Vwr International A/S
Public limited companyCVR 27335659SøborgActive
Vwr International A/S is a public limited company, based in Søborg, active in wholesale of medical and hospital supplies, founded in 2003. Net profit fell 13% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 13.8m. With 53 employees, the company is about 11 times larger than the industry median. Gross profit is higher than that of 91% of the companies in the industry in the database.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit rose 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 65.2m.
- Net profit fell 13% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 13.8m.
- Equity rose 8% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 36.2m.
Employees
- 3 fewer employees than a year earlier: 53 (08/2026) against 56 (08/2025).
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 | 118,384 | 120,792 | 70,635 | 68,677 | 63,963 | 65,202 | +1.9% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 72,170 | 70,831 | 25,343 | 26,006 | 19,721 | 17,803 | −9.7% |
| Profit before tax | 71,823 | 70,460 | 24,762 | 26,629 | 20,026 | 17,642 | −11.9% |
| Net profit | 56,024 | 55,222 | 19,126 | 20,941 | 15,811 | 13,823 | −12.6% |
| Total assets | 147,473 | 142,415 | 136,146 | 94,894 | 94,441 | 99,726 | +5.6% |
| Equity | 72,252 | 71,474 | 25,600 | 28,541 | 33,352 | 36,174 | +8.5% |
| Liabilities | 74,921 | 61,824 | 103,337 | 61,038 | 57,408 | 60,000 | +4.5% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 23,817 | 51,424 | 63,863 | 25,558 | 23,395 | 28,075 | +20% |
| Average number of employees | 67 | 62 | 63 | 60 | 55 | 57 | +3.6% |
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 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 | 28/05/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024 | 10/06/2025 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 25/06/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 29/06/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021 | 23/06/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020 | 08/06/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
187 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in wholesale of medical and hospital supplies based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 5.8m, net profit DKK 1.2m, equity DKK 5.4m, 5 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. 1,277of 4,412 Better than 71% | No. 1,541of 4,466 Better than 66% |
| Same industry and 50–199 employees18 companies in the comparison | No. 12of 18 Better than 35% | No. 17of 18 Better than 6% |
| Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison | No. 1,095of 24,791 Better than 96% | No. 2,973of 24,909 Better than 88% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 2,307of 17,786 Better than 87% | No. 4,413of 18,024 Better than 76% |
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
Wholesale of medical and hospital supplies- Vwr International A/SDKK 65.2m
- Orifarm Generics A/SDKK 399.8m
- 3shape Trios A/SDKK 203.5m
- Vwr International A/SDKK 13.8m
- Orifarm Generics A/SDKK 77.2m
- 3shape Trios A/SDKK 58.4m
- Vwr International A/SDKK 36.2m
- Orifarm Generics A/SDKK 496.3m
- 3shape Trios A/SDKK 121.7m
- Vwr International A/S53
- Orifarm Generics A/S255
- 3shape Trios A/S56
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership Register- VWR International AB90%
Management
4 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Niels Bo Frost Pettersson | CEO | 01/09/2023 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Ian Soellaart | Chair of the board | 21/06/2022 |
| Niels Bo Frost Pettersson | Board member | 01/09/2023 |
| Wadim Lubomir Dobosz | Board member | 30/09/2024 |
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton, Godkendt Revisionspartnerselskab
- Founders
- KR 332 ApS
Former management (27)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henrik Thal Jantzen | Board member | 18/08/2003 | 26/11/2003 |
| Jørgen Kjergaard Madsen | Board member | 18/08/2003 | 26/11/2003 |
| Caroline Sundorph Pontoppidan | Board member | 18/08/2003 | 26/11/2003 |
| Caroline Sundorph Pontoppidan | Director | 18/08/2003 | 26/11/2003 |
| Søren Kirkegaard | Director | 26/11/2003 | 21/11/2007 |
| Lars Søren Rasmussen | Board member | 26/11/2003 | 02/07/2007 |
| Flemming Bie | Chair of the board | 26/11/2003 | 02/07/2007 |
| Lis Bie | Board member | 26/11/2003 | 01/07/2004 |
| Søren Aamann Jensen | Board member | 01/07/2004 | 02/07/2007 |
| Palle Egon Johansen | Board member | 12/05/2005 | 24/01/2006 |
| Jørgen Wrem | Board member | 12/05/2005 | 01/06/2009 |
| John Peter Madsen | Deputy board member | 12/05/2005 | 01/06/2009 |
| Dennis Nielsen | Board member | 24/01/2006 | 08/12/2008 |
| Søren Kirkegaard | Board member | 02/07/2007 | 21/11/2007 |
| Manuel Brocke-Benz | Chair of the board | 02/07/2007 | 14/01/2009 |
| Raoul Roman Biskupek | Board member | 21/11/2007 | 10/06/2008 |
| Raoul Roman Biskupek | CEO | 21/11/2007 | 10/06/2008 |
| Jørgen Appel Kelkjær | Board member | 10/06/2008 | 30/01/2009 |
| Jørgen Appel Kelkjær | CEO | 10/06/2008 | 30/01/2009 |
| Nils Örjan Christer Lundquist | Board member | 14/01/2009 | 23/06/2010 |
| Henrik Russmann | Chair of the board | 14/01/2009 | 16/11/2018 |
| Kirsten Mølbæk Gram | Board member | 30/01/2009 | 01/09/2023 |
| Kirsten Mølbæk Gram | CEO | 30/01/2009 | 01/09/2023 |
| Thomas Best | Board member | 26/11/2010 | 29/08/2019 |
| Bernd Alexander Goell | Chair of the board | 16/11/2018 | 21/06/2022 |
| Ian Soellaart | Board member | 29/08/2019 | 20/06/2022 |
| Karen Jane Pulford | Board member | 21/06/2022 | 30/09/2024 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af bestyrelsens formand i forening med en direktør, af to medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening med en direktør eller af den samlede bestyrelse.
Address and production units
1 active production unitsTobaksvejen 21
2860 Søborg
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| VWR INTERNATIONAL A/S | Tobaksvejen 21, 2860 Søborg | 53 | 1003025633 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive handel som distributør, fortrinsvis med kemiske artikler og laboratorieudstyr, laboratorieinstrumenter og laboratoriemøbler, samt service heraf, samt al virksomhed, som efter bestyrelsens skøn er beslægtet hermed.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
78 registered events20261 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
20251 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
20243 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
- ManagementWadim Lubomir Dobosz appointed board member
- ManagementKaren Jane Pulford stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
20235 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1
- ManagementNiels Bo Frost Pettersson appointed ceo
- ManagementNiels Bo Frost Pettersson appointed board member
- ManagementKirsten Mølbæk Gram stepped down as ceo
- ManagementKirsten Mølbæk Gram stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
20225 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
- ManagementIan Soellaart appointed chair of the board
- ManagementKaren Jane Pulford appointed board member
- ManagementBernd Alexander Goell stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementIan Soellaart stepped down as board member
20211 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
20192 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementIan Soellaart appointed board member
- ManagementThomas Best stepped down as board member
20182 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementBernd Alexander Goell appointed chair of the board
- ManagementHenrik Russmann stepped down as chair of the board
20171 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to Tobaksvejen 21, 2860 Søborg
20162 changesaddress 1 · name 1
- AddressMoved to Tobaksvejen 21, 2860 Søborg
- NameName changed from VWR & BIE & BERNTSEN A/S to VWR INTERNATIONAL A/S
20141 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to Transformervej 8, 2860 Søborg
20102 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementThomas Best appointed board member
- ManagementNils Örjan Christer Lundquist stepped down as board member
20099 changesmanagement 9
- ManagementJohn Peter Madsen stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementJørgen Wrem stepped down as board member
- ManagementKirsten Mølbæk Gram appointed ceo
- ManagementKirsten Mølbæk Gram appointed board member
- ManagementJørgen Appel Kelkjær stepped down as ceo
- ManagementJørgen Appel Kelkjær stepped down as board member
- ManagementHenrik Russmann appointed chair of the board
- ManagementNils Örjan Christer Lundquist appointed board member
- ManagementManuel Brocke-Benz stepped down as chair of the board
20088 changesname 1 · capital 1 · merger 1 · management 5
- NameName changed from BIE & BERNTSEN A/S to VWR & BIE & BERNTSEN A/S
- CapitalShare capital changed from 5,000,000 DKK to 5,900,000 DKK
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
- ManagementDennis Nielsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementJørgen Appel Kelkjær appointed ceo
- ManagementJørgen Appel Kelkjær appointed board member
- ManagementRaoul Roman Biskupek stepped down as board member
- ManagementRaoul Roman Biskupek stepped down as ceo
200711 changesmanagement 9 · ownership 1 · address 1
- ManagementRaoul Roman Biskupek appointed board member
- ManagementRaoul Roman Biskupek appointed ceo
- ManagementSøren Kirkegaard stepped down as board member
- ManagementSøren Kirkegaard stepped down as director
- ManagementSøren Kirkegaard appointed board member
- ManagementManuel Brocke-Benz appointed chair of the board
- ManagementSøren Aamann Jensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementLars Søren Rasmussen stepped down as board member
- ManagementFlemming Bie stepped down as chair of the board
- OwnershipVWR International AB registered as owner (90%)
- AddressMoved to Transformervej 8, 2730 Herlev
20062 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementDennis Nielsen appointed board member
- ManagementPalle Egon Johansen stepped down as board member
20053 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementJohn Peter Madsen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementJørgen Wrem appointed board member
- ManagementPalle Egon Johansen appointed board member
20042 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementSøren Aamann Jensen appointed board member
- ManagementLis Bie stepped down as board member
200317 changescapital 1 · industry 1 · name 1 · address 1 · management 12 · founded 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 5,000,000 DKK
- IndustryIndustry changed to Engroshandel med læge- og hospitalsartikler (514620)
- NameName changed from KR 372 A/S to BIE & BERNTSEN A/S
- AddressMoved to Sandbækvej 5-7, 2610 Rødovre
- ManagementLars Søren Rasmussen appointed board member
- ManagementLis Bie appointed board member
- ManagementFlemming Bie appointed chair of the board
- ManagementSøren Kirkegaard appointed director
- ManagementHenrik Thal Jantzen stepped down as board member
- ManagementCaroline Sundorph Pontoppidan stepped down as director
- ManagementCaroline Sundorph Pontoppidan stepped down as board member
- ManagementJørgen Kjergaard Madsen stepped down as board member
- FoundedRegistered as KR 372 A/S
- ManagementHenrik Thal Jantzen appointed board member
- ManagementCaroline Sundorph Pontoppidan appointed director
- ManagementCaroline Sundorph Pontoppidan appointed board member
- ManagementJørgen Kjergaard Madsen appointed board member
Related companies
Same industry in Gladsaxe
- Olympus Danmark A/S65 employees
- Vantive ApS17 employees
- Baxter A/S8 employees
- Applied Medical Danmark ApS6 employees
Same people in management
- H. Lundbeck A/Svia Lars Søren Rasmussen
- MT Højgaard Danmark A/Svia Lars Søren Rasmussen
- EY Godkendt Revisionspartnerselskabvia Caroline Sundorph Pontoppidan
- Imerco A/Svia Henrik Thal Jantzen
- Coloplast A/Svia Lars Søren Rasmussen
- Tide Bus Danmark A/Svia Caroline Sundorph Pontoppidan
Largest in the industry
- Orifarm Generics A/SDKK 399.8m
- 3shape Trios A/SDKK 203.5m
- Medtronic Danmark A/SDKK 177.9m
- Plandent A/SDKK 172m
- Alcon Nordic A/SDKK 161m
- Siemens Healthcare A/SDKK 154.9m
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.