Espa is a wholesaler in Houthalen-Helchteren. Public Limited, started on 2 February 1956, 3 establishments.

What is the address of Espa?

The registered office of Espa is located at Europark 1030, 3530 Houthalen-Helchteren.

Is Espa still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (31 October 2026) Espa is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 2 February 1956.

Is Espa registered on Peppol?

Yes, Espa is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0401296522.

What is the enterprise number of Espa?

The enterprise number of Espa is BE0401296522.

When was Espa founded?

Espa was founded on 2 February 1956.

Who are the directors of Espa?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Espa are: Elbas BV, BEL-INVEST NV, Emcha BV, Otto Spaas.

Is Espa a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 2 February 1956; 4 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 4 directors known from the annual account; 3 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did Espa make in 2025?

Espa posted a profit after taxes of € 698,850 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Espa?

As a small company, Espa is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 2,675,420.

How much does an employee at Espa earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Espa was € 49,700 in 2025: staff costs of € 1.8 million for 36.7 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Espa have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Espa has 36.7 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Does Espa have a website?

Yes, Espa has a website at espa.be.

Espa (Public Limited) - Houthalen-Helchteren

Dossier Espa, printed on 31 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0401296522/espa. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Espa from Houthalen-Helchteren, company number BE0401296522, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 698,850 after tax. For that financial year Espa recorded a gross margin of € 2.7 million and equity of € 22.3 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1.2 million to € 698,850. 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 January 30, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 22.3 million

▲ 3% vs 2024

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

Profit Healthy

€ 698,850

▼ 42% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 5.8 million

▲ 56% 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 € 21.7 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

36.7

▲ 0.2 vs 2024

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost

€ 1.8 million

▲ 4% vs 2024

€ 49,700 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 48,930

▼ 32% 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

€ 641,274

▲ 130% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.

Taxes and wages

€ 249,567

▲ 3% 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	€ 7,765,843 Revenue 2022: € 7,765,843 First fiscal year in the series	€ 10,926,999 Revenue 2023: € 10,926,999 ▲ 41% vs 2022 (€ 7,765,843) Favourable step	-	-
Gross margin	-	-	€ 2,592,210 Gross margin 2024: € 2,592,210 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,675,420 Gross margin 2025: € 2,675,420 ▲ 3% vs 2024 (€ 2,592,210) Favourable step	▲ 3%
Profit after taxes	€ 1,461,575 Profit after taxes 2022: € 1,461,575 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,004,096 Profit after taxes 2023: € 2,004,096 ▲ 37% vs 2022 (€ 1,461,575) Favourable step	€ 1,211,902 Profit after taxes 2024: € 1,211,902 ▼ 40% vs 2023 (€ 2,004,096) Unfavourable step	€ 698,850 Profit after taxes 2025: € 698,850 ▼ 42% vs 2024 (€ 1,211,902) Unfavourable step	▼ 42%
Equity	€ 18,344,319 Equity 2022: € 18,344,319 First fiscal year in the series	€ 20,351,488 Equity 2023: € 20,351,488 ▲ 11% vs 2022 (€ 18,344,319) Favourable step	€ 21,563,390 Equity 2024: € 21,563,390 ▲ 6% vs 2023 (€ 20,351,488) Favourable step	€ 22,262,240 Equity 2025: € 22,262,240 ▲ 3% vs 2024 (€ 21,563,390) Favourable step	▲ 3%
Total debts	€ 570,874 Total debts 2022: € 570,874 First fiscal year in the series	€ 804,006 Total debts 2023: € 804,006 ▲ 41% vs 2022 (€ 570,874) Unfavourable step	€ 582,427 Total debts 2024: € 582,427 ▼ 28% vs 2023 (€ 804,006) Favourable step	€ 1,974,062 Total debts 2025: € 1,974,062 ▲ 239% vs 2024 (€ 582,427) Unfavourable step	▲ 239%
Cash	€ 7,466,086 Cash 2022: € 7,466,086 First fiscal year in the series	€ 7,575,733 Cash 2023: € 7,575,733 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 7,466,086) Favourable step	€ 3,729,698 Cash 2024: € 3,729,698 ▼ 51% vs 2023 (€ 7,575,733) Unfavourable step	€ 5,830,452 Cash 2025: € 5,830,452 ▲ 56% vs 2024 (€ 3,729,698) Favourable step	▲ 56%
Land & buildings	€ 62,677 Land & buildings 2022: € 62,677 First fiscal year in the series	€ 68,259 Land & buildings 2023: € 68,259 ▲ 9% vs 2022 (€ 62,677) Unchanged	€ 130,794 Land & buildings 2024: € 130,794 ▲ 92% vs 2023 (€ 68,259) Unchanged	€ 89,554 Land & buildings 2025: € 89,554 ▼ 32% vs 2024 (€ 130,794) Unchanged	▼ 32%
Retained profit	€ 17,761,769 Retained profit 2022: € 17,761,769 First fiscal year in the series	€ 19,768,938 Retained profit 2023: € 19,768,938 ▲ 11% vs 2022 (€ 17,761,769) Favourable step	€ 20,980,840 Retained profit 2024: € 20,980,840 ▲ 6% vs 2023 (€ 19,768,938) Favourable step	€ 21,679,690 Retained profit 2025: € 21,679,690 ▲ 3% vs 2024 (€ 20,980,840) Favourable step	▲ 3%
Balance sheet total	€ 18,925,273 Balance sheet total 2022: € 18,925,273 First fiscal year in the series	€ 21,160,645 Balance sheet total 2023: € 21,160,645 ▲ 12% vs 2022 (€ 18,925,273) Unchanged	€ 22,149,681 Balance sheet total 2024: € 22,149,681 ▲ 5% vs 2023 (€ 21,160,645) Unchanged	€ 24,238,879 Balance sheet total 2025: € 24,238,879 ▲ 9% vs 2024 (€ 22,149,681) Unchanged	▲ 9%
Employees (FTE)	36.5 Employees (FTE) 2022: 36.5 First fiscal year in the series	36.1 Employees (FTE) 2023: 36.1 ▼ 0.4 vs 2022 (36.5) Unchanged	36.5 Employees (FTE) 2024: 36.5 ▲ 0.4 vs 2023 (36.1) Unchanged	36.7 Employees (FTE) 2025: 36.7 ▲ 0.2 vs 2024 (36.5) Unchanged	▲ 0.2

Key figures of Espa, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 January 2027.

What happened to Espa?

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

2029 Elbas BV stepped down as director. NBB
2029 BEL-INVEST NV stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Emcha BV stepped down as director. NBB
Jan 30, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 698,850 (▼ 42% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2025 Emcha BV became a director. NBB
2025 Otto Spaas stepped down as director. NBB
2023 Elbas BV became a director. NBB
2023 BEL-INVEST NV became a director. NBB

In short

From € 1.5 million profit in 2022 to € 698,850 profit in 2025.

Paid € 742,082 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 2 million profit.

On average € 72,900 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Espa

Pierros GbmH 100%

Magic Design 100%

Playtime 14.3%

It owns 100% of Pierros GbmH, 100% of Magic Design and 14.3% of Playtime itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Elbas BV

Director · represented by Sarah Spaas

since 2023 · until 2029

BEL-INVEST NV

Director · represented by Theodorus A.M. Kroon

Also active at: Playtime

since 2023 · until 2029

Emcha BV

Director · represented by Otto Spaas

since 2025 · until 2029

Otto Spaas

Director

Also active at: Playtime, EMCHA

since 2023 · until 2025

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Europark 1030

3530 Houthalen-Helchteren

2.142.513.927

Centrum-Zuid 2043

3530 Houthalen-Helchteren

Active since 1 April 2004

2.142.514.026

Rue Jules Destrée 392A

7390 Quaregnon

Active since 1 April 2004

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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Playtime same network

€ 1.2 million gross margin · 2025

MAGIC DESIGN same network

€ 415,837 gross margin · 2026

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

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Company number

0401.296.522

VAT number

BE 0401.296.522

Registered office

Europark 1030, 3530 Houthalen-Helchteren

Names & denominations

Espa

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

2 February 1956

Peppol

Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001

Contact

espa.be [email protected] 011/524267

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