Warning lights
Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 20 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Busy address KBO
38 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
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Not on Peppol Peppol
Not registered in the Peppol network, mandatory for VAT-liable companies since 1 January 2026.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Edm. J.M. Mertens en Compagnie from Antwerpen, company number BE0404595611, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -34,244 after tax. For that financial year Edm. J.M. Mertens en Compagnie recorded a gross margin of € 108,195 and equity of € 602,715. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -71,730 to € -34,244. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 18, 2025.
€ 602,715
▼ 5% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -34,244
▲ 52 % less loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 134,051
▼ 39% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 571,729.
People and assets in 2025
€ 8,382
▲ € 8,269 vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 34,333
▼ 34% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 897,757
▼ 4% vs 2024
€ 49,780 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 18 years.
€ 6,493
▼ 62% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 11,736
▲ 161% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 42,919 | € 957,700 | € 61,375 | € 108,195 | ▲ 76% |
| Profit after taxes | € 7,160 | € 587,392 | € -71,730 | € -34,244 | ▲ € 37,486 |
| Equity | € 306,410 | € 708,689 | € 636,960 | € 602,715 | ▼ 5% |
| Total debts | € 12,180 | € 2,670,339 | € 1,677,570 | € 1,546,719 | ▼ 8% |
| Cash | € 19,244 | € 378,708 | € 219,056 | € 134,051 | ▼ 39% |
| Land & buildings | € 272,525 | € 1,899,702 | € 1,944,011 | € 1,862,951 | ▼ 4% |
| Retained profit | € 90,311 | € 677,703 | € 605,973 | € 571,729 | ▼ 6% |
| Bank debt | € 0 | € 955,805 | € 934,975 | € 897,757 | ▼ 4% |
| Balance sheet total | € 318,590 | € 3,587,551 | € 2,512,427 | € 2,336,707 | ▼ 7% |
Key figures of Edm. J.M. Mertens en Compagnie, 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 October 2026.
What happened to Edm. J.M. Mertens en Compagnie?
What happened at Edm. J.M. Mertens en Compagnie in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 34,244. Source: NBB ↗
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
In short
From € 7,160 profit in 2022 to € 34,244 loss in 2025.
Paid € 1,395 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 587,392 profit.
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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
Behind Edm. J.M. Mertens en Compagnie is Michel Mertens.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Michel Mertens
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Filip Williotstraat 9
2600 Antwerpen
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What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0404.595.611
- VAT number
- BE 0404.595.611
- Registered office
- Filip Williotstraat 9, 2600 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- Edm. J.M. Mertens en Compagnie
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 6 November 1959
- Peppol
- Not registered
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