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J. Lauritzen A/S

Public limited companyCVR 41407360København KActive

J. Lauritzen A/S is a public limited company, based in København K, active in sea and coastal freight water transport, founded in 2020. Net profit fell 23% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 57.1m. Gross profit is higher than that of 90% of the companies in the industry in the database.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 783.4m+14.8% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 57.1m−23.4% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 548.8m+4.6% vs. 2024
Employees14latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 15% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 90.6m.
  • Revenue rose 15% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 783.4m.
  • Net profit fell 23% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 57.1m.
  • Equity rose 5% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 548.8m.

Employees

  • 3 more employees than a year earlier: 14 (07/2026) against 11 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Kathrine Geisler Madsen (board member, 05/01/2026).
  • Stepped down: Inge Grønvold (board member, 05/01/2026).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 26/05/2025: Moved to Store Kongensgade 132, 2, 1264 København K

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 100mDKK 0DKK 100mDKK 200mDKK 300mDKK 400mDKK 500m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for J. Lauritzen A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot stated7,265951,299637,714682,282783,405+14.8%
Gross profit–3,713145,34162,69778,92290,596+14.8%
Operating profit (EBIT)−2,968622102,47621,53439,11530,904−21%
Profit before tax−65,16297,723184,41464,15375,29754,827−27.2%
Net profit−65,12497,595181,98658,97074,55057,097−23.4%
Total assets115,553270,554632,398668,400661,683715,290+8.1%
Equity88,176232,022434,073478,873524,540548,828+4.6%
Liabilities27,37738,532198,325189,527137,143166,462+21.4%
Cash and cash equivalents273858147,07476,830145,232132,307−8.9%
Average number of employees242395109113117+3.5%

Source: annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority (XBRL). Group figures; 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: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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DKK 0DKK 20mDKK 40mDKK 60mDKK 80mDKK 100mDKK 120mDKK 140m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (108 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • 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 J. Lauritzen A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202512/03/2026The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202410/03/2025The groupPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202308/03/2024The groupPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202215/03/2023The groupPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202129/04/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202006/07/2021The 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
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Employees

Position in the industry

108 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in sea and coastal freight water transport based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 90.6mNo. 11 of 103
Better than 90% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 548.8mNo. 6 of 108
Better than 95% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees14No. 15 of 108
Better than 87% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 5.1m, net profit DKK 919k, equity DKK 15.4m, 13 employees.

DKK 448kDKK 2.7mDKK 15.8mDKK 93.5mDKK 306.2mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 88 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 fewer than 20 employees69,967 companies in the comparison
No. 332of 69,742
Better than 100%
No. 401of 69,964
Better than 99%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees66 companies in the comparison
No. 1of 66
Better than 100%
No. 1of 66
Better than 100%
Companies that are between 5 and 14 years old33,688 companies in the comparison
No. 368of 33,588
Better than 99%
No. 166of 33,687
Better than 100%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 1,721of 17,786
Better than 90%
No. 657of 18,024
Better than 96%

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

Sea and coastal freight water transport
Gross profit
  1. J. Lauritzen A/SDKK 90.6m
  2. Unifeeder A/SDKK 554.1m
  3. Royal Arctic Line A/SDKK 512.4m
Net profit
  1. J. Lauritzen A/SDKK 57.1m
  2. Unifeeder A/SDKK 208.9m
  3. Royal Arctic Line A/SDKK 10.9m
Equity
  1. J. Lauritzen A/SDKK 548.8m
  2. Unifeeder A/SDKK 2.5bn
  3. Royal Arctic Line A/SDKK 648.4m
Employees
  1. J. Lauritzen A/S14
  2. Unifeeder A/S146
  3. Royal Arctic Line A/S40

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
J. Lauritzen A/S
Subsidiaries and ownership shares

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at J. Lauritzen A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Kristian Verner MørchDirector01/08/2022

Board of directors

Board of directors at J. Lauritzen A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Tommy ThomsenChair of the board04/06/2020
Erik BierreBoard member01/08/2022
Kathrine Geisler MadsenBoard member05/01/2026
Founders
Lauritzen Fonden
Former management (6)
Former management at J. Lauritzen A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Dorte RolffBoard member04/06/202001/07/2020
Mads Peter ZachoDirector04/06/202001/07/2020
Mads Peter ZachoBoard member04/06/202001/07/2020
Inge GrønvoldBoard member01/07/202005/01/2026
Dorte RolffDirector01/07/202001/08/2022
Kristian Verner MørchBoard member01/07/202001/08/2022

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af et medlem af bestyrelsen i forening med en direktør eller af to medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Store Kongensgade 132
1264 København K

København Municipality · Postcode 1264

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
J. LAURITZEN A/SStore Kongensgade 132, 2, 1264 København K141025892220

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive og foretage investeringer i maritim virksomhed og dertil knyttede aktiviteter.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

31 registered events
20263 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Kathrine Geisler Madsen appointed board member
  • Inge Grønvold stepped down as board member
20252 changesaddress 1 · accounts 1
  • Moved to Store Kongensgade 132, 2, 1264 København K
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20226 changesmanagement 4 · address 1 · accounts 1
  • Kristian Verner Mørch appointed director
  • Erik Bierre appointed board member
  • Kristian Verner Mørch stepped down as board member
  • Dorte Rolff stepped down as director
  • Moved to Tranegårdsvej 20, 2900 Hellerup
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20214 changesownership 2 · accounts 1 · capital 1
  • Lauritzen Fonden Holding ApS registered as owner (100%)
  • LAURITZEN FONDEN is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Share capital changed from 400,001 DKK to 400,002 DKK
202014 changescapital 1 · name 1 · management 10 · founded 1 · ownership 1
  • Share capital changed from 400,000 DKK to 400,001 DKK
  • Name changed from Lauritzen Holdings A/S to J. LAURITZEN A/S
  • Kristian Verner Mørch appointed board member
  • Inge Grønvold appointed board member
  • Dorte Rolff appointed director
  • Dorte Rolff stepped down as board member
  • Mads Peter Zacho stepped down as board member
  • Mads Peter Zacho stepped down as director
  • Registered as Lauritzen Holdings A/S
  • Tommy Thomsen appointed chair of the board
  • Dorte Rolff appointed board member
  • Mads Peter Zacho appointed board member
  • Mads Peter Zacho appointed director
  • LAURITZEN FONDEN registered as owner (100%)

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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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