Lerøy Seafood Hirtshals A/S
Public limited companyCVR 16386901HirtshalsActive
Lerøy Seafood Hirtshals A/S is a public limited company, based in Hirtshals, active in wholesale of fish and fish products, founded in 1992. Net profit fell 7% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 26.5m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 5 of 115 companies in the industry in the database. Operations are spread over 3 production units.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit fell 9% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 87.8m.
- Revenue fell 7% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 677.6m.
- Net profit fell 7% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 26.5m.
- Equity rose 63% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 67.3m.
Employees
- 8 more employees than a year earlier: 109 (08/2026) against 101 (08/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Flemming Münster (board member, 23/03/2026).
- Stepped down: Anders Hjulmand (board member, 23/03/2026).
Registrations, last 24 months
- 14/03/2025: Moved to Søren Nordbysvej 27, 9850 Hirtshals
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 | 592,683 | 667,195 | 786,737 | 913,262 | 726,976 | 677,559 | −6.8% |
| Gross profit | 96,409 | 91,189 | 88,856 | 91,157 | 96,376 | 87,790 | −8.9% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 45,532 | 42,800 | 37,614 | 33,475 | 37,177 | 27,054 | −27.2% |
| Profit before tax | 43,676 | 42,179 | 37,931 | 27,025 | 34,659 | 32,059 | −7.5% |
| Net profit | 34,081 | 33,057 | 29,877 | 20,335 | 28,594 | 26,505 | −7.3% |
| Total assets | 226,380 | 222,786 | 245,453 | 263,075 | 243,605 | 207,820 | −14.7% |
| Equity | 60,716 | 60,004 | 56,301 | 32,202 | 41,317 | 67,308 | +62.9% |
| Liabilities | 162,870 | 159,945 | 186,231 | 216,541 | 193,381 | 136,215 | −29.6% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 3,408 | 699 | 726 | 1,549 | 703 | 338 | −51.9% |
| Average number of employees | 81 | 68 | 71 | 107 | 103 | 102 | −1% |
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 | 25/06/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024 | 02/06/2025 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 02/07/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 18/04/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021 | 17/02/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020 | 26/03/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
116 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in wholesale of fish and fish products based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 6.3m, net profit DKK 840k, equity DKK 6.5m, 7 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison | No. 830of 4,412 Better than 81% | No. 950of 4,466 Better than 79% |
| Same industry and 50–199 employees12 companies in the comparison | No. 4of 12 Better than 73% | No. 5of 12 Better than 64% |
| Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison | No. 945of 10,152 Better than 91% | No. 1,660of 10,275 Better than 84% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 1,765of 17,786 Better than 90% | No. 2,955of 18,024 Better than 84% |
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 fish and fish products- Lerøy Seafood Hirtshals A/SDKK 87.8m
- A. Espersen A/SDKK 365.1m
- Polar Seafood Denmark A/SDKK 360.6m
- Lerøy Seafood Hirtshals A/SDKK 26.5m
- A. Espersen A/S−DKK 256.6m
- Polar Seafood Denmark A/SDKK 172.5m
- Lerøy Seafood Hirtshals A/SDKK 67.3m
- A. Espersen A/SDKK 241.2m
- Polar Seafood Denmark A/SDKK 1.1bn
- Lerøy Seafood Hirtshals A/S109
- A. Espersen A/S109
- Polar Seafood Denmark A/S179
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership RegisterManagement
5 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Morten Carelius Nielsen | Director | 30/06/2021 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Morten Carelius Nielsen | Board member | 07/07/2016 |
| Ivar Wulff | Chair of the board | 11/10/2021 |
| Lene Fammestad | Board member | 06/02/2024 |
| Flemming Münster | Board member | 23/03/2026 |
- Founders
- Jens Christian Schlie, Kaj Johan Schlie, Anders Hjulmand
Former management (11)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaj Johan Schlie | Board member | 18/08/1992 | 31/12/2023 |
| Kaj Johan Schlie | Director | 18/08/1992 | 30/06/2021 |
| Niels Aage Nielsen | Board member | 10/10/2000 | 07/07/2016 |
| Jens Christian Schlie | Board member | 04/08/2004 | 11/10/2021 |
| Anders Hjulmand | Chair of the board | 04/08/2004 | 10/10/2021 |
| Bent Lygum Poder | Board member | 04/08/2004 | 17/05/2007 |
| Bent Roland Nielsen | Board member | 17/05/2007 | 07/07/2016 |
| Sjur Svenningsson Malm | Board member | 09/01/2017 | 11/10/2021 |
| Henning Beltestad | Board member | 09/01/2017 | 11/10/2021 |
| Anders Hjulmand | Board member | 11/10/2021 | 23/03/2026 |
| Hege Torvund Nilsen | Board member | 11/10/2021 | 13/04/2023 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør eller af to bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening.
Address and production units
3 active production unitsSøren Nordbysvej 27
9850 Hirtshals
Hjørring Municipality · Postcode 9850
Other companies at the address (1)
- Lerøy Seafood Denmark A/SActivities of non-financial head offices
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lerøy Seafood Hirtshals A/S | Søren Nordbysvej 27, 9850 Hirtshals | 109 | 1001090338 |
| Brdr. Schlie Fiskeeksport A/S | Søren Nordbysvej 42, 9850 Hirtshals | – | 1029459882 |
| Brdr. Schlie Fiskeeksport A/S | Peder Skramsvej 4, 9850 Hirtshals | – | 1029828535 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive handel og produktionsvirksomhed med fisk samt anden dermed efter bestyrelsens skøn beslægtet virksomhed.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
49 registered events20263 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
- ManagementFlemming Münster appointed board member
- ManagementAnders Hjulmand stepped down as board member
20252 changesaccounts 1 · address 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
- AddressMoved to Søren Nordbysvej 27, 9850 Hirtshals
20243 changesaccounts 1 · management 1 · name 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
- ManagementLene Fammestad appointed board member
- NameName changed from BRDR. SCHLIE'S FISKEEKSPORT A/S to Lerøy Seafood Hirtshals A/S
20235 changesmanagement 2 · capital 1 · merger 1 · accounts 1
- ManagementKaj Johan Schlie stepped down as board member
- CapitalShare capital changed from 520,000 DKK to 521,000 DKK
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
- ManagementHege Torvund Nilsen stepped down as board member
20221 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
202110 changesmanagement 9 · accounts 1
- ManagementAnders Hjulmand appointed board member
- ManagementIvar Wulff appointed chair of the board
- ManagementHege Torvund Nilsen appointed board member
- ManagementHenning Beltestad stepped down as board member
- ManagementSjur Svenningsson Malm stepped down as board member
- ManagementJens Christian Schlie stepped down as board member
- ManagementAnders Hjulmand stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementMorten Carelius Nielsen appointed director
- ManagementKaj Johan Schlie stepped down as director
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
20172 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementHenning Beltestad appointed board member
- ManagementSjur Svenningsson Malm appointed board member
20168 changesmanagement 3 · ownership 5
- ManagementMorten Carelius Nielsen appointed board member
- ManagementBent Roland Nielsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementNiels Aage Nielsen stepped down as board member
- OwnershipLerøy Seafood Denmark A/S registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipMÜNSTER INVEST ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipBRDR. SCHLIE HOLDING A/S is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipHedehuset ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipPOROTI INVEST ApS is no longer registered as owner
20151 changeownership 1
- OwnershipMÜNSTER INVEST ApS registered as owner (5%)
20131 changecapital 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 520,000 DKK
20073 changesmanagement 2 · address 1
- ManagementBent Roland Nielsen appointed board member
- ManagementBent Lygum Poder stepped down as board member
- AddressMoved to Søren Nordbysvej 27-29, 9850 Hirtshals
20046 changesmanagement 3 · ownership 3
- ManagementBent Lygum Poder appointed board member
- ManagementAnders Hjulmand appointed chair of the board
- ManagementJens Christian Schlie appointed board member
- OwnershipBRDR. SCHLIE HOLDING A/S registered as owner (25%)
- OwnershipHedehuset ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
- OwnershipPOROTI INVEST ApS registered as owner (20%)
20001 changemanagement 1
- ManagementNiels Aage Nielsen appointed board member
19923 changesfounded 1 · management 2
- FoundedRegistered as BRDR. SCHLIE'S FISKEEKSPORT A/S
- ManagementKaj Johan Schlie appointed director
- ManagementKaj Johan Schlie appointed board member
Related companies
Same industry in Hjørring
- Nordic Seafood A/S92 employees
- Venmark Fisk A/S59 employees
- Fiskernes Fiskesortering A.m.b.a.52 employees
- Stars DK ApS22 employees
- Bin Ocean Pakhus ApS16 employees
- N.o. Hausgaard A/S14 employees
Same people in management
- Tryg Forsikring A/Svia Anders Hjulmand
- Velliv, Pension & Livsforsikring A/Svia Anders Hjulmand
- Jydsk Miljø Rengøring A/Svia Bent Lygum Poder
- Sawo A/Svia Anders Hjulmand
- Nordjyske Jernbaner A/Svia Anders Hjulmand
- Fodboldalliancen Ac Horsens A/Svia Bent Lygum Poder
Largest in the industry
- A. Espersen A/SDKK 365.1m
- Polar Seafood Denmark A/SDKK 360.6m
- Nordic Seafood A/SDKK 283.6m
- Sirena Group A/SDKK 148.6m
- Bjerrefisk A/SDKK 81.2m
- Kangamiut Seafood A/SDKK 77.7m
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.