Elma Instruments A/S
Public limited companyCVR 24229408FarumActive
Elma Instruments A/S is a public limited company, based in Farum, active in wholesale of other machinery and equipment, founded in 1999. Net profit rose 14% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 26.4m. With 35 employees, the company is about 6 times larger than the industry median. Gross profit is higher than that of 92% of the companies in the industry in the database.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit rose 14% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 46.8m.
- Net profit rose 14% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 26.4m.
- Equity rose 10% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 37.3m.
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Thord Jesper Kristensson (chair of the board, 01/09/2025) and Kari Vilhelmi Lindroos (board member, 27/03/2026).
- Stepped down: Lars Bendixen (board member, 22/01/2026), Olle Petter Andersen (board member, 27/03/2026) and Tomas Patrik Stolpe (chair of the board, 01/09/2025) (+1).
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 | 28,538 | 29,489 | 29,813 | 36,411 | 41,190 | 46,754 | +13.5% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 11,069 | 11,744 | 10,692 | 17,065 | 17,214 | 22,929 | +33.2% |
| Profit before tax | 21,678 | 25,287 | 24,386 | 28,654 | 26,376 | 31,136 | +18% |
| Net profit | 19,055 | 22,902 | 22,187 | 25,188 | 23,129 | 26,361 | +14% |
| Total assets | 93,483 | 96,645 | 96,403 | 73,568 | 66,099 | 71,357 | +8% |
| Equity | 46,219 | 50,144 | 45,876 | 30,803 | 33,931 | 37,292 | +9.9% |
| Liabilities | 47,202 | 46,051 | 49,981 | 42,280 | 31,653 | 33,450 | +5.7% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 7 | 436 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | −100% |
| Average number of employees | 26 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 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.
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Signals from the financial statements
calculated from the 2025 figuresProfit 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| Financial year | Period | Published | Figures for | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 01/01/2025 – 31/12/2025 | 31/03/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024 | 03/04/2025 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 15/04/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 14/04/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021 | 11/04/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020 | 06/05/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
1,000 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in wholesale of other machinery and equipment based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 6m, net profit DKK 772k, equity DKK 4.8m, 6 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. 502of 9,892 Better than 95% | No. 963of 9,922 Better than 90% |
| Same industry and 20–49 employees159 companies in the comparison | No. 21of 159 Better than 87% | No. 45of 159 Better than 72% |
| Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison | No. 1,530of 24,791 Better than 94% | No. 2,913of 24,909 Better than 88% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 3,088of 17,786 Better than 83% | No. 4,330of 18,024 Better than 76% |
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
Wholesale of other machinery and equipment- Elma Instruments A/SDKK 46.8m
- HydraSpecma A/SDKK 854.1m
- Sanovo Technology A/SDKK 779.2m
- Elma Instruments A/SDKK 26.4m
- HydraSpecma A/SDKK 142.1m
- Sanovo Technology A/SDKK 204.2m
- Elma Instruments A/SDKK 37.3m
- HydraSpecma A/SDKK 1.2bn
- Sanovo Technology A/SDKK 592.3m
- Elma Instruments A/S35
- HydraSpecma A/S365
- Sanovo Technology A/S216
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership Register- Indutrade Aktiebolag100%
Management
4 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Anders Lisberg Petersen | CEO | 01/08/2023 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Lars Niklas Aldén | Board member | 08/04/2024 |
| Thord Jesper Kristensson | Chair of the board | 01/09/2025 |
| Kari Vilhelmi Lindroos | Board member | 27/03/2026 |
- Auditor
- KPMG P/S
- Founders
- Asx 9667 ApS
Former management (13)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steen Schierbeck | Director | 01/07/1999 | 19/11/1999 |
| Lars Bendixen | Director | 19/11/1999 | 01/08/2023 |
| Bo Nielsen | Chair of the board | 02/05/2005 | 06/07/2017 |
| Lars Bendixen | Board member | 02/05/2005 | 22/01/2026 |
| Eva Franz-Nielsen | Board member | 02/05/2005 | 05/10/2015 |
| Jakob Bendixen | Board member | 05/10/2015 | 06/07/2017 |
| Fred Joakim Skantze | Chair of the board | 06/07/2017 | 08/04/2024 |
| Per-Erik Andersson | Board member | 06/07/2017 | 08/04/2024 |
| Allan Søndergaard Orland | Board member | 13/02/2018 | 22/04/2020 |
| Gustav Erik Nordenskjöld Ruda | Board member | 22/04/2020 | 11/05/2023 |
| Olle Petter Andersen | Board member | 11/05/2023 | 27/03/2026 |
| Tomas Patrik Stolpe | Chair of the board | 08/04/2024 | 01/09/2025 |
| Leif Anders Edenhammar | Board member | 08/04/2024 | 30/10/2024 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør i forening med bestyrelsens formand, eller af to bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening.
Address and production units
1 active production unitsRyttermarken 2
3520 Farum
Furesø Municipality · Postcode 3520
Other companies at the address (1)
- Sparmed ApSWholesale of other machinery and equipment
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELMA INSTRUMENTS A/S | Ryttermarken 2, 3520 Farum | 35 | 1006428966 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive handel med instrumenter og komponenter til industrien og dermed beslægtet virksomhed.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
60 registered events20264 changesaccounts 1 · management 3
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
- ManagementKari Vilhelmi Lindroos appointed board member
- ManagementOlle Petter Andersen stepped down as board member
- ManagementLars Bendixen stepped down as board member
20253 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
- ManagementThord Jesper Kristensson appointed chair of the board
- ManagementTomas Patrik Stolpe stepped down as chair of the board
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
20247 changesmanagement 6 · accounts 1
- ManagementLeif Anders Edenhammar stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
- ManagementTomas Patrik Stolpe appointed chair of the board
- ManagementLars Niklas Aldén appointed board member
- ManagementLeif Anders Edenhammar appointed board member
- ManagementPer-Erik Andersson stepped down as board member
- ManagementFred Joakim Skantze stepped down as chair of the board
20235 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1
- ManagementAnders Lisberg Petersen appointed ceo
- ManagementLars Bendixen stepped down as director
- ManagementOlle Petter Andersen appointed board member
- ManagementGustav Erik Nordenskjöld Ruda stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
20212 changesaccounts 1 · merger 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
20202 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementGustav Erik Nordenskjöld Ruda appointed board member
- ManagementAllan Søndergaard Orland stepped down as board member
20181 changemanagement 1
- ManagementAllan Søndergaard Orland appointed board member
20178 changesmanagement 4 · ownership 4
- ManagementPer-Erik Andersson appointed board member
- ManagementFred Joakim Skantze appointed chair of the board
- ManagementJakob Bendixen stepped down as board member
- ManagementBo Nielsen stepped down as chair of the board
- OwnershipIndutrade Aktiebolag registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipLaBtr. Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipBONMATIC ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipTX4 HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
20154 changesmanagement 2 · ownership 2
- ManagementJakob Bendixen appointed board member
- ManagementEva Franz-Nielsen stepped down as board member
- OwnershipLaBtr. Holding ApS registered as owner (66.67%)
- OwnershipLABTRONIC HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
20084 changesownership 3 · industry 1
- OwnershipLABTRONIC HOLDING ApS registered as owner (66.67%)
- OwnershipBONMATIC ApS registered as owner (20%)
- OwnershipTX4 HOLDING ApS registered as owner (10%)
- IndustryIndustry changed to Engroshandel med andre maskiner og andet udstyr (466900)
20071 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to Ryttermarken 2, 3520 Farum
20056 changesmerger 1 · name 1 · capital 1 · management 3
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
- NameName changed from ELMA INSTRUMENTS ApS to ELMA INSTRUMENTS A/S
- CapitalShare capital changed from 267,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
- ManagementBo Nielsen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementEva Franz-Nielsen appointed board member
- ManagementLars Bendixen appointed board member
20043 changesname 1 · capital 1 · address 1
- NameName changed from NEW INSTRUMENTS ApS to ELMA INSTRUMENTS ApS
- CapitalShare capital changed from 200,000 DKK to 267,000 DKK
- AddressMoved to Ryttermarken 2, 3520 Farum
20031 changeindustry 1
- IndustryIndustry changed to Engroshandel med andre maskiner, udstyr og tilbehør (518790)
20002 changesindustry 1 · address 1
- IndustryIndustry changed to Engroshandel med kontormaskiner, edb-maskiner og -udstyr (516410)
- AddressMoved to Virumvej 28, 2830 Virum
19996 changesname 1 · capital 1 · management 3 · founded 1
- NameName changed from SCSK 2772 ApS to NEW INSTRUMENTS ApS
- CapitalShare capital changed from 125,000 DKK to 200,000 DKK
- ManagementLars Bendixen appointed director
- ManagementSteen Schierbeck stepped down as director
- FoundedRegistered as SCSK 2772 ApS
- ManagementSteen Schierbeck appointed director
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Same industry in Furesø
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- Wexøe Industry A/S31 employees
- Sparmed ApS28 employees
- Norsk Analyse A/S23 employees
- Wago Denmark A/S21 employees
- Wexøe A/S19 employees
Same people in management
- Danfoss Power Solutions ApSvia Carl Edvard Gudbergsen
- Vivaldi Gruppen A/Svia Steen Schierbeck
- Milestone Systems A/Svia Carl Edvard Gudbergsen
- INDITEX Danmark A/Svia Carl Edvard Gudbergsen
- Dan-foam ApSvia Carl Edvard Gudbergsen
- Attendo A/Svia Steen Schierbeck
Largest in the industry
- HydraSpecma A/SDKK 854.1m
- Sanovo Technology A/SDKK 779.2m
- ABB A/SDKK 608.4m
- Macartney A/SDKK 487m
- Toyota Material Handling Danmark A/SDKK 395.5m
- Alstom Transport Danmark A/SDKK 327.3m
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.