Varmings Boghandel ApS
Private limited companyCVR 76451419EsbjergActive
Varmings Boghandel ApS is a private limited company, based in Esbjerg, active in retail sale of books, founded in 1984. The company made a loss in both 2024 and 2025, most recently DKK 71,390.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit rose 62% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 529k.
- The loss got smaller: from DKK 274k to DKK 71,390 (2024 → 2025).
- Equity fell 7% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 974k.
Employees
- 1 fewer employees than a year earlier: 3 (07/2026) against 4 (07/2025).
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 thousandEquity and net profit
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | – |
| Gross profit | 570 | 893 | 620 | 566 | 327 | 529 | +62% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 50 | 163 | −119 | −91 | −335 | −66 | +80.2% |
| Profit before tax | 38 | 185 | −139 | 30 | −274 | −71 | +73.9% |
| Net profit | 29 | 144 | −139 | 30 | −274 | −71 | +73.9% |
| Total assets | 2,154 | 2,393 | 2,014 | 1,917 | 1,536 | 1,439 | −6.3% |
| Equity | 1,511 | 1,602 | 1,406 | 1,379 | 1,046 | 974 | −6.8% |
| Liabilities | 643 | 791 | 608 | 538 | 490 | 464 | −5.3% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 606 | 777 | 478 | 309 | 188 | 314 | +67.2% |
| Average number of employees | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0% |
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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Signals from the financial statements
calculated from the 2025 figuresLoss for 2 years in a row
Net result has been negative in 2024–2025.
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| Financial year | Period | Published | Figures for | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 01/10/2024 – 30/09/2025 | 05/01/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/10/2023 – 30/09/2024 | 09/12/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/10/2022 – 30/09/2023 | 28/11/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/10/2021 – 30/09/2022 | 18/11/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/10/2020 – 30/09/2021 | 16/12/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/10/2019 – 30/09/2020 | 09/11/2020 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
111 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in retail sale of books based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.9m, net profit DKK 87,894, equity DKK 1.1m, 4 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with fewer than 20 employees69,967 companies in the comparison | No. 53,701of 69,742 Better than 23% | No. 34,041of 69,964 Better than 51% |
| Same industry and fewer than 20 employees104 companies in the comparison | No. 96of 104 Better than 8% | No. 54of 104 Better than 49% |
| Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison | No. 8,714of 10,152 Better than 14% | No. 8,857of 10,275 Better than 14% |
| All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison | No. 51,677of 66,379 Better than 22% | No. 29,907of 66,505 Better than 55% |
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
Retail sale of books- Varmings Boghandel ApSDKK 529k
- R & S Madsen ApSDKK 33m
- Flensborg A/SDKK 20.4m
- Varmings Boghandel ApS−DKK 71,390
- R & S Madsen ApSDKK 109k
- Flensborg A/SDKK 2.7m
- Varmings Boghandel ApSDKK 974k
- R & S Madsen ApSDKK 29.4m
- Flensborg A/SDKK 24.1m
- Varmings Boghandel ApS3
- R & S Madsen ApS120
- Flensborg A/S77
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership Register- Asger Varming100%
Management
1 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Asger Varming | Director | 08/02/2002 |
Former management (1)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truels Varming | Director | 04/12/1984 | 08/02/2002 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør.
Address and production units
1 active production unitsJørgen Pedersens Vej 14
6700 Esbjerg
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARMINGS BOGHANDEL APS | Jørgen Pedersens Vej 14, 6700 Esbjerg | 3 | 1002491258 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive bog- og papirhandel og i øvrigt enhver dermed i forbindelse stående virksomhed efter direktionens nærmere bestemmelse.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
13 registered events20261 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
20241 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
20201 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
20081 changeindustry 1
- IndustryIndustry changed to Retail sale of books (476100)
20023 changesmanagement 2 · ownership 1
- ManagementAsger Varming appointed director
- ManagementTruels Varming stepped down as director
- OwnershipAsger Varming registered as owner (100%)
19951 changecapital 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 80,000 DKK to 200,000 DKK
19842 changesfounded 1 · management 1
- FoundedRegistered as VARMINGS BOGHANDEL ApS
- ManagementTruels Varming appointed director
Related companies
Same industry in Esbjerg
- Bog & idé, Valby ApS17 employees
- Bog & idé, Aalborg Storcenter ApS15 employees
- BB Bøger ApS11 employees
- Kristiansen Bog & Ide A/S10 employees
- Bog & idé Broen ApS8 employees
- Klein Bog & idé ApS8 employees
Largest in the industry
- R & S Madsen ApSDKK 33m
- Flensborg A/SDKK 20.4m
- Polyteknisk Boghandel & Forlag A/SDKK 8.3m
- Bog & idé, Lyngby Storcenter ApSDKK 7.5m
- Gucca.dk A/SDKK 7.4m
- Bergman Bog & Ide ApSDKK 7.4m
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.