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Sawo A/S

Public limited companyCVR 57008113StøvringActive

Sawo A/S is a public limited company, based in Støvring, active in manufacture of lifting and handling equipment, founded in 1957. Net profit fell 78% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 7.4m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 6 of 109 companies in the industry in the database. Operations are spread over 15 production units in 13 towns.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 459.6m−5.5% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 7.4m−78.1% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 224.2m−2.6% vs. 2024
Employees326latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 17% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 161.1m.
  • Revenue fell 6% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 459.6m.
  • Net profit fell 78% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 7.4m.
  • Equity fell 3% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 224.2m.

Employees

  • 8 fewer employees than a year earlier: 326 (07/2026) against 334 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Henrik Steen-Jørgensen (board member, 11/12/2024), Anders Dålfogt (board member, 11/12/2024) and Kristian Pavia Aagaard Christensen (board member, 11/12/2024) (+3).
  • Stepped down: Ivan Chrost (director, 30/06/2025), Bent Juul (board member, 11/12/2024) and Morten Christensen (board member, 11/12/2024) (+1).

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 Sawo A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue394,087431,402462,101476,907486,415459,594−5.5%
Gross profit132,458155,936161,029180,853194,921161,052−17.4%
Operating profit (EBIT)24,81232,22323,90440,93946,26711,911−74.3%
Profit before tax22,96031,17021,67637,62343,1818,839−79.5%
Net profit17,79224,21216,75129,19433,9207,432−78.1%
Total assets326,169369,539413,013420,720418,812430,869+2.9%
Equity166,327177,064185,920207,219230,283224,229−2.6%
Liabilities151,139183,747217,952204,346179,479198,446+10.6%
Cash and cash equivalents30,3913132267,63427−99.6%
Average number of employees264271281275279276−1.1%

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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Gross profitMedian, the industry (109 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 Sawo A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/10/2024 – 30/09/202518/12/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/10/2023 – 30/09/202418/12/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202301/10/2022 – 30/09/202320/12/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202201/10/2021 – 30/09/202222/12/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202101/10/2020 – 30/09/202117/12/2021The companyPDFXBRL
202001/10/2019 – 30/09/202021/12/2020The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

109 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in manufacture of lifting and handling equipment based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 161.1mNo. 6 of 109
Better than 95% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 224.2mNo. 5 of 109
Better than 96% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees326No. 6 of 109
Better than 95% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 13.2m, net profit DKK 1.4m, equity DKK 9.8m, 23 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 817kDKK 6.7mDKK 54.6mDKK 221.5mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 107 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 200–499 employees796 companies in the comparison
No. 383of 763
Better than 50%
No. 248of 796
Better than 69%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 545of 10,152
Better than 95%
No. 717of 10,275
Better than 93%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 995of 17,786
Better than 94%
No. 1,326of 18,024
Better than 93%

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 lifting and handling equipment
Gross profit
  1. Sawo A/SDKK 161.1m
  2. V. Guldmann A/SDKK 446m
  3. Bila A/SDKK 433.3m
Net profit
  1. Sawo A/SDKK 7.4m
  2. V. Guldmann A/SDKK 4.1m
  3. Bila A/SDKK 73.7m
Equity
  1. Sawo A/SDKK 224.2m
  2. V. Guldmann A/SDKK 337.2m
  3. Bila A/SDKK 213m
Employees
  1. Sawo A/S326
  2. V. Guldmann A/S201
  3. Bila A/S515

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Sawo Holding A/S90%
Sawo A/S

Management

10 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Sawo A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Uffe HansenDirector30/01/2026

Board of directors

Board of directors at Sawo A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Morten PedersenBoard member08/10/2014
Leif BirchBoard member15/12/2022
Peter SkibstedDeputy board member15/12/2022
Jan Mikael PedersenDeputy board member15/12/2022
Flemming Kaj ChristensenChair of the board15/08/2024
Henrik Steen-JørgensenBoard member11/12/2024
Anders DålfogtBoard member11/12/2024
Kristian Pavia Aagaard ChristensenBoard member11/12/2024
Peter Ferlev JensbyBoard member15/09/2025
Former management (66)
Former management at Sawo A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Erling NissenDeputy board member01/12/195716/04/1998
Thomas ChristensenBoard member01/12/195720/12/2011
Brian Arne ArnsbækDeputy board member01/12/195716/04/1998
Knud LadefogedBoard member01/12/195710/08/1992
Kai Bent LarsenBoard member01/12/195716/04/1998
Flemming HallDeputy board member01/12/195716/04/1998
Otto Flemming KongstadBoard member01/12/195716/05/1991
Randi Højriis PoulsenBoard member01/12/195710/08/1992
Finn Willy MelchiorsenBoard member01/12/195702/02/1994
Torben Bækgaard LarsenBoard member01/12/195701/11/1998
Lars Robert ErikssonBoard member01/12/195708/02/1988
Bjørn ForsbergBoard member01/12/195718/05/2001
Bjorn ForsbergBoard member01/12/195716/05/1991
Helle Frydkjær BlochBoard member16/04/199829/10/2007
Kim ChristiansenBoard member01/11/199808/06/1999
Frank Ole NielsenDeputy chair18/05/200117/12/2007
Ivan ChrostCEO18/09/200230/04/2009
Peter SkibstedDeputy board member29/04/200310/05/2007
Jan Mikael PedersenDeputy board member29/04/200329/10/2007
Eli Jan RasmussenBoard member29/04/200329/10/2007
Jens Christian Funch PoulsenBoard member24/10/200709/08/2011
Leif Henning Poul HansenBoard member29/10/200714/01/2011
Carsten Ulrik EriksenBoard member29/10/200711/12/2018
Morten ChristensenBoard member18/12/200809/08/2011
Svend Ole AagrenChair of the board30/04/200911/12/2009
Torben Ude PetersenDirector01/01/201022/08/2011
Poul EriksenBoard member14/01/201108/10/2014
Michael Günther HansenChief financial officer22/08/201112/05/2013
Flemming Kaj ChristensenBoard member20/12/201109/06/2016
Finn Junge AndersenChair of the board20/12/201109/06/2016
Anders HjulmandDeputy chair20/12/201109/06/2016
Ivan ChrostBoard member20/12/201128/05/2020
Michael Lassen SchmidtCEO12/05/201328/10/2013
Hans Anker HolmDirector02/12/201325/11/2014
Bent JuulDeputy board member08/10/201412/12/2018
Flemming Kaj ChristensenDirector25/11/201410/06/2016
Flemming Kaj ChristensenChair of the board10/06/201631/08/2020
Finn Junge AndersenDeputy chair10/06/201620/12/2016
Anders HjulmandBoard member10/06/201607/11/2019
Ivan ChrostDirector10/06/201601/09/2020
Finn Junge AndersenDeputy chair09/01/201831/08/2020
Carsten Ulrik EriksenDeputy board member12/12/201830/04/2022
Jens Christian Funch PoulsenDeputy board member12/12/201815/12/2022
Karsten HjelmBoard member12/12/201815/12/2022
Dan GregersenBoard member17/12/201901/09/2020
Mogens Juul JensenBoard member28/05/202009/11/2021
Flemming Kaj ChristensenDeputy chair01/09/202020/02/2022
Finn Junge AndersenBoard member01/09/202001/05/2022
Ivan ChrostChair of the board01/09/202030/04/2022
Dan GregersenDirector01/09/202021/02/2022
Henrik Steen-JørgensenBoard member09/11/202113/08/2024
Flemming Kaj ChristensenBoard member21/02/202229/08/2022
Flemming Kaj ChristensenDirector21/02/202201/05/2022
Ivan ChrostBoard member01/05/202230/08/2022
Ivan ChrostDirector01/05/202230/06/2025
Britta Bang MikkelsenChair of the board01/05/202229/08/2022
Flemming Kaj ChristensenChair of the board30/08/202207/09/2023
Finn Junge AndersenBoard member30/08/202213/12/2023
Britta Bang MikkelsenBoard member30/08/202206/09/2023
Britta Bang MikkelsenChair of the board07/09/202313/08/2024
Peter Frank HansenBoard member13/12/202313/08/2024
Flemming Kaj ChristensenBoard member13/08/202414/08/2024
Morten ChristensenChair of the board13/08/202414/08/2024
Bent JuulBoard member13/08/202411/12/2024
Morten ChristensenBoard member15/08/202411/12/2024
Peter BækDirector30/06/202530/01/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør i forening med formanden for bestyrelsen, af formanden for bestyrelsen i forening med 2 bestyrelsesmedlemmer eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

15 active production units

Industrimarken 1
9530 Støvring

Rebild Municipality · Postcode 9530

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
SAWO A/SIndustrimarken 1, Sørup, 9530 Støvring1141003731979
SAWO A/SMerkurvej 4, 7620 Lemvig341027260868
SAWO A/SUnionsvej 12, 4600 Køge301007837182
SAWO A/SMerkurvej 29, 6000 Kolding281011985226
SAWO A/SKnapholm 8, 2730 Herlev261003120226
SAWO A/SSundsholmen 9A, 9400 Nørresundby251003120184
SAWO A/SVestre Landevej 247, 4952 Stokkemarke201000939377
Sawo A/STrueholmvej 2, 8381 Tilst131019486172
SAWO A/SVognmagervej 6E, 8800 Viborg121024442930
Sawo A/SHvidkærvej 46, Højme, 5250 Odense SV111020255214
SAWO A/SIvar Lundgaards Vej 19, 7500 Holstebro81003120196
SAWO A/SJuuls Vej 9, 7442 Engesvang61003120251
SAWO A/SLangebjerg 9D, 4000 Roskilde31031387600
Sawo A/SIndustrimarken 2C, 9530 Støvring11021158905
Sawo A/SIndustrimarken 11, 9530 Støvring01021158891

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive virksomhed ved handel og industri

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

131 registered events
20262 changesmanagement 2
  • Uffe Hansen appointed director
  • Peter Bæk stepped down as director
20254 changesaccounts 1 · management 3
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Peter Ferlev Jensby appointed board member
  • Peter Bæk appointed director
  • Ivan Chrost stepped down as director
202416 changesaccounts 1 · management 15
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Kristian Pavia Aagaard Christensen appointed board member
  • Anders Dålfogt appointed board member
  • Henrik Steen-Jørgensen appointed board member
  • Morten Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Bent Juul stepped down as board member
  • Morten Christensen appointed board member
  • Flemming Kaj Christensen appointed chair of the board
  • Flemming Kaj Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Morten Christensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Flemming Kaj Christensen appointed board member
  • Morten Christensen appointed chair of the board
  • Bent Juul appointed board member
  • Peter Frank Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Britta Bang Mikkelsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Henrik Steen-Jørgensen stepped down as board member
20236 changesaccounts 1 · management 5
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Peter Frank Hansen appointed board member
  • Finn Junge Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Britta Bang Mikkelsen appointed chair of the board
  • Flemming Kaj Christensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Britta Bang Mikkelsen stepped down as board member
202223 changesaccounts 1 · management 22
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Leif Birch appointed board member
  • Peter Skibsted appointed deputy board member
  • Jan Mikael Pedersen appointed deputy board member
  • Karsten Hjelm stepped down as board member
  • Jens Christian Funch Poulsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Finn Junge Andersen appointed board member
  • Britta Bang Mikkelsen appointed board member
  • Flemming Kaj Christensen appointed chair of the board
  • Ivan Chrost stepped down as board member
  • Britta Bang Mikkelsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Flemming Kaj Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Ivan Chrost appointed director
  • Britta Bang Mikkelsen appointed chair of the board
  • Ivan Chrost appointed board member
  • Flemming Kaj Christensen stepped down as director
  • Finn Junge Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Ivan Chrost stepped down as chair of the board
  • Carsten Ulrik Eriksen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Flemming Kaj Christensen appointed board member
  • Flemming Kaj Christensen appointed director
  • Dan Gregersen stepped down as director
  • Flemming Kaj Christensen stepped down as deputy chair
20214 changesaccounts 1 · management 2 · merger 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Henrik Steen-Jørgensen appointed board member
  • Mogens Juul Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
202011 changesaccounts 1 · management 10
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Finn Junge Andersen appointed board member
  • Dan Gregersen appointed director
  • Ivan Chrost appointed chair of the board
  • Flemming Kaj Christensen appointed deputy chair
  • Dan Gregersen stepped down as board member
  • Ivan Chrost stepped down as director
  • Finn Junge Andersen stepped down as deputy chair
  • Flemming Kaj Christensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Mogens Juul Jensen appointed board member
  • Ivan Chrost stepped down as board member
20192 changesmanagement 2
  • Dan Gregersen appointed board member
  • Anders Hjulmand stepped down as board member
20186 changesmanagement 6
  • Carsten Ulrik Eriksen appointed deputy board member
  • Karsten Hjelm appointed board member
  • Jens Christian Funch Poulsen appointed deputy board member
  • Bent Juul stepped down as deputy board member
  • Carsten Ulrik Eriksen stepped down as board member
  • Finn Junge Andersen appointed deputy chair
20169 changesmanagement 9
  • Finn Junge Andersen stepped down as deputy chair
  • Anders Hjulmand appointed board member
  • Flemming Kaj Christensen appointed chair of the board
  • Finn Junge Andersen appointed deputy chair
  • Ivan Chrost appointed director
  • Flemming Kaj Christensen stepped down as director
  • Anders Hjulmand stepped down as deputy chair
  • Finn Junge Andersen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Flemming Kaj Christensen stepped down as board member
20145 changesmanagement 5
  • Flemming Kaj Christensen appointed director
  • Hans Anker Holm stepped down as director
  • Bent Juul appointed deputy board member
  • Morten Pedersen appointed board member
  • Poul Eriksen stepped down as board member
20134 changesmanagement 4
  • Hans Anker Holm appointed director
  • Michael Lassen Schmidt stepped down as ceo
  • Michael Lassen Schmidt appointed ceo
  • Michael Günther Hansen stepped down as chief financial officer
201111 changesownership 1 · management 10
  • SAWO HOLDING A/S registered as owner (90%)
  • Anders Hjulmand appointed deputy chair
  • Ivan Chrost appointed board member
  • Finn Junge Andersen appointed chair of the board
  • Flemming Kaj Christensen appointed board member
  • Michael Günther Hansen appointed chief financial officer
  • Torben Ude Petersen stepped down as director
  • Morten Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Jens Christian Funch Poulsen stepped down as board member
  • Poul Eriksen appointed board member
  • Leif Henning Poul Hansen stepped down as board member
20101 changemanagement 1
  • Torben Ude Petersen appointed director
20093 changesmanagement 3
  • Svend Ole Aagren stepped down as chair of the board
  • Svend Ole Aagren appointed chair of the board
  • Ivan Chrost stepped down as ceo
20082 changesmanagement 1 · industry 1
  • Morten Christensen appointed board member
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment (282200)
20077 changesmanagement 6 · address 1
  • Carsten Ulrik Eriksen appointed board member
  • Leif Henning Poul Hansen appointed board member
  • Eli Jan Rasmussen stepped down as board member
  • Jan Mikael Pedersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jens Christian Funch Poulsen appointed board member
  • Peter Skibsted stepped down as deputy board member
  • Moved to Industrimarken 1, Sørup, 9530 Støvring
20062 changescapital 1 · merger 1
  • Share capital changed from 15,000,000 DKK to 15,325,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
20041 changename 1
  • Name changed from SAWO HYDRAULIC A/S to SAWO A/S
20033 changesmanagement 3
  • Eli Jan Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Jan Mikael Pedersen appointed deputy board member
  • Peter Skibsted appointed deputy board member
20023 changesaddress 1 · capital 1 · management 1
  • Moved to Industrimarken 1, Sørup, 9530 Støvring
  • Share capital changed from 1,125,000 DKK to 15,000,000 DKK
  • Ivan Chrost appointed ceo
20011 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Fremstilling af kraner samt talje- og hejseværker (292220)
19971 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
19913 changesname 1 · capital 1 · merger 1
  • Name changed from SAWO HYDRAULIC HERLEV A/S to SAWO HYDRAULIC A/S
  • Share capital changed from 700,000 DKK to 1,125,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
19571 changefounded 1
  • Registered as SAWO HYDRAULIC HERLEV 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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