Rockwool A/S

Public limited companyCVR 54879415HedehuseneActive

Rockwool A/S is a public limited company, based in Hedehusene, active in activities of non-financial head offices, founded in 1936. Net profit fell 95% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 28m. With 572 employees, the company is about 12 times larger than the industry median. The company has existed for over 90 years.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 3.9bn+0.6% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 28m−94.9% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 2.7bn−11.2% vs. 2024
Employees572latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Net profit fell 95% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 28m.
  • Equity fell 11% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.7bn.

Employees

  • 38 more employees than a year earlier: 572 (07/2026) against 534 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Claes Erik Sven Westerlind (board member, 02/04/2025) and Troels Willaume-Jantzen (deputy board member, 15/04/2026).
  • Stepped down: Niels Martin Middelboe Frederiksen (deputy board member, 15/04/2026).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 18/05/2026: Share capital changed from 211,605,790 DKK to 207,259,230 DKK
  • 02/05/2025: Share capital changed from 216,207,090 DKK to 211,605,790 DKK
  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)

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 2016–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

DKK 0DKK 500mDKK 1bnDKK 1.5bnDKK 2bnDKK 2.5bnDKK 3bn2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Rockwool A/S
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot stated2,602,0003,088,0003,907,0003,620,0003,855,0003,877,000+0.6%
Operating profit (EBIT)229,400257,500341,000372,000338,000401,000402,000518,000677,000178,000−73.7%
Profit before tax224,600275,000335,000367,000325,000393,000358,000522,000696,000193,000−72.3%
Net profit166,400213,500265,000285,000251,000303,000273,000389,000550,00028,000−94.9%
Total assets1,999,3002,164,1002,431,0002,694,0002,744,0003,080,0003,428,0003,554,0003,888,0003,642,000−6.3%
Equity1,535,9001,684,5001,877,0002,118,0002,092,0002,394,0002,580,0002,804,0003,086,0002,741,000−11.2%
Liabilities463,400479,600554,000576,000652,000686,000848,000750,000802,000901,000+12.3%
Cash and cash equivalents119,100242,900380,000269,000241,000–202,000353,000403,000108,000−73.2%

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 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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Net profitMedian, the industry (310 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

10 financial years
Annual reports for Rockwool A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202516/04/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202411/04/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202311/04/2024The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202212/04/2023The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202107/04/2022The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202008/04/2021The companyPDF not statedXBRL
201901/01/2019 – 31/12/201911/04/2020The companyPDFXBRL
201801/01/2018 – 31/12/201811/04/2019The companyPDFXBRL
201701/01/2017 – 31/12/201719/04/2018The companyPDFXBRL
201601/01/2016 – 31/12/201610/04/2017The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

310 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in activities of non-financial head offices based on the latest financial year.

EquityDKK 2.7bnNo. 42 of 310
Better than 87% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees572No. 30 of 310
Better than 91% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 31.9m, net profit DKK 3.9m, equity DKK 179.4m, 49 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 2.7mDKK 75.2mDKK 2.1bnDKK 18.8bn
Distribution of gross profit for 235 companies in the industry (latest financial year, logarithmic scale).

Compared with similar companies

size, age and company form
Rank among similar companies
GroupGross profitEquity
Companies with 500–999 employees207 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 19of 207
Better than 91%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 94of 10,275
Better than 99%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 178of 18,024
Better than 99%

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

Activities of non-financial head offices
Gross profit
  1. Rockwool A/S–
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 56.6bn
  3. Demant A/SDKK 17.4bn
Net profit
  1. Rockwool A/SDKK 28m
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 16.7bn
  3. Demant A/SDKK 1.5bn
Equity
  1. Rockwool A/SDKK 2.7bn
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 49.3bn
  3. Demant A/SDKK 9.9bn
Employees
  1. Rockwool A/S572
  2. LEGO A/S5
  3. Demant A/S58

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Rockwool Fonden20% · 25% votes
  • 15.juni Fonden5% · 10% votes
Rockwool A/S
Subsidiaries and ownership shares

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

14 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Rockwool A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Kim Junge AndersenDirector04/01/2016
Jes Carøe Munk HansenCEO01/09/2024

Board of directors

Board of directors at Rockwool A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Connie Enghus TheisenBoard member26/04/2006
Christian WesterbergBoard member11/04/2018
Thomas KählerChair of the board01/04/2020
Rebekka Glasser HerlofsenBoard member01/04/2020
Carsten KählerBoard member07/04/2021
Ilse Irene A. HenneBoard member06/04/2022
Jesper Asgaard BøtnerDeputy board member06/04/2022
Jørgen Tang-JensenDeputy chair29/03/2023
Dorte Bartnik JohanssonDeputy board member26/06/2024
Janni Munkholm NielsenBoard member26/06/2024
Claes Erik Sven WesterlindBoard member02/04/2025
Troels Willaume-JantzenDeputy board member15/04/2026
Former management (75)
Former management at Rockwool A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Per Carsten PedersenDeputy chair12/09/193628/11/2001
Gustav KählerBoard member12/09/193623/04/2008
Bo Bojesen BøghDeputy board member12/09/193602/06/1994
Claus Gustav KählerBoard member12/09/193616/01/1989
Hans HøyerBoard member12/09/193629/04/1998
Harald Jensen AgerleyChair of the board12/09/193602/06/1994
Birgitte Marianne HansenBoard member12/09/193625/06/1990
Lars Kristian RasmussenDeputy board member12/09/193602/06/1994
Gurli MogensenBoard member12/09/193605/09/1989
Preben OvergaardDirector12/09/193630/06/2001
Johan SchrøderBoard member12/09/193621/05/2001
Tom KählerDirector12/09/193619/04/2004
Arne Villy JensenChair of the board12/09/193619/04/2004
Erik KählerBoard member12/09/193611/12/1989
Jens Christian NørgaardDirector12/09/193601/04/1997
Arne Nørmann KnudsenBoard member12/09/193602/06/1994
Ivan Brume LaustsenBoard member12/09/193602/06/1994
Erling OlsenDeputy board member12/09/193625/06/1990
Kirsten Boie ChristiansenBoard member12/09/193625/06/1990
Birthe Bækman WertherBoard member12/09/193626/04/2006
Bent JakobsenDeputy board member12/09/193602/06/1994
Jens Kristian Kjær KrogsgaardDeputy board member12/09/193629/04/1998
Ian CridlandDeputy board member12/09/193629/04/1998
Povl HjeltBoard member12/09/193603/08/1992
Hans-Jurgen SengeraBoard member12/09/193623/04/2008
Preben HaarDirector25/10/199530/06/2001
Arne KraglundBoard member29/04/199826/04/2006
Aino Britta HansenDeputy board member29/04/199831/05/2002
Preben Almer FrederiksenDeputy board member29/04/199831/05/2002
Peter MolzenDirector24/05/200030/06/2001
Ole Rene Rønning DalbyDirector24/05/200030/06/2001
Jakob SørensenDirector24/05/200030/06/2001
Jan W HillegeBoard member21/05/200118/04/2012
Flemming Bent LindeløvDeputy chair26/11/200104/04/2003
Thorstein JørgensenDeputy board member31/05/200226/04/2006
Peter Farkas Binderup HansenDeputy board member31/05/200226/04/2006
Henrik Elliot NyegaardDeputy chair04/04/200327/04/2011
Tom KählerChair of the board19/04/200417/04/2013
Knud JørningDirector19/04/200431/07/2007
Preben Damgaard NielsenBoard member19/04/200422/04/2009
Eelco Lucas Dudok van HeelCEO19/04/200423/10/2014
Carsten Borregaard WintherDirector19/04/200425/09/2009
Peter NørgårdBoard member26/04/200626/03/2008
Michaeel EmborgBoard member26/03/200821/04/2010
Kurt Munk PedersenDeputy board member21/04/201009/04/2014
Claus Bugge GarnBoard member21/04/201009/04/2014
Kristian Skovgaard JørgensenDeputy board member21/04/201009/04/2014
Lotte Jane HemmingsenDeputy board member21/04/201009/04/2014
Heinz-Jürgen BertramBoard member27/04/201106/04/2016
Steen RiisgaardChair of the board17/04/201309/04/2014
Søren KählerBoard member17/04/201328/09/2015
Carsten BjergDeputy chair17/04/201329/03/2023
Thomas KählerDeputy chair17/04/201328/09/2015
Bjørn Høi JensenChair of the board09/04/201405/04/2017
Dorte Hanne Page LarsenBoard member09/04/201411/04/2018
Lars Vinge FrederiksenBoard member09/04/201405/04/2017
Lars Elmekilde HansenBoard member09/04/201410/04/2018
Dorthe LybyeDeputy board member09/04/201406/04/2022
Dorte Bartnik JohanssonDeputy board member09/04/201411/04/2018
Michael Thevis ThaulowDeputy board member09/04/201401/08/2017
Gilles Pierre MariaChief financial officer09/02/201504/01/2016
Jens Dennis BirgerssonCEO09/02/201501/09/2021
Søren KählerDeputy chair29/09/201531/03/2020
Thomas KählerBoard member29/09/201531/03/2020
Andreas RonkenBoard member06/04/201606/04/2022
Jørgen Tang-JensenBoard member05/04/201728/03/2023
Henrik BrandtChair of the board05/04/201701/04/2020
Lars Elmekilde HansenDeputy board member11/04/201806/04/2022
René Binder RasmussenBoard member11/04/201811/11/2021
Søren KählerBoard member01/04/202007/04/2021
Jens Dennis BirgerssonCEO01/09/202131/08/2024
Berit Anette KjerulfBoard member06/04/202219/05/2024
Linda VilladsenDeputy board member06/04/202231/12/2023
Niels Martin Middelboe FrederiksenDeputy board member06/04/202215/04/2026
Jes Carøe Munk HansenBoard member29/03/202331/08/2024

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af to anmeldte direktører i forening, eller af bestyrelsens formand i forening med en anmeldt direktør, eller af enhver af bestyrelsens næstformænd i forening med en anmeldt direktør, eller af 5 bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening.

Address and production units

1 active production units
Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
ROCKWOOL A/SHovedgaden 584, Fløng, 2640 Hedehusene5651002025719

Purpose

Selskabets formål er i ind- og udland, herunder ved investering i andre selskaber, at drive industri, handel og servicevirksomhed samt virksomhed med tilknytning hertil, samt at drive investeringsvirksomhed

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

143 registered events
20264 changescapital 1 · accounts 1 · management 2
  • Share capital changed from 211,605,790 DKK to 207,259,230 DKK
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Troels Willaume-Jantzen appointed deputy board member
  • Niels Martin Middelboe Frederiksen stepped down as deputy board member
20254 changescapital 1 · accounts 1 · management 1 · industry 1
  • Share capital changed from 216,207,090 DKK to 211,605,790 DKK
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Claes Erik Sven Westerlind appointed board member
  • Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)
20248 changesmanagement 6 · accounts 1 · ownership 1
  • Jes Carøe Munk Hansen appointed ceo
  • Jes Carøe Munk Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Jens Dennis Birgersson stepped down as ceo
  • Janni Munkholm Nielsen appointed board member
  • Dorte Bartnik Johansson appointed deputy board member
  • Berit Anette Kjerulf stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Boet efter Dorrit Eegholm Kähler is no longer registered as owner
20238 changesmanagement 5 · ownership 2 · accounts 1
  • Linda Villadsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Boet efter Dorrit Eegholm Kähler registered as owner (0%)
  • Dorrit Eegholm Kähler is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Jes Carøe Munk Hansen appointed board member
  • Jørgen Tang-Jensen appointed deputy chair
  • Carsten Bjerg stepped down as deputy chair
  • Jørgen Tang-Jensen stepped down as board member
202210 changesaccounts 1 · name 1 · management 8
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Name changed from ROCKWOOL INTERNATIONAL A/S to ROCKWOOL A/S
  • Berit Anette Kjerulf appointed board member
  • Niels Martin Middelboe Frederiksen appointed deputy board member
  • Linda Villadsen appointed deputy board member
  • Jesper Asgaard Bøtner appointed deputy board member
  • Ilse Irene A. Henne appointed board member
  • Lars Elmekilde Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Andreas Ronken stepped down as board member
  • Dorthe Lybye stepped down as deputy board member
20217 changesmanagement 5 · capital 1 · accounts 1
  • René Binder Rasmussen stepped down as board member
  • Jens Dennis Birgersson appointed ceo
  • Jens Dennis Birgersson stepped down as ceo
  • Share capital changed from 219,749,230 DKK to 216,207,090 DKK
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Carsten Kähler appointed board member
  • Søren Kähler stepped down as board member
20207 changesaccounts 1 · management 6
  • Annual report for 2019 published
  • Søren Kähler appointed board member
  • Rebekka Glasser Herlofsen appointed board member
  • Thomas Kähler appointed chair of the board
  • Henrik Brandt stepped down as chair of the board
  • Thomas Kähler stepped down as board member
  • Søren Kähler stepped down as deputy chair
20193 changesownership 2 · accounts 1
  • Birte Svare Kähler is no longer registered as owner
  • Tom Kähler is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2018 published
20189 changesaccounts 1 · management 6 · ownership 2
  • Annual report for 2017 published
  • Lars Elmekilde Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • Christian Westerberg appointed board member
  • René Binder Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Dorte Hanne Page Larsen stepped down as board member
  • Dorte Bartnik Johansson stepped down as deputy board member
  • Lars Elmekilde Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Birte Svare Kähler registered as owner (5%)
  • Gustav Kähler is no longer registered as owner
20176 changesmanagement 5 · accounts 1
  • Michael Thevis Thaulow stepped down as deputy board member
  • Annual report for 2016 published
  • Jørgen Tang-Jensen appointed board member
  • Henrik Brandt appointed chair of the board
  • Lars Vinge Frederiksen stepped down as board member
  • Bjørn Høi Jensen stepped down as chair of the board
20164 changesmanagement 4
  • Andreas Ronken appointed board member
  • Heinz-Jürgen Bertram stepped down as board member
  • Kim Junge Andersen appointed director
  • Gilles Pierre Maria stepped down as chief financial officer
20157 changesownership 1 · management 6
  • Jan Kahler is no longer registered as owner
  • Thomas Kähler appointed board member
  • Søren Kähler appointed deputy chair
  • Thomas Kähler stepped down as deputy chair
  • Søren Kähler stepped down as board member
  • Jens Dennis Birgersson appointed ceo
  • Gilles Pierre Maria appointed chief financial officer
201413 changesmanagement 13
  • Eelco Lucas Dudok van Heel stepped down as ceo
  • Dorte Hanne Page Larsen appointed board member
  • Michael Thevis Thaulow appointed deputy board member
  • Dorte Bartnik Johansson appointed deputy board member
  • Dorthe Lybye appointed deputy board member
  • Lars Elmekilde Hansen appointed board member
  • Lars Vinge Frederiksen appointed board member
  • Bjørn Høi Jensen appointed chair of the board
  • Steen Riisgaard stepped down as chair of the board
  • Kurt Munk Pedersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Claus Bugge Garn stepped down as board member
  • Kristian Skovgaard Jørgensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Lotte Jane Hemmingsen stepped down as deputy board member
20136 changesmanagement 5 · industry 1
  • Steen Riisgaard appointed chair of the board
  • Thomas Kähler appointed deputy chair
  • Carsten Bjerg appointed deputy chair
  • Søren Kähler appointed board member
  • Tom Kähler stepped down as chair of the board
  • Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)
20121 changemanagement 1
  • Jan W Hillege stepped down as board member
20116 changesmanagement 2 · ownership 4
  • Heinz-Jürgen Bertram appointed board member
  • Henrik Elliot Nyegaard stepped down as deputy chair
  • Jan Kahler registered as owner (0%)
  • 15.JUNI FONDEN registered as owner (5%)
  • Tom Kähler registered as owner (0%)
  • ROCKWOOL FONDEN registered as owner (20%)
20105 changesmanagement 5
  • Kurt Munk Pedersen appointed deputy board member
  • Claus Bugge Garn appointed board member
  • Kristian Skovgaard Jørgensen appointed deputy board member
  • Lotte Jane Hemmingsen appointed deputy board member
  • Michaeel Emborg stepped down as board member
20093 changesmanagement 2 · industry 1
  • Carsten Borregaard Winther stepped down as director
  • Preben Damgaard Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med træ, trælast og byggematerialer (467310)
20083 changesmanagement 2 · industry 1
  • Michaeel Emborg appointed board member
  • Peter Nørgård stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Engineering consultancy in production and mechanical engineering (711220)
20071 changemanagement 1
  • Knud Jørning stepped down as director
20064 changesmanagement 4
  • Peter Nørgård appointed board member
  • Connie Enghus Theisen appointed board member
  • Peter Farkas Binderup Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Thorstein Jørgensen stepped down as deputy board member
20046 changesownership 1 · management 5
  • Dorrit Eegholm Kähler registered as owner (0%)
  • Knud Jørning appointed director
  • Eelco Lucas Dudok van Heel appointed ceo
  • Carsten Borregaard Winther appointed director
  • Preben Damgaard Nielsen appointed board member
  • Tom Kähler appointed chair of the board
20032 changesmanagement 2
  • Henrik Elliot Nyegaard appointed deputy chair
  • Flemming Bent Lindeløv stepped down as deputy chair
20022 changesmanagement 2
  • Peter Farkas Binderup Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • Thorstein Jørgensen appointed deputy board member
20015 changesmanagement 5
  • Flemming Bent Lindeløv appointed deputy chair
  • Peter Molzen stepped down as director
  • Ole Rene Rønning Dalby stepped down as director
  • Jakob Sørensen stepped down as director
  • Jan W Hillege appointed board member
20003 changesmanagement 3
  • Peter Molzen appointed director
  • Ole Rene Rønning Dalby appointed director
  • Jakob Sørensen appointed director
19971 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 219,673,350 DKK to 219,749,230 DKK
19961 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 217,880,000 DKK to 219,673,350 DKK
19911 changeownership 1
  • Gustav Kähler registered as owner (5%)
19891 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 209,889,500 DKK to 217,880,000 DKK
19871 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 5,420,000 DKK to 209,889,500 DKK
19361 changefounded 1
  • Registered as ROCKWOOL INTERNATIONAL A/S

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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.

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