Nowaco A/S

Public limited companyCVR 62497718AalborgActive

Nowaco A/S is a public limited company, based in Aalborg, active in wholesale of meat and meat products, founded in 1963. Net profit rose 219% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 56.2m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 4 of 91 companies in the industry in the database. With 101 employees, the company is about 10 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 4.1bn+26.9% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 56.2m+219.1% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 476.2m+14.2% vs. 2024
Employees101latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 57% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 175.3m.
  • Revenue rose 27% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 4.1bn.
  • Net profit rose 219% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 56.2m.
  • Equity rose 14% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 476.2m.

Employees

  • 7 more employees than a year earlier: 101 (07/2026) against 94 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Peter Lau Lauritzen (chair of the board, 08/06/2026), Kasper Lenbroch (board member, 08/06/2026) and Asbjørn Kaas Kastaniegaard (board member, 08/06/2026).
  • Stepped down: Tom Leth Jensen (director, 28/11/2025), Peter Normann (board member, 18/06/2025) and Mikael Thinghuus (chair of the board, 08/06/2026).
  • New owners registered: Nowaco Holding A/S (29/11/2024).
  • No longer registered as owner: Nowaco Invest 2012 ApS (29/11/2024) and Nowaco Holding A/S (28/11/2024).

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 0DKK 100mDKK 200mDKK 300mDKK 400mDKK 500m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Nowaco A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue2,718,2903,097,9283,442,0003,229,9273,219,7524,086,219+26.9%
Gross profit126,106120,186198,100123,051111,899175,287+56.6%
Operating profit (EBIT)57,02846,93968,57847,17728,98176,717+164.7%
Profit before tax60,15350,10471,17244,40222,72272,129+217.4%
Net profit46,94739,16856,50034,56817,60356,165+219.1%
Total assets505,229777,858938,400914,482874,4391,011,051+15.6%
Equity339,134362,566404,300423,717417,106476,157+14.2%
Liabilities165,349414,595–489,930–––
Cash and cash equivalents69,3449,23817,1006,93910,52912,157+15.5%
Average number of employees170175171175178190+6.7%

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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Gross profitMedian, the industry (91 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 Nowaco A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202512/06/2026The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202425/06/2025The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202308/07/2024The groupPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202220/03/2023The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202121/03/2022The groupPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202009/03/2021The groupPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

91 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in wholesale of meat and meat products based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 175.3mNo. 4 of 91
Better than 97% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 476.2mNo. 2 of 91
Better than 99% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees101No. 3 of 91
Better than 98% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 10.5m, net profit DKK 1m, equity DKK 7.9m, 10 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 691kDKK 4.8mDKK 32.9mDKK 119.5mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 90 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 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison
No. 227of 4,412
Better than 95%
No. 155of 4,466
Better than 97%
Same industry and 50–199 employees14 companies in the comparison
No. 3of 14
Better than 85%
No. 1of 14
Better than 100%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 501of 10,152
Better than 95%
No. 386of 10,275
Better than 96%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 910of 17,786
Better than 95%
No. 744of 18,024
Better than 96%

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

Wholesale of meat and meat products
Gross profit
  1. Nowaco A/SDKK 175.3m
  2. Ess-food A/SDKK 227.5m
  3. Delika Food Group A/SDKK 198.7m
Net profit
  1. Nowaco A/SDKK 56.2m
  2. Ess-food A/SDKK 34.2m
  3. Delika Food Group A/S−DKK 11.7m
Equity
  1. Nowaco A/SDKK 476.2m
  2. Ess-food A/SDKK 154.7m
  3. Delika Food Group A/SDKK 69.6m
Employees
  1. Nowaco A/S101
  2. Ess-food A/S89
  3. Delika Food Group A/S64

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Nowaco Invest 2014 ApS10%
  • Nowaco Invest 2017 ApS10%
  • Nowaco Invest 2023 ApS10%
  • Nowaco Holding A/S90%
Nowaco A/S

The ownership shares in the register add up to 120%. The register may contain older or indirect holdings that have not been closed. We show them as registered.

Management

9 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Nowaco A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Katja Nowak NielsenCEO19/10/2018
Peter RasmussenDirector01/09/2022
Jacob Dissing HansenDirector01/01/2024

Board of directors

Board of directors at Nowaco A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Juttine NielsenBoard member29/05/2007
Peter Guldager TerkelsenBoard member25/08/2011
Katja Nowak NielsenBoard member22/06/2015
Peter Lau LauritzenChair of the board08/06/2026
Kasper LenbrochBoard member08/06/2026
Asbjørn Kaas KastaniegaardBoard member08/06/2026
Former management (35)
Former management at Nowaco A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Michael RostockBoard member01/05/196301/09/1993
Hans Michael ThorhaugeBoard member01/05/196303/10/1988
Palle Hvass DigeBoard member01/05/196302/11/1987
Bent Jørgensen BøgBoard member01/05/196306/10/1994
Niels Frank ThygesenBoard member01/05/196306/10/1994
Niels Frank ThygesenDirector01/05/196306/10/1994
Bent Erik MikkelsenBoard member01/05/196302/11/1987
Irving Munch NielsenBoard member01/05/196314/04/1997
Anne Margrethe KlæbelBoard member01/09/199306/10/1994
Karl Otto Gjelstrup NielsenBoard member06/10/199414/04/1997
Karl Otto Gjelstrup NielsenDirector06/10/199414/04/1997
Peer SlyngeBoard member06/10/199422/08/1997
Peer SlyngeDirector06/10/199401/11/1997
Preben Kurt NielsenChair of the board09/04/200329/11/2005
Bjarne Lunde Skov PoulsenBoard member09/04/200331/03/2006
Steen Damsgård PedersenDirector09/04/200329/11/2005
Per Søndergaard PedersenChair of the board29/11/200526/05/2020
Preben Kurt NielsenCEO29/11/200519/10/2018
Tina Nowak TerkelsenBoard member31/03/200625/08/2011
Per StrideDirector01/11/200630/09/2012
Brian Schiønning LarsenDirector29/05/200731/07/2015
Peter Fisker OlesenDirector25/06/201226/02/2021
Jens MøllerBoard member11/06/201421/06/2015
Katja Nowak NielsenDeputy chair11/06/201421/06/2015
Jens MøllerDeputy chair22/06/201509/04/2018
Katja Nowak NielsenDirector22/06/201518/10/2018
Tom Leth JensenDirector22/06/201528/11/2025
Peter Haslund Wilhelmsson TuureDirector01/01/201729/04/2021
Torben Ballegaard SørensenDeputy chair09/04/201825/05/2020
Anders BauditzBoard member27/03/202018/03/2024
Torben Ballegaard SørensenChair of the board26/05/202018/03/2024
Per SørensenDirector07/06/202212/10/2022
Mikael ThinghuusBoard member01/09/202217/03/2024
Peter NormannBoard member18/03/202418/06/2025
Mikael ThinghuusChair of the board18/03/202408/06/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af den administrerende direktør alene, af en direktør i forening med et bestyrelsesmedlem eller af tre bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Prinsensgade 15
9000 Aalborg

Aalborg Municipality · Postcode 9000

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
NOWACO A/SPrinsensgade 15, 9000 Aalborg1051002154981

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel og fabrikation samt enhver dermed efter bestyrelsens skøn beslægtet virksomhed, herunder gennem aktiebesiddelse i andre selskaber med tilsvarende formål

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

108 registered events
20265 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Asbjørn Kaas Kastaniegaard appointed board member
  • Kasper Lenbroch appointed board member
  • Peter Lau Lauritzen appointed chair of the board
  • Mikael Thinghuus stepped down as chair of the board
20253 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Tom Leth Jensen stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Peter Normann stepped down as board member
202410 changesownership 3 · accounts 1 · management 6
  • Nowaco Holding A/S registered as owner (90%)
  • NOWACO INVEST 2012 ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Nowaco Holding A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Mikael Thinghuus appointed chair of the board
  • Peter Normann appointed board member
  • Torben Ballegaard Sørensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Anders Bauditz stepped down as board member
  • Mikael Thinghuus stepped down as board member
  • Jacob Dissing Hansen appointed director
20234 changesownership 3 · accounts 1
  • Nowaco Invest 2023 ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • Nowaco Holding A/S registered as owner (90%)
  • TIKA HOLDING A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20227 changesownership 2 · management 4 · accounts 1
  • TIKA HOLDING A/S registered as owner (90%)
  • TIKA HOLDING A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Per Sørensen stepped down as director
  • Peter Rasmussen appointed director
  • Mikael Thinghuus appointed board member
  • Per Sørensen appointed director
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20213 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Peter Haslund Wilhelmsson Tuure stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Peter Fisker Olesen stepped down as director
20204 changesmanagement 4
  • Torben Ballegaard Sørensen appointed chair of the board
  • Per Søndergaard Pedersen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Torben Ballegaard Sørensen stepped down as deputy chair
  • Anders Bauditz appointed board member
20185 changesmanagement 5
  • Katja Nowak Nielsen appointed ceo
  • Preben Kurt Nielsen stepped down as ceo
  • Katja Nowak Nielsen stepped down as director
  • Torben Ballegaard Sørensen appointed deputy chair
  • Jens Møller stepped down as deputy chair
20172 changesownership 1 · management 1
  • Nowaco Invest 2017 ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • Peter Haslund Wilhelmsson Tuure appointed director
20161 changeownership 1
  • NOWACO INVEST ApS is no longer registered as owner
20157 changesmanagement 7
  • Brian Schiønning Larsen stepped down as director
  • Katja Nowak Nielsen appointed director
  • Katja Nowak Nielsen appointed board member
  • Tom Leth Jensen appointed director
  • Jens Møller appointed deputy chair
  • Jens Møller stepped down as board member
  • Katja Nowak Nielsen stepped down as deputy chair
20144 changesownership 2 · management 2
  • NOWACO INVEST 2014 ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • TIKA HOLDING A/S registered as owner (66.67%)
  • Jens Møller appointed board member
  • Katja Nowak Nielsen appointed deputy chair
20123 changesmanagement 2 · ownership 1
  • Per Stride stepped down as director
  • NOWACO INVEST 2012 ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • Peter Fisker Olesen appointed director
20112 changesmanagement 2
  • Peter Guldager Terkelsen appointed board member
  • Tina Nowak Terkelsen stepped down as board member
20073 changesownership 1 · management 2
  • NOWACO INVEST ApS registered as owner (15%)
  • Juttine Nielsen appointed board member
  • Brian Schiønning Larsen appointed director
20063 changesmanagement 3
  • Per Stride appointed director
  • Tina Nowak Terkelsen appointed board member
  • Bjarne Lunde Skov Poulsen stepped down as board member
20054 changesmanagement 4
  • Per Søndergaard Pedersen appointed chair of the board
  • Preben Kurt Nielsen appointed ceo
  • Preben Kurt Nielsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Steen Damsgård Pedersen stepped down as director
20037 changesname 1 · address 2 · capital 1 · management 3
  • Name changed from NOWACO TRADING A/S to NOWACO A/S
  • Moved to Prinsensgade 15, 9000 Aalborg
  • Share capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 20,000,000 DKK
  • Preben Kurt Nielsen appointed chair of the board
  • Bjarne Lunde Skov Poulsen appointed board member
  • Steen Damsgård Pedersen appointed director
  • Moved to Prinsensgade 15, 9100 Aalborg
19976 changesmanagement 5 · name 1
  • Peer Slynge stepped down as director
  • Peer Slynge stepped down as board member
  • Name changed from TOPP GROUP A/S to NOWACO TRADING A/S
  • Karl Otto Gjelstrup Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Karl Otto Gjelstrup Nielsen stepped down as director
  • Irving Munch Nielsen stepped down as board member
199410 changescapital 1 · name 1 · management 8
  • Share capital changed from 750,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
  • Name changed from CENTURY INVEST A/S to TOPP GROUP A/S
  • Karl Otto Gjelstrup Nielsen appointed board member
  • Peer Slynge appointed board member
  • Peer Slynge appointed director
  • Karl Otto Gjelstrup Nielsen appointed director
  • Anne Margrethe Klæbel stepped down as board member
  • Niels Frank Thygesen stepped down as director
  • Niels Frank Thygesen stepped down as board member
  • Bent Jørgensen Bøg stepped down as board member
19933 changescapital 1 · management 2
  • Share capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 750,000 DKK
  • Anne Margrethe Klæbel appointed board member
  • Michael Rostock stepped down as board member
19881 changemanagement 1
  • Hans Michael Thorhauge stepped down as board member
19872 changesmanagement 2
  • Bent Erik Mikkelsen stepped down as board member
  • Palle Hvass Dige stepped down as board member
19639 changesfounded 1 · management 8
  • Registered as CENTURY INVEST A/S
  • Hans Michael Thorhauge appointed board member
  • Irving Munch Nielsen appointed board member
  • Bent Erik Mikkelsen appointed board member
  • Niels Frank Thygesen appointed director
  • Niels Frank Thygesen appointed board member
  • Bent Jørgensen Bøg appointed board member
  • Palle Hvass Dige appointed board member
  • Michael Rostock 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 24/10/2026.

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