H.j. Hansen Recycling A/S

Public limited companyCVR 24336212Odense CActive

H.j. Hansen Recycling A/S is a public limited company, based in Odense C, active in materials recovery, founded in 1936. Net profit fell 17% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 34.9m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 2 of 68 companies in the industry in the database. Operations are spread over 23 production units in 20 towns.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 2.9bn+4.2% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 34.9m−16.7% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 251.1m+5.8% vs. 2024
Employees217latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 104% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 260.8m.
  • Revenue rose 4% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.9bn.
  • Net profit fell 17% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 34.9m.
  • Equity rose 6% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 251.1m.

Employees

  • 4 more employees than a year earlier: 217 (07/2026) against 213 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • Stepped down: Kim Schroll Nielsen (deputy board member, 28/02/2026).

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 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200mDKK 250m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for H.j. Hansen Recycling A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue1,328,8042,411,9323,674,7062,851,7282,739,3222,854,552+4.2%
Gross profit59,611136,457191,563153,678127,964260,799+103.8%
Operating profit (EBIT)34,54085,135118,52782,45857,58545,900−20.3%
Profit before tax24,15073,743107,03569,67750,43640,716−19.3%
Net profit18,88260,08097,87057,46541,81434,851−16.7%
Total assets328,409486,108570,893629,198614,329622,421+1.3%
Equity54,855114,342201,258218,722237,302251,094+5.8%
Liabilities271,854367,760367,935408,776377,027371,327−1.5%
Cash and cash equivalents2,5637,93625,71625,3589,57515,055+57.2%
Average number of employees177198214222207219+5.8%

Source: annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority (XBRL). Group figures; change is the latest year against the year before. “–” means the figure is not stated in the annual report.

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DKK 0DKK 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200mDKK 250m202020212022202320242025
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 H.j. Hansen Recycling A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/10/2024 – 30/09/202511/12/2025The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202401/10/2023 – 30/09/202422/12/2024The groupPDFXBRL
202301/10/2022 – 30/09/202302/01/2024The groupPDFXBRL
202201/10/2021 – 30/09/202202/01/2023The groupPDFXBRL
202101/10/2020 – 30/09/202122/12/2021The groupPDFXBRL
202001/10/2019 – 30/09/202023/12/2020The groupPDFXBRL

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Employees

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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 260.8mNo. 2 of 68
Better than 99% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 251.1mNo. 3 of 68
Better than 97% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees217No. 3 of 68
Better than 97% 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 200–499 employees796 companies in the comparison
No. 199of 763
Better than 74%
No. 227of 796
Better than 72%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 346of 10,152
Better than 97%
No. 654of 10,275
Better than 94%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 594of 17,786
Better than 97%
No. 1,212of 18,024
Better than 93%

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. H.j. Hansen Recycling A/SDKK 260.8m
  2. Scanmetals A/SDKK 279.7m
  3. Stena Recycling A/SDKK 209.2m
Net profit
  1. H.j. Hansen Recycling A/SDKK 34.9m
  2. Scanmetals A/S−DKK 34.1m
  3. Stena Recycling A/SDKK 15.4m
Equity
  1. H.j. Hansen Recycling A/SDKK 251.1m
  2. Scanmetals A/SDKK 189.8m
  3. Stena Recycling A/SDKK 399.8m
Employees
  1. H.j. Hansen Recycling A/S217
  2. Scanmetals A/S111
  3. Stena Recycling A/S465

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register

Management

8 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at H.j. Hansen Recycling A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Mogens Bach ChristensenCEO21/06/2019
Steffen Simpson JonasenDirector01/10/2022

Board of directors

Board of directors at H.j. Hansen Recycling A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Torben Østergaard NielsenBoard member19/12/2011
John Hundstrup BentsenBoard member20/12/2018
Jens Jørgen Hempel-HansenDeputy chair13/06/2019
Christian Pagaard JunkerChair of the board13/06/2019
Mogens Bach ChristensenBoard member17/09/2019
Jeanne Irene JørgensenBoard member21/12/2022
Former management (57)
Former management at H.j. Hansen Recycling A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Jens Jørgen Hempel-HansenBoard member16/06/193612/06/2019
Hans Erik Hempel-HansenBoard member16/06/193611/06/2015
Hans Erik Hempel-HansenDirector16/06/193618/06/1992
Ole MaareBoard member16/06/193611/06/2015
Hans Henning HaldboDirector16/06/193614/11/2005
Søren Torkild KjærgaardBoard member16/06/193618/06/1992
Niels Frederik HabekostDirector16/06/193609/01/1989
Poul NørregaardCEO16/06/193630/06/2000
Svend Aage RaskBoard member16/06/193618/06/1992
Hans Christian HansenDeputy board member16/06/193618/06/1992
Ove Peder HansenDeputy board member16/06/193618/06/1992
Erik LarsenDeputy board member16/06/193601/09/2000
Johnny SønnichsenDirector16/06/193618/06/1992
Per Bang AndersenBoard member16/06/193602/02/1996
Henning Anders Johannes JørgensenBoard member16/06/193613/02/1998
Otto Kragh JespersenBoard member16/06/193627/11/2000
Poul NørregaardBoard member30/06/200019/12/2011
Jens Jørgen Hempel-HansenCEO01/07/200001/09/2015
Henriette ChristensenDeputy board member01/09/200023/05/2006
Søren Krog PedersenDeputy board member01/09/200023/05/2006
Jens Peder HansenBoard member30/01/200126/02/2009
Claus Koch JensenDirector02/01/200412/09/2008
John Hundstrup BentsenDeputy board member23/05/200601/03/2011
Poul Vestergaard HansenBoard member23/05/200631/12/2014
Roy Hartvig AndresenBoard member23/05/200623/02/2015
Brian Charles SvendsenBoard member23/05/200601/03/2011
Vita Margrethe Aalling BoysenDeputy board member23/05/200601/03/2011
Bjarne Normann MadsenChief financial officer01/03/200731/08/2012
Steen HemmingsenChair of the board28/02/200805/04/2013
Morten Wig Harboe-JepsenDirector17/02/200903/02/2012
Steen HaustrupBoard member26/02/200931/03/2017
Klaus PorsborgDeputy board member01/03/201131/01/2015
Jørgen Ingemann HansenBoard member01/03/201119/12/2018
Helle VollerupDeputy board member01/03/201123/02/2015
Jesper Scheel SørensenDeputy board member01/03/201123/02/2015
Dan JohannessenDirector28/02/201310/04/2015
Jørgen Heinrich BastChair of the board05/04/201313/06/2019
Poul Lindholm KristenssonBoard member23/02/201503/10/2022
Michael Lødrup PetersenDeputy board member23/02/201501/12/2015
Jes AndersenDeputy board member23/02/201530/03/2016
Britt Damkær BruhnBoard member23/02/201531/03/2016
Carsten MygdamDeputy board member23/02/201530/06/2018
Peter LundBoard member11/06/201509/01/2019
Stig LumbyCEO01/09/201531/10/2015
Stig LumbyDirector01/11/201521/06/2019
Torben Nørgaard HansenCEO01/11/201521/06/2019
Carsten FichBoard member01/12/201513/06/2019
Jes AndersenBoard member31/03/201630/06/2018
Trine AndersenDeputy board member20/12/201830/09/2019
Jørgen Ingemann HansenDeputy board member20/12/201821/12/2022
Britt Damkær BruhnBoard member20/12/201828/10/2022
Jeanne Irene JørgensenDeputy board member20/12/201820/12/2022
Christian Pagaard JunkerDeputy chair10/01/201912/06/2019
Peter LundDeputy chair10/01/201913/06/2019
Hans Erik Hempel-HansenBoard member13/06/201917/09/2019
Jesper HansenDeputy board member21/12/202217/02/2023
Kim Schroll NielsenDeputy board member21/12/202228/02/2026

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Address and production units

23 active production units

Havnegade 110
5000 Odense C

Odense Municipality · Postcode 5000

Other companies at the address (1)

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
H.J. HANSEN RECYCLING A/SHavnegade 110, 5000 Odense C1451003014905
H.J. Hansen Recycling A/S - Bildemontering - OdenseHavnegade 155, 5000 Odense C211026300807
H.J. Hansen Recycling - TaulovPrinsessens Kvarter 6, Tårup, 7000 Fredericia71027360773
H.J. Hansen Recycling A/S - Bildemontering - HvidovreStamholmen 53, 2650 Hvidovre61026063848
H.J. Hansen Recycling A/S - SkiveKillesmosevej 25, 7800 Skive61026326229
H.J. Hansen Recycling A/S, LindøHavnevejen 89B, 5330 Munkebo51015129448
H.J.Hansen Recycling A/S - ÅrhusManilavej 2, 8000 Aarhus C51002102548
H.J. Hansen - Recycling A/S - PrøvestenenA-Vej 13, 2300 København S41011708273
H.J. Hansen Recycling A/S - Aalborg LavavejLavavej 21, 9220 Aalborg Øst41029936524
H.J. Hansen Recycling A/S - HadsundHobrovej 103, 9560 Hadsund41021346248
H.J. Hansen Recycling A/S, KorsørNorvangen 19, 4220 Korsør31021457007
H.J. Hansen Recycling - KoldingSdr. Havnegade 68, 6000 Kolding21028762999
H.J. Hansen Recycling A/S - Bildemontering - GadstrupErhvervsparken 22, 4621 Gadstrup21026300815
H.J.Hansen Recycling A/S - MiddelfartFynsvej 68, Skrillinge, 5500 Middelfart21001574275
H.J. Hansen - Recycling A/S - HasselagerBeringvej 45, Bering, 8361 Hasselager11028159877

Showing 15 of 23 units (sorted by employees).

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel og fabrikation, herunder transport af egne og fremmede varer

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

138 registered events
20261 changemanagement 1
  • Kim Schroll Nielsen stepped down as deputy board member
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Industry changed to Materials recovery (382100)
20242 changesaccounts 2
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20232 changesmanagement 1 · accounts 1
  • Jesper Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20228 changesmanagement 8
  • Kim Schroll Nielsen appointed deputy board member
  • Jeanne Irene Jørgensen appointed board member
  • Jesper Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • Jørgen Ingemann Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jeanne Irene Jørgensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Britt Damkær Bruhn stepped down as board member
  • Poul Lindholm Kristensson stepped down as board member
  • Steffen Simpson Jonasen appointed director
20213 changesaccounts 1 · name 1 · merger 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Name changed from H.J. HANSEN GENVINDINGSINDUSTRI A/S to H.J. HANSEN RECYCLING A/S
  • Merger registered in CVR
20201 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
201918 changesaddress 2 · management 16
  • Moved to Havnegade 110, 5000 Odense C
  • Moved to Havnegade 100D, 5000 Odense C
  • Trine Andersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Mogens Bach Christensen appointed board member
  • Hans Erik Hempel-Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Mogens Bach Christensen appointed ceo
  • Stig Lumby stepped down as director
  • Torben Nørgaard Hansen stepped down as ceo
  • Christian Pagaard Junker appointed chair of the board
  • Hans Erik Hempel-Hansen appointed board member
  • Jens Jørgen Hempel-Hansen appointed deputy chair
  • Peter Lund stepped down as deputy chair
  • Carsten Fich stepped down as board member
  • Jørgen Heinrich Bast stepped down as chair of the board
  • Christian Pagaard Junker stepped down as deputy chair
  • Christian Pagaard Junker appointed deputy chair
  • Peter Lund appointed deputy chair
  • Peter Lund stepped down as board member
20188 changesmanagement 8
  • Trine Andersen appointed deputy board member
  • John Hundstrup Bentsen appointed board member
  • Britt Damkær Bruhn appointed board member
  • Jørgen Ingemann Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • Jeanne Irene Jørgensen appointed deputy board member
  • Jørgen Ingemann Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Jes Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Carsten Mygdam stepped down as deputy board member
20172 changescapital 1 · management 1
  • Share capital changed from 7,001,000 DKK to 8,000,000 DKK
  • Steen Haustrup stepped down as board member
20163 changesmanagement 3
  • Jes Andersen appointed board member
  • Britt Damkær Bruhn stepped down as board member
  • Jes Andersen stepped down as deputy board member
201519 changesmanagement 19
  • Carsten Fich appointed board member
  • Michael Lødrup Petersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Stig Lumby appointed director
  • Torben Nørgaard Hansen appointed ceo
  • Stig Lumby stepped down as ceo
  • Stig Lumby appointed ceo
  • Jens Jørgen Hempel-Hansen stepped down as ceo
  • Peter Lund appointed board member
  • Hans Erik Hempel-Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Dan Johannessen stepped down as director
  • Jes Andersen appointed deputy board member
  • Poul Lindholm Kristensson appointed board member
  • Carsten Mygdam appointed deputy board member
  • Britt Damkær Bruhn appointed board member
  • Michael Lødrup Petersen appointed deputy board member
  • Helle Vollerup stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jesper Scheel Sørensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Roy Hartvig Andresen stepped down as board member
  • Klaus Porsborg stepped down as deputy board member
20141 changemanagement 1
  • Poul Vestergaard Hansen stepped down as board member
20136 changesaddress 1 · capital 1 · ownership 1 · management 3
  • Moved to Havnegade 100D, 5000 Odense C
  • Share capital changed from 7,000,000 DKK to 7,001,000 DKK
  • H.J. HANSEN HOLDING A/S registered as owner (100%)
  • Jørgen Heinrich Bast appointed chair of the board
  • Steen Hemmingsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Dan Johannessen appointed director
20122 changesmanagement 2
  • Bjarne Normann Madsen stepped down as chief financial officer
  • Morten Wig Harboe-Jepsen stepped down as director
20119 changesmanagement 9
  • Torben Østergaard Nielsen appointed board member
  • Poul Nørregaard stepped down as board member
  • Jørgen Ingemann Hansen appointed board member
  • Klaus Porsborg appointed deputy board member
  • Helle Vollerup appointed deputy board member
  • Jesper Scheel Sørensen appointed deputy board member
  • Vita Margrethe Aalling Boysen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Brian Charles Svendsen stepped down as board member
  • John Hundstrup Bentsen stepped down as deputy board member
20094 changescapital 1 · management 3
  • Share capital changed from 6,000,000 DKK to 7,000,000 DKK
  • Steen Haustrup appointed board member
  • Jens Peder Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Morten Wig Harboe-Jepsen appointed director
20085 changesmanagement 2 · capital 1 · merger 1 · industry 1
  • Claus Koch Jensen stepped down as director
  • Share capital changed from 5,446,000 DKK to 6,000,000 DKK
  • Steen Hemmingsen appointed chair of the board
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Industry changed to Landfilling or permanent storage (383200)
20071 changemanagement 1
  • Bjarne Normann Madsen appointed chief financial officer
20067 changesmanagement 7
  • Vita Margrethe Aalling Boysen appointed deputy board member
  • Brian Charles Svendsen appointed board member
  • Roy Hartvig Andresen appointed board member
  • Poul Vestergaard Hansen appointed board member
  • John Hundstrup Bentsen appointed deputy board member
  • Søren Krog Pedersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Henriette Christensen stepped down as deputy board member
20043 changescapital 1 · merger 1 · management 1
  • Share capital changed from 4,110,000 DKK to 5,446,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Claus Koch Jensen appointed director
20033 changescapital 2 · merger 1
  • Share capital changed from 4,100,000 DKK to 4,110,000 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 4,000,000 DKK to 4,100,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
20011 changemanagement 1
  • Jens Peder Hansen appointed board member
20007 changesmanagement 7
  • Otto Kragh Jespersen stepped down as board member
  • Søren Krog Pedersen appointed deputy board member
  • Henriette Christensen appointed deputy board member
  • Erik Larsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jens Jørgen Hempel-Hansen appointed ceo
  • Poul Nørregaard appointed board member
  • Poul Nørregaard stepped down as ceo
19991 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
19981 changemanagement 1
  • Henning Anders Johannes Jørgensen stepped down as board member
19961 changemanagement 1
  • Per Bang Andersen stepped down as board member
19925 changesmanagement 5
  • Hans Erik Hempel-Hansen stepped down as director
  • Johnny Sønnichsen stepped down as director
  • Ove Peder Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Hans Christian Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Svend Aage Rask stepped down as board member
193612 changesfounded 1 · management 11
  • Registered as H.J. HANSEN GENVINDINGSINDUSTRI A/S
  • Hans Erik Hempel-Hansen appointed board member
  • Hans Erik Hempel-Hansen appointed director
  • Otto Kragh Jespersen appointed board member
  • Henning Anders Johannes Jørgensen appointed board member
  • Per Bang Andersen appointed board member
  • Johnny Sønnichsen appointed director
  • Erik Larsen appointed deputy board member
  • Ove Peder Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • Hans Christian Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • Svend Aage Rask appointed board member
  • Poul Nørregaard appointed ceo

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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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