Nek A/S
Public limited companyCVR 12968140BillundActive
Nek A/S is a public limited company, based in Billund, active in manufacture of hand tools, founded in 1988. Net profit rose 7% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 11.2m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 5 of 68 companies in the industry in the database. With 45 employees, the company is about 7 times larger than the industry median.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit rose 4% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 44.4m.
- Net profit rose 7% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 11.2m.
- Equity rose 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 12.4m.
Employees
- 1 fewer employees than a year earlier: 45 (08/2026) against 46 (08/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Kurt Flemming Holmsted (board member, 22/06/2026), Kim Stengaard Holmsted (deputy chair, 22/06/2026) and Christian Dalum (chair of the board, 22/06/2026) (+1).
- Stepped down: Kurt Flemming Holmsted (deputy chair, 21/06/2026), Bernd Petersen (chair of the board, 10/05/2026) and Christen Højgaard Nielsen (board member, 24/08/2025) (+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 thousandEquity and net profit
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | – |
| Gross profit | 34,969 | 57,237 | 61,400 | 45,937 | 42,719 | 44,385 | +3.9% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 10,752 | 23,372 | 32,708 | – | – | – | – |
| Profit before tax | 10,661 | 22,778 | 32,129 | 17,364 | 13,498 | 14,379 | +6.5% |
| Net profit | 8,308 | 17,698 | 25,015 | 13,466 | 10,507 | 11,223 | +6.8% |
| Total assets | 48,543 | 45,784 | 47,812 | 50,632 | 46,597 | 49,169 | +5.5% |
| Equity | 14,712 | 23,633 | 2,248 | 15,714 | 12,221 | 12,444 | +1.8% |
| Liabilities | 33,596 | 20,579 | 42,905 | – | 33,015 | 36,725 | +11.2% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 1,043 | 2,893 | 253 | 730 | 934 | 582 | −37.7% |
| Average number of employees | 46 | 49 | 48 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 0% |
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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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 | 11/05/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024 | 28/04/2025 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 08/05/2024 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 02/05/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/10/2020 – 31/12/2021 | 16/05/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/10/2019 – 30/09/2020 | 08/01/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
68 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in manufacture of hand tools based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 4.9m, net profit DKK 642k, equity DKK 3.7m, 7 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with 20–49 employees9,922 companies in the comparison | No. 567of 9,892 Better than 94% | No. 2,610of 9,922 Better than 74% |
| Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison | No. 1,636of 10,152 Better than 84% | No. 4,313of 10,275 Better than 58% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 3,239of 17,786 Better than 82% | No. 7,892of 18,024 Better than 56% |
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
Manufacture of hand tools- Nek A/SDKK 44.4m
- Sønderborg Værktøjsfabrik A/SDKK 143.8m
- Am Værktøj Odense A/SDKK 72.8m
- Nek A/SDKK 11.2m
- Sønderborg Værktøjsfabrik A/SDKK 71m
- Am Værktøj Odense A/SDKK 8.7m
- Nek A/SDKK 12.4m
- Sønderborg Værktøjsfabrik A/SDKK 72.2m
- Am Værktøj Odense A/SDKK 39.6m
- Nek A/S45
- Sønderborg Værktøjsfabrik A/S56
- Am Værktøj Odense A/S91
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership RegisterSubsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.
Management
6 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Sune Hollen Appel | Director | 01/06/2024 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Jesper Andersen | Board member | 06/08/2021 |
| Kurt Flemming Holmsted | Board member | 22/06/2026 |
| Kim Stengaard Holmsted | Deputy chair | 22/06/2026 |
| Christian Dalum | Chair of the board | 22/06/2026 |
| Louise Kamp Nørbæk | Board member | 22/06/2026 |
- Founders
- Niels Erik Nielsen, Carl Aage Nielsen
Former management (7)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niels Erik Nielsen | Director | 19/12/1988 | 06/08/2021 |
| Carl Aage Nielsen | Director | 19/12/1988 | 01/03/1993 |
| Kurt Flemming Holmsted | Deputy chair | 06/08/2021 | 21/06/2026 |
| Bernd Petersen | Chair of the board | 06/08/2021 | 10/05/2026 |
| Christen Højgaard Nielsen | Board member | 06/08/2021 | 24/08/2025 |
| Jesper Andersen | Director | 06/08/2021 | 01/06/2024 |
| Christian Dalum | Board member | 06/08/2021 | 21/06/2026 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af den samlede bestyrelse, af et flertal af bestyrelsesmedlemmerne, af bestyrelsens formand i forening med bestyrelsens næstformand eller af bestyrelsens formand eller næstformand i forening med en direktør.
Address and production units
1 active production unitsKornmarken 17
7190 Billund
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEK A/S | Kornmarken 17, 7190 Billund | 45 | 1000476526 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive virksomhed med handel og industri, herunder import- og eksportvirksomhed, produktions-. og udviklingsvirksomhed, samt anden virksomhed, der efter bestyrelsens skøn direkte eller indirekte er forbundet hermed.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
38 registered events20268 changesmanagement 7 · accounts 1
- ManagementChristian Dalum appointed chair of the board
- ManagementLouise Kamp Nørbæk appointed board member
- ManagementKurt Flemming Holmsted appointed board member
- ManagementKim Stengaard Holmsted appointed deputy chair
- ManagementChristian Dalum stepped down as board member
- ManagementKurt Flemming Holmsted stepped down as deputy chair
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
- ManagementBernd Petersen stepped down as chair of the board
20252 changesmanagement 1 · accounts 1
- ManagementChristen Højgaard Nielsen stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
20243 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
- ManagementSune Hollen Appel appointed director
- ManagementJesper Andersen stepped down as director
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
20225 changesownership 2 · accounts 1 · name 1 · capital 1
- OwnershipFPE SEKS B ApS registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipFPE Seks ApS is no longer registered as owner
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
- NameName changed from NEK ApS to NEK A/S
- CapitalShare capital changed from 200,000 DKK to 1,000,000 DKK
202110 changesmanagement 7 · ownership 2 · accounts 1
- ManagementJesper Andersen appointed board member
- ManagementChristian Dalum appointed board member
- ManagementKurt Flemming Holmsted appointed deputy chair
- ManagementBernd Petersen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementChristen Højgaard Nielsen appointed board member
- ManagementJesper Andersen appointed director
- ManagementNiels Erik Nielsen stepped down as director
- OwnershipFPE Seks ApS registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipGUNDERLUND NIELSEN HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
20181 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to Kornmarken 17, 7190 Billund
20071 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to Kornmarken 17, 7190 Billund
20021 changeownership 1
- OwnershipGUNDERLUND NIELSEN HOLDING ApS registered as owner (100%)
20001 changename 1
- NameName changed from NEK TEKNIK ApS to NEK ApS
19961 changecapital 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 80,000 DKK to 200,000 DKK
19931 changemanagement 1
- ManagementCarl Aage Nielsen stepped down as director
19883 changesfounded 1 · management 2
- FoundedRegistered as NEK TEKNIK ApS
- ManagementNiels Erik Nielsen appointed director
- ManagementCarl Aage Nielsen appointed director
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Same people in management
- BEUMER Group A/Svia Bernd Petersen
- Scan Global Logistics A/Svia Bernd Petersen
- Dancenter A/Svia Kim Stengaard Holmsted
- Körber Supply Chain DK A/Svia Bernd Petersen
- Orifarm Group A/Svia Christen Højgaard Nielsen
- Haarslev Industries A/Svia Bernd Petersen
Largest in the industry
- Sønderborg Værktøjsfabrik A/SDKK 143.8m
- Am Værktøj Odense A/SDKK 72.8m
- MGS Lynge A/SDKK 71.2m
- Kyocera Unimerco Tooling A/SDKK 65.8m
- Dencam Composite A/SDKK 39m
- Dencker A/SDKK 37.6m
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.