What does Carobati do?

Carobati is a DIY store in Aartselaar. Public Limited, started on 23 January 1969, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Carobati?

The registered office of Carobati is located at Boomsesteenweg 36, 2630 Aartselaar.

Is Carobati still active?

Not as usual. The CBE lists Carobati with legal situation “Vrijwillige ontbinding – vereffening”.

Is Carobati registered on Peppol?

Yes, Carobati is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0406076246.

What is the enterprise number of Carobati?

The enterprise number of Carobati is BE0406076246.

When was Carobati founded?

Carobati was founded on 23 January 1969.

Who are the directors of Carobati?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Carobati are: Lars Ickx, Willem Janssens.

Is Carobati a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Vrijwillige ontbinding – vereffening according to the CBE, started on 23 January 1969; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did Carobati make in 2025?

Carobati recorded a loss after taxes of € 114,127 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Carobati?

As a small company, Carobati is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 298,253.

How much does an employee at Carobati earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Carobati was € 66,700 in 2025: staff costs of € 360,120 for 5.4 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Carobati have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Carobati has 5.4 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Does Carobati have a website?

Yes, Carobati has a website at carobati.be.

Carobati (Public Limited) - Aartselaar - BE0406076246

Dossier Carobati, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0406076246/carobati. 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.

Legal situation KBO

Vrijwillige ontbinding – vereffening according to the CBE.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Carobati from Aartselaar, company number BE0406076246, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -114,127 after tax. For that financial year Carobati recorded a gross margin of € 298,253 and equity of € 1.8 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 96,608 to € -114,127. 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.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 1.8 million

▼ 6% vs 2024

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

Loss Caution

€ -114,127

▼ still € 96,608 profit in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 1 million

▲ 10% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Caution

Loss, nothing to pay out

Reserves fell to € 1.6 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

5.4

▲ 0.6 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 360,120

▲ 31% vs 2024

€ 66,700 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

€ 86,294

▼ 31% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

€ 29,853

▼ 41% vs 2024

Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.

Owed to suppliers

€ 59,054

▼ 56% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 63,837

▲ 33% 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
Gross margin	€ 455,547 Gross margin 2022: € 455,547 First fiscal year in the series	€ 395,340 Gross margin 2023: € 395,340 ▼ 13% vs 2022 (€ 455,547) Unfavourable step	€ 460,350 Gross margin 2024: € 460,350 ▲ 16% vs 2023 (€ 395,340) Favourable step	€ 298,253 Gross margin 2025: € 298,253 ▼ 35% vs 2024 (€ 460,350) Unfavourable step	▼ 35%
Profit after taxes	€ 120,068 Profit after taxes 2022: € 120,068 First fiscal year in the series	€ 49,277 Profit after taxes 2023: € 49,277 ▼ 59% vs 2022 (€ 120,068) Unfavourable step	€ 96,608 Profit after taxes 2024: € 96,608 ▲ 96% vs 2023 (€ 49,277) Favourable step	€ -114,127 Profit after taxes 2025: € -114,127 ▼ € 210,735 vs 2024 (€ 96,608) Unfavourable step	▼ € 210,735
Equity	€ 1,769,340 Equity 2022: € 1,769,340 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,818,617 Equity 2023: € 1,818,617 ▲ 3% vs 2022 (€ 1,769,340) Favourable step	€ 1,915,225 Equity 2024: € 1,915,225 ▲ 5% vs 2023 (€ 1,818,617) Favourable step	€ 1,801,097 Equity 2025: € 1,801,097 ▼ 6% vs 2024 (€ 1,915,225) Unfavourable step	▼ 6%
Total debts	€ 349,330 Total debts 2022: € 349,330 First fiscal year in the series	€ 314,147 Total debts 2023: € 314,147 ▼ 10% vs 2022 (€ 349,330) Favourable step	€ 234,218 Total debts 2024: € 234,218 ▼ 25% vs 2023 (€ 314,147) Favourable step	€ 152,745 Total debts 2025: € 152,745 ▼ 35% vs 2024 (€ 234,218) Favourable step	▼ 35%
Cash	€ 864,950 Cash 2022: € 864,950 First fiscal year in the series	€ 877,866 Cash 2023: € 877,866 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 864,950) Favourable step	€ 918,577 Cash 2024: € 918,577 ▲ 5% vs 2023 (€ 877,866) Favourable step	€ 1,009,140 Cash 2025: € 1,009,140 ▲ 10% vs 2024 (€ 918,577) Favourable step	▲ 10%
Retained profit	€ 1,546,236 Retained profit 2022: € 1,546,236 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,595,513 Retained profit 2023: € 1,595,513 ▲ 3% vs 2022 (€ 1,546,236) Favourable step	€ 1,692,120 Retained profit 2024: € 1,692,120 ▲ 6% vs 2023 (€ 1,595,513) Favourable step	€ 1,577,993 Retained profit 2025: € 1,577,993 ▼ 7% vs 2024 (€ 1,692,120) Unfavourable step	▼ 7%
Dividend	€ 60,000 Dividend 2022: € 60,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 0 Dividend 2023: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2022 (€ 60,000) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2024: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2025: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged
Bank debt	€ 93,980 Bank debt 2022: € 93,980 First fiscal year in the series	€ 70,695 Bank debt 2023: € 70,695 ▼ 25% vs 2022 (€ 93,980) Favourable step	€ 50,450 Bank debt 2024: € 50,450 ▼ 29% vs 2023 (€ 70,695) Favourable step	€ 29,853 Bank debt 2025: € 29,853 ▼ 41% vs 2024 (€ 50,450) Favourable step	▼ 41%
Balance sheet total	€ 2,118,670 Balance sheet total 2022: € 2,118,670 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,132,764 Balance sheet total 2023: € 2,132,764 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 2,118,670) Unchanged	€ 2,149,443 Balance sheet total 2024: € 2,149,443 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 2,132,764) Unchanged	€ 1,953,842 Balance sheet total 2025: € 1,953,842 ▼ 9% vs 2024 (€ 2,149,443) Unchanged	▼ 9%
Employees (FTE)	5.8 Employees (FTE) 2022: 5.8 First fiscal year in the series	5.3 Employees (FTE) 2023: 5.3 ▼ 0.5 vs 2022 (5.8) Unchanged	4.8 Employees (FTE) 2024: 4.8 ▼ 0.5 vs 2023 (5.3) Unchanged	5.4 Employees (FTE) 2025: 5.4 ▲ 0.6 vs 2024 (4.8) Unchanged	▲ 0.6

Key figures of Carobati, 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 Carobati?

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

Carobati is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Vrijwillige ontbinding – vereffening.

2030 Lars Ickx stepped down as director. NBB
2030 Willem Janssens stepped down as director. NBB
Jun 25, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 114,127 (▼ € 210,735 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2024 Lars Ickx became a director. NBB
2024 Willem Janssens became a director. NBB
Aug 1, 1973 New establishment in Aartselaar. KBO
Jan 23, 1969 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 120,068 profit in 2022 to € 114,127 loss in 2025.

Paid € 57,502 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 120,068 profit.

On average € 55,200 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Lars Ickx

Director

since 2024 · until 2030

Willem Janssens

Director

since 2024 · until 2030

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Boomsesteenweg 36

2630 Aartselaar

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

Website

HTTPS carobati.be

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Details

Company number

0406.076.246

VAT number

BE 0406.076.246

Registered office

Boomsesteenweg 36, 2630 Aartselaar

Names & denominations

Carobati

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Vrijwillige ontbinding – vereffening

Start date

23 January 1969

Peppol

Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001

Contact

carobati.be

Activities · NACE

Detailhandel in ijzerwaren, bouwmaterialen, verf en glas (algemeen assortiment)

Detailhandel in ijzerwaren, verf, bouwmaterialen (inclusief doe-het-zelfzaken) met een verkoopsoppervlakte van minder dan 400 m2

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