What does HET ANKER do?

HET ANKER is a hotel in Mechelen. Public Limited, started on 19 January 1905, 3 establishments.

What is the address of HET ANKER?

The registered office of HET ANKER is located at Guido Gezellelaan 49, 2800 Mechelen.

Is HET ANKER still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) HET ANKER is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 19 January 1905.

Is HET ANKER registered on Peppol?

Yes, HET ANKER is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0400793706.

What is the enterprise number of HET ANKER?

The enterprise number of HET ANKER is BE0400793706.

When was HET ANKER founded?

HET ANKER was founded on 19 January 1905.

Who are the directors of HET ANKER?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of HET ANKER are: Jean De Laet, Ricarel NV, Alexandre De Laet.

Is HET ANKER a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 19 January 1905; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account; 3 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did HET ANKER make in 2025?

HET ANKER posted a profit after taxes of € 519,228 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of HET ANKER?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), HET ANKER reported revenue of € 18,795,473.

How much does an employee at HET ANKER earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at HET ANKER was € 69,200 in 2025: staff costs of € 6.6 million for 94.8 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does HET ANKER have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, HET ANKER has 94.8 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Does HET ANKER have a website?

Yes, HET ANKER has a website at hetanker.be.

HET ANKER (Public Limited) - Mechelen - BE0400793706

Dossier HET ANKER, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0400793706/het-anker. 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 43 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

HET ANKER from Mechelen, company number BE0400793706, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 519,228 after tax. For that financial year HET ANKER recorded revenue of € 18.8 million and equity of € 4.4 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 103,006 to € 519,228. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 29, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 4.4 million

▲ 8% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 519,228

▲ € 416,222 vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 275,841

▼ 79% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 180,000 paid out

35 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to RICAREL (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

94.8

▼ 10.9 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: € 4.8 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 6.6 million

▼ 9% vs 2024

€ 69,200 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

€ 485,586

▼ 21% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 166,870.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 5 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.

€ 9.8 million

▼ 27% vs 2024

€ 2.1 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 493,359

▼ 65% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 19 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 809,525

▼ 29% 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	€ 18,296,162 Revenue 2022: € 18,296,162 First fiscal year in the series	€ 19,454,017 Revenue 2023: € 19,454,017 ▲ 6% vs 2022 (€ 18,296,162) Favourable step	€ 19,196,721 Revenue 2024: € 19,196,721 ▼ 1% vs 2023 (€ 19,454,017) Unfavourable step	€ 18,795,473 Revenue 2025: € 18,795,473 ▼ 2% vs 2024 (€ 19,196,721) Unfavourable step	▼ 2%
Profit after taxes	€ -692,582 Profit after taxes 2022: € -692,582 First fiscal year in the series	€ -137,252 Profit after taxes 2023: € -137,252 ▲ € 555,330 vs 2022 (€ -692,582) Favourable step	€ 103,006 Profit after taxes 2024: € 103,006 ▲ € 240,258 vs 2023 (€ -137,252) Favourable step	€ 519,228 Profit after taxes 2025: € 519,228 ▲ € 416,222 vs 2024 (€ 103,006) Favourable step	▲ € 416,222
Equity	€ 4,021,444 Equity 2022: € 4,021,444 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,872,403 Equity 2023: € 3,872,403 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 4,021,444) Unfavourable step	€ 4,071,620 Equity 2024: € 4,071,620 ▲ 5% vs 2023 (€ 3,872,403) Favourable step	€ 4,387,059 Equity 2025: € 4,387,059 ▲ 8% vs 2024 (€ 4,071,620) Favourable step	▲ 8%
Total debts	€ 23,507,334 Total debts 2022: € 23,507,334 First fiscal year in the series	€ 22,356,135 Total debts 2023: € 22,356,135 ▼ 5% vs 2022 (€ 23,507,334) Favourable step	€ 18,367,809 Total debts 2024: € 18,367,809 ▼ 18% vs 2023 (€ 22,356,135) Favourable step	€ 14,752,830 Total debts 2025: € 14,752,830 ▼ 20% vs 2024 (€ 18,367,809) Favourable step	▼ 20%
Cash	€ 1,444,474 Cash 2022: € 1,444,474 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,861,118 Cash 2023: € 1,861,118 ▲ 29% vs 2022 (€ 1,444,474) Favourable step	€ 1,339,449 Cash 2024: € 1,339,449 ▼ 28% vs 2023 (€ 1,861,118) Unfavourable step	€ 275,841 Cash 2025: € 275,841 ▼ 79% vs 2024 (€ 1,339,449) Unfavourable step	▼ 79%
Land & buildings	€ 9,323,678 Land & buildings 2022: € 9,323,678 First fiscal year in the series	€ 8,533,568 Land & buildings 2023: € 8,533,568 ▼ 8% vs 2022 (€ 9,323,678) Unchanged	€ 6,250,096 Land & buildings 2024: € 6,250,096 ▼ 27% vs 2023 (€ 8,533,568) Unchanged	€ 5,704,191 Land & buildings 2025: € 5,704,191 ▼ 9% vs 2024 (€ 6,250,096) Unchanged	▼ 9%
Retained profit	€ 626,847 Retained profit 2022: € 626,847 First fiscal year in the series	€ 489,595 Retained profit 2023: € 489,595 ▼ 22% vs 2022 (€ 626,847) Unfavourable step	€ 592,601 Retained profit 2024: € 592,601 ▲ 21% vs 2023 (€ 489,595) Favourable step	€ 931,829 Retained profit 2025: € 931,829 ▲ 57% vs 2024 (€ 592,601) Favourable step	▲ 57%
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	€ 180,000 Dividend 2025: € 180,000 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged
Bank debt	€ 18,053,557 Bank debt 2022: € 18,053,557 First fiscal year in the series	€ 16,532,086 Bank debt 2023: € 16,532,086 ▼ 8% vs 2022 (€ 18,053,557) Favourable step	€ 13,419,594 Bank debt 2024: € 13,419,594 ▼ 19% vs 2023 (€ 16,532,086) Favourable step	€ 9,802,701 Bank debt 2025: € 9,802,701 ▼ 27% vs 2024 (€ 13,419,594) Favourable step	▼ 27%
Balance sheet total	€ 27,679,781 Balance sheet total 2022: € 27,679,781 First fiscal year in the series	€ 26,359,850 Balance sheet total 2023: € 26,359,850 ▼ 5% vs 2022 (€ 27,679,781) Unchanged	€ 22,494,363 Balance sheet total 2024: € 22,494,363 ▼ 15% vs 2023 (€ 26,359,850) Unchanged	€ 19,212,990 Balance sheet total 2025: € 19,212,990 ▼ 15% vs 2024 (€ 22,494,363) Unchanged	▼ 15%
Employees (FTE)	111.3 Employees (FTE) 2022: 111.3 First fiscal year in the series	101.2 Employees (FTE) 2023: 101.2 ▼ 10.1 vs 2022 (111.3) Unchanged	105.7 Employees (FTE) 2024: 105.7 ▲ 4.5 vs 2023 (101.2) Unchanged	94.8 Employees (FTE) 2025: 94.8 ▼ 10.9 vs 2024 (105.7) Unchanged	▼ 10.9

Key figures of HET ANKER, 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 HET ANKER?

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

2030 Jean De Laet stepped down as director. NBB
2030 Ricarel NV stepped down as director. NBB
2030 Alexandre De Laet stepped down as director. NBB
Jul 29, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 519,228 (▲ € 416,222 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2024 Jean De Laet became a director. NBB
2024 Ricarel NV became a director. NBB
2024 Alexandre De Laet became a director. NBB
Apr 1, 2021 New establishment in Mechelen. KBO

In short

From € 692,582 loss in 2022 to € 519,228 profit in 2025.

Paid € 31,171 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2025, with € 519,228 profit.

Paid out € 180,000 in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

RICAREL 100%

BNP PARIBAS FORTIS PRIVATE EQUITY BELGIUM 27.8%

The stake of RICAREL, BNP PARIBAS FORTIS PRIVATE EQUITY BELGIUM comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

HET ANKER

La Cambre 100%

Batteliek 100%

The shares are held by RICAREL (100%) and BNP PARIBAS FORTIS PRIVATE EQUITY BELGIUM (27.8%). It owns 100% of La Cambre and 100% of Batteliek itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Jean De Laet

Director

Also active at: BROUWERIJ L. HUYGHE, HUYGHE-BROUWERIJ van MELLE, GOLDEN KENIA - IMMO, MELL'S DRINKS - IMMO, DE GUSTIBUS

since 2024 · until 2030

Ricarel NV

Managing director · represented by Alain De Laet

Also active at: Brasserie de la Cambre, BATTELIEK

since 2024 · until 2030

Alexandre De Laet

Director

Also active at: HUYGHE-BROUWERIJ van MELLE, Brouwerij Den Appel, RICAREL, CREPOL

since 2024 · until 2030

Shareholders

RICAREL

100%

BNP PARIBAS FORTIS PRIVATE EQUITY BELGIUM

27.8%

Participations

La Cambre

100%

Batteliek

100%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Guido Gezellelaan 49

2800 Mechelen

2.214.823.863

Zandvoortstraat 51

2800 Mechelen

Active since 1 January 2013

2.316.369.106

Wolverbosstraat 42

2800 Mechelen

Active since 1 April 2021

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 companies are registered at this address.

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RICAREL same network

€ 34,800 revenue · 2025

BATTELIEK same network

€ 439,131 gross margin · 2025

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

Website

HTTPS hetanker.be

Canonical: https://www.hetanker.be/

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Hosting & Email

Email provider

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Hosting

COMBELL-AS, BE

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Company number

0400.793.706

VAT number

BE 0400.793.706

Registered office

Guido Gezellelaan 49, 2800 Mechelen

Names & denominations

HET ANKER

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

19 January 1905

Peppol

Active · Active since 7 Jan 2026

Contact

hetanker.be [email protected] 015/287143

Activities · NACE

Hotels en motels, met restaurant

Hotels en dergelijke accommodatie

Vervaardiging van bier

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