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Obton A/S

Public limited companyCVR 31596106Aarhus CActive

Obton A/S is a public limited company, based in Aarhus C, active in investment on own account, founded in 2008. Equity was negative at the end of 2025 (−DKK 219.2m). After a loss in 2024, the company made a profit of DKK 463.9m in 2025. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 1 of 623 companies in the industry in the database.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 196.5m+52.2% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 463.9m+130.5% vs. 2024
Equity−DKK 219.2m+64.2% vs. 2024
Employees11latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Revenue rose 52% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 196.5m.
  • Net profit went from a loss of DKK 1.5bn to a profit of DKK 463.9m (2024 → 2025).

Employees

  • 87 fewer employees than a year earlier: 11 (08/2026) against 98 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Hans Peter Rørbæk Vestergaard (ceo, 03/10/2025), Knut Erling Røsjorde (chair of the board, 08/10/2025) and Sandra Cecilia Grauers Nilsson (director, 31/01/2025).
  • Stepped down: Anders Marcus (ceo, 31/01/2025), Gunn Wærsted (board member, 08/10/2025) and Knut Erling Røsjorde (board member, 07/10/2025) (+2).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Investment on own account (649910)

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 1.6bn−DKK 1.4bn−DKK 1.2bn−DKK 1bn−DKK 800m−DKK 600m−DKK 400m−DKK 200mDKK 0DKK 200mDKK 400m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Obton A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue451,721643,251149,953134,124129,156196,537+52.2%
Gross profit323,805441,13373,62444,249−1,303,515876,406+167.2%
Operating profit (EBIT)232,203294,62743,10611,093−1,555,062726,808+146.7%
Profit before tax223,615271,55733,149−5,128−1,646,182476,179+128.9%
Net profit155,132210,72720,652−3,412−1,519,990463,879+130.5%
Total assets1,171,1841,932,106286,569360,3331,089,196686,309−37%
Equity407,399347,93565,24848,618−611,658−219,239+64.2%
Liabilities673,8451,472,281192,377284,2101,209,523756,739−37.4%
Cash and cash equivalents49,61850,43014,24010,41458,03511,426−80.3%
Average number of employees––26328628683−71%

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. Gross profit can exceed revenue when the company has other operating income or is a financial company.

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−DKK 1.5bn−DKK 1bn−DKK 500mDKK 0DKK 500mDKK 1bn202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (655 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • Negative equity

    Equity was −DKK 219.2m at the end of 2025.

    How is this calculated?

    Equity in the latest annual report is below zero.

  • Fewer employees

    The number of employees fell 71% from 286 in 2024 to 83 in 2025.

    How is this calculated?

    The number of employees according to the annual report has fallen by at least 25%, and was at least 10 the year before.

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 Obton A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202516/07/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202403/07/2025The groupPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202329/04/2024The groupPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202202/05/2023The groupPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202109/05/2022The groupPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202009/04/2021The groupPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

655 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in investment on own account based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 876.4mNo. 1 of 623
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Equity−DKK 219.2mNo. 655 of 655
Better than 0% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees11No. 11 of 655
Better than 98% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit −DKK 36,065, net profit DKK 364k, equity DKK 22.5m, 1 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 968kDKK 9.4mDKK 90.6mDKK 411.3mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 255 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. 41of 69,742
Better than 100%
No. 69,956of 69,964
Better than 0%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees636 companies in the comparison
No. 1of 606
Better than 100%
No. 636of 636
Better than 0%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 63of 24,791
Better than 100%
No. 24,902of 24,909
Better than 0%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 165of 17,786
Better than 99%
No. 18,011of 18,024
Better than 0%

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

Investment on own account
Gross profit
  1. Obton A/SDKK 876.4m
  2. MS2 Holding ApSDKK 841.3m
  3. Kapitalen ApSDKK 354.6m
Net profit
  1. Obton A/SDKK 463.9m
  2. MS2 Holding ApSDKK 136.9m
  3. Kapitalen ApS−DKK 28.6m
Equity
  1. Obton A/S−DKK 219.2m
  2. MS2 Holding ApSDKK 1.2bn
  3. Kapitalen ApSDKK 1.1bn
Employees
  1. Obton A/S11
  2. MS2 Holding ApS7
  3. Kapitalen ApS4

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Obton Group Holding A/S100%
Obton A/S
Subsidiaries and ownership shares

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Obton A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Hans Peter Rørbæk VestergaardCEO03/10/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at Obton A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Anders MarcusBoard member25/06/2008
Christian Erik Bering JelsbechBoard member25/06/2024
Knut Erling RøsjordeChair of the board08/10/2025
Founders
Markro HOLDING A/S
Former management (17)
Former management at Obton A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Anders MarcusDirector25/06/200829/02/2016
Torben UlrichBoard member25/06/200801/03/2009
Peter Krogsgaard JørgensenChair of the board25/06/200826/08/2020
Torben Elkjær PedersenBoard member01/03/200923/11/2011
Lars BentsenBoard member23/11/201125/06/2024
Oliver Dahl PetersDirector24/02/201626/08/2020
Anders MarcusCEO01/03/201631/01/2025
Søren DahlgaardDirector17/12/201905/03/2021
Peter Krogsgaard JørgensenDirector26/08/202005/03/2021
Oliver Dahl PetersChair of the board26/08/202006/12/2023
Søren LindgaardDirector05/03/202106/09/2024
Hans Peter Rørbæk VestergaardChair of the board06/12/202325/06/2024
Peter Krogsgaard JørgensenBoard member25/06/202417/09/2024
Gunn WærstedBoard member25/06/202408/10/2025
Knut Erling RøsjordeBoard member25/06/202407/10/2025
Mike WinkelChair of the board25/06/202408/10/2025
Sandra Cecilia Grauers NilssonDirector31/01/202503/10/2025

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør i forening med et medlem af bestyrelsen, af den samlede bestyrelse eller af to direktører i forening.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Kristine Nielsens Gade 5
8000 Aarhus C

Aarhus Municipality · Postcode 8000

Other companies at the address (6)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
OBTON A/SKristine Nielsens Gade 5, 8000 Aarhus C111014564310

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive investeringsvirksomhed, herunder ved erhvervelse af kapitalandele i tilknyttede selskaber, samt at drive udbydervirksomhed, herunder ved salg af kapitalandele i tilknyttede virksomheder, samt hermed efter bestyrelsens skøn tilknyttet virksomhed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

71 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
202510 changesmanagement 8 · accounts 1 · industry 1
  • Knut Erling Røsjorde appointed chair of the board
  • Gunn Wærsted stepped down as board member
  • Mike Winkel stepped down as chair of the board
  • Knut Erling Røsjorde stepped down as board member
  • Hans Peter Rørbæk Vestergaard appointed ceo
  • Sandra Cecilia Grauers Nilsson stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Sandra Cecilia Grauers Nilsson appointed director
  • Anders Marcus stepped down as ceo
  • Industry changed to Investment on own account (649910)
202410 changesmanagement 9 · accounts 1
  • Peter Krogsgaard Jørgensen stepped down as board member
  • Søren Lindgaard stepped down as director
  • Knut Erling Røsjorde appointed board member
  • Gunn Wærsted appointed board member
  • Peter Krogsgaard Jørgensen appointed board member
  • Christian Erik Bering Jelsbech appointed board member
  • Mike Winkel appointed chair of the board
  • Hans Peter Rørbæk Vestergaard stepped down as chair of the board
  • Lars Bentsen stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20233 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Hans Peter Rørbæk Vestergaard appointed chair of the board
  • Oliver Dahl Peters stepped down as chair of the board
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20222 changesaddress 1 · accounts 1
  • Moved to Kristine Nielsens Gade 5, 8000 Aarhus C
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20217 changesaccounts 1 · management 3 · ownership 3
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Søren Lindgaard appointed director
  • Peter Krogsgaard Jørgensen stepped down as director
  • Søren Dahlgaard stepped down as director
  • Obton Group Holding A/S registered as owner (100%)
  • HP Vestergaard Invest ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Obton Group Holding A/S is no longer registered as owner
20206 changesownership 2 · management 4
  • HP Vestergaard Invest ApS registered as owner (5%)
  • HP Vestergaard Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Peter Krogsgaard Jørgensen appointed director
  • Oliver Dahl Peters appointed chair of the board
  • Oliver Dahl Peters stepped down as director
  • Peter Krogsgaard Jørgensen stepped down as chair of the board
20194 changesmanagement 1 · ownership 3
  • Søren Dahlgaard appointed director
  • HP Vestergaard Holding ApS registered as owner (5%)
  • Hans Peter Rørbæk Vestergaard is no longer registered as owner
  • Hans Peter Rørbæk Vestergaard registered as owner (5%)
20181 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Silkeborgvej 2, 8000 Aarhus C
20168 changesownership 4 · address 1 · management 3
  • Obton Group Holding A/S registered as owner (90%)
  • ANDREAS DUCKERT HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • OM 2012 ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Markro HOLDING A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Moved to Silkeborgvej 2, 8000 Aarhus C
  • Anders Marcus appointed ceo
  • Anders Marcus stepped down as director
  • Oliver Dahl Peters appointed director
20151 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Hack Kampmanns Plads 1, 2. tv, 8000 Aarhus C
20141 changeownership 1
  • ANDREAS DUCKERT HOLDING ApS registered as owner (10%)
20132 changescapital 1 · ownership 1
  • Share capital changed from 11,537,500 DKK to 12,777,778 DKK
  • OM 2012 ApS registered as owner (10%)
20113 changesmanagement 2 · address 1
  • Lars Bentsen appointed board member
  • Torben Elkjær Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Nordhavnsgade 1, 2. tv, 8000 Aarhus C
20095 changescapital 2 · address 1 · management 2
  • Share capital changed from 9,037,500 DKK to 11,537,500 DKK
  • Moved to Vestergade 58, n, 8000 Aarhus C
  • Share capital changed from 7,230,000 DKK to 9,037,500 DKK
  • Torben Elkjær Pedersen appointed board member
  • Torben Ulrich stepped down as board member
20087 changesindustry 1 · founded 1 · management 4 · ownership 1
  • Industry changed to Investeringsselskaber (643030)
  • Registered as OBTON A/S
  • Torben Ulrich appointed board member
  • Anders Marcus appointed board member
  • Peter Krogsgaard Jørgensen appointed chair of the board
  • Anders Marcus appointed director
  • Markro HOLDING A/S registered as owner (66.67%)

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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. The company is protected against advertising; contact details are not shown, and the data must not be used for marketing.

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