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Limagrain A/S

Public limited companyCVR 39640228HorsensActive

Limagrain A/S is a public limited company, based in Horsens, active in wholesale of grain, unmanufactured tobacco, seeds and animal feeds, founded in 1940. Net profit fell 10% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 6.2m. Gross profit is higher than that of 77% of the companies in the industry in the database. The company has existed for over 80 years.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 17.9m+3.8% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 6.2m−9.9% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 19.9m−3.2% vs. 2024
Employees12latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 4% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 17.9m.
  • Net profit fell 10% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 6.2m.
  • Equity fell 3% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 19.9m.

Employees

  • 2 more employees than a year earlier: 12 (07/2026) against 10 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Paul Francois Michel DEVISME (board member, 15/09/2026), Guillaume Henri Clair LACARRIÈRE (chair of the board, 15/09/2026) and Paul Francois Michel DEVISME (chair of the board, 26/01/2026) (+1).
  • Stepped down: Antoine Colombo (chair of the board, 19/01/2026), Paul Francois Michel DEVISME (board member, 25/01/2026) and Paul Francois Michel DEVISME (chair of the board, 14/09/2026) (+1).

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 5mDKK 10mDKK 15mDKK 20m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Limagrain A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit11,25610,58113,20212,42817,21017,862+3.8%
Operating profit (EBIT)6,3695,1436,2705,1068,9158,785−1.5%
Profit before tax6,1785,2796,5144,7778,7567,910−9.7%
Net profit4,7934,1035,0953,7106,8246,151−9.9%
Total assets46,31259,46068,58775,00757,98346,226−20.3%
Equity18,39417,70418,69619,90620,52719,878−3.2%
Liabilities27,91841,75649,89155,10130,88625,531−17.3%
Cash and cash equivalents4,3051,34010,21010,35112,7005,069−60.1%
Average number of employees6688990%

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, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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DKK 0DKK 2mDKK 4mDKK 6mDKK 8mDKK 10mDKK 12mDKK 14mDKK 16mDKK 18m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (70 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 Limagrain A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/07/2024 – 30/06/202528/10/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/07/2023 – 30/06/202420/11/2024The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/07/2022 – 30/06/202305/12/2023The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202201/07/2021 – 30/06/202203/01/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/07/2020 – 30/06/202109/12/2021The companyPDFXBRL
202001/07/2019 – 30/06/202011/12/2020The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

70 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in wholesale of grain, unmanufactured tobacco, seeds and animal feeds based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 17.9mNo. 17 of 70
Better than 77% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 19.9mNo. 28 of 70
Better than 61% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees12No. 28 of 70
Better than 61% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 5.9m, net profit DKK 1.1m, equity DKK 9.6m, 5 employees.

DKK 163kDKK 2.1mDKK 26.7mDKK 342.7mDKK 1.9bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 66 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. 1,818of 69,742
Better than 97%
No. 5,818of 69,964
Better than 92%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees52 companies in the comparison
No. 5of 52
Better than 92%
No. 14of 52
Better than 75%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 3,038of 10,152
Better than 70%
No. 3,418of 10,275
Better than 67%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 6,443of 17,786
Better than 64%
No. 6,197of 18,024
Better than 66%

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 grain, unmanufactured tobacco, seeds and animal feeds
Gross profit
  1. Limagrain A/SDKK 17.9m
  2. Danish Agro A.m.b.a.DKK 4.4bn
  3. Dansk Landbrugs Frøselskab AMBADKK 1.6bn
Net profit
  1. Limagrain A/SDKK 6.2m
  2. Danish Agro A.m.b.a.DKK 483.1m
  3. Dansk Landbrugs Frøselskab AMBADKK 260m
Equity
  1. Limagrain A/SDKK 19.9m
  2. Danish Agro A.m.b.a.DKK 7.3bn
  3. Dansk Landbrugs Frøselskab AMBADKK 3.1bn
Employees
  1. Limagrain A/S12
  2. Danish Agro A.m.b.a.952
  3. Dansk Landbrugs Frøselskab AMBA2

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Limagrain Europe100%
Limagrain A/S

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Limagrain A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Ole Østergaard SchmidtCEO26/10/2006

Board of directors

Board of directors at Limagrain A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Ole Østergaard SchmidtBoard member26/10/2006
Paul Francois Michel DEVISMEBoard member15/09/2026
Guillaume Henri Clair LACARRIÈREChair of the board15/09/2026
Auditor
KPMG P/S
Former management (27)
Former management at Limagrain A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Erik Kirk HoueDirector19/02/194026/02/2004
Adriaan Jacobus HuigeBoard member19/02/194014/05/1990
David Marinus VermerrisBoard member19/02/194014/05/1990
Jan Job MolBoard member19/02/194014/05/1990
Willem Hendrik VerburgtBoard member19/02/194029/05/1997
Joannes Gerard Karel SoeterbroekBoard member19/02/194028/02/1995
Jacobus Marinus OggelBoard member19/02/194029/05/1998
Victor Theodor SmitBoard member19/02/194011/05/1999
Peter Ernst BekiusChair of the board29/05/199729/05/1998
Hadyn ST Pierre ParryChair of the board29/05/199831/05/2000
Gerardus Franciscus Jacobus BackxBoard member29/05/199831/05/2000
Gerardus Cornelis PilonBoard member11/05/199931/05/2005
Antoon van VugtBoard member29/06/200014/10/2005
Hubertus H W BeelenBoard member29/06/200028/10/2010
Anny Merete WinbergCEO26/02/200426/10/2006
Joël Claude Emmanuel BossonChair of the board14/10/200519/02/2014
Wolfgang GlaserBoard member14/10/200528/10/2010
Alain PerrinBoard member28/10/201031/01/2012
Joël ArnaudBoard member28/10/201019/12/2014
Bruno JeanMarie CaretteBoard member02/03/201230/09/2019
Alain, Albert Joseph BarbierChair of the board19/02/201419/05/2020
Régis Daniel André FOURNIERBoard member30/09/201929/09/2023
Frédéric Marie Germain ArboucalotChair of the board19/05/202022/05/2023
Antoine ColomboChair of the board22/05/202319/01/2026
Paul Francois Michel DEVISMEBoard member29/09/202325/01/2026
Paul Francois Michel DEVISMEChair of the board26/01/202614/09/2026
Quiterie Claire FOULETBoard member26/01/202615/09/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af tre medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening eller af to medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening med en direktør

Address and production units

1 active production units

Erhvervsbyvej 13
8700 Horsens

Horsens Municipality · Postcode 8700

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
LIMAGRAIN A/SErhvervsbyvej 13, 8700 Horsens121003060471

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

74 registered events
20268 changesmanagement 8
  • Guillaume Henri Clair LACARRIÈRE appointed chair of the board
  • Paul Francois Michel DEVISME appointed board member
  • Quiterie Claire FOULET stepped down as board member
  • Paul Francois Michel DEVISME stepped down as chair of the board
  • Paul Francois Michel DEVISME appointed chair of the board
  • Quiterie Claire FOULET appointed board member
  • Paul Francois Michel DEVISME stepped down as board member
  • Antoine Colombo stepped down as chair of the board
20251 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20236 changesaccounts 2 · management 4
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Paul Francois Michel DEVISME appointed board member
  • Régis Daniel André FOURNIER stepped down as board member
  • Antoine Colombo appointed chair of the board
  • Frédéric Marie Germain Arboucalot stepped down as chair of the board
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20203 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Frédéric Marie Germain Arboucalot appointed chair of the board
  • Alain, Albert Joseph Barbier stepped down as chair of the board
20192 changesmanagement 2
  • Régis Daniel André FOURNIER appointed board member
  • Bruno JeanMarie Carette stepped down as board member
20151 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Erhvervsbyvej 13, 8700 Horsens
20144 changesmanagement 3 · industry 1
  • Joël Arnaud stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Wholesale of grain, unmanufactured tobacco, seeds and animal feeds (462100)
  • Alain, Albert Joseph Barbier appointed chair of the board
  • Joël Claude Emmanuel Bosson stepped down as chair of the board
20122 changesmanagement 2
  • Bruno JeanMarie Carette appointed board member
  • Alain Perrin stepped down as board member
20105 changesmanagement 4 · industry 1
  • Joël Arnaud appointed board member
  • Alain Perrin appointed board member
  • Wolfgang Glaser stepped down as board member
  • Hubertus H W Beelen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Renting of commercial property (682040)
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Growing of other non-perennial crops (011900)
20073 changesaddress 2 · name 1
  • Moved to Marsalle 111, st. h, 8700 Horsens
  • Name changed from ADVANTA A/S to LIMAGRAIN A/S
  • Moved to Mimersvej 5, 8722 Hedensted
20064 changesmanagement 3 · ownership 1
  • Ole Østergaard Schmidt appointed ceo
  • Ole Østergaard Schmidt appointed board member
  • Anny Merete Winberg stepped down as ceo
  • Limagrain Europe registered as owner (100%)
20054 changesmanagement 4
  • Joël Claude Emmanuel Bosson appointed chair of the board
  • Wolfgang Glaser appointed board member
  • Antoon van Vugt stepped down as board member
  • Gerardus Cornelis Pilon stepped down as board member
20042 changesmanagement 2
  • Anny Merete Winberg appointed ceo
  • Erik Kirk Houe stepped down as director
20011 changename 1
  • Name changed from ØSTERGAARDS FRØAVL. AKTIESELSKAB to ADVANTA A/S
20004 changesmanagement 4
  • Hubertus H W Beelen appointed board member
  • Antoon van Vugt appointed board member
  • Gerardus Franciscus Jacobus Backx stepped down as board member
  • Hadyn ST Pierre Parry stepped down as chair of the board
19992 changesmanagement 2
  • Gerardus Cornelis Pilon appointed board member
  • Victor Theodor Smit stepped down as board member
19984 changesmanagement 4
  • Gerardus Franciscus Jacobus Backx appointed board member
  • Hadyn ST Pierre Parry appointed chair of the board
  • Peter Ernst Bekius stepped down as chair of the board
  • Jacobus Marinus Oggel stepped down as board member
19972 changesmanagement 2
  • Peter Ernst Bekius appointed chair of the board
  • Willem Hendrik Verburgt stepped down as board member
19951 changemanagement 1
  • Joannes Gerard Karel Soeterbroek stepped down as board member
19903 changesmanagement 3
  • Adriaan Jacobus Huige stepped down as board member
  • Jan Job Mol stepped down as board member
  • David Marinus Vermerris stepped down as board member
19409 changesfounded 1 · management 8
  • Registered as ØSTERGAARDS FRØAVL. AKTIESELSKAB
  • Adriaan Jacobus Huige appointed board member
  • Erik Kirk Houe appointed director
  • Victor Theodor Smit appointed board member
  • Jacobus Marinus Oggel appointed board member
  • Joannes Gerard Karel Soeterbroek appointed board member
  • Willem Hendrik Verburgt appointed board member
  • Jan Job Mol appointed board member
  • David Marinus Vermerris 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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