Daphne is a wholesaler in Gent. Public Limited, started on 15 January 1964, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Daphne?

The registered office of Daphne is located at Poortakkerstraat 29, 9051 Gent.

Is Daphne still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) Daphne is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 15 January 1964.

Is Daphne registered on Peppol?

Yes, Daphne is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0400142717.

What is the enterprise number of Daphne?

The enterprise number of Daphne is BE0400142717.

When was Daphne founded?

Daphne was founded on 15 January 1964.

Who are the directors of Daphne?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Daphne are: Bruno Dubrulle, Lou Dubrulle, Pierre Dubrulle & Co BV, Michel Cammaert, Sacha Dubrulle, Michèle Delforge.

Is Daphne a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 15 January 1964; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 6 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did Daphne make in 2025?

Daphne posted a profit after taxes of € 275,417 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Daphne?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), Daphne reported revenue of € 22,134,148.

How much does an employee at Daphne earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Daphne was € 51,400 in 2025: staff costs of € 2.1 million for 41.3 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Daphne have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Daphne has 41.3 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Daphne (Public Limited) - Gent - BE0400142717

Dossier Daphne, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0400142717/daphne. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Daphne from Gent, company number BE0400142717, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 275,417 after tax. For that financial year Daphne recorded revenue of € 22.1 million and equity of € 6.5 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 512,290 to € 275,417. 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 July 22, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 6.5 million

▲ 4% vs 2024

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

Profit Healthy

€ 275,417

▼ 46% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 4.1 million

▼ 31% 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 € 6.3 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

41.3

▼ 1.3 vs 2024

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

Wage cost Staff costs are payroll only. Director pay sits with services and miscellaneous goods: € 3.3 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 2.1 million

▲ 1% vs 2024

€ 51,400 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 932,297

▲ € 744,339 vs 2024

Of which on lease € 623,022.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

None

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

Owed to suppliers

€ 9.6 million

▼ 2% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 178 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 364,339

▲ 15% 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
Revenue	€ 21,385,487 Revenue 2022: € 21,385,487 First fiscal year in the series	€ 20,163,231 Revenue 2023: € 20,163,231 ▼ 6% vs 2022 (€ 21,385,487) Unfavourable step	€ 23,796,674 Revenue 2024: € 23,796,674 ▲ 18% vs 2023 (€ 20,163,231) Favourable step	€ 22,134,148 Revenue 2025: € 22,134,148 ▼ 7% vs 2024 (€ 23,796,674) Unfavourable step	▼ 7%
Profit after taxes	€ 183,921 Profit after taxes 2022: € 183,921 First fiscal year in the series	€ 239,664 Profit after taxes 2023: € 239,664 ▲ 30% vs 2022 (€ 183,921) Favourable step	€ 512,290 Profit after taxes 2024: € 512,290 ▲ 114% vs 2023 (€ 239,664) Favourable step	€ 275,417 Profit after taxes 2025: € 275,417 ▼ 46% vs 2024 (€ 512,290) Unfavourable step	▼ 46%
Equity	€ 5,617,225 Equity 2022: € 5,617,225 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,731,889 Equity 2023: € 5,731,889 ▲ 2% vs 2022 (€ 5,617,225) Favourable step	€ 6,194,179 Equity 2024: € 6,194,179 ▲ 8% vs 2023 (€ 5,731,889) Favourable step	€ 6,469,596 Equity 2025: € 6,469,596 ▲ 4% vs 2024 (€ 6,194,179) Favourable step	▲ 4%
Total debts	€ 9,021,802 Total debts 2022: € 9,021,802 First fiscal year in the series	€ 9,116,434 Total debts 2023: € 9,116,434 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 9,021,802) Unfavourable step	€ 10,226,706 Total debts 2024: € 10,226,706 ▲ 12% vs 2023 (€ 9,116,434) Unfavourable step	€ 10,055,788 Total debts 2025: € 10,055,788 ▼ 2% vs 2024 (€ 10,226,706) Favourable step	▼ 2%
Cash	€ 3,272,509 Cash 2022: € 3,272,509 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,811,506 Cash 2023: € 2,811,506 ▼ 14% vs 2022 (€ 3,272,509) Unfavourable step	€ 5,969,864 Cash 2024: € 5,969,864 ▲ 112% vs 2023 (€ 2,811,506) Favourable step	€ 4,125,141 Cash 2025: € 4,125,141 ▼ 31% vs 2024 (€ 5,969,864) Unfavourable step	▼ 31%
Land & buildings	€ 689,125 Land & buildings 2022: € 689,125 First fiscal year in the series	€ 700,677 Land & buildings 2023: € 700,677 ▲ 2% vs 2022 (€ 689,125) Unchanged	€ 638,752 Land & buildings 2024: € 638,752 ▼ 9% vs 2023 (€ 700,677) Unchanged	€ 0 Land & buildings 2025: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2024 (€ 638,752) Unchanged	▼ 100%
Retained profit	€ 5,431,225 Retained profit 2022: € 5,431,225 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,545,889 Retained profit 2023: € 5,545,889 ▲ 2% vs 2022 (€ 5,431,225) Favourable step	€ 6,008,179 Retained profit 2024: € 6,008,179 ▲ 8% vs 2023 (€ 5,545,889) Favourable step	€ 6,283,596 Retained profit 2025: € 6,283,596 ▲ 5% vs 2024 (€ 6,008,179) Favourable step	▲ 5%
Dividend	€ 0 Dividend 2022: € 0 First fiscal year in the series	€ 125,000 Dividend 2023: € 125,000 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 50,000 Dividend 2024: € 50,000 ▼ 60% vs 2023 (€ 125,000) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2025: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2024 (€ 50,000) Unchanged	▼ 100%
Balance sheet total	€ 14,639,027 Balance sheet total 2022: € 14,639,027 First fiscal year in the series	€ 14,848,323 Balance sheet total 2023: € 14,848,323 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 14,639,027) Unchanged	€ 16,420,884 Balance sheet total 2024: € 16,420,884 ▲ 11% vs 2023 (€ 14,848,323) Unchanged	€ 16,525,384 Balance sheet total 2025: € 16,525,384 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 16,420,884) Unchanged	▲ 1%
Employees (FTE)	45.7 Employees (FTE) 2022: 45.7 First fiscal year in the series	42.6 Employees (FTE) 2023: 42.6 ▼ 3.1 vs 2022 (45.7) Unchanged	42.6 Employees (FTE) 2024: 42.6 Unchanged (42.6) Unchanged	41.3 Employees (FTE) 2025: 41.3 ▼ 1.3 vs 2024 (42.6) Unchanged	▼ 1.3

Key figures of Daphne, 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 Daphne?

What happened at Daphne in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

2029 Bruno Dubrulle stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Lou Dubrulle stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Pierre Dubrulle & Co BV stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Michel Cammaert stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Sacha Dubrulle stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Michèle Delforge stepped down as director. NBB
Jul 22, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 275,417 (▼ 46% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2025 Bruno Dubrulle became a director. NBB

In short

From € 183,921 profit in 2022 to € 275,417 profit in 2025.

Paid € 449,890 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 512,290 profit.

Paid out € 175,000 in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Pierre Dubrulle & C° 100%

The stake of Pierre Dubrulle & C° comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

Daphne

The shares are held by Pierre Dubrulle & C° (100%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Bruno Dubrulle

Director

Also active at: Colibri

since 2025 · until 2029

Lou Dubrulle

Director

since 2025 · until 2029

Pierre Dubrulle & Co BV

Managing director · represented by Dubrulle Pierre

Also active at: 4 WOOD

since 2023 · until 2029

Michel Cammaert

Director

Also active at: VEDIS, Begeleidingscentrum Stappen, IMMO WANSART, CHETOX ONE, FONCIERE CHOCOLATERIE, Louise Properties Freehold

since 2023 · until 2029

Sacha Dubrulle

Director

Also active at: Kopwerk

since 2025 · until 2029

Michèle Delforge

Director

Also active at: Dubinvest

since 2023 · until 2029

Shareholders

Pierre Dubrulle & C°

100%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Poortakkerstraat 29

9051 Gent

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.

All companies at this address →

Dubinvest same network

€ 208 gross margin · 2025

Pierre Dubrulle & C° same network

€ 357,476 revenue · 2025

Kopwerk same network

€ 173,128 gross margin · 2025

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

Details

Company number: 0400.142.717
VAT number: BE 0400.142.717
Registered office: Poortakkerstraat 29, 9051 Gent
Names & denominations: Daphne
Enterprise type: Rechtspersoon
Legal form: Public limited company
Legal situation: Normale toestand
Start date: 15 January 1964
Peppol: Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
Activities · NACE: Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften

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Daphne

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