L'oréal Danmark A/S
Public limited companyCVR 70710218København VActive
L'oréal Danmark A/S is a public limited company, based in København V, active in wholesale of perfume and cosmetics, founded in 1983. Net profit rose 19% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 635.6m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 1 of 126 companies in the industry in the database. Profit has grown three years in a row.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit rose 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.5bn.
- Net profit rose 19% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 635.6m.
- Equity rose 11% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 897.7m.
Employees
- 61 more employees than a year earlier: 660 (07/2026) against 599 (07/2025).
Registrations, last 24 months
- 01/06/2026: Merger registered in CVR
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 thousandEquity and net profit
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2,861,498 | 3,356,667 | 3,714,909 | 4,436,889 | 4,954,899 | 4,948,611 | −0.1% |
| Gross profit | 722,586 | 933,080 | 883,619 | 1,130,200 | 1,449,379 | 1,481,270 | +2.2% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 317,130 | 503,480 | 426,040 | 618,828 | 780,912 | 851,604 | +9.1% |
| Profit before tax | 317,857 | 461,247 | 435,527 | 671,890 | 762,500 | 811,874 | +6.5% |
| Net profit | 250,173 | 362,734 | 337,730 | 529,002 | 532,720 | 635,641 | +19.3% |
| Total assets | 888,157 | 1,002,104 | 1,055,470 | 1,618,765 | 1,490,862 | 1,595,412 | +7% |
| Equity | 269,812 | 408,783 | 362,491 | 506,687 | 805,351 | 897,717 | +11.5% |
| Liabilities | 618,345 | 593,321 | 692,979 | 1,112,078 | 685,511 | 697,695 | +1.8% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Average number of employees | 515 | 525 | 526 | 574 | 618 | 613 | −0.8% |
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.
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Signals from the financial statements
calculated from the 2025 figuresProfit 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| Financial year | Period | Published | Figures for | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 01/01/2025 – 31/12/2025 | 15/04/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024 | 25/04/2025 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 19/06/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 04/07/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021 | 27/04/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020 | 26/05/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
126 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in wholesale of perfume and cosmetics based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 3.4m, net profit DKK 191k, equity DKK 2.6m, 6 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with 500–999 employees207 companies in the comparison | No. 12of 189 Better than 94% | No. 51of 207 Better than 76% |
| Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison | No. 58of 10,152 Better than 99% | No. 246of 10,275 Better than 98% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 92of 17,786 Better than 99% | No. 452of 18,024 Better than 97% |
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 perfume and cosmetics- L'oréal Danmark A/SDKK 1.5bn
- Estee Lauder Cosmetics A/SDKK 311.8m
- Colgate-palmolive A/SDKK 252.2m
- L'oréal Danmark A/SDKK 635.6m
- Estee Lauder Cosmetics A/SDKK 113.1m
- Colgate-palmolive A/SDKK 31.2m
- L'oréal Danmark A/SDKK 897.7m
- Estee Lauder Cosmetics A/SDKK 673.6m
- Colgate-palmolive A/SDKK 120.7m
- L'oréal Danmark A/S660
- Estee Lauder Cosmetics A/S171
- Colgate-palmolive A/S43
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership Register- L'oreal100%
Management
4 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Sophie Weste | CEO | 01/09/2024 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Laurent Francois Marcel Schmitt | Board member | 21/05/2014 |
| Olivier Hubin | Chair of the board | 01/02/2022 |
| Anna Sophie Weste | Board member | 01/09/2024 |
Former management (57)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Philip | Board member | 15/11/1983 | 12/03/2001 |
| George Sales | Board member | 15/11/1983 | 27/05/1998 |
| Bernard Guy Gustave le Stum | Director | 15/11/1983 | 20/05/1994 |
| Xavier Filou | Board member | 15/11/1983 | 13/02/1996 |
| Xavier Filou | Director | 15/11/1983 | 13/02/1996 |
| Jasques Andre Desire Segain | Board member | 15/11/1983 | 03/08/1988 |
| Alain Jean Vital Guillaume Evrard | Board member | 15/11/1983 | 21/05/1990 |
| Alain Jean Vital Guillaume Evrard | Director | 15/11/1983 | 21/05/1990 |
| Thierry Prevot | Board member | 15/11/1983 | 21/05/1990 |
| Henri Mignot | Board member | 15/11/1983 | 29/03/1995 |
| Pinhas Franklin Berrebi | Board member | 29/03/1995 | 12/03/2001 |
| David Russel Craggs | Board member | 13/02/1996 | 12/03/2001 |
| David Russel Craggs | Director | 13/02/1996 | 12/03/2001 |
| Tyge Jesper Rothe | Board member | 12/03/2001 | 14/01/2008 |
| Hervé Streichenberger | Board member | 23/03/2001 | 11/06/2004 |
| Hervé Streichenberger | Director | 23/03/2001 | 11/06/2004 |
| Alain Jacques André Ducasse | Board member | 23/03/2001 | 14/01/2008 |
| Charles Olivier Benamou | Board member | 11/06/2004 | 14/01/2008 |
| Charles Olivier Benamou | Director | 11/06/2004 | 14/01/2008 |
| Nils Østbirk | Chair of the board | 14/01/2008 | 14/01/2008 |
| Christopher André Konstantin Tedd | Director | 14/01/2008 | 19/10/2009 |
| Niels Westerbye Juhl | Director | 14/01/2008 | 31/12/2015 |
| Frédéric Marie Roze | Chair of the board | 14/01/2008 | 26/01/2009 |
| Jacques Louis Paul Eugéne Botto | Board member | 14/01/2008 | 01/06/2010 |
| Yann Patrick Pierre Maria Jaffre | Board member | 14/01/2008 | 21/05/2014 |
| Edgar Huber | Board member | 14/01/2008 | 17/09/2008 |
| Pierre Maria Plassard | Board member | 14/01/2008 | 26/01/2009 |
| Hugo Jean Paul Kunetz | CEO | 14/01/2008 | 25/03/2009 |
| Florian Nicolas Martin Louis Chanet | Board member | 17/09/2008 | 21/05/2014 |
| Jean-Luc Soetemondt | Board member | 26/01/2009 | 21/05/2014 |
| Blasco de Felice | Chair of the board | 26/01/2009 | 25/06/2012 |
| Hugo Jean Paul Kunetz | CEO | 25/03/2009 | 01/10/2009 |
| Mark Jeremy Prestwich | CEO | 01/10/2009 | 10/10/2013 |
| Marc Hendrik Maria Wissing | Chief financial officer | 19/10/2009 | 25/06/2012 |
| Christophe Ruffat | Board member | 01/06/2010 | 21/05/2014 |
| Anne Pfister | Director | 25/06/2012 | 21/05/2014 |
| Vianney Derville | Chair of the board | 25/06/2012 | 21/05/2014 |
| Sanne Lønskov Mansfeld-Giese | CEO | 10/10/2013 | 31/12/2015 |
| Sanne Lønskov Mansfeld-Giese | Board member | 21/05/2014 | 31/12/2015 |
| Mai-Britt Rasmussen | Director | 21/05/2014 | 31/12/2015 |
| Lars Gunnar Johnsen | Director | 21/05/2014 | 31/12/2015 |
| Francesca Paola Leandra Gamboni | Director | 21/05/2014 | 31/12/2015 |
| Rudolf Jochen Zaumseil | Chair of the board | 21/05/2014 | 01/09/2016 |
| Oliver Marie Bertrand Haudos de Possesse | Director | 04/12/2014 | 31/12/2015 |
| Gregory Stephan Hayward | Chief financial officer | 04/12/2014 | 31/12/2015 |
| Mark Jeremy Prestwich | Board member | 31/12/2015 | 30/08/2018 |
| Mark Jeremy Prestwich | Director | 31/12/2015 | 30/08/2018 |
| Paul Bernard Heeringa | CEO | 31/12/2015 | 31/03/2017 |
| Vianney Marie Hugues Derville | Chair of the board | 01/09/2016 | 01/02/2022 |
| Alexander Hay | CEO | 01/04/2017 | 15/03/2019 |
| Jean-Christophe Pierre André Letellier | Board member | 30/08/2018 | 01/03/2020 |
| Jean-Christophe Pierre André Letellier | Director | 30/08/2018 | 14/03/2019 |
| Jean-Christophe Pierre André Letellier | CEO | 15/03/2019 | 01/03/2020 |
| Tomas Hruska | Board member | 01/03/2020 | 01/02/2022 |
| Tomas Hruska | CEO | 01/03/2020 | 01/02/2022 |
| Suzan Schlag | Board member | 01/02/2022 | 01/09/2024 |
| Suzan Schlag | CEO | 01/02/2022 | 01/09/2024 |
Signing rule: Virksomheden tegnes af et bestyrelsesmedlem alene eller af en direktør alene.
Address and production units
6 active production unitsHavneholmen 25
1561 København V
København Municipality · Postcode 1561
Other companies at the address (2)
- Msd Danmark ApSWholesale of pharmaceutical goods and nursing supplies
- MSD Animal Health A/SWholesale of pharmaceutical goods and nursing supplies
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| L'ORÉAL DANMARK A/S | Havneholmen 25, 1561 København V | 608 | 1003175621 |
| L'ORÉAL DANMARK A/S LAGER | Greve Main 21, 2670 Greve | 49 | 1009156603 |
| L'ORÉAL DANMARK A/S | Værnedamsvej 7, 1819 Frederiksberg C | 20 | 1020815198 |
| L'ORÉAL DANMARK A/S | Kronprinsensgade 4, 1114 København K | – | 1032479304 |
| L'ORÉAL DANMARK A/S | Store Strandstræde 8A, 1255 København K | – | 1032479312 |
| L'Oreal Danmark A/S | Lersø Parkallé 42, 2100 København Ø | – | 1030712869 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive virksomhed inden for fabrikation og handel samt virksomhed der efter bestyrelsens skøn er relateret hertil.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
132 registered events20262 changesmerger 1 · accounts 1
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
20251 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
20246 changesmerger 1 · management 4 · accounts 1
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
- ManagementAnna Sophie Weste appointed ceo
- ManagementAnna Sophie Weste appointed board member
- ManagementSuzan Schlag stepped down as ceo
- ManagementSuzan Schlag stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
20227 changesaccounts 1 · management 6
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
- ManagementSuzan Schlag appointed ceo
- ManagementOlivier Hubin appointed chair of the board
- ManagementSuzan Schlag appointed board member
- ManagementTomas Hruska stepped down as board member
- ManagementTomas Hruska stepped down as ceo
- ManagementVianney Marie Hugues Derville stepped down as chair of the board
20211 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
20204 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementTomas Hruska appointed board member
- ManagementTomas Hruska appointed ceo
- ManagementJean-Christophe Pierre André Letellier stepped down as ceo
- ManagementJean-Christophe Pierre André Letellier stepped down as board member
20193 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementJean-Christophe Pierre André Letellier appointed ceo
- ManagementAlexander Hay stepped down as ceo
- ManagementJean-Christophe Pierre André Letellier stepped down as director
20184 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementJean-Christophe Pierre André Letellier appointed board member
- ManagementJean-Christophe Pierre André Letellier appointed director
- ManagementMark Jeremy Prestwich stepped down as director
- ManagementMark Jeremy Prestwich stepped down as board member
20172 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementAlexander Hay appointed ceo
- ManagementPaul Bernard Heeringa stepped down as ceo
20162 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementVianney Marie Hugues Derville appointed chair of the board
- ManagementRudolf Jochen Zaumseil stepped down as chair of the board
201512 changesmanagement 11 · address 1
- ManagementMark Jeremy Prestwich appointed director
- ManagementPaul Bernard Heeringa appointed ceo
- ManagementMark Jeremy Prestwich appointed board member
- ManagementGregory Stephan Hayward stepped down as chief financial officer
- ManagementOliver Marie Bertrand Haudos de Possesse stepped down as director
- ManagementFrancesca Paola Leandra Gamboni stepped down as director
- ManagementLars Gunnar Johnsen stepped down as director
- ManagementMai-Britt Rasmussen stepped down as director
- ManagementSanne Lønskov Mansfeld-Giese stepped down as board member
- ManagementSanne Lønskov Mansfeld-Giese stepped down as ceo
- ManagementNiels Westerbye Juhl stepped down as director
- AddressMoved to Havneholmen 25, 1561 København V
201414 changesmanagement 14
- ManagementGregory Stephan Hayward appointed chief financial officer
- ManagementOliver Marie Bertrand Haudos de Possesse appointed director
- ManagementRudolf Jochen Zaumseil appointed chair of the board
- ManagementFrancesca Paola Leandra Gamboni appointed director
- ManagementLars Gunnar Johnsen appointed director
- ManagementMai-Britt Rasmussen appointed director
- ManagementSanne Lønskov Mansfeld-Giese appointed board member
- ManagementLaurent Francois Marcel Schmitt appointed board member
- ManagementAnne Pfister stepped down as director
- ManagementVianney Derville stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementChristophe Ruffat stepped down as board member
- ManagementJean-Luc Soetemondt stepped down as board member
- ManagementFlorian Nicolas Martin Louis Chanet stepped down as board member
- ManagementYann Patrick Pierre Maria Jaffre stepped down as board member
20132 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementSanne Lønskov Mansfeld-Giese appointed ceo
- ManagementMark Jeremy Prestwich stepped down as ceo
20124 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementAnne Pfister appointed director
- ManagementVianney Derville appointed chair of the board
- ManagementMarc Hendrik Maria Wissing stepped down as chief financial officer
- ManagementBlasco de Felice stepped down as chair of the board
20102 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementChristophe Ruffat appointed board member
- ManagementJacques Louis Paul Eugéne Botto stepped down as board member
200910 changesmanagement 10
- ManagementMarc Hendrik Maria Wissing appointed chief financial officer
- ManagementChristopher André Konstantin Tedd stepped down as director
- ManagementMark Jeremy Prestwich appointed ceo
- ManagementHugo Jean Paul Kunetz stepped down as ceo
- ManagementHugo Jean Paul Kunetz appointed ceo
- ManagementHugo Jean Paul Kunetz stepped down as ceo
- ManagementBlasco de Felice appointed chair of the board
- ManagementJean-Luc Soetemondt appointed board member
- ManagementPierre Maria Plassard stepped down as board member
- ManagementFrédéric Marie Roze stepped down as chair of the board
200816 changesmanagement 16
- ManagementFlorian Nicolas Martin Louis Chanet appointed board member
- ManagementEdgar Huber stepped down as board member
- ManagementHugo Jean Paul Kunetz appointed ceo
- ManagementPierre Maria Plassard appointed board member
- ManagementEdgar Huber appointed board member
- ManagementYann Patrick Pierre Maria Jaffre appointed board member
- ManagementJacques Louis Paul Eugéne Botto appointed board member
- ManagementFrédéric Marie Roze appointed chair of the board
- ManagementNiels Westerbye Juhl appointed director
- ManagementNils Østbirk appointed chair of the board
- ManagementNils Østbirk stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementChristopher André Konstantin Tedd appointed director
- ManagementCharles Olivier Benamou stepped down as director
- ManagementCharles Olivier Benamou stepped down as board member
- ManagementAlain Jacques André Ducasse stepped down as board member
- ManagementTyge Jesper Rothe stepped down as board member
20074 changesownership 1 · capital 1 · merger 1 · address 1
- OwnershipL'OREAL registered as owner (100%)
- CapitalShare capital changed from 2,000,000 DKK to 2,010,000 DKK
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
- AddressMoved to Stationsparken 37, 2600 Glostrup
20044 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementCharles Olivier Benamou appointed director
- ManagementCharles Olivier Benamou appointed board member
- ManagementHervé Streichenberger stepped down as board member
- ManagementHervé Streichenberger stepped down as director
20017 changesmanagement 7
- ManagementHervé Streichenberger appointed board member
- ManagementAlain Jacques André Ducasse appointed board member
- ManagementHervé Streichenberger appointed director
- ManagementTyge Jesper Rothe appointed board member
- ManagementDavid Russel Craggs stepped down as board member
- ManagementDavid Russel Craggs stepped down as director
- ManagementPinhas Franklin Berrebi stepped down as board member
20002 changescapital 1 · name 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 1,800,000 DKK to 2,000,000 DKK
- NameName changed from A/S CAPILEX to L'ORÉAL DANMARK A/S
19981 changemanagement 1
- ManagementGeorge Sales stepped down as board member
19964 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementDavid Russel Craggs appointed board member
- ManagementDavid Russel Craggs appointed director
- ManagementXavier Filou stepped down as director
- ManagementXavier Filou stepped down as board member
19952 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementPinhas Franklin Berrebi appointed board member
- ManagementHenri Mignot stepped down as board member
19941 changemanagement 1
- ManagementBernard Guy Gustave le Stum stepped down as director
19903 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementThierry Prevot stepped down as board member
- ManagementAlain Jean Vital Guillaume Evrard stepped down as director
- ManagementAlain Jean Vital Guillaume Evrard stepped down as board member
19881 changemanagement 1
- ManagementJasques Andre Desire Segain stepped down as board member
198310 changesfounded 1 · management 9
- FoundedRegistered as A/S CAPILEX
- ManagementGeorge Sales appointed board member
- ManagementHenri Mignot appointed board member
- ManagementThierry Prevot appointed board member
- ManagementAlain Jean Vital Guillaume Evrard appointed director
- ManagementAlain Jean Vital Guillaume Evrard appointed board member
- ManagementJasques Andre Desire Segain appointed board member
- ManagementXavier Filou appointed director
- ManagementXavier Filou appointed board member
- ManagementBernard Guy Gustave le Stum appointed director
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Same people in management
- Novo Nordisk A/Svia Allan Philip
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- Original Coffee ApSvia Tyge Jesper Rothe
- Siemens Healthcare A/Svia Allan Philip
Largest in the industry
- Estee Lauder Cosmetics A/SDKK 311.8m
- Colgate-palmolive A/SDKK 252.2m
- Sæther Nordic A/SDKK 193.3m
- TMC Nordic A/SDKK 108.7m
- E. Sæther A/SDKK 81.4m
- Chanel Denmark ApSDKK 67.3m
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 23/10/2026.