Novicell ApS

Private limited companyCVR 20297743HøjbjergActive

Novicell ApS is a private limited company, based in Højbjerg, active in computer programming activities, founded in 1997. After a loss in 2024, the company made a profit of DKK 11.2m in 2025. Operations are spread over 3 production units in 3 towns. With 208 employees, the company is about 52 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 169.9m+3.8% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 11.2m+518.3% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 30.5m+56.8% vs. 2024
Employees208latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 4% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 169.9m.
  • Net profit went from a loss of DKK 2.7m to a profit of DKK 11.2m (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity rose 57% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 30.5m.

Employees

  • 16 fewer employees than a year earlier: 208 (07/2026) against 224 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Per Kirchner (director, 01/01/2025).
  • Stepped down: Per Lilholt (director, 31/12/2024).

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 10mDKK 0DKK 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Novicell ApS
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit149,479173,066191,228162,455163,708169,911+3.8%
Operating profit (EBIT)14,55412,1261,157−9,612−2,65015,813+696.8%
Profit before tax13,85813,001−518−11,006−3,68914,598+495.7%
Net profit10,2618,798−2,582−9,876−2,67111,174+518.3%
Total assets83,14888,77177,91571,15761,63766,932+8.6%
Equity39,56341,86930,34221,30119,44230,491+56.8%
Liabilities43,58546,23546,61249,03242,01835,644−15.2%
Cash and cash equivalents25,7999,0864,4998,2272,5865,948+130%
Average number of employees252282321298277245−11.6%

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. 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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Gross profitMedian, the industry (1,661 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Novicell ApS
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202520/05/2026The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202430/06/2025The groupPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202301/07/2024The groupPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202205/04/2023The groupPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202111/04/2022The groupPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202020/04/2021The groupPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

1,661 companies in the database

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

Gross profitDKK 169.9mNo. 25 of 1,656
Better than 99% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 30.5mNo. 122 of 1,661
Better than 93% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees208No. 19 of 1,661
Better than 99% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 2.6m, net profit DKK 93,491, equity DKK 1m, 4 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 978kDKK 9.6mDKK 93.7mDKK 428.6mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 1,474 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 200–499 employees796 companies in the comparison
No. 361of 763
Better than 53%
No. 597of 796
Better than 25%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 407of 24,791
Better than 98%
No. 3,352of 24,909
Better than 87%
All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison
No. 154of 66,379
Better than 100%
No. 3,130of 66,505
Better than 95%

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

Computer programming activities
Gross profit
  1. Novicell ApSDKK 169.9m
  2. Stibo Systems A/SDKK 916.6m
  3. Trackunit ApSDKK 897.1m
Net profit
  1. Novicell ApSDKK 11.2m
  2. Stibo Systems A/SDKK 155.9m
  3. Trackunit ApSDKK 206.3m
Equity
  1. Novicell ApSDKK 30.5m
  2. Stibo Systems A/SDKK 309.7m
  3. Trackunit ApSDKK 1.7bn
Employees
  1. Novicell ApS208
  2. Stibo Systems A/S201
  3. Trackunit ApS249

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Morten Longgaard Knudsen5%
  • Adam Peter Nielsen5%
  • Novicell Holding ApS25%
  • Thyregod Invest ApS25%
  • Kirchner ApS25%
Novicell ApS

Management

7 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Novicell ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Per KirchnerDirector01/01/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at Novicell ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Per KirchnerBoard member02/07/2007
Terje Ivar LølandBoard member24/01/2008
Niklas Lillelund NielsenBoard member24/01/2008
Kim VestergaardBoard member06/08/2010
Ole Bjørvig PedersenBoard member04/10/2012
Poul ThyregodChair of the board04/10/2012
Founders
Thor Ranthe, Poul Thyregod
Former management (13)
Former management at Novicell ApS
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Thor RantheBoard member20/08/199724/01/2008
Thor RantheDirector20/08/199702/07/2007
Ronny Løwe Skovfoged SchererBoard member20/08/199702/07/2007
Jan Walfrid SørensenBoard member20/08/199702/08/1998
Henrik Spang AndersenDeputy board member20/08/199702/08/1998
Lars Spang KjeldsenBoard member20/08/199702/08/1998
Bo ChristensenDeputy board member20/08/199702/08/1998
Martin Walfrid SørensenDeputy board member20/08/199702/08/1998
Anders Gustav TrolleBoard member20/08/199702/08/1998
Per KirchnerDirector02/07/200701/04/2023
Per LilholtBoard member24/01/200825/02/2022
Ian HolmgaardBoard member03/06/200924/11/2010
Per LilholtDirector01/04/202331/12/2024

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af formanden for bestyrelsen og en direktør i forening.

Address and production units

3 active production units

Søren Nymarks Vej 6U
8270 Højbjerg

Aarhus Municipality · Postcode 8270

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
NOVICELL ApSSøren Nymarks Vej 6U, 8270 Højbjerg1791004224842
Novicell ApSAmerika Plads 19, 2100 København Ø311021098961
Novicell ApSLyngvej 1, 9000 Aalborg–1027892848

Purpose

Selskabets formål er udvikling, rådgivning og hosting i forbindelse med Internettet samt dermed beslægtede aktiviteter.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

66 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20252 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Per Kirchner appointed director
20243 changesmanagement 1 · address 1 · accounts 1
  • Per Lilholt stepped down as director
  • Moved to Søren Nymarks Vej 6U, 8270 Højbjerg
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20234 changesaddress 1 · accounts 1 · management 2
  • Moved to Søren Nymarks Vej 6U, 8270 Højbjerg
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Per Lilholt appointed director
  • Per Kirchner stepped down as director
20222 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Per Lilholt stepped down as board member
20213 changesaccounts 1 · ownership 2
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • THYREGOD INVEST ApS registered as owner (25%)
  • KIRCHNER ApS registered as owner (25%)
20202 changesownership 2
  • KIRCHNER ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • THYREGOD INVEST ApS is no longer registered as owner
20191 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
20181 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
20143 changesname 2 · address 1
  • Name changed from NOVICELL SOFTWAREUDVIKLING ApS to NOVICELL ApS
  • Moved to Søren Nymarks Vej 6, 8270 Højbjerg
  • Name changed from NOVICELL ApS to NOVICELL SOFTWAREUDVIKLING ApS
20123 changesmanagement 2 · ownership 1
  • Poul Thyregod appointed chair of the board
  • Ole Bjørvig Pedersen appointed board member
  • NOVICELL HOLDING ApS registered as owner (25%)
20112 changesownership 2
  • KIRCHNER ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • THYREGOD INVEST ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
20103 changesmanagement 2 · name 1
  • Ian Holmgaard stepped down as board member
  • Name changed from DIGITALIS INTERNET ApS to NOVICELL ApS
  • Kim Vestergaard appointed board member
20093 changesownership 2 · management 1
  • Adam Peter Nielsen registered as owner (5%)
  • Morten Longgaard Knudsen registered as owner (5%)
  • Ian Holmgaard appointed board member
20086 changescapital 1 · management 4 · industry 1
  • Share capital changed from 125,000 DKK to 131,579 DKK
  • Per Lilholt appointed board member
  • Terje Ivar Løland appointed board member
  • Niklas Lillelund Nielsen appointed board member
  • Thor Ranthe stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Computerprogrammering (620100)
20076 changesaddress 2 · management 4
  • Moved to Oddervej 157, 8270 Højbjerg
  • Moved to Miltonsvej 10, 8270 Højbjerg
  • Per Kirchner appointed board member
  • Per Kirchner appointed director
  • Ronny Løwe Skovfoged Scherer stepped down as board member
  • Thor Ranthe stepped down as director
20041 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Miltonsvej 10, 8270 Højbjerg
20032 changesaddress 1 · industry 1
  • Moved to Paradisgade 5, 2. tv, 8000 Århus C
  • Industry changed to Udvikling af kundespecifikt software og konsulentbistand i forbindelse med software (722200)
20001 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Kirkegårdsvej 4, 8000 Århus C
19987 changesname 1 · management 6
  • Name changed from DIGITALIS ApS to DIGITALIS INTERNET ApS
  • Bo Christensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Lars Spang Kjeldsen stepped down as board member
  • Henrik Spang Andersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jan Walfrid Sørensen stepped down as board member
  • Martin Walfrid Sørensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Anders Gustav Trolle stepped down as board member
199710 changesfounded 1 · management 9
  • Registered as DIGITALIS ApS
  • Bo Christensen appointed deputy board member
  • Lars Spang Kjeldsen appointed board member
  • Ronny Løwe Skovfoged Scherer appointed board member
  • Thor Ranthe appointed director
  • Henrik Spang Andersen appointed deputy board member
  • Jan Walfrid Sørensen appointed board member
  • Martin Walfrid Sørensen appointed deputy board member
  • Anders Gustav Trolle appointed board member
  • Thor Ranthe 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 23/10/2026.

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