What does Ateliers V.H.B. do?

Ateliers V.H.B. is a metalworking company in Merelbeke. Public Limited, started on 11 May 1944, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Ateliers V.H.B.?

The registered office of Ateliers V.H.B. is located at Ambachtsweg 15-17, 9820 Merelbeke.

Is Ateliers V.H.B. still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (31 October 2026) Ateliers V.H.B. is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 11 May 1944.

Is Ateliers V.H.B. registered on Peppol?

Yes, Ateliers V.H.B. is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0400122327.

What is the enterprise number of Ateliers V.H.B.?

The enterprise number of Ateliers V.H.B. is BE0400122327.

When was Ateliers V.H.B. founded?

Ateliers V.H.B. was founded on 11 May 1944.

Who are the directors of Ateliers V.H.B.?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Ateliers V.H.B. are: Pierre-Paul De Breuck, Paul De Breuck.

Is Ateliers V.H.B. a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 11 May 1944; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did Ateliers V.H.B. make in 2025?

Ateliers V.H.B. posted a profit after taxes of € 304,081 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Ateliers V.H.B.?

As a small company, Ateliers V.H.B. is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 598,894.

How much does an employee at Ateliers V.H.B. earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Ateliers V.H.B. was € 52,300 in 2025: staff costs of € 162,229 for 3.1 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Ateliers V.H.B. have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Ateliers V.H.B. has 3.1 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Ateliers V.H.B. (Public Limited) - Merelbeke

Dossier Ateliers V.H.B., printed on 1 November 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0400122327/ateliers-v-h-b. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.

Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 25 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Ateliers V.H.B. from Merelbeke, company number BE0400122327, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 304,081 after tax. For that financial year Ateliers V.H.B. recorded a gross margin of € 598,894 and equity of € 5.9 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 394,986 to € 304,081. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 24, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 5.9 million

▲ 5% vs 2024

Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.

Profit Healthy

€ 304,081

▼ 23% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 49,466

▼ 32% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 3.5 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

3.1

▼ 0.4 vs 2024

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost

€ 162,229

€ 52,300 per full-time equivalent. Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

None

No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.

Owed to suppliers

€ 381,303

▲ 6% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.

Taxes and wages

€ 114,554

▼ 16% vs 2024

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Gross margin	€ 509,806 Gross margin 2022: € 509,806 First fiscal year in the series	€ 565,972 Gross margin 2023: € 565,972 ▲ 11% vs 2022 (€ 509,806) Favourable step	€ 1,045,229 Gross margin 2024: € 1,045,229 ▲ 85% vs 2023 (€ 565,972) Favourable step	€ 598,894 Gross margin 2025: € 598,894 ▼ 43% vs 2024 (€ 1,045,229) Unfavourable step	▼ 43%
Profit after taxes	€ 318,665 Profit after taxes 2022: € 318,665 First fiscal year in the series	€ 279,312 Profit after taxes 2023: € 279,312 ▼ 12% vs 2022 (€ 318,665) Unfavourable step	€ 394,986 Profit after taxes 2024: € 394,986 ▲ 41% vs 2023 (€ 279,312) Favourable step	€ 304,081 Profit after taxes 2025: € 304,081 ▼ 23% vs 2024 (€ 394,986) Unfavourable step	▼ 23%
Equity	€ 4,905,410 Equity 2022: € 4,905,410 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,184,723 Equity 2023: € 5,184,723 ▲ 6% vs 2022 (€ 4,905,410) Favourable step	€ 5,579,709 Equity 2024: € 5,579,709 ▲ 8% vs 2023 (€ 5,184,723) Favourable step	€ 5,883,791 Equity 2025: € 5,883,791 ▲ 5% vs 2024 (€ 5,579,709) Favourable step	▲ 5%
Total debts	€ 3,174,789 Total debts 2022: € 3,174,789 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,460,718 Total debts 2023: € 3,460,718 ▲ 9% vs 2022 (€ 3,174,789) Unfavourable step	€ 3,042,789 Total debts 2024: € 3,042,789 ▼ 12% vs 2023 (€ 3,460,718) Favourable step	€ 2,971,273 Total debts 2025: € 2,971,273 ▼ 2% vs 2024 (€ 3,042,789) Favourable step	▼ 2%
Cash	€ 183,465 Cash 2022: € 183,465 First fiscal year in the series	€ 98,667 Cash 2023: € 98,667 ▼ 46% vs 2022 (€ 183,465) Unfavourable step	€ 72,586 Cash 2024: € 72,586 ▼ 26% vs 2023 (€ 98,667) Unfavourable step	€ 49,466 Cash 2025: € 49,466 ▼ 32% vs 2024 (€ 72,586) Unfavourable step	▼ 32%
Land & buildings	€ 204,673 Land & buildings 2022: € 204,673 First fiscal year in the series	€ 204,673 Land & buildings 2023: € 204,673 Unchanged (€ 204,673) Unchanged	€ 204,673 Land & buildings 2024: € 204,673 Unchanged (€ 204,673) Unchanged	€ 204,673 Land & buildings 2025: € 204,673 Unchanged (€ 204,673) Unchanged
Retained profit	€ 2,510,874 Retained profit 2022: € 2,510,874 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,790,186 Retained profit 2023: € 2,790,186 ▲ 11% vs 2022 (€ 2,510,874) Favourable step	€ 3,185,173 Retained profit 2024: € 3,185,173 ▲ 14% vs 2023 (€ 2,790,186) Favourable step	€ 3,489,254 Retained profit 2025: € 3,489,254 ▲ 10% vs 2024 (€ 3,185,173) Favourable step	▲ 10%
Balance sheet total	€ 8,080,199 Balance sheet total 2022: € 8,080,199 First fiscal year in the series	€ 8,645,440 Balance sheet total 2023: € 8,645,440 ▲ 7% vs 2022 (€ 8,080,199) Unchanged	€ 8,622,498 Balance sheet total 2024: € 8,622,498 Unchanged (€ 8,645,440) Unchanged	€ 8,855,064 Balance sheet total 2025: € 8,855,064 ▲ 3% vs 2024 (€ 8,622,498) Unchanged	▲ 3%
Employees (FTE)	2.8 Employees (FTE) 2022: 2.8 First fiscal year in the series	2.4 Employees (FTE) 2023: 2.4 ▼ 0.4 vs 2022 (2.8) Unchanged	3.5 Employees (FTE) 2024: 3.5 ▲ 1.1 vs 2023 (2.4) Unchanged	3.1 Employees (FTE) 2025: 3.1 ▼ 0.4 vs 2024 (3.5) Unchanged	▼ 0.4

Key figures of Ateliers V.H.B., fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 31 July 2027.

What happened to Ateliers V.H.B.?

What happened at Ateliers V.H.B. in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

Sep 24, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 304,081 (▼ 23% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
2018 Pierre-Paul De Breuck became a director. NBB
2018 Paul De Breuck became a director. NBB
Jun 16, 1994 New establishment in Merelbeke-Melle. KBO
May 11, 1944 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 318,665 profit in 2022 to € 304,081 profit in 2025.

Paid € 534,235 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 394,986 profit.

On average € 193,200 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Pierre-Paul De Breuck Paul De Breuck

Ateliers V.H.B.

Behind Ateliers V.H.B. are Pierre-Paul De Breuck and Paul De Breuck.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Pierre-Paul De Breuck

Director

since 2018

Paul De Breuck

Managing director

since 2018

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Ambachtsweg 15-17

9820 Merelbeke

2.067.230.940

Ambachtsweg 15 box 1

9820 Merelbeke-Melle

Active since 16 June 1994

What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.

Details

Company number

0400.122.327

VAT number

BE 0400.122.327

Registered office

Ambachtsweg 15-17, 9820 Merelbeke

Names & denominations

Ateliers V.H.B.

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

11 May 1944

Peppol

Active · Active since 14 Dec 2025

Activities · NACE

Verspanend bewerken van metalen

Algemene metaalbewerking

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

Ateliers V.H.B.

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