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N. Foss & Co. A/S

Public limited companyCVR 87974618HillerødActive

N. Foss & Co. A/S is a public limited company, based in Hillerød, active in non-financial holding companies, founded in 1979. Net profit fell 27% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 601m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 7 of 2,093 companies in the industry in the database. 3 other companies in the database are registered at the same address.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 3.2bn+8% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 601m−27.3% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 3.6bn+11.4% vs. 2024
Employees2latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 12% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.1bn.
  • Revenue rose 8% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 3.2bn.
  • Net profit fell 27% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 601m.
  • Equity rose 11% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 3.6bn.

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Kim Vejlby Hansen (ceo, 11/03/2026).
  • Stepped down: Nils Christian Foss (director, 11/03/2026).
  • New owners registered: Peter Alexander Foss (20/12/2024), Pernille Foss (20/12/2024) and Nils Christian Foss (20/12/2024) (+1).
  • No longer registered as owner: Peter Alexander Foss (19/12/2024), Clara Frederikke Foss (19/12/2024) and Pernille Foss (19/12/2024) (+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 500mDKK 1bnDKK 1.5bnDKK 2bnDKK 2.5bnDKK 3bnDKK 3.5bnDKK 4bn202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for N. Foss & Co. A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue2,412,0002,584,0002,783,0002,771,0002,942,0003,178,000+8%
Gross profit1,508,0001,590,0001,630,0001,706,0001,874,0002,092,000+11.6%
Operating profit (EBIT)542,000582,000535,000573,000677,000736,000+8.7%
Profit before tax570,000853,000261,000870,0001,072,000779,000−27.3%
Net profit440,000668,000195,000659,000827,000601,000−27.3%
Total assets3,556,0004,047,0004,186,0004,753,0004,213,0004,678,000+11%
Equity2,858,0003,170,0003,342,0003,896,0003,270,0003,644,000+11.4%
Liabilities629,000803,000766,000775,000845,000914,000+8.2%
Cash and cash equivalents236,000287,000454,000350,000282,000316,000+12.1%
Average number of employees1,6961,7391,8191,8581,8671,965+5.2%

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 500mDKK 0DKK 500mDKK 1bnDKK 1.5bnDKK 2bn202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (2,138 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 N. Foss & Co. A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202513/05/2026The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202425/04/2025The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202303/06/2024The groupPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202230/05/2023The groupPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202125/05/2022The groupPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202027/05/2021The groupPDFXBRL

The figures from all the annual reports are shown on this page. The documents themselves (PDF and XBRL, the machine-readable edition) are downloaded with a Pro account: sign in or create a free account, and then choose Pro. XBRL is the edition the figures on the page are read from.

Employees

monthly figures from CVR
0123405/2005/2105/2205/2305/2404/2503/2605/2606/2607/26
Employees

Position in the industry

2,138 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in non-financial holding companies based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 2.1bnNo. 7 of 2,093
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 3.6bnNo. 21 of 2,138
Better than 99% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees2No. 12 of 2,138
Better than 99% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit −DKK 31,805, net profit DKK 701k, equity DKK 32.1m, 1 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 2.1mDKK 44.6mDKK 942.6mDKK 7.2bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 820 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. 13of 69,742
Better than 100%
No. 55of 69,964
Better than 100%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees2,092 companies in the comparison
No. 4of 2,048
Better than 100%
No. 16of 2,092
Better than 99%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 38of 10,152
Better than 100%
No. 78of 10,275
Better than 99%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 60of 17,786
Better than 100%
No. 136of 18,024
Better than 99%

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

Non-financial holding companies
Gross profit
  1. N. Foss & Co. A/SDKK 2.1bn
  2. Heartland A/SDKK 19.9bn
  3. Andel A.M.B.A.DKK 5.6bn
Net profit
  1. N. Foss & Co. A/SDKK 601m
  2. Heartland A/SDKK 4.9bn
  3. Andel A.M.B.A.−DKK 2.9bn
Equity
  1. N. Foss & Co. A/SDKK 3.6bn
  2. Heartland A/SDKK 39.2bn
  3. Andel A.M.B.A.DKK 29.5bn
Employees
  1. N. Foss & Co. A/S2
  2. Heartland A/S34
  3. Andel A.M.B.A.28

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Peter Alexander Foss25% · 33.33% votes
  • Pernille Foss20% · 25% votes
  • Nils Christian Foss25%
  • Clara Frederikke Foss5%
N. Foss & Co. A/S
Subsidiaries and ownership shares

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at N. Foss & Co. A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Kim Vejlby HansenCEO11/03/2026

Board of directors

Board of directors at N. Foss & Co. A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Nils Christian FossBoard member17/09/1979
Peter Alexander FossChair of the board20/03/2013
Pernille FossDeputy chair20/03/2013
Peter Henrik Kürstein-JensenBoard member20/03/2013
Former management (5)
Former management at N. Foss & Co. A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Ture Cosman LindgrenBoard member17/09/197927/01/1995
Nils Utke FossBoard member17/09/197920/12/1995
Dorte Grete FossBoard member17/09/197920/03/2013
Dorte Grete FossDirector17/09/197920/12/1995
Nils Christian FossDirector17/09/197911/03/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af formanden alene, en direktør i forening med et medlem af bestyrelsen eller af to medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Nils Foss Alle 1
3400 Hillerød

Hillerød Municipality · Postcode 3400

Other companies at the address (3)

  • Foss Analytical A/SManufacture of optical instruments, magnetic and optical media and photographic equipment
  • Foss A/SActivities of non-financial head offices
  • Foss Nordic A/SWholesale of other machinery and equipment
Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
N FOSS & CO A/SNils Foss Alle 1, 3400 Hillerød21002782482

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at være holding- og finansieringsselskab, herunder at være moderselskab for FOSS A/S, samt via datterselskaber at drive fabrikation og salg samt eje og drive land- og skovbrug og anden dermed beslægtet virksomhed

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

53 registered events
20263 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Kim Vejlby Hansen appointed ceo
  • Nils Christian Foss stepped down as director
20251 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
202417 changesownership 15 · capital 1 · accounts 1
  • Clara Frederikke Foss registered as owner (5%)
  • Nils Christian Foss registered as owner (25%)
  • Pernille Foss registered as owner (20%)
  • Peter Alexander Foss registered as owner (25%)
  • Pernille Foss is no longer registered as owner
  • Nils Christian Foss is no longer registered as owner
  • Clara Frederikke Foss is no longer registered as owner
  • Peter Alexander Foss is no longer registered as owner
  • Share capital changed from 5,477,995 DKK to 4,484,587 DKK
  • Pernille Foss registered as owner (25%)
  • Nils Christian Foss registered as owner (25%)
  • N. FOSS & CO. A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Pernille Foss is no longer registered as owner
  • Nils Christian Foss is no longer registered as owner
  • N. FOSS & CO. A/S registered as owner (15%)
  • Dorte Grete Foss is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20193 changesaddress 1 · ownership 2
  • Moved to Nils Foss Alle 1, 3400 Hillerød
  • Pernille Foss registered as owner (20%)
  • Pernille Foss is no longer registered as owner
20182 changesownership 2
  • Clara Frederikke Foss registered as owner (0%)
  • Nils Utke Foss is no longer registered as owner
20135 changesmanagement 4 · address 1
  • Peter Alexander Foss appointed chair of the board
  • Pernille Foss appointed deputy chair
  • Peter Henrik Kürstein-Jensen appointed board member
  • Dorte Grete Foss stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Foss Alle 1, 3400 Hillerød
20128 changesindustry 2 · capital 1 · ownership 5
  • Industry changed to Ikke-finansielle holdingselskaber (642020)
  • Share capital changed from 2,300,000 DKK to 5,477,995 DKK
  • Dorte Grete Foss registered as owner (15%)
  • Pernille Foss registered as owner (25%)
  • Nils Utke Foss registered as owner (0%)
  • Nils Christian Foss registered as owner (25%)
  • Peter Alexander Foss registered as owner (25%)
  • Industry changed to Silviculture and other forestry activities (021000)
19953 changesmanagement 3
  • Nils Utke Foss stepped down as board member
  • Dorte Grete Foss stepped down as director
  • Ture Cosman Lindgren stepped down as board member
19881 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 2,300,000 DKK
19797 changesfounded 1 · management 6
  • Registered as N. FOSS & CO. A/S
  • Nils Christian Foss appointed director
  • Ture Cosman Lindgren appointed board member
  • Nils Christian Foss appointed board member
  • Nils Utke Foss appointed board member
  • Dorte Grete Foss appointed board member
  • Dorte Grete Foss 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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