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Schou Company A/S

Public limited companyCVR 50102017KoldingActive

Schou Company A/S is a public limited company, based in Kolding, active in wholesale of hardware, heating equipment and supplies, founded in 1961. Net profit fell 18% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 155.4m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 4 of 217 companies in the industry in the database. With 413 employees, the company is about 52 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 3.3bn+13% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 155.4m−18.4% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 262.7m−39.1% vs. 2024
Employees413latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 533.9m.
  • Revenue rose 13% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 3.3bn.
  • Net profit fell 18% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 155.4m.
  • Equity fell 39% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 262.7m.

Employees

  • 28 more employees than a year earlier: 413 (07/2026) against 385 (07/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 24/04/2026: Moved to Andreas Schous Vej 63, 6000 Kolding
  • 02/09/2025: Merger registered in CVR

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 100mDKK 200mDKK 300mDKK 400m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Schou Company A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue1,688,5912,143,0872,951,5523,105,3882,945,4763,327,006+13%
Gross profit277,480392,833454,226444,844547,411533,949−2.5%
Operating profit (EBIT)45,211206,120253,301210,588260,907222,123−14.9%
Profit before tax32,412203,133239,836197,498244,909201,302−17.8%
Net profit25,236158,389186,094148,543190,419155,382−18.4%
Total assets851,6751,035,4361,174,4401,084,4651,350,0101,208,402−10.5%
Equity113,735269,196314,711380,655431,070262,705−39.1%
Liabilities734,640755,320856,029697,251893,124930,988+4.2%
Cash and cash equivalents92,9826,44610,84037,37622,87416,015−30%
Average number of employees269288–366396426+7.6%

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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DKK 0DKK 100mDKK 200mDKK 300mDKK 400mDKK 500m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (219 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • Equity fell sharply

    Equity fell 39% from 2024 to 2025 (DKK 431.1m to DKK 262.7m).

    How is this calculated?

    Equity has fallen by at least 30% from the previous annual report, and it was positive the year before.

  • 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 Schou Company A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202507/04/2026The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202401/04/2025The groupPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202329/05/2024The groupPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202213/06/2023The groupPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202105/04/2022The groupPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202008/04/2021The groupPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

219 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in wholesale of hardware, heating equipment and supplies based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 533.9mNo. 4 of 217
Better than 99% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 262.7mNo. 6 of 219
Better than 98% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees413No. 6 of 219
Better than 98% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 6.9m, net profit DKK 840k, equity DKK 6.4m, 8 employees.

DKK 154kDKK 1.4mDKK 12.4mDKK 111.2mDKK 480.2mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 208 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. 47of 763
Better than 94%
No. 219of 796
Better than 73%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 165of 10,152
Better than 98%
No. 628of 10,275
Better than 94%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 268of 17,786
Better than 98%
No. 1,166of 18,024
Better than 94%

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 hardware, heating equipment and supplies
Gross profit
  1. Schou Company A/SDKK 533.9m
  2. Saint-gobain Distribution Denmark A/SDKK 997.9m
  3. Ahlsell Danmark A/SDKK 730.1m
Net profit
  1. Schou Company A/SDKK 155.4m
  2. Saint-gobain Distribution Denmark A/SDKK 4.7m
  3. Ahlsell Danmark A/S−DKK 26.6m
Equity
  1. Schou Company A/SDKK 262.7m
  2. Saint-gobain Distribution Denmark A/SDKK 399.2m
  3. Ahlsell Danmark A/SDKK 611m
Employees
  1. Schou Company A/S413
  2. Saint-gobain Distribution Denmark A/S822
  3. Ahlsell Danmark A/S764

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
Schou Company A/S

Management

8 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Schou Company A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Gotfred Stordal ChristiansenCEO03/08/2014
Lotte AndersenDirector20/08/2019

Board of directors

Board of directors at Schou Company A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jørgen Valdemar Lauritzen SchouBoard member01/09/2017
Jens Bolding JensenChair of the board01/09/2017
Andreas Henneberg Lauritzen West SchouBoard member01/09/2017
Jacob Henneberg SchouBoard member01/09/2017
Jens Christian Henneberg Lauritzen SchouBoard member01/09/2017
Birgitte Henneberg SchouBoard member27/02/2018
Former management (50)
Former management at Schou Company A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Hans Roed PedersenDirector31/05/196101/01/2008
Poul Viggo Lomholdt PoulsenBoard member31/05/196131/08/2007
Hakon PedersenBoard member31/05/196131/08/2007
Ib SkovboBoard member31/05/196131/08/2007
Christian MerrildBoard member31/05/196102/03/1989
Jens Ditlev LauritzenBoard member31/05/196102/03/1989
Sven Dyrløv MadsenChair of the board31/05/196102/03/1989
Allan BendixenBoard member31/05/196131/01/1991
Allan BendixenDirector31/05/196131/01/1991
Henning Georg KruseBoard member31/05/196102/03/1989
Finn SkjoldborgBoard member31/05/196102/03/1989
Grådyb A/SDirector31/05/196102/03/1989
Esbjerg Tovværksfabrik A/SCEO31/05/196104/08/1988
David Neale WilliamsChair of the board31/05/196125/09/1992
David ProctorBoard member31/05/196125/09/1992
David ProctorDirector31/05/196125/09/1992
Christopher David LeakeBoard member31/05/196103/04/1989
John Kenneth YeardleyBoard member31/05/196119/05/1993
Stephen John RutherfordChair of the board31/05/196119/05/1993
Stephen William NorthBoard member31/05/196119/05/1993
Stephen William NorthDirector31/05/196119/05/1993
Kristian Birkelund MadsenBoard member30/05/200531/08/2007
Birgitte PedersenBoard member30/05/200531/08/2007
Kristian KoldingBoard member31/08/200720/03/2009
Jørgen Valdemar Lauritzen SchouBoard member06/11/200720/03/2009
Flemming Holst Østergaard PedersenCEO01/01/200822/10/2008
Ivar Sverre GundersenBoard member12/09/200820/03/2009
Hans Roed PedersenChair of the board22/10/200820/03/2009
Jens HeimburgerBoard member22/10/200814/01/2009
Jens HeimburgerCEO22/10/200814/01/2009
Lars Kousgaard MikkelsenBoard member14/01/200920/03/2009
Allan Malmos JeppesenDirector14/01/200920/04/2009
Lars Fossum BladtChair of the board20/03/200910/09/2009
Klavs PedersenBoard member20/03/200901/11/2012
Klavs PedersenCEO20/04/200901/11/2012
Allan Malmos JeppesenChair of the board10/09/200908/08/2011
Carsten Henrik ØrssleffChair of the board08/08/201130/03/2012
Michael Podiss PetersenBoard member08/08/201120/04/2015
Villy RasmussenChair of the board30/03/201203/04/2014
Jens Bolding JensenBoard member01/11/201231/08/2017
Mikael Teller HeéChair of the board03/04/201401/09/2017
Michael Podiss PetersenDirector03/08/201420/08/2019
Hans Roed PedersenBoard member20/04/201501/09/2017
Jørgen Valdemar Lauritzen SchouBoard member20/04/201528/04/2017
Søren LønsboBoard member20/04/201528/04/2017
Lars Kousgaard MikkelsenBoard member20/04/201502/06/2015
Preben AndersenBoard member20/04/201501/09/2017
Ivar Sverre GundersenBoard member20/04/201501/09/2017
Søren Dahl BondeBoard member02/06/201501/09/2017
Thomas Larsen LyckhageDirector02/06/201515/12/2020

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af Jørgen Valdemar Lauritzen Schou alene eller af en direktør i forening med et bestyrelsesmedlem eller af bestyrelsesformanden i forening med et bestyrelsesmedlem eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

2 active production units

Andreas Schous Vej 63
6000 Kolding

Kolding Municipality · Postcode 6000

Other companies at the address (8)

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
SCHOU COMPANY A/SAndreas Schous Vej 63, 6000 Kolding3051001942825
Schou Company A/SAndreas Schous Vej 62, 6000 Kolding1131029001967

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel, at eje andele i andre selskaber samt anden i forbindelse hermed stående virksomhed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

132 registered events
20262 changesaddress 1 · accounts 1
  • Moved to Andreas Schous Vej 63, 6000 Kolding
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20252 changesmerger 1 · accounts 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20232 changesaccounts 1 · merger 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Merger registered in CVR
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20201 changemanagement 1
  • Thomas Larsen Lyckhage stepped down as director
20192 changesmanagement 2
  • Lotte Andersen appointed director
  • Michael Podiss Petersen stepped down as director
20183 changesaddress 1 · name 1 · management 1
  • Moved to Nordager 31, 6000 Kolding
  • Name changed from HP SCHOU A/S to SCHOU COMPANY A/S
  • Birgitte Henneberg Schou appointed board member
201713 changesmanagement 13
  • Andreas Henneberg Lauritzen West Schou appointed board member
  • Jørgen Valdemar Lauritzen Schou appointed board member
  • Jens Christian Henneberg Lauritzen Schou appointed board member
  • Jacob Henneberg Schou appointed board member
  • Jens Bolding Jensen appointed chair of the board
  • Søren Dahl Bonde stepped down as board member
  • Hans Roed Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Ivar Sverre Gundersen stepped down as board member
  • Preben Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Mikael Teller Heé stepped down as chair of the board
  • Jens Bolding Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Søren Lønsbo stepped down as board member
  • Jørgen Valdemar Lauritzen Schou stepped down as board member
201510 changesmanagement 10
  • Søren Dahl Bonde appointed board member
  • Thomas Larsen Lyckhage appointed director
  • Lars Kousgaard Mikkelsen stepped down as board member
  • Søren Lønsbo appointed board member
  • Hans Roed Pedersen appointed board member
  • Ivar Sverre Gundersen appointed board member
  • Preben Andersen appointed board member
  • Lars Kousgaard Mikkelsen appointed board member
  • Jørgen Valdemar Lauritzen Schou appointed board member
  • Michael Podiss Petersen stepped down as board member
20144 changesmanagement 4
  • Michael Podiss Petersen appointed director
  • Gotfred Stordal Christiansen appointed ceo
  • Mikael Teller Heé appointed chair of the board
  • Villy Rasmussen stepped down as chair of the board
20129 changesmanagement 5 · name 1 · capital 1 · merger 1 · address 1
  • Jens Bolding Jensen appointed board member
  • Klavs Pedersen stepped down as ceo
  • Klavs Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Name changed from H.P. VÆRKTØJ A/S to HP SCHOU A/S
  • Share capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 10,000,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Villy Rasmussen appointed chair of the board
  • Carsten Henrik Ørssleff stepped down as chair of the board
  • Moved to Nordager 31, 6000 Kolding
20113 changesmanagement 3
  • Michael Podiss Petersen appointed board member
  • Carsten Henrik Ørssleff appointed chair of the board
  • Allan Malmos Jeppesen stepped down as chair of the board
200915 changesmanagement 15
  • Allan Malmos Jeppesen appointed chair of the board
  • Lars Fossum Bladt stepped down as chair of the board
  • Klavs Pedersen appointed ceo
  • Allan Malmos Jeppesen stepped down as director
  • Klavs Pedersen appointed board member
  • Lars Fossum Bladt appointed chair of the board
  • Lars Kousgaard Mikkelsen stepped down as board member
  • Hans Roed Pedersen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Ivar Sverre Gundersen stepped down as board member
  • Jørgen Valdemar Lauritzen Schou stepped down as board member
  • Kristian Kolding stepped down as board member
  • Allan Malmos Jeppesen appointed director
  • Lars Kousgaard Mikkelsen appointed board member
  • Jens Heimburger stepped down as ceo
  • Jens Heimburger stepped down as board member
20089 changesmanagement 7 · industry 1 · ownership 1
  • Jens Heimburger appointed ceo
  • Hans Roed Pedersen appointed chair of the board
  • Jens Heimburger appointed board member
  • Flemming Holst Østergaard Pedersen stepped down as ceo
  • Ivar Sverre Gundersen appointed board member
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med isenkram, varmeanlæg og tilbehør (467400)
  • Flemming Holst Østergaard Pedersen appointed ceo
  • Hans Roed Pedersen stepped down as director
  • SCHOU HOLDING A/S registered as owner (100%)
20078 changesmanagement 7 · address 1
  • Jørgen Valdemar Lauritzen Schou appointed board member
  • Kristian Kolding appointed board member
  • Birgitte Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Kristian Birkelund Madsen stepped down as board member
  • Ib Skovbo stepped down as board member
  • Hakon Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Poul Viggo Lomholdt Poulsen stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Industrivej 67, 7080 Børkop
20052 changesmanagement 2
  • Birgitte Pedersen appointed board member
  • Kristian Birkelund Madsen appointed board member
19961 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
19935 changesname 1 · management 4
  • Name changed from ESBJERG TOV A/S to H.P. VÆRKTØJ A/S
  • Stephen William North stepped down as director
  • Stephen William North stepped down as board member
  • Stephen John Rutherford stepped down as chair of the board
  • John Kenneth Yeardley stepped down as board member
19923 changesmanagement 3
  • David Proctor stepped down as director
  • David Proctor stepped down as board member
  • David Neale Williams stepped down as chair of the board
19913 changescapital 1 · management 2
  • Share capital changed from 1,500,000 DKK to 300,000 DKK
  • Allan Bendixen stepped down as director
  • Allan Bendixen stepped down as board member
19901 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 1,000,000 DKK to 1,500,000 DKK
19897 changesmanagement 7
  • Christopher David Leake stepped down as board member
  • GRÅDYB A/S stepped down as director
  • Finn Skjoldborg stepped down as board member
  • Henning Georg Kruse stepped down as board member
  • Sven Dyrløv Madsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Jens Ditlev Lauritzen stepped down as board member
  • Christian Merrild stepped down as board member
19881 changemanagement 1
  • ESBJERG TOVVÆRKSFABRIK A/S stepped down as ceo
19871 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 700,000 DKK to 1,000,000 DKK
196122 changesfounded 1 · management 21
  • Registered as ESBJERG TOV A/S
  • David Proctor appointed director
  • David Proctor appointed board member
  • David Neale Williams appointed chair of the board
  • ESBJERG TOVVÆRKSFABRIK A/S appointed ceo
  • GRÅDYB A/S appointed director
  • Finn Skjoldborg appointed board member
  • Henning Georg Kruse appointed board member
  • Allan Bendixen appointed director
  • Allan Bendixen appointed board member
  • Sven Dyrløv Madsen appointed chair of the board
  • Jens Ditlev Lauritzen appointed board member
  • Christian Merrild appointed board member
  • Ib Skovbo appointed board member
  • Hakon Pedersen appointed board member
  • Hans Roed Pedersen appointed director
  • Poul Viggo Lomholdt Poulsen appointed board member
  • Stephen William North appointed director
  • Stephen William North appointed board member
  • Stephen John Rutherford appointed chair of the board
  • John Kenneth Yeardley appointed board member
  • Christopher David Leake 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 23/10/2026.

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