Warning lights
Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
-
Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 21 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Bureau Voor Technische Controle from Antwerpen, company number BE0404288971, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 4.3 million after tax. For that financial year Bureau Voor Technische Controle recorded revenue of € 28.6 million and equity of € 34.9 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 3.7 million to € 4.3 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 April 28, 2026.
€ 34.9 million
▲ 3% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 4.3 million
▲ 15% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 953,445
▼ 20% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 3.2 million paid out
75 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to KBTC Holding NV (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
204.3
▲ 4 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 17.8 million
▲ 6% vs 2024
€ 87,300 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.
€ 298,707
▼ 15% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 16.8 million
▼ 5% vs 2024
€ 832,500 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 20 years.
€ 1.6 million
▼ 24% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 61 days on average.
€ 3.2 million
▲ 15% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 24,200,777 | € 26,740,830 | € 27,355,497 | € 28,592,546 | ▲ 5% |
| Profit after taxes | € 3,707,722 | € 3,437,916 | € 3,712,721 | € 4,253,900 | ▲ 15% |
| Equity | € 32,752,785 | € 33,190,701 | € 33,803,423 | € 34,857,323 | ▲ 3% |
| Total debts | € 27,055,165 | € 30,664,304 | € 29,530,325 | € 28,102,869 | ▼ 5% |
| Cash | € 5,727,726 | € 10,001,863 | € 1,191,205 | € 953,445 | ▼ 20% |
| Land & buildings | € 2,983,247 | € 2,603,742 | € 2,414,193 | € 2,440,683 | ▲ 1% |
| Retained profit | € 19,328,785 | € 19,766,701 | € 20,379,423 | € 21,433,323 | ▲ 5% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 3,000,000 | € 3,100,000 | € 3,200,000 | ▲ 3% |
| Bank debt | € 19,311,250 | € 18,478,750 | € 17,646,250 | € 16,813,750 | ▼ 5% |
| Balance sheet total | € 59,908,141 | € 63,948,187 | € 63,421,879 | € 63,050,491 | ▼ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 191.3 | 189.4 | 200.3 | 204.3 | ▲ 4 |
Key figures of Bureau Voor Technische Controle, 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 Bureau Voor Technische Controle?
What happened at Bureau Voor Technische Controle in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Luc Leroy stepped down as director. NBB
- Luc Vanden Bussche stepped down as director. NBB
- KATLEEN VAN LAER stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 4.3 million (▲ 15% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Luc Leroy became a director. NBB
- Luc Vanden Bussche became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Alken. KBO
- KATLEEN VAN LAER became a director. NBB
In short
From € 3.7 million profit in 2022 to € 4.3 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 1.2 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 4.3 million profit.
Paid out € 9.3 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The shares are held by KBTC Holding NV (100%) and Autoveiligheid NV (0%). It owns 100% of Centrum voor Technische Automobielinspectie and 100% of Autoveiligheid itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Luc Leroy
Director
Also active at: CENTRUM VOOR TECHNISCHE AUTOMOBIELINSPECTIE, Autoveiligheid, VINCOTTE, Vinçotte International, VINCOTTE ACADEMY, VINÇOTTE, KBTC Holding
since 2025 · until 2031
KATLEEN VAN LAER
Managing director
Also active at: CENTRUM VOOR TECHNISCHE AUTOMOBIELINSPECTIE, Autoveiligheid, groupement des societes agrees de controle automobile et du permis de conduire groepering van erkende ondernemingen voor autokeuring en rijbewijs
since 2023 · until 2029
Luc Vanden Bussche
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
Shareholders
100%
Participations
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Santvoortbeeklaan 34-36
2100 Antwerpen
Noorderlaan 34-3
2060 Antwerpen
Active since 1 January 1944
Pierre Van den Eedenstraat 100
2660 Antwerpen
Active since 1 January 1944
Sint Jobsesteenweg 134
2930 Brasschaat
Active since 1 January 1944
Neerveld 3 A
2550 Kontich
Active since 19 June 1997
Ambachtsstraat 17
2390 Malle
Active since 20 September 2005
Brusselsesteenweg 460
2800 Mechelen
Active since 10 December 2014
Saturnusstraat 8
3290 Diest
Active since 10 December 2014
Lammerdries 7
2440 Geel
Active since 10 December 2014
Wouwerstraat 5 box A
2220 Heist-op-den-Berg
Active since 10 December 2014
Hoeikensstraat 1 box B
2830 Willebroek
Active since 10 December 2014
Veedijk 40
2300 Turnhout
Active since 9 May 2016
Lanklaarsesteenweg 5
3665 As
Active since 12 January 2018
Ambachtenlaan 10
3001 Leuven
Active since 1 April 2018
Wingepark 3
3110 Rotselaar
Active since 16 January 2020
Industrieterrein Kolmen 1308
3570 Alken
Active since 1 January 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
- 0404.288.971
- VAT number
- BE 0404.288.971
- Registered office
- Santvoortbeeklaan 34-36, 2100 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- Bureau Voor Technische Controle · BTC
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 7 January 1944
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 17 Sept 2025
- Activities · NACE
Technische controle van motorvoertuigen
Automobielinspectie en overige diagnosecentra voor auto's