Tican Fresh Meat A/S

Public limited companyCVR 26786576ThistedActive

Tican Fresh Meat A/S is a public limited company, based in Thisted, active in processing of pork, founded in 2002. The company went from a profit in 2024 to a loss of DKK 227.3m in 2025. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 3 of 13 companies in the industry in the database. With 1,674 employees, the company is about 88 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 6.3bn−13.3% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 227.3m−200.1% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 604.6m−27.9% vs. 2024
Employees1,674latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 60% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 341.8m.
  • Revenue fell 13% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 6.3bn.
  • Net profit went from a profit of DKK 227.2m to a loss of DKK 227.3m (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity fell 28% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 604.6m.

Employees

  • 270 more employees than a year earlier: 1,674 (07/2026) against 1,404 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Dirk Vollmer (board member, 26/05/2026).
  • Stepped down: Jacqueline Nowack (board member, 26/05/2026).

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 400m−DKK 200mDKK 0DKK 200mDKK 400mDKK 600mDKK 800m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Tican Fresh Meat A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue8,898,2508,296,5208,627,4337,398,0937,317,4176,345,259−13.3%
Gross profit673,565519,660847,742719,880847,388341,750−59.7%
Operating profit (EBIT)9,310−232,68068,859135,431298,781−186,725−162.5%
Profit before tax−9,106−250,25135,62574,531246,432−217,920−188.4%
Net profit−35,402−257,53230,24579,762227,217−227,336−200.1%
Total assets2,775,6022,868,6873,287,5572,771,9002,665,4892,197,888−17.5%
Equity717,469510,637506,188592,693838,967604,559−27.9%
Liabilities2,035,3472,330,0752,677,8572,103,9311,767,3221,549,917−12.3%
Cash and cash equivalents273,782269,850369,129373,63488,281133,980+51.8%
Average number of employees1,0301,122–1,9221,8721,424−23.9%

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 200mDKK 400mDKK 600mDKK 800m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (13 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Tican Fresh Meat A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202507/07/2026The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202428/05/2025The groupPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202303/06/2024The groupPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202203/07/2023The groupPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202123/06/2022The groupPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202030/06/2021The groupPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

13 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in processing of pork based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 341.8mNo. 3 of 13
Better than 83% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 604.6mNo. 2 of 13
Better than 92% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees1,674No. 2 of 13
Better than 92% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 14.3m, net profit DKK 325k, equity DKK 16.9m, 19 employees.

DKK 1.9mDKK 11.8mDKK 72.4mDKK 444.5mDKK 1.5bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 13 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 1,000 employees or more177 companies in the comparison
No. 120of 147
Better than 18%
No. 102of 177
Better than 43%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 164of 24,791
Better than 99%
No. 330of 24,909
Better than 99%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 438of 17,786
Better than 98%
No. 611of 18,024
Better than 97%

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

Processing of pork
Gross profit
  1. Tican Fresh Meat A/SDKK 341.8m
  2. Danish Crown A/SDKK 2.7bn
  3. Danepork A/SDKK 350.6m
Net profit
  1. Tican Fresh Meat A/S−DKK 227.3m
  2. Danish Crown A/S−DKK 239m
  3. Danepork A/S−DKK 35.7m
Equity
  1. Tican Fresh Meat A/SDKK 604.6m
  2. Danish Crown A/SDKK 4bn
  3. Danepork A/SDKK 223.1m
Employees
  1. Tican Fresh Meat A/S1,674
  2. Danish Crown A/S6,731
  3. Danepork A/S841

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Tönnies International Holding GmbH100%
Tican Fresh Meat A/S

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Tican Fresh Meat A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jens Røjkjær LyhneDirector30/04/2019
Steen Ingemann SønnichsenCEO15/03/2023

Board of directors

Board of directors at Tican Fresh Meat A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Steen Ingemann SønnichsenBoard member15/03/2023
Carl Ernst BürgerChair of the board15/03/2023
Dirk VollmerBoard member26/05/2026
Founders
Dangris a.m.b.a.
Former management (38)
Former management at Tican Fresh Meat A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Jens Jørgen HenriksenBoard member18/09/200220/01/2003
Niels Otto Dybdahl BorggaardBoard member18/09/200230/09/2004
Niels Otto Dybdahl BorggaardDirector18/09/200230/09/2002
Willy RygaardBoard member30/09/200208/10/2003
Kent TheilgaardBoard member30/09/200208/10/2003
Kent TheilgaardDirector30/09/200208/10/2003
Thorkild JensenBoard member20/01/200305/01/2005
Steffan GludBoard member20/01/200325/09/2007
Valdemar Johannes MøllerChair of the board08/10/200305/01/2005
Torben Zanchetta KockBoard member05/01/200503/01/2008
Torben Zanchetta KockCEO05/01/200526/09/2007
Ove ThejlsChair of the board05/01/200503/10/2011
Niels Jørgen VillesenBoard member05/01/200503/10/2011
Anders Jeppesen JensenCEO26/09/200714/11/2008
Niels Michael MøllerBoard member03/01/200826/11/2009
Nils Dorin JacobsenBoard member03/01/200826/11/2009
Niels Jørgen VillesenCEO14/11/200803/10/2011
Mogens Juul JensenBoard member26/11/200903/10/2011
Jens Jørgen HenriksenChair of the board03/10/201111/03/2016
Niels Michael MøllerBoard member03/10/201120/01/2015
Søren Foged OvergaardBoard member03/10/201111/03/2016
Ove ThejlsCEO03/10/201130/04/2019
Uffe WiborgBoard member20/01/201511/03/2016
Frank DuffeChair of the board11/03/201629/05/2017
Carl Ernst BürgerBoard member11/03/201629/05/2017
Jacqueline NowackBoard member11/03/201629/05/2017
Niels Jørgen VillesenDirector02/01/201729/04/2019
Torben Ingemann Ørskov SønnichsenDirector02/01/201730/11/2017
Frank DuffeChair of the board29/05/201724/08/2022
Carl Ernst BürgerDeputy chair29/05/201702/04/2019
Jacqueline NowackBoard member29/05/201726/05/2026
Carl Ernst BürgerDeputy chair03/04/201929/04/2019
Ove ThejlsDeputy chair30/04/201905/12/2021
Niels Jørgen VillesenCEO30/04/201929/06/2022
Carl Ernst BürgerBoard member30/04/201925/08/2022
Sebastian Pontoppidan LaursenCEO29/06/202215/03/2023
Steen Ingemann SønnichsenChair of the board25/08/202214/03/2023
Frank DuffeBoard member25/08/202207/02/2024

Signing rule:  Selskabet tegnes af den administrerende direktør i forening med bestyrelsesformanden eller af bestyrelsesformanden sammen med et andet medlem af bestyrelsen eller af den administrerende direktør i forening med et andet direktionsmedlem.

Address and production units

2 active production units

Strandvejen 6
7700 Thisted

Thisted Municipality · Postcode 7700

Other companies at the address (1)

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
TICAN FRESH MEAT THISTED A/SStrandvejen 6, 7700 Thisted9841009320225
Tican Fresh Meat A/S, BrørupMarkedsvej 9, 6650 Brørup6801024192039

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive slagterivirksomhed, anden produktionsvirksomhed og handel med fødevarer, finansiering, at eje aktier, anparter, kapitalandele og ansvarlige indskud i andre selskaber.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

93 registered events
20263 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Dirk Vollmer appointed board member
  • Jacqueline Nowack stepped down as board member
20251 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20242 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Frank Duffe stepped down as board member
20236 changesaccounts 1 · management 5
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Steen Ingemann Sønnichsen appointed ceo
  • Carl Ernst Bürger appointed chair of the board
  • Steen Ingemann Sønnichsen appointed board member
  • Sebastian Pontoppidan Laursen stepped down as ceo
  • Steen Ingemann Sønnichsen stepped down as chair of the board
20229 changesmanagement 6 · accounts 1 · ownership 2
  • Frank Duffe appointed board member
  • Steen Ingemann Sønnichsen appointed chair of the board
  • Carl Ernst Bürger stepped down as board member
  • Frank Duffe stepped down as chair of the board
  • Sebastian Pontoppidan Laursen appointed ceo
  • Niels Jørgen Villesen stepped down as ceo
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Maximilian Bernd Tönnies registered as owner (5%)
  • Maximilian Bernd Tönnies is no longer registered as owner
20212 changesmanagement 1 · accounts 1
  • Ove Thejls stepped down as deputy chair
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20201 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
201914 changesmanagement 9 · ownership 2 · capital 1 · merger 2
  • Ove Thejls appointed deputy chair
  • Jens Røjkjær Lyhne appointed director
  • Carl Ernst Bürger appointed board member
  • Niels Jørgen Villesen appointed ceo
  • Ove Thejls stepped down as ceo
  • Carl Ernst Bürger stepped down as deputy chair
  • Niels Jørgen Villesen stepped down as director
  • Carl Ernst Bürger appointed deputy chair
  • Carl Ernst Bürger stepped down as deputy chair
  • Tönnies International Holding GmbH registered as owner (100%)
  • Share capital changed from 200,000,000 DKK to 234,164,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • TICAN A/S is no longer registered as owner
20176 changesmanagement 6
  • Torben Ingemann Ørskov Sønnichsen stepped down as director
  • Carl Ernst Bürger appointed deputy chair
  • Jacqueline Nowack appointed board member
  • Frank Duffe appointed chair of the board
  • Torben Ingemann Ørskov Sønnichsen appointed director
  • Niels Jørgen Villesen appointed director
201110 changesindustry 1 · capital 1 · management 5 · ownership 1 · name 1 · address 1
  • Industry changed to Processing of pork (101110)
  • Share capital changed from 10,000,000 DKK to 200,000,000 DKK
  • Ove Thejls appointed ceo
  • Mogens Juul Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Niels Jørgen Villesen stepped down as ceo
  • Niels Jørgen Villesen stepped down as board member
  • Ove Thejls stepped down as chair of the board
  • TICAN A/S registered as owner (100%)
  • Name changed from TICAN PROCESS A/S to TICAN FRESH MEAT A/S
  • Moved to Strandvejen 6, 7700 Thisted
20093 changesmanagement 3
  • Mogens Juul Jensen appointed board member
  • Nils Dorin Jacobsen stepped down as board member
  • Niels Michael Møller stepped down as board member
20085 changesmanagement 5
  • Niels Jørgen Villesen appointed ceo
  • Anders Jeppesen Jensen stepped down as ceo
  • Nils Dorin Jacobsen appointed board member
  • Niels Michael Møller appointed board member
  • Torben Zanchetta Kock stepped down as board member
20076 changesindustry 1 · management 3 · name 1 · address 1
  • Industry changed to Ikke-finansielle holdingselskaber (741500)
  • Anders Jeppesen Jensen appointed ceo
  • Torben Zanchetta Kock stepped down as ceo
  • Name changed from TICAN PROCES A/S to TICAN PROCESS A/S
  • Steffan Glud stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Åvænget 9, 6823 Ansager
20057 changesname 1 · management 6
  • Name changed from TICAN FOODS A/S to TICAN PROCES A/S
  • Torben Zanchetta Kock appointed board member
  • Niels Jørgen Villesen appointed board member
  • Ove Thejls appointed chair of the board
  • Torben Zanchetta Kock appointed ceo
  • Valdemar Johannes Møller stepped down as chair of the board
  • Thorkild Jensen stepped down as board member
20042 changescapital 1 · management 1
  • Share capital changed from 20,000,000 DKK to 10,000,000 DKK
  • Niels Otto Dybdahl Borggaard stepped down as board member
20037 changesmanagement 7
  • Valdemar Johannes Møller appointed chair of the board
  • Kent Theilgaard stepped down as board member
  • Kent Theilgaard stepped down as director
  • Willy Rygaard stepped down as board member
  • Steffan Glud appointed board member
  • Thorkild Jensen appointed board member
  • Jens Jørgen Henriksen stepped down as board member
20029 changescapital 1 · management 7 · founded 1
  • Share capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 20,000,000 DKK
  • Kent Theilgaard appointed board member
  • Kent Theilgaard appointed director
  • Willy Rygaard appointed board member
  • Niels Otto Dybdahl Borggaard stepped down as director
  • Registered as TICAN FOODS A/S
  • Niels Otto Dybdahl Borggaard appointed board member
  • Niels Otto Dybdahl Borggaard appointed director
  • Jens Jørgen Henriksen 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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