Merrild Fotografi ApS

Private limited companyCVR 14742883HerningActive

Merrild Fotografi ApS is a private limited company, based in Herning, active in photographic activities, founded in 1990. Net profit fell 84% from 2025 to 2026, ending at DKK 86,557. With 10 employees, the company is about 5 times larger than the industry median. Gross profit is higher than that of 87% of the companies in the industry in the database.

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Key figures · financial year 2026

Gross profitDKK 5.3m−20.2% vs. 2025
Net profitDKK 86,557−83.9% vs. 2025
EquityDKK 3.2m+2.8% vs. 2025
Employees10latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2026 against 2025

  • Gross profit fell 20% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 5.3m.
  • Net profit fell 84% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 86,557.
  • Equity rose 3% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 3.2m.

Employees

  • 3 fewer employees than a year earlier: 10 (08/2026) against 13 (08/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Photographic activities (742000)

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 thousand

Equity and net profit

−DKK 1mDKK 0DKK 1mDKK 2mDKK 3mDKK 4mDKK 5m202120222023202420252026
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Merrild Fotografi ApS
202120222023202420252026Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit6,1237,1085,5055,9176,6425,297−20.2%
Operating profit (EBIT)2831,404−44191536105−80.4%
Profit before tax2691,394−44592536105−80.4%
Net profit2381,119−4459253687−83.9%
Total assets6,5286,8683,9804,1414,4464,279−3.8%
Equity3,5744,6932,4482,5403,0763,163+2.8%
Liabilities2,9532,1751,5311,6011,3701,116−18.5%
Cash and cash equivalents1,4711,8241,2026156871,017+48.1%
Average number of employees171514141312−7.7%

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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DKK 0DKK 1mDKK 2mDKK 3mDKK 4mDKK 5mDKK 6mDKK 7m202120222023202420252026
Gross profitMedian, the industry (102 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Merrild Fotografi ApS
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202601/07/2025 – 30/06/202625/09/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202501/07/2024 – 30/06/202503/10/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/07/2023 – 30/06/202404/10/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202301/07/2022 – 30/06/202325/08/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202201/07/2021 – 30/06/202223/09/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202101/07/2020 – 30/06/202129/09/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

102 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in photographic activities based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 5.3mNo. 14 of 102
Better than 87% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 3.2mNo. 16 of 102
Better than 85% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees10No. 6 of 102
Better than 95% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.3m, net profit DKK 76,496, equity DKK 318k, 2 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 433kDKK 1.9mDKK 8.1mDKK 21.6mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 97 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. 12,528of 69,742
Better than 82%
No. 18,742of 69,964
Better than 73%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees96 companies in the comparison
No. 9of 96
Better than 92%
No. 12of 96
Better than 88%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 5,510of 10,152
Better than 46%
No. 7,076of 10,275
Better than 31%
All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison
No. 13,002of 66,379
Better than 80%
No. 15,315of 66,505
Better than 77%

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

Photographic activities
Gross profit
  1. Merrild Fotografi ApSDKK 5.3m
  2. The Lab A/SDKK 35.2m
  3. Yuri Arcurs Photography ApSDKK 28.4m
Net profit
  1. Merrild Fotografi ApSDKK 86,557
  2. The Lab A/SDKK 2.2m
  3. Yuri Arcurs Photography ApSDKK 11.4m
Equity
  1. Merrild Fotografi ApSDKK 3.2m
  2. The Lab A/SDKK 15.5m
  3. Yuri Arcurs Photography ApSDKK 18.4m
Employees
  1. Merrild Fotografi ApS10
  2. The Lab A/S79
  3. Yuri Arcurs Photography ApS4

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Merrild Fotografi Holding ApS100%
Merrild Fotografi ApS

Management

1 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Merrild Fotografi ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Gunnar Merrild JensenDirector01/11/1990
Founders
Dan Rybak, PG Ejendomme Holding i ApS, PG Ejendomme Holding Ii ApS
Former management (12)
Former management at Merrild Fotografi ApS
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Henrik Elbrønd PedersenBoard member01/11/199018/04/1991
Klaus Georg BrodersenBoard member01/11/199018/04/1991
Peter AndersenBoard member01/11/199018/04/1991
Dan RybakBoard member01/11/199013/03/1991
Dan RybakDirector01/11/199013/03/1991
Jan Bjørn HøjbjergDirector01/11/199001/10/1993
Annalise StegeBoard member01/11/199013/03/1991
Lise-Lotte Lyng AndersenChair of the board01/11/199013/03/1991
Grete Elin PedersenBoard member01/11/199001/11/1994
Christian Peter ChristiansenBoard member01/11/199001/11/1994
Christian Peter ChristiansenDirector01/11/199001/11/1994
Bent ChristensenBoard member01/11/199001/11/1994

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør alene

Address and production units

2 active production units

Fynsgade 11
7400 Herning

Herning Municipality · Postcode 7400

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
GUNNAR MERRILD FOTOGRAFI APSTrindsøvej 12, 8000 Aarhus C71003120822
GUNNAR MERRILD FOTOGRAFI APSFynsgade 11, 7400 Herning31000796540

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive fotografisk virksomhed samt dertil forbundne aktiviteter

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

45 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2026 published
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Industry changed to Photographic activities (742000)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20141 changeownership 1
  • MERRILD FOTOGRAFI HOLDING ApS registered as owner (100%)
20131 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
20092 changesname 1 · capital 1
  • Name changed from GUNNAR MERRILD FOTOGRAFI ApS to MERRILD FOTOGRAFI ApS
  • Share capital changed from 200,000 DKK to 350,000 DKK
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Photographic activities (742000)
20061 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Fynsgade 11, 7400 Herning
19991 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
19946 changesname 1 · capital 1 · management 4
  • Name changed from AKTIV KAPITAL OPSPARING 1 A/S to GUNNAR MERRILD FOTOGRAFI ApS
  • Share capital changed from 4,930,000 DKK to 200,000 DKK
  • Grete Elin Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Christian Peter Christiansen stepped down as board member
  • Christian Peter Christiansen stepped down as director
  • Bent Christensen stepped down as board member
19931 changemanagement 1
  • Jan Bjørn Højbjerg stepped down as director
19921 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 1,450,000 DKK to 4,930,000 DKK
19919 changescapital 1 · management 7 · name 1
  • Share capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 1,450,000 DKK
  • Henrik Elbrønd Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Klaus Georg Brodersen stepped down as board member
  • Peter Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Name changed from DRAS NR. 1354 A/S to AKTIV KAPITAL OPSPARING 1 A/S
  • Dan Rybak stepped down as board member
  • Dan Rybak stepped down as director
  • Annalise Stege stepped down as board member
  • Lise-Lotte Lyng Andersen stepped down as chair of the board
199014 changesfounded 1 · management 13
  • Registered as DRAS NR. 1354 A/S
  • Henrik Elbrønd Pedersen appointed board member
  • Klaus Georg Brodersen appointed board member
  • Peter Andersen appointed board member
  • Dan Rybak appointed board member
  • Dan Rybak appointed director
  • Jan Bjørn Højbjerg appointed director
  • Annalise Stege appointed board member
  • Lise-Lotte Lyng Andersen appointed chair of the board
  • Grete Elin Pedersen appointed board member
  • Christian Peter Christiansen appointed board member
  • Christian Peter Christiansen appointed director
  • Bent Christensen appointed board member
  • Gunnar Merrild Jensen appointed director

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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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