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Financials
Financial year 2025
BASF Antwerpen from Antwerpen, company number BE0404754472, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 174.7 million after tax. For that financial year BASF Antwerpen recorded revenue of € 5.7 billion and equity of € 998.9 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 501.1 million to € 174.7 million. The company is profitable. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on May 4, 2026.
€ 998.9 million
▼ 11% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 174.7 million
▼ 65% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 143,173
▼ 97% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 300 million paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
3,640.9
▼ 66.6 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 539.6 million
▲ 3% vs 2024
€ 148,200 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.
€ 12.6 million
▲ 31% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 500 million
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 442.4 million
▼ 18% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 36 days on average.
€ 115 million
▲ 13% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 9,094,817,547 | € 5,988,001,531 | € 6,447,598,375 | € 5,687,235,701 | ▼ 12% |
| Profit after taxes | € 849,553,013 | € 474,746,378 | € 501,079,179 | € 174,681,005 | ▼ 65% |
| Equity | € 5,440,993,220 | € 2,498,142,693 | € 1,124,221,872 | € 998,902,877 | ▼ 11% |
| Total debts | € 1,330,285,150 | € 1,728,152,748 | € 1,539,476,964 | € 1,086,101,251 | ▼ 29% |
| Cash | € 3,422,030 | € 597,777 | € 4,565,525 | € 143,173 | ▼ 97% |
| Land & buildings | € 90,839,558 | € 146,516,302 | € 169,002,953 | € 179,872,999 | ▲ 6% |
| Retained profit | € 3,247,989,688 | € 305,139,161 | € 431,218,341 | € 305,899,345 | ▼ 29% |
| Dividend | € 4,500,000,000 | € 3,417,596,905 | € 375,000,000 | € 300,000,000 | ▼ 20% |
| Bank debt | € 500,000,000 | € 500,000,000 | € 500,000,000 | € 500,000,000 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 7,116,228,817 | € 4,579,702,862 | € 3,011,316,857 | € 2,377,457,374 | ▼ 21% |
| Employees (FTE) | 3,506.2 | 3,642.2 | 3,707.5 | 3,640.9 | ▼ 66.6 |
Key figures of BASF Antwerpen, 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 BASF Antwerpen?
What happened at BASF Antwerpen in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Thorsten Oberreuther stepped down as director. NBB
- Reiner Geier stepped down as director. NBB
- Peter Schwab stepped down as director. NBB
- Jan Nouwen stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 174.7 million (▼ 65% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Helmut Winterling stepped down as director. NBB
- Dominik Winter stepped down as director. NBB
- Thorsten Oberreuther became a director. NBB
In short
From € 849.6 million profit in 2022 to € 174.7 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 700.9 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 849.6 million profit.
Paid out € 8.6 billion in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The shares are held by BASF Handels- und Exportgesellschaft (100%) and BASF SE. It owns 100% of BASF Chemicals Company Ltd., 100% of BASF Agricultural Solutions Belgium, 100% of BASF Fuel Cell GmbH, 100% of BASF Belgium Coordination Center Comm V., 100% of BASF Pharma Belgium and 50% of Zandvliet Power NV itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Uwe Liebelt
Lid van de Raad van Toezicht
since 2020 · until 2025
Thorsten Oberreuther
Lid van de Raad van Toezicht
since 2026 · until 2029
Reiner Geier
Lid van de Raad van Toezicht
since 2026 · until 2029
Helmut Winterling
Lid van de Raad van Toezicht
since 2025 · until 2026
Sven Crone
Lid van de Raad van Toezicht
since 2024 · until 2025
Dominik Winter
Lid van de Raad van Toezicht
since 2026 · until 2026
Peter Schwab
Lid van de Raad van Toezicht
since 2026 · until 2029
Katja Scharpwinkel
Voorzitter van de Raad van Toezicht
since 2024 · until 2025
Jan Nouwen
Lid van de Raad van Toezicht
since 2024 · until 2029
Shareholders
BASF Handels- und Exportgesellschaft
100%
Participations
BASF Chemicals Company Ltd.
100%
BASF Fuel Cell GmbH
100%
100%
Pyrum Innovations AG
6%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Scheldelaan 600
2040 Antwerpen
Parc Industriel de Feluy
7181 Seneffe
Active since 11 October 2001
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- Company number
- 0404.754.472
- VAT number
- BE 0404.754.472
- Registered office
- Scheldelaan 600, 2040 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- BASF Antwerpen
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 10 December 1964
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 29 May 2026
- Contact
- basf.be
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