Vikan A/S
Public limited companyCVR 10290147SkiveActive
Vikan A/S is a public limited company, based in Skive, active in manufacture of brooms and brushes, founded in 1986. Net profit fell 9% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 81.5m. With 180 employees, the company is about 26 times larger than the industry median. 9 people are registered in the company's management and ownership.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit fell 1% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 351m.
- Net profit fell 9% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 81.5m.
- Equity rose 8% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 369.5m.
Employees
- 6 more employees than a year earlier: 180 (08/2026) against 174 (08/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Niels Hermansen (deputy chair, 01/07/2025), Carsten Bo Pedersen (chair of the board, 01/07/2025) and Lars Aaen (ceo, 01/07/2025).
- Stepped down: Carsten Bo Pedersen (director, 01/07/2025) and Niels Hermansen (chair of the board, 30/06/2025).
- New owners registered: Vissing Holding A/S (01/07/2025).
- No longer registered as owner: Vissing Holding A/S (30/06/2025) and Brush Holding ApS (01/07/2025).
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 | 434,412 | 501,524 | 562,290 | 593,075 | 687,451 | 693,737 | +0.9% |
| Gross profit | 215,316 | 257,300 | 280,060 | 291,683 | 355,847 | 350,988 | −1.4% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 67,589 | 88,399 | 85,943 | 83,047 | 118,197 | 108,693 | −8% |
| Profit before tax | 65,229 | 88,503 | 80,871 | 83,050 | 116,480 | 105,413 | −9.5% |
| Net profit | 51,048 | 69,174 | 61,283 | 63,163 | 89,096 | 81,507 | −8.5% |
| Total assets | 312,441 | 352,581 | 374,998 | 408,664 | 479,458 | 496,806 | +3.6% |
| Equity | 188,966 | 231,998 | 258,750 | 287,918 | 340,853 | 369,466 | +8.4% |
| Liabilities | 118,556 | 116,610 | 114,166 | 110,743 | 128,802 | 121,316 | −5.8% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 35,662 | 45,474 | 47,394 | 34,810 | 95,884 | 81,477 | −15% |
| Average number of employees | 241 | 239 | 254 | 266 | 295 | 303 | +2.7% |
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.
Download the figures as CSV · free with an account, amounts in whole DKK
Signals from the financial statements
calculated from the 2025 figuresProfit 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| Financial year | Period | Published | Figures for | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 01/01/2025 – 31/12/2025 | 17/04/2026 | The group | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024 | 04/04/2025 | The group | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 22/04/2024 | The group | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 17/04/2023 | The group | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021 | 05/04/2022 | The group | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020 | 15/04/2021 | The group | PDFXBRL |
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 CVRPosition in the industry
5 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in manufacture of brooms and brushes based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 5.5m, net profit DKK 1.6m, equity DKK 10.1m, 7 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison | No. 69of 4,412 Better than 98% | No. 193of 4,466 Better than 96% |
| Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison | No. 254of 10,152 Better than 98% | No. 486of 10,275 Better than 95% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 430of 17,786 Better than 98% | No. 911of 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
Manufacture of brooms and brushes- Vikan A/SDKK 351m
- Ravning Børste- og Maskinfabrik A/SDKK 13.1m
- Alpha Brush ApSDKK 5.5m
- Vikan A/SDKK 81.5m
- Ravning Børste- og Maskinfabrik A/SDKK 1.6m
- Alpha Brush ApSDKK 2.2m
- Vikan A/SDKK 369.5m
- Ravning Børste- og Maskinfabrik A/SDKK 16.1m
- Alpha Brush ApSDKK 5.3m
- Vikan A/S180
- Ravning Børste- og Maskinfabrik A/S31
- Alpha Brush ApS7
Latest financial year per company. Choose up to three companies from the largest in the industry.
Owners and group
from the Public Ownership RegisterManagement
7 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Lars Aaen | CEO | 01/07/2025 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Henrik Christensen | Board member | 14/04/2016 |
| Hans-Henrik Horsted Eriksen | Deputy chair | 12/10/2017 |
| Peter Raupach Linnet | Board member | 24/06/2020 |
| Mette Østergaard | Board member | 11/04/2024 |
| Niels Hermansen | Deputy chair | 01/07/2025 |
| Carsten Bo Pedersen | Chair of the board | 01/07/2025 |
- Founders
- Niels Erik Westen-Jensen
Former management (56)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henning Thomsen | Deputy board member | 18/06/1986 | 07/07/1998 |
| Kresten Dyhrberg Nielsen | Chair of the board | 18/06/1986 | 31/10/1988 |
| Torben Søndergaard | Chair of the board | 18/06/1986 | 31/03/2005 |
| Børge Rasmussen | Board member | 18/06/1986 | 31/03/2004 |
| Peter Mathias Brinch-Møller | Chair of the board | 18/06/1986 | 20/08/1991 |
| Henning Vestergaard Bodilsen | Board member | 18/06/1986 | 19/09/1989 |
| Christian Skov | Board member | 18/06/1986 | 06/03/1995 |
| Christian Skov | CEO | 18/06/1986 | 15/01/1996 |
| Frederik Douglas Iuel-Brockdorff | Board member | 18/06/1986 | 31/10/1988 |
| Niels Kejser | Board member | 18/06/1986 | 31/10/1988 |
| Niels Kejser | Director | 18/06/1986 | 19/09/1989 |
| Poul Valter Toft | Director | 18/06/1986 | 30/04/2001 |
| Jens Vissing | Deputy chair | 18/06/1986 | 23/03/1994 |
| Poul Verner Ørum | Board member | 18/06/1986 | 22/06/1992 |
| Niels Christian Dahl | Board member | 18/06/1986 | 23/05/1996 |
| Ole Theilvig | Board member | 18/06/1986 | 06/03/1995 |
| Povl Vilhelm Bay | Board member | 18/06/1986 | 04/06/1993 |
| Jenny Elise Walsted Vissing | Board member | 18/06/1986 | 06/03/1995 |
| Jens Kristian Thorsen | Board member | 18/06/1986 | 31/10/1988 |
| Doris Gross | Board member | 18/06/1986 | 26/09/2007 |
| Arne Bech Hald | Deputy board member | 18/06/1986 | 07/07/1998 |
| Niels Jørgen Kappelgaard Hansen | Deputy board member | 18/06/1986 | 23/05/1996 |
| Niels Nørgaard Bach | Board member | 18/06/1986 | 25/03/2003 |
| William Bluhme | Board member | 18/06/1986 | 27/03/2001 |
| Anders Cold | Board member | 06/03/1995 | 03/04/1998 |
| Hans Riisager Holst | Director | 15/01/1996 | 28/03/2008 |
| Christen Lauritz Galsgaard | Board member | 01/01/2002 | 28/03/2008 |
| Erik Hansen | Board member | 25/03/2003 | 31/03/2004 |
| Peter Svendsen | Board member | 31/03/2004 | 10/06/2010 |
| Lone Daugaard Olesen | Deputy board member | 31/03/2004 | 28/03/2008 |
| Birgitte Gregersen | Board member | 31/03/2004 | 28/03/2008 |
| Svend Erik Jensen | Chair of the board | 31/03/2005 | 28/03/2008 |
| Torben Voss | Board member | 28/03/2008 | 02/07/2018 |
| Jette Nielsen Fruergaard | Board member | 28/03/2008 | 29/03/2012 |
| Niels Erik Andersen | Board member | 28/03/2008 | 27/03/2014 |
| Martin Kragh | Director | 28/03/2008 | 01/07/2010 |
| Søren Christian Christiansen | Board member | 28/03/2008 | 29/03/2012 |
| Jørgen Waage Pedersen | Board member | 28/03/2008 | 29/03/2012 |
| Bjarne Schmidt | Deputy board member | 28/03/2008 | 10/06/2010 |
| Bjarne Svenningsen | Deputy board member | 28/03/2008 | 10/06/2010 |
| Peter Mønning | Deputy board member | 28/03/2008 | 10/06/2010 |
| Tonny Roman Jendritska | Director | 28/03/2008 | 22/12/2008 |
| Carsten Bo Pedersen | Director | 22/12/2008 | 01/07/2025 |
| Britt Søndergaard | Deputy board member | 10/06/2010 | 29/03/2012 |
| Anette Wulff Nielsen | Deputy board member | 10/06/2010 | 14/04/2016 |
| Inger Hvid Arensbach | Board member | 10/06/2010 | 14/04/2016 |
| Sanna Erika Pedersen | Deputy board member | 10/06/2010 | 29/03/2012 |
| Else Marie Petersen | Board member | 20/04/2012 | 11/04/2024 |
| Flemming Olsen | Deputy board member | 20/04/2012 | 14/04/2016 |
| Poul Erik Vennekilde | Deputy chair | 27/03/2014 | 12/10/2017 |
| Niels Hermansen | Chair of the board | 27/03/2014 | 30/06/2025 |
| Lotte Franch | Board member | 10/10/2014 | 20/02/2020 |
| Lotte Franch Wamberg | Board member | 10/10/2014 | 10/10/2014 |
| Rasmus Hvidtfeldt Stonor Edelmann | Deputy board member | 14/04/2016 | 30/06/2016 |
| Heidi Jennifer Fly Christensen | Deputy board member | 14/04/2016 | 31/10/2016 |
| Carsten Bo Pedersen | Board member | 20/02/2020 | 24/06/2020 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør i forening med formanden for bestyrelsen eller af en direktør i forening med to bestyrelsesmedlemmer eller af den samlede bestyrelse
Address and production units
1 active production unitsRævevej 1
7800 Skive
Skive Municipality · Postcode 7800
Other companies at the address (1)
- Vissing Holding A/SNon-financial holding companies
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIKAN A/S | Rævevej 1, 7800 Skive | 180 | 1002890420 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive handel og industri samt anden i forbindelse hermed stående virksomhed
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
135 registered events20261 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
20259 changesmanagement 5 · ownership 3 · accounts 1
- ManagementNiels Hermansen appointed deputy chair
- ManagementCarsten Bo Pedersen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementLars Aaen appointed ceo
- ManagementCarsten Bo Pedersen stepped down as director
- OwnershipVISSING HOLDING A/S registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipBRUSH HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
- ManagementNiels Hermansen stepped down as chair of the board
- OwnershipVISSING HOLDING A/S is no longer registered as owner
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
20243 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
- ManagementMette Østergaard appointed board member
- ManagementElse Marie Petersen stepped down as board member
20231 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
20204 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementPeter Raupach Linnet appointed board member
- ManagementCarsten Bo Pedersen stepped down as board member
- ManagementCarsten Bo Pedersen appointed board member
- ManagementLotte Franch stepped down as board member
20181 changemanagement 1
- ManagementTorben Voss stepped down as board member
20174 changesownership 2 · management 2
- OwnershipVISSING FONDEN registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipVISSING FONDEN is no longer registered as owner
- ManagementHans-Henrik Horsted Eriksen appointed deputy chair
- ManagementPoul Erik Vennekilde stepped down as deputy chair
20168 changesmanagement 8
- ManagementHeidi Jennifer Fly Christensen stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementRasmus Hvidtfeldt Stonor Edelmann stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementHeidi Jennifer Fly Christensen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementHenrik Christensen appointed board member
- ManagementRasmus Hvidtfeldt Stonor Edelmann appointed deputy board member
- ManagementFlemming Olsen stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementInger Hvid Arensbach stepped down as board member
- ManagementAnette Wulff Nielsen stepped down as deputy board member
20146 changesmanagement 6
- ManagementLotte Franch Wamberg appointed board member
- ManagementLotte Franch Wamberg stepped down as board member
- ManagementLotte Franch appointed board member
- ManagementNiels Hermansen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementPoul Erik Vennekilde appointed deputy chair
- ManagementNiels Erik Andersen stepped down as board member
20128 changesmerger 1 · management 7
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
- ManagementFlemming Olsen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementElse Marie Petersen appointed board member
- ManagementBritt Søndergaard stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementSanna Erika Pedersen stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementJette Nielsen Fruergaard stepped down as board member
- ManagementJørgen Waage Pedersen stepped down as board member
- ManagementSøren Christian Christiansen stepped down as board member
20112 changesownership 2
- OwnershipVISSING HOLDING A/S registered as owner (90%)
- OwnershipBRUSH HOLDING ApS registered as owner (10%)
20109 changesmanagement 9
- ManagementMartin Kragh stepped down as director
- ManagementBritt Søndergaard appointed deputy board member
- ManagementSanna Erika Pedersen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementInger Hvid Arensbach appointed board member
- ManagementAnette Wulff Nielsen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementPeter Mønning stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementBjarne Svenningsen stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementBjarne Schmidt stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementPeter Svendsen stepped down as board member
20092 changescapital 2
- CapitalShare capital changed from 6,000,000 DKK to 8,000,000 DKK
- CapitalShare capital changed from 5,700,000 DKK to 6,000,000 DKK
200818 changesmanagement 17 · industry 1
- ManagementCarsten Bo Pedersen appointed director
- ManagementTonny Roman Jendritska stepped down as director
- ManagementJette Nielsen Fruergaard appointed board member
- ManagementTonny Roman Jendritska appointed director
- ManagementPeter Mønning appointed deputy board member
- ManagementBjarne Svenningsen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementBjarne Schmidt appointed deputy board member
- ManagementJørgen Waage Pedersen appointed board member
- ManagementSøren Christian Christiansen appointed board member
- ManagementMartin Kragh appointed director
- ManagementNiels Erik Andersen appointed board member
- ManagementTorben Voss appointed board member
- ManagementSvend Erik Jensen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementBirgitte Gregersen stepped down as board member
- ManagementLone Daugaard Olesen stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementChristen Lauritz Galsgaard stepped down as board member
- ManagementHans Riisager Holst stepped down as director
- IndustryIndustry changed to Manufacture of brooms and brushes (329100)
20052 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementSvend Erik Jensen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementTorben Søndergaard stepped down as chair of the board
20045 changesmanagement 5
- ManagementBirgitte Gregersen appointed board member
- ManagementPeter Svendsen appointed board member
- ManagementLone Daugaard Olesen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementErik Hansen stepped down as board member
- ManagementBørge Rasmussen stepped down as board member
20032 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementErik Hansen appointed board member
- ManagementNiels Nørgaard Bach stepped down as board member
20021 changemanagement 1
- ManagementChristen Lauritz Galsgaard appointed board member
20013 changescapital 1 · management 2
- CapitalShare capital changed from 9,500,000 DKK to 5,700,000 DKK
- ManagementPoul Valter Toft stepped down as director
- ManagementWilliam Bluhme stepped down as board member
19982 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementHenning Thomsen stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementAnders Cold stepped down as board member
19971 changename 1
- NameName changed from VIKAN BØRSTE PRODUKTION A/S to VIKAN A/S
19964 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementNiels Christian Dahl stepped down as board member
- ManagementNiels Jørgen Kappelgaard Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementHans Riisager Holst appointed director
- ManagementChristian Skov stepped down as ceo
19954 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementAnders Cold appointed board member
- ManagementJenny Elise Walsted Vissing stepped down as board member
- ManagementOle Theilvig stepped down as board member
- ManagementChristian Skov stepped down as board member
19941 changemanagement 1
- ManagementJens Vissing stepped down as deputy chair
19931 changemanagement 1
- ManagementPovl Vilhelm Bay stepped down as board member
19921 changemanagement 1
- ManagementPoul Verner Ørum stepped down as board member
19911 changemanagement 1
- ManagementPeter Mathias Brinch-Møller stepped down as chair of the board
19892 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementNiels Kejser stepped down as director
- ManagementHenning Vestergaard Bodilsen stepped down as board member
19883 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementNiels Kejser stepped down as board member
- ManagementFrederik Douglas Iuel-Brockdorff stepped down as board member
- ManagementKresten Dyhrberg Nielsen stepped down as chair of the board
19872 changescapital 1 · name 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 9,420,000 DKK to 9,500,000 DKK
- NameName changed from VGH NR. 381 ApS to VIKAN BØRSTE PRODUKTION A/S
198622 changesfounded 1 · management 21
- FoundedRegistered as VGH NR. 381 ApS
- ManagementJenny Elise Walsted Vissing appointed board member
- ManagementPovl Vilhelm Bay appointed board member
- ManagementOle Theilvig appointed board member
- ManagementNiels Christian Dahl appointed board member
- ManagementPoul Verner Ørum appointed board member
- ManagementJens Vissing appointed deputy chair
- ManagementPoul Valter Toft appointed director
- ManagementNiels Kejser appointed director
- ManagementNiels Kejser appointed board member
- ManagementFrederik Douglas Iuel-Brockdorff appointed board member
- ManagementChristian Skov appointed ceo
- ManagementChristian Skov appointed board member
- ManagementHenning Vestergaard Bodilsen appointed board member
- ManagementPeter Mathias Brinch-Møller appointed chair of the board
- ManagementBørge Rasmussen appointed board member
- ManagementTorben Søndergaard appointed chair of the board
- ManagementHenning Thomsen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementKresten Dyhrberg Nielsen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementWilliam Bluhme appointed board member
- ManagementNiels Nørgaard Bach appointed board member
- ManagementNiels Jørgen Kappelgaard Hansen appointed deputy board member
Related companies
Same people in management
- Awaze A/Svia Niels Hermansen
- Fertin Pharma A/Svia Hans-Henrik Horsted Eriksen
- Hartmann Packaging A/Svia Niels Hermansen
- Pwt Group A/Svia Carsten Bo Pedersen
- Karstensens Skibsværft A/Svia Kresten Dyhrberg Nielsen
- Ib Andresen Industri A/Svia Anders Cold
Largest in the industry
- Ravning Børste- og Maskinfabrik A/SDKK 13.1m
- Alpha Brush ApSDKK 5.5m
- Guldberg Penselfabrik ApSDKK 5.2m
- Tandex A/SDKK 4.5m
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.