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Synoptik A/S

Public limited companyCVR 62756217HerlevActive

Synoptik A/S is a public limited company, based in Herlev, active in optician activities, founded in 1941. Net profit fell 45% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 125.8m. Operations are spread over 116 production units in 83 towns. With 819 employees, the company is about 205 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 1bn−65.4% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 125.8m−45.1% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 2.3bn+12.1% vs. 2024
Employees819latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Revenue fell 65% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1bn.
  • Net profit fell 45% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 125.8m.
  • Equity rose 12% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.3bn.

Employees

  • 24 more employees than a year earlier: 819 (07/2026) against 795 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Silvia Caselli (chair of the board, 01/10/2026).
  • Stepped down: Massimiliano Mutinelli (chair of the board, 01/10/2026).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Optician activities (477410)

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 2.5bn2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Synoptik A/S
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot stated2,053,0392,366,1452,6072,812,0582,909,4241,006,290−65.4%
Gross profit––––1,523,1911,793,5871,972––––
Operating profit (EBIT)––––236,738320,787236246,296278,218153,998−44.6%
Profit before tax254,370255,052266,034216,411229,101301,327211241,309275,592161,406−41.4%
Net profit196,633198,129206,722169,901178,125234,832163191,036229,176125,833−45.1%
Total assets1,320,5701,434,0841,548,1382,137,0332,459,5932,547,5433,3253,496,2613,406,9412,775,297−18.5%
Equity907,6081,014,9731,129,8471,199,3501,383,3491,550,0531,7381,903,3922,046,3462,294,830+12.1%
Liabilities412,962419,111418,291937,6821,076,244997,4901,5871,592,8681,360,595480,467−64.7%
Cash and cash equivalents68,659104,38558,48792,54450,24740,44214060,5892,5220−100%
Average number of employees–––1,62421,6471,843––––

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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DKK 0DKK 200mDKK 400mDKK 600mDKK 800mDKK 1bnDKK 1.2bnDKK 1.4bnDKK 1.6bnDKK 1.8bn2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (313 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 Synoptik A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202510/07/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202430/06/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202301/07/2024The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202230/06/2023The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202115/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202021/06/2021The companyPDFXBRL
201901/01/2019 – 31/12/201903/09/2020The companyPDFXBRL
201801/01/2018 – 31/12/201806/06/2019The companyPDFXBRL
201701/01/2017 – 31/12/201704/06/2018The companyPDFXBRL
201601/01/2016 – 31/12/201631/05/2017The companyPDFXBRL

The figures from all the annual reports are shown on this page. The documents themselves (PDF and XBRL, the machine-readable edition) are downloaded with a Pro account: sign in or create a free account, and then choose Pro. XBRL is the edition the figures on the page are read from.

Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

313 companies in the database

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

EquityDKK 2.3bnNo. 1 of 313
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees819No. 1 of 313
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 3.1m, net profit DKK 478k, equity DKK 1.1m, 4 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 807kDKK 6.5mDKK 52.6mDKK 211.7m
Distribution of gross profit for 312 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. 22of 207
Better than 90%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 108of 10,275
Better than 99%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 211of 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

Optician activities
Gross profit
  1. Synoptik A/SDKK 2m
  2. Synsam Group Denmark A/SDKK 424.7m
  3. F.a. Thiele A/SDKK 212.5m
Net profit
  1. Synoptik A/SDKK 125.8m
  2. Synsam Group Denmark A/S−DKK 17.2m
  3. F.a. Thiele A/SDKK 4.3m
Equity
  1. Synoptik A/SDKK 2.3bn
  2. Synsam Group Denmark A/SDKK 798.2m
  3. F.a. Thiele A/SDKK 58.7m
Employees
  1. Synoptik A/S819
  2. Synsam Group Denmark A/S675
  3. F.a. Thiele A/S306

Latest financial year per company. Choose up to three companies from the largest in the industry.

Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Grosserer Robert Delfers Mindefond33.33%
  • GrandVision Retail Holding B.V.50%
Synoptik A/S

Management

10 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Synoptik A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Andreas Sundfør JacobsenCEO09/09/2023

Board of directors

Board of directors at Synoptik A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jørgen Kjergaard MadsenDeputy chair16/05/2012
Ole SvejgaardBoard member16/06/2014
Andreas Sundfør JacobsenBoard member08/10/2018
Henriette BruunBoard member23/05/2019
Helle Susan KjelsmarkBoard member23/05/2019
Patrik Rolf SöderströmBoard member19/06/2023
Jesper KaiserDeputy board member19/06/2023
Eva Zeuthen BentsenBoard member14/06/2024
Silvia CaselliChair of the board01/10/2026
Former management (75)
Former management at Synoptik A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Mogens Skipper-PedersenBoard member28/06/194118/05/2011
Alice JohanssonDeputy board member28/06/194123/02/1999
Johannes Storgaard SørensenBoard member28/06/194123/05/1995
Paul Hviid KristensenBoard member28/06/194123/11/1990
Rolf Günter KuhbergDirector28/06/194131/01/2000
Per Breinholm JohansenBoard member28/06/194123/11/1990
Bjarne HansenBoard member28/06/194124/06/1991
Ebbe Pelle JacobsenBoard member28/06/194129/09/2003
Finn Knud JørgensenBoard member28/06/194123/11/1990
Poul Gerhardt Løttrup-LarsenBoard member28/06/194102/05/1990
Ernst Henrik Hviid KlæbelBoard member28/06/194130/07/1992
Hans-Henrik HagelundBoard member28/06/194124/06/1991
Dorte Margrethe SecherDeputy board member28/06/194124/06/1991
Britt EinsbergDeputy board member28/06/194124/06/1991
Jürgen Wolfgang WienigkDeputy board member28/06/194124/06/1991
Søs Cordes McFeelyBoard member28/06/194126/02/2003
Hermann Bernd Gunter HammBoard member28/06/194122/06/2005
Inna Gaffron KristiansenDeputy board member28/06/194123/05/1995
Anette PedersenDeputy board member28/06/194123/02/1999
Annette Borgmann BengtssonDeputy board member28/06/194123/02/1999
Jørgen PaldamBoard member28/06/194123/11/1990
Kenneth PetersenBoard member30/07/199203/09/1993
Arne LøvbjergBoard member03/09/199329/09/2003
Jens Christian LorenzenBoard member03/09/199302/02/1998
Lars AndersenDeputy board member23/02/199926/02/2003
Poul SkeemBoard member23/02/199926/02/2003
Carsten Berg KristensenDeputy board member23/02/199926/02/2003
Brian GeorgsenDeputy board member23/02/199926/02/2003
Peter Scheuer JensenDirector01/02/200002/09/2005
Lars AaenDirector01/10/200028/06/2006
Lars Bo IveChair of the board20/02/200129/09/2003
Leif KristensenDeputy chair20/02/200108/08/2001
Henrik Pamp ElkærBoard member26/02/200324/05/2007
Peter SmaakjærDeputy board member26/02/200322/06/2005
Michael MøllerDeputy board member26/02/200330/06/2005
Niels NimbBoard member26/02/200324/10/2005
Helle LevinskyDeputy board member26/02/200330/06/2005
Jan Peter Seeberg ErlundBoard member29/09/200313/04/2004
Melchert Frans GrootChair of the board29/09/200318/05/2011
Wolbrand Teunis Cornelis van der VisBoard member29/09/200301/05/2009
Henrik GundelachBoard member13/04/200416/05/2012
Pia HansenDeputy board member22/12/200524/05/2007
Thomas HansenDeputy board member17/01/200624/05/2007
Ulrik BülowCEO01/05/200601/09/2009
Birgitte KiærskouDeputy board member24/05/200718/05/2011
Elisabeth Olesen AgerskovDeputy board member24/05/200718/05/2011
Bente Risom JensenDeputy board member24/05/200718/05/2011
Gerrit van de WeerdhofBoard member15/05/200916/04/2010
Claus WinbergCEO01/09/200901/01/2017
Eduard Martinus VisserBoard member19/05/201010/11/2010
Kim Christiani SørensenDeputy board member18/05/201130/09/2012
Susanne WichtrupDeputy board member18/05/201127/05/2015
Henriette BruunBoard member18/05/201127/05/2015
Mette Printz OlsenDeputy board member18/05/201128/05/2015
Thomas Schnack-PetersenDeputy board member18/05/201128/05/2015
Allan KjelsmarkBoard member18/05/201116/06/2014
Søren Pape HansenDeputy board member18/05/201128/05/2015
Malene SchneiderBoard member18/05/201122/05/2019
Theo Alexander KiesselbachChair of the board18/05/201114/03/2018
Myriam Thérèse LamoteBoard member18/05/201102/12/2011
Timothy James MoylesBoard member02/12/201108/10/2018
Rolf Günter KuhbergBoard member16/05/201215/05/2014
Freddy LauridsenBoard member16/05/201224/11/2017
Jesper Højberg ChristensenBoard member15/05/201414/06/2024
Henriette BruunDeputy board member28/05/201522/05/2019
Lars NielsenBoard member28/05/201523/05/2019
Regitze Gerlach FabriciusDeputy board member28/05/201519/06/2023
Ilona Haase LindemannDeputy board member28/05/201523/05/2019
Andreas Sundfør JacobsenCEO01/01/201731/08/2017
Lars TandrupCEO01/09/201709/09/2023
Stephan BorchertChair of the board14/03/201822/04/2022
Malene SchneiderDeputy board member23/05/201919/06/2023
Karsten Thornborg EhmsenDeputy board member23/05/201906/04/2020
Ros-Marie Soo Yeun GrusénBoard member28/06/201919/06/2023
Massimiliano MutinelliChair of the board09/06/202201/10/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af bestyrelsesformanden i forening med et medlem af bestyelsen eller med en direktør, eller af mindst 4 medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening

Address and production units

116 active production units

Lyskær 1
2730 Herlev

Herlev Municipality · Postcode 2730

Open in OpenStreetMap
Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
SYNOPTIK A/SLyskær 1, 5, 2730 Herlev1391008118325
SYNOPTIK A/SLyngby Storcenter 1, st. 6, 2800 Kongens Lyngby211003150644
SYNOPTIK A/S RosengårdscenteretØrbækvej 75, st. 91, 5220 Odense SØ211003150383
SYNOPTIK A/SKøbmagergade 22, 1150 København K171003150450
SYNOPTIK A/SAlgade 15C, 4000 Roskilde151003150218
SYNOPTIK A/SSlotsgade 22C, st, 3400 Hillerød151003150462
SYNOPTIK A/S Storcenter NordFinlandsgade 17, st. 264, 8200 Aarhus N151003150292
SYNOPTIK A/SØstergågade 20, 4800 Nykøbing F121003150425
SYNOPTIK A/S Ballerup CentretBallerup-Centret 2, st. 11, 2750 Ballerup121003150243
SYNOPTIK A/SGerritsgade 29A, 5700 Svendborg111003150358
SYNOPTIK A/SAhlgade 17D, 4300 Holbæk111003151019
SYNOPTIK A/S Bruuns GalleriM.P. Bruuns Gade 25, st. 37, 8000 Aarhus C111003150498
SYNOPTIK A/S FieldsArne Jacobsens Allé 12, 2300 København S111010631102
SYNOPTIK A/SSøndergade 29, st, 8700 Horsens101003150620
SYNOPTIK A/SAlgade 28, 9000 Aalborg101004622102

Showing 15 of 116 units (sorted by employees).

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at fremstille og drive handel med optiske artikler eller iøvrigt varer og tjenesteydelser herunder udlejning af fast ejendom, efter bestyrelsens bestemmelse samt at besidde kapitalinteresser i selskaber, der driver sådanne aktiviteter.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

144 registered events
20263 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Silvia Caselli appointed chair of the board
  • Massimiliano Mutinelli stepped down as chair of the board
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Optician activities (477410)
20244 changesaccounts 1 · management 2 · merger 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Eva Zeuthen Bentsen appointed board member
  • Jesper Højberg Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
20238 changesmanagement 7 · accounts 1
  • Andreas Sundfør Jacobsen appointed ceo
  • Lars Tandrup stepped down as ceo
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Jesper Kaiser appointed deputy board member
  • Patrik Rolf Söderström appointed board member
  • Ros-Marie Soo Yeun Grusén stepped down as board member
  • Malene Schneider stepped down as deputy board member
  • Regitze Gerlach Fabricius stepped down as deputy board member
20224 changescapital 1 · accounts 1 · management 2
  • Share capital changed from 101,186,063 DKK to 102,539,663 DKK
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Massimiliano Mutinelli appointed chair of the board
  • Stephan Borchert stepped down as chair of the board
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20202 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2019 published
  • Karsten Thornborg Ehmsen stepped down as deputy board member
201910 changesmanagement 9 · accounts 1
  • Ros-Marie Soo Yeun Grusén appointed board member
  • Annual report for 2018 published
  • Malene Schneider appointed deputy board member
  • Helle Susan Kjelsmark appointed board member
  • Henriette Bruun appointed board member
  • Karsten Thornborg Ehmsen appointed deputy board member
  • Lars Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Ilona Haase Lindemann stepped down as deputy board member
  • Henriette Bruun stepped down as deputy board member
  • Malene Schneider stepped down as board member
20185 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1
  • Andreas Sundfør Jacobsen appointed board member
  • Timothy James Moyles stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2017 published
  • Stephan Borchert appointed chair of the board
  • Theo Alexander Kiesselbach stepped down as chair of the board
20176 changesmanagement 5 · accounts 1
  • Freddy Lauridsen stepped down as board member
  • Lars Tandrup appointed ceo
  • Andreas Sundfør Jacobsen stepped down as ceo
  • Annual report for 2016 published
  • Andreas Sundfør Jacobsen appointed ceo
  • Claus Winberg stepped down as ceo
201511 changesownership 2 · management 9
  • GrandVision Retail Holding B.V. registered as owner (50%)
  • Grand Vision Northern Europe B.V. is no longer registered as owner
  • Henriette Bruun appointed deputy board member
  • Regitze Gerlach Fabricius appointed deputy board member
  • Lars Nielsen appointed board member
  • Ilona Haase Lindemann appointed deputy board member
  • Søren Pape Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Thomas Schnack-Petersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Mette Printz Olsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Henriette Bruun stepped down as board member
  • Susanne Wichtrup stepped down as deputy board member
20144 changesmanagement 4
  • Ole Svejgaard appointed board member
  • Allan Kjelsmark stepped down as board member
  • Jesper Højberg Christensen appointed board member
  • Rolf Günter Kuhberg stepped down as board member
20126 changesmanagement 5 · address 1
  • Kim Christiani Sørensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Moved to Lyskær 1, 2730 Herlev
  • Jørgen Kjergaard Madsen appointed deputy chair
  • Freddy Lauridsen appointed board member
  • Rolf Günter Kuhberg appointed board member
  • Henrik Gundelach stepped down as board member
201116 changesmanagement 16
  • Timothy James Moyles appointed board member
  • Myriam Thérèse Lamote stepped down as board member
  • Myriam Thérèse Lamote appointed board member
  • Theo Alexander Kiesselbach appointed chair of the board
  • Malene Schneider appointed board member
  • Søren Pape Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • Allan Kjelsmark appointed board member
  • Thomas Schnack-Petersen appointed deputy board member
  • Mette Printz Olsen appointed deputy board member
  • Henriette Bruun appointed board member
  • Susanne Wichtrup appointed deputy board member
  • Kim Christiani Sørensen appointed deputy board member
  • Elisabeth Olesen Agerskov stepped down as deputy board member
  • Bente Risom Jensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Birgitte Kiærskou stepped down as deputy board member
  • Melchert Frans Groot stepped down as chair of the board
20103 changesmanagement 3
  • Eduard Martinus Visser stepped down as board member
  • Eduard Martinus Visser appointed board member
  • Gerrit van de Weerdhof stepped down as board member
20094 changesmanagement 4
  • Claus Winberg appointed ceo
  • Ulrik Bülow stepped down as ceo
  • Gerrit van de Weerdhof appointed board member
  • Wolbrand Teunis Cornelis van der Vis stepped down as board member
20076 changesmanagement 6
  • Elisabeth Olesen Agerskov appointed deputy board member
  • Bente Risom Jensen appointed deputy board member
  • Birgitte Kiærskou appointed deputy board member
  • Thomas Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Pia Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Henrik Pamp Elkær stepped down as board member
20067 changescapital 1 · management 3 · name 1 · industry 1 · merger 1
  • Share capital changed from 101,185,063 DKK to 101,186,063 DKK
  • Lars Aaen stepped down as director
  • Name changed from SYNOPTIK HOLDING A/S to SYNOPTIK A/S
  • Ulrik Bülow appointed ceo
  • Industry changed to Optikere (524820)
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Thomas Hansen appointed deputy board member
20056 changesmanagement 6
  • Pia Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • Niels Nimb stepped down as board member
  • Peter Scheuer Jensen stepped down as director
  • Helle Levinsky stepped down as deputy board member
  • Michael Møller stepped down as deputy board member
  • Peter Smaakjær stepped down as deputy board member
20042 changesmanagement 2
  • Henrik Gundelach appointed board member
  • Jan Peter Seeberg Erlund stepped down as board member
200313 changescapital 1 · management 12
  • Share capital changed from 87,061,923 DKK to 101,185,063 DKK
  • Jan Peter Seeberg Erlund appointed board member
  • Wolbrand Teunis Cornelis van der Vis appointed board member
  • Melchert Frans Groot appointed chair of the board
  • Lars Bo Ive stepped down as chair of the board
  • Peter Smaakjær appointed deputy board member
  • Helle Levinsky appointed deputy board member
  • Niels Nimb appointed board member
  • Michael Møller appointed deputy board member
  • Henrik Pamp Elkær appointed board member
  • Poul Skeem stepped down as board member
  • Brian Georgsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Carsten Berg Kristensen stepped down as deputy board member
20024 changesownership 2 · merger 1 · capital 1
  • Grand Vision Northern Europe B.V. registered as owner (50%)
  • GROSSERER ROBERT DELFERS MINDEFOND registered as owner (33.33%)
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Share capital changed from 83,837,800 DKK to 87,061,923 DKK
20014 changesmanagement 3 · capital 1
  • Leif Kristensen stepped down as deputy chair
  • Share capital changed from 71,400,000 DKK to 83,837,800 DKK
  • Leif Kristensen appointed deputy chair
  • Lars Bo Ive appointed chair of the board
20005 changesmanagement 2 · name 1 · industry 1 · capital 1
  • Lars Aaen appointed director
  • Name changed from SYNOPTIK A/S to SYNOPTIK HOLDING A/S
  • Industry changed to Ikke-finansielle holdingselskaber (741500)
  • Share capital changed from 70,000,000 DKK to 71,400,000 DKK
  • Peter Scheuer Jensen appointed director
19993 changesmanagement 3
  • Poul Skeem appointed board member
  • Brian Georgsen appointed deputy board member
  • Carsten Berg Kristensen appointed deputy board member
19961 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 68,000,000 DKK to 70,000,000 DKK
19951 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 7,402,600 DKK to 68,000,000 DKK
19911 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
19891 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
19411 changefounded 1
  • Registered as SYNOPTIK 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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