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Kit Karnaby ApS

Private limited companyCVR 31430550HerningActive

Kit Karnaby ApS is a private limited company, based in Herning, active in manufacture of knitted and crocheted fabrics, founded in 2008. Net profit rose 230% from 2025 to 2026, ending at DKK 6.8m. Profit has grown three years in a row. Equity grew to DKK 14.4m in 2026.

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Key figures · financial year 2026

Gross profitDKK 79.6m+7.3% vs. 2025
Net profitDKK 6.8m+229.7% vs. 2025
EquityDKK 14.4m+76.1% vs. 2025
Employees4latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2026 against 2025

  • Gross profit rose 7% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 79.6m.
  • Net profit rose 230% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 6.8m.
  • Equity rose 76% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 14.4m.

Employees

  • 1 fewer employees than a year earlier: 4 (08/2026) against 5 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Tim Lund Larsen (director, 04/12/2024).
  • Stepped down: Steen Bjørn Nielsen (director, 04/12/2024).

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 10m−DKK 5mDKK 0DKK 5mDKK 10mDKK 15m202120222023202420252026
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Kit Karnaby ApS
202120222023202420252026Change
Revenue212,053not statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit84,45687,97673,87873,86374,18879,606+7.3%
Operating profit (EBIT)7,78717,8293,3255,6016,31412,589+99.4%
Profit before tax8,07717,2333247123,0769,608+212.4%
Net profit4,55015,97677832,0596,789+229.7%
Total assets165,083147,377144,308112,261102,77698,977−3.7%
Equity−6,5579,0696,6946,7738,19014,421+76.1%
Liabilities171,128137,443137,614105,42294,58684,556−10.6%
Cash and cash equivalents7,8278,2538,2306,6076,0995,050−17.2%
Average number of employees199199–180162152−6.2%

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 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 20mDKK 40mDKK 60mDKK 80m202120222023202420252026
Gross profitMedian, the industry (4 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2026 figures

  • 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 Kit Karnaby ApS
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202601/05/2025 – 30/04/202621/09/2026The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202501/05/2024 – 30/04/202530/10/2025The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202401/05/2023 – 30/04/202416/09/2024The groupPDFXBRL
202301/05/2022 – 30/04/202318/09/2023The groupPDFXBRL
202201/05/2021 – 30/04/202204/10/2022The groupPDFXBRL
202101/05/2020 – 30/04/202120/09/2021The groupPDFXBRL

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Employees

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Employees

Position in the industry

4 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in manufacture of knitted and crocheted fabrics based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 79.6mNo. 1 of 4
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 14.4mNo. 3 of 4
Better than 33% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees4No. 1 of 4
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 25m, net profit DKK 6.5m, equity DKK 19.3m, 27 employees.

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. 365of 69,742
Better than 99%
No. 7,177of 69,964
Better than 90%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 892of 24,791
Better than 96%
No. 5,392of 24,909
Better than 78%
All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison
No. 393of 66,379
Better than 99%
No. 5,305of 66,505
Better than 92%

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 knitted and crocheted fabrics
Gross profit
  1. Kit Karnaby ApSDKK 79.6m
  2. Sontex DK ApSDKK 33.1m
  3. Thygesen & Birk Fabrics A/SDKK 16.8m
Net profit
  1. Kit Karnaby ApSDKK 6.8m
  2. Sontex DK ApSDKK 7.4m
  3. Thygesen & Birk Fabrics A/SDKK 6.2m
Equity
  1. Kit Karnaby ApSDKK 14.4m
  2. Sontex DK ApSDKK 34.1m
  3. Thygesen & Birk Fabrics A/SDKK 24.2m
Employees
  1. Kit Karnaby ApS4
  2. Sontex DK ApS61
  3. Thygesen & Birk Fabrics A/S11

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Bjørn A 2013 ApS10%
  • Philiptex A/S33.33% · 50% votes
  • Philip Steen Holding ApS33.33% · 25% votes
Kit Karnaby ApS
Subsidiaries and ownership shares

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

7 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Kit Karnaby ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Poul SteenDirector19/08/2009
Philip Hostrup SteenCEO01/10/2023
Tim Lund LarsenDirector04/12/2024

Board of directors

Board of directors at Kit Karnaby ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Henrik YpkendanzBoard member19/08/2009
Poul SteenBoard member19/08/2009
Torben KlausenBoard member22/09/2016
Bent Ramskov LaursenChair of the board14/12/2020
Founders
Philiptex A/S
Former management (8)
Former management at Kit Karnaby ApS
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Harring CarlsenDirector15/05/200828/07/2009
Martin Nygaard ChristoffersenBoard member15/05/200819/08/2009
Martin Nygaard ChristoffersenDirector28/07/200920/02/2014
Christian ØstergaardChair of the board19/08/200925/03/2020
Steen Fogh RasmussenDirector20/02/201431/12/2015
Claus Borath SørensenDirector22/09/201601/10/2023
Steen Bjørn NielsenDirector22/09/201604/12/2024
Bjarne Martin OhrtChair of the board25/03/202014/12/2020

Signing rule: Virksomheden tegnes af to direktører i forening, en direktør i forening med et bestyrelsesmedlem eller den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Michael Jensens Vej 8
7400 Herning

Herning Municipality · Postcode 7400

Other companies at the address (3)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Kit Karnaby ApsMichael Jensens Vej 8, 7400 Herning41014816069

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at besidde kapitalandele i andre selskaber.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

48 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2026 published
20251 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20243 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Tim Lund Larsen appointed director
  • Steen Bjørn Nielsen stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20236 changesmanagement 2 · ownership 3 · accounts 1
  • Philip Hostrup Steen appointed ceo
  • Claus Borath Sørensen stepped down as director
  • Philip Steen Holding ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • CBS HOLDINGSELSKAB ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Philip Steen Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20223 changesaccounts 1 · ownership 2
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Philip Steen Holding ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • Philip Hostrup Steen is no longer registered as owner
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20205 changesmanagement 4 · ownership 1
  • Bent Ramskov Laursen appointed chair of the board
  • Bjarne Martin Ohrt stepped down as chair of the board
  • II 2004 HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Bjarne Martin Ohrt appointed chair of the board
  • Christian Østergaard stepped down as chair of the board
201611 changesownership 8 · management 3
  • CBS HOLDINGSELSKAB ApS registered as owner (20%)
  • II 2004 HOLDING ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • Philip Hostrup Steen registered as owner (5%)
  • PHILIPTEX A/S registered as owner (33.33%)
  • PHILIPTEX A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Claus Borath Sørensen appointed director
  • Steen Bjørn Nielsen appointed director
  • Torben Klausen appointed board member
  • BJØRN A 2013 ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • PHILIPTEX A/S registered as owner (90%)
  • PHILIPTEX A/S is no longer registered as owner
20151 changemanagement 1
  • Steen Fogh Rasmussen stepped down as director
20143 changesmanagement 2 · ownership 1
  • Steen Fogh Rasmussen appointed director
  • Martin Nygaard Christoffersen stepped down as director
  • PHILIPTEX A/S registered as owner (100%)
20099 changesmanagement 7 · address 1 · name 1
  • Poul Steen appointed board member
  • Henrik Ypkendanz appointed board member
  • Poul Steen appointed director
  • Christian Østergaard appointed chair of the board
  • Martin Nygaard Christoffersen stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Michael Jensens Vej 8, Tjørring, 7400 Herning
  • Martin Nygaard Christoffersen appointed director
  • Harring Carlsen stepped down as director
  • Name changed from NEW ESENZ ApS to KIT KARNABY ApS
20084 changesaddress 1 · founded 1 · management 2
  • Moved to Merkurvej 3, 7430 Ikast
  • Registered as NEW ESENZ ApS
  • Martin Nygaard Christoffersen appointed board member
  • Harring Carlsen 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.

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