VAWI is registered with the CBE as active in: Groothandel in groenten en fruit. Public Limited, started on 1 February 1949, 1 establishment.

What is the address of VAWI?

The registered office of VAWI is located at Kielsbroek 29, 2020 Antwerpen.

Is VAWI still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) VAWI is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 1 February 1949.

Is VAWI registered on Peppol?

Yes, VAWI is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0404827025.

What is the enterprise number of VAWI?

The enterprise number of VAWI is BE0404827025.

When was VAWI founded?

VAWI was founded on 1 February 1949.

Who are the directors of VAWI?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of VAWI are: Philippe Geldof, Achiel De Witte, Jurgen De Witte.

Is VAWI a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 1 February 1949; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did VAWI make in 2025?

VAWI posted a profit after taxes of € 469,013 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of VAWI?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), VAWI reported revenue of € 73,402,708.

How much does an employee at VAWI earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at VAWI was € 69,400 in 2025: staff costs of € 10.7 million for 154 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does VAWI have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, VAWI has 154 full-time equivalents (FTE).

VAWI (Public Limited) - Antwerpen - BE0404827025

Dossier VAWI, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0404827025/vawi. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

VAWI from Antwerpen, company number BE0404827025, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 469,013 after tax. For that financial year VAWI recorded revenue of € 73.4 million and equity of € 8.3 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 918,920 to € 469,013. The company is profitable. 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.

What it is worth Growing

€ 8.3 million

▲ 6% vs 2024

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

Profit Healthy

€ 469,013

▼ 49% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 8,884

▼ 45% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 8 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

154

▲ 20.8 vs 2024

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

Wage cost Staff costs are payroll only. Director pay sits with services and miscellaneous goods: € 9 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 10.7 million

▲ 14% vs 2024

€ 69,400 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 2.1 million

▼ 4% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 2 million.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 4 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 4.3 million

▲ 20% vs 2024

€ 1.1 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 5.7 million

▲ 11% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 34 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 1.5 million

▲ 8% vs 2024

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Revenue	€ 50,163,754 Revenue 2022: € 50,163,754 First fiscal year in the series	€ 62,341,135 Revenue 2023: € 62,341,135 ▲ 24% vs 2022 (€ 50,163,754) Favourable step	€ 67,428,062 Revenue 2024: € 67,428,062 ▲ 8% vs 2023 (€ 62,341,135) Favourable step	€ 73,402,708 Revenue 2025: € 73,402,708 ▲ 9% vs 2024 (€ 67,428,062) Favourable step	▲ 9%
Profit after taxes	€ 510,298 Profit after taxes 2022: € 510,298 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,458,562 Profit after taxes 2023: € 1,458,562 ▲ 186% vs 2022 (€ 510,298) Favourable step	€ 918,920 Profit after taxes 2024: € 918,920 ▼ 37% vs 2023 (€ 1,458,562) Unfavourable step	€ 469,013 Profit after taxes 2025: € 469,013 ▼ 49% vs 2024 (€ 918,920) Unfavourable step	▼ 49%
Equity	€ 5,503,218 Equity 2022: € 5,503,218 First fiscal year in the series	€ 6,961,780 Equity 2023: € 6,961,780 ▲ 27% vs 2022 (€ 5,503,218) Favourable step	€ 7,880,700 Equity 2024: € 7,880,700 ▲ 13% vs 2023 (€ 6,961,780) Favourable step	€ 8,349,713 Equity 2025: € 8,349,713 ▲ 6% vs 2024 (€ 7,880,700) Favourable step	▲ 6%
Total debts	€ 9,338,724 Total debts 2022: € 9,338,724 First fiscal year in the series	€ 9,826,948 Total debts 2023: € 9,826,948 ▲ 5% vs 2022 (€ 9,338,724) Unfavourable step	€ 10,139,047 Total debts 2024: € 10,139,047 ▲ 3% vs 2023 (€ 9,826,948) Unfavourable step	€ 11,524,924 Total debts 2025: € 11,524,924 ▲ 14% vs 2024 (€ 10,139,047) Unfavourable step	▲ 14%
Cash	€ 32,690 Cash 2022: € 32,690 First fiscal year in the series	€ 45,505 Cash 2023: € 45,505 ▲ 39% vs 2022 (€ 32,690) Favourable step	€ 16,053 Cash 2024: € 16,053 ▼ 65% vs 2023 (€ 45,505) Unfavourable step	€ 8,884 Cash 2025: € 8,884 ▼ 45% vs 2024 (€ 16,053) Unfavourable step	▼ 45%
Land & buildings	€ 1,605,919 Land & buildings 2022: € 1,605,919 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,500,396 Land & buildings 2023: € 1,500,396 ▼ 7% vs 2022 (€ 1,605,919) Unchanged	€ 1,366,415 Land & buildings 2024: € 1,366,415 ▼ 9% vs 2023 (€ 1,500,396) Unchanged	€ 4,236,278 Land & buildings 2025: € 4,236,278 ▲ 210% vs 2024 (€ 1,366,415) Unchanged	▲ 210%
Retained profit	€ 5,203,468 Retained profit 2022: € 5,203,468 First fiscal year in the series	€ 6,662,030 Retained profit 2023: € 6,662,030 ▲ 28% vs 2022 (€ 5,203,468) Favourable step	€ 7,580,949 Retained profit 2024: € 7,580,949 ▲ 14% vs 2023 (€ 6,662,030) Favourable step	€ 8,049,962 Retained profit 2025: € 8,049,962 ▲ 6% vs 2024 (€ 7,580,949) Favourable step	▲ 6%
Bank debt	€ 3,030,743 Bank debt 2022: € 3,030,743 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,955,842 Bank debt 2023: € 2,955,842 ▼ 2% vs 2022 (€ 3,030,743) Favourable step	€ 3,603,700 Bank debt 2024: € 3,603,700 ▲ 22% vs 2023 (€ 2,955,842) Unfavourable step	€ 4,320,675 Bank debt 2025: € 4,320,675 ▲ 20% vs 2024 (€ 3,603,700) Unfavourable step	▲ 20%
Balance sheet total	€ 14,841,942 Balance sheet total 2022: € 14,841,942 First fiscal year in the series	€ 16,788,729 Balance sheet total 2023: € 16,788,729 ▲ 13% vs 2022 (€ 14,841,942) Unchanged	€ 18,019,747 Balance sheet total 2024: € 18,019,747 ▲ 7% vs 2023 (€ 16,788,729) Unchanged	€ 19,874,637 Balance sheet total 2025: € 19,874,637 ▲ 10% vs 2024 (€ 18,019,747) Unchanged	▲ 10%
Employees (FTE)	116.4 Employees (FTE) 2022: 116.4 First fiscal year in the series	129.9 Employees (FTE) 2023: 129.9 ▲ 13.5 vs 2022 (116.4) Unchanged	133.2 Employees (FTE) 2024: 133.2 ▲ 3.3 vs 2023 (129.9) Unchanged	154 Employees (FTE) 2025: 154 ▲ 20.8 vs 2024 (133.2) Unchanged	▲ 20.8

Key figures of VAWI, 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 VAWI?

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

2029 Philippe Geldof stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Achiel De Witte stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Jurgen De Witte stepped down as director. NBB
Apr 28, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 469,013 (▼ 49% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2023 Philippe Geldof became a director. NBB
2023 Achiel De Witte became a director. NBB
2023 Jurgen De Witte became a director. NBB
Feb 1, 1949 New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO

In short

From € 510,298 profit in 2022 to € 469,013 profit in 2025.

Paid € 1.5 million in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 1.5 million profit.

Pays suppliers within 34 days on average.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

DE WITTE-DE BLICK 99.6%

The stake of DE WITTE-DE BLICK comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

VAWI

The shares are held by DE WITTE-DE BLICK (99.6%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Philippe Geldof

Director

Also active at: GELDOF PHILIPPE, Appel en ei

since 2023 · until 2029

Achiel De Witte

Managing director

Also active at: FRUDICOM, DE SWERT, Lejeune

since 2023 · until 2029

Jurgen De Witte

Managing director

Also active at: ADW Fresh Trade, CENTRAL FRUIT, Antwerpse Overdekte Markt, Criee-Van de Poel-Vermeulen-Roosemeyers, FRUDICOM, VAN DIJK FOODS BELGIUM, Rodiers en zonen, DE SWERT +30 more

since 2023 · until 2029

Shareholders

DE WITTE-DE BLICK

99.6%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Kielsbroek 29

2020 Antwerpen

What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.

Details

Company number

0404.827.025

VAT number

BE 0404.827.025

Registered office

Kielsbroek 29, 2020 Antwerpen

Names & denominations

VAWI

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

1 February 1949

Peppol

Active · Active since 23 Oct 2025

Activities · NACE

Groothandel in groenten en fruit

Groothandel in groenten en fruit, muv consumptieaardappelen

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