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Esselte ApS

Private limited companyCVR 73404517HerlevActive

Esselte ApS is a private limited company, based in Herlev, active in wholesale of information and communication equipment, founded in 1983. Gross profit is higher than that of 79% of the companies in the industry in the database.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 19.9m−3.6% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 6.9m−1.3% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 59.9m+13% vs. 2024
Employees14latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 4% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 19.9m.
  • Net profit fell 1% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 6.9m.
  • Equity rose 13% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 59.9m.

Employees

  • 1 more employees than a year earlier: 14 (07/2026) against 13 (07/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 21/10/2025: Moved to Hørkær 28, st, 2730 Herlev
  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Wholesale of information and communication equipment (465000)

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 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40mDKK 50mDKK 60m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Esselte ApS
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit12,61711,45312,02418,10720,65019,908−3.6%
Operating profit (EBIT)–−2817876,3246,0246,433+6.8%
Profit before tax2,8224271,5868,6028,9878,890−1.1%
Net profit2,1873191,2196,6926,9656,872−1.3%
Total assets45,20545,83746,70756,01362,16169,137+11.2%
Equity37,79838,11839,33646,02952,99459,866+13%
Liabilities7,4067,7197,3719,9859,1679,271+1.1%
Cash and cash equivalents9976551,7152,907278219−21.2%
Average number of employees1313141313130%

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 5mDKK 10mDKK 15mDKK 20m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (543 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 Esselte ApS
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202517/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202424/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202314/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202202/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202123/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202014/06/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

543 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in wholesale of information and communication equipment based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 19.9mNo. 115 of 542
Better than 79% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 59.9mNo. 50 of 543
Better than 91% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees14No. 161 of 543
Better than 70% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 5.3m, net profit DKK 594k, equity DKK 3.9m, 5 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 1mDKK 10.9mDKK 114.3mDKK 546.2mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 522 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 fewer than 20 employees69,967 companies in the comparison
No. 1,526of 69,742
Better than 98%
No. 2,698of 69,964
Better than 96%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees429 companies in the comparison
No. 29of 429
Better than 93%
No. 11of 429
Better than 98%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 2,834of 10,152
Better than 72%
No. 1,790of 10,275
Better than 83%
All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison
No. 2,466of 66,379
Better than 96%
No. 1,792of 66,505
Better than 97%

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 information and communication equipment
Gross profit
  1. Esselte ApSDKK 19.9m
  2. Atea A/SDKK 1.2bn
  3. Siemens AktieselskabDKK 448.5m
Net profit
  1. Esselte ApSDKK 6.9m
  2. Atea A/SDKK 2.2m
  3. Siemens AktieselskabDKK 93.5m
Equity
  1. Esselte ApSDKK 59.9m
  2. Atea A/SDKK 694.3m
  3. Siemens AktieselskabDKK 279.7m
Employees
  1. Esselte ApS14
  2. Atea A/S1,550
  3. Siemens Aktieselskab640

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Esselte Business BVBA100%
Esselte ApS

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Esselte ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Jørgen Scharff FoleyDirector02/06/2009

Board of directors

Board of directors at Esselte ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Christen KaalstadBoard member07/07/2008
Jørgen Scharff FoleyBoard member02/06/2009
Christopher Neil HopkinsonBoard member22/05/2020
Former management (28)
Former management at Esselte ApS
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Flemming Jørgen OtzenBoard member28/10/198313/06/2001
Svend Aage BuskChair of the board28/10/198305/05/1997
Svend Aage BuskCEO28/10/198308/06/1989
Bengt Tore StrandbergBoard member28/10/198308/06/1989
Erling Overgaard PedersenBoard member30/08/199505/05/1997
Ebbe Reinecke-WilkendorffBoard member30/08/199530/06/2003
Ebbe Reinecke-WilkendorffDirector30/08/199530/06/2003
Ebbe Frank AndersenBoard member30/08/199505/05/1997
Hans Gosta Jonas SjogrenChair of the board05/05/199713/06/2001
Vibeke Fruerlund ChristensenBoard member07/07/199713/06/2001
Lars Smidt LaursenDeputy board member07/07/199713/06/2001
Allan Bo JensenBoard member07/07/199713/06/2001
Karen DvingeDeputy board member07/07/199713/06/2001
Anne Birgitte TorpDeputy board member23/05/200105/06/2002
Hanne MagnussenBoard member30/05/200130/06/2003
Gitte BuschBoard member30/05/200128/05/2004
Peter HornBoard member30/05/200106/06/2002
Ulf Kenneth BroddChair of the board30/05/200130/06/2003
Flemming Engelund FrausingBoard member07/06/200228/05/2004
Preben Ole BondeChair of the board30/06/200307/07/2008
Preben Ole BondeDirector30/06/200330/06/2003
Peter LøjmandBoard member30/06/200301/03/2006
Peter LøjmandDirector30/06/200301/03/2006
Rolf Christen KaalstadBoard member30/06/200314/05/2007
Morten Claudi LassenBoard member01/03/200602/06/2009
Morten Claudi LassenDirector01/03/200602/06/2009
Odd Erik WølnerChair of the board07/07/200831/07/2017
Walter Joe ThomasChair of the board01/08/201722/05/2020

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af bestyrelsens formand i forening med et andet bestyrelsesmedlem eller af et medlem af bestyrelsen i forening med en direktør eller af to direktører i forening.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Hørkær 28
2730 Herlev

Herlev Municipality · Postcode 2730

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
ESSELTE ApSHørkær 28, st, 2730 Herlev141002929484

Purpose

Selskabets formål er såvel direkte som gennem deltagelse i andre selskaber at drive fabrikation og handel samt leasing- og forlagsvirksomhed og anden virksomhed, der efter bestyrelsens skøn står i forbindelse hermed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

79 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20253 changesaddress 1 · accounts 1 · industry 1
  • Moved to Hørkær 28, st, 2730 Herlev
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Wholesale of information and communication equipment (465000)
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 changesmanagement 2
  • Christopher Neil Hopkinson appointed board member
  • Walter Joe Thomas stepped down as chair of the board
20181 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Smedeholm 10, 2730 Herlev
20172 changesmanagement 2
  • Walter Joe Thomas appointed chair of the board
  • Odd Erik Wølner stepped down as chair of the board
20121 changeownership 1
  • Esselte Business BVBA registered as owner (100%)
20101 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Smedeholm 10, 1, 2730 Herlev
20094 changesmanagement 4
  • Jørgen Scharff Foley appointed director
  • Jørgen Scharff Foley appointed board member
  • Morten Claudi Lassen stepped down as director
  • Morten Claudi Lassen stepped down as board member
20084 changesmanagement 3 · industry 1
  • Odd Erik Wølner appointed chair of the board
  • Christen Kaalstad appointed board member
  • Preben Ole Bonde stepped down as chair of the board
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med andre kontormaskiner og andet kontorudstyr (466600)
20071 changemanagement 1
  • Rolf Christen Kaalstad stepped down as board member
20064 changesmanagement 4
  • Morten Claudi Lassen appointed director
  • Morten Claudi Lassen appointed board member
  • Peter Løjmand stepped down as director
  • Peter Løjmand stepped down as board member
20042 changesmanagement 2
  • Flemming Engelund Frausing stepped down as board member
  • Gitte Busch stepped down as board member
200313 changesname 1 · address 1 · industry 1 · management 10
  • Name changed from ESSELTE A/S to ESSELTE ApS
  • Moved to Borupvang 5E, 2750 Ballerup
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med kontormaskiner og kontorudstyr (518500)
  • Preben Ole Bonde appointed chair of the board
  • Rolf Christen Kaalstad appointed board member
  • Peter Løjmand appointed director
  • Peter Løjmand appointed board member
  • Preben Ole Bonde appointed director
  • Preben Ole Bonde stepped down as director
  • Hanne Magnussen stepped down as board member
  • Ulf Kenneth Brodd stepped down as chair of the board
  • Ebbe Reinecke-Wilkendorff stepped down as board member
  • Ebbe Reinecke-Wilkendorff stepped down as director
20023 changesmanagement 3
  • Flemming Engelund Frausing appointed board member
  • Peter Horn stepped down as board member
  • Anne Birgitte Torp stepped down as deputy board member
200111 changesmanagement 11
  • Karen Dvinge stepped down as deputy board member
  • Allan Bo Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Lars Smidt Laursen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Vibeke Fruerlund Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Hans Gosta Jonas Sjogren stepped down as chair of the board
  • Flemming Jørgen Otzen stepped down as board member
  • Peter Horn appointed board member
  • Hanne Magnussen appointed board member
  • Gitte Busch appointed board member
  • Ulf Kenneth Brodd appointed chair of the board
  • Anne Birgitte Torp appointed deputy board member
19978 changesmanagement 8
  • Karen Dvinge appointed deputy board member
  • Allan Bo Jensen appointed board member
  • Lars Smidt Laursen appointed deputy board member
  • Vibeke Fruerlund Christensen appointed board member
  • Hans Gosta Jonas Sjogren appointed chair of the board
  • Ebbe Frank Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Erling Overgaard Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Svend Aage Busk stepped down as chair of the board
19956 changesmerger 1 · management 4 · capital 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Ebbe Reinecke-Wilkendorff appointed board member
  • Ebbe Frank Andersen appointed board member
  • Ebbe Reinecke-Wilkendorff appointed director
  • Erling Overgaard Pedersen appointed board member
  • Share capital changed from 60,000,000 DKK to 25,000,000 DKK
19931 changename 1
  • Name changed from ESSELTE BUSINESS SYSTEMS A/S to ESSELTE A/S
19892 changesmanagement 2
  • Bengt Tore Strandberg stepped down as board member
  • Svend Aage Busk stepped down as ceo
19835 changesfounded 1 · management 4
  • Registered as ESSELTE BUSINESS SYSTEMS A/S
  • Svend Aage Busk appointed chair of the board
  • Bengt Tore Strandberg appointed board member
  • Svend Aage Busk appointed ceo
  • Flemming Jørgen Otzen appointed board member

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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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