International Starch Institute A/S

Public limited companyCVR 17703188Aarhus NActive

International Starch Institute A/S is a public limited company, based in Aarhus N, active in engineering consultancy in turnkey plants, founded in 1994. Net profit fell 72% from 2018 to 2025, ending at DKK 7.6m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 4 of 13 companies in the industry in the database. Equity fell to DKK 50.7m in 2025.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 14.6m−65.8% vs. 2018

Net profitDKK 7.6m−72.2% vs. 2018

EquityDKK 50.7m−38.8% vs. 2018

Employees7latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Registrations, last 24 months

01/01/2025: Industry changed to Engineering consultancy in turnkey plants (711230)

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 2018–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

EquityNet profit

Financial figures for International Starch Institute A/S
	2018	2025	Change
Revenue	37,404	not stated	–
Gross profit	42,712	14,592	−65.8%
Operating profit (EBIT)	37,401	9,004	−75.9%
Profit before tax	34,843	9,687	−72.2%
Net profit	27,167	7,554	−72.2%
Total assets	166,963	82,903	−50.3%
Equity	82,848	50,664	−38.8%
Liabilities	66,445	–	–
Cash and cash equivalents	142,277	50,338	−64.6%
Average number of employees	6	5	−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 2025: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures. The register has no financial statements for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 (changed financial year or not filed). Gross profit can exceed revenue when the company has other operating income or is a financial company.

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Compare with the industry (13 companies)

Gross profitMedian, the industry (13 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

Equity fell sharply
Equity fell 39% from 2018 to 2025 (DKK 82.8m to DKK 50.7m).
How is this calculated?
Equity has fallen by at least 30% from the previous annual report, and it was positive the year before.

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

2 financial years

Annual reports for International Starch Institute A/S
Financial year	Period	Published	Figures for	Documents
2025	01/01/2025 – 31/12/2025	29/06/2026	The company	PDF not statedXBRL
2018	01/01/2018 – 31/12/2018	21/05/2019	The company	PDF XBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR

Employees

Position in the industry

13 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in engineering consultancy in turnkey plants based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 14.6mNo. 4 of 13

Better than 75% of the companies in the industry

EquityDKK 50.7mNo. 2 of 13

Better than 92% of the companies in the industry

Number of employees7No. 7 of 13

Better than 50% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.5m, net profit DKK 64,478, equity DKK 322k, 5 employees.

Distribution of gross profit for 11 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
Group	Gross profit	Equity
Companies with fewer than 20 employees69,967 companies in the comparison	No. 2,526of 69,742 Better than 96%	No. 3,039of 69,964 Better than 96%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison	No. 3,419of 10,152 Better than 66%	No. 1,970of 10,275 Better than 81%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison	No. 7,307of 17,786 Better than 59%	No. 3,551of 18,024 Better than 80%

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

Engineering consultancy in turnkey plants

Gross profit

International Starch Institute A/SDKK 14.6m
MMS Nordic ApSDKK 21.1m
Scandinavian Energy Contractors A/SDKK 17.3m

Net profit

International Starch Institute A/SDKK 7.6m
MMS Nordic ApSDKK 2.8m
Scandinavian Energy Contractors A/S−DKK 1.3m

Equity

International Starch Institute A/SDKK 50.7m
MMS Nordic ApSDKK 6.4m
Scandinavian Energy Contractors A/S−DKK 665k

Employees

International Starch Institute A/S7
MMS Nordic ApS23
Scandinavian Energy Contractors A/S18

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register

Owners

International Starch Holding ApS100%

International Starch Institute A/S

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at International Starch Institute A/S
Name	Role	Appointed
Jens Kirk Thomsen	Director	01/03/1994

Board of directors

Board of directors at International Starch Institute A/S
Name	Role	Appointed
Jens Kirk Thomsen	Board member	01/03/1994
Lars Olav Thomsen	Chair of the board	22/04/2002
Vibeke Caroline Lindegaard	Board member	10/06/2020

Auditor: Lidegaard Revision&rådgivning, Registreret Revisionsanpartsselskab
Founders: A/S Pse Nr. 1680

Former management (3)

Former management at International Starch Institute A/S
Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
Per Emil Hasselbalch Stakemann	Director	01/03/1994	08/07/1994
Niels Kirk Thomsen	Board member	01/03/1994	22/04/2002
Agnethe Fink Thomsen	Board member	28/05/1999	10/06/2020

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af to medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening, af en direktør alene eller af den samlede bestyrelse

Address and production units

1 active production units

Agro Food Park 13
8200 Aarhus N

Aarhus Municipality · Postcode 8200

Other companies at the address (8)

Cordulus A/SComputer programming activities
Eurofins Isi Food Protection ApSResearch and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Firmenich Denmark ApSResearch and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Schippers Danmark ApSWholesale of other machinery and equipment
Scopito ApSOther professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Production units
Production unit	Address	Industry	Employees	P number
INTERNATIONAL STARCH INSTITUTE A/S	Agro Food Park 13, 8200 Aarhus N	Engineering consultancy in turnkey plants	7	1001342304

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel- og ingeniør- virksomhed samt iøvrigt enhver aktivitet, der efter bestyrelsens skøn står i forbindelse hermed

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

20 registered events

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12026

20261 changeaccounts 1

29/06AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published

20251 changeindustry 1

01/01IndustryIndustry changed to Engineering consultancy in turnkey plants (711230)

20211 changeaddress 1

01/10AddressMoved to Agro Food Park 13, 8200 Aarhus N

20202 changesmanagement 2

10/06ManagementVibeke Caroline Lindegaard appointed board member
10/06ManagementAgnethe Fink Thomsen stepped down as board member

20191 changeaccounts 1

21/05AccountsAnnual report for 2018 published

20121 changeaddress 1

11/01AddressMoved to Agro Food Park 13, 8200 Aarhus N

20022 changesmanagement 2

22/04ManagementLars Olav Thomsen appointed chair of the board
22/04ManagementNiels Kirk Thomsen stepped down as board member

20011 changeindustry 1

17/09IndustryIndustry changed to Opstilling og levering af færdige fabriksanlæg (742030)

19992 changescapital 1 · management 1

28/05CapitalShare capital changed from 200,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
28/05ManagementAgnethe Fink Thomsen appointed board member

19948 changesownership 1 · name 1 · management 5 · founded 1

06/10OwnershipINTERNATIONAL STARCH HOLDING ApS registered as owner (100%)
09/07NameName changed from ApS SPKR 4 NR. 3501 to INTERNATIONAL STARCH INSTITUTE A/S
08/07ManagementPer Emil Hasselbalch Stakemann stepped down as director
01/03FoundedRegistered as ApS SPKR 4 NR. 3501
01/03ManagementJens Kirk Thomsen appointed director
01/03ManagementJens Kirk Thomsen appointed board member
01/03ManagementNiels Kirk Thomsen appointed board member
01/03ManagementPer Emil Hasselbalch Stakemann appointed director

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Largest in the industry

MMS Nordic ApSDKK 21.1m
Scandinavian Energy Contractors A/SDKK 17.3m
Biogenic ApSDKK 14.8m
CemGreen Production ApSDKK 4.5m
Nordic Hydrogen ApSDKK 1.5m
PJP Byggerådgivning ApSDKK 1.5m

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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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