What does ara Shoes BELUX do?

ara Shoes BELUX is a wholesaler in Brussel. Public Limited, started on 15 July 1955, 1 establishment.

What is the address of ara Shoes BELUX?

The registered office of ara Shoes BELUX is located at Atomiumsquare 1 box 296, 1020 Brussel.

Is ara Shoes BELUX still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) ara Shoes BELUX is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 15 July 1955.

Is ara Shoes BELUX registered on Peppol?

Yes, ara Shoes BELUX is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0403793380.

What is the enterprise number of ara Shoes BELUX?

The enterprise number of ara Shoes BELUX is BE0403793380.

When was ara Shoes BELUX founded?

ara Shoes BELUX was founded on 15 July 1955.

Who are the directors of ara Shoes BELUX?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of ara Shoes BELUX are: Luc De Vlieger.

Is ara Shoes BELUX a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 15 July 1955; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 1 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did ara Shoes BELUX make in 2025?

ara Shoes BELUX recorded a loss after taxes of € 67,911 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of ara Shoes BELUX?

As a small company, ara Shoes BELUX is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 304,730.

How much does an employee at ara Shoes BELUX earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at ara Shoes BELUX was € 127,500 in 2025: staff costs of € 357,018 for 2.8 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does ara Shoes BELUX have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, ara Shoes BELUX has 2.8 full-time equivalents (FTE).

ara Shoes BELUX (Public Limited) - Brussel - BE0403793380

Dossier ara Shoes BELUX, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0403793380/ara-shoes-belux. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Warning lights

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.
Busy address KBO

57 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.

Financials

Financial year 2025

ara Shoes BELUX from Brussel, company number BE0403793380, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -67,911 after tax. For that financial year ara Shoes BELUX recorded a gross margin of € 304,730 and equity of € 8,965. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -2,096 to € -67,911. The company made a loss. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 88 % below last year. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 16, 2026.

What it is worth Shrank hard

€ 8,965

▼ 88% vs 2024

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

Loss Caution

€ -67,911

▼ 3141 % more loss than in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 18,540

▲ 83% 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 € -53,035.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

2.8

▼ 0.2 vs 2024

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost

€ 357,018

▲ 1% vs 2024

€ 127,500 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

€ 207

▼ 77% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

None

No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.

Owed to suppliers

€ 63,019

▲ 8% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 45,114

▲ 1% 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	€ 394,968 Gross margin 2022: € 394,968 First fiscal year in the series	€ 380,184 Gross margin 2023: € 380,184 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 394,968) Unfavourable step	€ 368,990 Gross margin 2024: € 368,990 ▼ 3% vs 2023 (€ 380,184) Unfavourable step	€ 304,730 Gross margin 2025: € 304,730 ▼ 17% vs 2024 (€ 368,990) Unfavourable step	▼ 17%
Profit after taxes	€ -27,220 Profit after taxes 2022: € -27,220 First fiscal year in the series	€ -21,726 Profit after taxes 2023: € -21,726 ▲ € 5,494 vs 2022 (€ -27,220) Favourable step	€ -2,096 Profit after taxes 2024: € -2,096 ▲ € 19,630 vs 2023 (€ -21,726) Favourable step	€ -67,911 Profit after taxes 2025: € -67,911 ▼ € 65,815 vs 2024 (€ -2,096) Unfavourable step	▼ € 65,815
Equity	€ 100,697 Equity 2022: € 100,697 First fiscal year in the series	€ 78,971 Equity 2023: € 78,971 ▼ 22% vs 2022 (€ 100,697) Unfavourable step	€ 76,875 Equity 2024: € 76,875 ▼ 3% vs 2023 (€ 78,971) Unfavourable step	€ 8,965 Equity 2025: € 8,965 ▼ 88% vs 2024 (€ 76,875) Unfavourable step	▼ 88%
Total debts	€ 124,478 Total debts 2022: € 124,478 First fiscal year in the series	€ 112,977 Total debts 2023: € 112,977 ▼ 9% vs 2022 (€ 124,478) Favourable step	€ 117,574 Total debts 2024: € 117,574 ▲ 4% vs 2023 (€ 112,977) Unfavourable step	€ 108,133 Total debts 2025: € 108,133 ▼ 8% vs 2024 (€ 117,574) Favourable step	▼ 8%
Cash	€ 11,908 Cash 2022: € 11,908 First fiscal year in the series	€ 13,792 Cash 2023: € 13,792 ▲ 16% vs 2022 (€ 11,908) Favourable step	€ 10,107 Cash 2024: € 10,107 ▼ 27% vs 2023 (€ 13,792) Unfavourable step	€ 18,540 Cash 2025: € 18,540 ▲ 83% vs 2024 (€ 10,107) Favourable step	▲ 83%
Retained profit	€ 38,697 Retained profit 2022: € 38,697 First fiscal year in the series	€ 16,971 Retained profit 2023: € 16,971 ▼ 56% vs 2022 (€ 38,697) Unfavourable step	€ 14,875 Retained profit 2024: € 14,875 ▼ 12% vs 2023 (€ 16,971) Unfavourable step	€ -53,035 Retained profit 2025: € -53,035 ▼ € 67,911 vs 2024 (€ 14,875) Unfavourable step	▼ € 67,911
Balance sheet total	€ 225,175 Balance sheet total 2022: € 225,175 First fiscal year in the series	€ 191,949 Balance sheet total 2023: € 191,949 ▼ 15% vs 2022 (€ 225,175) Unchanged	€ 194,449 Balance sheet total 2024: € 194,449 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 191,949) Unchanged	€ 117,098 Balance sheet total 2025: € 117,098 ▼ 40% vs 2024 (€ 194,449) Unchanged	▼ 40%
Employees (FTE)	3 Employees (FTE) 2022: 3 First fiscal year in the series	3.1 Employees (FTE) 2023: 3.1 ▲ 0.1 vs 2022 (3) Unchanged	3 Employees (FTE) 2024: 3 ▼ 0.1 vs 2023 (3.1) Unchanged	2.8 Employees (FTE) 2025: 2.8 ▼ 0.2 vs 2024 (3) Unchanged	▼ 0.2

Key figures of ara Shoes BELUX, 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 ara Shoes BELUX?

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

Jun 16, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 67,911. Source: NBB ↗
Jul 15, 1955 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
Jul 1, 1955 New establishment in Brussel. KBO

In short

From € 27,220 loss in 2022 to € 67,911 loss in 2025.

Paid € 4,623 in corporate taxes since 2022.

On average € 108,800 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Luc De Vlieger

ara Shoes BELUX

Behind ara Shoes BELUX is Luc De Vlieger.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Luc De Vlieger

Director

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Atomiumsquare 1 box 296

1020 Brussel

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Company number

0403.793.380

VAT number

BE 0403.793.380

Registered office

Atomiumsquare 1 bus 296, 1020 Brussel

Names & denominations

ara Shoes BELUX

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

15 July 1955

Peppol

Active · Active since 7 Jan 2025

Activities · NACE

Groothandel in schoeisel

Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in textiel, kleding, bont, schoeisel en lederwaren

Handelsbemiddeling in textiel, kleding, schoeisel en artikelen van leer

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