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Hounø A/S

Public limited companyCVR 82557210Randers SVActive

Hounø A/S is a public limited company, based in Randers SV, active in manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing, founded in 1977. Equity was negative at the end of 2025 (−DKK 94.5m). The company made a loss in both 2024 and 2025, most recently DKK 19.1m. With 89 employees, the company is about 5 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 42.5m−16% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 19.1m−52.9% vs. 2024
Equity−DKK 94.5m−25.3% vs. 2024
Employees89latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 16% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 42.5m.
  • The loss grew: from DKK 12.5m to DKK 19.1m (2024 → 2025).

Employees

  • 21 fewer employees than a year earlier: 89 (07/2026) against 110 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Anita Bertel Højriis (board member, 14/05/2025), Christian Jones (chair of the board, 14/05/2025) and Debora Douglass (board member, 14/05/2025).
  • Stepped down: Leif Andreasen (board member, 14/05/2025), Christian Jones (board member, 13/05/2025) and Debora Douglass (board member, 18/06/2025).

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 100m−DKK 80m−DKK 60m−DKK 40m−DKK 20mDKK 0202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Hounø A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit36,66745,12750,75111,85950,65842,542−16%
Operating profit (EBIT)−22,581−22,596−13,647−50,405−8,754−16,120−84.1%
Profit before tax−22,780−20,337−17,015−55,505−16,149−23,630−46.3%
Net profit−17,509−15,414−12,768−43,187−12,492−19,103−52.9%
Total assets99,673107,647151,232128,688117,113123,222+5.2%
Equity8,439−6,975−19,743−62,930−75,422−94,525−25.3%
Liabilities86,500111,278167,118187,863189,230214,335+13.3%
Cash and cash equivalents5,7264,46510,6273,4009,92324,147+143.3%
Average number of employees11211798848180−1.2%

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 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40mDKK 50m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (100 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • Negative equity

    Equity was −DKK 94.5m at the end of 2025.

    How is this calculated?

    Equity in the latest annual report is below zero.

  • Loss for 6 years in a row

    Net result has been negative in 2020–2025.

    How is this calculated?

    Net result is negative in the two or more 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 Hounø A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202530/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202430/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202328/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202229/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202119/07/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202009/07/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

100 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 42.5mNo. 24 of 100
Better than 77% of the companies in the industry
Equity−DKK 94.5mNo. 100 of 100
Better than 0% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees89No. 17 of 100
Better than 84% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 14.2m, net profit DKK 1.3m, equity DKK 8.2m, 18 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 867kDKK 7.5mDKK 65.1mDKK 274.7mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 98 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. 2,140of 4,412
Better than 52%
No. 4,453of 4,466
Better than 0%
Same industry and 50–199 employees17 companies in the comparison
No. 12of 17
Better than 31%
No. 17of 17
Better than 0%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 1,698of 10,152
Better than 83%
No. 10,268of 10,275
Better than 0%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 3,367of 17,786
Better than 81%
No. 17,983of 18,024
Better than 0%

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 machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing
Gross profit
  1. Hounø A/SDKK 42.5m
  2. Gea Process Engineering A/SDKK 564.1m
  3. Gram Equipment A/SDKK 433.5m
Net profit
  1. Hounø A/S−DKK 19.1m
  2. Gea Process Engineering A/SDKK 306.7m
  3. Gram Equipment A/SDKK 26.7m
Equity
  1. Hounø A/S−DKK 94.5m
  2. Gea Process Engineering A/SDKK 535.1m
  3. Gram Equipment A/SDKK 269.3m
Employees
  1. Hounø A/S89
  2. Gea Process Engineering A/S645
  3. Gram Equipment A/S349

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Houno Holding LLC100%
Hounø A/S

Management

8 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Hounø A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Rasmus Vingaard LarsenCEO04/05/2023

Board of directors

Board of directors at Hounø A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jan Peter RasmussenDeputy board member07/03/2022
Bryan Eric MittelmanBoard member07/03/2022
Michael Dennis ThompsonBoard member07/03/2022
Rasmus Vingaard LarsenBoard member04/05/2023
Jesper Vinther OlesenBoard member01/09/2023
Anita Bertel HøjriisBoard member14/05/2025
Christian JonesChair of the board14/05/2025
Former management (32)
Former management at Hounø A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Keld Esmark HarderBoard member25/10/199627/09/1999
Jan Peter RasmussenDeputy board member27/09/199902/02/2015
Steven ChristensenDeputy board member27/09/199924/09/2003
Jørn Friis ChristiansenBoard member27/09/199911/10/2002
Jesper HalkjærBoard member27/09/199907/03/2022
Jan HollandBoard member27/09/199902/02/2015
Michael VogeliusBoard member11/10/200224/09/2003
Hans Helmuth HarbeckDeputy board member24/09/200302/02/2015
Svend Erik LarsenBoard member24/09/200304/11/2005
Lars JørgensenCEO01/09/200409/05/2005
Arvid Leif KiertznerBoard member29/10/200431/08/2006
Niels SimonsenChair of the board09/05/200531/08/2006
Hans Jørgen HoumøllerBoard member09/05/200531/08/2006
Hans Jørgen HoumøllerCEO09/05/200531/08/2006
Martin McKay LindsayBoard member31/08/200607/03/2022
Timothy John FitzgeraldBoard member31/08/200607/03/2022
Timothy John FitzgeraldCEO31/08/200621/05/2010
Johnny Brandt ThomsenBoard member09/11/200601/12/2008
Selim Antoine BassoulChair of the board21/12/200601/01/2009
Morten Ammentorp NielsenBoard member01/12/200804/05/2023
Oussama A SidaniChair of the board01/01/200902/02/2016
Morten Ammentorp NielsenCEO21/05/201004/05/2023
Brian Borg Munch NielsenBoard member02/02/201607/03/2022
Mads Erik Terp KnudsenDeputy board member02/02/201607/03/2022
Flemming Søgaard DrescherDeputy board member02/02/201606/03/2022
Gary Warren MickChair of the board02/02/201623/10/2017
Najib Nafez MaaloufChair of the board23/10/201707/03/2022
Andreas Laub JellesenDeputy board member07/03/202204/05/2023
Flemming Søgaard DrescherBoard member07/03/202201/09/2023
Leif AndreasenBoard member07/03/202214/05/2025
Christian JonesBoard member04/05/202313/05/2025
Debora DouglassBoard member14/05/202518/06/2025

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør alene, af tre bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening eller af den samlede bestyrelse

Address and production units

1 active production units

Alsvej 1
8940 Randers SV

Randers Municipality · Postcode 8940

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
HOUNØ A/SAlsvej 1, 8940 Randers SV911002649377

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive virksomhed med handel og fabrikation

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

83 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20257 changesaccounts 1 · management 6
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Debora Douglass stepped down as board member
  • Debora Douglass appointed board member
  • Christian Jones appointed chair of the board
  • Anita Bertel Højriis appointed board member
  • Leif Andreasen stepped down as board member
  • Christian Jones stepped down as board member
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20239 changesmanagement 8 · accounts 1
  • Jesper Vinther Olesen appointed board member
  • Flemming Søgaard Drescher stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Christian Jones appointed board member
  • Rasmus Vingaard Larsen appointed ceo
  • Rasmus Vingaard Larsen appointed board member
  • Andreas Laub Jellesen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Morten Ammentorp Nielsen stepped down as ceo
  • Morten Ammentorp Nielsen stepped down as board member
202214 changesaccounts 1 · management 13
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Andreas Laub Jellesen appointed deputy board member
  • Michael Dennis Thompson appointed board member
  • Bryan Eric Mittelman appointed board member
  • Jan Peter Rasmussen appointed deputy board member
  • Leif Andreasen appointed board member
  • Flemming Søgaard Drescher appointed board member
  • Najib Nafez Maalouf stepped down as chair of the board
  • Brian Borg Munch Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Mads Erik Terp Knudsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Martin McKay Lindsay stepped down as board member
  • Timothy John Fitzgerald stepped down as board member
  • Jesper Halkjær stepped down as board member
  • Flemming Søgaard Drescher stepped down as deputy board member
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20172 changesmanagement 2
  • Najib Nafez Maalouf appointed chair of the board
  • Gary Warren Mick stepped down as chair of the board
20165 changesmanagement 5
  • Brian Borg Munch Nielsen appointed board member
  • Gary Warren Mick appointed chair of the board
  • Flemming Søgaard Drescher appointed deputy board member
  • Mads Erik Terp Knudsen appointed deputy board member
  • Oussama A Sidani stepped down as chair of the board
20153 changesmanagement 3
  • Hans Helmuth Harbeck stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jan Peter Rasmussen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jan Holland stepped down as board member
20102 changesmanagement 2
  • Morten Ammentorp Nielsen appointed ceo
  • Timothy John Fitzgerald stepped down as ceo
20092 changesmanagement 2
  • Oussama A Sidani appointed chair of the board
  • Selim Antoine Bassoul stepped down as chair of the board
20083 changesmanagement 2 · industry 1
  • Morten Ammentorp Nielsen appointed board member
  • Johnny Brandt Thomsen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing (289300)
20071 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Alsvej 1, 8940 Randers SV
200610 changesmanagement 9 · ownership 1
  • Selim Antoine Bassoul appointed chair of the board
  • Johnny Brandt Thomsen appointed board member
  • Martin McKay Lindsay appointed board member
  • Timothy John Fitzgerald appointed ceo
  • Timothy John Fitzgerald appointed board member
  • Hans Jørgen Houmøller stepped down as board member
  • Hans Jørgen Houmøller stepped down as ceo
  • Niels Simonsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Arvid Leif Kiertzner stepped down as board member
  • Houno Holding LLC registered as owner (100%)
20055 changesmanagement 5
  • Svend Erik Larsen stepped down as board member
  • Hans Jørgen Houmøller appointed board member
  • Hans Jørgen Houmøller appointed ceo
  • Niels Simonsen appointed chair of the board
  • Lars Jørgensen stepped down as ceo
20042 changesmanagement 2
  • Arvid Leif Kiertzner appointed board member
  • Lars Jørgensen appointed ceo
20034 changesmanagement 4
  • Hans Helmuth Harbeck appointed deputy board member
  • Svend Erik Larsen appointed board member
  • Michael Vogelius stepped down as board member
  • Steven Christensen stepped down as deputy board member
20022 changesmanagement 2
  • Michael Vogelius appointed board member
  • Jørn Friis Christiansen stepped down as board member
19996 changesmanagement 6
  • Jan Peter Rasmussen appointed deputy board member
  • Jan Holland appointed board member
  • Jesper Halkjær appointed board member
  • Jørn Friis Christiansen appointed board member
  • Steven Christensen appointed deputy board member
  • Keld Esmark Harder stepped down as board member
19962 changescapital 1 · management 1
  • Share capital changed from 80,000 DKK to 1,000,000 DKK
  • Keld Esmark Harder appointed board member
19771 changefounded 1
  • Registered as HOUNØ 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 24/10/2026.

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