Friland A/S
Public limited companyCVR 15889101Randers SVActive
Friland A/S is a public limited company, based in Randers SV, active in wholesale of meat and meat products, founded in 1992. Net profit rose 22% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 9.9m. Profit has grown three years in a row. Gross profit is higher than that of 88% of the companies in the industry in the database.
Key figures · financial year 2025
Gross profitDKK 51.9m−11.9% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 9.9m+22.3% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 26.9m−0.4% vs. 2024
Employees13latest month from CVR
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit fell 12% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 51.9m.
- Net profit rose 22% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 9.9m.
Employees
- 3 fewer employees than a year earlier: 13 (08/2026) against 16 (08/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Henrik Søgaard (board member, 30/11/2024) and Svend Schou Borch (ceo, 08/09/2025).
- Stepped down: Esben Møller Xu (board member, 30/11/2024), Mette Schacht Færch (board member, 08/09/2025) and Søren Dalum Tinggaard (ceo, 08/09/2025).
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 thousandEquity and net profit
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | – |
| Gross profit | 16,167 | 18,992 | 20,836 | 54,315 | 58,930 | 51,923 | −11.9% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 1,968 | 2,679 | 2,435 | 1,511 | 1,455 | 1,668 | +14.6% |
| Profit before tax | 1,068 | 11,409 | 7,581 | 6,265 | 8,461 | 10,208 | +20.6% |
| Net profit | 640 | 10,854 | 7,140 | 5,852 | 8,082 | 9,886 | +22.3% |
| Total assets | 136,163 | 122,244 | 116,486 | 104,598 | 110,996 | 136,399 | +22.9% |
| Equity | 15,105 | 25,955 | 33,089 | 28,959 | 27,022 | 26,909 | −0.4% |
| Liabilities | 121,058 | 96,289 | 83,397 | 75,639 | 83,974 | 109,490 | +30.4% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 20,033 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Average number of employees | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 11 | −21.4% |
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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Signals from the financial statements
calculated from the 2025 figuresProfit 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| Financial year | Period | Published | Figures for | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 01/10/2024 – 30/09/2025 | 28/11/2025 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/10/2023 – 30/09/2024 | 29/11/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/10/2022 – 30/09/2023 | 30/11/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/10/2021 – 30/09/2022 | 07/12/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/10/2020 – 30/09/2021 | 09/12/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/10/2019 – 30/09/2020 | 04/01/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
91 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in wholesale of meat and meat products based on the latest financial year.
Gross profitDKK 51.9mNo. 12 of 91
Better than 88% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 26.9mNo. 23 of 91
Better than 76% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees13No. 43 of 91
Better than 53% of the companies in the industry
Industry median: gross profit DKK 10.5m, net profit DKK 1m, equity DKK 7.9m, 10 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with fewer than 20 employees69,967 companies in the comparison | No. 516of 69,742 Better than 99% | No. 4,784of 69,964 Better than 93% |
| Same industry and fewer than 20 employees59 companies in the comparison | No. 2of 59 Better than 98% | No. 8of 59 Better than 88% |
| Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison | No. 1,443of 10,152 Better than 86% | No. 2,917of 10,275 Better than 72% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 2,811of 17,786 Better than 84% | No. 5,253of 18,024 Better than 71% |
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 meat and meat productsGross profit
- Friland A/SDKK 51.9m
- Ess-food A/SDKK 227.5m
- Delika Food Group A/SDKK 198.7m
Net profit
- Friland A/SDKK 9.9m
- Ess-food A/SDKK 34.2m
- Delika Food Group A/S−DKK 11.7m
Equity
- Friland A/SDKK 26.9m
- Ess-food A/SDKK 154.7m
- Delika Food Group A/SDKK 69.6m
Employees
- Friland A/S13
- Ess-food A/S89
- Delika Food Group A/S64
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership RegisterOwners
Friland A/S
Management
10 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Svend Schou Borch | CEO | 08/09/2025 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Fallesen Kjær Ravn | Chair of the board | 02/02/2016 |
| Niels Schelde Jensen | Board member | 06/12/2019 |
| Finn Klostermann | Board member | 06/02/2020 |
| Bo Bastian Bejer | Board member | 04/12/2020 |
| Marie-Louise Boisen Lendal | Board member | 30/06/2022 |
| Ole Feldbjerg Jakobsen | Board member | 01/12/2022 |
| Niels Agergaard Thing | Board member | 30/11/2023 |
| Allan Juel Thomsen | Deputy chair | 17/01/2024 |
| Henrik Søgaard | Board member | 30/11/2024 |
- Founders
- Henry Jørgensen, Inge Larsen, Søren Hedegaard, Jens Gade Holm, Jens Christen Tovgaard, Anders Kristian Kjær Andersen, Poul Erik Olsen, Preben Hald's Maskinfabrik ApS, Salling Bank A/S, Øko-køb Amba
Former management (52)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karsten Deibjerg Kristensen | Director | 01/01/1992 | 01/05/2013 |
| Per Alfred Boisen Andersen | Board member | 01/01/1992 | 22/04/1996 |
| Lone Skovgaard-Petersen | Board member | 01/01/1992 | 11/02/1993 |
| Hans Bergmann Schjødt | Board member | 01/01/1992 | 11/02/1993 |
| Ketil Skovgaard-Petersen | Board member | 01/01/1992 | 10/07/1996 |
| Jens Gade Holm | Board member | 01/01/1992 | 23/11/2004 |
| Anders Kristian Kjær Andersen | Board member | 01/01/1992 | 11/10/1995 |
| Jens Bagger | Board member | 01/01/1992 | 27/01/1994 |
| Orla Zinck | Board member | 01/01/1992 | 10/07/1996 |
| Poul Erik Olsen | Board member | 01/01/1992 | 23/11/2004 |
| Leo Bisgaard Andersen | Board member | 22/04/1996 | 08/01/2001 |
| Bjarne Møller | Chair of the board | 22/04/1996 | 02/02/2016 |
| Nis Arne Hansen Hjort | Board member | 10/07/1996 | 08/01/2001 |
| Folmer Pedersen | Board member | 10/07/1996 | 23/11/2004 |
| Carsten Schmidt Paulsen | Board member | 10/07/1996 | 09/10/1998 |
| Svend Fredsted | Board member | 09/10/1998 | 21/11/2007 |
| Jørgen Laursen Vig | Board member | 13/10/1999 | 03/02/2003 |
| Bjarke Christiansen | Board member | 13/10/1999 | 05/02/2001 |
| Jens Møller | Board member | 13/10/1999 | 05/02/2001 |
| Tage Gammelgaard | Board member | 08/01/2001 | 23/11/2004 |
| Kenn Nørrehvedde Jensen | Board member | 08/01/2001 | 21/11/2007 |
| Jens Ulrik Tarpgaard | Board member | 05/02/2001 | 23/11/2004 |
| Lorenz Hansen | Board member | 05/02/2001 | 26/11/2014 |
| Erik Michael Bredholt | Board member | 03/02/2003 | 17/02/2015 |
| Gert Ladegaard Jensen | Board member | 23/11/2004 | 20/11/2012 |
| Peter Bruun | Board member | 23/11/2004 | 23/11/2005 |
| Kjell Elkjær Klemmensen | Board member | 23/11/2004 | 16/11/2009 |
| Bertel Hestbjerg | Board member | 23/11/2004 | 02/06/2009 |
| Jørgen Birch Jensen | Board member | 23/11/2004 | 14/10/2005 |
| Erling Christensen | Board member | 14/10/2005 | 27/11/2017 |
| Søren Bak | Board member | 23/11/2005 | 21/11/2007 |
| Frode Flyvbjerg Kristensen | Board member | 21/11/2007 | 04/12/2020 |
| Nielli Simmelsgaard | Board member | 21/11/2007 | 04/12/2020 |
| Torben Langer | Board member | 21/11/2007 | 04/12/2020 |
| Nicolaj Kousgaard Pedersen | Board member | 16/11/2009 | 13/12/2016 |
| Bent Korsholm | Board member | 16/11/2009 | 21/11/2013 |
| Arne Juel Jensen | Board member | 20/11/2012 | 07/12/2018 |
| Henrik Find Bang Biilmann | Director | 01/05/2013 | 01/02/2020 |
| Peter Fallesen Kjær Ravn | Board member | 11/02/2014 | 01/02/2016 |
| Claus Hein Meier | Board member | 26/11/2014 | 06/02/2020 |
| Uffe Frovst | Board member | 17/02/2015 | 21/02/2017 |
| Signe Marie Wenneberg | Board member | 01/06/2016 | 30/06/2022 |
| Nicolaj Kousgaard Pedersen | Deputy chair | 14/12/2016 | 30/11/2023 |
| Kasper Lenbroch | Board member | 21/02/2017 | 01/03/2022 |
| Mads Pedersen Lystbæk | Board member | 27/11/2017 | 01/12/2022 |
| Allan Juel Thomsen | Board member | 07/12/2018 | 11/09/2019 |
| Claus Hein Meier | Director | 01/02/2020 | 01/01/2024 |
| Esben Møller Xu | Board member | 04/12/2020 | 30/11/2024 |
| Allan Juel Thomsen | Board member | 30/11/2021 | 16/01/2024 |
| Charlotte Wandorf | Board member | 01/03/2022 | 01/10/2022 |
| Mette Schacht Færch | Board member | 01/10/2022 | 08/09/2025 |
| Søren Dalum Tinggaard | CEO | 01/01/2024 | 08/09/2025 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af den samlede bestyrelse eller af en direktør og bestyrelsesformanden i forening.
Address and production units
2 active production unitsDanish Crown Vej 1
8940 Randers SV
Randers Municipality · Postcode 8940
Other companies at the address (5)
- Danish Crown A/SProcessing of pork
- Leverandørselskabet Danish Crown AMBAWholesale of live animals
- Nordicon A/SSea and coastal freight water transport
- AgroGas ApSResearch and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
- Nordicspoor A/SWholesale of luggage and leather goods
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRILAND A/S | Danish Crown Vej 1, 8940 Randers SV | 13 | 1000995616 |
| Jeanette Lund Rosenstrøm | Engtoftevej 21, st, 9000 Aalborg | 1 | 1019867451 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at fremme salget af frilandsgrisen, økologisk kød og andre alternativt producerede fødevarer med særlige krav til husdyretik og miljø samt at fremme produktionen af disse produkter, herunder rådgivning til producenterne af produktionsmæssig karakter.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
126 registered events32014
22015
62016
52017
22018
22019
102020
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42025
20254 changesaccounts 1 · management 3
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
- ManagementSvend Schou Borch appointed ceo
- ManagementSøren Dalum Tinggaard stepped down as ceo
- ManagementMette Schacht Færch stepped down as board member
20247 changesmanagement 6 · accounts 1
- ManagementHenrik Søgaard appointed board member
- ManagementEsben Møller Xu stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
- ManagementAllan Juel Thomsen appointed deputy chair
- ManagementAllan Juel Thomsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementSøren Dalum Tinggaard appointed ceo
- ManagementClaus Hein Meier stepped down as director
20233 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
- ManagementNiels Agergaard Thing appointed board member
- ManagementNicolaj Kousgaard Pedersen stepped down as deputy chair
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
202210 changesaccounts 1 · address 1 · management 8
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
- AddressMoved to Danish Crown Vej 1, 8940 Randers SV
- ManagementOle Feldbjerg Jakobsen appointed board member
- ManagementMads Pedersen Lystbæk stepped down as board member
- ManagementMette Schacht Færch appointed board member
- ManagementCharlotte Wandorf stepped down as board member
- ManagementMarie-Louise Boisen Lendal appointed board member
- ManagementSigne Marie Wenneberg stepped down as board member
- ManagementCharlotte Wandorf appointed board member
- ManagementKasper Lenbroch stepped down as board member
20213 changesaccounts 2 · management 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
- ManagementAllan Juel Thomsen appointed board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
202010 changesmanagement 9 · address 1
- ManagementBo Bastian Bejer appointed board member
- ManagementEsben Møller Xu appointed board member
- ManagementFrode Flyvbjerg Kristensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementNielli Simmelsgaard stepped down as board member
- ManagementTorben Langer stepped down as board member
- AddressMoved to Tulipvej 1, 8940 Randers SV
- ManagementFinn Klostermann appointed board member
- ManagementClaus Hein Meier stepped down as board member
- ManagementClaus Hein Meier appointed director
- ManagementHenrik Find Bang Biilmann stepped down as director
20192 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementNiels Schelde Jensen appointed board member
- ManagementAllan Juel Thomsen stepped down as board member
20182 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementAllan Juel Thomsen appointed board member
- ManagementArne Juel Jensen stepped down as board member
20175 changesmanagement 4 · address 1
- ManagementMads Pedersen Lystbæk appointed board member
- ManagementErling Christensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementKasper Lenbroch appointed board member
- ManagementUffe Frovst stepped down as board member
- AddressMoved to Tulipvej 1, 8940 Randers SV
20166 changesmanagement 6
- ManagementNicolaj Kousgaard Pedersen appointed deputy chair
- ManagementNicolaj Kousgaard Pedersen stepped down as board member
- ManagementSigne Marie Wenneberg appointed board member
- ManagementPeter Fallesen Kjær Ravn appointed chair of the board
- ManagementBjarne Møller stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementPeter Fallesen Kjær Ravn stepped down as board member
20152 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementUffe Frovst appointed board member
- ManagementErik Michael Bredholt stepped down as board member
20143 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementClaus Hein Meier appointed board member
- ManagementLorenz Hansen stepped down as board member
- ManagementPeter Fallesen Kjær Ravn appointed board member
20133 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementBent Korsholm stepped down as board member
- ManagementHenrik Find Bang Biilmann appointed director
- ManagementKarsten Deibjerg Kristensen stepped down as director
20122 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementArne Juel Jensen appointed board member
- ManagementGert Ladegaard Jensen stepped down as board member
20101 changeownership 1
- OwnershipDANISH CROWN A/S registered as owner (100%)
20095 changesaddress 1 · management 4
- AddressMoved to Marsvej 43, 8960 Randers SØ
- ManagementBent Korsholm appointed board member
- ManagementNicolaj Kousgaard Pedersen appointed board member
- ManagementKjell Elkjær Klemmensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementBertel Hestbjerg stepped down as board member
20076 changesmanagement 6
- ManagementFrode Flyvbjerg Kristensen appointed board member
- ManagementNielli Simmelsgaard appointed board member
- ManagementTorben Langer appointed board member
- ManagementSøren Bak stepped down as board member
- ManagementKenn Nørrehvedde Jensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementSvend Fredsted stepped down as board member
20054 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementSøren Bak appointed board member
- ManagementPeter Bruun stepped down as board member
- ManagementErling Christensen appointed board member
- ManagementJørgen Birch Jensen stepped down as board member
200410 changesmanagement 9 · address 1
- ManagementBertel Hestbjerg appointed board member
- ManagementKjell Elkjær Klemmensen appointed board member
- ManagementPeter Bruun appointed board member
- ManagementGert Ladegaard Jensen appointed board member
- ManagementJørgen Birch Jensen appointed board member
- ManagementJens Ulrik Tarpgaard stepped down as board member
- ManagementTage Gammelgaard stepped down as board member
- ManagementFolmer Pedersen stepped down as board member
- ManagementPoul Erik Olsen stepped down as board member
- AddressMoved to Brårupgade 3, 7800 Skive
20032 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementErik Michael Bredholt appointed board member
- ManagementJørgen Laursen Vig stepped down as board member
20019 changesname 1 · management 8
- NameName changed from FRILAND FOOD A/S to FRILAND A/S
- ManagementLorenz Hansen appointed board member
- ManagementJens Ulrik Tarpgaard appointed board member
- ManagementJens Møller stepped down as board member
- ManagementBjarke Christiansen stepped down as board member
- ManagementKenn Nørrehvedde Jensen appointed board member
- ManagementTage Gammelgaard appointed board member
- ManagementNis Arne Hansen Hjort stepped down as board member
- ManagementLeo Bisgaard Andersen stepped down as board member
19993 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementJørgen Laursen Vig appointed board member
- ManagementJens Møller appointed board member
- ManagementBjarke Christiansen appointed board member
19982 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementSvend Fredsted appointed board member
- ManagementCarsten Schmidt Paulsen stepped down as board member
19968 changesmanagement 8
- ManagementNis Arne Hansen Hjort appointed board member
- ManagementCarsten Schmidt Paulsen appointed board member
- ManagementFolmer Pedersen appointed board member
- ManagementKetil Skovgaard-Petersen stepped down as board member
- ManagementOrla Zinck stepped down as board member
- ManagementBjarne Møller appointed chair of the board
- ManagementLeo Bisgaard Andersen appointed board member
- ManagementPer Alfred Boisen Andersen stepped down as board member
19951 changecapital 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 750,000 DKK to 1,230,000 DKK
19942 changescapital 1 · management 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 1,500,000 DKK to 750,000 DKK
- ManagementJens Bagger stepped down as board member
19932 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementHans Bergmann Schjødt stepped down as board member
- ManagementLone Skovgaard-Petersen stepped down as board member
19929 changesfounded 1 · management 8
- FoundedRegistered as FRILAND FOOD A/S
- ManagementKetil Skovgaard-Petersen appointed board member
- ManagementHans Bergmann Schjødt appointed board member
- ManagementPer Alfred Boisen Andersen appointed board member
- ManagementKarsten Deibjerg Kristensen appointed director
- ManagementLone Skovgaard-Petersen appointed board member
- ManagementPoul Erik Olsen appointed board member
- ManagementOrla Zinck appointed board member
- ManagementJens Bagger appointed board member
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Largest in the industry
- Ess-food A/SDKK 227.5m
- Delika Food Group A/SDKK 198.7m
- John Nielsen Finans ApSDKK 181m
- Nowaco A/SDKK 175.3m
- Bpi A/SDKK 121.5m
- J.N. MEAT International ApSDKK 119.2m
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.