CVRdatabase
Menu

Hippotigris ApS

Private limited companyCVR 47246814MariboActive

Hippotigris ApS is a private limited company, based in Maribo, active in botanical and zoological gardens, founded in 1973. Net profit rose 325% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 2.7m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 2 of 16 companies in the industry in the database. With 144 employees, the company is about 36 times larger than the industry median.

Follow
PDF reportCompare

Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 53.6m+6.9% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 2.7m+325.4% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 57m+5% vs. 2024
Employees144latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 7% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 53.6m.
  • Net profit rose 325% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.7m.
  • Equity rose 5% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 57m.

Employees

  • 14 fewer employees than a year earlier: 144 (07/2026) against 158 (07/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Botanical and zoological gardens (914100)

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 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40mDKK 50mDKK 60m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Hippotigris ApS
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit38,85753,80447,90947,50350,17553,644+6.9%
Operating profit (EBIT)5,94011,6762,1086,8424,2617,136+67.5%
Profit before tax5,67911,5642,22421,8758723,699+324.3%
Net profit4,4708,9751,91820,9306382,715+325.4%
Total assets69,054108,715141,163162,961181,630182,848+0.7%
Equity22,31531,29033,20854,13854,25656,970+5%
Liabilities46,73977,424107,955108,823127,374125,878−1.2%
Cash and cash equivalents1,0285062,3773,5501,9882,322+16.8%
Average number of employees55687162730−100%

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.

Download the figures as CSV · free with an account, amounts in whole DKK

DKK 0DKK 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40mDKK 50m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (16 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • Fewer employees

    The number of employees fell 100% from 73 in 2024 to 0 in 2025.

    How is this calculated?

    The number of employees according to the annual report has fallen by at least 25%, and was at least 10 the year before.

  • 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 Hippotigris ApS
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202511/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202425/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202301/07/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202225/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202130/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202001/07/2021The companyPDFXBRL

The figures from all the annual reports are shown on this page. The documents themselves (PDF and XBRL, the machine-readable edition) are downloaded with a Pro account: sign in or create a free account, and then choose Pro. XBRL is the edition the figures on the page are read from.

Employees

monthly figures from CVR
02040608010012014016018008/2309/2310/2311/2312/2301/2402/2403/2404/2405/2406/2407/2408/2409/2410/2411/2412/2401/2502/2503/2504/2505/2506/2507/2508/2509/2510/2511/2512/2501/2602/2603/2604/2605/2606/2607/26
Employees

Position in the industry

16 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in botanical and zoological gardens based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 53.6mNo. 2 of 16
Better than 93% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 57mNo. 2 of 16
Better than 93% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees144No. 15 of 16
Better than 7% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 2.7m, net profit DKK 158k, equity DKK 632k, 4 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 549kDKK 3mDKK 16.5mDKK 51.5mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 16 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 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison
No. 1,643of 4,412
Better than 63%
No. 1,098of 4,466
Better than 75%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 1,402of 10,152
Better than 86%
No. 1,837of 10,275
Better than 82%
All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison
No. 655of 66,379
Better than 99%
No. 1,870of 66,505
Better than 97%

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

Botanical and zoological gardens
Gross profit
  1. Hippotigris ApSDKK 53.6m
  2. Jesperhus Resort ApSDKK 90.8m
  3. Ree Park Safari ApSDKK 19.3m
Net profit
  1. Hippotigris ApSDKK 2.7m
  2. Jesperhus Resort ApSDKK 17.6m
  3. Ree Park Safari ApS−DKK 15m
Equity
  1. Hippotigris ApSDKK 57m
  2. Jesperhus Resort ApSDKK 125.7m
  3. Ree Park Safari ApS−DKK 9.9m
Employees
  1. Hippotigris ApS144
  2. Jesperhus Resort ApS395
  3. Ree Park Safari ApS88

Latest financial year per company. Choose up to three companies from the largest in the industry.

Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Knuthenborg Holding ApS100%
Hippotigris ApS

Management

1 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Hippotigris ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Adam Christoffer KnuthCEO01/09/2007
Former management (14)
Former management at Hippotigris ApS
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Adam Wilhelm Josef KnuthBoard member26/10/197312/12/2013
Adam Wilhelm Josef KnuthDirector26/10/197310/11/1989
Ditlev Helge Knuth-WinterfeldtBoard member26/10/197310/11/1989
Charlotte Birgitte Bille Brahe KnuthBoard member26/10/197329/05/2018
Charlotte Birgitte Bille Brahe KnuthDirector26/10/197326/09/2003
John Otto Raben-LevetzauBoard member26/10/197308/01/1996
Karen Mathilde KnuthBoard member26/10/197321/12/1987
Karen Mathilde KnuthDirector26/10/197321/12/1987
Eggert Christoffer Adam Henrik KnuthBoard member26/10/197303/10/1989
Stig Daniel Bille Brahe SelbyBoard member08/01/199629/05/2018
Steffen StrædeDirector26/09/200301/09/2007
Adam Christoffer KnuthBoard member07/06/200429/05/2018
Carsten HaagensenBoard member15/02/200809/04/2010
Anders Jørgen HillerupChair of the board12/12/201329/05/2018

Signing rule: Selskabet  tegnes af den samlede direktion

Address and production units

2 active production units

Knuthenborg Allé 2
4930 Maribo

Lolland Municipality · Postcode 4930

Open in OpenStreetMap
Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Knuthenborg Park og SafariKnuthenborg Park 17, 4941 Bandholm1451015233873
HIPPOTIGRIS ApSKnuthenborg Allé 2, Hunseby, 4930 Maribo121001893827

Purpose

Selskabets formål er - på et videnskabeligt grundlag - at drive safaripark og hermed beslægtet virksomhed, for dermed at formidle viden om natur og naturbevarelse for parkens gæster og at deltage aktivt i in situ naturbevarelse.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

44 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Botanical and zoological gardens (914100)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20185 changesname 1 · management 4
  • Name changed from HIPPOTIGRIS A/S to HIPPOTIGRIS ApS
  • Anders Jørgen Hillerup stepped down as chair of the board
  • Adam Christoffer Knuth stepped down as board member
  • Stig Daniel Bille Brahe Selby stepped down as board member
  • Charlotte Birgitte Bille Brahe Knuth stepped down as board member
20153 changesaddress 1 · ownership 2
  • Moved to Knuthenborg Allé 2, Hunseby, 4930 Maribo
  • Knuthenborg Holding ApS registered as owner (100%)
  • Adam Christoffer Knuth is no longer registered as owner
20132 changesmanagement 2
  • Anders Jørgen Hillerup appointed chair of the board
  • Adam Wilhelm Josef Knuth stepped down as board member
20101 changemanagement 1
  • Carsten Haagensen stepped down as board member
20082 changesmanagement 1 · industry 1
  • Carsten Haagensen appointed board member
  • Industry changed to Botaniske og zoologiske haver samt naturreservater (910400)
20074 changesmanagement 2 · address 1 · ownership 1
  • Adam Christoffer Knuth appointed ceo
  • Steffen Stræde stepped down as director
  • Moved to Birketvej 1, 4941 Bandholm
  • Adam Christoffer Knuth registered as owner (100%)
20041 changemanagement 1
  • Adam Christoffer Knuth appointed board member
20032 changesmanagement 2
  • Steffen Stræde appointed director
  • Charlotte Birgitte Bille Brahe Knuth stepped down as director
19962 changesmanagement 2
  • Stig Daniel Bille Brahe Selby appointed board member
  • John Otto Raben-Levetzau stepped down as board member
19893 changesmanagement 3
  • Adam Wilhelm Josef Knuth stepped down as director
  • Ditlev Helge Knuth-Winterfeldt stepped down as board member
  • Eggert Christoffer Adam Henrik Knuth stepped down as board member
19872 changesmanagement 2
  • Karen Mathilde Knuth stepped down as board member
  • Karen Mathilde Knuth stepped down as director
197310 changesfounded 1 · management 9
  • Registered as HIPPOTIGRIS A/S
  • Karen Mathilde Knuth appointed board member
  • Adam Wilhelm Josef Knuth appointed board member
  • Eggert Christoffer Adam Henrik Knuth appointed board member
  • Karen Mathilde Knuth appointed director
  • Adam Wilhelm Josef Knuth appointed director
  • Ditlev Helge Knuth-Winterfeldt appointed board member
  • Charlotte Birgitte Bille Brahe Knuth appointed board member
  • Charlotte Birgitte Bille Brahe Knuth appointed director
  • John Otto Raben-Levetzau appointed board member

Related companies

Same people in management

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. The company is protected against advertising; contact details are not shown, and the data must not be used for marketing.

View in CVRReport a correction