Esvagt A/S

Public limited companyCVR 60698813EsbjergActive

Esvagt A/S is a public limited company, based in Esbjerg, active in operation of towing, salvage and rescue services, founded in 1981. The company went from a profit in 2024 to a loss of DKK 17.1m in 2025. With 1,142 employees, the company is about 254 times larger than the industry median. 9 people are registered in the company's management and ownership.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 1.4bn−4.4% vs. 2024

Net profit−DKK 17.1m−143.3% vs. 2024

EquityDKK 2.2bn−5% vs. 2024

Employees1,142latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

Revenue fell 4% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.4bn.
Net profit went from a profit of DKK 39.5m to a loss of DKK 17.1m (2024 → 2025).
Equity fell 5% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.2bn.

Employees

36 more employees than a year earlier: 1,142 (07/2026) against 1,106 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

New in management: Søren Karas (director, 31/10/2024), Kristian Ole Jakobsen (ceo, 31/10/2024) and Anna Louise Dellis (board member, 22/04/2025) (+5).
Stepped down: Scott Bruce Michael Moseley (board member, 22/04/2025), Peter Lytzen (ceo, 31/10/2024) and Kristian Ole Jakobsen (director, 30/10/2024) (+3).

Registrations, last 24 months

09/01/2026: Share capital changed from 2,200,000 DKK to 2,300,000 DKK
01/01/2025: Industry changed to Operation of towing, salvage and rescue services (522220)

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 2016–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

EquityNet profit

Financial figures for Esvagt A/S
	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change
Revenue	956,165	866,948	985,695	1,028,568	976,788	1,080,683	1,364,473	1,438,176	1,469,695	1,404,430	−4.4%
Gross profit	–	–	–	–	706,802	749,360	908,527	–	–	–	–
Operating profit (EBIT)	197,208	–	–	–	−161,390	239,219	190,311	200,175	211,184	135,942	−35.6%
Profit before tax	158,614	39,260	1,267	8,215	−245,501	151,550	−15,682	38,149	40,130	−16,781	−141.8%
Net profit	155,383	43,169	1,012	14,353	−246,140	150,709	−16,159	38,470	39,488	−17,108	−143.3%
Total assets	3,668,851	4,124,318	4,153,013	4,190,808	4,199,245	5,009,039	5,514,795	5,692,387	5,914,693	7,147,647	+20.8%
Equity	1,327,149	1,756,705	1,740,471	1,762,940	1,752,137	2,150,584	2,277,111	2,261,371	2,295,196	2,181,210	−5%
Liabilities	2,341,682	2,367,614	2,412,542	2,427,868	2,447,108	2,858,454	3,237,684	3,431,016	3,619,497	4,966,437	+37.2%
Cash and cash equivalents	304,780	709,908	338,481	202,469	316,016	229,359	317,945	125,412	138,880	177,479	+27.8%
Average number of employees	–	–	–	916	926	911	–	–	–	–	–

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.

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Compare with the industry (40 companies)

Gross profitMedian, the industry (40 companies)

Annual reports

10 financial years

Annual reports for Esvagt A/S
Financial year	Period	Published	Figures for	Documents
2025	01/01/2025 – 31/12/2025	08/05/2026	The company	PDF not statedXBRL
2024	01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024	05/05/2025	The company	PDF not statedXBRL
2023	01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023	08/05/2024	The company	PDF not statedXBRL
2022	01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022	28/04/2023	The company	PDF not statedXBRL
2021	01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021	17/05/2022	The company	PDF XBRL
2020	01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020	17/05/2021	The company	PDF XBRL
2019	01/01/2019 – 31/12/2019	27/05/2020	The company	PDF XBRL
2018	01/01/2018 – 31/12/2018	16/05/2019	The company	PDF XBRL
2017	01/01/2017 – 31/12/2017	04/05/2018	The company	PDF XBRL
2016	01/01/2016 – 31/12/2016	29/05/2017	The company	PDF XBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR

Employees

Position in the industry

40 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in operation of towing, salvage and rescue services based on the latest financial year.

EquityDKK 2.2bnNo. 1 of 40

Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Number of employees1,142No. 1 of 40

Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 4.3m, net profit DKK 489k, equity DKK 2m, 5 employees.

Distribution of gross profit for 39 companies in the industry (latest financial year, logarithmic scale).

Compared with similar companies

size, age and company form

Rank among similar companies
Group	Gross profit	Equity
Companies with 1,000 employees or more177 companies in the comparison	not stated	No. 56of 177 Better than 69%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison	not stated	No. 113of 10,275 Better than 99%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison	not stated	No. 219of 18,024 Better than 99%

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

Operation of towing, salvage and rescue services

Gross profit

Esvagt A/SDKK 908.5m
Em. Z. Svitzer A/SDKK 293.7m
SOS Dansk Autohjælp Sjælland A/SDKK 77.8m

Net profit

Esvagt A/S−DKK 17.1m
Em. Z. Svitzer A/SDKK 122.1m
SOS Dansk Autohjælp Sjælland A/SDKK 4.9m

Equity

Esvagt A/SDKK 2.2bn
Em. Z. Svitzer A/SDKK 649m
SOS Dansk Autohjælp Sjælland A/SDKK 10.1m

Employees

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

Errv ApS100%

Esvagt A/S

Management

12 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Esvagt A/S
Name	Role	Appointed
Søren Karas	Director	31/10/2024
Kristian Ole Jakobsen	CEO	31/10/2024

Board of directors

Board of directors at Esvagt A/S
Name	Role	Appointed
Henrik Gorzelak Pedersen	Board member	03/04/2017
Jakob Bo Thomasen	Chair of the board	01/05/2018
Lars Oscar Tylegård	Board member	14/02/2019
Søren Poulsgaard Jensen	Board member	01/02/2022
Anna Louise Dellis	Board member	22/04/2025
Paul Kragesteen	Board member	06/05/2025
Michelle Falk Poulsen	Deputy board member	06/05/2025
Barbara Monika Budny-Mróz	Deputy board member	06/05/2025
Alexi Kirilenko	Board member	27/04/2026
Sven Utermöhlen	Board member	20/10/2026

Auditor: Pricewaterhousecoopers Statsautoriseret Revisionspartnerselskab

Former management (69)

Former management at Esvagt A/S
Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
Troels Dilling	Chair of the board	14/05/1981	26/02/1996
Sten Kirk Larsen	Board member	14/05/1981	24/06/1993
Hans Ole Andersen	Board member	14/05/1981	17/01/1991
Hans Ole Andersen	Director	14/05/1981	31/12/1996
Jørn Hansen	Board member	14/05/1981	07/10/1996
Karsten Mønster	Deputy board member	14/05/1981	11/07/2000
Ole Hudevad Sørensen	Board member	14/05/1981	01/03/1999
Henning Georg Kruse	Deputy chair	14/05/1981	18/02/1998
Bjarne Holmgaard	Deputy board member	12/05/1992	18/06/1996
Jenny Knudsen	Deputy board member	12/05/1992	18/06/1996
Hans Erling Andreasen	Board member	12/05/1992	18/06/1996
Thomas Lilleøre	Board member	12/05/1992	11/07/2000
Bent Eigil Hansen Alm	Chair of the board	26/02/1996	18/02/1998
Keld Edvard Balle-Mortensen	Chair of the board	07/10/1996	07/12/2004
Ovin Håkon Carlsson	Director	01/01/1997	19/08/2010
Søren Morbitzer Christoffersen	Board member	18/02/1998	19/11/1999
Jan Al-Erhayem	Board member	18/02/1998	02/05/2001
Jan Larsen Underbjerg	Board member	01/03/1999	11/07/2000
Torkild Reedtz Funder	Board member	19/11/1999	26/05/2005
Torsten Jahnke Bladt-Hansen	Deputy board member	11/07/2000	26/05/2005
Gorm Hornbæk Wilson	Board member	11/07/2000	26/05/2005
Vidar Andre Smedegaard Nielsen	Board member	11/07/2000	26/05/2005
Niels Ole Fanøe	Deputy board member	11/07/2000	26/05/2005
Jesper Teddy Lok	Chair of the board	07/12/2004	30/04/2012
Viggo Hvidberg	Board member	26/05/2005	03/04/2017
John Larsen Underbjerg	Deputy board member	26/05/2005	26/05/2009
Lars Seistrup	Board member	26/08/2005	25/05/2010
Bendt Bendtsen	Board member	08/12/2008	03/07/2015
Bjørn Weber Andersen	Board member	26/05/2009	01/07/2013
Jan Riis	Deputy board member	26/05/2009	01/07/2013
Kim Anders Cleverly	Deputy board member	26/05/2009	01/07/2013
Mads Peter Zacho	Board member	25/05/2010	30/04/2012
Søren Nørgaard Thomsen	CEO	19/08/2010	20/12/2017
Bo Cerup-Simonsen	Board member	30/04/2012	17/09/2014
Marianne Sørensen Henriksen	Board member	30/04/2012	22/11/2012
Carsten Plougmann Andersen	Chair of the board	30/04/2012	24/01/2014
Martin Nørkjær Larsen	Board member	22/11/2012	24/01/2014
Kent Sand Kirk	Deputy chair	01/07/2013	17/09/2015
Karsten Lund Madsen	Deputy board member	01/07/2013	03/04/2017
Anders Kjeldgaard	Board member	01/07/2013	03/04/2017
Erland Joensen	Deputy board member	01/07/2013	03/04/2017
Stig Hoffmeyer	Chair of the board	24/01/2014	17/09/2014
Trond Ødegård Westlie	Chair of the board	17/09/2014	17/09/2015
Karl Thorngren	Board member	17/09/2014	17/09/2015
Martin Allan Christensen	Board member	03/07/2015	17/09/2015
David Rocyn Rees	Board member	17/09/2015	06/11/2015
Ben Robert Loomes	Board member	17/09/2015	03/01/2017
Simon Richard Constable Ellis	Board member	17/09/2015	09/12/2016
Scott Bruce Michael Moseley	Chair of the board	17/09/2015	05/11/2015
Jesper Teddy Lok	Chair of the board	06/11/2015	31/12/2017
Scott Bruce Michael Moseley	Board member	06/11/2015	22/04/2025
Malcolm Brown	Board member	06/11/2015	30/12/2017
Philip Pacey	Board member	09/12/2016	01/02/2022
Aaron Todd Church	Board member	23/02/2017	14/02/2019
Peter Christian Rendtorff	Board member	03/04/2017	01/05/2018
Svend Bech Poulsen	Deputy board member	03/04/2017	30/04/2018
Asmus Philipp	Deputy board member	03/04/2017	29/04/2021
Kristian Ole Jakobsen	CEO	20/12/2017	01/09/2018
Malcolm Brown	Chair of the board	31/12/2017	30/04/2018
Malcolm Brown	Board member	01/05/2018	26/06/2020
Svend Bech Poulsen	Board member	01/05/2018	29/04/2021
Peter Lytzen	CEO	01/09/2018	31/10/2024
Kristian Ole Jakobsen	Director	01/02/2019	30/10/2024
Charlotte Strand	Board member	04/02/2020	07/05/2020
Christine Hui Min Leung	Board member	26/06/2020	01/02/2022
Ole Bo Madsen	Deputy board member	29/04/2021	06/05/2025
Jess Høeg	Board member	29/04/2021	06/05/2025
Sune Pontoppidan Jørgensen	Deputy board member	29/04/2021	12/05/2021
Svend Bech Poulsen	Deputy board member	12/05/2021	06/05/2025

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Address and production units

1 active production units

Dokvej 4
6700 Esbjerg

Esbjerg Municipality · Postcode 6700

Other companies at the address (1)

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Production units
Production unit	Address	Industry	Employees	P number
ESVAGT A/S	Dokvej 4, 6700 Esbjerg	Operation of towing, salvage and rescue services	1,147	1002234711

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive skibsfart, produktion og handel

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

134 registered events

182015

22016

172017

92018

52019

62020

92021

42022

12023

52024

102025

42026

20264 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1 · capital 1

20/10ManagementSven Utermöhlen appointed board member
08/05AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
27/04ManagementAlexi Kirilenko appointed board member
09/01CapitalShare capital changed from 2,200,000 DKK to 2,300,000 DKK

202510 changesmanagement 8 · accounts 1 · industry 1

06/05ManagementBarbara Monika Budny-Mróz appointed deputy board member
06/05ManagementMichelle Falk Poulsen appointed deputy board member
06/05ManagementPaul Kragesteen appointed board member
06/05ManagementSvend Bech Poulsen stepped down as deputy board member
06/05ManagementOle Bo Madsen stepped down as deputy board member
06/05ManagementJess Høeg stepped down as board member
05/05AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
22/04ManagementAnna Louise Dellis appointed board member
22/04ManagementScott Bruce Michael Moseley stepped down as board member
01/01IndustryIndustry changed to Operation of towing, salvage and rescue services (522220)

20245 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1

31/10ManagementKristian Ole Jakobsen appointed ceo
31/10ManagementSøren Karas appointed director
31/10ManagementPeter Lytzen stepped down as ceo
30/10ManagementKristian Ole Jakobsen stepped down as director
08/05AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published

20231 changeaccounts 1

28/04AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published

20224 changesaccounts 1 · management 3

17/05AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
01/02ManagementSøren Poulsgaard Jensen appointed board member
01/02ManagementChristine Hui Min Leung stepped down as board member
01/02ManagementPhilip Pacey stepped down as board member

20219 changescapital 1 · accounts 1 · management 7

01/06CapitalShare capital changed from 2,100,000 DKK to 2,200,000 DKK
17/05AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
12/05ManagementSvend Bech Poulsen appointed deputy board member
12/05ManagementSune Pontoppidan Jørgensen stepped down as deputy board member
29/04ManagementOle Bo Madsen appointed deputy board member
29/04ManagementSune Pontoppidan Jørgensen appointed deputy board member
29/04ManagementJess Høeg appointed board member
29/04ManagementSvend Bech Poulsen stepped down as board member
29/04ManagementAsmus Philipp stepped down as deputy board member

20206 changescapital 1 · management 4 · accounts 1

18/09CapitalShare capital changed from 2,000,000 DKK to 2,100,000 DKK
26/06ManagementChristine Hui Min Leung appointed board member
26/06ManagementMalcolm Brown stepped down as board member
27/05AccountsAnnual report for 2019 published
07/05ManagementCharlotte Strand stepped down as board member
04/02ManagementCharlotte Strand appointed board member

20195 changesmerger 1 · accounts 1 · management 3

27/12MergerMerger registered in CVR
16/05AccountsAnnual report for 2018 published
14/02ManagementLars Oscar Tylegård appointed board member
14/02ManagementAaron Todd Church stepped down as board member
01/02ManagementKristian Ole Jakobsen appointed director

20189 changesmanagement 8 · accounts 1

01/09ManagementPeter Lytzen appointed ceo
01/09ManagementKristian Ole Jakobsen stepped down as ceo
04/05AccountsAnnual report for 2017 published
01/05ManagementJakob Bo Thomasen appointed chair of the board
01/05ManagementSvend Bech Poulsen appointed board member
01/05ManagementMalcolm Brown appointed board member
01/05ManagementPeter Christian Rendtorff stepped down as board member
30/04ManagementMalcolm Brown stepped down as chair of the board
30/04ManagementSvend Bech Poulsen stepped down as deputy board member

201717 changesmanagement 15 · capital 1 · accounts 1

31/12ManagementMalcolm Brown appointed chair of the board
31/12ManagementJesper Teddy Lok stepped down as chair of the board
30/12ManagementMalcolm Brown stepped down as board member
20/12ManagementKristian Ole Jakobsen appointed ceo
20/12ManagementSøren Nørgaard Thomsen stepped down as ceo
19/12CapitalShare capital changed from 1,500,000 DKK to 2,000,000 DKK
29/05AccountsAnnual report for 2016 published
03/04ManagementPeter Christian Rendtorff appointed board member
03/04ManagementHenrik Gorzelak Pedersen appointed board member
03/04ManagementAsmus Philipp appointed deputy board member
03/04ManagementSvend Bech Poulsen appointed deputy board member
03/04ManagementErland Joensen stepped down as deputy board member
03/04ManagementKarsten Lund Madsen stepped down as deputy board member
03/04ManagementAnders Kjeldgaard stepped down as board member
03/04ManagementViggo Hvidberg stepped down as board member
23/02ManagementAaron Todd Church appointed board member
03/01ManagementBen Robert Loomes stepped down as board member

20162 changesmanagement 2

09/12ManagementPhilip Pacey appointed board member
09/12ManagementSimon Richard Constable Ellis stepped down as board member

201518 changesmanagement 15 · ownership 3

06/11ManagementJesper Teddy Lok appointed chair of the board
06/11ManagementMalcolm Brown appointed board member
06/11ManagementScott Bruce Michael Moseley appointed board member
06/11ManagementDavid Rocyn Rees stepped down as board member
05/11ManagementScott Bruce Michael Moseley stepped down as chair of the board
17/09ManagementDavid Rocyn Rees appointed board member
17/09ManagementScott Bruce Michael Moseley appointed chair of the board
17/09ManagementSimon Richard Constable Ellis appointed board member
17/09ManagementBen Robert Loomes appointed board member
17/09ManagementMartin Allan Christensen stepped down as board member
17/09ManagementKarl Thorngren stepped down as board member
17/09ManagementTrond Ødegård Westlie stepped down as chair of the board
17/09ManagementKent Sand Kirk stepped down as deputy chair
17/09OwnershipERRV ApS registered as owner (100%)
16/09OwnershipDOF Denmark A/S is no longer registered as owner
16/09OwnershipESE-HOLDING A/S is no longer registered as owner
03/07ManagementMartin Allan Christensen appointed board member
03/07ManagementBendt Bendtsen stepped down as board member

20149 changesaddress 1 · management 7 · ownership 1

17/09AddressMoved to Dokvej 4, 6700 Esbjerg
17/09ManagementKarl Thorngren appointed board member
17/09ManagementTrond Ødegård Westlie appointed chair of the board
17/09ManagementStig Hoffmeyer stepped down as chair of the board
17/09ManagementBo Cerup-Simonsen stepped down as board member
24/01ManagementStig Hoffmeyer appointed chair of the board
24/01ManagementMartin Nørkjær Larsen stepped down as board member
24/01ManagementCarsten Plougmann Andersen stepped down as chair of the board
09/01OwnershipDOF Denmark A/S registered as owner (66.67%)

20138 changesmanagement 7 · industry 1

01/07ManagementErland Joensen appointed deputy board member
01/07ManagementKent Sand Kirk appointed deputy chair
01/07ManagementKarsten Lund Madsen appointed deputy board member
01/07ManagementAnders Kjeldgaard appointed board member
01/07ManagementJan Riis stepped down as deputy board member
01/07ManagementKim Anders Cleverly stepped down as deputy board member
01/07ManagementBjørn Weber Andersen stepped down as board member
01/01IndustryIndustry changed to Operation of towing, salvage and rescue services (522220)

20127 changesmanagement 7

22/11ManagementMartin Nørkjær Larsen appointed board member
22/11ManagementMarianne Sørensen Henriksen stepped down as board member
30/04ManagementCarsten Plougmann Andersen appointed chair of the board
30/04ManagementMarianne Sørensen Henriksen appointed board member
30/04ManagementBo Cerup-Simonsen appointed board member
30/04ManagementMads Peter Zacho stepped down as board member
30/04ManagementJesper Teddy Lok stepped down as chair of the board

20103 changesmanagement 3

19/08ManagementSøren Nørgaard Thomsen appointed ceo
25/05ManagementMads Peter Zacho appointed board member
25/05ManagementLars Seistrup stepped down as board member

20094 changesmanagement 4

26/05ManagementJan Riis appointed deputy board member
26/05ManagementKim Anders Cleverly appointed deputy board member
26/05ManagementBjørn Weber Andersen appointed board member
26/05ManagementJohn Larsen Underbjerg stepped down as deputy board member

20082 changesmanagement 1 · industry 1

08/12ManagementBendt Bendtsen appointed board member
01/01IndustryIndustry changed to Fire service activities (842500)

20055 changesmanagement 5

26/08ManagementLars Seistrup appointed board member
26/05ManagementViggo Hvidberg appointed board member
26/05ManagementJohn Larsen Underbjerg appointed deputy board member
26/05ManagementGorm Hornbæk Wilson stepped down as board member
26/05ManagementNiels Ole Fanøe stepped down as deputy board member

20041 changemanagement 1

07/12ManagementJesper Teddy Lok appointed chair of the board

20003 changesmanagement 2 · name 1

11/07ManagementGorm Hornbæk Wilson appointed board member
11/07ManagementNiels Ole Fanøe appointed deputy board member
29/05NameName changed from ESBJERG VAGTSKIBSSELSKAB A/S to ESVAGT A/S

19921 changeownership 1

15/08OwnershipESE-HOLDING A/S registered as owner (25%)

19811 changefounded 1

14/05FoundedRegistered as ESBJERG VAGTSKIBSSELSKAB A/S

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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 23/10/2026.

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