Ejler Chr. Knudsen A/S

Public limited companyCVR 26868599HolstebroActive

Ejler Chr. Knudsen A/S is a public limited company, based in Holstebro, active in freight transport by road, founded in 2002. Net profit fell 68% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 2.3m. With 83 employees, the company is about 14 times larger than the industry median. Equity fell to DKK 9.3m in 2025.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 53.5m−21.2% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 2.3m−68.2% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 9.3m−45.4% vs. 2024
Employees83latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 21% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 53.5m.
  • Net profit fell 68% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.3m.
  • Equity fell 45% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 9.3m.

Employees

  • 12 more employees than a year earlier: 83 (08/2026) against 71 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Allan Knudsen Andersen (board member, 02/06/2025), Erik Munk Poulsen (chair of the board, 29/08/2025) and Mads Hussak Knudsen (board member, 29/08/2025) (+3).
  • Stepped down: Hans Jørgen Kümler Knudsen (director, 29/08/2025), Gert Kristensen (chair of the board, 02/06/2025) and Mikkel Sejr Flaathen Egeberg (board member, 19/05/2025) (+1).
  • New owners registered: ECK Invest Gen. 3 ApS (29/08/2025).
  • No longer registered as owner: Eck Invest A/S (29/08/2025).

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 2mDKK 4mDKK 6mDKK 8mDKK 10mDKK 12mDKK 14mDKK 16mDKK 18m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Ejler Chr. Knudsen A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit46,04150,77753,64358,74067,90053,510−21.2%
Operating profit (EBIT)1,9773413383,07611,0542,111−80.9%
Profit before tax1,9972961152,8069,0932,921−67.9%
Net profit1,5543141392,2337,1462,276−68.2%
Total assets45,05452,41361,92666,98372,57662,745−13.5%
Equity11,57510,6899,62811,86117,0079,283−45.4%
Liabilities32,52940,65151,10553,30551,84751,521−0.6%
Cash and cash equivalents410241210,01244−99.6%
Average number of employees687982868270−14.6%

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. 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 70m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (1,411 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures
  • Equity fell sharply

    Equity fell 45% from 2024 to 2025 (DKK 17m to DKK 9.3m).

    How is this calculated?

    Equity has fallen by at least 30% from the previous annual report, and it was positive the year before.

  • 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 Ejler Chr. Knudsen A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202521/04/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202406/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202306/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202226/05/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202125/05/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202010/05/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

1,411 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in freight transport by road based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 53.5mNo. 78 of 1,411
Better than 95% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 9.3mNo. 221 of 1,411
Better than 84% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees83No. 74 of 1,411
Better than 95% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 4m, net profit DKK 253k, equity DKK 1.7m, 6 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 909kDKK 8.3mDKK 75.1mDKK 327mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 1,369 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. 1,649of 4,412
Better than 63%
No. 2,929of 4,466
Better than 34%
Same industry and 50–199 employees114 companies in the comparison
No. 58of 114
Better than 50%
No. 83of 114
Better than 27%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 1,335of 24,791
Better than 95%
No. 7,010of 24,909
Better than 72%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 2,731of 17,786
Better than 85%
No. 9,047of 18,024
Better than 50%

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

Freight transport by road
Gross profit
  1. Ejler Chr. Knudsen A/SDKK 53.5m
  2. Danske Fragtmænd A/SDKK 682.3m
  3. Hcs A/S Transport & SpeditionDKK 598.2m
Net profit
  1. Ejler Chr. Knudsen A/SDKK 2.3m
  2. Danske Fragtmænd A/SDKK 87.6m
  3. Hcs A/S Transport & SpeditionDKK 189.4m
Equity
  1. Ejler Chr. Knudsen A/SDKK 9.3m
  2. Danske Fragtmænd A/SDKK 546.8m
  3. Hcs A/S Transport & SpeditionDKK 439.4m
Employees
  1. Ejler Chr. Knudsen A/S83
  2. Danske Fragtmænd A/S1,272
  3. Hcs A/S Transport & Spedition483

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • ECK Invest Gen. 3 ApS100%
Ejler Chr. Knudsen A/S

Management

7 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Ejler Chr. Knudsen A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Mads Hussak KnudsenDirector29/08/2025
Allan Knudsen AndersenDirector29/08/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at Ejler Chr. Knudsen A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Peder Ole KnudsenBoard member16/05/2002
Hans Jørgen Kümler KnudsenBoard member01/04/2005
Allan Knudsen AndersenBoard member02/06/2025
Erik Munk PoulsenChair of the board29/08/2025
Mads Hussak KnudsenBoard member29/08/2025
Founders
Eck Invest A/S
Former management (8)
Former management at Ejler Chr. Knudsen A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Poul Erik KnudsenBoard member16/05/200203/07/2008
Ejler Kristian KnudsenDirector16/05/200201/04/2005
Hans Jørgen Kümler KnudsenDirector01/04/200529/08/2025
Gert KristensenChair of the board28/05/200902/06/2025
Ejler Kristian KnudsenBoard member28/05/200928/03/2014
Lars Erik SørensenBoard member25/04/201816/05/2022
Mikkel Sejr Flaathen EgebergBoard member16/05/202219/05/2025
Mads Hussak KnudsenChair of the board02/06/202528/08/2025

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af den samlede direktion eller af den samlede bestyrelse

Address and production units

1 active production units

Rasmus Færchs Vej 20
7500 Holstebro

Holstebro Municipality · Postcode 7500

Other companies at the address (1)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
EJLER CHR. KNUDSEN A/SRasmus Færchs Vej 20, 7500 Holstebro831003196822

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive vognmandsforretning og anden hertil knyttet virksomhed efter bestyrelsens skøn.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

34 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
202513 changesmanagement 10 · ownership 2 · accounts 1
  • Erik Munk Poulsen appointed chair of the board
  • Allan Knudsen Andersen appointed director
  • Mads Hussak Knudsen appointed director
  • Mads Hussak Knudsen appointed board member
  • Hans Jørgen Kümler Knudsen stepped down as director
  • ECK Invest Gen. 3 ApS registered as owner (100%)
  • ECK INVEST A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Mads Hussak Knudsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Mads Hussak Knudsen appointed chair of the board
  • Allan Knudsen Andersen appointed board member
  • Gert Kristensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Mikkel Sejr Flaathen Egeberg stepped down as board member
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20223 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Mikkel Sejr Flaathen Egeberg appointed board member
  • Lars Erik Sørensen stepped down as board member
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20181 changemanagement 1
  • Lars Erik Sørensen appointed board member
20141 changemanagement 1
  • Ejler Kristian Knudsen stepped down as board member
20092 changesmanagement 2
  • Ejler Kristian Knudsen appointed board member
  • Gert Kristensen appointed chair of the board
20082 changesmanagement 1 · industry 1
  • Poul Erik Knudsen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Freight transport by road (494100)
20053 changesmanagement 3
  • Hans Jørgen Kümler Knudsen appointed director
  • Hans Jørgen Kümler Knudsen appointed board member
  • Ejler Kristian Knudsen stepped down as director
20025 changesfounded 1 · management 3 · ownership 1
  • Registered as EJLER CHR. KNUDSEN A/S
  • Ejler Kristian Knudsen appointed director
  • Peder Ole Knudsen appointed board member
  • Poul Erik Knudsen appointed board member
  • ECK INVEST A/S 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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