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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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 35.9 to 15.6.
Financials
Financial year 2026
VAN TICHELEN GEBROEDERS from Dilbeek, company number BE0414727458, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 202,715 after tax. For that financial year VAN TICHELEN GEBROEDERS recorded a gross margin of € 468,142 and equity of € 4.2 million. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 62,655 to € 202,715. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 9, 2026.
€ 4.2 million
▲ 5% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 202,715
▲ 224% vs 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 34,164
▼ 15% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2026. Retained profit grew to € 4 million.
People and assets in 2026
15.6
▼ 0.7 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 390,940
▲ 2% vs 2025
€ 25,100 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.
€ 46,507
▼ 22% vs 2025
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1.2 million
▼ 6% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 194,249
▼ 50% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 13,800,428 | € 9,559,235 | - | - | |
| Gross margin | - | - | € 265,755 | € 468,142 | ▲ 76% |
| Profit after taxes | € 165,175 | € 728,599 | € 62,655 | € 202,715 | ▲ 224% |
| Equity | € 3,232,814 | € 3,961,413 | € 4,024,068 | € 4,226,783 | ▲ 5% |
| Total debts | € 7,092,990 | € 3,284,570 | € 1,669,078 | € 1,402,913 | ▼ 16% |
| Cash | € 240,727 | € 96,400 | € 40,008 | € 34,164 | ▼ 15% |
| Land & buildings | € 72,556 | € 17,297 | € 14,980 | € 12,664 | ▼ 15% |
| Retained profit | € 2,984,920 | € 3,713,519 | € 3,776,175 | € 3,978,889 | ▲ 5% |
| Balance sheet total | € 10,332,201 | € 7,248,785 | € 5,694,927 | € 5,631,068 | ▼ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 72.5 | 35.9 | 16.3 | 15.6 | ▼ 0.7 |
Key figures of VAN TICHELEN GEBROEDERS, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 1 September 2027.
What happened to VAN TICHELEN GEBROEDERS?
What happened at VAN TICHELEN GEBROEDERS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Guy Colleau stepped down as director. NBB
- Patse BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Luc Leunis stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 202,715 (▲ 224% vs 2025). Source: NBB ↗
- Guy Colleau became a director. NBB
- Patse BV became a director. NBB
- Luc Leunis became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Oostende. KBO
In short
From € 165,175 profit in 2023 to € 202,715 profit in 2026.
Paid € 464,491 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 728,599 profit.
On average € 30,000 of value added per employee in 2026.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
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What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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Management
The shares are held by BRICO BELGIUM (99.9%) and BRIKO DEPOT (0.1%).
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Guy Colleau
Director
Also active at: Brico-Trading, BRIKO DEPOT, HOME IMPROVMENT INVESTMENT, DENO-TOOLS, Nostraclou, NOSTRAVIS
since 2024 · until 2030
Luc Leunis
Director
Also active at: Brico-Trading, Maxeda DIY Supply Chain, BRIKO DEPOT, PLAN-IT, BRICO BELGIUM, BRICO PLAN-IT, HOME IMPROVMENT INVESTMENT, DENO-TOOLS +2 more
since 2023 · until 2029
Director · represented by Vandenbogaerde Patrick
Also active at: Brico-Trading, BRIKO DEPOT, PLAN-IT, BRICO BELGIUM, BRICO PLAN-IT, HOME IMPROVMENT INVESTMENT, DENO-TOOLS, Nostraclou +1 more
since 2024 · until 2030
Shareholders
99.9%
0.1%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Alfons Gossetlaan 46
1702 Dilbeek
Oscar Van Kesbeeckstraat 30
2800 Mechelen
Active since 9 April 2014
Stroombanklaan 65
8400 Oostende
Active since 1 February 2015
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 9 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →Brico-Trading same network
€ -10,157 gross margin · 2026
Maxeda DIY Supply Chain same network
€ 242.6 million revenue · 2026
BRIKO DEPOT same network
€ 17.9 million revenue · 2026
PLAN-IT same network
€ 214.4 million revenue · 2026
BRICO BELGIUM same network
€ 415.9 million revenue · 2026
+4 more
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0414.727.458
- VAT number
- BE 0414.727.458
- Registered office
- Alfons Gossetlaan 46, 1702 Dilbeek
- Names & denominations
- VAN TICHELEN GEBROEDERS · Van Tichelen Gebroeders
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 11 December 1974
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 20 Oct 2025
- Activities · NACE
Detailhandel in ijzerwaren, bouwmaterialen, verf en glas (algemeen assortiment)
Groothandel in bouwmaterialen, algemeen assortiment
Groothandel in verf, vernis en bouwmaterialen, inclusief sanitair
Waterbouw, muv baggerwerken
Overige bouwinstallatie
Goederenvervoer over de weg
Overige waterbouw
Overige bouwinstallatie, n.e.g.