Mares ApS
Private limited companyCVR 14951148SlagelseActive
Mares ApS is a private limited company, based in Slagelse, active in retail sale of clothing, founded in 1991. Net profit rose 299% from 2025 to 2026, ending at DKK 12.9m. Operations are spread over 18 production units in 17 towns. With 92 employees, the company is about 31 times larger than the industry median.
Key figures · financial year 2026
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2026 against 2025
- Gross profit rose 32% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 27m.
- Net profit rose 299% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 12.9m.
- Equity rose 18% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 86.5m.
Employees
- 16 more employees than a year earlier: 92 (08/2026) against 76 (08/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Daniel Sam Jessen (board member, 30/04/2026).
- Stepped down: Steen Jessen (board member, 30/04/2026).
- New owners registered: Mdsj ApS (30/04/2026).
- No longer registered as owner: MCDJ Holding ApS (30/04/2026) and MSVJ Holding ApS (30/04/2026).
Registrations, last 24 months
- 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Retail sale of clothing (477110)
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 2021–2026 · amounts in DKK thousandEquity and net profit
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | – |
| Gross profit | 19,309 | 26,108 | 26,808 | 22,375 | 20,485 | 26,965 | +31.6% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 8,593 | 13,936 | 12,341 | 7,608 | 3,062 | 10,157 | +231.7% |
| Profit before tax | 12,510 | 28,427 | 18,303 | 13,894 | 4,035 | 15,279 | +278.7% |
| Net profit | 10,628 | 25,347 | 15,623 | 12,218 | 3,223 | 12,855 | +298.8% |
| Total assets | 58,656 | 74,003 | 82,173 | 87,886 | 83,591 | 96,976 | +16% |
| Equity | 34,837 | 52,148 | 53,002 | 65,180 | 73,418 | 86,535 | +17.9% |
| Liabilities | 23,605 | 21,624 | 28,927 | 22,523 | 10,063 | 10,403 | +3.4% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 17,126 | 17,855 | 644 | 6,593 | 2,578 | 16,371 | +534.9% |
| Average number of employees | 33 | 36 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 43 | – |
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 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.
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Signals from the financial statements
calculated from the 2026 figuresProfit for five years in a row
Net result has been positive in 2022–2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 01/05/2025 – 30/04/2026 | 19/10/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2025 | 01/05/2024 – 30/04/2025 | 31/10/2025 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/05/2023 – 30/04/2024 | 25/10/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/05/2022 – 30/04/2023 | 30/10/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/05/2021 – 30/04/2022 | 31/10/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/05/2020 – 30/04/2021 | 08/10/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
937 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in retail sale of clothing based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.3m, net profit DKK 76,336, equity DKK 784k, 3 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. 2,912of 4,412 Better than 34% | No. 766of 4,466 Better than 83% |
| Same industry and 50–199 employees28 companies in the comparison | No. 9of 28 Better than 70% | No. 2of 28 Better than 96% |
| Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison | No. 2,272of 10,152 Better than 78% | No. 1,383of 10,275 Better than 87% |
| All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison | No. 1,652of 66,379 Better than 98% | No. 1,308of 66,505 Better than 98% |
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
Retail sale of clothing- Mares ApSDKK 27m
- H & M Hennes & Mauritz A/SDKK 718.7m
- Pwt Group A/SDKK 407.4m
- Mares ApSDKK 12.9m
- H & M Hennes & Mauritz A/SDKK 106.2m
- Pwt Group A/SDKK 112.3m
- Mares ApSDKK 86.5m
- H & M Hennes & Mauritz A/SDKK 299.3m
- Pwt Group A/SDKK 283.1m
- Mares ApS92
- H & M Hennes & Mauritz A/S2,767
- Pwt Group A/S522
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership Register- Mdsj ApS90% · 33.33% votes
Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.
Management
3 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Jessen | Director | 17/02/1999 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Jessen | Board member | 17/10/2001 |
| Daniel Sam Jessen | Board member | 30/04/2026 |
- Founders
- Frantz Kruuse Larsen, Tippy - Asx 684 A/S
Former management (2)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leif Bach Petersen | Director | 12/03/1991 | 05/04/2001 |
| Steen Jessen | Board member | 17/10/2001 | 30/04/2026 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør eller den samlede bestyrelse.
Address and production units
18 active production unitsRugvænget 9
4200 Slagelse
Slagelse Municipality · Postcode 4200
Other companies at the address (2)
- Atlantia 1 ApSRenting of commercial property
- Pihl.a ApSRetail sale of clothing
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARES APS | Rugvænget 9, 4200 Slagelse | 8 | 1005126713 |
| Sam`s | Cityringen 6, Høje Taastrup, 2630 Taastrup | 7 | 1020778659 |
| SAM'S | Gerritsgade 16, 5700 Svendborg | 6 | 1004339445 |
| Sam's Rosengårdscentret | Ørbækvej 75, 5220 Odense SØ | 6 | 1008434200 |
| Sams | Søndertorv 2, 1. 215, 7100 Vejle | 6 | 1023798707 |
| Sams Waves | Over Bølgen 2A, 1, 2670 Greve | 6 | 1031846559 |
| SAM'S VESTSJÆLLANDSCENTRET | Vestsjællandscentret 10A, st. 38, 4200 Slagelse | 5 | 1004339238 |
| Sams | Jernbanegade 12, 4800 Nykøbing F | 5 | 1023798847 |
| Sams Kolding | Skovvangen 42G, 6000 Kolding | 5 | 1028654398 |
| SAMS | Klosterparks Alle 10, 4100 Ringsted | 4 | 1024963620 |
| Sam's | Exnersgade 18, 1, 6700 Esbjerg | 4 | 1028566871 |
| Sam`s | Københavnsvej 29, 4000 Roskilde | 4 | 1015298185 |
| SAM'S | Nygade 1, 3600 Frederikssund | 3 | 1004339512 |
| Sams | Næstved Storcenter 3, 68, 4700 Næstved | 3 | 1023799118 |
| Sams | Gudrunsvej 7, 1. 262, 8220 Brabrand | 3 | 1023799347 |
Showing 15 of 18 units (sorted by employees).
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive handel, herunder import samt fabrikation
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
37 registered events20266 changesaccounts 1 · management 2 · ownership 3
- AccountsAnnual report for 2026 published
- ManagementDaniel Sam Jessen appointed board member
- ManagementSteen Jessen stepped down as board member
- OwnershipMDSJ ApS registered as owner (90%)
- OwnershipMCDJ Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipMSVJ Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
- IndustryIndustry changed to Retail sale of clothing (477110)
20245 changesaccounts 1 · ownership 4
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
- OwnershipMCDJ Holding ApS registered as owner (50%)
- OwnershipMSVJ Holding ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
- OwnershipMSVJ Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipMCDJ Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
20231 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
20223 changesaccounts 1 · ownership 2
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
- OwnershipMSVJ Holding ApS registered as owner (50%)
- OwnershipMSTJ HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
20215 changesaccounts 1 · ownership 4
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
- OwnershipMCDJ Holding ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
- OwnershipMSTJ HOLDING ApS registered as owner (50%)
- OwnershipMCDJ Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipMSTJ HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
20191 changeownership 1
- OwnershipMCDJ Holding ApS registered as owner (50%)
20081 changeindustry 1
- IndustryIndustry changed to Retail sale of clothing (477110)
20071 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to Rugvænget 9, 4200 Slagelse
20062 changesownership 2
- OwnershipMSAJ HOLDING ApS registered as owner (0%)
- OwnershipMSAJ HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
20032 changesownership 2
- OwnershipMSAJ HOLDING ApS registered as owner (50%)
- OwnershipMSTJ HOLDING ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
20014 changescapital 1 · management 3
- CapitalShare capital changed from 200,000 DKK to 1,000,000 DKK
- ManagementSteen Jessen appointed board member
- ManagementSam Jessen appointed board member
- ManagementLeif Bach Petersen stepped down as director
19991 changemanagement 1
- ManagementSam Jessen appointed director
19961 changecapital 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 80,000 DKK to 200,000 DKK
19912 changesfounded 1 · management 1
- FoundedRegistered as MARES ApS
- ManagementLeif Bach Petersen appointed director
Related companies
Same industry in Slagelse
- Kings And Queens ApS247 employees
- Vislagelse ApS50 employees
- Dissing Workwear ApS8 employees
- P.T. Herretøj A/S7 employees
- Din Tøjmand Jimmi, Korsør ApS6 employees
- DissinG Slagelse ApS5 employees
Same people in management
- Tippy Retail A/Svia Bertel Erichsen
- Ollerup Maskinfabrik A/Svia Bertel Erichsen
- Vejleby VVS A/Svia Bertel Erichsen
- Brogade 19A Apsvia Leif Bach Petersen
- Atlantia 1 ApSvia Sam Jessen
- Ac Kiropraktisk Center Sydfyn ApSvia Bertel Erichsen
Largest in the industry
- H & M Hennes & Mauritz A/SDKK 718.7m
- Pwt Group A/SDKK 407.4m
- BESTSELLER Stores Denmark A/SDKK 279.7m
- INDITEX Danmark A/SDKK 239.9m
- Only Stores Denmark A/SDKK 135.2m
- Axel Kaufmann ApSDKK 123.7m
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.