussenChair of the board19/05/190008/11/1996
Aksel Christian Lauesgaard NissenCEO19/05/190031/07/2006
Aksel Buch-JepsenDeputy board member19/05/190005/11/2002
Poul Arvi Kronshage RasmussenBoard member19/05/190003/12/1991
Mogens BlachChair of the board19/05/190013/12/1988
Erik Mogens PedersenBoard member19/05/190013/12/1988
Jimmy OlsenDeputy board member19/05/190005/11/2002
Bent GlintborgBoard member19/05/190020/05/1994
Jørgen Ejner PitznerBoard member19/05/190013/12/1988
Erik Hempel SparsøBoard member19/05/190013/12/1988
Hans Werner FugmannDirector19/05/190020/03/1990
Gunnar Jef Johansen BohnfeldtBoard member19/05/190009/10/2006
Knud Svankjær MølbækBoard member19/05/190003/11/1998
Bent Erik JakobsenDeputy board member19/05/190020/05/1994
Johannes DyrbyDeputy board member19/05/190018/11/1994
Jens Ove DanielsenBoard member19/05/190009/11/1995
Niels Jørgen MogensenBoard member19/05/190005/11/2002
Jim Røntved NielsenDeputy board member19/05/190018/11/1998
Mogens Thygesen RasmussenDirector19/05/190016/11/1999
Niels Otto Rudolph Juel ReventlowBoard member09/11/199503/11/1998
Benny Kirkebække ChristensenChair of the board08/11/199629/10/2013
Andreas GertzBoard member03/11/199805/11/2002
Asbjørn BørstingBoard member10/11/200031/10/2017
Uffe Winther NielsenBoard member10/11/200004/11/2003
Poul-Erik Blach MogensenBoard member10/11/200028/10/2008
Niels Peder ChristiansenDeputy chair10/11/200025/10/2011
Asbjørn NyholtBoard member05/11/200229/02/2008
Vibeke Johanne EmborgDeputy board member05/11/200209/10/2006
Stig OddershedeBoard member05/11/200209/10/2006
Mogens Worre-JensenBoard member04/11/200327/10/2015
Truels DamsgaardCEO31/07/200631/10/2022
Morten AndersenDirector04/08/200631/10/2022
Charlotte ThuesenDeputy board member09/10/200626/10/2010
Christian Sig JensenDeputy board member09/10/200626/10/2010
Dot Vittrup PedersenBoard member09/10/200629/10/2018
Lasse Nils LindholmBoard member29/02/200801/07/2008
Poul Uhrenholt JensenBoard member28/10/200826/10/2010
Sonja JustesenDeputy board member26/10/201028/10/2014
Pia KorntvedDeputy board member26/10/201028/10/2014
Lars RævsagerBoard member26/10/201001/08/2011
Arne NielsenBoard member26/10/201030/10/2018
Søren HalbyeDirector30/10/201231/10/2022
Henrik KreutzfeldtBoard member29/10/201327/10/2015
Søren Wibholm JustDeputy chair29/10/201326/10/2021
Jens Grimstrup LarsenDeputy board member28/10/201427/10/2020
Niels Peter RoulundDeputy board member28/10/201430/10/2018
Søren Drejer JensenBoard member28/10/201430/11/2016
Tina Sejersgård FanøBoard member25/10/201627/10/2020
Ole Peder LauridsenDeputy board member30/10/201827/10/2020
Dot Vittrup PedersenDeputy board member30/10/201827/10/2020
Hans Kristian JuranichBoard member30/10/201827/10/2020
Rasmus Klit Selch HøygaardBoard member30/10/201827/10/2020
Mette Marie PontoppidanBoard member30/10/201827/10/2020
Kim Vejlby HansenBoard member17/12/201827/10/2020
Allan Bødskov AndersenDirector01/11/202230/06/2023
Tom KarleboDirector28/09/202331/07/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af bestyrelsens formand eller næstformand i forening med et andet bestyrelsesmedlem eller en direktør eller af to medlemmer af direktionen i forening

Address and production units

13 active production units

Kongebakken 6
2765 Smørum

Egedal Municipality · Postcode 2765

Other companies at the address (1)

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
DLF Seeds A/S HQ SmørumKongebakken 6, 2765 Smørum1211032053595
DLF Seeds A/SHøjmevej 12, Dyrup, 5250 Odense SV651003149301
DLF Seeds A/SHadstenvej 20, 8940 Randers SV401003149222
DLF Seeds A/SHøjerupvej 31, 4660 Store Heddinge381003149210
DLF Seeds A/SNr Vedbyvej 1, 4840 Nørre Alslev361003149246
DLF Seeds A/SSmålodsvej 22, 4100 Ringsted231003149234
DLF Seeds A/SOdinsvej 20, 8722 Hedensted151003149271
DLF Seeds A/SProduktvej 10, 9560 Hadsund91003149209
DLF Seeds A/SBirgersvej 15, 3720 Aakirkeby51003149295
DLF Seeds A/SIndustriparken 22, Skodborg, 6630 Rødding41003146727
Maribo SeedHøjbygårdvej 31, 4960 Holeby11022846937
DLF-TRIFOLIUM A/S DYRUPFaaborgvej 248, Dyrup, 5250 Odense SV01003149283
DLF Seeds A/SMølbyvej 12, 6760 Ribe–1020823816

Purpose

Selskabets formål er direkte eller indirekte gennem datter- eller associerede virksomheder og såvel i indland som udland at forhandle frø og på anden vis at fremme dansk frøavl, at drive virksomhed med planteforædling, at drive anden industriel virksomhed og tranportvirksomhed og i øvrigt enhver anden efter bestyrelsens skøn i forbindelse hermed stående virksomhed

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

139 registered events
20263 changesmanagement 2 · address 1
  • Brian Benjamin Staalkjær appointed director
  • Tom Karlebo stepped down as director
  • Moved to Kongebakken 6, Smørumnedre, 2765 Smørum
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Industry changed to Post-harvest crop activities and seed processing (016300)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20233 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Tom Karlebo appointed director
  • Allan Bødskov Andersen stepped down as director
20226 changesaccounts 1 · management 5
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Søren Halbye appointed ceo
  • Allan Bødskov Andersen appointed director
  • Søren Halbye stepped down as director
  • Morten Andersen stepped down as director
  • Truels Damsgaard stepped down as ceo
20213 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Martin Raymond Blach Mogensen appointed deputy chair
  • Søren Wibholm Just stepped down as deputy chair
20209 changesaccounts 1 · management 8
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Kim Vejlby Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Ole Peder Lauridsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Rasmus Klit Selch Høygaard stepped down as board member
  • Dot Vittrup Pedersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Hans Kristian Juranich stepped down as board member
  • Mette Marie Pontoppidan stepped down as board member
  • Tina Sejersgård Fanø stepped down as board member
  • Jens Grimstrup Larsen stepped down as deputy board member
20191 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Ny Østergade 9, 4000 Roskilde
20189 changesmanagement 9
  • Kim Vejlby Hansen appointed board member
  • Ole Peder Lauridsen appointed deputy board member
  • Rasmus Klit Selch Høygaard appointed board member
  • Dot Vittrup Pedersen appointed deputy board member
  • Hans Kristian Juranich appointed board member
  • Mette Marie Pontoppidan appointed board member
  • Niels Peter Roulund stepped down as deputy board member
  • Arne Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Dot Vittrup Pedersen stepped down as board member
20172 changesmanagement 1 · address 1
  • Asbjørn Børsting stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Ny Østergade 9, 4000 Roskilde
20162 changesmanagement 2
  • Søren Drejer Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Tina Sejersgård Fanø appointed board member
20156 changesname 1 · management 4 · merger 1
  • Name changed from DLF-TRIFOLIUM A/S to DLF Seeds A/S
  • Flemming Rod Madsen appointed board member
  • Peter Bagge Hansen appointed board member
  • Henrik Kreutzfeldt stepped down as board member
  • Mogens Worre-Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
20145 changesmanagement 5
  • Niels Peter Roulund appointed deputy board member
  • Søren Drejer Jensen appointed board member
  • Jens Grimstrup Larsen appointed deputy board member
  • Pia Korntved stepped down as deputy board member
  • Sonja Justesen stepped down as deputy board member
20134 changesmanagement 4
  • Henrik Kreutzfeldt appointed board member
  • Christian Høegh-Andersen appointed chair of the board
  • Søren Wibholm Just appointed deputy chair
  • Benny Kirkebække Christensen stepped down as chair of the board
20121 changemanagement 1
  • Søren Halbye appointed director
20112 changesmanagement 2
  • Niels Peder Christiansen stepped down as deputy chair
  • Lars Rævsager stepped down as board member
20107 changesmanagement 7
  • Lars Rævsager appointed board member
  • Arne Nielsen appointed board member
  • Pia Korntved appointed deputy board member
  • Sonja Justesen appointed deputy board member
  • Poul Uhrenholt Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Charlotte Thuesen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Christian Sig Jensen stepped down as deputy board member
20086 changesmanagement 5 · industry 1
  • Poul Uhrenholt Jensen appointed board member
  • Poul-Erik Blach Mogensen stepped down as board member
  • Lasse Nils Lindholm stepped down as board member
  • Lasse Nils Lindholm appointed board member
  • Asbjørn Nyholt stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Forarbejdning af frø/sædekorn til udsæd (016400)
20069 changesmanagement 9
  • Charlotte Thuesen appointed deputy board member
  • Dot Vittrup Pedersen appointed board member
  • Christian Sig Jensen appointed deputy board member
  • Stig Oddershede stepped down as board member
  • Vibeke Johanne Emborg stepped down as deputy board member
  • Gunnar Jef Johansen Bohnfeldt stepped down as board member
  • Morten Andersen appointed director
  • Truels Damsgaard appointed ceo
  • Aksel Christian Lauesgaard Nissen stepped down as ceo
20041 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
20033 changesmanagement 2 · industry 1
  • Mogens Worre-Jensen appointed board member
  • Uffe Winther Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Industriel fremstilling og forædling af frø (156120)
20027 changesmanagement 6 · industry 1
  • Stig Oddershede appointed board member
  • Asbjørn Nyholt appointed board member
  • Vibeke Johanne Emborg appointed deputy board member
  • Andreas Gertz stepped down as board member
  • Jimmy Olsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Aksel Buch-Jepsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Industry changed to Fremstilling af mølleriprodukter (156100)
20004 changesmanagement 4
  • Uffe Winther Nielsen appointed board member
  • Asbjørn Børsting appointed board member
  • Niels Peder Christiansen appointed deputy chair
  • Poul-Erik Blach Mogensen appointed board member
19991 changemanagement 1
  • Martin Wiuff Daugaard-Hansen stepped down as board member
19984 changesmanagement 4
  • Andreas Gertz appointed board member
  • Niels Otto Rudolph Juel Reventlow stepped down as board member
  • Knud Svankjær Mølbæk stepped down as board member
  • Ole Hansen stepped down as deputy chair
19964 changesmanagement 2 · merger 1 · ownership 1
  • Benny Kirkebække Christensen appointed chair of the board
  • Knud Vestergaard Rasmussen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • DANSK LANDBRUGS FRØSELSKAB AMBA registered as owner (90%)
19952 changesmanagement 1 · merger 1
  • Niels Otto Rudolph Juel Reventlow appointed board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
19941 changemanagement 1
  • Bent Glintborg stepped down as board member
19921 changemanagement 1
  • Otto Piil stepped down as board member
19913 changesmanagement 1 · merger 1 · capital 1
  • Poul Arvi Kronshage Rasmussen stepped down as board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Share capital changed from 40,263,000 DKK to 64,263,000 DKK
19903 changesmanagement 1 · capital 1 · merger 1
  • Hans Werner Fugmann stepped down as director
  • Share capital changed from 30,375,000 DKK to 40,263,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
19891 changename 1
  • Name changed from A/S DANSK FRØHANDEL (TRIFOLIUM-SILO) to DLF-TRIFOLIUM A/S
19885 changesmanagement 5
  • Erik Hempel Sparsø stepped down as board member
  • Jørgen Ejner Pitzner stepped down as board member
  • Erik Mogens Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Mogens Blach stepped down as chair of the board
  • Axel Gustav Pitzner stepped down as board member
190018 changesfounded 1 · management 17
  • Registered as A/S DANSK FRØHANDEL (TRIFOLIUM-SILO)
  • Knud Svankjær Mølbæk appointed board member
  • Gunnar Jef Johansen Bohnfeldt appointed board member
  • Hans Werner Fugmann appointed director
  • Erik Hempel Sparsø appointed board member
  • Jørgen Ejner Pitzner appointed board member
  • Bent Glintborg appointed board member
  • Jimmy Olsen appointed deputy board member
  • Erik Mogens Pedersen appointed board member
  • Mogens Blach appointed chair of the board
  • Poul Arvi Kronshage Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Aksel Buch-Jepsen appointed deputy board member
  • Aksel Christian Lauesgaard Nissen appointed ceo
  • Knud Vestergaard Rasmussen appointed chair of the board
  • Axel Gustav Pitzner appointed board member
  • Ole Hansen appointed deputy chair
  • Martin Wiuff Daugaard-Hansen appointed board member
  • Otto Piil appointed board member

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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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