What does Mercatorfonds do?

Mercatorfonds is a publisher in Brussel. Public Limited, started on 1 January 1968, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Mercatorfonds?

The registered office of Mercatorfonds is located at Zuidstraat 2, 1000 Brussel.

Is Mercatorfonds still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) Mercatorfonds is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 1 January 1968.

Is Mercatorfonds registered on Peppol?

Yes, Mercatorfonds is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0404784463.

What is the enterprise number of Mercatorfonds?

The enterprise number of Mercatorfonds is BE0404784463.

When was Mercatorfonds founded?

Mercatorfonds was founded on 1 January 1968.

Who owns Mercatorfonds?

The shares are held by FONDS D'INVESTISSEMENT DANS LES ENTREPRISES CULTURELLES "St'art" (11.1%).

Is Mercatorfonds a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 1 January 1968; 4 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2024.

How much profit did Mercatorfonds make in 2024?

Mercatorfonds posted a profit after taxes of € 19,964 in financial year 2024.

What is the revenue of Mercatorfonds?

In its most recent annual accounts (2024), Mercatorfonds reported revenue of € 969,785.

How much does an employee at Mercatorfonds earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Mercatorfonds was € 71,600 in 2024: staff costs of € 178,916 for 2.5 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Mercatorfonds have?

According to the 2024 annual accounts, Mercatorfonds has 2.5 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Does Mercatorfonds have a website?

Yes, Mercatorfonds has a website at mercatorfonds.be.

Mercatorfonds (Public Limited) - Brussel - BE0404784463

Dossier Mercatorfonds, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0404784463/mercatorfonds. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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 33 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2024

Mercatorfonds from Brussel, company number BE0404784463, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 19,964 after tax. For that financial year Mercatorfonds recorded revenue of € 969,785 and equity of € 186,474. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 4,781 to € 19,964. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 10, 2025.

What it is worth Growing

€ 186,474

▲ 12% vs 2023

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

Profit Growing

€ 19,964

▲ € 15,183 vs 2023

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € -713,526.

People and assets in 2024

Full-time equivalents

2.5

▲ 0.2 vs 2023

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost

€ 178,916

▲ 12% vs 2023

€ 71,600 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.

Debts at end 2024

Bank debt

€ 1.2 million

▼ 1% vs 2023

Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.

Owed to suppliers

€ 824,903

▼ 9% vs 2023

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.

Wages and social charges

€ 23,619

▲ 51% vs 2023

Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2021	2022	2023	2024	Change 2023 → 2024
Revenue	€ 770,620 Revenue 2021: € 770,620 First fiscal year in the series	€ 995,334 Revenue 2022: € 995,334 ▲ 29% vs 2021 (€ 770,620) Favourable step	€ 942,003 Revenue 2023: € 942,003 ▼ 5% vs 2022 (€ 995,334) Unfavourable step	€ 969,785 Revenue 2024: € 969,785 ▲ 3% vs 2023 (€ 942,003) Favourable step	▲ 3%
Gross margin	€ 25,852 Gross margin 2021: € 25,852 First fiscal year in the series	€ -1,816 Gross margin 2022: € -1,816 ▼ € 27,668 vs 2021 (€ 25,852) Unfavourable step	€ 193,715 Gross margin 2023: € 193,715 ▲ € 195,530 vs 2022 (€ -1,816) Favourable step	€ 245,820 Gross margin 2024: € 245,820 ▲ 27% vs 2023 (€ 193,715) Favourable step	▲ 27%
Profit after taxes	€ -86,500 Profit after taxes 2021: € -86,500 First fiscal year in the series	€ -116,013 Profit after taxes 2022: € -116,013 ▼ € 29,513 vs 2021 (€ -86,500) Unfavourable step	€ 4,781 Profit after taxes 2023: € 4,781 ▲ € 120,794 vs 2022 (€ -116,013) Favourable step	€ 19,964 Profit after taxes 2024: € 19,964 ▲ € 15,183 vs 2023 (€ 4,781) Favourable step	▲ € 15,183
Equity	€ 277,743 Equity 2021: € 277,743 First fiscal year in the series	€ 161,730 Equity 2022: € 161,730 ▼ 42% vs 2021 (€ 277,743) Unfavourable step	€ 166,511 Equity 2023: € 166,511 ▲ 3% vs 2022 (€ 161,730) Favourable step	€ 186,474 Equity 2024: € 186,474 ▲ 12% vs 2023 (€ 166,511) Favourable step	▲ 12%
Total debts	€ 1,979,353 Total debts 2021: € 1,979,353 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,941,259 Total debts 2022: € 1,941,259 ▼ 2% vs 2021 (€ 1,979,353) Favourable step	€ 2,275,387 Total debts 2023: € 2,275,387 ▲ 17% vs 2022 (€ 1,941,259) Unfavourable step	€ 2,356,728 Total debts 2024: € 2,356,728 ▲ 4% vs 2023 (€ 2,275,387) Unfavourable step	▲ 4%
Land & buildings	-	-	-	€ 2,413 Land & buildings 2024: € 2,413 First fiscal year in the series
Retained profit	€ -622,257 Retained profit 2021: € -622,257 First fiscal year in the series	€ -738,270 Retained profit 2022: € -738,270 ▼ € 116,013 vs 2021 (€ -622,257) Unfavourable step	€ -733,489 Retained profit 2023: € -733,489 ▲ € 4,781 vs 2022 (€ -738,270) Favourable step	€ -713,526 Retained profit 2024: € -713,526 ▲ € 19,964 vs 2023 (€ -733,489) Favourable step	▲ € 19,964
Bank debt	€ 938,592 Bank debt 2021: € 938,592 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,078,132 Bank debt 2022: € 1,078,132 ▲ 15% vs 2021 (€ 938,592) Unfavourable step	€ 1,174,086 Bank debt 2023: € 1,174,086 ▲ 9% vs 2022 (€ 1,078,132) Unfavourable step	€ 1,165,092 Bank debt 2024: € 1,165,092 ▼ 1% vs 2023 (€ 1,174,086) Favourable step	▼ 1%
Balance sheet total	€ 2,257,097 Balance sheet total 2021: € 2,257,097 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,102,989 Balance sheet total 2022: € 2,102,989 ▼ 7% vs 2021 (€ 2,257,097) Unchanged	€ 2,441,898 Balance sheet total 2023: € 2,441,898 ▲ 16% vs 2022 (€ 2,102,989) Unchanged	€ 2,543,203 Balance sheet total 2024: € 2,543,203 ▲ 4% vs 2023 (€ 2,441,898) Unchanged	▲ 4%
Employees (FTE)	1.3 Employees (FTE) 2021: 1.3 First fiscal year in the series	1.6 Employees (FTE) 2022: 1.6 ▲ 0.3 vs 2021 (1.3) Unchanged	2.3 Employees (FTE) 2023: 2.3 ▲ 0.7 vs 2022 (1.6) Unchanged	2.5 Employees (FTE) 2024: 2.5 ▲ 0.2 vs 2023 (2.3) Unchanged	▲ 0.2

Key figures of Mercatorfonds, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.

What happened to Mercatorfonds?

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

Sep 10, 2025 New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 19,964 (▲ € 15,183 vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
Jan 1, 1968 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
Feb 1, 1966 New establishment in Brussel. KBO

In short

From € 86,500 loss in 2021 to € 19,964 profit in 2024.

Paid € 1,322 in corporate taxes since 2021.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 19,964 profit.

On average € 98,300 of value added per employee in 2024.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Zuidstraat 2

1000 Brussel

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Website

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Canonical: https://mercatorfonds.be/nl

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Hosting & Email

Email provider

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Hosting

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Website info

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Languages EN, FR, NL

Features

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Security

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Network

✓ IPv6

Details

Company number

0404.784.463

VAT number

BE 0404.784.463

Registered office

Zuidstraat 2, 1000 Brussel

Names & denominations

Mercatorfonds

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

1 January 1968

Peppol

Active · Active since 21 Oct 2026

Contact

mercatorfonds.be

Activities · NACE

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