Hottinger Brüel & Kjær A/S

Public limited companyCVR 23958414VirumActive

Hottinger Brüel & Kjær A/S is a public limited company, based in Virum, active in manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation, founded in 1957. The company went from a profit in 2024 to a loss of DKK 5.8m in 2025. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 7 of 140 companies in the industry in the database. With 386 employees, the company is about 55 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 651.7m+9.3% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 5.8m−163.8% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 286.5m+3.6% vs. 2024
Employees386latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 17% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 282.1m.
  • Revenue rose 9% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 651.7m.
  • Net profit went from a profit of DKK 9.1m to a loss of DKK 5.8m (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity rose 4% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 286.5m.

Employees

  • 24 fewer employees than a year earlier: 386 (07/2026) against 410 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Stefan Black (ceo, 30/03/2026).
  • Stepped down: Danica Sucur (ceo, 02/03/2026).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation (265100)

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 50mDKK 0DKK 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200mDKK 250mDKK 300m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Hottinger Brüel & Kjær A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue778,835674,302728,175784,719596,486651,713+9.3%
Gross profit397,236439,882443,172469,604338,706282,089−16.7%
Operating profit (EBIT)18,81544,78816,05072,0488,0695,695−29.4%
Profit before tax16,53535,70211,75766,43310,1131,388−86.3%
Net profit10,88426,25710,64252,4899,052−5,778−163.8%
Total assets493,231783,865725,018693,270748,991674,549−9.9%
Equity284,313313,190288,953317,527276,595286,501+3.6%
Liabilities194,747461,293425,859362,142459,520378,995−17.5%
Average number of employees432425453447436401,000+91,872.5%

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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Gross profitMedian, the industry (140 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Hottinger Brüel & Kjær A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202530/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202430/06/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202327/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202230/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202128/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202030/06/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

140 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 282.1mNo. 7 of 140
Better than 96% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 286.5mNo. 8 of 140
Better than 95% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees386No. 1 of 140
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 5.6m, net profit DKK 614k, equity DKK 4.2m, 7 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 1.3mDKK 15.9mDKK 200.3mDKK 1.1bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 132 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. 168of 763
Better than 78%
No. 202of 796
Better than 75%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 321of 10,152
Better than 97%
No. 582of 10,275
Better than 94%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 548of 17,786
Better than 97%
No. 1,091of 18,024
Better than 94%

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 instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation
Gross profit
  1. Hottinger Brüel & Kjær A/SDKK 282.1m
  2. Radiometer Medical ApSDKK 2.5bn
  3. Kamstrup A/SDKK 1.5bn
Net profit
  1. Hottinger Brüel & Kjær A/S−DKK 5.8m
  2. Radiometer Medical ApSDKK 851m
  3. Kamstrup A/SDKK 503.3m
Equity
  1. Hottinger Brüel & Kjær A/SDKK 286.5m
  2. Radiometer Medical ApSDKK 4.3bn
  3. Kamstrup A/SDKK 1.6bn
Employees
  1. Hottinger Brüel & Kjær A/S386
  2. Radiometer Medical ApS1,292
  3. Kamstrup A/S1,226

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Spectris Denmark ApS100%
Hottinger Brüel & Kjær A/S

Management

8 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Hottinger Brüel & Kjær A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Steen PinnerupDirector30/01/2020
Stefan BlackCEO30/03/2026

Board of directors

Board of directors at Hottinger Brüel & Kjær A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Steen PinnerupBoard member30/01/2020
Benjamin John BrysonChair of the board21/01/2022
Jørgen ThoningDeputy board member21/06/2022
Martin MeierBoard member21/06/2022
Kimberly Cooper MillerBoard member10/11/2022
Ole ThorhaugeBoard member31/12/2022
Former management (95)
Former management at Hottinger Brüel & Kjær A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Per Vilhelm BrüelBoard member03/09/195716/10/1991
Per Vilhelm BrüelDirector03/09/195716/10/1991
Mogens AndersenDirector03/09/195726/01/1995
Niels Birke BrüelBoard member03/09/195704/09/1992
Niels Birke BrüelDirector03/09/195704/09/1992
Viggo KjærBoard member03/09/195704/09/1992
Viggo KjærDirector03/09/195716/10/1991
Uffe Regnar JensenBoard member03/09/195704/09/1992
Ib Svend BuchmannBoard member03/09/195704/09/1992
Hanne BuchmannBoard member03/09/195725/11/1991
Kirsten KjærBoard member03/09/195725/11/1991
Kirsten KjærDirector03/09/195704/09/1992
Morten SøltoftBoard member03/09/195701/07/1999
Finn Østerberg NygaardDeputy board member03/09/195703/12/1990
Finn Werner RasmussenBoard member03/09/195703/12/1990
Sonja BrinklandDeputy board member03/09/195704/09/2002
Aage Courrech-NielsenBoard member03/09/195701/01/1992
Karl-Erik RasmussenBoard member03/09/195707/05/2014
Udo Gunther Werner StarkDeputy chair03/09/195731/08/1993
Peter Michael BrieseChair of the board03/09/195731/08/1993
Jon Sigurd OttersenBoard member03/09/195730/07/1993
Jon Sigurd OttersenDirector03/09/195731/08/1993
Hans-Peter NottrodtBoard member03/09/195726/04/1994
Gerhard WidlChair of the board03/09/195726/01/1995
Peter ChristophersenBoard member01/01/199201/09/1998
Jan BergBoard member11/03/199223/10/1996
Jan BergDirector11/03/199230/01/1996
Jørn Kildegaard AndersenCEO01/07/199211/03/1993
Dieter Heinz WillaschChair of the board01/01/199515/09/2000
Susanne D NiedhofDeputy chair01/01/199530/01/1996
Erling BilleDeputy board member23/05/199530/01/1996
Peter Mørch EriksenCEO30/01/199623/10/1996
Steen BjerreDirector30/01/199623/10/1996
Hans Erik Maegaard HansenDirector30/01/199623/10/1996
Wolfgang Wilhelm Helmut KindlerBoard member30/01/199615/09/2000
Wolfgang Wilhelm Helmut KindlerCEO23/10/199615/09/2000
Jurgen RepenningDeputy chair23/10/199624/09/1997
Werner LotzBoard member23/10/199629/03/2000
Søren Otto BurchardtDirector24/09/199707/09/2001
Knut Staubo LangmackBoard member01/07/199928/02/2013
Erich Werner GeorgBoard member29/03/200015/09/2000
Henrik Ole HåkonssonBoard member15/09/200031/07/2001
Henrik Ole HåkonssonCEO15/09/200031/07/2001
Søren Otto BurchardtBoard member15/09/200007/09/2001
Graham ZachariasDeputy chair15/09/200026/01/2005
Nils Utke FossBoard member15/06/200128/11/2011
Henrik StenbjerreBoard member15/06/200128/11/2011
James Anthony OtterChair of the board14/09/200109/07/2002
James Anthony OtterCEO14/09/200124/05/2002
James Arthur Richard BoydBoard member20/09/200106/02/2006
James Arthur Richard BoydDirector20/09/200106/02/2006
Karl Kristian NielsenBoard member24/05/200231/07/2008
Karl Kristian NielsenCEO24/05/200231/07/2008
Hans Daniel NilssonChair of the board09/07/200204/07/2003
Klaus ElkDeputy board member04/09/200201/03/2006
Ilse Højbro MadsenDeputy board member04/09/200207/05/2014
Stephen Clive HarrisChair of the board04/07/200314/09/2005
Stephen HareDeputy chair26/01/200521/07/2006
James Charles WebsterChair of the board14/09/200517/02/2014
Arne RasmussenBoard member01/03/200605/09/2014
Arne RasmussenDirector01/03/200605/09/2014
Roger John StephensDeputy chair21/07/200612/10/2006
Clive Graeme WatsonDeputy chair12/10/200628/01/2019
Lars RønnBoard member01/09/200830/04/2015
Lars RønnCEO01/09/200830/04/2015
Torben BjørnBoard member28/11/201130/04/2022
Peter GaardsdalBoard member01/03/201307/05/2014
Eoghan Pól O´LionairdChair of the board17/02/201406/05/2019
Lars Birger NielsenBoard member28/04/201424/05/2018
René JohnsenDeputy board member07/05/201421/06/2022
Poul Amtoft DahlDeputy board member07/05/201421/06/2022
Lone Gundelach KjeldsenBoard member07/05/201421/06/2022
Tommy Markvard LarsenBoard member07/05/201421/06/2022
Jørgen ThoningDeputy board member07/05/201420/06/2022
Bjarne Grølsted-KristensenBoard member05/09/201401/09/2019
Bjarne Grølsted-KristensenChief financial officer05/09/201429/04/2015
Bjarne Grølsted-KristensenCEO30/04/201501/11/2015
Søren HolstBoard member02/11/201528/01/2019
Søren HolstCEO02/11/201528/01/2019
Bjarne Grølsted-KristensenDirector02/11/201501/09/2019
Martin Qvist OlsenBoard member24/05/201821/06/2022
Mette Munk Boje-LarsenBoard member24/05/201828/01/2019
Torben BjørnDirector28/01/201930/04/2022
Joseph Michael VorihDeputy chair28/01/201905/05/2019
Sanne Kjærsgaard HjordrupBoard member28/01/201905/05/2019
Joseph Michael VorihChair of the board06/05/201915/01/2022
Sanne Kjærsgaard HjordrupDeputy chair06/05/201908/12/2020
Henrik Sandbjerg NielsenBoard member12/09/201930/01/2020
Henrik Sandbjerg NielsenDirector12/09/201930/01/2020
Thomas Rosenkilde AndersonDeputy chair08/12/202031/12/2022
Morten KirkelundBoard member30/04/202210/11/2022
Morten KirkelundCEO30/04/202231/01/2023
Lars LindemoseBoard member21/06/202231/12/2022
Ole ThorhaugeDeputy board member21/06/202230/12/2022
Danica SucurCEO01/03/202302/03/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af alle bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening, eller af formanden eller næstformanden i forening med et bestyrelsesmedlem, eller af formanden eller næstformanden i forening med en direktør, eller af to direktører i forening.

Address and production units

2 active production units
Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Hottinger Brüel & Kjær A/STeknikerbyen 28, Søllerød, 2830 Virum3861001877513
BRüEL & KJÆR SOUND & VIBRATION MEASUREMENT A/SNydamsvej 19, 8362 Hørning11023255037

Purpose

Selskabets formål er handel, industri og investering samt andre efter bestyrelsens skøn i forbindelse hermed forbundne aktiviteter og at virke som holdingselskab for Brüel & Kjær-koncernens datterselskaber.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

135 registered events
20263 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Stefan Black appointed ceo
  • Danica Sucur stepped down as ceo
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation (265100)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20233 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Danica Sucur appointed ceo
  • Morten Kirkelund stepped down as ceo
202223 changesmanagement 22 · accounts 1
  • Ole Thorhauge appointed board member
  • Lars Lindemose stepped down as board member
  • Thomas Rosenkilde Anderson stepped down as deputy chair
  • Ole Thorhauge stepped down as deputy board member
  • Kimberly Cooper Miller appointed board member
  • Morten Kirkelund stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Ole Thorhauge appointed deputy board member
  • Martin Meier appointed board member
  • Jørgen Thoning appointed deputy board member
  • Lars Lindemose appointed board member
  • Martin Qvist Olsen stepped down as board member
  • Lone Gundelach Kjeldsen stepped down as board member
  • René Johnsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Poul Amtoft Dahl stepped down as deputy board member
  • Tommy Markvard Larsen stepped down as board member
  • Jørgen Thoning stepped down as deputy board member
  • Morten Kirkelund appointed ceo
  • Morten Kirkelund appointed board member
  • Torben Bjørn stepped down as director
  • Torben Bjørn stepped down as board member
  • Benjamin John Bryson appointed chair of the board
  • Joseph Michael Vorih stepped down as chair of the board
20212 changesaddress 1 · accounts 1
  • Moved to Teknikerbyen 28, Søllerød, 2830 Virum
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20208 changesmanagement 6 · merger 1 · name 1
  • Thomas Rosenkilde Anderson appointed deputy chair
  • Sanne Kjærsgaard Hjordrup stepped down as deputy chair
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Name changed from BRüEL & KJÆR SOUND & VIBRATION MEASUREMENT A/S to Hottinger Brüel & Kjær A/S
  • Steen Pinnerup appointed board member
  • Steen Pinnerup appointed director
  • Henrik Sandbjerg Nielsen stepped down as director
  • Henrik Sandbjerg Nielsen stepped down as board member
201916 changesmanagement 16
  • Henrik Sandbjerg Nielsen appointed director
  • Henrik Sandbjerg Nielsen appointed board member
  • Bjarne Grølsted-Kristensen stepped down as director
  • Bjarne Grølsted-Kristensen stepped down as board member
  • Sanne Kjærsgaard Hjordrup appointed deputy chair
  • Joseph Michael Vorih appointed chair of the board
  • Eoghan Pól O´Lionaird stepped down as chair of the board
  • Joseph Michael Vorih stepped down as deputy chair
  • Sanne Kjærsgaard Hjordrup stepped down as board member
  • Joseph Michael Vorih appointed deputy chair
  • Sanne Kjærsgaard Hjordrup appointed board member
  • Torben Bjørn appointed director
  • Mette Munk Boje-Larsen stepped down as board member
  • Søren Holst stepped down as ceo
  • Søren Holst stepped down as board member
  • Clive Graeme Watson stepped down as deputy chair
20183 changesmanagement 3
  • Mette Munk Boje-Larsen appointed board member
  • Martin Qvist Olsen appointed board member
  • Lars Birger Nielsen stepped down as board member
20158 changesmanagement 8
  • Søren Holst appointed ceo
  • Bjarne Grølsted-Kristensen appointed director
  • Søren Holst appointed board member
  • Bjarne Grølsted-Kristensen stepped down as ceo
  • Bjarne Grølsted-Kristensen appointed ceo
  • Lars Rønn stepped down as ceo
  • Lars Rønn stepped down as board member
  • Bjarne Grølsted-Kristensen stepped down as chief financial officer
201414 changesmanagement 14
  • Bjarne Grølsted-Kristensen appointed chief financial officer
  • Bjarne Grølsted-Kristensen appointed board member
  • Arne Rasmussen stepped down as board member
  • Arne Rasmussen stepped down as director
  • Lone Gundelach Kjeldsen appointed board member
  • René Johnsen appointed deputy board member
  • Poul Amtoft Dahl appointed deputy board member
  • Jørgen Thoning appointed deputy board member
  • Tommy Markvard Larsen appointed board member
  • Peter Gaardsdal stepped down as board member
  • Ilse Højbro Madsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Lars Birger Nielsen appointed board member
  • Eoghan Pól O´Lionaird appointed chair of the board
  • James Charles Webster stepped down as chair of the board
20131 changemanagement 1
  • Peter Gaardsdal appointed board member
20113 changesmanagement 3
  • Torben Bjørn appointed board member
  • Nils Utke Foss stepped down as board member
  • Henrik Stenbjerre stepped down as board member
20085 changesmanagement 4 · industry 1
  • Lars Rønn appointed ceo
  • Lars Rønn appointed board member
  • Karl Kristian Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Karl Kristian Nielsen stepped down as ceo
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation (265100)
20071 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Skodsborgvej 307, 2850 Nærum
200610 changesmanagement 9 · ownership 1
  • Clive Graeme Watson appointed deputy chair
  • Roger John Stephens stepped down as deputy chair
  • Roger John Stephens appointed deputy chair
  • Stephen Hare stepped down as deputy chair
  • SPECTRIS DENMARK ApS registered as owner (100%)
  • Arne Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Arne Rasmussen appointed director
  • Klaus Elk stepped down as deputy board member
  • James Arthur Richard Boyd stepped down as director
  • James Arthur Richard Boyd stepped down as board member
20054 changesmanagement 4
  • James Charles Webster appointed chair of the board
  • Stephen Clive Harris stepped down as chair of the board
  • Stephen Hare appointed deputy chair
  • Graham Zacharias stepped down as deputy chair
20032 changesmanagement 2
  • Stephen Clive Harris appointed chair of the board
  • Hans Daniel Nilsson stepped down as chair of the board
20027 changesmanagement 7
  • Klaus Elk appointed deputy board member
  • Ilse Højbro Madsen appointed deputy board member
  • Hans Daniel Nilsson appointed chair of the board
  • James Anthony Otter stepped down as chair of the board
  • Karl Kristian Nielsen appointed board member
  • Karl Kristian Nielsen appointed ceo
  • James Anthony Otter stepped down as ceo
200110 changesmanagement 7 · industry 1 · name 1 · merger 1
  • James Arthur Richard Boyd appointed director
  • James Arthur Richard Boyd appointed board member
  • James Anthony Otter appointed ceo
  • James Anthony Otter appointed chair of the board
  • Henrik Ole Håkonsson stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Fremstilling af andet måle- og kontroludstyr (332090)
  • Name changed from SPECTRIS HOLDING DENMARK A/S to BRüEL & KJÆR SOUND & VIBRATION MEASUREMENT A/S
  • Nils Utke Foss appointed board member
  • Henrik Stenbjerre appointed board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
20002 changesmanagement 2
  • Henrik Ole Håkonsson appointed board member
  • Graham Zacharias appointed deputy chair
19991 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Ikke-finansielle holdingselskaber (741500)
19962 changescapital 1 · name 1
  • Share capital changed from 101,000,000 DKK to 102,000,000 DKK
  • Name changed from BRÜEL & KJÆR MEASUREMENTS A/S to SPECTRIS HOLDING DENMARK A/S
19932 changesname 1 · capital 1
  • Name changed from BRÜEL & KJÆR EXPORT A/S to BRÜEL & KJÆR MEASUREMENTS A/S
  • Share capital changed from 100,000,000 DKK to 101,000,000 DKK
19921 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 31,625,000 DKK to 100,000,000 DKK
19571 changefounded 1
  • Registered as BRÜEL & KJÆR EXPORT 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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