Fornæs ApS

Private limited companyCVR 16148202AsaaActive

Fornæs ApS is a private limited company, based in Asaa, active in materials recovery, founded in 1992. Net profit fell 42% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 2.4m. With 20 employees, the company is about 3 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 17m−5.1% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 2.4m−41.8% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 28.6m−5.4% vs. 2024
Employees20latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 5% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 17m.
  • Net profit fell 42% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.4m.
  • Equity fell 5% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 28.6m.

Employees

  • 5 fewer employees than a year earlier: 20 (08/2026) against 25 (08/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Materials recovery (382100)

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 Fornæs ApS
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit9,56910,85113,37714,69017,91317,005−5.1%
Operating profit (EBIT)3,3193,5763,2023,3516,3414,291−32.3%
Profit before tax2,6863,0022,2911,9135,2563,074−41.5%
Net profit2,0952,3062,0091,2704,0872,379−41.8%
Total assets45,51642,40152,29550,86655,27249,806−9.9%
Equity20,88823,19425,09126,24330,20928,587−5.4%
Liabilities24,32818,64226,66423,67524,14920,431−15.4%
Cash and cash equivalents222150190150150152+1.3%
Average number of employees1214–2324240%

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 2mDKK 4mDKK 6mDKK 8mDKK 10mDKK 12mDKK 14mDKK 16mDKK 18m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (68 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 Fornæs ApS
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202525/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202406/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202312/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202229/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202121/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202002/06/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

68 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in materials recovery based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 17mNo. 18 of 68
Better than 75% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 28.6mNo. 16 of 68
Better than 78% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees20No. 14 of 68
Better than 81% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 5.5m, net profit DKK 577k, equity DKK 6.4m, 7 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 727kDKK 5.3mDKK 38.5mDKK 144.4mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 63 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. 3,610of 9,892
Better than 64%
No. 1,246of 9,922
Better than 87%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 3,135of 10,152
Better than 69%
No. 2,835of 10,275
Better than 72%
All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison
No. 3,071of 66,379
Better than 95%
No. 3,283of 66,505
Better than 95%

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

Materials recovery
Gross profit
  1. Fornæs ApSDKK 17m
  2. Scanmetals A/SDKK 279.7m
  3. H.j. Hansen Recycling A/SDKK 260.8m
Net profit
  1. Fornæs ApSDKK 2.4m
  2. Scanmetals A/S−DKK 34.1m
  3. H.j. Hansen Recycling A/SDKK 34.9m
Equity
  1. Fornæs ApSDKK 28.6m
  2. Scanmetals A/SDKK 189.8m
  3. H.j. Hansen Recycling A/SDKK 251.1m
Employees
  1. Fornæs ApS20
  2. Scanmetals A/S111
  3. H.j. Hansen Recycling A/S217

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Shc Holding, Asaa ApS25%
  • Khc Holding, Asaa ApS50%
  • KK Holding & Invest ApS20%
Fornæs ApS

Management

2 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Fornæs ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Kresten Hjelm ChristensenDirector01/05/1992
Keld KokholmDirector02/11/2021
Founders
Torv 1 ApS Nr. 12
Former management (4)
Former management at Fornæs ApS
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Kresten Hjelm ChristensenBoard member01/05/199214/01/2014
Oluf Bagge HjortlundDirector01/05/199225/01/1994
Henrik KleisChair of the board05/09/201214/01/2014
Peter Kristian NiemannBoard member05/09/201214/01/2014

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør alene.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Skelgårdsvej 10
9340 Asaa

Brønderslev Municipality · Postcode 9340

Other companies at the address (1)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
FORNÆS APSRolshøjvej 12-16, Bredstrup, 8500 Grenaa201001043218

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel, fiskeri, genanvendelse og gensalg af materialer og dele fra skibe, recycling, samt anden dermed efter direktionens skøn beslægtet virksomhed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

27 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Materials recovery (382100)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20212 changesmanagement 1 · accounts 1
  • Keld Kokholm appointed director
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20192 changesownership 2
  • KHC HOLDING, ASAA ApS registered as owner (50%)
  • KK HOLDING & INVEST ApS registered as owner (20%)
20181 changeownership 1
  • KHC HOLDING, ASAA ApS is no longer registered as owner
20143 changesmanagement 3
  • Henrik Kleis stepped down as chair of the board
  • Peter Kristian Niemann stepped down as board member
  • Kresten Hjelm Christensen stepped down as board member
20123 changesmanagement 2 · industry 1
  • Henrik Kleis appointed chair of the board
  • Peter Kristian Niemann appointed board member
  • Industry changed to Demontering af udtjente køretøjer, skibe, maskiner mv. (383100)
20092 changesownership 2
  • KHC HOLDING, ASAA ApS registered as owner (66.67%)
  • SHC HOLDING, ASAA ApS registered as owner (25%)
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Repair and maintenance of ships and boats (331500)
20071 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Skelgårdsvej 10, 9340 Asaa
19942 changesname 1 · management 1
  • Name changed from TORV 1 ApS NR. 46 to FORNÆS ApS
  • Oluf Bagge Hjortlund stepped down as director
19924 changesfounded 1 · management 3
  • Registered as TORV 1 ApS NR. 46
  • Kresten Hjelm Christensen appointed board member
  • Oluf Bagge Hjortlund appointed director
  • Kresten Hjelm Christensen 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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