Persano Group A/S

Public limited companyCVR 56000828GræstedActive

Persano Group A/S is a public limited company, based in Græsted, active in manufacture of perfumes, shampoo, toothpaste and similar, founded in 1936. Net profit fell 53% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 19.4m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 4 of 35 companies in the industry in the database. With 189 employees, the company is about 47 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 325.1m−14.9% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 19.4m−53.1% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 174.4m−10.6% vs. 2024
Employees189latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 22% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 89m.
  • Revenue fell 15% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 325.1m.
  • Net profit fell 53% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 19.4m.
  • Equity fell 11% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 174.4m.

Employees

  • 10 more employees than a year earlier: 189 (07/2026) against 179 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Kresten Mikael Valdal (board member, 18/11/2024).
  • Stepped down: Niels Ebbe Valdal (board member, 18/11/2024).

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 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200mDKK 250m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Persano Group A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue334,636366,150337,738374,750382,244325,128−14.9%
Gross profit104,821113,17891,53199,080113,82288,998−21.8%
Operating profit (EBIT)54,84558,74035,84243,88054,60226,798−50.9%
Profit before tax52,80756,83834,32141,40452,78524,492−53.6%
Net profit41,20746,42827,92132,57941,29419,364−53.1%
Total assets340,515335,764317,954330,809349,244323,157−7.5%
Equity219,149228,358163,916175,436194,990174,353−10.6%
Liabilities106,38392,851139,838141,511138,233132,000−4.5%
Cash and cash equivalents64,46847,80010,16443,08640,88922,709−44.5%
Average number of employees183196181177180173−3.9%

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.

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DKK 0DKK 20mDKK 40mDKK 60mDKK 80mDKK 100mDKK 120m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (35 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 Persano Group A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202521/05/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202419/05/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202317/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202231/05/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202102/05/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202027/05/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

35 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in manufacture of perfumes, shampoo, toothpaste and similar based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 89mNo. 4 of 35
Better than 91% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 174.4mNo. 2 of 35
Better than 97% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees189No. 1 of 35
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 4.7m, net profit DKK 1m, equity DKK 3.3m, 4 employees.

DKK 127kDKK 708kDKK 3.9mDKK 21.9mDKK 68.9mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 35 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. 812of 4,412
Better than 82%
No. 395of 4,466
Better than 91%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 933of 10,152
Better than 91%
No. 859of 10,275
Better than 92%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 1,743of 17,786
Better than 90%
No. 1,583of 18,024
Better than 91%

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 perfumes, shampoo, toothpaste and similar
Gross profit
  1. Persano Group A/SDKK 89m
  2. Derma Pharm A/SDKK 122.1m
  3. Riemann A/SDKK 104.8m
Net profit
  1. Persano Group A/SDKK 19.4m
  2. Derma Pharm A/SDKK 28.5m
  3. Riemann A/SDKK 37.1m
Equity
  1. Persano Group A/SDKK 174.4m
  2. Derma Pharm A/SDKK 78.1m
  3. Riemann A/SDKK 66.5m
Employees
  1. Persano Group A/S189
  2. Derma Pharm A/S138
  3. Riemann A/S63

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Persano Group A/S

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Persano Group A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jan OvergaardDirector21/04/1999
Pia ChristensenAssistant director05/02/2010

Board of directors

Board of directors at Persano Group A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jan OvergaardBoard member21/07/1936
Henrik OvergaardChair of the board11/06/2024
Kresten Mikael ValdalBoard member18/11/2024
Auditor
Grant Thornton, Godkendt Revisionspartnerselskab
Former management (6)
Former management at Persano Group A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Niels Ebbe ValdalBoard member21/07/193618/11/2024
Henrik OvergaardBoard member21/07/193610/06/2024
Annie Solvejg Norvig OvergaardBoard member21/07/193626/05/1989
Ib Preben OvergaardChair of the board21/04/199911/06/2024
Ib Preben OvergaardDirector21/04/199921/04/1999
Niels Jørgen Solmer FrankBoard member01/08/200519/05/2009

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af to medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening eller af en direktør alene eller af en underdirektør og et bestyrelsesmedlem i forening.

Address and production units

2 active production units

Skaaremosevej 11
3230 Græsted

Gribskov Municipality · Postcode 3230

Other companies at the address (1)

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
PERSANO GROUP A/SSkaaremosevej 11-14, Blistrup, 3230 Græsted1751003112157
PropharmaKnud Bro Alle 3, 3660 Stenløse151024481049

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel og fabrikation samt eventuelt at erhverve aktier, obligationer eller andelsrettigheder i selskaber og virksomheder med lignende formål

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

31 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20251 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20246 changesmanagement 5 · accounts 1
  • Kresten Mikael Valdal appointed board member
  • Niels Ebbe Valdal stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Henrik Overgaard appointed chair of the board
  • Ib Preben Overgaard stepped down as chair of the board
  • Henrik Overgaard stepped down as board member
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20192 changescapital 1 · merger 1
  • Share capital changed from 5,000,000 DKK to 6,000,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
20101 changemanagement 1
  • Pia Christensen appointed assistant director
20091 changemanagement 1
  • Niels Jørgen Solmer Frank stepped down as board member
20071 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Skaaremosevej 11-14, Blistrup, 3230 Græsted
20051 changemanagement 1
  • Niels Jørgen Solmer Frank appointed board member
20041 changename 1
  • Name changed from PERSANO A/S to PERSANO GROUP A/S
20001 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Casting of steel (245200)
19994 changesmanagement 4
  • Jan Overgaard appointed director
  • Ib Preben Overgaard appointed director
  • Ib Preben Overgaard stepped down as director
  • Ib Preben Overgaard appointed chair of the board
19941 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 5,000,000 DKK
19891 changemanagement 1
  • Annie Solvejg Norvig Overgaard stepped down as board member
19871 changeownership 1
  • PHARMA-TRADE A/S registered as owner (100%)
19365 changesfounded 1 · management 4
  • Registered as PERSANO A/S
  • Annie Solvejg Norvig Overgaard appointed board member
  • Henrik Overgaard appointed board member
  • Niels Ebbe Valdal appointed board member
  • Jan Overgaard 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. The company is protected against advertising; contact details are not shown, and the data must not be used for marketing.

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