What does LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE do?

LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE is a logistics company in Etterbeek. Public Limited, started on 1 January 1968, 1 establishment.

What is the address of LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE?

The registered office of LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE is located at Olmstraat 1, 1040 Etterbeek.

Is LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 1 January 1968.

Is LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE registered on Peppol?

Yes, LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0403517921.

What is the enterprise number of LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE?

The enterprise number of LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE is BE0403517921.

When was LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE founded?

LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE was founded on 1 January 1968.

Who are the directors of LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE are: Michel Defossez.

Is LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 1 January 1968; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 1 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE make in 2025?

LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE recorded a loss after taxes of € 7,761 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE?

As a small company, LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 129,882.

How much does an employee at LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE was € 35,900 in 2022: staff costs of € 140,131 for 3.9 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

Does LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE have a website?

Yes, LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE has a website at libeurop.eu.

LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE (Public Limited) - Etterbeek

Dossier LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0403517921/la-librairie-europeenne. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.

Two loss years in a row NBB

Negative result in 2024 and 2025.

Financials

Financial year 2025

LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE from Etterbeek, company number BE0403517921, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -7,761 after tax. For that financial year LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE recorded a gross margin of € 129,882 and equity of € 283,625. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -3,752 to € -7,761. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 23, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 283,625

▼ 3% vs 2024

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

Loss Caution

€ -7,761

▼ 107 % more loss than in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 66,661

▲ 218% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Caution

Loss, nothing to pay out

Reserves fell to € 221,625.

People and assets in 2025

Wage cost

€ 105,282

▲ 3% vs 2024

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

€ 1,999

▼ 73% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

€ 1,208

▼ 36% vs 2024

Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.

Owed to suppliers

€ 108,172

▲ 13% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 11,584

▼ 4% 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	€ 170,720 Gross margin 2022: € 170,720 First fiscal year in the series	€ 204,339 Gross margin 2023: € 204,339 ▲ 20% vs 2022 (€ 170,720) Favourable step	€ 114,445 Gross margin 2024: € 114,445 ▼ 44% vs 2023 (€ 204,339) Unfavourable step	€ 129,882 Gross margin 2025: € 129,882 ▲ 13% vs 2024 (€ 114,445) Favourable step	▲ 13%
Profit after taxes	€ 13,792 Profit after taxes 2022: € 13,792 First fiscal year in the series	€ 36,742 Profit after taxes 2023: € 36,742 ▲ 166% vs 2022 (€ 13,792) Favourable step	€ -3,752 Profit after taxes 2024: € -3,752 ▼ € 40,494 vs 2023 (€ 36,742) Unfavourable step	€ -7,761 Profit after taxes 2025: € -7,761 ▼ € 4,009 vs 2024 (€ -3,752) Unfavourable step	▼ € 4,009
Equity	€ 258,396 Equity 2022: € 258,396 First fiscal year in the series	€ 295,138 Equity 2023: € 295,138 ▲ 14% vs 2022 (€ 258,396) Favourable step	€ 291,386 Equity 2024: € 291,386 ▼ 1% vs 2023 (€ 295,138) Unfavourable step	€ 283,625 Equity 2025: € 283,625 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 291,386) Unfavourable step	▼ 3%
Total debts	€ 151,683 Total debts 2022: € 151,683 First fiscal year in the series	€ 78,049 Total debts 2023: € 78,049 ▼ 49% vs 2022 (€ 151,683) Favourable step	€ 111,304 Total debts 2024: € 111,304 ▲ 43% vs 2023 (€ 78,049) Unfavourable step	€ 122,805 Total debts 2025: € 122,805 ▲ 10% vs 2024 (€ 111,304) Unfavourable step	▲ 10%
Cash	€ 11,584 Cash 2022: € 11,584 First fiscal year in the series	€ 88,188 Cash 2023: € 88,188 ▲ € 76,604 vs 2022 (€ 11,584) Favourable step	€ 20,987 Cash 2024: € 20,987 ▼ 76% vs 2023 (€ 88,188) Unfavourable step	€ 66,661 Cash 2025: € 66,661 ▲ 218% vs 2024 (€ 20,987) Favourable step	▲ 218%
Retained profit	€ 196,396 Retained profit 2022: € 196,396 First fiscal year in the series	€ 233,138 Retained profit 2023: € 233,138 ▲ 19% vs 2022 (€ 196,396) Favourable step	€ 229,386 Retained profit 2024: € 229,386 ▼ 2% vs 2023 (€ 233,138) Unfavourable step	€ 221,625 Retained profit 2025: € 221,625 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 229,386) Unfavourable step	▼ 3%
Bank debt	€ 3,662 Bank debt 2022: € 3,662 First fiscal year in the series	€ 593 Bank debt 2023: € 593 ▼ 84% vs 2022 (€ 3,662) Favourable step	€ 1,899 Bank debt 2024: € 1,899 ▲ 220% vs 2023 (€ 593) Unfavourable step	€ 1,208 Bank debt 2025: € 1,208 ▼ 36% vs 2024 (€ 1,899) Favourable step	▼ 36%
Balance sheet total	€ 410,079 Balance sheet total 2022: € 410,079 First fiscal year in the series	€ 373,187 Balance sheet total 2023: € 373,187 ▼ 9% vs 2022 (€ 410,079) Unchanged	€ 402,690 Balance sheet total 2024: € 402,690 ▲ 8% vs 2023 (€ 373,187) Unchanged	€ 406,430 Balance sheet total 2025: € 406,430 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 402,690) Unchanged	▲ 1%
Employees (FTE)	3.9 Employees (FTE) 2022: 3.9 First fiscal year in the series	-	-	-

Key figures of LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE, 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 LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE?

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

Jun 23, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 7,761. Source: NBB ↗
Jan 1, 1968 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
Mar 1, 1966 New establishment in Etterbeek. KBO

In short

From € 13,792 profit in 2022 to € 7,761 loss in 2025.

Paid € 6,528 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 36,742 profit.

On average € 43,800 of value added per employee in 2022.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Michel Defossez

LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE

Behind LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE is Michel Defossez.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Michel Defossez

Director

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Olmstraat 1

1040 Etterbeek

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

Website

HTTPS libeurop.eu

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Hosting & Email

Email provider

Self-hosted

Hosting

OVH, FR

Domain

libeurop.eu

Registrar

EuroDNS S.A.

Website info

HTTPS Ja

Indexable pages 53,078

Languages EN, FR

Features

Webshop Client portal Contact page

Security

✓ HTTPS

✓ SPF

✓ DMARC

Details

Company number

0403.517.921

VAT number

BE 0403.517.921

Registered office

Olmstraat 1, 1040 Etterbeek

Names & denominations

LA LIBRAIRIE EUROPEENNE · Europa S.A., The European Booksch LTD. · DE EUROPESE BOEKHANDEL-DIE EUROPAISCHE BUCHHANDLUNG-LA LIBRERIA EUROPEA-THE EUROPEAN BOOKSCHOP

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

1 January 1968

Peppol

Active · Active since 20 Nov 2020

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