Johs M. Klein Distribution A/S

Public limited companyCVR 15912081BrøndbyActive

Johs M. Klein Distribution A/S is a public limited company, based in Brøndby, active in wholesale of wine and spirits, founded in 1992. The company went from a profit in 2023 to a loss of DKK 508k in 2024. With 12 employees, the company is about 4 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2024

Gross profitDKK 7.1m−18.3% vs. 2023
Net profit−DKK 508k−200.3% vs. 2023
EquityDKK 10.6m−7.9% vs. 2023
Employees12latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2024 against 2023

  • Gross profit fell 18% (2023 → 2024), to DKK 7.1m.
  • Net profit went from a profit of DKK 506k to a loss of DKK 508k (2023 → 2024).
  • Equity fell 8% (2023 → 2024), to DKK 10.6m.

Employees

  • 1 fewer employees than a year earlier: 12 (08/2026) against 13 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Mads Christian Olesen (chair of the board, 15/05/2025), Christian Dam Olesen (board member, 15/05/2025) and Esben Wohlert Hansen (ceo, 01/06/2025) (+1).
  • Stepped down: Søren Merrild Knudsen (board member, 23/03/2026), Søren Merrild Knudsen (director, 31/05/2025) and Carsten Gram (chair of the board, 15/05/2025) (+1).
  • New owners registered: Chr. Olesen Holding A/S (18/11/2025) and J.d. Wineproducts ApS (15/05/2025).
  • No longer registered as owner: Smk Holding ApS (15/05/2025), J.d. Wineproducts ApS (14/05/2025) and J.d. Wineproducts ApS (18/11/2025).

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 2019–2024 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

−DKK 2mDKK 0DKK 2mDKK 4mDKK 6mDKK 8mDKK 10mDKK 12m201920202021202220232024
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Johs M. Klein Distribution A/S
201920202021202220232024Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit8,1197,1068,6258,4748,7147,123−18.3%
Operating profit (EBIT)9278891,6301,5161,659405−75.6%
Profit before tax2772691,2951,066655−630−196.2%
Net profit1931831,007831506−508−200.3%
Total assets37,64933,60637,13137,26735,92734,312−4.5%
Equity10,16210,14610,95311,38411,49010,583−7.9%
Liabilities27,48723,46126,17925,88324,43723,730−2.9%
Cash and cash equivalents36312311243+1,704.7%
Average number of employees1313131313130%

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 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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DKK 0DKK 2mDKK 4mDKK 6mDKK 8m201920202021202220232024
Gross profitMedian, the industry (155 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2024 figures
  • A more recent annual report is missing

    The latest annual report in the database is for 2024 (period ending 2024-12-31). The next year's report is not in the database.

    How is this calculated?

    More than 19 months have passed since the end of the latest annual report's period: a twelve-month financial year, a five-month deadline and two months of margin. The company may have a shifted financial year, or the report has not been loaded yet.

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Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Johs M. Klein Distribution A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202424/03/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202330/04/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202203/04/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202124/03/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202005/05/2021The companyPDFXBRL
201901/01/2019 – 31/12/201922/06/2020The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
024681012141609/2310/2311/2312/2301/2402/2403/2404/2405/2406/2407/2408/2409/2410/2411/2412/2401/2502/2503/2504/2505/2506/2507/2508/2509/2510/2511/2512/2501/2602/2603/2604/2605/2606/2607/2608/26
Employees

Position in the industry

155 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in wholesale of wine and spirits based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 7.1mNo. 41 of 155
Better than 74% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 10.6mNo. 40 of 155
Better than 75% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees12No. 30 of 155
Better than 81% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.9m, net profit DKK 67,129, equity DKK 2.1m, 3 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 638kDKK 4.1mDKK 26mDKK 89.4mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 140 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. 8,358of 69,742
Better than 88%
No. 8,730of 69,964
Better than 88%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees130 companies in the comparison
No. 16of 130
Better than 88%
No. 20of 130
Better than 85%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 4,879of 10,152
Better than 52%
No. 4,642of 10,275
Better than 55%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 10,478of 17,786
Better than 41%
No. 8,535of 18,024
Better than 53%

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

Wholesale of wine and spirits
Gross profit
  1. Johs M. Klein Distribution A/SDKK 7.1m
  2. Hans Just A/SDKK 165.9m
  3. Taster Wine A/SDKK 101.4m
Net profit
  1. Johs M. Klein Distribution A/S−DKK 508k
  2. Hans Just A/SDKK 8.4m
  3. Taster Wine A/SDKK 20.6m
Equity
  1. Johs M. Klein Distribution A/SDKK 10.6m
  2. Hans Just A/SDKK 227.6m
  3. Taster Wine A/SDKK 261.8m
Employees
  1. Johs M. Klein Distribution A/S12
  2. Hans Just A/S63
  3. Taster Wine A/S95

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Johs M. Klein Distribution A/S

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Johs M. Klein Distribution A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Esben Wohlert HansenCEO01/06/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at Johs M. Klein Distribution A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Mads Christian OlesenChair of the board15/05/2025
Christian Dam OlesenBoard member15/05/2025
Phillip Christian Dam Quitzau OlesenBoard member23/03/2026
Founders
VX 10.312 ApS, Medimex ApS, ApS Kbil 9 Nr. 1008
Former management (14)
Former management at Johs M. Klein Distribution A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Holger Lykke EwaldBoard member01/05/199203/11/1993
Hans Christian GalstBoard member01/05/199207/01/1993
Jørgen Alexander DamBoard member01/05/199203/11/1993
Jørgen Alexander DamDirector01/05/199221/08/2011
Ulf Svejgaard PoulsenChair of the board01/05/199207/01/1993
Per Emil Hasselbalch StakemannBoard member01/05/199207/01/1993
Per Emil Hasselbalch StakemannDirector01/05/199207/01/1993
Søren Merrild KnudsenBoard member01/05/199223/03/2026
Søren Merrild KnudsenDirector01/05/199231/05/2025
Karin OlesenBoard member01/05/199230/08/2022
Bente Hefty DamBoard member01/05/199229/05/2007
Carsten GramBoard member29/05/200729/08/2022
Carsten GramChair of the board30/08/202215/05/2025
Mads Christian OlesenBoard member30/08/202214/05/2025

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

Address and production units

1 active production units

Priorparken 845
2605 Brøndby

Brøndby Municipality · Postcode 2605

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
JOHS M KLEIN DISTRIBUTION A/SPriorparken 845, 2605 Brøndby121000999490

Purpose

Selskabets formål er handel og fabrikation, herunder at fremstille, importere, eksportere, forhandle og oplagre spiritus og vin og andre drikkevarer, at udøve virksomhed som agent og distributør af, samt markedsføre og forhandle sådanne varer en gros eller en detail, samt at udøve en hvilken som helst virksomhed eller aktivitet, som efter bestyrelsens opfattelse er i overensstemmelse med eller beslægtet med et eller flere af foranstående formål.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

51 registered events
20263 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Phillip Christian Dam Quitzau Olesen appointed board member
  • Søren Merrild Knudsen stepped down as board member
202511 changesownership 5 · management 6
  • CHR. OLESEN HOLDING A/S registered as owner (100%)
  • J.D. WINEPRODUCTS ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Esben Wohlert Hansen appointed ceo
  • Søren Merrild Knudsen stepped down as director
  • Mads Christian Olesen appointed chair of the board
  • Christian Dam Olesen appointed board member
  • Carsten Gram stepped down as chair of the board
  • J.D. WINEPRODUCTS ApS registered as owner (100%)
  • SMK HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Mads Christian Olesen stepped down as board member
  • J.D. WINEPRODUCTS ApS is no longer registered as owner
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20225 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1
  • Carsten Gram appointed chair of the board
  • Mads Christian Olesen appointed board member
  • Karin Olesen stepped down as board member
  • Carsten Gram stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20201 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2019 published
20111 changemanagement 1
  • Jørgen Alexander Dam stepped down as director
20081 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Priorparken 845, 2605 Brøndby
20072 changesmanagement 2
  • Carsten Gram appointed board member
  • Bente Hefty Dam stepped down as board member
20051 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Dessaus Boulevard 42, 2900 Hellerup
20002 changesownership 2
  • SMK HOLDING ApS registered as owner (50%)
  • J.D. WINEPRODUCTS ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
19991 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Gammel Vartov Vej 42, 2900 Hellerup
19938 changescapital 1 · management 6 · name 1
  • Share capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 4,000,000 DKK
  • Holger Lykke Ewald stepped down as board member
  • Jørgen Alexander Dam stepped down as board member
  • Name changed from A/S PSE NR. 4652 to JOHS M. KLEIN DISTRIBUTION A/S
  • Hans Christian Galst stepped down as board member
  • Ulf Svejgaard Poulsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Per Emil Hasselbalch Stakemann stepped down as board member
  • Per Emil Hasselbalch Stakemann stepped down as director
199212 changesfounded 1 · management 11
  • Registered as A/S PSE NR. 4652
  • Søren Merrild Knudsen appointed board member
  • Søren Merrild Knudsen appointed director
  • Holger Lykke Ewald appointed board member
  • Bente Hefty Dam appointed board member
  • Karin Olesen appointed board member
  • Hans Christian Galst appointed board member
  • Jørgen Alexander Dam appointed board member
  • Jørgen Alexander Dam appointed director
  • Ulf Svejgaard Poulsen appointed chair of the board
  • Per Emil Hasselbalch Stakemann appointed board member
  • Per Emil Hasselbalch Stakemann appointed director

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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. The company is protected against advertising; contact details are not shown, and the data must not be used for marketing.

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