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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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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 174.7 to 157.1.
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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2022, 2023, 2025.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Chocolaterie Guylian from Sint-Niklaas, company number BE0405986273, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -504,829 after tax. For that financial year Chocolaterie Guylian recorded revenue of € 61.5 million and equity of € 63.6 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -3.3 million to € -504,829. The company made a loss. 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 June 25, 2026.
€ 63.6 million
▼ 1% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -504,829
▲ 85 % less loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 25.2 million
▲ 44% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 62.8 million.
People and assets in 2025
157.1
▼ 9.4 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 12.5 million
▲ 1% vs 2024
€ 79,800 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 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 5.9 million
▲ 64% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 46 days on average.
€ 1.7 million
▲ 1% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Revenue | € 61,336,519 | € 49,449,286 | € 53,818,010 | € 61,451,315 | ▲ 14% |
| Profit after taxes | € 770,727 | € 710,766 | € -3,321,457 | € -504,829 | ▲ € 2.8 million |
| Equity | € 66,964,857 | € 67,462,393 | € 64,140,936 | € 63,636,107 | ▼ 1% |
| Total debts | € 6,169,705 | € 7,582,834 | € 6,917,083 | € 8,599,225 | ▲ 24% |
| Cash | € 29,083,860 | € 30,790,421 | € 17,519,893 | € 25,233,325 | ▲ 44% |
| Land & buildings | € 2,192,380 | € 1,937,352 | € 1,802,457 | € 1,675,039 | ▼ 7% |
| Retained profit | € 66,097,229 | € 66,594,766 | € 63,273,309 | € 62,768,480 | ▼ 1% |
| Dividend | € 231,218 | € 213,230 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 73,134,561 | € 75,045,227 | € 71,058,019 | € 72,235,332 | ▲ 2% |
| Employees (FTE) | 180.6 | 174.7 | 166.5 | 157.1 | ▼ 9.4 |
Key figures of Chocolaterie Guylian, 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 Chocolaterie Guylian?
What happened at Chocolaterie Guylian in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Jungho Seo stepped down as director. NBB
- Shin Dong Bin stepped down as director. NBB
- PUMO Consulting stepped down as director. NBB
- KRUG BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Corrected annual accounts filed for financial year 2025. Source: NBB ↗
- Hiroaki Ishiguro stepped down as director. NBB
- IL Lee Kang stepped down as director. NBB
- Yi Paul Chang stepped down as director. NBB
In short
From € 770,727 profit in 2022 to € 504,829 loss in 2025.
Paid € 496,464 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 770,727 profit.
Paid out € 444,448 in dividends to the owners in total.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
The shares are held by Lotte Confectionery Holdings (Europe) B.V. and Lotte Hotel Holdings Europe B.V.. It owns 100% of Chocolaterie Guylian Duitsland GmbH, 100% of Guylian UK Ltd., 100% of Guylian USA Inc., 99.3% of Guylian Iberia LDA and 99% of Aimée BV itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Hiroaki Ishiguro
Director
since 2024 · until 2026
Shin Dong Bin
Chairman of the board
since 2024 · until 2027
Yi Paul Chang
Director
since 2023 · until 2026
IL Lee Kang
Director
since 2023 · until 2026
Managing director · represented by Leen Baeten
since 2024 · until 2027
Jungho Seo
Director
since 2026 · until 2029
Director · represented by Daniël Krug
Also active at: Brouwerij De Valk, ANTWERP CITY BREWERY, Brouwerij De Koninck, La Vallée des Fées, Moortgat Financial Services, BRASSERIE D'ACHOUFFE, FIN CO, OTOMAT +2 more
since 2025 · until 2027
Shareholders
Lotte Confectionery Holdings (Europe) B.V.
Lotte Hotel Holdings Europe B.V.
Participations
Chocolaterie Guylian Duitsland GmbH
100%
Guylian UK Ltd.
100%
Guylian USA Inc.
100%
Guylian Iberia LDA
99.3%
99%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Europark-Oost 1
9100 Sint-Niklaas
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Outlook.com (free)
Hosting
OVH, FR
Domain
Domain
guylian.com
Registered
1997-08-02
Registrar
NameWeb BVBA
Expires
2033-01-10
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0405.986.273
- VAT number
- BE 0405.986.273
- Registered office
- Europark-Oost 1, 9100 Sint-Niklaas
- Names & denominations
- Chocolaterie Guylian
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 17 June 1967
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Contact
- guylian.com
- Activities · NACE
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