BENS is a wholesaler in Westerlo. Public Limited, started on 1 May 1961, 1 establishment.

What is the address of BENS?

The registered office of BENS is located at Nijverheidsstraat 24, 2260 Westerlo.

Is BENS still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) BENS is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 1 May 1961.

Is BENS registered on Peppol?

Yes, BENS is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0404141788.

What is the enterprise number of BENS?

The enterprise number of BENS is BE0404141788.

When was BENS founded?

BENS was founded on 1 May 1961.

Who are the directors of BENS?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of BENS are: Dany CORNELIS, Marcel LAEREMANS, Patrick VANDEN AVENNE, Maurits VANDEN AVENNE.

Is BENS a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 1 May 1961; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 4 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did BENS make in 2025?

BENS posted a profit after taxes of € 1,979,484 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of BENS?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), BENS reported revenue of € 120,730,130.

How much does an employee at BENS earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at BENS was € 74,500 in 2025: staff costs of € 2.5 million for 33.4 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does BENS have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, BENS has 33.4 full-time equivalents (FTE).

BENS (Public Limited) - Westerlo - BE0404141788

Dossier BENS, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0404141788/bens. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

BENS from Westerlo, company number BE0404141788, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 2 million after tax. For that financial year BENS recorded revenue of € 120.7 million and equity of € 17.4 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1.7 million to € 2 million. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 9, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 17.4 million

▲ 13% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 2 million

▲ 14% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 1.3 million

▼ 51% 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 € 16.7 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

33.4

▲ 3.2 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: € 22.5 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 2.5 million

▲ 30% vs 2024

€ 74,500 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

€ 812,577

▲ € 636,000 vs 2024

Of which on lease € 696,753.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 4 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.

€ 9.7 million

▼ 31% vs 2024

€ 1.9 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 9.4 million

▲ 15% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 30 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 740,263

▲ 59% 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	€ 120,489,384 Revenue 2022: € 120,489,384 First fiscal year in the series	€ 130,694,018 Revenue 2023: € 130,694,018 ▲ 8% vs 2022 (€ 120,489,384) Favourable step	€ 131,045,497 Revenue 2024: € 131,045,497 Unchanged (€ 130,694,018) Favourable step	€ 120,730,130 Revenue 2025: € 120,730,130 ▼ 8% vs 2024 (€ 131,045,497) Unfavourable step	▼ 8%
Profit after taxes	€ 2,662,998 Profit after taxes 2022: € 2,662,998 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,694,533 Profit after taxes 2023: € 2,694,533 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 2,662,998) Favourable step	€ 1,741,204 Profit after taxes 2024: € 1,741,204 ▼ 35% vs 2023 (€ 2,694,533) Unfavourable step	€ 1,979,484 Profit after taxes 2025: € 1,979,484 ▲ 14% vs 2024 (€ 1,741,204) Favourable step	▲ 14%
Equity	€ 10,984,753 Equity 2022: € 10,984,753 First fiscal year in the series	€ 13,679,286 Equity 2023: € 13,679,286 ▲ 25% vs 2022 (€ 10,984,753) Favourable step	€ 15,420,490 Equity 2024: € 15,420,490 ▲ 13% vs 2023 (€ 13,679,286) Favourable step	€ 17,399,973 Equity 2025: € 17,399,973 ▲ 13% vs 2024 (€ 15,420,490) Favourable step	▲ 13%
Total debts	€ 22,232,059 Total debts 2022: € 22,232,059 First fiscal year in the series	€ 24,578,543 Total debts 2023: € 24,578,543 ▲ 11% vs 2022 (€ 22,232,059) Unfavourable step	€ 23,862,681 Total debts 2024: € 23,862,681 ▼ 3% vs 2023 (€ 24,578,543) Favourable step	€ 20,681,720 Total debts 2025: € 20,681,720 ▼ 13% vs 2024 (€ 23,862,681) Favourable step	▼ 13%
Cash	€ 4,743,841 Cash 2022: € 4,743,841 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,994,451 Cash 2023: € 3,994,451 ▼ 16% vs 2022 (€ 4,743,841) Unfavourable step	€ 2,595,030 Cash 2024: € 2,595,030 ▼ 35% vs 2023 (€ 3,994,451) Unfavourable step	€ 1,271,062 Cash 2025: € 1,271,062 ▼ 51% vs 2024 (€ 2,595,030) Unfavourable step	▼ 51%
Land & buildings	€ 2,110,958 Land & buildings 2022: € 2,110,958 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,015,004 Land & buildings 2023: € 2,015,004 ▼ 5% vs 2022 (€ 2,110,958) Unchanged	€ 1,960,983 Land & buildings 2024: € 1,960,983 ▼ 3% vs 2023 (€ 2,015,004) Unchanged	€ 2,439,747 Land & buildings 2025: € 2,439,747 ▲ 24% vs 2024 (€ 1,960,983) Unchanged	▲ 24%
Retained profit	€ 10,303,455 Retained profit 2022: € 10,303,455 First fiscal year in the series	€ 12,997,988 Retained profit 2023: € 12,997,988 ▲ 26% vs 2022 (€ 10,303,455) Favourable step	€ 14,739,192 Retained profit 2024: € 14,739,192 ▲ 13% vs 2023 (€ 12,997,988) Favourable step	€ 16,718,675 Retained profit 2025: € 16,718,675 ▲ 13% vs 2024 (€ 14,739,192) Favourable step	▲ 13%
Dividend	€ 1,000,000 Dividend 2022: € 1,000,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 0 Dividend 2023: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2022 (€ 1,000,000) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2024: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2025: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged
Bank debt	€ 9,149,898 Bank debt 2022: € 9,149,898 First fiscal year in the series	€ 15,398,695 Bank debt 2023: € 15,398,695 ▲ 68% vs 2022 (€ 9,149,898) Unfavourable step	€ 13,960,994 Bank debt 2024: € 13,960,994 ▼ 9% vs 2023 (€ 15,398,695) Favourable step	€ 9,690,809 Bank debt 2025: € 9,690,809 ▼ 31% vs 2024 (€ 13,960,994) Favourable step	▼ 31%
Balance sheet total	€ 34,066,790 Balance sheet total 2022: € 34,066,790 First fiscal year in the series	€ 39,100,645 Balance sheet total 2023: € 39,100,645 ▲ 15% vs 2022 (€ 34,066,790) Unchanged	€ 40,118,825 Balance sheet total 2024: € 40,118,825 ▲ 3% vs 2023 (€ 39,100,645) Unchanged	€ 38,913,293 Balance sheet total 2025: € 38,913,293 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 40,118,825) Unchanged	▼ 3%
Employees (FTE)	32.4 Employees (FTE) 2022: 32.4 First fiscal year in the series	30.6 Employees (FTE) 2023: 30.6 ▼ 1.8 vs 2022 (32.4) Unchanged	30.2 Employees (FTE) 2024: 30.2 ▼ 0.4 vs 2023 (30.6) Unchanged	33.4 Employees (FTE) 2025: 33.4 ▲ 3.2 vs 2024 (30.2) Unchanged	▲ 3.2

Key figures of BENS, 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 BENS?

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

2029 Dany CORNELIS stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Marcel LAEREMANS stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Patrick VANDEN AVENNE stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Maurits VANDEN AVENNE stepped down as director. NBB
Jul 9, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 2 million (▲ 14% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2023 Dany CORNELIS became a director. NBB
2023 Marcel LAEREMANS became a director. NBB
2023 Patrick VANDEN AVENNE became a director. NBB

In short

From € 2.7 million profit in 2022 to € 2 million profit in 2025.

Paid € 3.3 million in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 2.7 million profit.

Paid out € 1 million in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

VANDEN AVENNE VRIESHUIS 100%

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

BENS

SUS CAMPINIAE 100%

The shares are held by VANDEN AVENNE VRIESHUIS (100%). It owns 100% of SUS CAMPINIAE itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Dany CORNELIS

Director

Also active at: Jan Schots, BENS Deli, Sus Campiniae, Bens Retail, HalalSupply

since 2023 · until 2029

Marcel LAEREMANS

Managing director

Also active at: Jan Schots, BENS BEST QUALITY, IMMOLA, BENS Deli, HEIST VEE VLEES, Sus Campiniae, Bens Retail, HalalSupply

since 2023 · until 2029

Patrick VANDEN AVENNE

Managing director

Also active at: Jan Schots, Isarick, BENS Deli, ISPAHAN, Sus Campiniae, Bens Retail, HalalSupply

since 2023 · until 2029

Maurits VANDEN AVENNE

Director

Also active at: Jan Schots, VANDEN AVENNE VRIESHUIS, BENS Deli, ISPAHAN, Sus Campiniae, Bens Retail, HalalSupply

since 2023 · until 2029

Shareholders

VANDEN AVENNE VRIESHUIS

100%

Participations

SUS CAMPINIAE

100%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Nijverheidsstraat 24

2260 Westerlo

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 4 companies are registered at this address.

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BENS BEST QUALITY same network

€ 54,861 gross margin · 2025

HEIST VEE VLEES same network

€ -6,315 gross margin · 2025

Sus Campiniae same network

€ 23 million revenue · 2025

Bens Retail same network

€ 60.9 million revenue · 2025

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

Details

Company number

0404.141.788

VAT number

BE 0404.141.788

Registered office

Nijverheidsstraat 24, 2260 Westerlo

Names & denominations

BENS

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

1 May 1961

Peppol

Active · Active since 8 Jul 2025

Activities · NACE

Groothandel in vlees en vleesproducten, uitgezonderd vlees van wild en van gevogelte

Groothandel in vlees en vleeswaren, exclusief vlees van gevogelte en van wild

Groothandel in akkerbouwproducten en veevoeders, algemeen assortiment

Groothandel in granen, zaden en diervoeders

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

BENS

Financials

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Directors

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