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Knud Larsen Byggecenter A/S

Public limited companyCVR 82553711HvidovreActive

Knud Larsen Byggecenter A/S is a public limited company, based in Hvidovre, active in wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment, founded in 1977. The company made a loss in both 2024 and 2025, most recently DKK 5.5m. Operations are spread over 3 production units. With 117 employees, the company is about 17 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 348.9m−1.7% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 5.5m+25.9% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 80.7m−8.7% vs. 2024
Employees117latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 21% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 53.1m.
  • Revenue fell 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 348.9m.
  • The loss got smaller: from DKK 7.4m to DKK 5.5m (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity fell 9% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 80.7m.

Employees

  • 11 fewer employees than a year earlier: 117 (07/2026) against 128 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Svend Aage Dreist Hansen (chair of the board, 06/08/2026).
  • Stepped down: Poul Balling Sørensen (board member, 06/08/2026).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment (468300)

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

−DKK 20mDKK 0DKK 20mDKK 40mDKK 60mDKK 80mDKK 100m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Knud Larsen Byggecenter A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot stated352,803364,427354,822348,945−1.7%
Gross profit53,78564,05659,90055,13943,94653,114+20.9%
Operating profit (EBIT)4,29212,1704,9831,111−10,182−6,857+32.7%
Profit before tax5,07912,7045,9401,951−9,937−7,073+28.8%
Net profit3,3149,8766,5541,471−7,427−5,502+25.9%
Total assets157,473175,180173,011176,306169,342155,935−7.9%
Equity88,65595,66198,59796,99188,45080,745−8.7%
Liabilities68,81879,51974,41479,31580,89275,191−7%
Cash and cash equivalents1,5507,300515315237215−9.2%
Average number of employees991031021079499+5.3%

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: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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DKK 0DKK 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40mDKK 50mDKK 60m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (430 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • Loss for 2 years in a row

    Net result has been negative in 2024–2025.

    How is this calculated?

    Net result is negative in the two or more 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 Larsen Byggecenter A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202529/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202423/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202326/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202220/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202114/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202002/07/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

430 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 53.1mNo. 29 of 429
Better than 93% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 80.7mNo. 31 of 430
Better than 93% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees117No. 16 of 430
Better than 97% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 5.9m, net profit DKK 623k, equity DKK 6.3m, 7 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 1.2mDKK 13.3mDKK 152.6mDKK 778.2mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 416 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 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison
No. 1,664of 4,412
Better than 62%
No. 817of 4,466
Better than 82%
Same industry and 50–199 employees26 companies in the comparison
No. 15of 26
Better than 44%
No. 11of 26
Better than 60%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 1,417of 10,152
Better than 86%
No. 1,465of 10,275
Better than 86%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 2,751of 17,786
Better than 85%
No. 2,636of 18,024
Better than 85%

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 wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment
Gross profit
  1. Knud Larsen Byggecenter A/SDKK 53.1m
  2. Stark Danmark A/SDKK 1.8bn
  3. Bygma A/SDKK 1.4bn
Net profit
  1. Knud Larsen Byggecenter A/S−DKK 5.5m
  2. Stark Danmark A/SDKK 238m
  3. Bygma A/SDKK 228m
Equity
  1. Knud Larsen Byggecenter A/SDKK 80.7m
  2. Stark Danmark A/SDKK 2bn
  3. Bygma A/SDKK 2.3bn
Employees
  1. Knud Larsen Byggecenter A/S117
  2. Stark Danmark A/S2,792
  3. Bygma A/S1,891

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Jesper Larsen Holding A/S100%
Knud Larsen Byggecenter A/S

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Knud Larsen Byggecenter A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jesper Wichmand LarsenDirector14/06/1977

Board of directors

Board of directors at Knud Larsen Byggecenter A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jesper Wichmand LarsenBoard member14/06/1977
Lene Vingaard LarsenBoard member04/04/2001
Peter RassingBoard member19/05/2009
Svend Aage Dreist HansenChair of the board06/08/2026
Former management (8)
Former management at Knud Larsen Byggecenter A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Mogens HalbyeBoard member14/06/197720/06/1990
Erik RasmussenChair of the board14/06/197730/03/1998
Jens Snegaard AndersenBoard member14/06/197704/04/2001
Knud RasmussenBoard member14/06/197718/05/2011
Knud LarsenBoard member14/06/197730/03/1998
Knud LarsenDirector14/06/197718/02/1997
Helle LarsenBoard member14/06/197730/03/1998
Poul Balling SørensenBoard member04/04/200106/08/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør eller bestyrelsens formand sammen med en direktør eller af den samlede bestyrelse

Address and production units

3 active production units

Gammel Køge Landevej 515
2650 Hvidovre

Hvidovre Municipality · Postcode 2650

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
KNUD LARSEN BYGGECENTER A/SGammel Køge Landevej 515-537, 2650 Hvidovre1021002649250
Knud Larsen ProfessionelHammerholmen 8-16, 2650 Hvidovre121020097503
Knud Larsen Prof center, RoskildeGammel Marbjergvej 20, 4000 Roskilde21024740117

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel med alle former for byggevarer samt fabrikation og handel med tekstilvare og anden dermed beslægtet virksomhed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

40 registered events
20263 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Svend Aage Dreist Hansen appointed chair of the board
  • Poul Balling Sørensen stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment (468300)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20181 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Gammel Køge Landevej 515-537, 2650 Hvidovre
20172 changesaddress 2
  • Moved to Gammel Køge Landevej 515-537, 2650 Hvidovre
  • Moved to Gammel Køge Landevej 515-537, 2650 Hvidovre
20161 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Gammel Køge Landevej 515-537, 2650 Hvidovre
20142 changescapital 1 · merger 1
  • Share capital changed from 540,000 DKK to 626,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
20122 changesaddress 1 · industry 1
  • Moved to Gammel Køge Landevej 515-537, 2650 Hvidovre
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med træ, trælast og byggematerialer (467310)
20111 changemanagement 1
  • Knud Rasmussen stepped down as board member
20091 changemanagement 1
  • Peter Rassing appointed board member
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Retail sale of building materials and tools (475220)
20013 changesmanagement 3
  • Poul Balling Sørensen appointed board member
  • Lene Vingaard Larsen appointed board member
  • Jens Snegaard Andersen stepped down as board member
20001 changeownership 1
  • JESPER LARSEN HOLDING A/S registered as owner (100%)
19983 changesmanagement 3
  • Knud Larsen stepped down as board member
  • Helle Larsen stepped down as board member
  • Erik Rasmussen stepped down as chair of the board
19971 changemanagement 1
  • Knud Larsen stepped down as director
19921 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 540,000 DKK
19901 changemanagement 1
  • Mogens Halbye stepped down as board member
197710 changesfounded 1 · management 9
  • Registered as KNUD LARSEN BYGGECENTER A/S
  • Knud Larsen appointed board member
  • Knud Larsen appointed director
  • Mogens Halbye appointed board member
  • Jesper Wichmand Larsen appointed board member
  • Jesper Wichmand Larsen appointed director
  • Helle Larsen appointed board member
  • Erik Rasmussen appointed chair of the board
  • Jens Snegaard Andersen appointed board member
  • Knud Rasmussen 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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