Knud E. Dan A/S

Public limited companyCVR 19655172GreveActive

Knud E. Dan A/S is a public limited company, based in Greve, active in manufacture of soap, detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations, founded in 1997. Net profit rose 33% from 2025 to 2026, ending at DKK 1.1m. Equity grew to DKK 7.4m in 2026. 6 people are registered in the company's management and ownership.

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Key figures · financial year 2026

Gross profitDKK 10.4m+1.9% vs. 2025
Net profitDKK 1.1m+32.9% vs. 2025
EquityDKK 7.4m+17.2% vs. 2025
Employees17latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2026 against 2025

  • Gross profit rose 2% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 10.4m.
  • Net profit rose 33% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 1.1m.
  • Equity rose 17% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 7.4m.

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Aase Birgitte Dan (board member, 17/09/2025).

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 2021–2026 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

DKK 0DKK 2mDKK 4mDKK 6mDKK 8mDKK 10m202120222023202420252026
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Knud E. Dan A/S
202120222023202420252026Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit10,3549,8399,47510,18210,17410,372+1.9%
Operating profit (EBIT)1,7971,0721,0661,5281,2441,488+19.6%
Profit before tax1,8569287851,1911,0471,391+32.8%
Net profit1,4477236109288151,084+32.9%
Total assets15,03214,13815,66914,14713,34514,023+5.1%
Equity9,5355,2585,1685,4976,3127,395+17.2%
Liabilities5,3838,76810,3548,5276,9306,541−5.6%
Cash and cash equivalents2,5071,7082,4973,2361,5011,612+7.4%
Average number of employees181817161514−6.7%

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 5mDKK 10mDKK 15mDKK 20mDKK 25mDKK 30m202120222023202420252026
Gross profitMedian, the industry (30 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 Knud E. Dan A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202601/07/2025 – 30/06/202623/09/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202501/07/2024 – 30/06/202518/09/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/07/2023 – 30/06/202409/10/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202301/07/2022 – 30/06/202306/10/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202201/07/2021 – 30/06/202220/10/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202101/07/2020 – 30/06/202126/10/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

30 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in manufacture of soap, detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 10.4mNo. 11 of 30
Better than 66% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 7.4mNo. 12 of 30
Better than 62% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees17No. 12 of 30
Better than 62% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 5.5m, net profit DKK 822k, equity DKK 4.8m, 10 employees.

DKK 278kDKK 1.6mDKK 8.7mDKK 48.6mDKK 153.1mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 30 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. 4,532of 69,742
Better than 94%
No. 11,047of 69,964
Better than 84%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees21 companies in the comparison
No. 3of 21
Better than 90%
No. 3of 21
Better than 90%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 5,818of 24,791
Better than 77%
No. 7,930of 24,909
Better than 68%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 8,826of 17,786
Better than 50%
No. 9,951of 18,024
Better than 45%

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 soap, detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations
Gross profit
  1. Knud E. Dan A/SDKK 10.4m
  2. Nopa Nordic A/SDKK 271.8m
  3. Novadan ApSDKK 106.4m
Net profit
  1. Knud E. Dan A/SDKK 1.1m
  2. Nopa Nordic A/SDKK 55.7m
  3. Novadan ApSDKK 34.4m
Equity
  1. Knud E. Dan A/SDKK 7.4m
  2. Nopa Nordic A/SDKK 379m
  3. Novadan ApSDKK 87.5m
Employees
  1. Knud E. Dan A/S17
  2. Nopa Nordic A/S250
  3. Novadan ApS70

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Henrik Dan ApS50%
  • Lars Martin Bøgeholm Jensen ApS50%
Knud E. Dan A/S

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Knud E. Dan A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Henrik DanCEO25/06/2018

Board of directors

Board of directors at Knud E. Dan A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Lars Martin Bøgeholm JensenBoard member02/01/1997
Henrik DanBoard member02/01/1997
Henny Bøgeholm JensenBoard member25/06/2018
Aase Birgitte DanBoard member17/09/2025
Founders
Preben Dige Pedersen, Lars Martin Bøgeholm Jensen, Henrik Dan
Former management (4)
Former management at Knud E. Dan A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Preben Dige PedersenBoard member02/01/199725/06/2018
John Marius LyagerBoard member02/01/199721/11/2011
Knud Erik DanBoard member02/01/199721/11/2011
Preben Dige PedersenCEO21/11/201125/06/2018

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direkør eller af to bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Lunikvej 40
2670 Greve

Greve Municipality · Postcode 2670

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
KNUD E. DAN A/SLunikvej 40, 2670 Greve171001929480

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel, produktion, håndværk, industri og finansieringsvirksomhed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

35 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2026 published
20252 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Aase Birgitte Dan appointed board member
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20191 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Lunikvej 40, 2670 Greve
201811 changesaddress 1 · ownership 5 · management 4 · merger 1
  • Moved to Lunikvej 40, 2670 Greve
  • HENRIK DAN ApS registered as owner (50%)
  • LARS MARTIN BØGEHOLM JENSEN ApS registered as owner (50%)
  • PREBEN DIGE PEDERSEN ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • LARS MARTIN BØGEHOLM JENSEN ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • HENRIK DAN ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Henrik Dan appointed ceo
  • Henny Bøgeholm Jensen appointed board member
  • Preben Dige Pedersen stepped down as ceo
  • Preben Dige Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
20113 changesmanagement 3
  • Preben Dige Pedersen appointed ceo
  • John Marius Lyager stepped down as board member
  • Knud Erik Dan stepped down as board member
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of soap, detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations (204100)
20031 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Sæbe- og vaskemiddelfabrikker (245110)
20025 changesname 1 · capital 1 · ownership 3
  • Name changed from KNUD E. DAN ApS to KNUD E. DAN A/S
  • Share capital changed from 240,000 DKK to 510,000 DKK
  • PREBEN DIGE PEDERSEN ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • LARS MARTIN BØGEHOLM JENSEN ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • HENRIK DAN ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
19976 changesfounded 1 · management 5
  • Registered as KNUD E. DAN ApS
  • Henrik Dan appointed board member
  • Lars Martin Bøgeholm Jensen appointed board member
  • John Marius Lyager appointed board member
  • Knud Erik Dan appointed board member
  • Preben Dige Pedersen 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. The company is protected against advertising; contact details are not shown, and the data must not be used for marketing.

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