Polar Seafood Denmark A/S
Public limited companyCVR 11369677VodskovActive
Polar Seafood Denmark A/S is a public limited company, based in Vodskov, active in wholesale of fish and fish products, founded in 1987. Net profit rose 30% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 172.5m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 2 of 115 companies in the industry in the database. Profit has grown three years in a row.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit fell 9% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 360.6m.
- Revenue rose 12% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 4.7bn.
- Net profit rose 30% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 172.5m.
- Equity rose 10% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.1bn.
Employees
- 12 more employees than a year earlier: 179 (08/2026) against 167 (08/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Michael Binzer (chair of the board, 05/11/2025), Miki Jonas Brøns (board member, 05/11/2025) and Bent Friis-Salling (deputy chair, 03/09/2026) (+3).
- Stepped down: Miki Jonas Brøns (board member, 19/05/2025), Michael Binzer (board member, 04/11/2025) and Bent Friis-Salling (deputy chair, 19/05/2025) (+5).
- New owners registered: Polar Seafood Greenland A/S (09/09/2026).
- No longer registered as owner: Polar Seafood Greenland A/S (08/09/2026) and S-13 Holding ApS (09/09/2026).
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 thousandEquity and net profit
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 3,011,749 | 3,792,037 | 3,899,936 | 3,851,418 | 4,216,349 | 4,707,970 | +11.7% |
| Gross profit | 417,115 | 494,823 | 399,769 | 369,138 | 395,800 | 360,561 | −8.9% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 202,046 | 274,105 | 227,704 | 183,758 | 197,197 | 132,232 | −32.9% |
| Profit before tax | 149,735 | 299,253 | 204,630 | 123,270 | 152,130 | 150,381 | −1.1% |
| Net profit | 117,948 | 229,538 | 94,363 | 81,806 | 132,555 | 172,513 | +30.1% |
| Total assets | 1,797,825 | 1,748,279 | 1,930,572 | 1,618,220 | 1,773,882 | 2,261,804 | +27.5% |
| Equity | 1,268,292 | 1,398,931 | 1,473,237 | 921,371 | 1,006,730 | 1,103,569 | +9.6% |
| Liabilities | 515,536 | 330,814 | 435,736 | 675,547 | 740,433 | 1,155,714 | +56.1% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 177,322 | 133,231 | 345,108 | 63,576 | 146,357 | 627,216 | +328.6% |
| Average number of employees | 593 | 618 | 279 | 269 | 287 | 306 | +6.6% |
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.
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Signals from the financial statements
calculated from the 2025 figuresProfit 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| Financial year | Period | Published | Figures for | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 01/01/2025 – 31/12/2025 | 27/05/2026 | The group | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024 | 05/06/2025 | The group | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 27/05/2024 | The group | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 23/05/2023 | The group | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021 | 03/06/2022 | The group | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020 | 01/06/2021 | The group | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
116 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in wholesale of fish and fish products based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 6.3m, net profit DKK 840k, equity DKK 6.5m, 7 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison | No. 66of 4,412 Better than 99% | No. 82of 4,466 Better than 98% |
| Same industry and 50–199 employees12 companies in the comparison | No. 2of 12 Better than 91% | No. 1of 12 Better than 100% |
| Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison | No. 247of 10,152 Better than 98% | No. 210of 10,275 Better than 98% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 418of 17,786 Better than 98% | No. 394of 18,024 Better than 98% |
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 fish and fish products- Polar Seafood Denmark A/SDKK 360.6m
- A. Espersen A/SDKK 365.1m
- Nordic Seafood A/SDKK 283.6m
- Polar Seafood Denmark A/SDKK 172.5m
- A. Espersen A/S−DKK 256.6m
- Nordic Seafood A/SDKK 94.7m
- Polar Seafood Denmark A/SDKK 1.1bn
- A. Espersen A/SDKK 241.2m
- Nordic Seafood A/SDKK 570.8m
- Polar Seafood Denmark A/S179
- A. Espersen A/S109
- Nordic Seafood A/S92
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership Register- Polar Seafood Greenland A/S100%
Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.
Management
5 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Henrik Leth | Director | 20/04/2023 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Henrik Krogh | Board member | 22/12/1999 |
| Michael Binzer | Chair of the board | 05/11/2025 |
| Miki Jonas Brøns | Board member | 05/11/2025 |
| Bent Friis-Salling | Deputy chair | 03/09/2026 |
- Founders
- Anker Laden-Andersen
Former management (23)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helge Nielsen | Board member | 01/10/1987 | 20/04/2023 |
| Helge Nielsen | Director | 01/10/1987 | 20/04/2023 |
| Bent Norman Petersen | Board member | 01/10/1987 | 20/04/2023 |
| Bent Norman Petersen | Director | 01/10/1987 | 30/10/1989 |
| Hans Pavia Niels Egede | Board member | 01/10/1987 | 22/12/1999 |
| Andreas Peter Rasmus Dalager | Board member | 01/10/1987 | 02/09/1994 |
| Anders Jonas Brøns | Board member | 01/10/1987 | 13/12/2018 |
| Jens Kristian Friis-Salling | Board member | 01/10/1987 | 20/04/2023 |
| Anker Laden-Andersen | Director | 01/10/1987 | 14/03/1988 |
| Vittus Jokum Pavia Esaias Egede | Board member | 01/10/1987 | 02/09/1994 |
| Keld Nørregaard Laursen | Board member | 01/10/1987 | 07/04/1989 |
| Kjeld Holmstrup | Board member | 22/12/1999 | 12/06/2009 |
| Svend-Erik Sand Danielsen | Chair of the board | 12/06/2009 | 13/01/2012 |
| Henrik Leth | Chair of the board | 30/04/2012 | 20/04/2023 |
| Michael Binzer | Deputy chair | 30/04/2012 | 19/04/2023 |
| Miki Jonas Brøns | Board member | 13/12/2018 | 19/05/2025 |
| Michael Binzer | Board member | 20/04/2023 | 04/11/2025 |
| Bent Friis-Salling | Deputy chair | 20/04/2023 | 19/05/2025 |
| Guðmundur Kristjánsson | Chair of the board | 20/04/2023 | 19/05/2025 |
| Friðrik Friðriksson | Board member | 20/04/2023 | 03/09/2026 |
| Miki Jonas Brøns | Chair of the board | 20/05/2025 | 04/11/2025 |
| Bent Friis-Salling | Board member | 20/05/2025 | 02/09/2026 |
| Guðmundur Kristjánsson | Deputy chair | 20/05/2025 | 03/09/2026 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af formanden og næstformanden i forening eller af den samlede bestyrelse
Address and production units
5 active production unitsBaldrianvej 2
9310 Vodskov
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polar Seafood Esbjerg A/S | H E Bluhmes Vej 30, 6700 Esbjerg | 94 | 1002480270 |
| POLAR SEAFOOD DENMARK A/S | Baldrianvej 2, 9310 Vodskov | 56 | 1000224022 |
| POLAR SEAFOOD DENMARK A/S | Skovhusvej 10, Vester Hassing, 9310 Vodskov | 13 | 1010505557 |
| Polar Seafood Esbjerg A/S | H E Bluhmes Vej 30, 6700 Esbjerg | 7 | 1015455620 |
| Polar Seafood Esbjerg A/S | Vagervej 9, 6700 Esbjerg | 3 | 1018831089 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive handel og industri og anden i forbindelse hermed stående virksomhed
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
76 registered events20268 changesownership 3 · management 4 · accounts 1
- OwnershipPOLAR SEAFOOD GREENLAND A/S registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipS-13 Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipPOLAR SEAFOOD GREENLAND A/S is no longer registered as owner
- ManagementBent Friis-Salling appointed deputy chair
- ManagementGuðmundur Kristjánsson stepped down as deputy chair
- ManagementFriðrik Friðriksson stepped down as board member
- ManagementBent Friis-Salling stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
202511 changesmanagement 10 · accounts 1
- ManagementMiki Jonas Brøns appointed board member
- ManagementMichael Binzer appointed chair of the board
- ManagementMiki Jonas Brøns stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementMichael Binzer stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
- ManagementBent Friis-Salling appointed board member
- ManagementMiki Jonas Brøns appointed chair of the board
- ManagementGuðmundur Kristjánsson appointed deputy chair
- ManagementGuðmundur Kristjánsson stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementBent Friis-Salling stepped down as deputy chair
- ManagementMiki Jonas Brøns stepped down as board member
20241 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
202316 changesaccounts 1 · management 11 · ownership 4
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
- ManagementMichael Binzer appointed board member
- ManagementHenrik Leth appointed director
- ManagementFriðrik Friðriksson appointed board member
- ManagementGuðmundur Kristjánsson appointed chair of the board
- ManagementBent Friis-Salling appointed deputy chair
- ManagementHenrik Leth stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementJens Kristian Friis-Salling stepped down as board member
- ManagementBent Norman Petersen stepped down as board member
- ManagementHelge Nielsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementHelge Nielsen stepped down as director
- OwnershipPSD HOLDING ApS registered as owner (25%)
- OwnershipPSD HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipS-13 Holding ApS registered as owner (50%)
- ManagementMichael Binzer stepped down as deputy chair
- OwnershipPSD HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
20221 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
20182 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementMiki Jonas Brøns appointed board member
- ManagementAnders Jonas Brøns stepped down as board member
20141 changemerger 1
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
20123 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementMichael Binzer appointed deputy chair
- ManagementHenrik Leth appointed chair of the board
- ManagementSvend-Erik Sand Danielsen stepped down as chair of the board
20113 changescapital 1 · ownership 2
- CapitalShare capital changed from 2,125,000 DKK to 2,040,000 DKK
- OwnershipPSD HOLDING ApS registered as owner (50%)
- OwnershipPOLAR SEAFOOD GREENLAND A/S registered as owner (50%)
20093 changesmerger 1 · management 2
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
- ManagementSvend-Erik Sand Danielsen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementKjeld Holmstrup stepped down as board member
20072 changescapital 1 · merger 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 2,000,000 DKK to 2,125,000 DKK
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
20001 changemerger 1
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
19993 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementKjeld Holmstrup appointed board member
- ManagementHenrik Krogh appointed board member
- ManagementHans Pavia Niels Egede stepped down as board member
19961 changecapital 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 2,000,000 DKK
19942 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementAndreas Peter Rasmus Dalager stepped down as board member
- ManagementVittus Jokum Pavia Esaias Egede stepped down as board member
19892 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementBent Norman Petersen stepped down as director
- ManagementKeld Nørregaard Laursen stepped down as board member
19883 changesname 1 · capital 1 · management 1
- NameName changed from ApS MKML NR. 170 to POLAR SEAFOOD DENMARK A/S
- CapitalShare capital changed from 80,000 DKK to 300,000 DKK
- ManagementAnker Laden-Andersen stepped down as director
198712 changesfounded 1 · management 11
- FoundedRegistered as ApS MKML NR. 170
- ManagementAnker Laden-Andersen appointed director
- ManagementJens Kristian Friis-Salling appointed board member
- ManagementAnders Jonas Brøns appointed board member
- ManagementAndreas Peter Rasmus Dalager appointed board member
- ManagementHans Pavia Niels Egede appointed board member
- ManagementBent Norman Petersen appointed director
- ManagementBent Norman Petersen appointed board member
- ManagementHelge Nielsen appointed board member
- ManagementHelge Nielsen appointed director
- ManagementKeld Nørregaard Laursen appointed board member
- ManagementVittus Jokum Pavia Esaias Egede appointed board member
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Same people in management
- Jyske Bank A/Svia Anker Laden-Andersen
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Largest in the industry
- A. Espersen A/SDKK 365.1m
- Nordic Seafood A/SDKK 283.6m
- Sirena Group A/SDKK 148.6m
- Lerøy Seafood Hirtshals A/SDKK 87.8m
- Bjerrefisk A/SDKK 81.2m
- Kangamiut Seafood A/SDKK 77.7m
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.