Lactosan A/S

Public limited companyCVR 78878711RingeActive

Lactosan A/S is a public limited company, based in Ringe, active in operation of dairies and cheese making, founded in 1985. Net profit fell 25% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 98.8m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 3 of 20 companies in the industry in the database. With 145 employees, the company is about 3 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 834.3m+6% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 98.8m−25.1% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 553.7m+1.5% vs. 2024
Employees145latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 6% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 284.7m.
  • Revenue rose 6% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 834.3m.
  • Net profit fell 25% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 98.8m.
  • Equity rose 1% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 553.7m.

Employees

  • 10 fewer employees than a year earlier: 145 (07/2026) against 155 (07/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Operation of dairies and cheese making (105100)

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 0DKK 100mDKK 200mDKK 300mDKK 400mDKK 500mDKK 600m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Lactosan A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue424,497483,880696,706762,802786,731834,270+6%
Gross profit164,997179,731218,382278,308302,264284,666−5.8%
Operating profit (EBIT)74,61988,56194,668130,199165,109133,167−19.3%
Profit before tax89,724108,55990,069123,493168,114126,053−25%
Net profit74,15788,83870,91388,069131,98498,813−25.1%
Total assets415,899487,717562,086577,920654,414657,016+0.4%
Equity346,481412,990436,255458,566545,638553,662+1.5%
Liabilities69,41770,815116,295103,34091,16983,490−8.4%
Cash and cash equivalents8,98311,23740,94460,17298,72561,892−37.3%
Average number of employees115118221212230254+10.4%

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.

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DKK 0DKK 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200mDKK 250mDKK 300m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (20 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures
  • 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 Lactosan A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202508/06/2026The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202402/06/2025The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202310/06/2024The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202224/05/2023The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202116/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202024/06/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

20 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in operation of dairies and cheese making based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 284.7mNo. 3 of 20
Better than 89% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 553.7mNo. 2 of 20
Better than 95% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees145No. 4 of 20
Better than 84% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 22.9m, net profit DKK 2.9m, equity DKK 44.3m, 47 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 1.3mDKK 17.3mDKK 227.9mDKK 1.3bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 18 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. 101of 4,412
Better than 98%
No. 140of 4,466
Better than 97%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 317of 10,152
Better than 97%
No. 335of 10,275
Better than 97%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 543of 17,786
Better than 97%
No. 651of 18,024
Better than 96%

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

Operation of dairies and cheese making
Gross profit
  1. Lactosan A/SDKK 284.7m
  2. Arla Foods AMBADKK 3bn
  3. Mammen Mejerierne A/SDKK 321m
Net profit
  1. Lactosan A/SDKK 98.8m
  2. Arla Foods AMBADKK 433m
  3. Mammen Mejerierne A/SDKK 37.4m
Equity
  1. Lactosan A/SDKK 553.7m
  2. Arla Foods AMBADKK 3bn
  3. Mammen Mejerierne A/SDKK 286.8m
Employees
  1. Lactosan A/S145
  2. Arla Foods AMBA9,308
  3. Mammen Mejerierne A/S313

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Thornico Food & Food Technology Group A/S100%
Lactosan A/S

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Lactosan A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jørn Leth FrandsenCEO06/01/2010

Board of directors

Board of directors at Lactosan A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Christian Nicholas Rosenkrantz StadilBoard member26/05/2000
Thor StadilChair of the board07/03/2002
Jørn Leth FrandsenBoard member01/05/2004
Torben Rosenkrantz-TheilBoard member15/08/2023
Former management (13)
Former management at Lactosan A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Erik SkaaringBoard member04/06/198506/03/1990
Jørgen SchmidtDirector04/06/198511/01/2005
Frank PetersenBoard member04/06/198507/03/2002
Gyda StadilDeputy board member04/06/198506/03/1990
Søren Rousing ClemmensenDirector04/06/198501/05/2004
Bjørn StadilBoard member04/06/198526/05/2000
Hans Bech PetersenBoard member04/06/198507/03/2002
Aage StadilBoard member04/06/198528/08/1989
Jens Peter SchousenBoard member07/03/200229/04/2002
Søren Rousing ClemmensenBoard member29/04/200201/05/2004
Henrik Marinus PedersenBoard member06/01/201024/04/2020
Henrik Marinus PedersenDirector06/01/201030/06/2018
Ronald Lambertus Maria BouwensBoard member01/02/201024/04/2020

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af Thor Stadil alene, af Christian Nicholas Stadil alene eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

1 active production units
Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
LACTOSAN A/SNordbakken 2, 5750 Ringe1471003198771

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel og fabrikation og anden dermed i forbindelse stående virksomhed

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

43 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Operation of dairies and cheese making (105100)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20232 changesmanagement 1 · accounts 1
  • Torben Rosenkrantz-Theil appointed board member
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20202 changesmanagement 2
  • Ronald Lambertus Maria Bouwens stepped down as board member
  • Henrik Marinus Pedersen stepped down as board member
20181 changemanagement 1
  • Henrik Marinus Pedersen stepped down as director
20104 changesmanagement 4
  • Ronald Lambertus Maria Bouwens appointed board member
  • Henrik Marinus Pedersen appointed board member
  • Jørn Leth Frandsen appointed ceo
  • Henrik Marinus Pedersen appointed director
20071 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Nordbakken 2, 5750 Ringe
20051 changemanagement 1
  • Jørgen Schmidt stepped down as director
20043 changesmanagement 3
  • Jørn Leth Frandsen appointed board member
  • Søren Rousing Clemmensen stepped down as board member
  • Søren Rousing Clemmensen stepped down as director
20026 changesmanagement 6
  • Søren Rousing Clemmensen appointed board member
  • Jens Peter Schousen stepped down as board member
  • Jens Peter Schousen appointed board member
  • Thor Stadil appointed chair of the board
  • Frank Petersen stepped down as board member
  • Hans Bech Petersen stepped down as board member
20011 changeownership 1
  • Thornico Food & Food Technology Group A/S registered as owner (100%)
20004 changescapital 1 · merger 1 · management 2
  • Share capital changed from 5,000,000 DKK to 5,315,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Christian Nicholas Rosenkrantz Stadil appointed board member
  • Bjørn Stadil stepped down as board member
19902 changesmanagement 2
  • Gyda Stadil stepped down as deputy board member
  • Erik Skaaring stepped down as board member
19891 changemanagement 1
  • Aage Stadil stepped down as board member
19859 changesfounded 1 · management 8
  • Registered as LACTOSAN A/S
  • Bjørn Stadil appointed board member
  • Søren Rousing Clemmensen appointed director
  • Gyda Stadil appointed deputy board member
  • Frank Petersen appointed board member
  • Aage Stadil appointed board member
  • Jørgen Schmidt appointed director
  • Erik Skaaring appointed board member
  • Hans Bech Petersen 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 23/10/2026.

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