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Hou Brugsforening. Hals AMBA

Cooperative society with limited liabilityCVR 43486519HalsActive

Hou Brugsforening. Hals AMBA is a cooperative society with limited liability, based in Hals, active in retail sale of groceries in supermarkets and grocery stores, founded in 1914. After a loss in 2024, the company made a profit of DKK 144k in 2025. With 49 employees, the company is about 6 times larger than the industry median. The company has existed for over 110 years.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 8m+25.5% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 144k+106% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 11.3m+1.3% vs. 2024
Employees49latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 26% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 8m.
  • Net profit went from a loss of DKK 2.4m to a profit of DKK 144k (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity rose 1% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 11.3m.

Employees

  • 8 fewer employees than a year earlier: 49 (07/2026) against 57 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Andreas Bundgaard Bech (distributor, 01/03/2025), Susanne Busk Hansen (chair of the board, 24/04/2025) and Annelise Kjærulff (board member, 24/04/2025) (+3).
  • Stepped down: Lena Nymark Horne (board member, 24/04/2025), Ulla Larsen-Coles (chair of the board, 24/04/2025) and Leon Andreas Jensen (distributor, 28/02/2025) (+3).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 24/04/2025: Name changed from HOU BRUGSFORENING. HALS to HOU BRUGSFORENING. HALS AMBA
  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Retail sale of groceries in supermarkets and grocery stores (471120)

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 5mDKK 0DKK 5mDKK 10mDKK 15mDKK 20m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Hou Brugsforening. Hals AMBA
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit8,9319,3557,7486,0346,3848,013+25.5%
Operating profit (EBIT)–1,359−333−3,391−3,187179+105.6%
Profit before tax1,1141,425−665−4,234−3,073176+105.7%
Net profit8671,127−519−3,450−2,403144+106%
Total assets26,89326,92925,32322,83521,91622,587+3.1%
Equity16,36617,50116,99813,55711,16011,309+1.3%
Liabilities8,9687,8286,8718,60810,75611,245+4.5%
Cash and cash equivalents1,83917544842020180−60.5%
Average number of employees151516181815−16.7%

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.

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DKK 0DKK 2mDKK 4mDKK 6mDKK 8mDKK 10m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (604 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Hou Brugsforening. Hals AMBA
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202523/04/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202425/04/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202322/04/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202204/05/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202119/05/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202023/04/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

604 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in retail sale of groceries in supermarkets and grocery stores based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 8mNo. 170 of 603
Better than 72% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 11.3mNo. 125 of 604
Better than 79% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees49No. 181 of 604
Better than 70% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 3.6m, net profit DKK 66,737, equity DKK 2.1m, 8 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 1.5mDKK 21.7mDKK 320.7mDKK 1.9bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 593 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 20–49 employees9,922 companies in the comparison
No. 6,496of 9,892
Better than 34%
No. 2,813of 9,922
Better than 72%
Same industry and 20–49 employees230 companies in the comparison
No. 27of 230
Better than 89%
No. 32of 230
Better than 86%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 4,634of 10,152
Better than 54%
No. 4,492of 10,275
Better than 56%
All companies of type ABA312 companies in the comparison
No. 145of 311
Better than 54%
No. 165of 312
Better than 47%

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

Retail sale of groceries in supermarkets and grocery stores
Gross profit
  1. Hou Brugsforening. Hals AMBADKK 8m
  2. Coop Danmark A/SDKK 4.7bn
  3. Nemlig.com A/SDKK 465.5m
Net profit
  1. Hou Brugsforening. Hals AMBADKK 144k
  2. Coop Danmark A/S−DKK 232m
  3. Nemlig.com A/S−DKK 28.1m
Equity
  1. Hou Brugsforening. Hals AMBADKK 11.3m
  2. Coop Danmark A/SDKK 1.9bn
  3. Nemlig.com A/SDKK 39m
Employees
  1. Hou Brugsforening. Hals AMBA49
  2. Coop Danmark A/S14,722
  3. Nemlig.com A/S1,448

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Management

10 active registrations

Board of directors

Board of directors at Hou Brugsforening. Hals AMBA
NameRoleAppointed
Gitte LarsenBoard member28/04/2015
Mads Busk Lykke PoulsenBoard member08/06/2023
Bjarke KjærBoard member18/04/2024
Charlotte Fabricius SøndermandBoard member18/04/2024
Andreas Bundgaard BechDistributor01/03/2025
Susanne Busk HansenChair of the board24/04/2025
Annelise KjærulffBoard member24/04/2025
Bjarne LyngøBoard member24/04/2025
Anders Kaunitz HylanderDeputy board member24/04/2025
Glenn Løkke AabenhusDeputy board member24/04/2025
Former management (42)
Former management at Hou Brugsforening. Hals AMBA
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Bodil BuskBoard member06/02/191421/05/1996
Nils VintherChair of the board06/02/191423/03/1998
Jens Nysom BatsbergBoard member06/02/191408/03/1999
Grethe PedersenBoard member06/02/191421/05/1996
Grethe Kjær HansenBoard member06/02/191421/04/1997
Peer Mark JensenDistributor06/02/191415/09/2001
Ragnhild Skanderup HansenBoard member06/02/191426/04/2016
Bente AxelsenBoard member21/04/199709/04/2001
Kurt NielsenBoard member23/03/199807/09/2000
Evald MartinsenBoard member23/03/199817/04/2000
Ulla Brask ØstergaardBoard member01/02/199917/04/2000
Finn Holt JensenBoard member08/03/199928/04/2011
Robert Nedergård PedersenBoard member08/03/199928/04/2011
Anni Grete OlesenDeputy board member08/03/199928/04/2011
Henning MortensenBoard member17/04/200026/04/2012
Bodil Andreasen BatsbergBoard member17/04/200029/04/2014
Christian Kjeld PedersenBoard member07/09/200028/04/2015
Signe Margrethe JensenBoard member09/04/200127/04/2010
Brian Badstue KirkDistributor15/09/200130/04/2023
Kristian Mark SørensenBoard member27/04/201024/04/2013
John ChristensenBoard member28/04/201109/03/2022
Ulla Larsen-ColesBoard member28/04/201127/04/2015
Inger DahlDeputy board member28/04/201124/04/2013
Jørgen CarlsenBoard member26/04/201227/04/2015
Willy KnudsenBoard member24/04/201330/04/2019
Else Sloth KarlsenDeputy board member24/04/201327/04/2023
Lena Nymark HorneBoard member29/04/201424/04/2025
Gitte LarsenDeputy board member29/04/201427/04/2015
Jørgen CarlsenDeputy chair28/04/201507/06/2023
Ulla Larsen-ColesChair of the board28/04/201524/04/2025
Jens Olav SilkjærDeputy board member28/04/201529/04/2019
Jens Olav SilkjærBoard member30/04/201918/04/2024
Michael Riis JensenBoard member30/04/201908/06/2023
Christina Maria Rosenkrantz ØstergaardDeputy board member30/04/201908/03/2022
Christina Maria Rosenkrantz ØstergaardBoard member09/03/202218/04/2024
Mads Busk Lykke PoulsenDeputy board member28/04/202207/06/2023
Bjarke KjærDeputy board member27/04/202317/04/2024
Leon Andreas JensenDistributor01/05/202328/02/2025
Jørgen CarlsenDeputy board member08/06/202324/04/2025
Charlotte Fabricius SøndermandBoard member08/06/202317/04/2024
Susanne Busk HansenBoard member18/04/202423/04/2025
Annelise KjærulffDeputy board member18/04/202423/04/2025

Signing rule: Ved køb og salg samt pantsætning af fast ejendom og optagelse af lån i øvrigt, tegning af garantikapital eller afgivelse af anden sikkerhedsstillelse, tegnes brugsforeningen af formanden og uddeleren i forening eller af en af disse i forening med 2 bestyrelsesmedlemmer. Bortset herfra tegnes brugsforeningen af formanden eller uddeleren.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Brogade 23
9370 Hals

Aalborg Municipality · Postcode 9370

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
HOU BRUGSFORENING. HALS AMBABrogade 23, Hou, 9370 Hals461003075508

Purpose

Brugsforeningens formål er at skaffe medlemmerne de bedst mulige varer til de lavest mulige priser, samt optage andre opgaver af økonomisk og almennyttig art til gavn for forbrugerne. Til opnåelse af dette formål skal foreningen være medlem af Fællesforeningen for Danmarlks Brugsforeninger og så vidt muligt indkøbe sine varer gennem Coop Danmark A/S. Foreningen kan efter bestyrelsens beslutning være medlem af andre foreninger, selskaber samt institutioner, som er af betydning for foreningens virksomhed, og kan tegne kapital i disse.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

98 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
202513 changesaccounts 1 · name 1 · management 10 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Name changed from HOU BRUGSFORENING. HALS to HOU BRUGSFORENING. HALS AMBA
  • Susanne Busk Hansen appointed chair of the board
  • Glenn Løkke Aabenhus appointed deputy board member
  • Anders Kaunitz Hylander appointed deputy board member
  • Bjarne Lyngø appointed board member
  • Annelise Kjærulff appointed board member
  • Jørgen Carlsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Ulla Larsen-Coles stepped down as chair of the board
  • Lena Nymark Horne stepped down as board member
  • Susanne Busk Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Annelise Kjærulff stepped down as deputy board member
  • Industry changed to Retail sale of groceries in supermarkets and grocery stores (471120)
20249 changesaccounts 1 · management 8
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Susanne Busk Hansen appointed board member
  • Charlotte Fabricius Søndermand appointed board member
  • Bjarke Kjær appointed board member
  • Annelise Kjærulff appointed deputy board member
  • Christina Maria Rosenkrantz Østergaard stepped down as board member
  • Jens Olav Silkjær stepped down as board member
  • Charlotte Fabricius Søndermand stepped down as board member
  • Bjarke Kjær stepped down as deputy board member
20239 changesmanagement 8 · accounts 1
  • Jørgen Carlsen appointed deputy board member
  • Charlotte Fabricius Søndermand appointed board member
  • Mads Busk Lykke Poulsen appointed board member
  • Michael Riis Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Mads Busk Lykke Poulsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jørgen Carlsen stepped down as deputy chair
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Bjarke Kjær appointed deputy board member
  • Else Sloth Karlsen stepped down as deputy board member
20225 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Mads Busk Lykke Poulsen appointed deputy board member
  • Christina Maria Rosenkrantz Østergaard appointed board member
  • John Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Christina Maria Rosenkrantz Østergaard stepped down as deputy board member
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20195 changesmanagement 5
  • Christina Maria Rosenkrantz Østergaard appointed deputy board member
  • Jens Olav Silkjær appointed board member
  • Michael Riis Jensen appointed board member
  • Willy Knudsen stepped down as board member
  • Jens Olav Silkjær stepped down as deputy board member
20161 changemanagement 1
  • Ragnhild Skanderup Hansen stepped down as board member
20158 changesmanagement 8
  • Ulla Larsen-Coles appointed chair of the board
  • Gitte Larsen appointed board member
  • Jens Olav Silkjær appointed deputy board member
  • Jørgen Carlsen appointed deputy chair
  • Christian Kjeld Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Gitte Larsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jørgen Carlsen stepped down as board member
  • Ulla Larsen-Coles stepped down as board member
20143 changesmanagement 3
  • Lena Nymark Horne appointed board member
  • Gitte Larsen appointed deputy board member
  • Bodil Andreasen Batsberg stepped down as board member
20134 changesmanagement 4
  • Willy Knudsen appointed board member
  • Else Sloth Karlsen appointed deputy board member
  • Inger Dahl stepped down as deputy board member
  • Kristian Mark Sørensen stepped down as board member
20122 changesmanagement 2
  • Jørgen Carlsen appointed board member
  • Henning Mortensen stepped down as board member
20116 changesmanagement 6
  • Inger Dahl appointed deputy board member
  • Ulla Larsen-Coles appointed board member
  • John Christensen appointed board member
  • Anni Grete Olesen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Robert Nedergård Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Finn Holt Jensen stepped down as board member
20102 changesmanagement 2
  • Kristian Mark Sørensen appointed board member
  • Signe Margrethe Jensen stepped down as board member
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Retail sale of kiosk goods (471110)
20071 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Brogade 23, Hou, 9370 Hals
20012 changesmanagement 2
  • Signe Margrethe Jensen appointed board member
  • Bente Axelsen stepped down as board member
20006 changesmanagement 6
  • Christian Kjeld Pedersen appointed board member
  • Kurt Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Bodil Andreasen Batsberg appointed board member
  • Henning Mortensen appointed board member
  • Ulla Brask Østergaard stepped down as board member
  • Evald Martinsen stepped down as board member
19995 changesmanagement 5
  • Anni Grete Olesen appointed deputy board member
  • Robert Nedergård Pedersen appointed board member
  • Finn Holt Jensen appointed board member
  • Jens Nysom Batsberg stepped down as board member
  • Ulla Brask Østergaard appointed board member
19983 changesmanagement 3
  • Evald Martinsen appointed board member
  • Kurt Nielsen appointed board member
  • Nils Vinther stepped down as chair of the board
19972 changesmanagement 2
  • Bente Axelsen appointed board member
  • Grethe Kjær Hansen stepped down as board member
19962 changesmanagement 2
  • Bodil Busk stepped down as board member
  • Grethe Pedersen stepped down as board member
19147 changesfounded 1 · management 6
  • Registered as HOU BRUGSFORENING. HALS
  • Bodil Busk appointed board member
  • Nils Vinther appointed chair of the board
  • Jens Nysom Batsberg appointed board member
  • Ragnhild Skanderup Hansen appointed board member
  • Grethe Kjær Hansen appointed board member
  • Grethe Pedersen appointed board member

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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 24/10/2026.

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