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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 216.1 to 190.2.
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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2023.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Etablissements L. Lacroix Fils from Antwerpen, company number BE0404266702, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 218.8 million after tax. For that financial year Etablissements L. Lacroix Fils recorded revenue of € 439.6 million and equity of € 2.5 billion. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 5.7 million to € 218.8 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 March 3, 2026.
€ 2.5 billion
▲ 10% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 218.8 million
▲ € 213.1 million vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 670,203
▲ 52% 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 € 516.3 million.
People and assets in 2025
190.2
▼ 22.3 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 21.3 million
▲ 5% vs 2024
€ 111,700 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.
€ 283,142
▼ 30% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 169.2 million
▼ 55% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 18.5 million
▼ 43% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 16 days on average.
€ 22.7 million
▼ 54% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 527,380,683 | € 476,041,866 | € 468,046,730 | € 439,551,930 | ▼ 6% |
| Profit after taxes | € 10,709,514 | € -173,207,711 | € 5,669,816 | € 218,779,279 | ▲ € 213.1 million |
| Equity | € 2,932,091,128 | € 2,758,883,417 | € 2,264,553,233 | € 2,483,332,513 | ▲ 10% |
| Total debts | € 416,751,531 | € 434,531,887 | € 459,290,242 | € 210,468,158 | ▼ 54% |
| Cash | € 862 | - | € 442,212 | € 670,203 | ▲ 52% |
| Land & buildings | € 1,867,050 | € 2,096,787 | € 3,026,496 | € 3,201,674 | ▲ 6% |
| Retained profit | € 965,153,163 | € 791,945,452 | € 297,551,828 | € 516,331,107 | ▲ 74% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 500,000,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 375,000,000 | € 376,556,147 | € 377,115,998 | € 169,214,949 | ▼ 55% |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,349,935,202 | € 3,201,330,461 | € 2,729,999,877 | € 2,707,774,120 | ▼ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 229.8 | 216.1 | 212.5 | 190.2 | ▼ 22.3 |
Key figures of Etablissements L. Lacroix Fils, 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 April 2027.
What happened to Etablissements L. Lacroix Fils?
What happened at Etablissements L. Lacroix Fils in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- CHRISTINE DE BAETS stepped down as director. NBB
- JEROEN VAN ZOMEREN stepped down as director. NBB
- ANTOINE DUTHEIL DE LA ROCHÈRE stepped down as director. NBB
- BARTHOLOMEUS ALKEMADE stepped down as director. NBB
- MIGUEL DENYS stepped down as director. NBB
- KRIS SMEDTS stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 218.8 million (▲ € 213.1 million vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- CHRISTINE DE BAETS became a director. NBB
In short
From € 10.7 million profit in 2022 to € 218.8 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 1.9 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 218.8 million profit.
Paid out € 500 million in dividends to the owners in total.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
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What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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Management
The shares are held by VAN NELLE TOBACCO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS B.V. - (100%). It owns 100% of Imperial Brands Luxembourg SARL and 100% of Van Nelle Tabak Nederland BV itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
KRIS SMEDTS
Director
since 2024 · until 2030
since 2025 · until 2031
JEROEN VAN ZOMEREN
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
ANTOINE DUTHEIL DE LA ROCHÈRE
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
BARTHOLOMEUS ALKEMADE
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
MIGUEL DENYS
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
Shareholders
VAN NELLE TOBACCO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS B.V. -
100%
Participations
Imperial Brands Luxembourg SARL
100%
Van Nelle Tabak Nederland BV
100%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Sint-Bavostraat 66
2610 Antwerpen
Blarenberglaan 2C box 4
2800 Mechelen
Active since 1 January 1945
Kortenberglaan 89 box 7
1000 Brussel
Active since 28 December 2015
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0404.266.702
- VAT number
- BE 0404.266.702
- Registered office
- Sint-Bavostraat 66, 2610 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- Etablissements L. Lacroix Fils · RIZLA BELGIUM
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 17 April 1940
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 30 Dec 2025
- Contact
- 03/821.09.00
- Activities · NACE
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