What does Vitafor do?

Vitafor is registered with the CBE as active in: Overige groothandel. Public Limited, started on 23 October 1972, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Vitafor?

The registered office of Vitafor is located at Industriepark-Noord 18/19, 9100 Sint-Niklaas.

Is Vitafor still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (31 October 2026) Vitafor is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 23 October 1972.

Is Vitafor registered on Peppol?

Yes, Vitafor is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0412725991.

What is the enterprise number of Vitafor?

The enterprise number of Vitafor is BE0412725991.

When was Vitafor founded?

Vitafor was founded on 23 October 1972.

Who are the directors of Vitafor?

According to the 2026 annual accounts, the directors of Vitafor are: Johan De Backer.

Is Vitafor a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 23 October 1972; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2026; 1 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did Vitafor make in 2026?

Vitafor recorded a loss after taxes of € 421,547 in financial year 2026.

What is the revenue of Vitafor?

In its most recent annual accounts (2026), Vitafor reported revenue of € 12,568,597.

How much does an employee at Vitafor earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Vitafor was € 76,000 in 2026: staff costs of € 1.1 million for 14.4 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Vitafor have?

According to the 2026 annual accounts, Vitafor has 14.4 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Vitafor (Public Limited) - Sint-Niklaas - BE0412725991

Dossier Vitafor, printed on 31 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0412725991/vitafor. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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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.

Negative equity NBB

More debt than assets in 3 of the last 4 fiscal years.
Two loss years in a row NBB

Negative result in 2025 and 2026.

Financials

Financial year 2026

Vitafor from Sint-Niklaas, company number BE0412725991, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € -421,547 after tax. For that financial year Vitafor recorded revenue of € 12.6 million and equity of € -1.5 million. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € -29,241 to € -421,547. The company made a loss. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 30, 2026.

What it is worth Caution

€ -1.5 million

▼ € 421,547 vs 2025

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

Loss Caution

€ -421,547

▼ 1342 % more loss than in 2025

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 490,609

▲ 72% vs 2025

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 2026

Full-time equivalents

14.4

▲ 1.3 vs 2025

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: € 1.1 million in 2026, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 1.1 million

▼ 1% vs 2025

€ 76,000 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

€ 999

▼ 10% vs 2025

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2026

Bank debt

€ 5 million

▲ 35% vs 2025

Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.

Owed to suppliers

€ 2.3 million

▲ 56% vs 2025

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 67 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 189,044

▲ 54% vs 2025

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2025	2026	Change 2025 → 2026
Revenue	€ 24,857,060 Revenue 2022: € 24,857,060 First fiscal year in the series	€ 15,379,160 Revenue 2023: € 15,379,160 ▼ 38% vs 2022 (€ 24,857,060) Unfavourable step	€ 14,800,415 Revenue 2025: € 14,800,415 ▼ 4% vs 2023 (€ 15,379,160) Unfavourable step	€ 12,568,597 Revenue 2026: € 12,568,597 ▼ 15% vs 2025 (€ 14,800,415) Unfavourable step	▼ 15%
Profit after taxes	€ -782,425 Profit after taxes 2022: € -782,425 First fiscal year in the series	€ -3,339,950 Profit after taxes 2023: € -3,339,950 ▼ € 2.6 million vs 2022 (€ -782,425) Unfavourable step	€ -29,241 Profit after taxes 2025: € -29,241 ▲ € 3.3 million vs 2023 (€ -3,339,950) Favourable step	€ -421,547 Profit after taxes 2026: € -421,547 ▼ € 392,307 vs 2025 (€ -29,241) Unfavourable step	▼ € 392,307
Equity	€ 2,269,824 Equity 2022: € 2,269,824 First fiscal year in the series	€ -1,070,126 Equity 2023: € -1,070,126 ▼ € 3.3 million vs 2022 (€ 2,269,824) Unfavourable step	€ -1,099,367 Equity 2025: € -1,099,367 ▼ € 29,241 vs 2023 (€ -1,070,126) Unfavourable step	€ -1,520,914 Equity 2026: € -1,520,914 ▼ € 421,547 vs 2025 (€ -1,099,367) Unfavourable step	▼ € 421,547
Total debts	€ 8,154,334 Total debts 2022: € 8,154,334 First fiscal year in the series	€ 11,548,835 Total debts 2023: € 11,548,835 ▲ 42% vs 2022 (€ 8,154,334) Unfavourable step	€ 14,073,818 Total debts 2025: € 14,073,818 ▲ 22% vs 2023 (€ 11,548,835) Unfavourable step	€ 10,053,016 Total debts 2026: € 10,053,016 ▼ 29% vs 2025 (€ 14,073,818) Favourable step	▼ 29%
Cash	€ 350,032 Cash 2022: € 350,032 First fiscal year in the series	€ 621,436 Cash 2023: € 621,436 ▲ 78% vs 2022 (€ 350,032) Favourable step	€ 285,712 Cash 2025: € 285,712 ▼ 54% vs 2023 (€ 621,436) Unfavourable step	€ 490,609 Cash 2026: € 490,609 ▲ 72% vs 2025 (€ 285,712) Favourable step	▲ 72%
Retained profit	€ 2,169,824 Retained profit 2022: € 2,169,824 First fiscal year in the series	€ -1,170,126 Retained profit 2023: € -1,170,126 ▼ € 3.3 million vs 2022 (€ 2,169,824) Unfavourable step	€ -1,199,367 Retained profit 2025: € -1,199,367 ▼ € 29,241 vs 2023 (€ -1,170,126) Unfavourable step	€ -1,620,914 Retained profit 2026: € -1,620,914 ▼ € 421,547 vs 2025 (€ -1,199,367) Unfavourable step	▼ € 421,547
Bank debt	€ 3,813,288 Bank debt 2022: € 3,813,288 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,839,599 Bank debt 2023: € 3,839,599 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 3,813,288) Unfavourable step	€ 3,719,805 Bank debt 2025: € 3,719,805 ▼ 3% vs 2023 (€ 3,839,599) Favourable step	€ 5,022,394 Bank debt 2026: € 5,022,394 ▲ 35% vs 2025 (€ 3,719,805) Unfavourable step	▲ 35%
Balance sheet total	€ 10,424,158 Balance sheet total 2022: € 10,424,158 First fiscal year in the series	€ 10,478,709 Balance sheet total 2023: € 10,478,709 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 10,424,158) Unchanged	€ 12,974,452 Balance sheet total 2025: € 12,974,452 ▲ 24% vs 2023 (€ 10,478,709) Unchanged	€ 8,532,101 Balance sheet total 2026: € 8,532,101 ▼ 34% vs 2025 (€ 12,974,452) Unchanged	▼ 34%
Employees (FTE)	15.1 Employees (FTE) 2022: 15.1 First fiscal year in the series	13.3 Employees (FTE) 2023: 13.3 ▼ 1.8 vs 2022 (15.1) Unchanged	13.1 Employees (FTE) 2025: 13.1 ▼ 0.2 vs 2023 (13.3) Unchanged	14.4 Employees (FTE) 2026: 14.4 ▲ 1.3 vs 2025 (13.1) Unchanged	▲ 1.3

Key figures of Vitafor, fiscal years 2022 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 October 2027.

What happened to Vitafor?

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

Sep 30, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2026: loss of € 421,547. Source: NBB ↗
2024 Johan De Backer became a director. NBB
Aug 27, 1993 New establishment in Sint-Niklaas. KBO
Oct 23, 1972 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 782,425 loss in 2022 to € 421,547 loss in 2026.

Paid € 4,290 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Pays suppliers within 67 days on average.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

VITAFOR Invest 100%

The stake of VITAFOR Invest comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

Vitafor

VIAL 45%

Behind Vitafor is Johan De Backer. The shares are held by VITAFOR Invest (100%). It owns 45% of VIAL itself.

Directors

According to the 2026 annual accounts

Johan De Backer

Director

Also active at: ADDI-TECH, VITAFOR Invest, gaston & co

since 2024

Shareholders

VITAFOR Invest

100%

Participations

VIAL

45%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Industriepark-Noord 18/19

9100 Sint-Niklaas

2.032.172.170

Industriepark-Noord 18-19

9100 Sint-Niklaas

Active since 27 August 1993

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.

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ADDI-TECH same network

€ 1.8 million gross margin · 2026

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

Details

Company number

0412.725.991

VAT number

BE 0412.725.991

Registered office

Industriepark-Noord 18/19, 9100 Sint-Niklaas

Names & denominations

Vitafor

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

23 October 1972

Peppol

Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001

Activities · NACE

Overige groothandel

Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel

Vervaardiging van veevoeders

Detailhandel in cosmetica en toiletartikelen

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

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