What does Le Chimiste do?

Le Chimiste is a wholesaler in Wavre. Private Limited, started on 12 July 1946, 2 establishments.

What is the address of Le Chimiste?

The registered office of Le Chimiste is located at Chaussée de Louvain 406, 1300 Wavre.

Is Le Chimiste still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) Le Chimiste is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 12 July 1946.

Is Le Chimiste registered on Peppol?

Yes, Le Chimiste is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0401873374.

What is the enterprise number of Le Chimiste?

The enterprise number of Le Chimiste is BE0401873374.

When was Le Chimiste founded?

Le Chimiste was founded on 12 July 1946.

Who are the directors of Le Chimiste?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Le Chimiste are: Martin STRUYF, Richard POLLARD, AFL Management SRL.

Is Le Chimiste a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 12 July 1946; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account; 2 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did Le Chimiste make in 2025?

Le Chimiste posted a profit after taxes of € 1,565,894 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Le Chimiste?

As a small company, Le Chimiste is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 2,807,426.

How much does an employee at Le Chimiste earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Le Chimiste was € 65,700 in 2025: staff costs of € 1.8 million for 27.8 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Le Chimiste have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Le Chimiste has 27.8 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Le Chimiste (Private Limited) - Wavre - BE0401873374

Dossier Le Chimiste, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0401873374/le-chimiste. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Le Chimiste from Wavre, company number BE0401873374, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1.6 million after tax. For that financial year Le Chimiste recorded a gross margin of € 2.8 million and equity of € 4.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 48,894 to € 1.6 million. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 June 15, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 4.2 million

▲ 60% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 1.6 million

▲ € 1.5 million vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 836,899

▲ 159% 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 € 4.1 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

27.8

▲ 3.9 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 1.8 million

▲ 22% vs 2024

€ 65,700 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

€ 213,454

▼ 45% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

€ 540,000

▼ 64% vs 2024

Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.

Owed to suppliers

€ 145,547

▼ 73% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 339,130

▲ 41% 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
Gross margin	€ 1,469,792 Gross margin 2022: € 1,469,792 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,073,280 Gross margin 2023: € 2,073,280 ▲ 41% vs 2022 (€ 1,469,792) Favourable step	€ 2,211,929 Gross margin 2024: € 2,211,929 ▲ 7% vs 2023 (€ 2,073,280) Favourable step	€ 2,807,426 Gross margin 2025: € 2,807,426 ▲ 27% vs 2024 (€ 2,211,929) Favourable step	▲ 27%
Profit after taxes	€ 247,558 Profit after taxes 2022: € 247,558 First fiscal year in the series	€ 392,467 Profit after taxes 2023: € 392,467 ▲ 59% vs 2022 (€ 247,558) Favourable step	€ 48,894 Profit after taxes 2024: € 48,894 ▼ 88% vs 2023 (€ 392,467) Unfavourable step	€ 1,565,894 Profit after taxes 2025: € 1,565,894 ▲ € 1.5 million vs 2024 (€ 48,894) Favourable step	▲ € 1.5 million
Equity	€ 2,154,727 Equity 2022: € 2,154,727 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,547,194 Equity 2023: € 2,547,194 ▲ 18% vs 2022 (€ 2,154,727) Favourable step	€ 2,596,088 Equity 2024: € 2,596,088 ▲ 2% vs 2023 (€ 2,547,194) Favourable step	€ 4,161,982 Equity 2025: € 4,161,982 ▲ 60% vs 2024 (€ 2,596,088) Favourable step	▲ 60%
Total debts	€ 1,499,483 Total debts 2022: € 1,499,483 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,246,433 Total debts 2023: € 1,246,433 ▼ 17% vs 2022 (€ 1,499,483) Favourable step	€ 2,290,720 Total debts 2024: € 2,290,720 ▲ 84% vs 2023 (€ 1,246,433) Unfavourable step	€ 1,045,881 Total debts 2025: € 1,045,881 ▼ 54% vs 2024 (€ 2,290,720) Favourable step	▼ 54%
Cash	€ 145,448 Cash 2022: € 145,448 First fiscal year in the series	€ 245,141 Cash 2023: € 245,141 ▲ 69% vs 2022 (€ 145,448) Favourable step	€ 323,207 Cash 2024: € 323,207 ▲ 32% vs 2023 (€ 245,141) Favourable step	€ 836,899 Cash 2025: € 836,899 ▲ 159% vs 2024 (€ 323,207) Favourable step	▲ 159%
Retained profit	€ 2,136,135 Retained profit 2022: € 2,136,135 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,528,602 Retained profit 2023: € 2,528,602 ▲ 18% vs 2022 (€ 2,136,135) Favourable step	€ 2,577,496 Retained profit 2024: € 2,577,496 ▲ 2% vs 2023 (€ 2,528,602) Favourable step	€ 4,143,390 Retained profit 2025: € 4,143,390 ▲ 61% vs 2024 (€ 2,577,496) Favourable step	▲ 61%
Bank debt	€ 1,096,667 Bank debt 2022: € 1,096,667 First fiscal year in the series	€ 763,334 Bank debt 2023: € 763,334 ▼ 30% vs 2022 (€ 1,096,667) Favourable step	€ 1,515,023 Bank debt 2024: € 1,515,023 ▲ 98% vs 2023 (€ 763,334) Unfavourable step	€ 540,000 Bank debt 2025: € 540,000 ▼ 64% vs 2024 (€ 1,515,023) Favourable step	▼ 64%
Balance sheet total	€ 3,654,211 Balance sheet total 2022: € 3,654,211 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,793,626 Balance sheet total 2023: € 3,793,626 ▲ 4% vs 2022 (€ 3,654,211) Unchanged	€ 4,886,808 Balance sheet total 2024: € 4,886,808 ▲ 29% vs 2023 (€ 3,793,626) Unchanged	€ 5,207,863 Balance sheet total 2025: € 5,207,863 ▲ 7% vs 2024 (€ 4,886,808) Unchanged	▲ 7%
Employees (FTE)	20.8 Employees (FTE) 2022: 20.8 First fiscal year in the series	20.8 Employees (FTE) 2023: 20.8 Unchanged (20.8) Unchanged	23.9 Employees (FTE) 2024: 23.9 ▲ 3.1 vs 2023 (20.8) Unchanged	27.8 Employees (FTE) 2025: 27.8 ▲ 3.9 vs 2024 (23.9) Unchanged	▲ 3.9

Key figures of Le Chimiste, 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 Le Chimiste?

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

Jun 15, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1.6 million (▲ € 1.5 million vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
Jun 24, 2022 New establishment in Herve. KBO
Mar 5, 1998 New establishment in Aalst. KBO
Jul 12, 1946 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 247,558 profit in 2022 to € 1.6 million profit in 2025.

Paid € 556,346 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2025, with € 1.6 million profit.

On average € 101,000 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

ANSUL 100%

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

Le Chimiste

Alfa Prevent 100%

Behind Le Chimiste are Martin STRUYF, Richard POLLARD and AFL Management SRL. The shares are held by ANSUL (100%). It owns 100% of Alfa Prevent itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Martin STRUYF

Director

Also active at: Braco, DC SECURITY, ANSUL, IMPORTEX, DIMEX TECHNICS, ALL-PROTEC, FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM, TRIUM +7 more

Richard POLLARD

Director

AFL Management SRL

Director · represented by Xavier MIGNOLET

Also active at: Braco, DC SECURITY, ANSUL, IMPORTEX, DIMEX TECHNICS, ALL-PROTEC, FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM, TRIUM +8 more

Shareholders

ANSUL

100%

Participations

Alfa Prevent

100%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Chaussée de Louvain 406

1300 Wavre

2.004.425.816

Hekkestraat 45

9308 Aalst

Active since 5 March 1998

2.333.258.388

Rue de Maestricht 49

4651 Herve

Active since 24 June 2022

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 4 companies are registered at this address.

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A.H. Fiduciaire

€ 290,893 revenue · 2025

Association des Copropriétaires de la Résidence chaussée de Louvain 406 à Wavre

CAIRA

€ 445,156 revenue · 2025

MDA Wavre

€ 73,292 gross margin · 2025

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

Details

Company number

0401.873.374

VAT number

BE 0401.873.374

Registered office

Chaussée de Louvain 406, 1300 Wavre

Names & denominations

Le Chimiste

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

12 July 1946

Peppol

Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001

Activities · NACE

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Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart

Overige ondersteunende activiteiten i.v.m. de luchtvaart

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

Le Chimiste

Financials

What happened to Le Chimiste?

Management

Directors

Shareholders

Participations

Establishments

Establishment units

Who else lives here?

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