Warning lights
Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 52 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2023.
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Busy address KBO
15 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
GRUNENTHAL from Zaventem, company number BE0403085874, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 2.2 million after tax. For that financial year GRUNENTHAL recorded revenue of € 39.3 million and equity of € 5.1 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1.4 million to € 2.2 million. 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 10, 2026.
€ 5.1 million
▲ 4% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 2.2 million
▲ 59% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 2 million paid out
90 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to Grünenthal GmbH NV (99 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
28.8
▲ 5.6 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 4.6 million
▲ 29% vs 2024
€ 160,400 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.
€ 67,084
▼ 13% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 4.1 million
▼ 17% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 46 days on average.
€ 1.3 million
▲ 31% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Revenue | € 22,660,027 | € 33,827,566 | € 38,508,387 | € 39,276,527 | ▲ 2% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,119,553 | € 1,099,949 | € 1,391,102 | € 2,216,583 | ▲ 59% |
| Equity | € 6,415,128 | € 3,515,076 | € 4,906,179 | € 5,122,762 | ▲ 4% |
| Total debts | € 6,967,844 | € 10,865,404 | € 9,138,511 | € 11,112,739 | ▲ 22% |
| Retained profit | € 4,415,128 | € 1,515,076 | € 2,906,179 | € 3,122,762 | ▲ 7% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 4,000,000 | € 0 | € 2,000,000 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 13,382,972 | € 14,380,480 | € 14,044,690 | € 16,235,501 | ▲ 16% |
| Employees (FTE) | 22.3 | 22.4 | 23.2 | 28.8 | ▲ 5.6 |
Key figures of GRUNENTHAL, 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 GRUNENTHAL?
What happened at GRUNENTHAL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Laurence Verstappen stepped down as director. NBB
- Geert Bammens stepped down as director. NBB
- Cornelia Looije stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 2.2 million (▲ 59% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Laurence Verstappen became a director. NBB
- Geert Bammens became a director. NBB
- Cornelia Looije became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Zaventem. KBO
In short
From € 1.1 million profit in 2022 to € 2.2 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 1.9 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 2.2 million profit.
Paid out € 6 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The shares are held by Grünenthal GmbH NV (99%) and Proto-Chemicals AG NV (1%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Laurence Verstappen
Managing director
since 2025 · until 2031
Geert Bammens
Managing director
since 2021 · until 2027
Cornelia Looije
Managing director
since 2021 · until 2027
Shareholders
Grünenthal GmbH NV
99%
Proto-Chemicals AG NV
1%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Lenneke Marelaan 8
1932 Zaventem
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 15 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0403.085.874
- VAT number
- BE 0403.085.874
- Registered office
- Lenneke Marelaan 8, 1932 Zaventem
- Names & denominations
- GRUNENTHAL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 12 October 1966
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