DS Gruppen A/S

Public limited companyCVR 40685014HobroActive

DS Gruppen A/S is a public limited company, based in Hobro, active in non-financial holding companies, founded in 1971. Net profit fell 70% from 2025 to 2026, ending at DKK 58.8m. Operations are spread over 3 production units. With 18 employees, the company is about 18 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2026

RevenueDKK 2.4bn−18.4% vs. 2025
Net profitDKK 58.8m−69.8% vs. 2025
EquityDKK 1.3bn+4.8% vs. 2025
Employees18latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2026 against 2025

  • Gross profit fell 23% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 556.7m.
  • Revenue fell 18% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 2.4bn.
  • Net profit fell 70% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 58.8m.
  • Equity rose 5% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 1.3bn.

Employees

  • 10 more employees than a year earlier: 18 (07/2026) against 8 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • Stepped down: Anette Storm (director, 31/03/2026).

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 2020–2026 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

DKK 0DKK 200mDKK 400mDKK 600mDKK 800mDKK 1bnDKK 1.2bn202020212022202420252026
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for DS Gruppen A/S
202020212022202420252026Change
Revenue1,821,2272,130,0512,628,9883,681,0632,979,6902,432,653−18.4%
Gross profit519,918640,013769,999868,021724,982556,706−23.2%
Operating profit (EBIT)117,084–274,059399,352226,63261,886−72.7%
Profit before tax112,781272,222265,027415,529251,11974,985−70.1%
Net profit87,264220,865204,441324,195194,53358,793−69.8%
Total assets878,0521,162,8161,275,0971,977,9011,974,1962,120,571+7.4%
Equity285,979465,788562,7451,045,8741,240,2511,299,953+4.8%
Liabilities569,609654,449666,316781,065650,738744,976+14.5%
Cash and cash equivalents292,321286,836426,781716,537469,562482,887+2.8%
Average number of employees563551596666721720−0.1%

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. The register has no financial statements for 2023 (changed financial year or not filed).

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−DKK 200mDKK 0DKK 200mDKK 400mDKK 600mDKK 800m202020212022202420252026
Gross profitMedian, the industry (2,138 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2026 figures
  • Profit for five years in a row

    Net result has been positive in 2021–2026.

    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 DS Gruppen A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202601/04/2025 – 31/03/202629/09/2026The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202501/04/2024 – 31/03/202526/09/2025The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202401/04/2023 – 31/03/202411/09/2024The groupPDFXBRL
202201/07/2021 – 30/06/202205/12/2022The groupPDFXBRL
202101/07/2020 – 30/06/202119/11/2021The groupPDFXBRL
202001/07/2019 – 30/06/202030/11/2020The groupPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

2,138 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in non-financial holding companies based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 556.7mNo. 34 of 2,093
Better than 98% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 1.3bnNo. 62 of 2,138
Better than 97% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees18No. 33 of 2,138
Better than 99% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit −DKK 31,805, net profit DKK 701k, equity DKK 32.1m, 1 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 2.1mDKK 44.6mDKK 942.6mDKK 7.2bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 820 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 fewer than 20 employees69,967 companies in the comparison
No. 64of 69,742
Better than 100%
No. 169of 69,964
Better than 100%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees2,092 companies in the comparison
No. 25of 2,048
Better than 99%
No. 55of 2,092
Better than 97%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 157of 10,152
Better than 98%
No. 170of 10,275
Better than 98%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 254of 17,786
Better than 99%
No. 330of 18,024
Better than 98%

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

Non-financial holding companies
Gross profit
  1. DS Gruppen A/SDKK 556.7m
  2. Heartland A/SDKK 19.9bn
  3. Andel A.M.B.A.DKK 5.6bn
Net profit
  1. DS Gruppen A/SDKK 58.8m
  2. Heartland A/SDKK 4.9bn
  3. Andel A.M.B.A.−DKK 2.9bn
Equity
  1. DS Gruppen A/SDKK 1.3bn
  2. Heartland A/SDKK 39.2bn
  3. Andel A.M.B.A.DKK 29.5bn
Employees
  1. DS Gruppen A/S18
  2. Heartland A/S34
  3. Andel A.M.B.A.28

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Goldbeck Europe GmbH100%
DS Gruppen A/S

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

7 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at DS Gruppen A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Anders Brinch SørensenDirector01/07/2022
Thomas RasmussenDirector01/07/2022
Morten KaadDirector01/07/2022
Mike Günther FlörkeDirector01/07/2022

Board of directors

Board of directors at DS Gruppen A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Dr. Benedikt Benjamin KringsChair of the board05/04/2022
Hans Jörg FrieauffBoard member05/04/2022
Florian LaxanderBoard member01/09/2022
Former management (17)
Former management at DS Gruppen A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Jette Møller HansenBoard member28/12/197102/12/1993
Svend Møller HansenBoard member28/12/197105/04/2022
Torben KnudsenBoard member28/12/197128/06/1996
Mads Møller HansenBoard member28/12/197105/04/2022
Anker Børge HansenBoard member28/12/197102/12/1993
Charles Aarup PedersenBoard member28/12/197104/04/1997
Lasse NordfjeldBoard member28/12/197128/10/2005
Gert KristiansenChair of the board19/01/199605/04/2022
Torben KnudsenDirector04/04/199719/03/1998
Kurt Bering SørensenBoard member20/10/200405/04/2022
Svend Møller HansenCEO10/10/200601/07/2015
Preben JohansenChief financial officer10/10/200601/07/2015
Mads Møller HansenCEO01/07/201501/07/2022
Ole KjærsgaardDirector15/09/201531/01/2023
Marcus Friedrich WattenbergBoard member05/04/202201/09/2022
Kent Hejn KristensenCEO01/07/202231/03/2024
Anette StormDirector31/03/202431/03/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af to direktører i forening.

Address and production units

3 active production units

Samsøvej 2
9500 Hobro

Mariagerfjord Municipality · Postcode 9500

Other companies at the address (2)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
DS Stålkonstruktion A/SSamsøvej 2, 9500 Hobro961001799816
DS GRUPPEN A/SSamsøvej 2, 9500 Hobro171007690262
DS Gruppen AarhusEgsagervej 6, 8230 Åbyhøj11029568789

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel, industri og fin- ansiering

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

56 registered events
20262 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2026 published
  • Anette Storm stepped down as director
20251 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20243 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Anette Storm appointed director
  • Kent Hejn Kristensen stepped down as ceo
20232 changesaddress 1 · management 1
  • Moved to Samsøvej 2, 9500 Hobro
  • Ole Kjærsgaard stepped down as director
202214 changesaccounts 1 · management 10 · ownership 3
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Kent Hejn Kristensen appointed ceo
  • Mike Günther Flörke appointed director
  • Morten Kaad appointed director
  • Thomas Rasmussen appointed director
  • Anders Brinch Sørensen appointed director
  • Mads Møller Hansen stepped down as ceo
  • Kurt Bering Sørensen stepped down as board member
  • Gert Kristiansen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Mads Møller Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Svend Møller Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Goldbeck Europe GmbH registered as owner (100%)
  • Louisendal Holding A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • SVEND MØLLER HANSEN HOLDING A/S is no longer registered as owner
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20201 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20154 changesmanagement 4
  • Ole Kjærsgaard appointed director
  • Mads Møller Hansen appointed ceo
  • Svend Møller Hansen stepped down as ceo
  • Preben Johansen stepped down as chief financial officer
20071 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to D S Industrivej 6, 9500 Hobro
20062 changesmanagement 2
  • Svend Møller Hansen appointed ceo
  • Preben Johansen appointed chief financial officer
20051 changemanagement 1
  • Lasse Nordfjeld stepped down as board member
20041 changemanagement 1
  • Kurt Bering Sørensen appointed board member
20031 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
20001 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Ikke-finansielle holdingselskaber (741500)
19992 changesname 1 · address 1
  • Name changed from A/S DANSK STÅLKONSTRUKTION to DS GRUPPEN A/S
  • Moved to D S Industrivej 6, 9500 Hobro
19982 changesownership 1 · management 1
  • Louisendal Holding A/S registered as owner (25%)
  • Torben Knudsen stepped down as director
19972 changesmanagement 2
  • Torben Knudsen appointed director
  • Charles Aarup Pedersen stepped down as board member
19963 changescapital 1 · management 2
  • Share capital changed from 350,000 DKK to 4,500,000 DKK
  • Torben Knudsen stepped down as board member
  • Gert Kristiansen appointed chair of the board
19951 changeownership 1
  • SVEND MØLLER HANSEN HOLDING A/S registered as owner (66.67%)
19932 changesmanagement 2
  • Jette Møller Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Anker Børge Hansen stepped down as board member
19871 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 50,000 DKK to 350,000 DKK
19718 changesfounded 1 · management 7
  • Registered as A/S DANSK STÅLKONSTRUKTION
  • Jette Møller Hansen appointed board member
  • Anker Børge Hansen appointed board member
  • Mads Møller Hansen appointed board member
  • Torben Knudsen appointed board member
  • Charles Aarup Pedersen appointed board member
  • Svend Møller Hansen appointed board member
  • Lasse Nordfjeld 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 24/10/2026.

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