Karup Design A/S

Public limited companyCVR 11211933HerningActive

Karup Design A/S is a public limited company, based in Herning, active in wholesale of furniture for homes, offices and shops, carpets and lighting equipment, founded in 1987. Net profit fell 49% from 2025 to 2026, ending at DKK 2.1m. With 22 employees, the company is about 5 times larger than the industry median. Equity fell to DKK 5.8m in 2026.

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Key figures · financial year 2026

Gross profitDKK 17.5m−8.8% vs. 2025
Net profitDKK 2.1m−49% vs. 2025
EquityDKK 5.8m−33.4% vs. 2025
Employees22latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2026 against 2025

  • Gross profit fell 9% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 17.5m.
  • Net profit fell 49% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 2.1m.
  • Equity fell 33% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 5.8m.

Employees

  • 1 fewer employees than a year earlier: 22 (08/2026) against 23 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Michael Ejby Bjørnvig (board member, 31/03/2025) and Henrik Vestergaard Kastbjerg (board member, 22/09/2025).
  • Stepped down: Line Bering Larsen (board member, 10/03/2025) and Steen Engelbrecht (board member, 10/07/2026).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Wholesale of furniture for homes, offices and shops, carpets and lighting equipment (464700)

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 2021–2026 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

DKK 0DKK 2mDKK 4mDKK 6mDKK 8mDKK 10mDKK 12mDKK 14m202120222023202420252026
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Karup Design A/S
202120222023202420252026Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit15,00514,05317,27818,57219,21417,528−8.8%
Operating profit (EBIT)5,6295,4866,9366,5876,1843,450−44.2%
Profit before tax5,8285,3706,6446,1925,3382,739−48.7%
Net profit4,6674,2435,1954,7944,0972,088−49%
Total assets33,08727,05822,82025,45321,34823,701+11%
Equity14,39812,64111,83610,6308,7285,816−33.4%
Liabilities18,58614,19110,72414,52612,38017,495+41.3%
Cash and cash equivalents1,205391151232549708+29%
Average number of employees151415171819+5.6%

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 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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DKK 0DKK 2mDKK 4mDKK 6mDKK 8mDKK 10mDKK 12mDKK 14mDKK 16mDKK 18mDKK 20m202120222023202420252026
Gross profitMedian, the industry (306 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2026 figures
  • Equity fell sharply

    Equity fell 33% from 2025 to 2026 (DKK 8.7m to DKK 5.8m).

    How is this calculated?

    Equity has fallen by at least 30% from the previous annual report, and it was positive the year before.

  • Profit for five years in a row

    Net result has been positive in 2022–2026.

    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 Karup Design A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202601/07/2025 – 30/06/202617/09/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202501/07/2024 – 30/06/202523/09/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/07/2023 – 30/06/202417/09/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202301/07/2022 – 30/06/202307/09/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202201/07/2021 – 30/06/202208/09/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202101/07/2020 – 30/06/202111/10/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

306 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in wholesale of furniture for homes, offices and shops, carpets and lighting equipment based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 17.5mNo. 50 of 305
Better than 84% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 5.8mNo. 125 of 306
Better than 59% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees22No. 49 of 306
Better than 84% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 3.8m, net profit DKK 377k, equity DKK 3.6m, 5 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 855kDKK 7.3mDKK 62.6mDKK 261.9mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 289 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. 3,474of 9,892
Better than 65%
No. 4,356of 9,922
Better than 56%
Same industry and 20–49 employees39 companies in the comparison
No. 25of 39
Better than 37%
No. 33of 39
Better than 16%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 3,072of 10,152
Better than 70%
No. 5,874of 10,275
Better than 43%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 6,537of 17,786
Better than 63%
No. 10,870of 18,024
Better than 40%

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 furniture for homes, offices and shops, carpets and lighting equipment
Gross profit
  1. Karup Design A/SDKK 17.5m
  2. Actona Group A/SDKK 535.5m
  3. Holmris B8 A/SDKK 408.7m
Net profit
  1. Karup Design A/SDKK 2.1m
  2. Actona Group A/S−DKK 86.1m
  3. Holmris B8 A/SDKK 21.7m
Equity
  1. Karup Design A/SDKK 5.8m
  2. Actona Group A/SDKK 565.4m
  3. Holmris B8 A/SDKK 250.3m
Employees
  1. Karup Design A/S22
  2. Actona Group A/S183
  3. Holmris B8 A/S231

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Karup Design Group ApS66.67%
  • Karup Management Holding ApS20%
Karup Design A/S

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Karup Design A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Anders StampeCEO01/10/2017

Board of directors

Board of directors at Karup Design A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Viggo MølholmChair of the board07/02/2014
Anders StampeBoard member30/11/2020
Michael Ejby BjørnvigBoard member31/03/2025
Henrik Vestergaard KastbjergBoard member22/09/2025
Auditor
Jan Juul Buskbjerg
Founders
Victor Christoffersen ApS
Former management (22)
Former management at Karup Design A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Ole Vrist AntonsenBoard member01/09/198702/07/1998
Arne PrentowBoard member01/09/198731/01/2005
Arne PrentowDirector01/09/198721/11/1991
Klaus Münter RasmussenBoard member01/09/198709/04/1997
Klaus Münter RasmussenDirector01/09/198709/04/1997
Jens NørskovDirector01/09/198724/06/1988
Niels Hartvig Roald NørgaardBoard member01/09/198709/02/1990
Niels Hartvig Roald NørgaardDirector01/09/198709/02/1990
Tage Heskjær LarsenBoard member09/04/199702/07/1998
Tage Heskjær LarsenDirector09/04/199702/02/2004
Svend Nørlund ChristensenDirector02/07/199801/10/2017
Ove Carsten AndersenBoard member30/11/200007/02/2014
Karl Højgaard ThomsenChair of the board06/06/200801/09/2011
Søren Preben ChristensenBoard member06/06/200806/06/2008
Svend Nørlund ChristensenBoard member01/09/201130/11/2020
Erik AndreæBoard member07/02/201412/12/2018
Allan Nørlund ChristensenBoard member07/02/201430/11/2020
Anders StampeBoard member01/10/201701/10/2017
Peter ØsterbergBoard member12/12/201823/11/2022
Claus SvenningsenBoard member13/05/202015/12/2021
Line Bering LarsenBoard member25/02/202210/03/2025
Steen EngelbrechtBoard member05/01/202310/07/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af direktøren i forening med bestyrelsens formand, eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Lollandsvej 4E
7400 Herning

Herning Municipality · Postcode 7400

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
KARUP DESIGN A/SLollandsvej 4E, 7400 Herning221005162996

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel med møbler og beslægtede produkter

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

87 registered events
20262 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2026 published
  • Steen Engelbrecht stepped down as board member
20255 changesaccounts 1 · management 3 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Henrik Vestergaard Kastbjerg appointed board member
  • Michael Ejby Bjørnvig appointed board member
  • Line Bering Larsen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Wholesale of furniture for homes, offices and shops, carpets and lighting equipment (464700)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
202310 changesownership 8 · accounts 1 · management 1
  • ANDERS STAMPE HOLDING ApS registered as owner (66.67%)
  • ANDERS STAMPE HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Karup Management Holding ApS registered as owner (20%)
  • Karup Design Group ApS registered as owner (66.67%)
  • Moelholm C&C A/S registered as owner (25%)
  • Moelholm C&C A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • ANDERS STAMPE HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Moelholm C&C A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Steen Engelbrecht appointed board member
20223 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Peter Østerberg stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Line Bering Larsen appointed board member
20212 changesmanagement 1 · accounts 1
  • Claus Svenningsen stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2021 published
202011 changesownership 6 · management 4 · address 1
  • ANDERS STAMPE HOLDING ApS registered as owner (50%)
  • Moelholm C&C A/S registered as owner (50%)
  • AC HOLDING, KARUP ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • NØRLUND HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Moelholm C&C A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • ANDERS STAMPE HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Anders Stampe appointed board member
  • Allan Nørlund Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Svend Nørlund Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Lollandsvej 4E, 7400 Herning
  • Claus Svenningsen appointed board member
20191 changeownership 1
  • Moelholm C&C A/S registered as owner (10%)
20184 changesmanagement 2 · ownership 1 · name 1
  • Peter Østerberg appointed board member
  • Erik Andreæ stepped down as board member
  • ANDERS STAMPE HOLDING ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • Name changed from KARUP PARTNERS A/S to KARUP DESIGN A/S
20176 changesmanagement 4 · ownership 2
  • Anders Stampe appointed ceo
  • Anders Stampe appointed board member
  • Anders Stampe stepped down as board member
  • Svend Nørlund Christensen stepped down as director
  • AC HOLDING, KARUP ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • AC HOLDING, KARUP ApS is no longer registered as owner
20144 changesmanagement 4
  • Viggo Mølholm appointed chair of the board
  • Erik Andreæ appointed board member
  • Allan Nørlund Christensen appointed board member
  • Ove Carsten Andersen stepped down as board member
20121 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Vandværksvej 12, 7470 Karup J
20112 changesmanagement 2
  • Svend Nørlund Christensen appointed board member
  • Karl Højgaard Thomsen stepped down as chair of the board
20084 changesmanagement 3 · industry 1
  • Søren Preben Christensen appointed board member
  • Søren Preben Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Karl Højgaard Thomsen appointed chair of the board
  • Industry changed to Wholesale of furniture for homes, offices and shops, carpets and lighting equipment (464700)
20071 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Industrivej 2, 7470 Karup J
20051 changemanagement 1
  • Arne Prentow stepped down as board member
20043 changesownership 2 · management 1
  • AC HOLDING, KARUP ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • NØRLUND HOLDING ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • Tage Heskjær Larsen stepped down as director
20002 changesaddress 1 · management 1
  • Moved to Industrivej 2, 7470 Karup J
  • Ove Carsten Andersen appointed board member
19983 changesmanagement 3
  • Svend Nørlund Christensen appointed director
  • Tage Heskjær Larsen stepped down as board member
  • Ole Vrist Antonsen stepped down as board member
19974 changesmanagement 4
  • Tage Heskjær Larsen appointed board member
  • Tage Heskjær Larsen appointed director
  • Klaus Münter Rasmussen stepped down as director
  • Klaus Münter Rasmussen stepped down as board member
19951 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 401,000 DKK to 501,000 DKK
19911 changemanagement 1
  • Arne Prentow stepped down as director
19902 changesmanagement 2
  • Niels Hartvig Roald Nørgaard stepped down as director
  • Niels Hartvig Roald Nørgaard stepped down as board member
19891 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 401,000 DKK
19883 changesname 1 · capital 1 · management 1
  • Name changed from ASX 12258 ApS to KARUP PARTNERS A/S
  • Share capital changed from 80,000 DKK to 300,000 DKK
  • Jens Nørskov stepped down as director
19879 changesfounded 1 · management 8
  • Registered as ASX 12258 ApS
  • Klaus Münter Rasmussen appointed director
  • Klaus Münter Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Arne Prentow appointed director
  • Ole Vrist Antonsen appointed board member
  • Arne Prentow appointed board member
  • Niels Hartvig Roald Nørgaard appointed director
  • Niels Hartvig Roald Nørgaard appointed board member
  • Jens Nørskov 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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