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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.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 46 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.
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Busy address KBO
75 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2026
COLIM from Halle, company number BE0400374725, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 17.2 million after tax. For that financial year COLIM recorded revenue of € 290.5 million and equity of € 1.3 billion. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 50.2 million to € 17.2 million. 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 30, 2026.
€ 1.3 billion
▲ 1% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 17.2 million
▼ 66% vs 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 3 million
▲ € 3 million vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2026. Retained profit grew to € 357.2 million.
People and assets in 2026
26.8
▲ 0.6 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 2.9 million
▲ 1% vs 2025
€ 108,700 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.
€ 3.5 million
▼ 26% vs 2025
Of which on lease € 2.9 million.
Debts at end 2026
€ 463.5 million
▼ 1% vs 2025
€ 30.7 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 13 years.
€ 23.8 million
▼ 23% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 94 days on average.
€ 13.2 million
▲ 44% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 193,146,307 | € 261,145,929 | € 272,017,229 | € 290,507,944 | ▲ 7% |
| Profit after taxes | € 26,983,478 | € 56,768,047 | € 50,243,146 | € 17,226,630 | ▼ 66% |
| Equity | € 1,156,721,413 | € 1,213,063,392 | € 1,264,045,031 | € 1,281,058,714 | ▲ 1% |
| Total debts | € 492,878,364 | € 513,966,162 | € 516,519,202 | € 518,390,115 | |
| Cash | - | - | € 374 | € 3,000,225 | ▲ € 3 million |
| Land & buildings | € 1,282,809,624 | € 1,353,580,299 | € 1,432,589,177 | € 1,491,486,848 | ▲ 4% |
| Retained profit | € 232,996,187 | € 289,764,235 | € 340,007,381 | € 357,234,011 | ▲ 5% |
| Bank debt | € 430,590,104 | € 474,022,202 | € 468,218,680 | € 463,455,122 | ▼ 1% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,661,768,413 | € 1,741,422,552 | € 1,793,449,663 | € 1,814,358,661 | ▲ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 23.7 | 26.2 | 26.2 | 26.8 | ▲ 0.6 |
Key figures of COLIM, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 October 2027.
What happened to COLIM?
What happened at COLIM in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Michael Hamelryck stepped down as director. NBB
- Kris Castelein stepped down as director. NBB
- Jef Colruyt stepped down as director. NBB
- Stefan Goethaert stepped down as director. NBB
- Jo Willemyns stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 17.2 million (▼ 66% vs 2025). Source: NBB ↗
- Michael Hamelryck became a director. NBB
- Stefaan Vandamme stepped down as director. NBB
In short
From € 27 million profit in 2023 to € 17.2 million profit in 2026.
Paid € 73.8 million in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 56.8 million profit.
Pays suppliers within 94 days on average.
Management
The shares are held by NV COLRUYT GROUP (100%) and NV BIO-PLANET (0%). It owns 100% of Banden Deproost, 100% of Immo Colruyt France, 100% of Immoco, 100% of Gerli Erasmus, 100% of EW738/740 and 100% of Chanteloup itself.
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Stefan Goethaert
Director
Also active at: DAVYTRANS, Vlevico, FLEETCO, ENCO RETAIL, VISIEBLE, SOLUCIOUS, NORTHLANDT, PUUR +23 more
since 2022 · until 2027
Kris Castelein
Director
Also active at: DAVYTRANS, FLEETCO, VISIEBLE, NORTHLANDT, PUUR, JIMS Expansion, GERLI Erasmus, COLRUYT CASH AND CARRY +21 more
since 2023 · until 2029
Jo Willemyns
Director
Also active at: DAVYTRANS, Vlevico, FLEETCO, ENCO RETAIL, VISIEBLE, SOLUCIOUS, NORTHLANDT, PUUR +25 more
since 2022 · until 2027
Jef Colruyt
Director
Also active at: DAVYTRANS, FLEETCO, NORTHLANDT, PUUR, COLIMPO, Juliette, VINOCOL, CODEVCO VIII +13 more
since 2023 · until 2029
Michael Hamelryck
Director
Also active at: USIMEX - INVEST, DAVYTRANS, Vlevico, FLEETCO, SOCIETE AGRICOLE de MEESTER, Avellana, TERDECO, BUURTWINKELS OKAY +21 more
since 2026 · until 2032
Stefaan Vandamme
Director
Also active at: FLEETCO, VISIEBLE, NORTHLANDT, PUUR, JIMS Expansion, COLIMPO, GERLI Erasmus, COLRUYT CASH AND CARRY +16 more
since 2023 · until 2026
Shareholders
100%
Participations
100%
Immo Colruyt France
100%
Immoco
100%
100%
100%
Chanteloup
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
Immo Colruyt Luxembourg
100%
Villers Dis
6%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Edingensesteenweg 196
1500 Halle
Rue de la Verte Louche 1
7866 Lessines
Active since 1 January 2022
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 75 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0400.374.725
- VAT number
- BE 0400.374.725
- Registered office
- Edingensesteenweg 196, 1500 Halle
- Names & denominations
- COLIM
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 17 October 1960
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 18 Oct 2023
- Activities · NACE
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