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Festo A/S

Public limited companyCVR 25363310RødovreActive

Festo A/S is a public limited company, based in Rødovre, active in wholesale of other machinery and equipment, founded in 1976. Net profit fell 9% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 7.4m. With 39 employees, the company is about 7 times larger than the industry median. Gross profit is higher than that of 93% of the companies in the industry in the database.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 50.7m+1.4% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 7.4m−9% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 44.6m−9.3% vs. 2024
Employees39latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 1% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 50.7m.
  • Net profit fell 9% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 7.4m.
  • Equity fell 9% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 44.6m.

Employees

  • 5 fewer employees than a year earlier: 39 (08/2026) against 44 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Peter Aaröe (ceo, 19/06/2025) and Peter Aaröe (board member, 19/06/2025).
  • Stepped down: Björn Tobias Lidén (ceo, 19/06/2025) and Björn Tobias Lidén (board member, 19/06/2025).

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 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40mDKK 50m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Festo A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit48,76952,90758,56657,59650,03550,743+1.4%
Operating profit (EBIT)13,77614,48820,029––––
Profit before tax13,26813,78819,34918,28610,4639,522−9%
Net profit10,91710,03515,08814,2578,1567,422−9%
Total assets71,85961,81064,53768,01967,18366,711−0.7%
Equity42,73740,77246,16050,71749,17344,595−9.3%
Liabilities29,04920,90618,29017,26318,01022,116+22.8%
Cash and cash equivalents17,54412,59411,39918,87425,06417,817−28.9%
Average number of employees414242413943+10.3%

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 50mDKK 60m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (1,000 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 Festo A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202529/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202427/06/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202328/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202229/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202101/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202002/07/2021The 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

1,000 companies in the database

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

Gross profitDKK 50.7mNo. 73 of 1,000
Better than 93% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 44.6mNo. 100 of 1,000
Better than 90% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees39No. 92 of 1,000
Better than 91% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 6m, net profit DKK 772k, equity DKK 4.8m, 6 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 961kDKK 9.2mDKK 88.8mDKK 401.7mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 957 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. 426of 9,892
Better than 96%
No. 795of 9,922
Better than 92%
Same industry and 20–49 employees159 companies in the comparison
No. 19of 159
Better than 89%
No. 36of 159
Better than 78%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 1,470of 10,152
Better than 86%
No. 2,172of 10,275
Better than 79%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 2,880of 17,786
Better than 84%
No. 3,853of 18,024
Better than 79%

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
Gross profit
  1. Festo A/SDKK 50.7m
  2. HydraSpecma A/SDKK 854.1m
  3. Sanovo Technology A/SDKK 779.2m
Net profit
  1. Festo A/SDKK 7.4m
  2. HydraSpecma A/SDKK 142.1m
  3. Sanovo Technology A/SDKK 204.2m
Equity
  1. Festo A/SDKK 44.6m
  2. HydraSpecma A/SDKK 1.2bn
  3. Sanovo Technology A/SDKK 592.3m
Employees
  1. Festo A/S39
  2. HydraSpecma A/S365
  3. Sanovo Technology A/S216

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Festo International Holding GmbH100%
Festo A/S

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Festo A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Peter AaröeCEO19/06/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at Festo A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jörg NaumburgerBoard member29/03/2021
Giampiero BighianiChair of the board29/03/2021
Peter AaröeBoard member19/06/2025
Former management (12)
Former management at Festo A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Helge HasselBoard member22/06/197618/12/1996
Finn IllumBoard member22/06/197618/12/1996
Jørgen Fin ChristensenDirector22/06/197612/08/1996
Wilfried Karl StollBoard member22/06/197618/12/1996
Wilfried Karl StollDirector22/06/197620/05/1997
Sten Ingemar David OlofssonDirector22/06/197611/12/2006
Anne-Marie Brøndt LarsenBoard member18/12/199602/01/2008
Leif Vejhe DjurhuusBoard member18/12/199629/03/2021
Sten Ingemar David OlofssonBoard member18/12/199631/12/2019
Björn Tobias LidénCEO11/12/200619/06/2025
Björn Tobias LidénBoard member02/02/200719/06/2025
Lars Gustaf BorgBoard member02/01/200829/03/2021

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af selskabets direktør eller af to bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Islevdalvej 180
2610 Rødovre

Rødovre Municipality · Postcode 2610

Other companies at the address (1)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
FESTO A/SIslevdalvej 180, 2610 Rødovre391001582459

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel, handel med fast ejendom dog undtaget

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

45 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20255 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Peter Aaröe appointed ceo
  • Peter Aaröe appointed board member
  • Björn Tobias Lidén stepped down as board member
  • Björn Tobias Lidén stepped down as ceo
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20232 changesaddress 1 · accounts 1
  • Moved to Islevdalvej 180, 2610 Rødovre
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20215 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Giampiero Bighiani appointed chair of the board
  • Jörg Naumburger appointed board member
  • Lars Gustaf Borg stepped down as board member
  • Leif Vejhe Djurhuus stepped down as board member
20191 changemanagement 1
  • Sten Ingemar David Olofsson stepped down as board member
20083 changesmanagement 2 · industry 1
  • Lars Gustaf Borg appointed board member
  • Anne-Marie Brøndt Larsen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med andre maskiner og andet udstyr (466900)
20074 changesmanagement 1 · ownership 2 · industry 1
  • Björn Tobias Lidén appointed board member
  • Leif Vejhe Djurhuus registered as owner (0%)
  • Leif Vejhe Djurhuus is no longer registered as owner
  • Industry changed to Fremstilling af håndholdt motordrevet værktøj (294100)
20062 changesmanagement 2
  • Björn Tobias Lidén appointed ceo
  • Sten Ingemar David Olofsson stepped down as director
19991 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med andre maskiner, udstyr og tilbehør (516590)
19971 changemanagement 1
  • Wilfried Karl Stoll stepped down as director
19968 changesmanagement 7 · capital 1
  • Sten Ingemar David Olofsson appointed board member
  • Anne-Marie Brøndt Larsen appointed board member
  • Leif Vejhe Djurhuus appointed board member
  • Helge Hassel stepped down as board member
  • Wilfried Karl Stoll stepped down as board member
  • Finn Illum stepped down as board member
  • Jørgen Fin Christensen stepped down as director
  • Share capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
19882 changesname 1 · capital 1
  • Name changed from FESTO PNEUMATIC ApS to FESTO A/S
  • Share capital changed from 80,000 DKK to 300,000 DKK
19851 changeownership 1
  • Festo International Holding GmbH registered as owner (100%)
19767 changesfounded 1 · management 6
  • Registered as FESTO PNEUMATIC ApS
  • Helge Hassel appointed board member
  • Sten Ingemar David Olofsson appointed director
  • Wilfried Karl Stoll appointed director
  • Wilfried Karl Stoll appointed board member
  • Jørgen Fin Christensen appointed director
  • Finn Illum 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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