Hempel A/S

Public limited companyCVR 59946013Kongens LyngbyActive

Hempel A/S is a public limited company, based in Kongens Lyngby, active in wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment, founded in 1943. Net profit rose 110% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 168m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 3 of 429 companies in the industry in the database. Profit has grown three years in a row.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 2.2bn−0.9% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 168m+110% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 1.2bn+7.2% vs. 2024
Employees445latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Net profit rose 110% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 168m.
  • Equity rose 7% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.2bn.

Employees

  • 11 fewer employees than a year earlier: 445 (07/2026) against 456 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Astrid Benedikte Simonsen Joos (board member, 20/03/2026), Peter Gormsen (director, 01/08/2026) and Eric Per Jerker Alström (ceo, 01/08/2026) (+2).
  • Stepped down: Michael Hansen (ceo, 12/06/2026), Peter Gormsen (director, 11/06/2026) and Britt Meelby Jensen (board member, 20/03/2026) (+2).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 05/10/2026: Share capital changed from 148,078,519 DKK to 148,116,207 DKK
  • 23/04/2026: Share capital changed from 148,090,110 DKK to 148,078,519 DKK
  • 03/03/2026: Share capital changed from 148,074,254 DKK to 148,090,110 DKK
  • 29/09/2025: Share capital changed from 148,054,099 DKK to 148,074,254 DKK
  • 12/05/2025: Share capital changed from 148,057,565 DKK to 148,054,099 DKK
  • 11/03/2025: Moved to Lundtoftegårdsvej 91, 2800 Kongens Lyngby

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 2016–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

DKK 0DKK 200mDKK 400mDKK 600mDKK 800mDKK 1bnDKK 1.2bn2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Hempel A/S
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue110,000117,000123,000131,0001,542,0001,774,0002,159,0002,351,0002,185,0002,165,000−0.9%
Gross profit63,00064,00064,00071,000605,000672,000784,000915,000948,000955,000+0.7%
Operating profit (EBIT)13,000−1,00014,0007,00089,000112,000–189,000–––
Profit before tax39,00032,00050,00056,00064,00095,00056,00082,000220,000213,000−3.2%
Net profit33,00041,00043,00049,00043,00066,00035,00050,00080,000168,000+110%
Total assets690,000689,000769,000854,0001,410,0002,496,0002,655,0002,667,0002,631,0002,414,000−8.2%
Equity458,000442,000448,000470,000486,000570,000547,000559,0001,125,0001,206,000+7.2%
Liabilities231,000246,000318,000384,000924,0001,926,0002,108,0002,108,0001,506,0001,208,000−19.8%
Cash and cash equivalents5,0006,00005,000265,000176,000––210,000163,000−22.4%
Average number of employees––––66,746–––––

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.

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DKK 0DKK 200mDKK 400mDKK 600mDKK 800mDKK 1bn2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (430 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

10 financial years
Annual reports for Hempel A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202502/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202427/05/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202310/05/2024The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202203/05/2023The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202104/05/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202027/05/2021The groupPDFXBRL
201901/01/2019 – 31/12/201902/06/2020The companyPDFXBRL
201801/01/2018 – 31/12/201826/05/2019The companyPDFXBRL
201701/01/2017 – 31/12/201725/05/2018The companyPDFXBRL
201601/01/2016 – 31/12/201630/05/2017The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

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Employees

Position in the industry

430 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 955mNo. 3 of 429
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 1.2bnNo. 3 of 430
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees445No. 4 of 430
Better than 99% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 5.9m, net profit DKK 623k, equity DKK 6.3m, 7 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 1.2mDKK 13.3mDKK 152.6mDKK 778.2mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 416 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. 14of 763
Better than 98%
No. 57of 796
Better than 93%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 95of 10,152
Better than 99%
No. 188of 10,275
Better than 98%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 153of 17,786
Better than 99%
No. 359of 18,024
Better than 98%

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 wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment
Gross profit
  1. Hempel A/SDKK 955m
  2. Stark Danmark A/SDKK 1.8bn
  3. Bygma A/SDKK 1.4bn
Net profit
  1. Hempel A/SDKK 168m
  2. Stark Danmark A/SDKK 238m
  3. Bygma A/SDKK 228m
Equity
  1. Hempel A/SDKK 1.2bn
  2. Stark Danmark A/SDKK 2bn
  3. Bygma A/SDKK 2.3bn
Employees
  1. Hempel A/S445
  2. Stark Danmark A/S2,792
  3. Bygma A/S1,891

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
Hempel A/S

Management

13 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Hempel A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Peter GormsenDirector01/08/2026
Eric Per Jerker AlströmCEO01/08/2026

Board of directors

Board of directors at Hempel A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Richard Rudolf SandChair of the board12/03/2010
Leif JensenBoard member29/03/2011
Helle FiedlerBoard member07/04/2015
Karsten Munk KnudsenBoard member29/04/2021
Stephan Sebastian RolstedBoard member27/04/2023
Vibeke Stendal LarsenBoard member27/04/2023
Sofia MavropoulouDeputy board member27/04/2023
Søren Peschardt OlesenDeputy chair30/08/2024
Christoffer Helsengreen SjøqvistBoard member30/08/2024
Michael Joseph Agnes Anton Victor LavrysenBoard member30/08/2024
Astrid Benedikte Simonsen JoosBoard member20/03/2026
Former management (79)
Former management at Hempel A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Ole Jørgen PontoppidanBoard member31/08/194315/10/1990
Leif Juul JørgensenDirector31/08/194317/04/2000
Jakob Buus LyngsøBoard member31/08/194314/05/1996
Palle Christian TernbyDeputy board member31/08/194316/05/1995
Børge Emil HansenBoard member31/08/194319/01/1989
Vilhelm Johannes KahlkeBoard member31/08/194313/08/1992
Henry Bayer KierkegaardBoard member31/08/194313/08/1992
Leif Juul JørgensenBoard member31/08/194328/04/1992
Bernardus Franciscus Maria van RijnDirector31/08/194301/08/1999
Jørgen Lindencrone StehrBoard member31/08/194317/11/1988
Troels HenrichsenChair of the board31/08/194316/01/1991
Poul Eckeberg KnudsenDirector31/08/194315/05/1997
Bjarne Verner Emil SørensenDeputy board member31/08/194317/06/1991
Ted GräslundBoard member31/08/194317/06/1991
Ove JensenBoard member31/08/194317/06/1991
Jørn Høyer LillelundDeputy chair31/08/194327/04/1993
Ole Borring SørensenBoard member31/08/194316/05/1995
Børge Andersen SkovstedBoard member31/08/194316/05/1995
Svend Rohde AndersenDeputy board member31/08/194317/06/1991
Rene HansenDeputy board member16/05/199512/11/2003
Bo Biering LauridsenBoard member16/05/199529/04/1999
Johan Christopher Torvholm MjelvaDeputy chair14/05/199614/05/1998
Leif Willy SvanbergChair of the board14/05/199629/04/1999
Poul Waldemar Riisgaard-MortensenDirector01/01/199801/02/2000
John RammerDeputy chair14/05/199808/04/2003
Allan Daniel KatzBoard member29/04/199909/06/2010
Bent Erik CarlsenChair of the board29/04/199904/04/2002
Ditlev Helmer EngelDirector01/08/199931/12/2004
Niels Olav JohannessonBoard member25/04/200004/04/2006
Waldemar SchmidtBoard member04/04/200212/11/2003
Bo HansenDeputy board member08/04/200327/03/2007
Birgitte JacobsenDeputy board member08/04/200329/03/2011
Lars AaenDeputy chair12/11/200304/04/2017
Kjeld RanumChair of the board12/11/200308/04/2005
Torkild Reedtz FunderBoard member16/04/200408/04/2005
John SchwartzbachBoard member16/04/200431/03/2009
Pierre Yves JullienCEO01/01/200529/03/2016
Claus CollianderChair of the board08/04/200512/03/2010
Anders PetterssonBoard member08/04/200506/04/2018
Ulf Lennart HolmBoard member24/08/200631/03/2016
Peder Holk NielsenBoard member24/08/200606/04/2018
Jesper Ulrik AndersenDeputy board member27/03/200729/03/2011
Jørgen JacobsenDeputy board member27/03/200712/03/2010
Ann Louise Krüger KofoedBoard member27/03/200707/04/2015
Henrik Bach FalkenbergBoard member09/06/201005/04/2019
Kim Junge AndersenDirector01/10/201001/01/2016
Søren Nyborg RasmussenDeputy board member29/03/201122/03/2013
Mads JuhlBoard member29/03/201122/03/2013
Kim Henrik ScheibelBoard member05/04/201304/04/2019
Lars Johan PeterssonDirector25/03/201504/07/2019
Jesper KongstadDeputy board member07/04/201519/12/2017
Bente MølgaardDeputy board member07/04/201505/04/2019
Susan Theresie BorelloDeputy board member07/04/201505/04/2019
Henrik AndersenDirector01/03/201628/03/2016
Henrik AndersenCEO29/03/201604/07/2019
Anders Boyer-SøgaardDirector25/05/201602/07/2018
Peter KirkegaardDirector01/07/201613/11/2020
Eric Per Jerker AlströmDeputy chair04/04/201730/08/2024
Marianne WiinholtBoard member04/04/201729/04/2021
Dimitrios LykouresisDeputy board member19/12/201705/04/2019
Søren Peschardt OlesenBoard member06/04/201829/08/2024
Susanna Madeleine Ulfsdotter SchneebergerBoard member06/04/201802/05/2024
Michael HansenDirector06/04/201801/01/2022
Lars Jønstrup DollerupDirector02/07/201824/05/2023
Lars Risum OlesenDeputy board member05/04/201927/04/2023
Kim Henrik ScheibelDeputy board member05/04/201928/02/2022
Mark Terrell SuttonBoard member05/04/201927/04/2023
Hans-Christian Kenneth SchwartzbachDeputy board member05/04/201927/04/2023
Maria Gomis CañeteBoard member05/04/201924/02/2022
Henrik AndersenDirector05/07/201931/07/2019
Lars Johan PeterssonCEO05/07/201914/10/2022
Kim Henrik ScheibelBoard member01/03/202227/04/2023
Michael HansenCEO15/10/202212/06/2026
Li Sin LiewDeputy board member27/04/202328/06/2024
Maria Carlsen SkovstedDeputy board member27/04/202331/12/2023
Peter GormsenDirector01/06/202311/06/2026
Britt Meelby JensenBoard member02/05/202420/03/2026
Peter GormsenCEO12/06/202631/07/2026
Emilie Celine BarriauDirector12/06/202601/08/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af bestyrelsens formand i forening med et medlem af bestyrelsen, eller af bestyrelsens formand i forening med et medlem af direktionen, eller af bestyrelsens næstformand i forening med et medlem af bestyrelsen, eller af bestyrelsens næstformand i forening med et medlem af direktionen, eller af den administrerende direktør i forening med et medlem af direktionen, eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Lundtoftegårdsvej 91
2800 Kongens Lyngby

Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality · Postcode 2800

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
HEMPEL A/SLundtoftegårdsvej 91, 2800 Kongens Lyngby4311003134925

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at videreføre den af afdøde fabrikant J.C. Hempel under firma HEMPEL A/S drevne virksomhed med fremstilling af og handel med farver, lakker samt andre kemiske og tekniske produkter, processer og anlæg i forbindelse dermed, direkte eller indirekte gennem ejerskab eller medejerskab af selskaber eller andre virksomheder iDanmark eller udlandet. Endvidere af erhverve og forvalte fast ejendom, drive finansieringsvirksomhed eller i øvrigt at udøve eller være interesseret i al anden virksomhed, der efter bestyrelsens skøn har forbindelse til de førnævnte formål.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

142 registered events
202614 changescapital 3 · management 10 · accounts 1
  • Share capital changed from 148,078,519 DKK to 148,116,207 DKK
  • Peter Gormsen appointed director
  • Eric Per Jerker Alström appointed ceo
  • Emilie Celine Barriau stepped down as director
  • Peter Gormsen stepped down as ceo
  • Peter Gormsen appointed ceo
  • Emilie Celine Barriau appointed director
  • Michael Hansen stepped down as ceo
  • Peter Gormsen stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Share capital changed from 148,090,110 DKK to 148,078,519 DKK
  • Astrid Benedikte Simonsen Joos appointed board member
  • Britt Meelby Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 148,074,254 DKK to 148,090,110 DKK
20255 changescapital 2 · accounts 1 · address 1 · industry 1
  • Share capital changed from 148,054,099 DKK to 148,074,254 DKK
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Share capital changed from 148,057,565 DKK to 148,054,099 DKK
  • Moved to Lundtoftegårdsvej 91, 2800 Kongens Lyngby
  • Industry changed to Wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment (468300)
202412 changescapital 2 · management 8 · ownership 1 · accounts 1
  • Share capital changed from 148,049,497 DKK to 148,057,565 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 115,000,000 DKK to 148,049,497 DKK
  • Christoffer Helsengreen Sjøqvist appointed board member
  • Michael Joseph Agnes Anton Victor Lavrysen appointed board member
  • Søren Peschardt Olesen appointed deputy chair
  • Eric Per Jerker Alström stepped down as deputy chair
  • SeaCoat Investments S.à r.l. registered as owner (20%)
  • Søren Peschardt Olesen stepped down as board member
  • Li Sin Liew stepped down as deputy board member
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Britt Meelby Jensen appointed board member
  • Susanna Madeleine Ulfsdotter Schneeberger stepped down as board member
202313 changesmanagement 12 · accounts 1
  • Maria Carlsen Skovsted stepped down as deputy board member
  • Peter Gormsen appointed director
  • Lars Jønstrup Dollerup stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Maria Carlsen Skovsted appointed deputy board member
  • Sofia Mavropoulou appointed deputy board member
  • Vibeke Stendal Larsen appointed board member
  • Stephan Sebastian Rolsted appointed board member
  • Li Sin Liew appointed deputy board member
  • Kim Henrik Scheibel stepped down as board member
  • Mark Terrell Sutton stepped down as board member
  • Lars Risum Olesen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Hans-Christian Kenneth Schwartzbach stepped down as deputy board member
20227 changesmanagement 6 · accounts 1
  • Michael Hansen appointed ceo
  • Lars Johan Petersson stepped down as ceo
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Kim Henrik Scheibel appointed board member
  • Kim Henrik Scheibel stepped down as deputy board member
  • Maria Gomis Cañete stepped down as board member
  • Michael Hansen stepped down as director
20217 changesaddress 4 · accounts 1 · management 2
  • Moved to Lundtoftegårdsvej 91, 2800 Kongens Lyngby
  • Moved to Lundtoftegårdsvej 91, 2800 Kongens Lyngby
  • Moved to Lundtoftegårdsvej 91, 2800 Kongens Lyngby
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Karsten Munk Knudsen appointed board member
  • Marianne Wiinholt stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Lundtoftegårdsvej 90, 2800 Kongens Lyngby
20202 changesmanagement 1 · accounts 1
  • Peter Kirkegaard stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2019 published
201917 changesmanagement 15 · accounts 1 · address 1
  • Henrik Andersen stepped down as director
  • Henrik Andersen appointed director
  • Lars Johan Petersson appointed ceo
  • Henrik Andersen stepped down as ceo
  • Lars Johan Petersson stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2018 published
  • Mark Terrell Sutton appointed board member
  • Kim Henrik Scheibel appointed deputy board member
  • Lars Risum Olesen appointed deputy board member
  • Maria Gomis Cañete appointed board member
  • Hans-Christian Kenneth Schwartzbach appointed deputy board member
  • Dimitrios Lykouresis stepped down as deputy board member
  • Susan Theresie Borello stepped down as deputy board member
  • Bente Mølgaard stepped down as deputy board member
  • Henrik Bach Falkenberg stepped down as board member
  • Kim Henrik Scheibel stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Lundtoftegårdsvej 91, 2800 Kongens Lyngby
20188 changesmanagement 7 · accounts 1
  • Lars Jønstrup Dollerup appointed director
  • Anders Boyer-Søgaard stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2017 published
  • Susanna Madeleine Ulfsdotter Schneeberger appointed board member
  • Michael Hansen appointed director
  • Søren Peschardt Olesen appointed board member
  • Peder Holk Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Anders Pettersson stepped down as board member
20177 changesmanagement 5 · address 1 · accounts 1
  • Dimitrios Lykouresis appointed deputy board member
  • Jesper Kongstad stepped down as deputy board member
  • Moved to Lundtoftegårdsvej 91, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby
  • Annual report for 2016 published
  • Eric Per Jerker Alström appointed deputy chair
  • Marianne Wiinholt appointed board member
  • Lars Aaen stepped down as deputy chair
20169 changesaddress 1 · management 8
  • Moved to Lundtoftegårdsvej 91, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby
  • Peter Kirkegaard appointed director
  • Anders Boyer-Søgaard appointed director
  • Ulf Lennart Holm stepped down as board member
  • Henrik Andersen appointed ceo
  • Pierre Yves Jullien stepped down as ceo
  • Henrik Andersen stepped down as director
  • Henrik Andersen appointed director
  • Kim Junge Andersen stepped down as director
20156 changesmanagement 6
  • Helle Fiedler appointed board member
  • Susan Theresie Borello appointed deputy board member
  • Jesper Kongstad appointed deputy board member
  • Bente Mølgaard appointed deputy board member
  • Ann Louise Krüger Kofoed stepped down as board member
  • Lars Johan Petersson appointed director
20134 changesaddress 1 · management 3
  • Moved to Lundtoftegårdsvej 91, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby
  • Kim Henrik Scheibel appointed board member
  • Søren Nyborg Rasmussen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Mads Juhl stepped down as board member
20114 changesmanagement 4
  • Leif Jensen appointed board member
  • Søren Nyborg Rasmussen appointed deputy board member
  • Mads Juhl appointed board member
  • Jesper Ulrik Andersen stepped down as deputy board member
20106 changesmanagement 5 · industry 1
  • Kim Junge Andersen appointed director
  • Henrik Bach Falkenberg appointed board member
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med lak, maling, tapet, gulvbelægning mv. (467320)
  • Richard Rudolf Sand appointed chair of the board
  • Jørgen Jacobsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Claus Colliander stepped down as chair of the board
20092 changesmanagement 1 · ownership 1
  • John Schwartzbach stepped down as board member
  • HEMPEL INVEST A/S registered as owner (66.67%)
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics (203000)
20073 changesmanagement 3
  • Jørgen Jacobsen appointed deputy board member
  • Ann Louise Krüger Kofoed appointed board member
  • Jesper Ulrik Andersen appointed deputy board member
20062 changesmanagement 2
  • Ulf Lennart Holm appointed board member
  • Peder Holk Nielsen appointed board member
20055 changesmanagement 5
  • Claus Colliander appointed chair of the board
  • Anders Pettersson appointed board member
  • Torkild Reedtz Funder stepped down as board member
  • Kjeld Ranum stepped down as chair of the board
  • Pierre Yves Jullien appointed ceo
20042 changesmanagement 2
  • Torkild Reedtz Funder appointed board member
  • John Schwartzbach appointed board member
20033 changesmanagement 2 · name 1
  • Kjeld Ranum appointed chair of the board
  • Lars Aaen appointed deputy chair
  • Name changed from J.C. HEMPEL'S SKIBSFARVE-FABRIK A/S to HEMPEL A/S
19931 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
19901 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 15,000,000 DKK to 115,000,000 DKK
19431 changefounded 1
  • Registered as J.C. HEMPEL'S SKIBSFARVE-FABRIK A/S

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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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