Universal Transport A/S

Public limited companyCVR 27272479VejleActive

Universal Transport A/S is a public limited company, based in Vejle, active in freight transport by road, founded in 2003. The company made a loss in both 2024 and 2025, most recently DKK 1.9m. With 66 employees, the company is about 11 times larger than the industry median. Gross profit is higher than that of 93% of the companies in the industry in the database.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 45.5m−4.6% vs. 2024

Net profit−DKK 1.9m+63.9% vs. 2024

EquityDKK 14.4m−11.8% vs. 2024

Employees66latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

Gross profit fell 5% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 45.5m.
The loss got smaller: from DKK 5.3m to DKK 1.9m (2024 → 2025).
Equity fell 12% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 14.4m.

Employees

15 fewer employees than a year earlier: 66 (08/2026) against 81 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

New in management: Lars Bilde (director, 11/05/2026) and Jørgen Liljeberg (director, 11/05/2026).
Stepped down: Brian Søgaard (director, 11/05/2026).

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

EquityNet profit

Financial figures for Universal Transport A/S
	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change
Revenue	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	–
Gross profit	64,841	83,926	96,467	71,579	47,675	45,489	−4.6%
Operating profit (EBIT)	6,232	2,614	6,458	−12,519	−6,566	−1,683	+74.4%
Profit before tax	5,672	2,115	5,870	−13,587	−7,737	−2,455	+68.3%
Net profit	4,421	1,669	4,565	−11,378	−5,327	−1,922	+63.9%
Total assets	72,872	108,397	116,109	84,607	57,578	43,481	−24.5%
Equity	19,779	28,498	33,063	21,685	16,358	14,436	−11.8%
Liabilities	51,483	76,602	80,837	62,922	41,219	29,045	−29.5%
Cash and cash equivalents	10,706	6,680	28	81	9	401	+4,339.6%
Average number of employees	110	145	159	142	79	72	−8.9%

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. 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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Compare with the industry (1,411 companies)

Gross profitMedian, the industry (1,411 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

Loss for 3 years in a row
Net result has been negative in 2023–2025.
How is this calculated?
Net result is negative in the two or more 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 Universal Transport A/S
Financial year	Period	Published	Figures for	Documents
2025	01/01/2025 – 31/12/2025	08/04/2026	The company	PDF not statedXBRL
2024	01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024	27/06/2025	The company	PDF XBRL
2023	01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023	27/06/2024	The company	PDF XBRL
2022	01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022	04/04/2023	The company	PDF XBRL
2021	01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021	11/05/2022	The company	PDF XBRL
2020	01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020	31/03/2021	The company	PDF XBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR

Employees

Position in the industry

1,411 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in freight transport by road based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 45.5mNo. 102 of 1,411

Better than 93% of the companies in the industry

EquityDKK 14.4mNo. 143 of 1,411

Better than 90% of the companies in the industry

Number of employees66No. 70 of 1,411

Better than 95% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 4m, net profit DKK 253k, equity DKK 1.7m, 6 employees.

Distribution of gross profit for 1,369 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
Group	Gross profit	Equity
Companies with 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison	No. 1,989of 4,412 Better than 55%	No. 2,537of 4,466 Better than 43%
Same industry and 50–199 employees114 companies in the comparison	No. 79of 114 Better than 31%	No. 72of 114 Better than 37%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison	No. 1,565of 24,791 Better than 94%	No. 5,386of 24,909 Better than 78%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison	No. 3,160of 17,786 Better than 82%	No. 7,366of 18,024 Better than 59%

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

Freight transport by road

Gross profit

Universal Transport A/SDKK 45.5m
Danske Fragtmænd A/SDKK 682.3m
Hcs A/S Transport & SpeditionDKK 598.2m

Net profit

Universal Transport A/S−DKK 1.9m
Danske Fragtmænd A/SDKK 87.6m
Hcs A/S Transport & SpeditionDKK 189.4m

Equity

Universal Transport A/SDKK 14.4m
Danske Fragtmænd A/SDKK 546.8m
Hcs A/S Transport & SpeditionDKK 439.4m

Employees

Universal Transport A/S66
Danske Fragtmænd A/S1,272
Hcs A/S Transport & Spedition483

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register

Owners

Universal Gruppen Holding ApS100%

Universal Transport A/S

Management

6 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Universal Transport A/S
Name	Role	Appointed
Lars Bilde	Director	11/05/2026
Jørgen Liljeberg	Director	11/05/2026

Board of directors

Board of directors at Universal Transport A/S
Name	Role	Appointed
Mads Danielsen	Board member	03/12/2015
Poul Henning Sørensen	Chair of the board	04/03/2016
Brian Søgaard	Board member	16/08/2017
Thomas Hjort	Board member	16/08/2017

Auditor: EY Godkendt Revisionspartnerselskab
Founders: Brian Søgaard

Former management (10)

Former management at Universal Transport A/S
Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
Brian Søgaard	Director	25/06/2003	04/03/2016
Brian Søgaard	Board member	03/12/2015	03/03/2016
Poul Henning Sørensen	Board member	03/12/2015	03/03/2016
Flemming Bent Lindeløv	Board member	03/12/2015	26/06/2024
Lars Bilde	Board member	03/12/2015	02/01/2024
Brian Søgaard	Deputy chair	04/03/2016	15/08/2017
Thomas Hjort	Director	04/03/2016	16/08/2017
Brian Søgaard	Director	16/08/2017	11/05/2026
Jacob Christian Nielsen	CEO	01/05/2018	16/01/2019
Tina Søgaard	Board member	13/07/2023	26/06/2024

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør i forening med bestyrelsesformanden eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

2 active production units

Stiftsvej 11
7100 Vejle

Vejle Municipality · Postcode 7100

Other companies at the address (3)

Universal Gruppen Holding ApSNon-financial holding companies
Universal Ejendomme ApSRenting of commercial property
Bencadan ApSWholesale of furniture for homes, offices and shops, carpets and lighting equipment

Production units
Production unit	Address	Industry	Employees	P number
UNIVERSAL TRANSPORT A/S	Stiftsvej 11, 7100 Vejle	Freight transport by road	66	1000941539
Lager X	Gjernvej 16, 7120 Vejle Øst	Freight transport by road	–	1031804058

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel, transport og dermed beslægtet virksomhed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

49 registered events

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82016

52017

22018

22019

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20264 changesmanagement 3 · accounts 1

11/05ManagementJørgen Liljeberg appointed director
11/05ManagementLars Bilde appointed director
11/05ManagementBrian Søgaard stepped down as director
08/04AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published

20251 changeaccounts 1

27/06AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published

20244 changesaccounts 1 · management 3

27/06AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
26/06ManagementTina Søgaard stepped down as board member
26/06ManagementFlemming Bent Lindeløv stepped down as board member
02/01ManagementLars Bilde stepped down as board member

20234 changesmanagement 1 · address 2 · accounts 1

13/07ManagementTina Søgaard appointed board member
24/04AddressMoved to Stiftsvej 11, 7100 Vejle
04/04AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
20/03AddressMoved to Stiftsvej 11, 7100 Vejle

20221 changeaccounts 1

11/05AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published

20212 changescapital 1 · accounts 1

04/06CapitalShare capital changed from 600,000 DKK to 700,000 DKK
31/03AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published

20201 changeaddress 1

14/08AddressMoved to Stiftsvej 11, 7100 Vejle

20192 changesaddress 1 · management 1

20/05AddressMoved to Stiftsvej 11, 7100 Vejle
16/01ManagementJacob Christian Nielsen stepped down as ceo

20182 changesaddress 1 · management 1

20/10AddressMoved to Stiftsvej 11, 7100 Vejle
01/05ManagementJacob Christian Nielsen appointed ceo

20175 changesmanagement 5

16/08ManagementBrian Søgaard appointed board member
16/08ManagementBrian Søgaard appointed director
16/08ManagementThomas Hjort appointed board member
16/08ManagementThomas Hjort stepped down as director
15/08ManagementBrian Søgaard stepped down as deputy chair

20168 changesname 2 · management 6

18/10NameName changed from UNIVERSAL TRANSPORT & FLYTTEFORRETNING A/S to UNIVERSAL TRANSPORT A/S
21/03NameName changed from UNIVERSAL TRANSPORT & FLYTTEFORRETNING ApS to UNIVERSAL TRANSPORT & FLYTTEFORRETNING A/S
04/03ManagementThomas Hjort appointed director
04/03ManagementPoul Henning Sørensen appointed chair of the board
04/03ManagementBrian Søgaard appointed deputy chair
04/03ManagementBrian Søgaard stepped down as director
03/03ManagementBrian Søgaard stepped down as board member
03/03ManagementPoul Henning Sørensen stepped down as board member

20155 changesmanagement 5

03/12ManagementBrian Søgaard appointed board member
03/12ManagementFlemming Bent Lindeløv appointed board member
03/12ManagementMads Danielsen appointed board member
03/12ManagementLars Bilde appointed board member
03/12ManagementPoul Henning Sørensen appointed board member

20081 changeindustry 1

01/01IndustryIndustry changed to Freight transport by road (494100)

20072 changesaddress 2

03/05AddressMoved to Stiftsvej 11, 7100 Vejle
01/01AddressMoved to Stiftsvej 9, 7100 Vejle

20043 changesownership 2 · address 1

15/09OwnershipUniversal Gruppen Holding ApS registered as owner (100%)
14/09OwnershipBrian Søgaard is no longer registered as owner
01/09AddressMoved to Stiftsvej 9, 7100 Vejle

20034 changesindustry 1 · founded 1 · management 1 · ownership 1

19/08IndustryIndustry changed to Vognmandsvirksomhed (602410)
25/06FoundedRegistered as UNIVERSAL TRANSPORT & FLYTTEFORRETNING ApS
25/06ManagementBrian Søgaard appointed director
25/06OwnershipBrian Søgaard registered as owner (100%)

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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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