What is the address of RAIN CARBON?

The registered office of RAIN CARBON is located at Vredekaai 18, 9060 Zelzate.

Is RAIN CARBON still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) RAIN CARBON is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 29 October 1947.

Is RAIN CARBON registered on Peppol?

Yes, RAIN CARBON is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0401947808.

What is the enterprise number of RAIN CARBON?

The enterprise number of RAIN CARBON is BE0401947808.

When was RAIN CARBON founded?

RAIN CARBON was founded on 29 October 1947.

Who are the directors of RAIN CARBON?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of RAIN CARBON are: Gerard Sweeney, Kris Vanherbergen, Tayman Ryan, Christoph Börner.

Is RAIN CARBON a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 29 October 1947; 4 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 4 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did RAIN CARBON make in 2025?

RAIN CARBON posted a profit after taxes of € 56,622 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of RAIN CARBON?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), RAIN CARBON reported revenue of € 325,048,228.

How much does an employee at RAIN CARBON earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at RAIN CARBON was € 142,100 in 2025: staff costs of € 25.2 million for 177.6 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does RAIN CARBON have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, RAIN CARBON has 177.6 full-time equivalents (FTE).

RAIN CARBON (Private Limited) - Zelzate - BE0401947808

Q: What does RAIN CARBON do?

RAIN CARBON is registered with the CBE as active in: Vervaardiging van andere organische chemische basisproducten. Private Limited, started on 29 October 1947, 1 establishment.

Dossier RAIN CARBON, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0401947808/rain-carbon. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

RAIN CARBON from Zelzate, company number BE0401947808, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 56,622 after tax. For that financial year RAIN CARBON recorded revenue of € 325 million and equity of € 119.9 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 13.6 million to € 56,622. 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 July 29, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 119.9 million

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

Profit Healthy

€ 56,622

▼ € 13.6 million vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 10.4 million

▼ 62% 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 € 109.9 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

177.6

▼ 4.4 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: € 48.5 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 25.2 million

▼ 5% vs 2024

€ 142,100 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

€ 487,157

▼ 11% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

€ 10 million

▼ 1% vs 2024

Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.

Owed to suppliers

€ 42.3 million

▼ 8% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 54 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 6.6 million

▼ 8% vs 2024

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2021	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Revenue	€ 310,030,518 Revenue 2021: € 310,030,518 First fiscal year in the series	€ 462,228,597 Revenue 2023: € 462,228,597 ▲ 49% vs 2021 (€ 310,030,518) Favourable step	€ 388,365,147 Revenue 2024: € 388,365,147 ▼ 16% vs 2023 (€ 462,228,597) Unfavourable step	€ 325,048,228 Revenue 2025: € 325,048,228 ▼ 16% vs 2024 (€ 388,365,147) Unfavourable step	▼ 16%
Profit after taxes	€ 22,193,937 Profit after taxes 2021: € 22,193,937 First fiscal year in the series	€ 10,937,442 Profit after taxes 2023: € 10,937,442 ▼ 51% vs 2021 (€ 22,193,937) Unfavourable step	€ 13,607,441 Profit after taxes 2024: € 13,607,441 ▲ 24% vs 2023 (€ 10,937,442) Favourable step	€ 56,622 Profit after taxes 2025: € 56,622 ▼ € 13.6 million vs 2024 (€ 13,607,441) Unfavourable step	▼ € 13.6 million
Equity	€ 186,331,350 Equity 2021: € 186,331,350 First fiscal year in the series	€ 141,221,413 Equity 2023: € 141,221,413 ▼ 24% vs 2021 (€ 186,331,350) Unfavourable step	€ 119,828,853 Equity 2024: € 119,828,853 ▼ 15% vs 2023 (€ 141,221,413) Unfavourable step	€ 119,885,475 Equity 2025: € 119,885,475 Unchanged (€ 119,828,853) Favourable step
Total debts	€ 43,071,365 Total debts 2021: € 43,071,365 First fiscal year in the series	€ 52,488,690 Total debts 2023: € 52,488,690 ▲ 22% vs 2021 (€ 43,071,365) Unfavourable step	€ 83,405,909 Total debts 2024: € 83,405,909 ▲ 59% vs 2023 (€ 52,488,690) Unfavourable step	€ 60,001,400 Total debts 2025: € 60,001,400 ▼ 28% vs 2024 (€ 83,405,909) Favourable step	▼ 28%
Cash	€ 3,541,377 Cash 2021: € 3,541,377 First fiscal year in the series	€ 6,841,500 Cash 2023: € 6,841,500 ▲ 93% vs 2021 (€ 3,541,377) Favourable step	€ 27,045,651 Cash 2024: € 27,045,651 ▲ 295% vs 2023 (€ 6,841,500) Favourable step	€ 10,368,482 Cash 2025: € 10,368,482 ▼ 62% vs 2024 (€ 27,045,651) Unfavourable step	▼ 62%
Land & buildings	€ 1,362,353 Land & buildings 2021: € 1,362,353 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,694,041 Land & buildings 2023: € 1,694,041 ▲ 24% vs 2021 (€ 1,362,353) Unchanged	€ 1,619,426 Land & buildings 2024: € 1,619,426 ▼ 4% vs 2023 (€ 1,694,041) Unchanged	€ 1,546,843 Land & buildings 2025: € 1,546,843 ▼ 4% vs 2024 (€ 1,619,426) Unchanged	▼ 4%
Retained profit	€ 176,331,350 Retained profit 2021: € 176,331,350 First fiscal year in the series	€ 131,221,413 Retained profit 2023: € 131,221,413 ▼ 26% vs 2021 (€ 176,331,350) Unfavourable step	€ 109,828,853 Retained profit 2024: € 109,828,853 ▼ 16% vs 2023 (€ 131,221,413) Unfavourable step	€ 109,885,475 Retained profit 2025: € 109,885,475 Unchanged (€ 109,828,853) Favourable step
Dividend	€ 50,000,000 Dividend 2021: € 50,000,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 35,000,000 Dividend 2023: € 35,000,000 ▼ 30% vs 2021 (€ 50,000,000) Unchanged	€ 35,000,000 Dividend 2024: € 35,000,000 Unchanged (€ 35,000,000) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2025: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2024 (€ 35,000,000) Unchanged	▼ 100%
Bank debt	€ 0 Bank debt 2021: € 0 First fiscal year in the series	€ 0 Bank debt 2023: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 10,071,443 Bank debt 2024: € 10,071,443 Unchanged (€ 0) Unfavourable step	€ 10,015,931 Bank debt 2025: € 10,015,931 ▼ 1% vs 2024 (€ 10,071,443) Favourable step	▼ 1%
Balance sheet total	€ 233,132,163 Balance sheet total 2021: € 233,132,163 First fiscal year in the series	€ 196,959,803 Balance sheet total 2023: € 196,959,803 ▼ 16% vs 2021 (€ 233,132,163) Unchanged	€ 206,394,939 Balance sheet total 2024: € 206,394,939 ▲ 5% vs 2023 (€ 196,959,803) Unchanged	€ 182,679,552 Balance sheet total 2025: € 182,679,552 ▼ 11% vs 2024 (€ 206,394,939) Unchanged	▼ 11%
Employees (FTE)	177.9 Employees (FTE) 2021: 177.9 First fiscal year in the series	182.1 Employees (FTE) 2023: 182.1 ▲ 4.2 vs 2021 (177.9) Unchanged	182 Employees (FTE) 2024: 182 ▼ 0.1 vs 2023 (182.1) Unchanged	177.6 Employees (FTE) 2025: 177.6 ▼ 4.4 vs 2024 (182) Unchanged	▼ 4.4

Key figures of RAIN CARBON, fiscal years 2021 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 RAIN CARBON?

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

Jul 29, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 56,622 (▼ € 13.6 million vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2025 Gerard Sweeney became a director. NBB
2025 Tayman Ryan became a director. NBB
2025 Christoph Börner stepped down as director. NBB
2022 Kris Vanherbergen became a director. NBB
2022 Christoph Börner became a director. NBB
Oct 29, 1947 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
Feb 6, 1931 New establishment in Zelzate. KBO

In short

From € 22.2 million profit in 2021 to € 56,622 profit in 2025.

Paid € 16.5 million in corporate taxes since 2021.

Best year ever: 2021, with € 22.2 million profit.

Paid out € 120 million in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Rain Carbon Inc 100%

RAIN CARBON

VFT France S.A. 100%

Behind RAIN CARBON are Gerard Sweeney, Kris Vanherbergen and Tayman Ryan. The shares are held by Rain Carbon Inc (100%). It owns 100% of VFT France S.A. itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Gerard Sweeney

Director

since 2025

Kris Vanherbergen

Director

since 2022

Tayman Ryan

Director

since 2025

Christoph Börner

Director

since 2022 · until 2025

Shareholders

Rain Carbon Inc

100%

Participations

VFT France S.A.

100%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Vredekaai 18

9060 Zelzate

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

Details

Company number

0401.947.808

VAT number

BE 0401.947.808

Registered office

Vredekaai 18, 9060 Zelzate

Names & denominations

RAIN CARBON

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

29 October 1947

Peppol

Active · Active since 24 Dec 2025

Activities · NACE

Vervaardiging van andere organische chemische basisproducten

Vervaardiging van overige organische chemische basisproducten

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

RAIN CARBON

Financials

What happened to RAIN CARBON?

Management

Directors

Shareholders

Participations

Establishments

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