Unilever Danmark A/S

Public limited companyCVR 45963128København SActive

Unilever Danmark A/S is a public limited company, based in København S, active in non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco, founded in 1939. Net profit rose 128% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 184.7m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 4 of 154 companies in the industry in the database. Profit has grown three years in a row.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 1bn−31.4% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 184.7m+128% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 376.9m+33.6% vs. 2024
Employees58latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 34% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 301.8m.
  • Revenue fell 31% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1bn.
  • Net profit rose 128% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 184.7m.
  • Equity rose 34% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 376.9m.

Employees

  • 83 fewer employees than a year earlier: 58 (07/2026) against 141 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Charlotte Anna Margaretha Malmhagen (board member, 30/01/2025), Mette Marie Jensen (board member, 30/01/2025) and Thomas Sværke Høier (board member, 11/11/2025) (+5).
  • Stepped down: Kenneth Hansen (board member, 30/01/2025), Bjarne Steen Jensen (ceo, 30/01/2025) and Thomas Sværke Høier (board member, 29/01/2025) (+5).

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 50mDKK 0DKK 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200mDKK 250mDKK 300mDKK 350mDKK 400m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Unilever Danmark A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue1,306,1271,347,6061,288,8741,421,0001,507,0001,034,552−31.4%
Gross profit262,509252,363154,335182,997224,472301,800+34.4%
Operating profit (EBIT)−8,926130,73935,42758,94396,203212,075+120.4%
Profit before tax−10,717126,80231,53663,694104,100218,030+109.4%
Net profit−14,26898,86824,26750,00081,000184,713+128%
Total assets413,312498,626367,905410,000464,000609,890+31.4%
Equity237,320336,188225,455251,000282,000376,881+33.6%
Liabilities173,550162,438141,451158,912181,694233,009+28.2%
Cash and cash equivalents3140–––23,003–
Average number of employees183178165164,000154,000103−99.9%

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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DKK 0DKK 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200mDKK 250mDKK 300m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (156 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures
  • Fewer employees

    The number of employees fell 100% from 154,000 in 2024 to 103 in 2025.

    How is this calculated?

    The number of employees according to the annual report has fallen by at least 25%, and was at least 10 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 Unilever Danmark A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202503/07/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202418/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202301/07/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202208/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202130/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202002/07/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

156 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 301.8mNo. 4 of 154
Better than 98% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 376.9mNo. 5 of 156
Better than 97% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees58No. 18 of 156
Better than 89% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 4.9m, net profit DKK 455k, equity DKK 3.8m, 5 employees.

DKK 121kDKK 1.3mDKK 14.6mDKK 159.9mDKK 790.1mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 147 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 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison
No. 88of 4,412
Better than 98%
No. 189of 4,466
Better than 96%
Same industry and 50–199 employees22 companies in the comparison
No. 2of 22
Better than 95%
No. 2of 22
Better than 95%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 295of 10,152
Better than 97%
No. 474of 10,275
Better than 95%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 502of 17,786
Better than 97%
No. 898of 18,024
Better than 95%

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

Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
Gross profit
  1. Unilever Danmark A/SDKK 301.8m
  2. Rema 1000 Danmark A/SDKK 1.8bn
  3. Hørkram Foodservice A/SDKK 927.1m
Net profit
  1. Unilever Danmark A/SDKK 184.7m
  2. Rema 1000 Danmark A/SDKK 533.2m
  3. Hørkram Foodservice A/SDKK 120.6m
Equity
  1. Unilever Danmark A/SDKK 376.9m
  2. Rema 1000 Danmark A/SDKK 2.8bn
  3. Hørkram Foodservice A/SDKK 1.5bn
Employees
  1. Unilever Danmark A/S58
  2. Rema 1000 Danmark A/S187
  3. Hørkram Foodservice A/S1,299

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Marga B.V.33.33%
  • Unilever Finland OY50%
Unilever Danmark A/S

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Unilever Danmark A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Thomas Sværke HøierCEO11/11/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at Unilever Danmark A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Charlotte Anna Margaretha MalmhagenBoard member30/01/2025
Mette Marie JensenBoard member30/01/2025
Thomas Sværke HøierBoard member11/11/2025
Jakob VestrupChair of the board11/11/2025
Auditor
KPMG P/S
Former management (76)
Former management at Unilever Danmark A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Henrik Helmer FabriciusChair of the board28/02/193914/12/1994
Per Ambjørn KnudsenBoard member28/02/193901/08/1997
Per Ambjørn KnudsenDirector28/02/193928/03/1994
Palle Johannes JørgensenBoard member28/02/193918/04/1996
Waldemar SchmidtBoard member28/02/193916/09/1994
Ulf SøgaardBoard member28/02/193901/08/1997
Knud Erik KristensenBoard member28/02/193901/04/1998
Erland Vilhelm ThraneBoard member28/02/193923/05/1991
Flemming Schandorff KnudsenBoard member28/02/193928/10/1991
Sonja Doris NielsenBoard member28/02/193923/05/1991
Asbjørn WintherDeputy board member28/02/193923/05/1991
John Staunsbjerg DueholmChair of the board28/02/193910/09/1996
Keld Bøge HemmingsenBoard member28/02/193921/04/1994
Gerda LangeDeputy board member28/02/193931/03/1995
Hildegard Lykke JohannessenBoard member28/02/193931/03/1995
Niels DalskovDirector28/02/193901/08/1997
Maarten van EngelandDirector28/02/193922/05/1997
Peter AlbertsenBoard member28/02/193920/04/1999
Morten Skou JørgensenDeputy board member28/02/193920/04/1999
Tonny HermannDeputy board member28/02/193923/05/1991
Georg Bang JensenBoard member06/11/199601/08/1997
Sven IpsenChair of the board06/11/199601/08/1997
Erik Mohr MersingChair of the board31/07/199701/01/2007
Ebbe Merrild LoiborgBoard member31/07/199713/04/2000
Frank Ricard AndersenBoard member31/07/199701/09/1998
Flemming LippertDirector31/07/199713/04/2000
Lars Heidelbach HølmkjærBoard member01/04/199802/01/2003
Erik Mohr MersingCEO01/09/199802/10/1998
Anders Bjerre LavesenBoard member01/09/199825/05/1999
Ebbe Merrild LoiborgCEO01/09/199801/01/2000
Steen RuneBoard member01/09/199813/04/2000
Volker NagelBoard member01/09/199831/12/1998
Michael LindhartBoard member01/09/199801/11/1998
Christoffer LundBoard member01/09/199806/11/2001
Bjarne Asger NørgaardBoard member01/11/199824/04/2012
Kirsten AndersenDeputy board member20/04/199919/05/2004
Ole Walter KnudsenDirector01/01/200002/02/2004
Ole Walter KnudsenBoard member13/04/200002/02/2004
Mikko Antero HeiskanenBoard member06/11/200119/06/2003
Ole LemvighBoard member19/06/200301/02/2008
Carsten ØrnboBoard member02/02/200401/10/2004
Carsten ØrnboCEO02/02/200401/10/2004
Flemming Hove NielsenDeputy board member19/05/200424/04/2012
Jakob RønsholtBoard member01/10/200418/07/2005
Jakob RønsholtCEO01/10/200418/07/2005
Hans ChristensenBoard member18/07/200520/06/2008
Hans ChristensenCEO18/07/200520/06/2008
Jens Munk PlumChair of the board01/01/200717/03/2017
Henrik Lindegaard HansenBoard member01/02/200801/09/2017
Hans Erik JensenDeputy board member12/03/200824/04/2012
Lars DanielsenBoard member12/03/200818/02/2013
Steen Tage ChristensenDeputy board member12/03/200824/04/2012
Jens Christian Raun VoldmesterBoard member20/06/200801/06/2015
Jens Christian Raun VoldmesterCEO20/06/200801/06/2015
Christian HavenBoard member24/04/201231/03/2014
Henrik Lindhardt KalhaveDeputy board member24/04/201231/08/2013
Marianne Ahm JensenBoard member18/02/201331/07/2014
Patricia Juliá LercheBoard member30/05/201316/03/2022
Sune Legaard OlsenDeputy board member02/12/201407/03/2016
Jakob Slaatorn KnudsenBoard member02/12/201408/03/2016
Kenneth HansenBoard member02/12/201430/01/2025
Henrico DrentCEO01/06/201515/04/2018
Sune Legaard OlsenBoard member08/03/201601/04/2018
Lisbeth MundrupChair of the board17/03/201729/05/2019
Anders AndreassenBoard member01/09/201731/01/2020
Bjarne Steen JensenCEO15/04/201830/01/2025
Gunilla Maria LeonardssonChair of the board29/05/201916/06/2023
Nina Hald DalgaardBoard member31/01/202014/12/2021
Thomas Sværke HøierBoard member14/12/202129/01/2025
Anna Carin UtzonBoard member16/03/202216/06/2023
Anna Eva ÅsénBoard member16/06/202326/09/2024
Charlotte Anna Margaretha MalmhagenChair of the board16/06/202329/01/2025
Inger Marie NedermarkBoard member26/09/202430/01/2025
Thomas Sværke HøierChair of the board30/01/202510/11/2025
Jonas Sebastian IdströmBoard member30/01/202511/11/2025
Jonas Sebastian IdströmCEO30/01/202511/11/2025

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af to bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening eller af et bestyrelsesmedlem i forening med en direktør.

Address and production units

3 active production units

Ørestads Boulevard 73
2300 København S

København Municipality · Postcode 2300

Other companies at the address (8)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
UNILEVER DANMARK A/SØrestads Boulevard 73, 2300 København S571003148949
ELIZABETH ARDEN (DENMARK) ApSSilkeborgvej 2, 8000 Aarhus C31003148986
Magnum Pleasure StoreKongens Nytorv 13, 1050 København K–1022538264

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive industri, handel samt forvaltnings- og financieringsvirksomhed samt efter bestyrelsens skøn hermed forenelig virksomhed. Selskabet kan dog ikke drive bankvirksomhed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

136 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
202517 changesmanagement 16 · accounts 1
  • Thomas Sværke Høier appointed ceo
  • Thomas Sværke Høier appointed board member
  • Jakob Vestrup appointed chair of the board
  • Jonas Sebastian Idström stepped down as ceo
  • Jonas Sebastian Idström stepped down as board member
  • Thomas Sværke Høier stepped down as chair of the board
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Jonas Sebastian Idström appointed ceo
  • Jonas Sebastian Idström appointed board member
  • Thomas Sværke Høier appointed chair of the board
  • Mette Marie Jensen appointed board member
  • Charlotte Anna Margaretha Malmhagen appointed board member
  • Inger Marie Nedermark stepped down as board member
  • Bjarne Steen Jensen stepped down as ceo
  • Kenneth Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Charlotte Anna Margaretha Malmhagen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Thomas Sværke Høier stepped down as board member
20243 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Inger Marie Nedermark appointed board member
  • Anna Eva Åsén stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20235 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1
  • Anna Eva Åsén appointed board member
  • Charlotte Anna Margaretha Malmhagen appointed chair of the board
  • Anna Carin Utzon stepped down as board member
  • Gunilla Maria Leonardsson stepped down as chair of the board
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20223 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Anna Carin Utzon appointed board member
  • Patricia Juliá Lerche stepped down as board member
20213 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Thomas Sværke Høier appointed board member
  • Nina Hald Dalgaard stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20202 changesmanagement 2
  • Nina Hald Dalgaard appointed board member
  • Anders Andreassen stepped down as board member
20192 changesmanagement 2
  • Gunilla Maria Leonardsson appointed chair of the board
  • Lisbeth Mundrup stepped down as chair of the board
20184 changesaddress 1 · management 3
  • Moved to Ørestads Boulevard 73, 2300 København S
  • Bjarne Steen Jensen appointed ceo
  • Henrico Drent stepped down as ceo
  • Sune Legaard Olsen stepped down as board member
20174 changesmanagement 4
  • Anders Andreassen appointed board member
  • Henrik Lindegaard Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Lisbeth Mundrup appointed chair of the board
  • Jens Munk Plum stepped down as chair of the board
20163 changesmanagement 3
  • Sune Legaard Olsen appointed board member
  • Jakob Slaatorn Knudsen stepped down as board member
  • Sune Legaard Olsen stepped down as deputy board member
20153 changesmanagement 3
  • Henrico Drent appointed ceo
  • Jens Christian Raun Voldmester stepped down as ceo
  • Jens Christian Raun Voldmester stepped down as board member
20145 changesmanagement 5
  • Jakob Slaatorn Knudsen appointed board member
  • Kenneth Hansen appointed board member
  • Sune Legaard Olsen appointed deputy board member
  • Marianne Ahm Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Christian Haven stepped down as board member
20134 changesmanagement 4
  • Henrik Lindhardt Kalhave stepped down as deputy board member
  • Patricia Juliá Lerche appointed board member
  • Marianne Ahm Jensen appointed board member
  • Lars Danielsen stepped down as board member
20127 changesownership 1 · management 6
  • Unilever Finland OY registered as owner (50%)
  • Henrik Lindhardt Kalhave appointed deputy board member
  • Christian Haven appointed board member
  • Steen Tage Christensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Hans Erik Jensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Flemming Hove Nielsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Bjarne Asger Nørgaard stepped down as board member
20112 changesownership 1 · capital 1
  • Marga B.V. registered as owner (33.33%)
  • Share capital changed from 80,000,000 DKK to 190,205,000 DKK
20101 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Ørestads Boulevard 73, 2300 København S
200810 changescapital 1 · management 9
  • Share capital changed from 70,000,000 DKK to 80,000,000 DKK
  • Jens Christian Raun Voldmester appointed ceo
  • Jens Christian Raun Voldmester appointed board member
  • Hans Christensen stepped down as ceo
  • Hans Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Lars Danielsen appointed board member
  • Steen Tage Christensen appointed deputy board member
  • Hans Erik Jensen appointed deputy board member
  • Henrik Lindegaard Hansen appointed board member
  • Ole Lemvigh stepped down as board member
20072 changesmanagement 2
  • Jens Munk Plum appointed chair of the board
  • Erik Mohr Mersing stepped down as chair of the board
20061 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
20055 changesmanagement 4 · address 1
  • Hans Christensen appointed ceo
  • Hans Christensen appointed board member
  • Jakob Rønsholt stepped down as board member
  • Jakob Rønsholt stepped down as ceo
  • Moved to Søndre Ringvej 41-45, 2605 Brøndby
200411 changesmanagement 10 · capital 1
  • Jakob Rønsholt appointed board member
  • Jakob Rønsholt appointed ceo
  • Carsten Ørnbo stepped down as board member
  • Carsten Ørnbo stepped down as ceo
  • Share capital changed from 60,000,000 DKK to 70,000,000 DKK
  • Flemming Hove Nielsen appointed deputy board member
  • Kirsten Andersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Carsten Ørnbo appointed board member
  • Carsten Ørnbo appointed ceo
  • Ole Walter Knudsen stepped down as board member
  • Ole Walter Knudsen stepped down as director
20033 changesmanagement 3
  • Ole Lemvigh appointed board member
  • Mikko Antero Heiskanen stepped down as board member
  • Lars Heidelbach Hølmkjær stepped down as board member
20012 changesmanagement 2
  • Mikko Antero Heiskanen appointed board member
  • Christoffer Lund stepped down as board member
20006 changesmanagement 6
  • Ole Walter Knudsen appointed board member
  • Steen Rune stepped down as board member
  • Ebbe Merrild Loiborg stepped down as board member
  • Flemming Lippert stepped down as director
  • Ole Walter Knudsen appointed director
  • Ebbe Merrild Loiborg stepped down as ceo
19992 changesmanagement 2
  • Anders Bjerre Lavesen stepped down as board member
  • Kirsten Andersen appointed deputy board member
199816 changesmanagement 13 · name 1 · capital 1 · merger 1
  • Volker Nagel stepped down as board member
  • Bjarne Asger Nørgaard appointed board member
  • Michael Lindhart stepped down as board member
  • Erik Mohr Mersing stepped down as ceo
  • Name changed from DARENAS INTERNATIONAL A/S to UNILEVER DANMARK A/S
  • Share capital changed from 6,000,000 DKK to 60,000,000 DKK
  • Anders Bjerre Lavesen appointed board member
  • Erik Mohr Mersing appointed ceo
  • Christoffer Lund appointed board member
  • Michael Lindhart appointed board member
  • Volker Nagel appointed board member
  • Steen Rune appointed board member
  • Ebbe Merrild Loiborg appointed ceo
  • Frank Ricard Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Lars Heidelbach Hølmkjær appointed board member
19976 changesname 1 · management 5
  • Name changed from ISS DARENAS INTERNATIONAL A/S to DARENAS INTERNATIONAL A/S
  • Sven Ipsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Ebbe Merrild Loiborg appointed board member
  • Flemming Lippert appointed director
  • Frank Ricard Andersen appointed board member
  • Erik Mohr Mersing appointed chair of the board
19961 changemanagement 1
  • Sven Ipsen appointed chair of the board
19951 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
19391 changefounded 1
  • Registered as ISS DARENAS INTERNATIONAL 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 24/10/2026.

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