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Rival A/S

Public limited companyCVR 46293819SkanderborgActive

Rival A/S is a public limited company, based in Skanderborg, active in machining of metals, founded in 1970. With 71 employees, the company is about 10 times larger than the industry median. Equity grew to DKK 34.5m in 2025. Gross profit is higher than that of 97% of the companies in the industry in the database.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 58.6m+175.8% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 8m−1.6% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 34.5m+30.4% vs. 2024
Employees71latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 176% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 58.6m.
  • Net profit fell 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 8m.
  • Equity rose 30% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 34.5m.

Employees

  • 4 more employees than a year earlier: 71 (07/2026) against 67 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Kent Ernst Hansen (board member, 25/04/2025), Jan Nielsen Økjær (ceo, 25/04/2025) and Christian Aarup (director, 25/04/2025) (+4).
  • Stepped down: Kirsten Holvad (board member, 25/04/2025), Henrik Holvad (board member, 25/04/2025) and Henrik Holvad (ceo, 25/04/2025) (+4).
  • New owners registered: RILP Holding ApS (25/04/2025).
  • No longer registered as owner: Rival Holding A/S (25/04/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Machining of metals (255300)

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 20mDKK 25mDKK 30mDKK 35m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Rival A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit10,85617,79313,53917,34221,25258,607+175.8%
Operating profit (EBIT)4,6039,3275,1048,29111,71512,113+3.4%
Profit before tax3,7958,5564,0316,97310,49810,326−1.6%
Net profit2,9576,6713,1475,4428,1678,036−1.6%
Total assets40,68452,01262,90372,80577,27088,883+15%
Equity10,49017,16117,30821,25026,41734,453+30.4%
Liabilities29,38633,31143,62449,45648,57952,890+8.9%
Cash and cash equivalents1,5597302,18135,330+162,996.7%
Average number of employees475054586165+6.6%

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. Revenue is not stated for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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DKK 0DKK 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40mDKK 50mDKK 60m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (444 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 Rival A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202505/03/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202428/03/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202320/03/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202206/03/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202128/03/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202018/03/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

444 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in machining of metals based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 58.6mNo. 15 of 444
Better than 97% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 34.5mNo. 21 of 444
Better than 95% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees71No. 17 of 444
Better than 96% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 4.9m, net profit DKK 423k, equity DKK 2.8m, 7 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 692kDKK 4.8mDKK 33.1mDKK 120.2mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 436 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. 1,470of 4,412
Better than 67%
No. 1,596of 4,466
Better than 64%
Same industry and 50–199 employees31 companies in the comparison
No. 13of 31
Better than 60%
No. 16of 31
Better than 50%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 1,310of 10,152
Better than 87%
No. 2,537of 10,275
Better than 75%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 2,515of 17,786
Better than 86%
No. 4,530of 18,024
Better than 75%

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

Machining of metals
Gross profit
  1. Rival A/SDKK 58.6m
  2. Beritech A/SDKK 229m
  3. Hrs A/SDKK 131.9m
Net profit
  1. Rival A/SDKK 8m
  2. Beritech A/S−DKK 15.5m
  3. Hrs A/SDKK 19.7m
Equity
  1. Rival A/SDKK 34.5m
  2. Beritech A/SDKK 107.9m
  3. Hrs A/SDKK 76.1m
Employees
  1. Rival A/S71
  2. Beritech A/S258
  3. Hrs A/S152

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • RILP Holding ApS100%
Rival A/S

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Rival A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jan Nielsen ØkjærCEO25/04/2025
Christian AarupDirector25/04/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at Rival A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Kent Ernst HansenBoard member25/04/2025
Lars AaenBoard member24/02/2026
Lars Gantzel PedersenChair of the board24/02/2026
Former management (25)
Former management at Rival A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Henrik HolvadBoard member29/12/197031/07/2016
Inga PedersenBoard member29/12/197014/04/2005
Knud Kristian PedersenChair of the board29/12/197014/04/2005
Knud Kristian PedersenDirector29/12/197006/09/2002
Carsten HolvadBoard member29/12/197006/09/2002
Peter HolvadBoard member29/12/197006/09/2002
Henrik HolvadDirector06/09/200231/07/2016
Lars Vig JensenBoard member14/04/200504/04/2007
Thomas Wulff LütkenBoard member27/05/201131/12/2016
Bo SchølerChair of the board27/05/201131/07/2016
Kirsten HolvadBoard member27/05/201125/04/2025
Bjarne JensenBoard member27/05/201108/09/2021
Bo SchølerDeputy chair01/08/201628/01/2018
Henrik HolvadChair of the board01/08/201628/01/2018
Carsten TønnesCEO01/08/201629/01/2018
Mads Peter LübeckBoard member20/03/201723/03/2022
Bo SchølerChair of the board29/01/201824/03/2022
Henrik HolvadBoard member29/01/201825/04/2025
Henrik HolvadCEO29/01/201825/04/2025
Christian AarupBoard member04/03/202025/04/2025
Helle SpechtBoard member28/10/202123/09/2024
Mads Peter LübeckChair of the board24/03/202225/04/2025
Thomas TimmermannBoard member21/09/202223/09/2024
Lars AaenChair of the board25/04/202523/02/2026
Lars Gantzel PedersenBoard member25/04/202523/02/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af et bestyrelsesmedlem i forening med en direktør eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Svejstrupvej 23
8660 Skanderborg

Skanderborg Municipality · Postcode 8660

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
RIVAL A/SSvejstrupvej 23-25, Svejstrup, 8660 Skanderborg711001879267

Purpose

Selskabets formål er direkte eller indirekte at drive handel, fabrikation og finansiering samt al virksomhed, som efter bestyrelsens skøn er beslægtet hermed hermed

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

73 registered events
20265 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Lars Gantzel Pedersen appointed chair of the board
  • Lars Aaen appointed board member
  • Lars Gantzel Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Lars Aaen stepped down as chair of the board
202514 changesmanagement 10 · ownership 2 · accounts 1 · industry 1
  • Jan Nielsen Økjær appointed ceo
  • Kent Ernst Hansen appointed board member
  • Lars Gantzel Pedersen appointed board member
  • Christian Aarup appointed director
  • Lars Aaen appointed chair of the board
  • Mads Peter Lübeck stepped down as chair of the board
  • Christian Aarup stepped down as board member
  • Henrik Holvad stepped down as board member
  • Henrik Holvad stepped down as ceo
  • Kirsten Holvad stepped down as board member
  • RILP Holding ApS registered as owner (100%)
  • RIVAL HOLDING A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Machining of metals (255300)
20243 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Thomas Timmermann stepped down as board member
  • Helle Specht stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20225 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1
  • Thomas Timmermann appointed board member
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Mads Peter Lübeck appointed chair of the board
  • Bo Schøler stepped down as chair of the board
  • Mads Peter Lübeck stepped down as board member
20213 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Helle Specht appointed board member
  • Bjarne Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20203 changesmanagement 1 · address 1 · name 1
  • Christian Aarup appointed board member
  • Moved to Svejstrupvej 23-25, Svejstrup, 8660 Skanderborg
  • Name changed from AKTIESELSKABET MASKINFABRIKKEN RIVAL to RIVAL A/S
20186 changesmanagement 6
  • Henrik Holvad appointed board member
  • Henrik Holvad appointed ceo
  • Bo Schøler appointed chair of the board
  • Carsten Tønnes stepped down as ceo
  • Bo Schøler stepped down as deputy chair
  • Henrik Holvad stepped down as chair of the board
20171 changemanagement 1
  • Mads Peter Lübeck appointed board member
20167 changesmanagement 7
  • Thomas Wulff Lütken stepped down as board member
  • Bo Schøler appointed deputy chair
  • Carsten Tønnes appointed ceo
  • Henrik Holvad appointed chair of the board
  • Bo Schøler stepped down as chair of the board
  • Henrik Holvad stepped down as director
  • Henrik Holvad stepped down as board member
20115 changesaddress 1 · management 4
  • Moved to Svejstrupvej 23-25, 8660 Skanderborg
  • Thomas Wulff Lütken appointed board member
  • Bjarne Jensen appointed board member
  • Kirsten Holvad appointed board member
  • Bo Schøler appointed chair of the board
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of locks and hinges (256200)
20072 changesmanagement 1 · industry 1
  • Lars Vig Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Fremstilling af andre værktøjsmaskiner til metalforarbejdning (294200)
20053 changesmanagement 3
  • Lars Vig Jensen appointed board member
  • Inga Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Knud Kristian Pedersen stepped down as chair of the board
20025 changesownership 1 · management 4
  • RIVAL HOLDING A/S registered as owner (100%)
  • Henrik Holvad appointed director
  • Peter Holvad stepped down as board member
  • Carsten Holvad stepped down as board member
  • Knud Kristian Pedersen stepped down as director
20001 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Fremstilling af industrimaskiner i øvrigt (295690)
19961 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 600,000 DKK
19707 changesfounded 1 · management 6
  • Registered as AKTIESELSKABET MASKINFABRIKKEN RIVAL
  • Inga Pedersen appointed board member
  • Peter Holvad appointed board member
  • Carsten Holvad appointed board member
  • Knud Kristian Pedersen appointed director
  • Knud Kristian Pedersen appointed chair of the board
  • Henrik Holvad 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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