EFApaint A/S
Public limited companyCVR 15723572EsbjergActive
EFApaint A/S is a public limited company, based in Esbjerg, active in manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics, founded in 1991. The company went from a profit in 2024 to a loss of DKK 1.4m in 2025. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 9 of 30 companies in the industry in the database. With 41 employees, the company is about 8 times larger than the industry median.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit fell 5% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 18.2m.
- Net profit went from a profit of DKK 206k to a loss of DKK 1.4m (2024 → 2025).
- Equity fell 5% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 26.4m.
Employees
- 3 more employees than a year earlier: 41 (08/2026) against 38 (08/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Mikkel Fosnæs (ceo, 30/06/2025), Iben Lindberg Tranberg (board member, 09/12/2025) and Lars Christensen (board member, 09/12/2025).
- Stepped down: Kjeld Clausen (director, 30/06/2025), Kjeld Clausen (board member, 09/12/2025) and Lars Christensen (board member, 18/09/2026).
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 2020–2025 · amounts in DKK thousandEquity and net profit
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | – |
| Gross profit | 24,014 | 29,917 | 19,085 | 18,465 | 19,129 | 18,216 | −4.8% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 5,110 | 8,061 | 635 | −91 | 1,245 | −639 | −151.3% |
| Profit before tax | 4,763 | 7,684 | 243 | 555 | 163 | −1,916 | −1,276% |
| Net profit | 3,712 | 5,999 | 189 | 442 | 206 | −1,433 | −794.2% |
| Total assets | 44,864 | 49,376 | 51,575 | 53,442 | 57,316 | 56,496 | −1.4% |
| Equity | 23,810 | 28,875 | 28,175 | 27,648 | 27,852 | 26,426 | −5.1% |
| Liabilities | 20,178 | 19,705 | 22,519 | 24,800 | 28,514 | 29,570 | +3.7% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 7,048 | 6,717 | 331 | 3,379 | 1,654 | 860 | −48% |
| Average number of employees | 37 | 38 | 36 | 32 | 31 | 32 | +3.2% |
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.
Download the figures as CSV · free with an account, amounts in whole DKK
Annual reports
6 financial years| Financial year | Period | Published | Figures for | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 01/10/2024 – 30/09/2025 | 10/12/2025 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/10/2023 – 30/09/2024 | 19/12/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/10/2022 – 30/09/2023 | 30/12/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/10/2021 – 30/09/2022 | 08/12/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/10/2020 – 30/09/2021 | 13/12/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/10/2019 – 30/09/2020 | 08/12/2020 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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 CVRPosition in the industry
30 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 2.9m, net profit DKK 563k, equity DKK 3.8m, 5 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with 20–49 employees9,922 companies in the comparison | No. 3,308of 9,892 Better than 67% | No. 1,354of 9,922 Better than 86% |
| Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison | No. 3,015of 10,152 Better than 70% | No. 2,946of 10,275 Better than 71% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 6,368of 17,786 Better than 64% | No. 5,298of 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 paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics- EFApaint A/SDKK 18.2m
- Dana Lim A/SDKK 176.7m
- Beck & Jørgensen A/SDKK 98.2m
- EFApaint A/S−DKK 1.4m
- Dana Lim A/SDKK 16m
- Beck & Jørgensen A/SDKK 15.8m
- EFApaint A/SDKK 26.4m
- Dana Lim A/SDKK 175m
- Beck & Jørgensen A/SDKK 125.9m
- EFApaint A/S41
- Dana Lim A/S220
- Beck & Jørgensen A/S133
Latest financial year per company. Choose up to three companies from the largest in the industry.
Owners and group
from the Public Ownership RegisterManagement
4 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Mikkel Fosnæs | CEO | 30/06/2025 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Jørgen Lægaard | Chair of the board | 01/08/2020 |
| Thomas Lindberg Tranberg | Board member | 01/08/2020 |
| Iben Lindberg Tranberg | Board member | 09/12/2025 |
- Founders
- Oscar Kaj Nielsen, Jørn Lindberg Tranberg, Esbjerg Farve- & Lakfabrik Holding A/S
Former management (14)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stig Gøtzsche | Board member | 28/11/1991 | 20/01/1997 |
| Ib Germain Thyregod | Board member | 28/11/1991 | 11/02/2009 |
| Oscar Kaj Nielsen | Board member | 28/11/1991 | 20/01/1993 |
| Bent Schleemann | Director | 28/11/1991 | 01/10/2004 |
| Jørn Lindberg Tranberg | Board member | 28/11/1991 | 01/09/2021 |
| Mads Harrel Thyregod | Board member | 20/01/1997 | 05/02/2009 |
| Jens Ole Bahr | Director | 29/09/2004 | 31/05/2010 |
| Thomas Lindberg Tranberg | Chair of the board | 02/05/2006 | 31/07/2020 |
| Knud Teglgaard | Board member | 11/02/2009 | 12/12/2022 |
| Kjeld Clausen | Director | 01/06/2010 | 30/06/2025 |
| Bo Lybæk | Board member | 04/11/2013 | 12/12/2022 |
| Axel Manøe Jepsen | Board member | 12/12/2022 | 31/08/2023 |
| Kjeld Clausen | Board member | 31/08/2023 | 09/12/2025 |
| Lars Christensen | Board member | 09/12/2025 | 18/09/2026 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af 2 medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening eller af et medlem af bestyrelsen i forening med en direktør.
Address and production units
1 active production unitsEnergivej 13
6700 Esbjerg
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| EFApaint A/S | Energivej 13, 6700 Esbjerg | 41 | 1000967172 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive virksomhed med fabrikation og salg af farve- og lakprodukter samt anden virksomhed og fabrikation, der står i naturlig forbindelse hermed.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
44 registered events20261 changemanagement 1
- ManagementLars Christensen stepped down as board member
20256 changesaccounts 1 · management 5
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
- ManagementLars Christensen appointed board member
- ManagementIben Lindberg Tranberg appointed board member
- ManagementKjeld Clausen stepped down as board member
- ManagementMikkel Fosnæs appointed ceo
- ManagementKjeld Clausen stepped down as director
20241 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
20233 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
- ManagementKjeld Clausen appointed board member
- ManagementAxel Manøe Jepsen stepped down as board member
20224 changesmanagement 3 · accounts 1
- ManagementAxel Manøe Jepsen appointed board member
- ManagementBo Lybæk stepped down as board member
- ManagementKnud Teglgaard stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
20213 changesaccounts 1 · management 1 · name 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
- ManagementJørn Lindberg Tranberg stepped down as board member
- NameName changed from ESBJERG FARVE- & LAKFABRIK A/S to EFApaint A/S
20204 changesaccounts 1 · management 3
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
- ManagementJørgen Lægaard appointed chair of the board
- ManagementThomas Lindberg Tranberg appointed board member
- ManagementThomas Lindberg Tranberg stepped down as chair of the board
20131 changemanagement 1
- ManagementBo Lybæk appointed board member
20103 changesmanagement 2 · merger 1
- ManagementKjeld Clausen appointed director
- ManagementJens Ole Bahr stepped down as director
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
20093 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementKnud Teglgaard appointed board member
- ManagementIb Germain Thyregod stepped down as board member
- ManagementMads Harrel Thyregod stepped down as board member
20081 changeindustry 1
- IndustryIndustry changed to Manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics (203000)
20071 changecapital 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 5,000,000 DKK to 6,000,000 DKK
20061 changemanagement 1
- ManagementThomas Lindberg Tranberg appointed chair of the board
20042 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementBent Schleemann stepped down as director
- ManagementJens Ole Bahr appointed director
19972 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementMads Harrel Thyregod appointed board member
- ManagementStig Gøtzsche stepped down as board member
19931 changemanagement 1
- ManagementOscar Kaj Nielsen stepped down as board member
19917 changesfounded 1 · management 5 · ownership 1
- FoundedRegistered as ESBJERG FARVE- & LAKFABRIK A/S
- ManagementStig Gøtzsche appointed board member
- ManagementIb Germain Thyregod appointed board member
- ManagementJørn Lindberg Tranberg appointed board member
- ManagementBent Schleemann appointed director
- ManagementOscar Kaj Nielsen appointed board member
- OwnershipESBJERG FARVE- & LAKFABRIK HOLDING A/S registered as owner (100%)
Related companies
Same people in management
- SH Group A/Svia Axel Manøe Jepsen
- Nestle Danmark A/Svia Jørn Lindberg Tranberg
- Hydro Extrusion Denmark A/Svia Bo Lybæk
- Körber Supply Chain DK A/Svia Axel Manøe Jepsen
- Hornsyld Købmandsgaard A/Svia Jørgen Lægaard
- A/S Jydsk Aluminium Industrivia Bo Lybæk
Largest in the industry
- Dana Lim A/SDKK 176.7m
- Beck & Jørgensen A/SDKK 98.2m
- Ardex Skandinavia A/SDKK 94.6m
- Teknos A/SDKK 90.9m
- Resino Inks A/SDKK 49.3m
- Nowocoat Industrial A/SDKK 47.5m
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.