Knowledgecotton Apparel A/S

Public limited companyCVR 28115164Aarhus CActive

Knowledgecotton Apparel A/S is a public limited company, based in Aarhus C, active in wholesale of clothing, founded in 2004. Net profit fell 60% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 805k. Gross profit is higher than that of 76% of the companies in the industry in the database.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 14.4m−35.7% vs. 2024

Net profitDKK 805k−60.4% vs. 2024

EquityDKK 34.3m+2% vs. 2024

Employees10latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

Gross profit fell 36% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 14.4m.
Net profit fell 60% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 805k.
Equity rose 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 34.3m.

Employees

3 fewer employees than a year earlier: 10 (08/2026) against 13 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

New in management: Sofie Brunbjerg Ortmann (board member, 23/12/2024).

Registrations, last 24 months

04/11/2024: Moved to Balticagade 12A, 8000 Aarhus C

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

EquityNet profit

Financial figures for Knowledgecotton Apparel A/S
	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change
Revenue	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	–
Gross profit	21,382	32,950	36,241	29,826	22,459	14,450	−35.7%
Operating profit (EBIT)	6,809	16,108	17,753	9,784	2,196	650	−70.4%
Profit before tax	6,856	15,896	17,454	9,265	2,618	1,081	−58.7%
Net profit	5,311	12,379	13,574	7,070	2,030	805	−60.4%
Total assets	33,708	50,023	54,395	49,520	46,912	49,335	+5.2%
Equity	24,067	31,051	36,930	38,557	33,670	34,337	+2%
Liabilities	9,397	18,854	17,101	10,766	12,943	14,949	+15.5%
Cash and cash equivalents	7,100	14,163	14,511	14,606	11,470	16,284	+42%
Average number of employees	21	22	29	–	26	15	−42.3%

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 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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Compare with the industry (356 companies)

Gross profitMedian, the industry (356 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

Fewer employees
The number of employees fell 42% from 26 in 2024 to 15 in 2025.
How is this calculated?
The number of employees according to the annual report has fallen by at least 25%, and was at least 10 the year before.
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 Knowledgecotton Apparel A/S
Financial year	Period	Published	Figures for	Documents
2025	01/07/2024 – 30/06/2025	23/12/2025	The company	PDF not statedXBRL
2024	01/07/2023 – 30/06/2024	03/01/2025	The company	PDF XBRL
2023	01/07/2022 – 30/06/2023	05/01/2024	The company	PDF XBRL
2022	01/07/2021 – 30/06/2022	12/12/2022	The company	PDF XBRL
2021	01/07/2020 – 30/06/2021	17/11/2021	The company	PDF XBRL
2020	01/07/2019 – 30/06/2020	13/10/2020	The company	PDF XBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR

Employees

Position in the industry

356 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in wholesale of clothing based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 14.4mNo. 85 of 356

Better than 76% of the companies in the industry

EquityDKK 34.3mNo. 48 of 356

Better than 87% of the companies in the industry

Number of employees10No. 103 of 356

Better than 71% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 3.9m, net profit DKK 258k, equity DKK 3.4m, 5 employees.

Distribution of gross profit for 331 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. 2,574of 69,742 Better than 96%	No. 4,059of 69,964 Better than 94%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees258 companies in the comparison	No. 11of 258 Better than 96%	No. 9of 258 Better than 97%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison	No. 4,481of 24,791 Better than 82%	No. 3,076of 24,909 Better than 88%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison	No. 7,355of 17,786 Better than 59%	No. 4,543of 18,024 Better than 75%

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 clothing

Gross profit

Knowledgecotton Apparel A/SDKK 14.4m
DK Company A/SDKK 2.9bn
Sports Connection ApSDKK 439.2m

Net profit

Knowledgecotton Apparel A/SDKK 805k
DK Company A/SDKK 309.3m
Sports Connection ApSDKK 315.1m

Equity

Knowledgecotton Apparel A/SDKK 34.3m
DK Company A/SDKK 1.3bn
Sports Connection ApSDKK 620.5m

Employees

Knowledgecotton Apparel A/S10
DK Company A/S467
Sports Connection ApS76

Latest financial year per company. Choose up to three companies from the largest in the industry.

Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register

Owners

Cotton Holding ApS100%

Knowledgecotton Apparel A/S

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Knowledgecotton Apparel A/S
Name	Role	Appointed
Mads Ortmann Mørup	Director	30/06/2007

Board of directors

Board of directors at Knowledgecotton Apparel A/S
Name	Role	Appointed
Henrik Vig	Chair of the board	26/11/2019
Mads Ortmann Mørup	Board member	26/11/2019
Sofie Brunbjerg Ortmann	Board member	23/12/2024

Auditor: Pricewaterhousecoopers Statsautoriseret Revisionspartnerselskab
Founders: Jørgen Mørup Holding Aps. Herning

Former management (7)

Former management at Knowledgecotton Apparel A/S
Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
Ralph Hemphrey Smith	Board member	22/09/2004	07/12/2004
Jørgen Stig Mørup	Board member	22/09/2004	26/11/2019
Jørgen Stig Mørup	Director	22/09/2004	30/06/2007
Mette Mørup Pallishøj	Board member	22/09/2004	26/11/2019
Dorthe Mørup	Board member	07/12/2004	30/06/2007
Søren Stig Mørup	Board member	30/06/2007	26/11/2019
Sofie Brunbjerg Ortmann	Board member	26/11/2019	04/09/2024

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af direktionen eller af 2 bestyrelsesmedlemmer.

Address and production units

2 active production units

Balticagade 12A
8000 Aarhus C

Aarhus Municipality · Postcode 8000

Other companies at the address (1)

Woden A/SWholesale of footwear

Production units
Production unit	Address	Industry	Employees	P number
KNOWLEDGECOTTON APPAREL A/S	Balticagade 12A, 8000 Aarhus C	Wholesale of clothing	3	1010786106
KNOWLEDGECOTTON APPAREL, LAGER + ADM.	HI-Park 441C, 7400 Herning	Wholesale of clothing	1	1030844390

Purpose

Selskabets formål er design og handel med herre modebeklædning samt dermed beslægtet virksomhed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

49 registered events

02014

02015

02016

02017

02018

162019

42020

12021

12022

02023

42024

22025

20252 changesaccounts 2

23/12AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
03/01AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published

20244 changesmanagement 2 · address 1 · accounts 1

23/12ManagementSofie Brunbjerg Ortmann appointed board member
04/11AddressMoved to Balticagade 12A, 8000 Aarhus C
04/09ManagementSofie Brunbjerg Ortmann stepped down as board member
05/01AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published

20221 changeaccounts 1

12/12AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published

20211 changeaccounts 1

17/11AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published

20204 changesaccounts 1 · ownership 3

13/10AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
30/06OwnershipCOTTON HOLDING ApS registered as owner (100%)
29/06OwnershipMads NY Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
29/06OwnershipCOTTON HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner

201916 changesaddress 2 · ownership 8 · management 6

03/12AddressMoved to Orebygårdvej 11A, Tjørring, 7400 Herning
28/11OwnershipMads NY Holding ApS registered as owner (25%)
26/11ManagementSofie Brunbjerg Ortmann appointed board member
26/11ManagementMads Ortmann Mørup appointed board member
26/11ManagementHenrik Vig appointed chair of the board
26/11ManagementSøren Stig Mørup stepped down as board member
26/11ManagementJørgen Stig Mørup stepped down as board member
26/11ManagementMette Mørup Pallishøj stepped down as board member
25/11OwnershipCOTTON HOLDING ApS registered as owner (66.67%)
25/11OwnershipSØREN STIG HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
25/11OwnershipWEISE BIRD HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
24/11OwnershipJMH 2019 ApS is no longer registered as owner
24/11OwnershipCOTTON HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
01/11OwnershipJMH 2019 ApS registered as owner (25%)
01/11OwnershipJØRGEN MØRUP HOLDING ApS. HERNING is no longer registered as owner
07/03AddressMoved to Nystedvej 11, 7400 Herning

20114 changesownership 4

17/01OwnershipJØRGEN MØRUP HOLDING ApS. HERNING registered as owner (25%)
17/01OwnershipSØREN STIG HOLDING ApS registered as owner (10%)
17/01OwnershipCOTTON HOLDING ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
17/01OwnershipWEISE BIRD HOLDING ApS registered as owner (20%)

20091 changecapital 1

30/11CapitalShare capital changed from 505,000 DKK to 510,000 DKK

20077 changesname 1 · capital 1 · management 4 · industry 1

30/06NameName changed from ORANGE-SPORT ApS to KNOWLEDGECOTTON APPAREL A/S
30/06CapitalShare capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 505,000 DKK
30/06ManagementSøren Stig Mørup appointed board member
30/06ManagementMads Ortmann Mørup appointed director
30/06ManagementDorthe Mørup stepped down as board member
30/06ManagementJørgen Stig Mørup stepped down as director
01/06IndustryIndustry changed to Engroshandel med beklædning (514210)

20061 changeaddress 1

18/12AddressMoved to Nystedvej 11, 7400 Herning

20048 changesmanagement 6 · industry 1 · founded 1

07/12ManagementDorthe Mørup appointed board member
07/12ManagementRalph Hemphrey Smith stepped down as board member
27/09IndustryIndustry changed to Engroshandel med sportsartikler, campingudstyr og lystbåde (514735)
22/09FoundedRegistered as ORANGE-SPORT ApS
22/09ManagementJørgen Stig Mørup appointed board member
22/09ManagementMette Mørup Pallishøj appointed board member
22/09ManagementJørgen Stig Mørup appointed director
22/09ManagementRalph Hemphrey Smith appointed board member

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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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