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Operate A/S

Public limited companyCVR 28283709København NActive

Operate A/S is a public limited company, based in København N, active in business and other management consultancy activities, founded in 2004. Net profit fell 32% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 5.8m. With 61 employees, the company is about 31 times larger than the industry median. Equity fell to DKK 14.2m in 2025.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 64.1m−2.2% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 5.8m−31.9% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 14.2m−16.5% vs. 2024
Employees61latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 38% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 62.8m.
  • Revenue fell 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 64.1m.
  • Net profit fell 32% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 5.8m.
  • Equity fell 17% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 14.2m.

Employees

  • 3 fewer employees than a year earlier: 61 (08/2026) against 64 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Per Hvithamar Rystrøm (board member, 19/02/2025), Pernille Bille Søndergaard (director, 19/02/2025) and Torben Bo Clausen (board member, 26/02/2026) (+1).
  • Stepped down: John Pedersen (board member, 18/02/2025), Per Hvithamar Rystrøm (director, 19/02/2025) and John Pedersen (deputy chair, 26/02/2026).
  • New owners registered: Operate Gruppen A/S (13/03/2025) and Torben Bo Clausen Holding ApS (14/03/2025).
  • No longer registered as owner: Operate Gruppen A/S (12/03/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Business and other management consultancy activities (702000)

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 5mDKK 10mDKK 15mDKK 20m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Operate A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue39,60952,40275,74357,40365,56664,101−2.2%
Gross profit30,48636,43050,65744,006100,52462,759−37.6%
Operating profit (EBIT)4,1086,78815,1199,88811,0379,748−11.7%
Profit before tax4,0326,70115,0349,78111,0257,887−28.5%
Net profit3,1495,21211,7057,5978,5815,841−31.9%
Total assets26,52126,95145,37633,44633,70030,329−10%
Equity11,85813,34820,12016,01216,99314,189−16.5%
Liabilities14,66313,60325,25617,43416,707––
Cash and cash equivalents13,8069,22828,75911,56413,07716,490+26.1%
Average number of employees4139414744440%

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 0DKK 20mDKK 40mDKK 60mDKK 80mDKK 100m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (2,370 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 Operate A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202527/02/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202419/02/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202328/02/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202227/02/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202128/02/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202011/03/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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
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Employees

Position in the industry

2,370 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in business and other management consultancy activities based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 62.8mNo. 65 of 2,358
Better than 97% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 14.2mNo. 348 of 2,369
Better than 85% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees61No. 84 of 2,370
Better than 96% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.3m, net profit DKK 170k, equity DKK 974k, 2 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 1.6mDKK 26.5mDKK 431.1mDKK 2.8bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 2,031 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. 1,335of 4,412
Better than 70%
No. 2,553of 4,466
Better than 43%
Same industry and 50–199 employees34 companies in the comparison
No. 18of 34
Better than 48%
No. 20of 34
Better than 42%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 1,136of 24,791
Better than 95%
No. 5,437of 24,909
Better than 78%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 2,374of 17,786
Better than 87%
No. 7,411of 18,024
Better than 59%

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

Business and other management consultancy activities
Gross profit
  1. Operate A/SDKK 62.8m
  2. COWI Holding A/SDKK 7bn
  3. Accenture A/SDKK 1.1bn
Net profit
  1. Operate A/SDKK 5.8m
  2. COWI Holding A/SDKK 374m
  3. Accenture A/SDKK 116.1m
Equity
  1. Operate A/SDKK 14.2m
  2. COWI Holding A/SDKK 2bn
  3. Accenture A/SDKK 642m
Employees
  1. Operate A/S61
  2. COWI Holding A/S12
  3. Accenture A/S977

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Stürup-pedersen Holding A/S10%
  • Dybdals Holding ApS20%
  • Koras ApS20%
  • Operate Gruppen A/S20%
  • Torben Bo Clausen Holding ApS5%
Operate A/S

Management

7 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Operate A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Anders DybdalCEO01/07/2020
Karen Charlotte Spohr LorenzenDirector01/09/2023
Pernille Bille SøndergaardDirector19/02/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at Operate A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Michael HjortlundBoard member31/12/2019
Line RixChair of the board15/05/2023
Per Hvithamar RystrømBoard member19/02/2025
Torben Bo ClausenBoard member26/02/2026
Founders
Stürup-pedersen Holding A/S
Former management (19)
Former management at Operate A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Marit Hvithamar RystrømBoard member16/11/200419/02/2009
Mette StürupBoard member16/11/200419/02/2009
Kasper Westphal PedersenDirector19/02/200930/04/2015
John PedersenBoard member01/01/201427/05/2014
Mikkel Leonhard Berre EriksenChair of the board24/02/201421/11/2017
Leif Dueholm StøyBoard member24/02/201401/06/2014
Per Hvithamar RystrømBoard member27/05/201428/06/2019
John PedersenCEO01/06/201427/06/2019
Per Hvithamar RystrømDirector01/06/201427/06/2019
Søren ChristiansenBoard member01/06/201420/11/2017
Camilla HuusBoard member27/09/201730/12/2019
Søren ChristiansenChair of the board21/11/201731/12/2019
John PedersenBoard member28/06/201918/02/2025
John PedersenDirector28/06/201928/06/2019
Per Hvithamar RystrømCEO28/06/201930/06/2020
Camilla HuusChair of the board31/12/201915/05/2023
Per Hvithamar RystrømDirector01/07/202019/02/2025
Line RixBoard member23/02/202314/05/2023
John PedersenDeputy chair19/02/202526/02/2026

Signing rule: Virksomheden tegnes af den administrerende direktør i forening med bestyrelsesformanden, eller af den administrerende direktør i forening med bestyrelsesnæstformand, eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Jesper Brochmands Gade 10
2200 København N

København Municipality · Postcode 2200

Other companies at the address (1)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
OPERATE A/SJesper Brochmands Gade 10, 2200 København N611010959108

Purpose

Selskabets formål er medierådgivning, kommunikation og konsulentvirksomhed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

88 registered events
20263 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Torben Bo Clausen appointed board member
  • John Pedersen stepped down as deputy chair
202510 changesownership 3 · management 5 · accounts 1 · industry 1
  • Torben Bo Clausen Holding ApS registered as owner (5%)
  • Operate Gruppen A/S registered as owner (20%)
  • Operate Gruppen A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • John Pedersen appointed deputy chair
  • Pernille Bille Søndergaard appointed director
  • Per Hvithamar Rystrøm appointed board member
  • Per Hvithamar Rystrøm stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • John Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Business and other management consultancy activities (702000)
20245 changesownership 4 · accounts 1
  • Operate Gruppen A/S registered as owner (25%)
  • KORAS ApS registered as owner (20%)
  • Operate Gruppen A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • KORAS ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2023 published
202312 changesmanagement 5 · ownership 6 · accounts 1
  • Karen Charlotte Spohr Lorenzen appointed director
  • Line Rix appointed chair of the board
  • Camilla Huus stepped down as chair of the board
  • Line Rix stepped down as board member
  • Operate Gruppen A/S registered as owner (33.33%)
  • Dybdals Holding ApS registered as owner (20%)
  • KORAS ApS registered as owner (20%)
  • Dybdals Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Operate Gruppen A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • KORAS ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Line Rix appointed board member
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20217 changesownership 6 · accounts 1
  • STÜRUP-PEDERSEN HOLDING A/S registered as owner (10%)
  • Dybdals Holding ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • Dybdals Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • KORAS ApS registered as owner (15%)
  • Operate Gruppen A/S registered as owner (50%)
  • Operate Gruppen A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20204 changesownership 1 · management 3
  • OPERATE A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Per Hvithamar Rystrøm appointed director
  • Anders Dybdal appointed ceo
  • Per Hvithamar Rystrøm stepped down as ceo
201912 changesmanagement 11 · ownership 1
  • Michael Hjortlund appointed board member
  • Camilla Huus appointed chair of the board
  • Søren Christiansen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Camilla Huus stepped down as board member
  • Dybdals Holding ApS registered as owner (5%)
  • John Pedersen appointed director
  • John Pedersen stepped down as director
  • John Pedersen appointed board member
  • Per Hvithamar Rystrøm appointed ceo
  • Per Hvithamar Rystrøm stepped down as board member
  • Per Hvithamar Rystrøm stepped down as director
  • John Pedersen stepped down as ceo
20174 changesmanagement 4
  • Søren Christiansen appointed chair of the board
  • Mikkel Leonhard Berre Eriksen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Søren Christiansen stepped down as board member
  • Camilla Huus appointed board member
20158 changesownership 7 · management 1
  • Operate Gruppen A/S registered as owner (66.67%)
  • OPERATE A/S registered as owner (5%)
  • DESKAPOL ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Operate Gruppen A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Kasper Westphal Pedersen stepped down as director
  • Operate Gruppen A/S registered as owner (66.67%)
  • KORAS ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • STÜRUP-PEDERSEN HOLDING A/S is no longer registered as owner
201412 changesmanagement 9 · ownership 3
  • Søren Christiansen appointed board member
  • Per Hvithamar Rystrøm appointed director
  • John Pedersen appointed ceo
  • Leif Dueholm Støy stepped down as board member
  • Per Hvithamar Rystrøm appointed board member
  • John Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Leif Dueholm Støy appointed board member
  • Mikkel Leonhard Berre Eriksen appointed chair of the board
  • KORAS ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • DESKAPOL ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • STÜRUP-PEDERSEN HOLDING A/S registered as owner (33.33%)
  • John Pedersen appointed board member
20101 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Jesper Brochmands Gade 10, 2200 København N
20093 changesmanagement 3
  • Kasper Westphal Pedersen appointed director
  • Marit Hvithamar Rystrøm stepped down as board member
  • Mette Stürup stepped down as board member
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Virksomhedsrådgivning og anden rådgivning om driftsledelse (702200)
20051 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 1,000,000 DKK
20044 changesindustry 1 · founded 1 · management 2
  • Industry changed to Anden virksomhedsrådgivning (741490)
  • Registered as OPERATE A/S
  • Marit Hvithamar Rystrøm appointed board member
  • Mette Stürup 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. The company is protected against advertising; contact details are not shown, and the data must not be used for marketing.

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