What is the address of AUTOMATION?

The registered office of AUTOMATION is located at Zinkstraat 2, 1500 Halle.

Is AUTOMATION still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) AUTOMATION is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 20 April 1961.

Is AUTOMATION registered on Peppol?

Yes, AUTOMATION is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0403101811.

What is the enterprise number of AUTOMATION?

The enterprise number of AUTOMATION is BE0403101811.

When was AUTOMATION founded?

AUTOMATION was founded on 20 April 1961.

Who are the directors of AUTOMATION?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of AUTOMATION are: Taurro BV, Jo Aelbrecht BV, Bratavi BV, JDS Consult, ACSE BV, Jan Steyaert.

Is AUTOMATION a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 20 April 1961; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 6 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did AUTOMATION make in 2025?

AUTOMATION posted a profit after taxes of € 29,895 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of AUTOMATION?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), AUTOMATION reported revenue of € 27,349,207.

How much does an employee at AUTOMATION earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at AUTOMATION was € 85,200 in 2025: staff costs of € 4.9 million for 57.3 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does AUTOMATION have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, AUTOMATION has 57.3 full-time equivalents (FTE).

AUTOMATION (Public Limited) - Halle - BE0403101811

Q: What does AUTOMATION do?

AUTOMATION is registered with the CBE as active in: Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren. Public Limited, started on 20 April 1961, 1 establishment.

Dossier AUTOMATION, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0403101811/automation. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

AUTOMATION from Halle, company number BE0403101811, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 29,895 after tax. For that financial year AUTOMATION recorded revenue of € 27.3 million and equity of € 2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 694,393 to € 29,895. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 13, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 2 million

▲ 1% vs 2024

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

Profit Healthy

€ 29,895

▼ 96% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 285,212

▼ 25% 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 € 1.9 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

57.3

▲ 1.1 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: € 6.1 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 4.9 million

▲ 8% vs 2024

€ 85,200 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

€ 256,822

▼ 17% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 205,260.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 3 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 1.9 million

▼ 29% vs 2024

€ 446,563 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 5.4 million

▲ 84% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 91 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 865,748

▼ 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	€ 20,791,148 Revenue 2022: € 20,791,148 First fiscal year in the series	€ 22,479,165 Revenue 2023: € 22,479,165 ▲ 8% vs 2022 (€ 20,791,148) Favourable step	€ 26,543,358 Revenue 2024: € 26,543,358 ▲ 18% vs 2023 (€ 22,479,165) Favourable step	€ 27,349,207 Revenue 2025: € 27,349,207 ▲ 3% vs 2024 (€ 26,543,358) Favourable step	▲ 3%
Profit after taxes	€ 238,081 Profit after taxes 2022: € 238,081 First fiscal year in the series	€ 35,180 Profit after taxes 2023: € 35,180 ▼ 85% vs 2022 (€ 238,081) Unfavourable step	€ 694,393 Profit after taxes 2024: € 694,393 ▲ € 659,214 vs 2023 (€ 35,180) Favourable step	€ 29,895 Profit after taxes 2025: € 29,895 ▼ 96% vs 2024 (€ 694,393) Unfavourable step	▼ 96%
Equity	€ 1,589,774 Equity 2022: € 1,589,774 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,624,954 Equity 2023: € 1,624,954 ▲ 2% vs 2022 (€ 1,589,774) Favourable step	€ 1,999,222 Equity 2024: € 1,999,222 ▲ 23% vs 2023 (€ 1,624,954) Favourable step	€ 2,029,117 Equity 2025: € 2,029,117 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 1,999,222) Favourable step	▲ 1%
Total debts	€ 10,701,718 Total debts 2022: € 10,701,718 First fiscal year in the series	€ 8,942,106 Total debts 2023: € 8,942,106 ▼ 16% vs 2022 (€ 10,701,718) Favourable step	€ 8,772,289 Total debts 2024: € 8,772,289 ▼ 2% vs 2023 (€ 8,942,106) Favourable step	€ 10,909,346 Total debts 2025: € 10,909,346 ▲ 24% vs 2024 (€ 8,772,289) Unfavourable step	▲ 24%
Cash	€ 634,201 Cash 2022: € 634,201 First fiscal year in the series	€ 396,664 Cash 2023: € 396,664 ▼ 37% vs 2022 (€ 634,201) Unfavourable step	€ 381,700 Cash 2024: € 381,700 ▼ 4% vs 2023 (€ 396,664) Unfavourable step	€ 285,212 Cash 2025: € 285,212 ▼ 25% vs 2024 (€ 381,700) Unfavourable step	▼ 25%
Retained profit	€ 1,505,118 Retained profit 2022: € 1,505,118 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,540,297 Retained profit 2023: € 1,540,297 ▲ 2% vs 2022 (€ 1,505,118) Favourable step	€ 1,914,566 Retained profit 2024: € 1,914,566 ▲ 24% vs 2023 (€ 1,540,297) Favourable step	€ 1,944,461 Retained profit 2025: € 1,944,461 ▲ 2% vs 2024 (€ 1,914,566) Favourable step	▲ 2%
Dividend	€ 0 Dividend 2022: € 0 First fiscal year in the series	€ 0 Dividend 2023: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 320,125 Dividend 2024: € 320,125 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2025: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2024 (€ 320,125) Unchanged	▼ 100%
Bank debt	€ 3,305,510 Bank debt 2022: € 3,305,510 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,372,012 Bank debt 2023: € 2,372,012 ▼ 28% vs 2022 (€ 3,305,510) Favourable step	€ 2,610,641 Bank debt 2024: € 2,610,641 ▲ 10% vs 2023 (€ 2,372,012) Unfavourable step	€ 1,853,867 Bank debt 2025: € 1,853,867 ▼ 29% vs 2024 (€ 2,610,641) Favourable step	▼ 29%
Balance sheet total	€ 12,291,492 Balance sheet total 2022: € 12,291,492 First fiscal year in the series	€ 10,567,060 Balance sheet total 2023: € 10,567,060 ▼ 14% vs 2022 (€ 12,291,492) Unchanged	€ 10,771,511 Balance sheet total 2024: € 10,771,511 ▲ 2% vs 2023 (€ 10,567,060) Unchanged	€ 12,938,463 Balance sheet total 2025: € 12,938,463 ▲ 20% vs 2024 (€ 10,771,511) Unchanged	▲ 20%
Employees (FTE)	54.3 Employees (FTE) 2022: 54.3 First fiscal year in the series	56.4 Employees (FTE) 2023: 56.4 ▲ 2.1 vs 2022 (54.3) Unchanged	56.2 Employees (FTE) 2024: 56.2 ▼ 0.2 vs 2023 (56.4) Unchanged	57.3 Employees (FTE) 2025: 57.3 ▲ 1.1 vs 2024 (56.2) Unchanged	▲ 1.1

Key figures of AUTOMATION, 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 AUTOMATION?

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

2030 Jan Steyaert stepped down as director. NBB
2030 Jo Aelbrecht BV stepped down as director. NBB
2030 JDS Consult stepped down as director. NBB
2030 ACSE BV stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Taurro BV stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Bratavi BV stepped down as director. NBB
Jul 13, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 29,895 (▼ 96% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2024 Jo Aelbrecht BV became a director. NBB

In short

From € 238,081 profit in 2022 to € 29,895 profit in 2025.

Paid € 517,577 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 694,393 profit.

Paid out € 320,125 in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

JO AELBRECHT 100%

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

AUTOMATION

The shares are held by JO AELBRECHT (100%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Taurro BV

Director · represented by Slegers Marc

since 2023 · until 2029

Jo Aelbrecht BV

Director · represented by Aelbrecht Jo

Also active at: TANGO HALLE

since 2024 · until 2030

Bratavi BV

Director · represented by Brabers Alex

Also active at: 3 D, YouConnect, LetsBuild Holding, Penny Black, Faktion

since 2023 · until 2029

JDS Consult

Director · represented by De Schepper Jan

Also active at: SECURITAS, EEG, BDO ADVISORY

since 2024 · until 2030

ACSE BV

Director · represented by Dewulf Alexander

Also active at: BEKINA, CLUB, STANDAARD BOEKHANDEL, SBL, LIFEPOWR, Velleman Group, Cristallo TopCo

since 2024 · until 2030

Jan Steyaert

Chairman of the board

Also active at: Jeugd en Muziek Brussel, Stichting ANDRIES – VANLOUWE

since 2024 · until 2030

Shareholders

JO AELBRECHT

100%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Zinkstraat 2

1500 Halle

2.007.032.542

Zinkstraat 2

1502 Halle

Active since 1 March 1961

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.

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Details

Company number

0403.101.811

VAT number

BE 0403.101.811

Registered office

Zinkstraat 2, 1500 Halle

Names & denominations

AUTOMATION

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

20 April 1961

Peppol

Active · Active since 24 Dec 2025

Activities · NACE

Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren

Diverse ondersteunende activiteiten ten behoeve van voorzieningen

Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur

Vervaardiging van elektrische signaal- en alarmtoestellen

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