Ranson is a wholesaler in Harelbeke. Public Limited, started on 24 February 1975, 6 establishments.

What is the address of Ranson?

The registered office of Ranson is located at Generaal Deprezstraat 4, 8530 Harelbeke.

Is Ranson still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) Ranson is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 24 February 1975.

Is Ranson registered on Peppol?

Yes, Ranson is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0415042808.

What is the enterprise number of Ranson?

The enterprise number of Ranson is BE0415042808.

When was Ranson founded?

Ranson was founded on 24 February 1975.

Who are the directors of Ranson?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Ranson are: RANSON GROUP BV.

Is Ranson a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 24 February 1975; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 1 directors known from the annual account; 6 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did Ranson make in 2025?

Ranson posted a profit after taxes of € 280,185 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Ranson?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), Ranson reported revenue of € 217,998,120.

How much does an employee at Ranson earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Ranson was € 73,200 in 2025: staff costs of € 17.3 million for 236.1 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Ranson have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Ranson has 236.1 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Ranson (Public Limited) - Harelbeke - BE0415042808

Dossier Ranson, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0415042808/ranson. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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Figures corrected NBB

Corrected annual account filed for 2025.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Ranson from Harelbeke, company number BE0415042808, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 280,185 after tax. For that financial year Ranson recorded revenue of € 218 million and equity of € 26.4 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 2.9 million to € 280,185. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 29, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 26.4 million

▲ 1% vs 2024

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

Profit Healthy

€ 280,185

▼ 90% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 2.1 million

▲ 236% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 70,044 paid out

25 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to RANSON GROUP (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

236.1

▲ 5.9 vs 2024

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: € 20.6 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 17.3 million

▲ 8% vs 2024

€ 73,200 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

€ 453,751

▼ 24% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 10 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 34.6 million

▼ 4% vs 2024

€ 1.7 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 10 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 24.4 million

▲ 94% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 45 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 3.2 million

▲ 49% 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
Revenue	€ 185,539,824 Revenue 2022: € 185,539,824 First fiscal year in the series	€ 199,347,811 Revenue 2023: € 199,347,811 ▲ 7% vs 2022 (€ 185,539,824) Favourable step	€ 205,715,249 Revenue 2024: € 205,715,249 ▲ 3% vs 2023 (€ 199,347,811) Favourable step	€ 217,998,120 Revenue 2025: € 217,998,120 ▲ 6% vs 2024 (€ 205,715,249) Favourable step	▲ 6%
Profit after taxes	€ -830,717 Profit after taxes 2022: € -830,717 First fiscal year in the series	€ 53,843 Profit after taxes 2023: € 53,843 ▲ € 884,560 vs 2022 (€ -830,717) Favourable step	€ 2,893,600 Profit after taxes 2024: € 2,893,600 ▲ € 2.8 million vs 2023 (€ 53,843) Favourable step	€ 280,185 Profit after taxes 2025: € 280,185 ▼ 90% vs 2024 (€ 2,893,600) Unfavourable step	▼ 90%
Equity	€ 23,952,032 Equity 2022: € 23,952,032 First fiscal year in the series	€ 23,990,531 Equity 2023: € 23,990,531 Unchanged (€ 23,952,032) Favourable step	€ 26,191,867 Equity 2024: € 26,191,867 ▲ 9% vs 2023 (€ 23,990,531) Favourable step	€ 26,402,008 Equity 2025: € 26,402,008 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 26,191,867) Favourable step	▲ 1%
Total debts	€ 67,342,846 Total debts 2022: € 67,342,846 First fiscal year in the series	€ 58,825,132 Total debts 2023: € 58,825,132 ▼ 13% vs 2022 (€ 67,342,846) Favourable step	€ 57,802,022 Total debts 2024: € 57,802,022 ▼ 2% vs 2023 (€ 58,825,132) Favourable step	€ 64,069,501 Total debts 2025: € 64,069,501 ▲ 11% vs 2024 (€ 57,802,022) Unfavourable step	▲ 11%
Cash	€ 338,624 Cash 2022: € 338,624 First fiscal year in the series	€ 223,474 Cash 2023: € 223,474 ▼ 34% vs 2022 (€ 338,624) Unfavourable step	€ 628,356 Cash 2024: € 628,356 ▲ 181% vs 2023 (€ 223,474) Favourable step	€ 2,113,518 Cash 2025: € 2,113,518 ▲ 236% vs 2024 (€ 628,356) Favourable step	▲ 236%
Land & buildings	€ 24,452,472 Land & buildings 2022: € 24,452,472 First fiscal year in the series	€ 23,207,155 Land & buildings 2023: € 23,207,155 ▼ 5% vs 2022 (€ 24,452,472) Unchanged	€ 21,334,696 Land & buildings 2024: € 21,334,696 ▼ 8% vs 2023 (€ 23,207,155) Unchanged	€ 19,806,407 Land & buildings 2025: € 19,806,407 ▼ 7% vs 2024 (€ 21,334,696) Unchanged	▼ 7%
Retained profit	€ 21,599,951 Retained profit 2022: € 21,599,951 First fiscal year in the series	€ 21,638,450 Retained profit 2023: € 21,638,450 Unchanged (€ 21,599,951) Favourable step	€ 23,839,786 Retained profit 2024: € 23,839,786 ▲ 10% vs 2023 (€ 21,638,450) Favourable step	€ 24,049,927 Retained profit 2025: € 24,049,927 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 23,839,786) Favourable step	▲ 1%
Dividend	€ 0 Dividend 2022: € 0 First fiscal year in the series	€ 15,344 Dividend 2023: € 15,344 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 692,264 Dividend 2024: € 692,264 ▲ € 676,920 vs 2023 (€ 15,344) Unchanged	€ 70,044 Dividend 2025: € 70,044 ▼ 90% vs 2024 (€ 692,264) Unchanged	▼ 90%
Bank debt	€ 43,754,823 Bank debt 2022: € 43,754,823 First fiscal year in the series	€ 33,435,408 Bank debt 2023: € 33,435,408 ▼ 24% vs 2022 (€ 43,754,823) Favourable step	€ 36,220,461 Bank debt 2024: € 36,220,461 ▲ 8% vs 2023 (€ 33,435,408) Unfavourable step	€ 34,596,149 Bank debt 2025: € 34,596,149 ▼ 4% vs 2024 (€ 36,220,461) Favourable step	▼ 4%
Balance sheet total	€ 91,294,878 Balance sheet total 2022: € 91,294,878 First fiscal year in the series	€ 82,815,662 Balance sheet total 2023: € 82,815,662 ▼ 9% vs 2022 (€ 91,294,878) Unchanged	€ 83,993,889 Balance sheet total 2024: € 83,993,889 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 82,815,662) Unchanged	€ 90,471,509 Balance sheet total 2025: € 90,471,509 ▲ 8% vs 2024 (€ 83,993,889) Unchanged	▲ 8%
Employees (FTE)	223 Employees (FTE) 2022: 223 First fiscal year in the series	227.5 Employees (FTE) 2023: 227.5 ▲ 4.5 vs 2022 (223) Unchanged	230.2 Employees (FTE) 2024: 230.2 ▲ 2.7 vs 2023 (227.5) Unchanged	236.1 Employees (FTE) 2025: 236.1 ▲ 5.9 vs 2024 (230.2) Unchanged	▲ 5.9

Key figures of Ranson, 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 Ranson?

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

2028 RANSON GROUP BV stepped down as director. NBB
Sep 29, 2026 Corrected annual accounts filed for financial year 2025. filed late Source: NBB ↗
2022 RANSON GROUP BV became a director. NBB
Jan 1, 2020 New establishment in Wijnegem. KBO
Jul 1, 2019 New establishment in Harelbeke. KBO
Jan 1, 2008 New establishment in Bilzen-Hoeselt. KBO
Mar 31, 2003 New establishment in Dilbeek. KBO
Jun 1, 1998 New establishment in Harelbeke. KBO

In short

From € 830,717 loss in 2022 to € 280,185 profit in 2025.

Paid € 15,460 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 2.9 million profit.

Paid out € 777,652 in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

RANSON GROUP 100%

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

Ranson

The shares are held by RANSON GROUP (100%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

RANSON GROUP BV

Managing director · represented by Bruno RANSON

Also active at: Comptoir Sucrier, IMMORAN

since 2022 · until 2028

Shareholders

RANSON GROUP

100%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Generaal Deprezstraat 4

8530 Harelbeke

2.177.190.041

Kortrijksesteenweg 322

8530 Harelbeke

Active since 1 June 1998

2.177.190.338

Spoorwegstraat 15 box J-K

1702 Dilbeek

Active since 31 March 2003

2.177.192.516

Industrielaan 24

3730 Bilzen-Hoeselt

Active since 1 January 2008

2.177.193.803

Tekenaarslaan(Kor) 62

8500 Kortrijk

Active since 1 June 1997

2.297.572.781

Venhof 4

2110 Wijnegem

Active since 1 January 2020

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.

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Details

Company number

0415.042.808

VAT number

BE 0415.042.808

Registered office

Generaal Deprezstraat 4, 8530 Harelbeke

Names & denominations

Ranson

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

24 February 1975

Peppol

Active · Active since 7 May 2025

Activities · NACE

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Detailhandel via postorderbedrijven of via internet

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