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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Board fully replaced NBB
No director from three years ago is still active according to annual account 2025.
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Busy address KBO
17 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
WOLTERS KLUWER BELGIUM from Mechelen, company number BE0405772873, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -3.5 million after tax. For that financial year WOLTERS KLUWER BELGIUM recorded revenue of € 169.8 million and equity of € 27.7 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 7.8 million to € -3.5 million. 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 July 1, 2026.
€ 27.7 million
▼ 44% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -3.5 million
▼ still € 7.8 million profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 7.4 million
▼ 8% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 13.5 million.
People and assets in 2025
545.6
▲ 15 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 66 million
▲ 23% vs 2024
€ 120,900 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.
€ 107,535
▼ 11% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 50 million
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 12.6 million
▲ 272% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 48 days on average.
€ 17.8 million
▼ 4% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 114,487,030 | € 120,380,516 | € 135,851,833 | € 169,775,758 | ▲ 25% |
| Profit after taxes | € -123,330,262 | € 2,803,161 | € 7,758,058 | € -3,533,214 | ▼ € 11.3 million |
| Equity | € -53,689,429 | € 24,113,732 | € 49,223,714 | € 27,690,500 | ▼ 44% |
| Total debts | € 98,888,039 | € 62,630,840 | € 118,885,115 | € 124,501,666 | ▲ 5% |
| Cash | € 9,165,494 | € 7,126,798 | € 8,078,268 | € 7,420,876 | ▼ 8% |
| Retained profit | € -74,301,065 | € 12,545,654 | € 35,048,842 | € 13,515,628 | ▼ 61% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 18,000,000 | |
| Bank debt | € 40,000,000 | € 0 | € 50,000,000 | € 50,000,000 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 45,198,610 | € 86,744,572 | € 168,315,783 | € 153,572,166 | ▼ 9% |
| Employees (FTE) | 488.8 | 479 | 530.6 | 545.6 | ▲ 15 |
Key figures of WOLTERS KLUWER BELGIUM, 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 WOLTERS KLUWER BELGIUM?
What happened at WOLTERS KLUWER BELGIUM in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Marie COSTERS stepped down as director. NBB
- RIMCO SPANJER stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 3.5 million (▼ € 11.3 million vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Hans SUIJKERBUIJK stepped down as director. NBB
- Walter DE BACKER stepped down as director. NBB
- Jo LAMBRECHTS became a director. NBB
- Ronny DE GOEDT stepped down as director. NBB
- New establishment in Leuven. KBO
In short
From € 123.3 million loss in 2022 to € 3.5 million loss in 2025.
Paid € 14 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 7.8 million profit.
Paid out € 18 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
Behind WOLTERS KLUWER BELGIUM are Jo LAMBRECHTS and Jacob Frederik SMIT. The shares are held by Wolters Kluwer International Holding BV (100%). It owns 100% of Clearnox SAS itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Jo LAMBRECHTS
Director
since 2025
Jacob Frederik SMIT
Director
since 2025
Hans SUIJKERBUIJK
Director
since 2015 · until 2025
Marie COSTERS
Director
since 2025 · until 2030
Walter DE BACKER
Director
Also active at: ClearFacts, Wolters Kluwer TAA Europe, CODABOX, Finca Group
since 2016 · until 2025
RIMCO SPANJER
Director
since 2023 · until 2027
since 2024 · until 2025
Shareholders
Wolters Kluwer International Holding BV
100%
Participations
Clearnox SAS
100%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Motstraat 30
2800 Mechelen
Ilgatlaan 15
3500 Hasselt
Active since 15 January 1997
Ottergemsesteenweg-Zuid 808 box 325
9000 Gent
Active since 13 January 1992
Diestsepoort 1
3000 Leuven
Active since 1 January 2025
Posthoflei 1
2600 Antwerpen
Active since 1 January 2025
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 17 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →NCOI
€ 10.1 million revenue · 2025
Wolters Kluwer TAA Europe same network
Event Pilots
€ 460,540 gross margin · 2025
ELIMITY
€ 215,124 gross margin · 2025
OmniVision Technologies Belgium
€ 7.8 million gross margin · 2025
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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
- 0405.772.873
- VAT number
- BE 0405.772.873
- Registered office
- Motstraat 30, 2800 Mechelen
- Names & denominations
- WOLTERS KLUWER BELGIUM · W.K.B.
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 6 January 1965
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Activities · NACE
Uitgeven van boeken
Uitgeverijen van boeken
Uitgeven van overige software
Verhuur en lease van kantoormachines, inclusief computers
Activiteiten van webportalen
Ontwerpen van computerprogramma’s
Overige vormen van onderwijs