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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Estée Lauder Cosmetics from Machelen (Brab.), company number BE0403769032, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1.1 million after tax. For that financial year Estée Lauder Cosmetics recorded revenue of € 47.6 million and equity of € -1.7 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 2.6 million to € 1.1 million. The company is profitable. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on March 3, 2026.
€ -1.7 million
▲ € 1.1 million vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 1.1 million
▼ 58% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 353,454
▲ 74% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € -1.7 million.
People and assets in 2025
200.4
▼ 5.6 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 20.4 million
▲ 8% vs 2024
€ 101,700 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.
€ 49,991
▼ 47% 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.
€ 11.1 million
▼ 16% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 93 days on average.
€ 6.4 million
▲ 7% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 45,881,795 | € 49,660,585 | € 50,337,931 | € 47,593,462 | ▼ 5% |
| Profit after taxes | € 298,059 | € -574,149 | € 2,640,207 | € 1,118,034 | ▼ 58% |
| Equity | € -4,847,666 | € -5,421,815 | € -2,781,608 | € -1,663,574 | ▲ € 1.1 million |
| Total debts | € 21,212,357 | € 17,458,094 | € 20,367,601 | € 22,391,156 | ▲ 10% |
| Cash | € 205,356 | € 241,667 | € 203,046 | € 353,454 | ▲ 74% |
| Retained profit | € -4,912,666 | € -5,486,815 | € -2,846,608 | € -1,728,574 | ▲ € 1.1 million |
| Balance sheet total | € 16,364,691 | € 12,036,279 | € 17,585,993 | € 20,727,582 | ▲ 18% |
| Employees (FTE) | 190.3 | 198.8 | 206 | 200.4 | ▼ 5.6 |
Key figures of Estée Lauder Cosmetics, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 January 2027.
What happened to Estée Lauder Cosmetics?
What happened at Estée Lauder Cosmetics in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Franck Besnard stepped down as director. NBB
- Akhil Shrivastava stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1.1 million (▼ 58% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Franck Besnard became a director. NBB
- Isabelle DE COCK stepped down as director. NBB
- Peter Jueptner stepped down as director. NBB
- Akhil Shrivastava became a director. NBB
- Tracey TRAVIS stepped down as director. NBB
In short
From € 298,059 profit in 2022 to € 1.1 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 535,734 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 2.6 million profit.
Pays suppliers within 93 days on average.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
The shares are held by Estee Lauder Belgium BV (99%) and Estée Lauder Europe Inc. (1%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Peter Jueptner
Director
since 2022 · until 2025
Tracey TRAVIS
Director
since 2018 · until 2024
Isabelle DE COCK
Managing director
since 2018 · until 2025
Akhil Shrivastava
Director
since 2024 · until 2029
Franck Besnard
Managing director
since 2025 · until 2030
Shareholders
Estée Lauder Europe Inc.
1%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Leonardo da Vincilaan 19C box 2
1831 Machelen (Brab.)
Leonardo da Vincilaan 19c box 2
1831 Machelen (Brab.)
Active since 1 January 1968
Zetellaan(E) 100 box 40
3630 Maasmechelen
Active since 17 October 2016
Rue du Pot-d'Or 5
4000 Liège
Active since 10 November 2011
Schrijnwerkersstraat 21-23
2000 Antwerpen
Active since 1 March 2007
Turnhoutsebaan 5 box 126
2110 Wijnegem
Active since 1 September 2008
Wapper 18
2000 Antwerpen
Active since 15 December 2016
Nieuwstraat 69
1000 Brussel
Active since 3 October 2013
St-Lambrechts-Woluwelaan 70 box 106
1200 Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe
Active since 4 May 2012
Zuidzandstraat 20
8000 Brugge
Active since 1 October 2014
Place de l'Accueil 10/80
1348 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
Active since 30 June 2014
Snelwegstraat 7
2260 Westerlo
Active since 3 January 1977
Place Verte 20 nr.218
6000 Charleroi
Active since 1 December 2017
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 5 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0403.769.032
- VAT number
- BE 0403.769.032
- Registered office
- Leonardo da Vincilaan 19C bus 2, 1831 Machelen (Brab.)
- Names & denominations
- Estée Lauder Cosmetics
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 12 December 1966
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 28 Jan 2026
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