GK Pharma ApS
Private limited companyCVR 81267316KøgeActive
GK Pharma ApS is a private limited company, based in Køge, active in manufacture of perfumes, shampoo, toothpaste and similar, founded in 1977. Net profit rose 177% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 2.6m. Profit has grown three years in a row. With 17 employees, the company is about 4 times larger than the industry median.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit rose 55% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 5.9m.
- Net profit rose 177% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.6m.
- Equity rose 81% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 4m.
Employees
- 9 fewer employees than a year earlier: 17 (07/2026) against 26 (07/2025).
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 | 13,993 | 16,711 | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | – |
| Gross profit | 4,560 | 4,823 | 3,926 | 3,214 | 3,823 | 5,931 | +55.2% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 1,839 | 2,066 | 1,480 | 1,237 | 1,338 | 3,513 | +162.6% |
| Profit before tax | 1,788 | 2,008 | 1,316 | 1,129 | 1,233 | 3,398 | +175.6% |
| Net profit | 1,385 | 1,563 | 1,007 | 862 | 954 | 2,647 | +177.4% |
| Total assets | 6,053 | 4,782 | 10,470 | 10,333 | 9,615 | 11,909 | +23.9% |
| Equity | 1,585 | 1,763 | 1,266 | 2,128 | 2,232 | 4,029 | +80.5% |
| Liabilities | 4,469 | 3,020 | 9,204 | 8,205 | 7,383 | 7,880 | +6.7% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 783 | 184 | 432 | 0 | 579 | 2,252 | +289.3% |
| Average number of employees | – | – | 16 | 15 | 18 | 22 | +22.2% |
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 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 | 01/01/2025 – 31/12/2025 | 27/05/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024 | 05/05/2025 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 13/05/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 12/07/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021 | 13/06/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020 | 25/06/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
35 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in manufacture of perfumes, shampoo, toothpaste and similar based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 4.7m, net profit DKK 1m, equity DKK 3.3m, 4 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. 10,860of 69,742 Better than 84% | No. 16,245of 69,964 Better than 77% |
| Same industry and fewer than 20 employees21 companies in the comparison | No. 5of 21 Better than 80% | No. 5of 21 Better than 80% |
| Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison | No. 5,289of 10,152 Better than 48% | No. 6,631of 10,275 Better than 35% |
| All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison | No. 11,494of 66,379 Better than 83% | No. 13,050of 66,505 Better than 80% |
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
Manufacture of perfumes, shampoo, toothpaste and similar- GK Pharma ApSDKK 5.9m
- Derma Pharm A/SDKK 122.1m
- Riemann A/SDKK 104.8m
- GK Pharma ApSDKK 2.6m
- Derma Pharm A/SDKK 28.5m
- Riemann A/SDKK 37.1m
- GK Pharma ApSDKK 4m
- Derma Pharm A/SDKK 78.1m
- Riemann A/SDKK 66.5m
- GK Pharma ApS17
- Derma Pharm A/S138
- Riemann A/S63
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership Register- Salvefabrikken ApS100%
Management
3 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Klaus Groth | CEO | 06/03/2017 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Klaus Groth | Board member | 06/03/2017 |
| Dorthe Groth | Chair of the board | 13/02/2023 |
Former management (18)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Vagn Thomsen | Director | 22/09/1977 | 17/06/1993 |
| Eigil Rechnagel | Director | 22/09/1977 | 17/06/1993 |
| Gunnar Kjems | Chair of the board | 01/01/1996 | 13/02/2023 |
| Gunnar Kjems | Director | 01/01/1996 | 01/01/1996 |
| Peter Neergaard | Board member | 01/01/1996 | 26/05/2009 |
| Erik Rasmussen | Board member | 01/01/1996 | 01/01/2004 |
| Erik Rasmussen | Director | 01/01/1996 | 31/12/2002 |
| Henrik Kjærsgaard Nielsen | CEO | 01/01/2003 | 01/01/2004 |
| Henrik Kjærsgaard Nielsen | Board member | 27/05/2003 | 01/01/2004 |
| Ole Haslund | Board member | 27/05/2003 | 07/06/2018 |
| Klaus Groth | Board member | 01/01/2004 | 01/08/2012 |
| Klaus Groth | CEO | 01/01/2004 | 01/08/2012 |
| Ole Kristensen | Board member | 19/05/2005 | 29/05/2007 |
| Trine Bente Kjems | Board member | 29/05/2007 | 07/06/2018 |
| Andrew John Reks Jacobsen | Board member | 01/08/2012 | 31/01/2014 |
| Andrew John Reks Jacobsen | Director | 01/08/2012 | 31/01/2014 |
| Lars Skov Ibsen | Board member | 19/05/2014 | 01/01/2017 |
| Lars Skov Ibsen | CEO | 19/05/2014 | 01/01/2017 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af to medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening eller af en direktør alene.
Address and production units
1 active production unitsEgøjevej 162C
4600 Køge
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK PHARMA ApS | Egøjevej 162C, 4600 Køge | 16 | 1002617680 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive fabrikation af veterinærmedicin, kosmetiske produkter og der med beslægtet virksomhed samt handels-, financierings- og investeringsvirksomhed.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
53 registered events20261 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
20251 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
20241 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
20233 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
- ManagementDorthe Groth appointed chair of the board
- ManagementGunnar Kjems stepped down as chair of the board
20222 changesownership 1 · accounts 1
- OwnershipGunnar Kjems is no longer registered as owner
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
20191 changeownership 1
- OwnershipSalvefabrikken ApS registered as owner (100%)
20182 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementTrine Bente Kjems stepped down as board member
- ManagementOle Haslund stepped down as board member
20174 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementKlaus Groth appointed ceo
- ManagementKlaus Groth appointed board member
- ManagementLars Skov Ibsen stepped down as ceo
- ManagementLars Skov Ibsen stepped down as board member
20144 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementLars Skov Ibsen appointed ceo
- ManagementLars Skov Ibsen appointed board member
- ManagementAndrew John Reks Jacobsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementAndrew John Reks Jacobsen stepped down as director
20124 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementAndrew John Reks Jacobsen appointed board member
- ManagementAndrew John Reks Jacobsen appointed director
- ManagementKlaus Groth stepped down as board member
- ManagementKlaus Groth stepped down as ceo
20091 changemanagement 1
- ManagementPeter Neergaard stepped down as board member
20072 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementTrine Bente Kjems appointed board member
- ManagementOle Kristensen stepped down as board member
20051 changemanagement 1
- ManagementOle Kristensen appointed board member
20045 changesmanagement 5
- ManagementKlaus Groth appointed board member
- ManagementKlaus Groth appointed ceo
- ManagementHenrik Kjærsgaard Nielsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementHenrik Kjærsgaard Nielsen stepped down as ceo
- ManagementErik Rasmussen stepped down as board member
20033 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementHenrik Kjærsgaard Nielsen appointed board member
- ManagementOle Haslund appointed board member
- ManagementHenrik Kjærsgaard Nielsen appointed ceo
20021 changemanagement 1
- ManagementErik Rasmussen stepped down as director
20001 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to Egøjevej 162C, 4600 Køge
19967 changescapital 1 · management 6
- CapitalShare capital changed from 80,000 DKK to 200,000 DKK
- ManagementPeter Neergaard appointed board member
- ManagementGunnar Kjems appointed chair of the board
- ManagementGunnar Kjems appointed director
- ManagementGunnar Kjems stepped down as director
- ManagementErik Rasmussen appointed director
- ManagementErik Rasmussen appointed board member
19933 changesname 1 · management 2
- NameName changed from DUNCANS, ERIK V. THOMSEN ApS to GK PHARMA ApS
- ManagementErik Vagn Thomsen stepped down as director
- ManagementEigil Rechnagel stepped down as director
19891 changename 1
- NameName changed from ERIK V. THOMSEN ApS to DUNCANS, ERIK V. THOMSEN ApS
19774 changesfounded 1 · management 2 · ownership 1
- FoundedRegistered as ERIK V. THOMSEN ApS
- ManagementErik Vagn Thomsen appointed director
- ManagementEigil Rechnagel appointed director
- OwnershipGunnar Kjems registered as owner (50%)
Related companies
Same people in management
- Foodpeople A/Svia Hans Erik Frederiksen
- Magle Biopolymers A/Svia Lars Skov Ibsen
- Cool Sorption A/Svia Hans Erik Frederiksen
- Vipergen ApSvia Gunnar Kjems
- Dansk Køkkenhåndværk A/Svia Hans Erik Frederiksen
- Gunnar Kjems ApSvia Gunnar Kjems
Largest in the industry
- Derma Pharm A/SDKK 122.1m
- Riemann A/SDKK 104.8m
- Pharma-trade A/SDKK 89.9m
- Persano Group A/SDKK 89m
- KiiltoClean A/SDKK 64.6m
- Australian Bodycare Continental 2012 ApSDKK 59.6m
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.