What does SOBEMETAL do?

SOBEMETAL is a wholesaler in Vilvoorde. Public Limited, started on 27 April 1947, 1 establishment.

What is the address of SOBEMETAL?

The registered office of SOBEMETAL is located at Fabrieksstraat 85, 1800 Vilvoorde.

Is SOBEMETAL still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) SOBEMETAL is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 27 April 1947.

Is SOBEMETAL registered on Peppol?

Yes, SOBEMETAL is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0400701654.

What is the enterprise number of SOBEMETAL?

The enterprise number of SOBEMETAL is BE0400701654.

When was SOBEMETAL founded?

SOBEMETAL was founded on 27 April 1947.

Who are the directors of SOBEMETAL?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of SOBEMETAL are: Caroline Aelvoet, Renaud Callebaut, Virginie Tytgadt, PAISA BV, ERBICO BV, Alain Tytgadt.

Is SOBEMETAL a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 27 April 1947; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 6 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did SOBEMETAL make in 2025?

SOBEMETAL posted a profit after taxes of € 118,646 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of SOBEMETAL?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), SOBEMETAL reported revenue of € 8,771,075.

How much does an employee at SOBEMETAL earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at SOBEMETAL was € 63,900 in 2025: staff costs of € 1.5 million for 24 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does SOBEMETAL have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, SOBEMETAL has 24 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Does SOBEMETAL have a website?

Yes, SOBEMETAL has a website at sobemetal.be.

SOBEMETAL (Public Limited) - Vilvoorde - BE0400701654

Dossier SOBEMETAL, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0400701654/sobemetal. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

SOBEMETAL from Vilvoorde, company number BE0400701654, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 118,646 after tax. For that financial year SOBEMETAL recorded revenue of € 8.8 million and equity of € 4.9 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -22,256 to € 118,646. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 May 28, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 4.9 million

▼ 4% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 118,646

▲ still € 22,256 loss in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 2.5 million

▼ 3% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 300,048 paid out

More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

▼ 0.1 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: € 839,950 in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 1.5 million

▲ 7% vs 2024

€ 63,900 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

€ 127,376

▼ 31% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 93,583.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 2 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.

€ 97,251

▼ 30% vs 2024

€ 43,822 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 889,258

▲ 119% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 46 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 211,203

▲ 37% 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	€ 14,289,486 Revenue 2022: € 14,289,486 First fiscal year in the series	€ 9,382,287 Revenue 2023: € 9,382,287 ▼ 34% vs 2022 (€ 14,289,486) Unfavourable step	€ 8,102,735 Revenue 2024: € 8,102,735 ▼ 14% vs 2023 (€ 9,382,287) Unfavourable step	€ 8,771,075 Revenue 2025: € 8,771,075 ▲ 8% vs 2024 (€ 8,102,735) Favourable step	▲ 8%
Profit after taxes	€ 1,028,865 Profit after taxes 2022: € 1,028,865 First fiscal year in the series	€ 406,185 Profit after taxes 2023: € 406,185 ▼ 61% vs 2022 (€ 1,028,865) Unfavourable step	€ -22,256 Profit after taxes 2024: € -22,256 ▼ € 428,441 vs 2023 (€ 406,185) Unfavourable step	€ 118,646 Profit after taxes 2025: € 118,646 ▲ € 140,902 vs 2024 (€ -22,256) Favourable step	▲ € 140,902
Equity	€ 4,713,549 Equity 2022: € 4,713,549 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,119,734 Equity 2023: € 5,119,734 ▲ 9% vs 2022 (€ 4,713,549) Favourable step	€ 5,097,479 Equity 2024: € 5,097,479 Unchanged (€ 5,119,734) Unfavourable step	€ 4,916,076 Equity 2025: € 4,916,076 ▼ 4% vs 2024 (€ 5,097,479) Unfavourable step	▼ 4%
Total debts	€ 2,450,780 Total debts 2022: € 2,450,780 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,667,412 Total debts 2023: € 2,667,412 ▲ 9% vs 2022 (€ 2,450,780) Unfavourable step	€ 1,687,476 Total debts 2024: € 1,687,476 ▼ 37% vs 2023 (€ 2,667,412) Favourable step	€ 2,487,307 Total debts 2025: € 2,487,307 ▲ 47% vs 2024 (€ 1,687,476) Unfavourable step	▲ 47%
Cash	€ 3,599,946 Cash 2022: € 3,599,946 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,542,728 Cash 2023: € 4,542,728 ▲ 26% vs 2022 (€ 3,599,946) Favourable step	€ 2,568,754 Cash 2024: € 2,568,754 ▼ 43% vs 2023 (€ 4,542,728) Unfavourable step	€ 2,504,282 Cash 2025: € 2,504,282 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 2,568,754) Unfavourable step	▼ 3%
Land & buildings	€ 271,877 Land & buildings 2022: € 271,877 First fiscal year in the series	€ 604,203 Land & buildings 2023: € 604,203 ▲ 122% vs 2022 (€ 271,877) Unchanged	€ 802,731 Land & buildings 2024: € 802,731 ▲ 33% vs 2023 (€ 604,203) Unchanged	€ 704,430 Land & buildings 2025: € 704,430 ▼ 12% vs 2024 (€ 802,731) Unchanged	▼ 12%
Retained profit	€ 4,458,565 Retained profit 2022: € 4,458,565 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,864,750 Retained profit 2023: € 4,864,750 ▲ 9% vs 2022 (€ 4,458,565) Favourable step	€ 4,842,495 Retained profit 2024: € 4,842,495 Unchanged (€ 4,864,750) Unfavourable step	€ 4,661,092 Retained profit 2025: € 4,661,092 ▼ 4% vs 2024 (€ 4,842,495) Unfavourable step	▼ 4%
Dividend	€ 0 Dividend 2022: € 0 First fiscal year in the series	€ 0 Dividend 2023: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2024: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 300,048 Dividend 2025: € 300,048 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged
Bank debt	€ 0 Bank debt 2022: € 0 First fiscal year in the series	€ 179,726 Bank debt 2023: € 179,726 Unchanged (€ 0) Unfavourable step	€ 139,327 Bank debt 2024: € 139,327 ▼ 22% vs 2023 (€ 179,726) Favourable step	€ 97,251 Bank debt 2025: € 97,251 ▼ 30% vs 2024 (€ 139,327) Favourable step	▼ 30%
Balance sheet total	€ 7,164,329 Balance sheet total 2022: € 7,164,329 First fiscal year in the series	€ 7,787,147 Balance sheet total 2023: € 7,787,147 ▲ 9% vs 2022 (€ 7,164,329) Unchanged	€ 6,784,954 Balance sheet total 2024: € 6,784,954 ▼ 13% vs 2023 (€ 7,787,147) Unchanged	€ 7,403,383 Balance sheet total 2025: € 7,403,383 ▲ 9% vs 2024 (€ 6,784,954) Unchanged	▲ 9%
Employees (FTE)	21.4 Employees (FTE) 2022: 21.4 First fiscal year in the series	25.5 Employees (FTE) 2023: 25.5 ▲ 4.1 vs 2022 (21.4) Unchanged	24.1 Employees (FTE) 2024: 24.1 ▼ 1.4 vs 2023 (25.5) Unchanged	24 Employees (FTE) 2025: 24 ▼ 0.1 vs 2024 (24.1) Unchanged	▼ 0.1

Key figures of SOBEMETAL, 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 SOBEMETAL?

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

2028 Caroline Aelvoet stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Renaud Callebaut stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Virginie Tytgadt stepped down as director. NBB
2028 PAISA BV stepped down as director. NBB
2028 ERBICO BV stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Alain Tytgadt stepped down as director. NBB
May 28, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 118,646. Source: NBB ↗
2022 Caroline Aelvoet became a director. NBB

In short

From € 1 million profit in 2022 to € 118,646 profit in 2025.

Paid € 544,614 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 1 million profit.

Paid out € 300,048 in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

SINFONIA INVESTMENTS 75%

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

SOBEMETAL

The shares are held by SINFONIA INVESTMENTS (75%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Caroline Aelvoet

Director

Also active at: Metalunion, Hallex, Sodexo Belgium SA, BECI-BRUSSELS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SINFONIA INVESTMENTS, HUIS VAN DIJCK, Forensisch Psychiatrische Centra, Sodexo Belgium Security Services SA/NV +1 more

since 2022 · until 2028

Renaud Callebaut

Director

Also active at: Metalunion, Hallex, SINFONIA INVESTMENTS

since 2022 · until 2028

Virginie Tytgadt

Director

Also active at: Metalunion, Hallex, SINFONIA INVESTMENTS

since 2022 · until 2028

PAISA BV

Director · represented by Bruno Rademan

Also active at: Metalunion, Hallex, DELICE D'OR, SINFONIA INVESTMENTS, Multi - Délices

since 2022 · until 2028

ERBICO BV

Managing director · represented by Erwin Bil

Also active at: Metalunion

since 2022 · until 2028

Alain Tytgadt

Director

Also active at: Metalunion, Hallex, SINFONIA INVESTMENTS

since 2022 · until 2028

Shareholders

SINFONIA INVESTMENTS

75%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Fabrieksstraat 85

1800 Vilvoorde

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

Website

HTTPS sobemetal.be

Canonical: https://www.sobemetal.be/

Technologies

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Hosting & Email

Email provider

Microsoft 365

Hosting

COMBELL-AS, BE

Website info

HTTPS Ja

Languages FR, NL

Features

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Security

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Details

Company number: 0400.701.654
VAT number: BE 0400.701.654
Registered office: Fabrieksstraat 85, 1800 Vilvoorde
Names & denominations: SOBEMETAL · Sobemetal
Enterprise type: Rechtspersoon
Legal form: Public limited company
Legal situation: Normale toestand
Start date: 27 April 1947
Peppol: Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
Contact: sobemetal.be
Activities · NACE: Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen

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