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Empire Bio A/S

Public limited companyCVR 12627343København NActive

Empire Bio A/S is a public limited company, based in København N, active in motion picture projection and screening of other visual media, founded in 1988. The company made a loss in both 2024 and 2025, most recently DKK 54,528. With 47 employees, the company is about 6 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 6.7m+13% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 54,528+83.3% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 4.2m−1.3% vs. 2024
Employees47latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 13% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 6.7m.
  • The loss got smaller: from DKK 327k to DKK 54,528 (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity fell 1% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 4.2m.

Employees

  • 6 more employees than a year earlier: 47 (08/2026) against 41 (08/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Motion picture projection and screening of other visual media (591400)

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 1mDKK 0DKK 1mDKK 2mDKK 3mDKK 4mDKK 5m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Empire Bio A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit6,7346,0725,9816,1405,9096,677+13%
Operating profit (EBIT)–202−82−271−410−5+98.8%
Profit before tax586160−111−271−422−61+85.6%
Net profit452125−85−210−327−55+83.3%
Total assets12,33710,9908,7397,4226,9977,558+8%
Equity4,7294,8544,7704,5604,2334,179−1.3%
Liabilities7,5486,0753,9352,8622,7643,380+22.3%
Cash and cash equivalents6,1394,3442,5481,271488329−32.5%
Average number of employees11111111910+11.1%

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 1mDKK 2mDKK 3mDKK 4mDKK 5mDKK 6mDKK 7m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (36 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • Loss for 4 years in a row

    Net result has been negative in 2022–2025.

    How is this calculated?

    Net result is negative in the two or more 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 Empire Bio A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202514/03/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202421/03/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202323/03/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202220/03/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202101/03/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202016/03/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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 CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

36 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in motion picture projection and screening of other visual media based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 6.7mNo. 15 of 36
Better than 60% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 4.2mNo. 15 of 36
Better than 60% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees47No. 12 of 36
Better than 69% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 5.3m, net profit DKK 506k, equity DKK 3.1m, 8 employees.

DKK 324kDKK 1.7mDKK 8.4mDKK 43mDKK 127.4mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 36 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 20–49 employees9,922 companies in the comparison
No. 6,974of 9,892
Better than 30%
No. 5,119of 9,922
Better than 48%
Same industry and 20–49 employees23 companies in the comparison
No. 10of 23
Better than 59%
No. 10of 23
Better than 59%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 5,038of 10,152
Better than 50%
No. 6,548of 10,275
Better than 36%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 10,764of 17,786
Better than 39%
No. 12,194of 18,024
Better than 32%

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

Motion picture projection and screening of other visual media
Gross profit
  1. Empire Bio A/SDKK 6.7m
  2. Nordisk Film Biografer A/SDKK 219.3m
  3. Vue Danmark A/SDKK 17.6m
Net profit
  1. Empire Bio A/S−DKK 54,528
  2. Nordisk Film Biografer A/SDKK 22.1m
  3. Vue Danmark A/S−DKK 11m
Equity
  1. Empire Bio A/SDKK 4.2m
  2. Nordisk Film Biografer A/SDKK 86m
  3. Vue Danmark A/SDKK 18.9m
Employees
  1. Empire Bio A/S47
  2. Nordisk Film Biografer A/S980
  3. Vue Danmark A/S151

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

Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Danny Red Holding ApS25%
  • Reel Pictures ApS10%
  • HB Svenska Bio33.33%
  • SR Holding af 2019 ApS25%
Empire Bio A/S

Management

6 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Empire Bio A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Mette SchrammCEO12/03/2001

Board of directors

Board of directors at Empire Bio A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Claus NorreenBoard member30/05/2005
Søren Nystrøm RastedBoard member30/05/2005
Mette SchrammBoard member22/04/2010
Karl Peter FornstamChair of the board23/02/2012
Karl Mikael HålandBoard member16/03/2016
Founders
VX 10.312 ApS
Former management (9)
Former management at Empire Bio A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Kenneth Kort MadsenDirector01/12/198812/03/2001
Ole HjeltDirector01/12/198815/11/1990
Per Emil Hasselbalch StakemannDirector01/12/198821/11/1989
Kenneth Kort MadsenBoard member07/09/200022/10/2007
Søren Broberg JohansenBoard member07/09/200030/05/2005
Jens Krogh PetersenBoard member07/09/200030/05/2005
Jan Lennart Mikael BernhardssonBoard member07/09/200023/02/2012
Christer ÖbergBoard member23/02/201220/11/2013
Erik Pontus WemanBoard member20/11/201316/03/2016

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af én direktør i forening med et bestyrelsesmedlem, af to bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Guldbergsgade 29F
2200 København N

København Municipality · Postcode 2200

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
EMPIRE BIO A/SGuldbergsgade 29F, 2200 København N471000418533

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive biograf-, butik-, og cafévirksomhed samt udlejningsvirksomhed relateret til selskabets lejemål. Driften kan ske direkte eller indirekte via et eller flere datterselskaber.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

44 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Motion picture projection and screening of other visual media (591400)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20202 changesownership 2
  • SR Holding af 2019 ApS registered as owner (25%)
  • SL HOLDING AF 28.04.2004 ApS is no longer registered as owner
20162 changesmanagement 2
  • Karl Mikael Håland appointed board member
  • Erik Pontus Weman stepped down as board member
20132 changesmanagement 2
  • Erik Pontus Weman appointed board member
  • Christer Öberg stepped down as board member
20123 changesmanagement 3
  • Christer Öberg appointed board member
  • Karl Peter Fornstam appointed chair of the board
  • Jan Lennart Mikael Bernhardsson stepped down as board member
20101 changemanagement 1
  • Mette Schramm appointed board member
20082 changesownership 2
  • REEL PICTURES ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • HB Svenska Bio registered as owner (33.33%)
20071 changemanagement 1
  • Kenneth Kort Madsen stepped down as board member
20063 changesownership 2 · capital 1
  • SL HOLDING AF 28.04.2004 ApS registered as owner (25%)
  • DANNY RED HOLDING ApS registered as owner (25%)
  • Share capital changed from 1,375,000 DKK to 1,380,000 DKK
20054 changesmanagement 4
  • Søren Nystrøm Rasted appointed board member
  • Claus Norreen appointed board member
  • Jens Krogh Petersen stepped down as board member
  • Søren Broberg Johansen stepped down as board member
20012 changesmanagement 2
  • Mette Schramm appointed ceo
  • Kenneth Kort Madsen stepped down as director
20007 changesname 1 · industry 1 · capital 1 · management 4
  • Name changed from EMPIRE STAGE BUILDING ApS to EMPIRE BIO A/S
  • Industry changed to Biografer (921300)
  • Share capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 1,375,000 DKK
  • Kenneth Kort Madsen appointed board member
  • Jens Krogh Petersen appointed board member
  • Jan Lennart Mikael Bernhardsson appointed board member
  • Søren Broberg Johansen appointed board member
19961 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 80,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
19901 changemanagement 1
  • Ole Hjelt stepped down as director
19892 changesname 1 · management 1
  • Name changed from ApS KBUS 8 NR. 3654 to EMPIRE STAGE BUILDING ApS
  • Per Emil Hasselbalch Stakemann stepped down as director
19884 changesfounded 1 · management 3
  • Registered as ApS KBUS 8 NR. 3654
  • Kenneth Kort Madsen appointed director
  • Ole Hjelt appointed director
  • Per Emil Hasselbalch Stakemann appointed director

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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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