Erik Petersen A/S

Public limited companyCVR 20128070PadborgActive

Erik Petersen A/S is a public limited company, based in Padborg, active in freight transport by road, founded in 1997. Net profit fell 67% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 2.2m. Operations are spread over 7 production units. With 95 employees, the company is about 16 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 48.2m+1.2% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 2.2m−67% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 28.4m−9% vs. 2024
Employees95latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 1% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 48.2m.
  • Net profit fell 67% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.2m.
  • Equity fell 9% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 28.4m.

Employees

  • 16 more employees than a year earlier: 95 (08/2026) against 79 (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 5mDKK 10mDKK 15mDKK 20mDKK 25mDKK 30m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Erik Petersen A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit35,96635,43141,19638,86247,61348,203+1.2%
Operating profit (EBIT)1,4442,6158,8382,7889,2453,014−67.4%
Profit before tax1,6312,8398,4993,1088,7742,777−68.4%
Net profit1,3242,1436,6252,6596,6242,189−67%
Total assets48,08850,47855,53053,64457,06466,715+16.9%
Equity13,82415,96622,59425,25331,17528,364−9%
Liabilities28,39129,19327,75226,87124,57737,079+50.9%
Cash and cash equivalents3,4826,4748,2101,4911,5031,607+6.9%
Average number of employees496765697480+8.1%

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 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40mDKK 50m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (1,411 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures
  • 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 Erik Petersen A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202510/07/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202425/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202312/07/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202205/04/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202108/07/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202012/04/2021The 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 48.2mNo. 90 of 1,411
Better than 94% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 28.4mNo. 69 of 1,411
Better than 95% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees95No. 58 of 1,411
Better than 96% 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. 1,867of 4,412
Better than 58%
No. 1,808of 4,466
Better than 60%
Same industry and 50–199 employees114 companies in the comparison
No. 70of 114
Better than 39%
No. 38of 114
Better than 67%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 1,476of 24,791
Better than 94%
No. 3,531of 24,909
Better than 86%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 3,008of 17,786
Better than 83%
No. 5,094of 18,024
Better than 72%

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. Erik Petersen A/SDKK 48.2m
  2. Danske Fragtmænd A/SDKK 682.3m
  3. Hcs A/S Transport & SpeditionDKK 598.2m
Net profit
  1. Erik Petersen A/SDKK 2.2m
  2. Danske Fragtmænd A/SDKK 87.6m
  3. Hcs A/S Transport & SpeditionDKK 189.4m
Equity
  1. Erik Petersen A/SDKK 28.4m
  2. Danske Fragtmænd A/SDKK 546.8m
  3. Hcs A/S Transport & SpeditionDKK 439.4m
Employees
  1. Erik Petersen A/S95
  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
  • EP Transport Holding II ApS100%
Erik Petersen A/S

Management

6 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Erik Petersen A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Keld Bennick PetersenCEO10/09/2022

Board of directors

Board of directors at Erik Petersen A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Andreas Sandager PetersenBoard member15/08/2022
Frederik Sandager PetersenBoard member15/08/2022
Kristian Sandager PetersenBoard member15/08/2022
Inger Margrethe SandagerChair of the board10/09/2022
Keld Bennick PetersenBoard member10/09/2022
Founders
Keld Bennick Petersen
Former management (10)
Former management at Erik Petersen A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Povl Thue KristensenChair of the board20/06/199729/05/2007
Svend Erik PetersenBoard member20/06/199712/03/2004
Ulla Dorothea Bennick PetersenBoard member20/06/199712/03/2004
Keld Bennick PetersenBoard member20/06/199714/08/2022
Keld Bennick PetersenDirector20/06/199715/08/2022
Jens DybdahlBoard member12/03/200415/08/2022
Inger Margrethe SandagerChair of the board29/05/200714/08/2022
Inger Margrethe SandagerBoard member15/08/202209/09/2022
Keld Bennick PetersenChair of the board15/08/202209/09/2022
Peter Lambæk NielsenCEO15/08/202210/09/2022

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør i forening med bestyrelsens formand eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

7 active production units

Hermesvej 10
6330 Padborg

Aabenraa Municipality · Postcode 6330

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
ERIK PETERSEN A/SHermesvej 10, Frøslev, 6330 Padborg521000181825
Ejendomsselskabet plantagevej 12 Padborg ApSPlantagevej 12, 6330 Padborg–1030730875
Erik Petersen A/SPlantagevej 13, 6330 Padborg–1029051220
Erik Petersen A/SEuropavej 8, 6330 Padborg–1020516956
Erik Petersen A/SBaldersbuen 23, 2640 Hedehusene–1031724550
Erik Petersen A/SEuropavej 10, 6330 Padborg–1031435818
Erik Petersen A/SIndustrivej 13, 6330 Padborg–1020516972

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive transport- og speditionsvirksomhed samt handel og produktion.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

40 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20251 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
202217 changesmanagement 16 · accounts 1
  • Inger Margrethe Sandager appointed chair of the board
  • Keld Bennick Petersen appointed ceo
  • Keld Bennick Petersen appointed board member
  • Peter Lambæk Nielsen stepped down as ceo
  • Keld Bennick Petersen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Inger Margrethe Sandager stepped down as board member
  • Keld Bennick Petersen appointed chair of the board
  • Inger Margrethe Sandager appointed board member
  • Peter Lambæk Nielsen appointed ceo
  • Andreas Sandager Petersen appointed board member
  • Frederik Sandager Petersen appointed board member
  • Kristian Sandager Petersen appointed board member
  • Jens Dybdahl stepped down as board member
  • Keld Bennick Petersen stepped down as director
  • Inger Margrethe Sandager stepped down as chair of the board
  • Keld Bennick Petersen stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20192 changesownership 2
  • EP Transport Holding II ApS registered as owner (100%)
  • EP TRANSPORT HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Freight transport by road (494100)
20073 changesmanagement 2 · address 1
  • Inger Margrethe Sandager appointed chair of the board
  • Povl Thue Kristensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Moved to Hermesvej 10, Frøslev, 6330 Padborg
20045 changesmanagement 3 · name 1 · address 1
  • Jens Dybdahl appointed board member
  • Svend Erik Petersen stepped down as board member
  • Ulla Dorothea Bennick Petersen stepped down as board member
  • Name changed from ERIK PETERSEN AABENRAA A/S to ERIK PETERSEN A/S
  • Moved to Hermesvej 10, Frøslev, 6330 Padborg
19981 changeownership 1
  • EP TRANSPORT HOLDING ApS registered as owner (100%)
19976 changesfounded 1 · management 5
  • Registered as ERIK PETERSEN AABENRAA A/S
  • Keld Bennick Petersen appointed director
  • Svend Erik Petersen appointed board member
  • Keld Bennick Petersen appointed board member
  • Ulla Dorothea Bennick Petersen appointed board member
  • Povl Thue Kristensen appointed chair of the board

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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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