SAS Institute A/S

Public limited companyCVR 75163517København SVActive

SAS Institute A/S is a public limited company, based in København SV, active in computer programming activities, founded in 1984. Net profit fell 37% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 38.5m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 4 of 1,656 companies in the industry in the database. With 126 employees, the company is about 32 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 1bn−0.4% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 38.5m−36.5% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 203.3m+22.4% vs. 2024
Employees126latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 7% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 544.2m.
  • Net profit fell 37% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 38.5m.
  • Equity rose 22% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 203.3m.

Employees

  • 23 fewer employees than a year earlier: 126 (07/2026) against 149 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Patricia Lou Brown (chair of the board, 08/05/2025), David Brent Keim (board member, 08/05/2025) and Therese Henriette Dahlstrøm von Scholten (director, 01/04/2026).
  • Stepped down: Patricia Lou Brown (board member, 07/05/2025), William David Davis (chair of the board, 08/05/2025) and Kenneth Ipsen (director, 01/04/2026).

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 thousand

Equity and net profit

DKK 0DKK 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for SAS Institute A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue952,4911,000,1021,009,7751,030,9111,049,7571,046,014−0.4%
Gross profit498,921531,298505,505627,046582,352544,243−6.5%
Operating profit (EBIT)16,06532,13520,513107,61887,42056,091−35.8%
Profit before tax9,83839,57924,678114,88090,82958,342−35.8%
Net profit6,86934,14216,43885,64460,62638,480−36.5%
Total assets1,013,0141,030,995980,1031,067,5741,221,0951,298,409+6.3%
Equity82,43357,16866,955152,549166,157203,327+22.4%
Liabilities918,883961,637909,914902,1881,043,1911,078,918+3.4%
Cash and cash equivalents527,362287,485302,938252,800294,866289,193−1.9%
Average number of employees4,5984,4393,8223,6383,2783,135−4.4%

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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DKK 0DKK 100mDKK 200mDKK 300mDKK 400mDKK 500mDKK 600m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (1,661 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 SAS Institute A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202515/07/2026The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202411/07/2025The groupPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202303/07/2024The groupPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202214/07/2023The groupPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202108/07/2022The groupPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202013/07/2021The groupPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

1,661 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in computer programming activities based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 544.2mNo. 4 of 1,656
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 203.3mNo. 20 of 1,661
Better than 99% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees126No. 4 of 1,661
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 2.6m, net profit DKK 93,491, equity DKK 1m, 4 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 978kDKK 9.6mDKK 93.7mDKK 428.6mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 1,474 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. 33of 4,412
Better than 99%
No. 337of 4,466
Better than 92%
Same industry and 50–199 employees99 companies in the comparison
No. 1of 99
Better than 100%
No. 5of 99
Better than 96%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 161of 10,152
Better than 98%
No. 783of 10,275
Better than 92%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 262of 17,786
Better than 99%
No. 1,421of 18,024
Better than 92%

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

Computer programming activities
Gross profit
  1. SAS Institute A/SDKK 544.2m
  2. Stibo Systems A/SDKK 916.6m
  3. Trackunit ApSDKK 897.1m
Net profit
  1. SAS Institute A/SDKK 38.5m
  2. Stibo Systems A/SDKK 155.9m
  3. Trackunit ApSDKK 206.3m
Equity
  1. SAS Institute A/SDKK 203.3m
  2. Stibo Systems A/SDKK 309.7m
  3. Trackunit ApSDKK 1.7bn
Employees
  1. SAS Institute A/S126
  2. Stibo Systems A/S201
  3. Trackunit ApS249

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • SAS Institute Inc100%
SAS Institute A/S

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at SAS Institute A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Therese Henriette Dahlstrøm von ScholtenDirector01/04/2026

Board of directors

Board of directors at SAS Institute A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Anna Maria BjörnérBoard member25/05/2023
Patricia Lou BrownChair of the board08/05/2025
David Brent KeimBoard member08/05/2025
Former management (14)
Former management at SAS Institute A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Mogens WeinreichBoard member01/06/198425/04/2008
Mogens WeinreichDirector01/06/198425/04/2008
Bent John SørensenBoard member01/06/198428/03/2014
Claus Gotthardt FermannBoard member01/06/198406/06/1990
Michael Arthur CookeChair of the board01/06/198405/01/2007
Agne Mikael HagströmChair of the board05/01/200716/12/2014
Bent John SørensenDirector25/04/200828/03/2014
Keld ZornigDirector28/03/201409/09/2022
Pär Hans SöderlundBoard member28/03/201425/05/2023
Donald Ray ParkerChair of the board16/12/201406/06/2019
Patricia Lou BrownBoard member16/12/201407/05/2025
William David DavisChair of the board06/06/201908/05/2025
Henrik Ernlund PedersenDirector09/09/202227/02/2023
Kenneth IpsenDirector27/02/202301/04/2026

Signing rule: selskabet tegnes af bestyrelsens medlemmer hver for sig eller af en direktør alene.

Address and production units

2 active production units
Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
SAS INSTITUTE A/SHavneholmen 8, st, 2450 København SV1001002451741
SAS INSTITUTE A/SMariane Thomsens Gade 4B, 3, 8000 Aarhus C271004129550

Purpose

Selskabets formål er handel og service vedrørende EDB-software, at fungere som holdingselskab samt at foretage enhver anden hermed beslægtet virksomhed efter bestyrelsens skøn

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

62 registered events
20263 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Therese Henriette Dahlstrøm von Scholten appointed director
  • Kenneth Ipsen stepped down as director
20255 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • David Brent Keim appointed board member
  • Patricia Lou Brown appointed chair of the board
  • William David Davis stepped down as chair of the board
  • Patricia Lou Brown stepped down as board member
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20235 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Anna Maria Björnér appointed board member
  • Pär Hans Söderlund stepped down as board member
  • Kenneth Ipsen appointed director
  • Henrik Ernlund Pedersen stepped down as director
20223 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Henrik Ernlund Pedersen appointed director
  • Keld Zornig stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20212 changesaccounts 1 · address 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Moved to Havneholmen 8, st, 2450 København SV
20193 changesmanagement 2 · address 1
  • William David Davis appointed chair of the board
  • Donald Ray Parker stepped down as chair of the board
  • Moved to Købmagergade 9A, 1150 København K
20147 changesmanagement 7
  • Donald Ray Parker appointed chair of the board
  • Patricia Lou Brown appointed board member
  • Agne Mikael Hagström stepped down as chair of the board
  • Pär Hans Söderlund appointed board member
  • Keld Zornig appointed director
  • Bent John Sørensen stepped down as director
  • Bent John Sørensen stepped down as board member
20123 changescapital 2 · ownership 1
  • Share capital changed from 517,000 DKK to 518,000 DKK
  • SAS Institute Inc registered as owner (100%)
  • Share capital changed from 516,000 DKK to 517,000 DKK
20112 changescapital 2
  • Share capital changed from 515,000 DKK to 516,000 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 514,000 DKK to 515,000 DKK
20101 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 513,000 DKK to 514,000 DKK
20094 changescapital 4
  • Share capital changed from 512,000 DKK to 513,000 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 511,000 DKK to 512,000 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 510,000 DKK to 511,000 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 509,000 DKK to 510,000 DKK
200810 changescapital 6 · management 3 · industry 1
  • Share capital changed from 508,000 DKK to 509,000 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 507,000 DKK to 508,000 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 504,000 DKK to 507,000 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 503,000 DKK to 504,000 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 502,000 DKK to 503,000 DKK
  • Bent John Sørensen appointed director
  • Mogens Weinreich stepped down as board member
  • Mogens Weinreich stepped down as director
  • Share capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 502,000 DKK
  • Industry changed to Computerprogrammering (620100)
20072 changesmanagement 2
  • Agne Mikael Hagström appointed chair of the board
  • Michael Arthur Cooke stepped down as chair of the board
20031 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Udvikling af kundespecifikt software og konsulentbistand i forbindelse med software (722200)
19951 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
19901 changemanagement 1
  • Claus Gotthardt Fermann stepped down as board member
19872 changesname 1 · capital 1
  • Name changed from SAS SOFTWARE ApS to SAS INSTITUTE A/S
  • Share capital changed from 80,000 DKK to 300,000 DKK
19846 changesfounded 1 · management 5
  • Registered as SAS SOFTWARE ApS
  • Mogens Weinreich appointed board member
  • Michael Arthur Cooke appointed chair of the board
  • Claus Gotthardt Fermann appointed board member
  • Bent John Sørensen appointed board member
  • Mogens Weinreich appointed director

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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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