What does Willems Bakeries do?

Willems Bakeries is a food producer in Eeklo. Private Limited, started on 13 January 1965, 2 establishments.

What is the address of Willems Bakeries?

The registered office of Willems Bakeries is located at Nieuwendorpe 33 box C, 9900 Eeklo.

Is Willems Bakeries still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) Willems Bakeries is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 13 January 1965.

Is Willems Bakeries registered on Peppol?

Yes, Willems Bakeries is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0401006413.

What is the enterprise number of Willems Bakeries?

The enterprise number of Willems Bakeries is BE0401006413.

When was Willems Bakeries founded?

Willems Bakeries was founded on 13 January 1965.

Who are the directors of Willems Bakeries?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Willems Bakeries are: Ignace Heyman, Pieter Grymonpré, Saskia De Paepe, Johannes Van de Par.

Is Willems Bakeries a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 13 January 1965; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 4 directors known from the annual account; 2 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did Willems Bakeries make in 2025?

Willems Bakeries posted a profit after taxes of € 12,175,348 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Willems Bakeries?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), Willems Bakeries reported revenue of € 104,483,035.

How much does an employee at Willems Bakeries earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Willems Bakeries was € 76,000 in 2025: staff costs of € 12.7 million for 167.4 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Willems Bakeries have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Willems Bakeries has 167.4 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Willems Bakeries (Private Limited) - Eeklo - BE0401006413

Dossier Willems Bakeries, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0401006413/willems-bakeries. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Willems Bakeries from Eeklo, company number BE0401006413, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 12.2 million after tax. For that financial year Willems Bakeries recorded revenue of € 104.5 million and equity of € 88.8 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 14.3 million to € 12.2 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 May 18, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 88.8 million

▲ 16% vs 2024

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

Profit Healthy

€ 12.2 million

▼ 15% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 64.5 million

▲ 16% 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 € 88.1 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

167.4

▲ 19.3 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: € 18.1 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 12.7 million

▲ 9% vs 2024

€ 76,000 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

€ 305,178

▲ 44% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

None

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

Owed to suppliers

€ 13.2 million

▲ 23% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 66 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 3.9 million

▼ 7% 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	€ 79,601,193 Revenue 2022: € 79,601,193 First fiscal year in the series	€ 101,712,139 Revenue 2023: € 101,712,139 ▲ 28% vs 2022 (€ 79,601,193) Favourable step	€ 106,855,189 Revenue 2024: € 106,855,189 ▲ 5% vs 2023 (€ 101,712,139) Favourable step	€ 104,483,035 Revenue 2025: € 104,483,035 ▼ 2% vs 2024 (€ 106,855,189) Unfavourable step	▼ 2%
Profit after taxes	€ 6,820,476 Profit after taxes 2022: € 6,820,476 First fiscal year in the series	€ 11,971,473 Profit after taxes 2023: € 11,971,473 ▲ 76% vs 2022 (€ 6,820,476) Favourable step	€ 14,314,414 Profit after taxes 2024: € 14,314,414 ▲ 20% vs 2023 (€ 11,971,473) Favourable step	€ 12,175,348 Profit after taxes 2025: € 12,175,348 ▼ 15% vs 2024 (€ 14,314,414) Unfavourable step	▼ 15%
Equity	€ 28,673,281 Equity 2022: € 28,673,281 First fiscal year in the series	€ 62,278,047 Equity 2023: € 62,278,047 ▲ 117% vs 2022 (€ 28,673,281) Favourable step	€ 76,586,561 Equity 2024: € 76,586,561 ▲ 23% vs 2023 (€ 62,278,047) Favourable step	€ 88,756,007 Equity 2025: € 88,756,007 ▲ 16% vs 2024 (€ 76,586,561) Favourable step	▲ 16%
Total debts	€ 22,299,393 Total debts 2022: € 22,299,393 First fiscal year in the series	€ 17,739,228 Total debts 2023: € 17,739,228 ▼ 20% vs 2022 (€ 22,299,393) Favourable step	€ 15,083,349 Total debts 2024: € 15,083,349 ▼ 15% vs 2023 (€ 17,739,228) Favourable step	€ 17,274,425 Total debts 2025: € 17,274,425 ▲ 15% vs 2024 (€ 15,083,349) Unfavourable step	▲ 15%
Cash	€ 33,082,564 Cash 2022: € 33,082,564 First fiscal year in the series	€ 53,153,245 Cash 2023: € 53,153,245 ▲ 61% vs 2022 (€ 33,082,564) Favourable step	€ 55,539,831 Cash 2024: € 55,539,831 ▲ 4% vs 2023 (€ 53,153,245) Favourable step	€ 64,533,102 Cash 2025: € 64,533,102 ▲ 16% vs 2024 (€ 55,539,831) Favourable step	▲ 16%
Land & buildings	€ 4,306,796 Land & buildings 2022: € 4,306,796 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,694,053 Land & buildings 2023: € 4,694,053 ▲ 9% vs 2022 (€ 4,306,796) Unchanged	€ 10,040,806 Land & buildings 2024: € 10,040,806 ▲ 114% vs 2023 (€ 4,694,053) Unchanged	€ 10,127,723 Land & buildings 2025: € 10,127,723 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 10,040,806) Unchanged	▲ 1%
Retained profit	€ 28,524,281 Retained profit 2022: € 28,524,281 First fiscal year in the series	€ 61,646,591 Retained profit 2023: € 61,646,591 ▲ 116% vs 2022 (€ 28,524,281) Favourable step	€ 75,961,005 Retained profit 2024: € 75,961,005 ▲ 23% vs 2023 (€ 61,646,591) Favourable step	€ 88,136,353 Retained profit 2025: € 88,136,353 ▲ 16% vs 2024 (€ 75,961,005) Favourable step	▲ 16%
Balance sheet total	€ 50,972,673 Balance sheet total 2022: € 50,972,673 First fiscal year in the series	€ 80,028,094 Balance sheet total 2023: € 80,028,094 ▲ 57% vs 2022 (€ 50,972,673) Unchanged	€ 91,678,761 Balance sheet total 2024: € 91,678,761 ▲ 15% vs 2023 (€ 80,028,094) Unchanged	€ 106,037,317 Balance sheet total 2025: € 106,037,317 ▲ 16% vs 2024 (€ 91,678,761) Unchanged	▲ 16%
Employees (FTE)	118.5 Employees (FTE) 2022: 118.5 First fiscal year in the series	132.4 Employees (FTE) 2023: 132.4 ▲ 13.9 vs 2022 (118.5) Unchanged	148.1 Employees (FTE) 2024: 148.1 ▲ 15.7 vs 2023 (132.4) Unchanged	167.4 Employees (FTE) 2025: 167.4 ▲ 19.3 vs 2024 (148.1) Unchanged	▲ 19.3

Key figures of Willems Bakeries, 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 Willems Bakeries?

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

2030 Saskia De Paepe stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Ignace Heyman stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Pieter Grymonpré stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Johannes Van de Par stepped down as director. NBB
May 18, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 12.2 million (▼ 15% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2024 Saskia De Paepe became a director. NBB
May 5, 2023 New establishment in Eeklo. KBO
2023 Ignace Heyman became a director. NBB

In short

From € 6.8 million profit in 2022 to € 12.2 million profit in 2025.

Paid € 15.3 million in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 14.3 million profit.

Pays suppliers within 66 days on average.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

LOTUS BAKERIES 100%

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

Willems Bakeries

The shares are held by LOTUS BAKERIES (100%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Ignace Heyman

Director

Also active at: Lotus Bakeries België, CREMERS - RIBERT, INTERWAFFLES

since 2023 · until 2029

Pieter Grymonpré

Director

Also active at: Lotus Bakeries België, CREMERS - RIBERT, INTERWAFFLES

since 2023 · until 2029

Saskia De Paepe

Managing director

Also active at: CREMERS - RIBERT, INTERWAFFLES

since 2024 · until 2030

Johannes Van de Par

Director

Also active at: Lotus Bakeries België, CREMERS - RIBERT, INTERWAFFLES

since 2023 · until 2029

Shareholders

LOTUS BAKERIES

100%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Nieuwendorpe 33 box C

9900 Eeklo

2.345.068.634

Ambachtenstraat 5

9900 Eeklo

Active since 5 May 2023

Who else lives here?

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

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Details

Company number

0401.006.413

VAT number

BE 0401.006.413

Registered office

Nieuwendorpe 33 bus C, 9900 Eeklo

Names & denominations

Willems Bakeries

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

13 January 1965

Peppol

Active · Active since 7 Apr 2026

Activities · NACE

Vervaardiging van beschuit, biscuit en houdbaar banketbakkerswerk

Vervaardiging van beschuit en koekjes en ander houdbaar banketbakkerswerk

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Willems Bakeries

Financials

What happened to Willems Bakeries?

Management

Directors

Shareholders

Participations

Establishments

Establishment units

Who else lives here?

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