Gilbos is a machinery manufacturer in Aalst. Public Limited, started on 12 April 1943, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Gilbos?

The registered office of Gilbos is located at Grote Baan 10, 9310 Aalst.

Is Gilbos still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) Gilbos is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 12 April 1943.

Is Gilbos registered on Peppol?

Yes, Gilbos is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0400299501.

What is the enterprise number of Gilbos?

The enterprise number of Gilbos is BE0400299501.

When was Gilbos founded?

Gilbos was founded on 12 April 1943.

Who are the directors of Gilbos?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Gilbos are: Erik Gilbos, Jan Muylaert, Frank Gilbos, Scalibo bv, Magnes bv, Officium, Lieven Van den Bossche.

Is Gilbos a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 12 April 1943; 2 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 7 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did Gilbos make in 2025?

Gilbos recorded a loss after taxes of € 766,770 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Gilbos?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), Gilbos reported revenue of € 9,804,616.

How much does an employee at Gilbos earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Gilbos was € 66,200 in 2025: staff costs of € 4.3 million for 65.4 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Gilbos have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Gilbos has 65.4 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Does Gilbos have a website?

Yes, Gilbos has a website at gilbos.com.

Gilbos (Public Limited) - Aalst - BE0400299501

Dossier Gilbos, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0400299501/gilbos. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Gilbos from Aalst, company number BE0400299501, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -766,770 after tax. For that financial year Gilbos recorded revenue of € 9.8 million and equity of € 5.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 19,636 to € -766,770. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 9, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 5.2 million

▼ 13% vs 2024

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

Loss Caution

€ -766,770

▼ still € 19,636 profit in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 1 million

▼ 43% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Caution

Loss, nothing to pay out

Reserves fell to € 4.5 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

65.4

▼ 0.5 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: € 2.2 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 4.3 million

▲ 1% vs 2024

€ 66,200 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

€ 508,129

▼ 11% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 507,513.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 4 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 419,844

▼ 21% vs 2024

€ 116,806 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 593,594

▲ 40% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 44 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 739,077

▼ 1% vs 2024

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Revenue	€ 9,938,630 Revenue 2024: € 9,938,630 First fiscal year in the series	€ 9,804,616 Revenue 2025: € 9,804,616 ▼ 1% vs 2024 (€ 9,938,630) Unfavourable step	▼ 1%
Profit after taxes	€ 19,636 Profit after taxes 2024: € 19,636 First fiscal year in the series	€ -766,770 Profit after taxes 2025: € -766,770 ▼ € 786,405 vs 2024 (€ 19,636) Unfavourable step	▼ € 786,405
Equity	€ 5,974,840 Equity 2024: € 5,974,840 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,208,070 Equity 2025: € 5,208,070 ▼ 13% vs 2024 (€ 5,974,840) Unfavourable step	▼ 13%
Total debts	€ 3,189,393 Total debts 2024: € 3,189,393 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,964,143 Total debts 2025: € 1,964,143 ▼ 38% vs 2024 (€ 3,189,393) Favourable step	▼ 38%
Cash	€ 1,837,078 Cash 2024: € 1,837,078 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,049,901 Cash 2025: € 1,049,901 ▼ 43% vs 2024 (€ 1,837,078) Unfavourable step	▼ 43%
Land & buildings	€ 1,311,130 Land & buildings 2024: € 1,311,130 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,210,518 Land & buildings 2025: € 1,210,518 ▼ 8% vs 2024 (€ 1,311,130) Unchanged	▼ 8%
Retained profit	€ 5,228,840 Retained profit 2024: € 5,228,840 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,462,070 Retained profit 2025: € 4,462,070 ▼ 15% vs 2024 (€ 5,228,840) Unfavourable step	▼ 15%
Bank debt	€ 531,921 Bank debt 2024: € 531,921 First fiscal year in the series	€ 419,844 Bank debt 2025: € 419,844 ▼ 21% vs 2024 (€ 531,921) Favourable step	▼ 21%
Balance sheet total	€ 9,881,029 Balance sheet total 2024: € 9,881,029 First fiscal year in the series	€ 8,081,518 Balance sheet total 2025: € 8,081,518 ▼ 18% vs 2024 (€ 9,881,029) Unchanged	▼ 18%
Employees (FTE)	65.9 Employees (FTE) 2024: 65.9 First fiscal year in the series	65.4 Employees (FTE) 2025: 65.4 ▼ 0.5 vs 2024 (65.9) Unchanged	▼ 0.5

Key figures of Gilbos, fiscal years 2024 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 Gilbos?

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

2028 Erik Gilbos stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Jan Muylaert stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Frank Gilbos stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Scalibo bv stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Magnes bv stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Lieven Van den Bossche stepped down as director. NBB
Jul 9, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 766,770 (▼ € 786,405 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2025 Jan Muylaert became a director. NBB

In short

From € 19,636 profit in 2024 to € 766,770 loss in 2025.

Paid € 2,894 in corporate taxes since 2024.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 19,636 profit.

Pays suppliers within 44 days on average.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

BOECHOUTE 1.8%

The stake of BOECHOUTE comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

Gilbos

Gilbos Of America inc. 100%

Symatex 5%

The shares are held by BOECHOUTE (1.8%). It owns 100% of Gilbos Of America inc. and 5% of Symatex itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Erik Gilbos

Chairman of the board

since 2024 · until 2028

Jan Muylaert

Director

since 2025 · until 2028

Frank Gilbos

Director

since 2022 · until 2028

Scalibo bv

Director · represented by Stijn Bruyland

since 2023 · until 2028

Magnes bv

Director · represented by Sigurn Vandenbrande

since 2023 · until 2028

Officium

Director · represented by Jan Muylaert

since 2022 · until 2025

Lieven Van den Bossche

Director

Also active at: Vlaams Bodemsaneringsfonds voor de Textielverzorging

since 2025 · until 2028

Shareholders

BOECHOUTE

1.8%

Participations

Gilbos Of America inc.

100%

Symatex

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Grote Baan 10

9310 Aalst

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

Website

HTTPS gilbos.com

Canonical: https://www.gilbos.com/en/

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Hosting & Email

Email provider

Microsoft 365

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DNS

Cloudflare DNS

Domain

gilbos.com

Registered

1997-09-02

Registrar

Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu

Expires

2026-09-01

Website info

HTTPS Ja

Languages EN, NL

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Details

Company number: 0400.299.501
VAT number: BE 0400.299.501
Registered office: Grote Baan 10, 9310 Aalst
Names & denominations: Gilbos
Enterprise type: Rechtspersoon
Legal form: Public limited company
Legal situation: Normale toestand
Start date: 12 April 1943
Peppol: Active · Active since 10 Feb 2026
Contact: gilbos.com [email protected] 053 781878
Activities · NACE: Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van textiel, kleding en leer

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