Financials
Financial year 2025
BRENNTAG from Deerlijk, company number BE0405317567, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 52.6 million after tax. For that financial year BRENNTAG recorded revenue of € 303.1 million and equity of € 163.8 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 57.2 million to € 52.6 million. 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 July 10, 2026.
€ 163.8 million
▲ 47% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 52.6 million
▼ 8% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 12.5 million
▼ 21% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 159.8 million.
People and assets in 2025
246.5
▼ 3.4 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 22.8 million
▼ 7% vs 2024
€ 92,600 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.
€ 1.9 million
▲ 3% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 175.9 million
▼ 32% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 37.5 million
▼ 20% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 51 days on average.
€ 6.1 million
▼ 9% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 464,426,360 | € 341,845,935 | € 326,329,568 | € 303,125,883 | ▼ 7% |
| Profit after taxes | € 23,586,467 | € 36,208,779 | € 57,227,213 | € 52,592,869 | ▼ 8% |
| Equity | € 100,149,238 | € 100,279,943 | € 111,243,317 | € 163,836,186 | ▲ 47% |
| Total debts | € 186,449,443 | € 184,042,563 | € 327,756,671 | € 234,394,948 | ▼ 28% |
| Cash | € 11,676,722 | € 10,538,683 | € 15,903,438 | € 12,524,984 | ▼ 21% |
| Land & buildings | € 4,759,752 | € 6,086,044 | € 6,578,125 | € 6,694,940 | ▲ 2% |
| Retained profit | € 96,134,104 | € 96,264,808 | € 107,228,183 | € 159,821,052 | ▲ 49% |
| Dividend | € 2,628,945 | € 36,078,075 | € 46,263,839 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 124,500,000 | € 124,500,000 | € 260,417,858 | € 175,867,748 | ▼ 32% |
| Balance sheet total | € 287,503,140 | € 285,011,964 | € 439,689,446 | € 398,945,592 | ▼ 9% |
| Employees (FTE) | 246.2 | 253.4 | 249.9 | 246.5 | ▼ 3.4 |
Key figures of BRENNTAG, 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 BRENNTAG?
What happened at BRENNTAG in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 52.6 million (▼ 8% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Nicolas Alexis Lehmann stepped down as director. NBB
- Pierre Claeys stepped down as director. NBB
- Pieter Frederik Hendrik Harsveldt stepped down as director. NBB
- Pierre Claeys became a director. NBB
- Carl Blomme stepped down as director. NBB
- Nicolas Alexis Lehmann became a director. NBB
- Carl Blomme became a director. NBB
In short
From € 23.6 million profit in 2022 to € 52.6 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 19.9 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 57.2 million profit.
Paid out € 85 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
It owns 100% of Solventis BV, 100% of Brenntag Austria Holding GmbH, 100% of Kilfrost Europe NV, 100% of Antwerp Distillation Company NV, 100% of Alphamin INC and 100% of Solventis Europe NV itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Nicolas Alexis Lehmann
Director
since 2023 · until 2026
Carl Blomme
Director
since 2020 · until 2025
Pierre Claeys
Director
Also active at: SOLVENTIS, INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT COMPANY, ANTWERP DISTILLATION COMPANY, Kilfrost Europe, Solventis Europe
since 2025 · until 2026
Pieter Frederik Hendrik Harsveldt
Director
Also active at: SOLVENTIS, ANTWERP DISTILLATION COMPANY, Kilfrost Europe, Solventis Europe
since 2020 · until 2026
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Nijverheidslaan 38
8540 Deerlijk
Korte Lozanastraat 20/26
2018 Antwerpen
Active since 13 April 1992
Textiellaan 2
7700 Mouscron
Active since 23 July 2001
Avenue Pasteur 15
1300 Wavre
Active since 2 December 2019
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 companies are registered at this address.
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Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Self-hosted
Hosting
CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US
DNS
Cloudflare DNS
Domain
Domain
brenntag.com
Registered
1998-01-16
Registrar
Network Solutions, LLC
Expires
2027-01-15
Website info
Features
Security
Network
Details
- Company number
- 0405.317.567
- VAT number
- BE 0405.317.567
- Registered office
- Nijverheidslaan 38, 8540 Deerlijk
- Names & denominations
- BRENNTAG
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 12 July 1966
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 5 Jan 2026
- Contact
- brenntag.com
- Activities · NACE
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