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Søby A/S

Public limited companyCVR 89935717HøjslevActive

Søby A/S is a public limited company, based in Højslev, active in manufacture of lifting and handling equipment, founded in 1982. Net profit rose 32% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 9.7m. 6 people are registered in the company's management and ownership.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 25.5m+19.1% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 9.7m+31.7% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 38.8m+6.1% vs. 2024
Employees45latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 19% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 25.5m.
  • Net profit rose 32% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 9.7m.
  • Equity rose 6% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 38.8m.

Employees

  • 1 more employees than a year earlier: 45 (07/2026) against 44 (07/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 03/03/2025: Moved to Viborgvej 306, Nr. Søby, 7840 Højslev

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 35mDKK 40m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Søby A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit21,39528,53525,49723,14521,40825,487+19.1%
Operating profit (EBIT)13,843–13,64411,34410,09812,955+28.3%
Profit before tax13,31916,87413,41210,9769,48812,550+32.3%
Net profit10,38013,20810,4908,5327,3959,742+31.7%
Total assets67,22774,08166,17666,65068,43372,315+5.7%
Equity34,01337,49836,48239,12536,52138,763+6.1%
Liabilities32,57035,85929,06826,83431,14432,873+5.6%
Cash and cash equivalents11,23318,77211,64116,5909,86719,940+102.1%
Average number of employees414547444339−9.3%

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 5mDKK 10mDKK 15mDKK 20mDKK 25mDKK 30m202020212022202320242025
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 Søby A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/10/2024 – 30/09/202515/12/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/10/2023 – 30/09/202416/12/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202301/10/2022 – 30/09/202318/12/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202201/10/2021 – 30/09/202208/11/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202101/10/2020 – 30/09/202113/12/2021The companyPDFXBRL
202001/10/2019 – 30/09/202015/12/2020The 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 25.5mNo. 41 of 109
Better than 63% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 38.8mNo. 24 of 109
Better than 79% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees45No. 38 of 109
Better than 66% 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 20–49 employees9,922 companies in the comparison
No. 1,870of 9,892
Better than 81%
No. 921of 9,922
Better than 91%
Same industry and 20–49 employees30 companies in the comparison
No. 13of 30
Better than 59%
No. 5of 30
Better than 86%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 2,379of 10,152
Better than 77%
No. 2,365of 10,275
Better than 77%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 4,956of 17,786
Better than 72%
No. 4,228of 18,024
Better than 77%

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. Søby A/SDKK 25.5m
  2. V. Guldmann A/SDKK 446m
  3. Bila A/SDKK 433.3m
Net profit
  1. Søby A/SDKK 9.7m
  2. V. Guldmann A/SDKK 4.1m
  3. Bila A/SDKK 73.7m
Equity
  1. Søby A/SDKK 38.8m
  2. V. Guldmann A/SDKK 337.2m
  3. Bila A/SDKK 213m
Employees
  1. Søby A/S45
  2. V. Guldmann A/S201
  3. Bila A/S515

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Owners and group

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

Management

6 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Søby A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jan LundDirector01/03/2023
Morten Pilgaard FrantsenCEO01/03/2023

Board of directors

Board of directors at Søby A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Morten Pilgaard FrantsenBoard member21/10/2015
Søren IversenBoard member29/09/2017
Frants Erik FrantsenBoard member01/03/2023
Mette Marckmann FrantsenChair of the board01/03/2023
Former management (10)
Former management at Søby A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Herluf FrantsenBoard member15/01/198219/03/1997
Jens FrantsenBoard member15/01/198210/01/1994
Jens FrantsenDirector15/01/198209/02/1994
Birthe ClausenBoard member15/01/198221/10/2015
Frants Erik FrantsenBoard member15/01/198231/05/2022
Frants Erik FrantsenDirector15/01/198231/05/2022
Svend Aage Thoft ClausenBoard member19/03/199721/10/2015
Mette Marckmann FrantsenBoard member21/10/201528/02/2023
Frants Erik FrantsenChair of the board01/06/202228/02/2023
Mette Marckmann FrantsenDirector01/06/202201/03/2023

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af den administrerende direktør, eller af bestyrelsesformanden eller af en direktør i forening med et bestyrelsesmedlem

Address and production units

1 active production units

Viborgvej 306
7840 Højslev

Skive Municipality · Postcode 7840

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
SØBY A/SViborgvej 306, Nr. Søby, 7840 Højslev461002829803

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at fabrikere maskiner, korntørringsanlæg, transportmateriale samt dermed beslægtet fabrikation og reparation af samme.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

44 registered events
20252 changesaccounts 1 · address 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Moved to Viborgvej 306, Nr. Søby, 7840 Højslev
20242 changesaccounts 1 · name 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Name changed from SØBY MASKINAKTIESELSKAB. HØJSLEV to SØBY A/S
20238 changesaccounts 1 · management 7
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Jan Lund appointed director
  • Mette Marckmann Frantsen appointed chair of the board
  • Morten Pilgaard Frantsen appointed ceo
  • Frants Erik Frantsen appointed board member
  • Mette Marckmann Frantsen stepped down as director
  • Frants Erik Frantsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Mette Marckmann Frantsen stepped down as board member
20225 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Frants Erik Frantsen appointed chair of the board
  • Mette Marckmann Frantsen appointed director
  • Frants Erik Frantsen stepped down as board member
  • Frants Erik Frantsen stepped down as director
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20201 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20171 changemanagement 1
  • Søren Iversen appointed board member
20157 changesmanagement 4 · ownership 3
  • Morten Pilgaard Frantsen appointed board member
  • Mette Marckmann Frantsen appointed board member
  • Svend Aage Thoft Clausen stepped down as board member
  • Birthe Clausen stepped down as board member
  • Søby Holding ApS registered as owner (100%)
  • FRANTS FRANTSEN HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • H. MØLGAARD FRANTSEN FINANS ApS is no longer registered as owner
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment (282200)
19975 changescapital 1 · management 2 · ownership 2
  • Share capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
  • Svend Aage Thoft Clausen appointed board member
  • Herluf Frantsen stepped down as board member
  • FRANTS FRANTSEN HOLDING ApS registered as owner (50%)
  • H. MØLGAARD FRANTSEN FINANS ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
19942 changesmanagement 2
  • Jens Frantsen stepped down as director
  • Jens Frantsen stepped down as board member
19912 changesstatus 2
  • Status changed to active
  • Status changed to under compulsory dissolution
19827 changesfounded 1 · management 6
  • Registered as SØBY MASKINAKTIESELSKAB. HØJSLEV
  • Jens Frantsen appointed board member
  • Herluf Frantsen appointed board member
  • Frants Erik Frantsen appointed board member
  • Birthe Clausen appointed board member
  • Jens Frantsen appointed director
  • Frants Erik Frantsen 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 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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