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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 43 % of short-term debt in 2023; threshold 65 %.
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Annual account missing NBB
Fiscal year 2024 was expected before 31 July 2025 and has not been filed.
Financials
Financial year 2023
AVIS BELGIUM from Machelen (Brab.), company number BE0415872355, closed financial year 2023 with a result of € 2.3 million after tax. For that financial year AVIS BELGIUM recorded revenue of € 33.2 million and equity of € 42 million. Compared with financial year 2022, the result moved from € 5.1 million to € 2.3 million. The company is profitable. 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 October 1, 2024.
€ 42 million
▲ 6% vs 2022
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 2.3 million
▼ 56% vs 2022
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 401,400
▲ 24% vs 2022
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2023. Retained profit grew to € 23.6 million.
People and assets in 2023
84.4
▲ 1.4 vs 2022
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 8 million
▲ 15% vs 2022
€ 94,300 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.
€ 12.5 million
▼ 60% vs 2022
Of which on lease € 12.4 million.
Debts at end 2023
€ 12.4 million
▼ 60% vs 2022
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 6.1 million
▼ 15% vs 2022
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 103 days on average.
€ 4.3 million
▲ 72% vs 2022
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Change 2022 → 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 17,789,959 | € 33,490,782 | € 33,159,129 | ▼ 1% |
| Profit after taxes | € -3,038,149 | € 5,120,931 | € 2,257,416 | ▼ 56% |
| Equity | € 34,625,719 | € 39,746,650 | € 42,004,065 | ▲ 6% |
| Total debts | € 51,408,224 | € 69,406,457 | € 53,645,699 | ▼ 23% |
| Cash | € 331,932 | € 323,241 | € 401,400 | ▲ 24% |
| Retained profit | € 16,188,662 | € 21,309,593 | € 23,567,008 | ▲ 11% |
| Bank debt | € 36,959,017 | € 30,992,620 | € 12,362,692 | ▼ 60% |
| Balance sheet total | € 88,020,716 | € 111,086,508 | € 97,239,820 | ▼ 12% |
| Employees (FTE) | 86.2 | 83 | 84.4 | ▲ 1.4 |
Key figures of AVIS BELGIUM, fiscal years 2021 to 2023, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2024 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2025.
What happened to AVIS BELGIUM?
What happened at AVIS BELGIUM in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Paul Ford stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2023: profit of € 2.3 million (▼ 56% vs 2022). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Laurent Sculier stepped down as director. NBB
- New establishment in Namur. KBO
- Paul Ford became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Laurent Sculier became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Mont-Saint-Guibert. KBO
In short
From € 3 million loss in 2021 to € 2.3 million profit in 2023.
Paid € 1.8 million in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 5.1 million profit.
Pays suppliers within 103 days on average.
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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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Management
Directors
According to the 2023 annual accounts
Laurent Sculier
Director
since 2015 · until 2024
Paul Ford
Director
since 2022 · until 2024
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Kouterveldstraat 14
1831 Machelen (Brab.)
Amerikaanse straat 145
1050 Elsene
Active since 14 March 1996
Frankrijkstraat 2
1070 Anderlecht
Active since 14 March 1996
Luchthaven Brussel Nationaal ZN
1930 Zaventem
Active since 14 March 1996
Rue des Guillemins 116 box 2
4000 Liège
Active since 1 February 2005
Rue des Frères Wright 8
6041 Charleroi
Active since 4 January 2004
Rue du Fond Cattelain 2
1435 Mont-Saint-Guibert
Active since 1 April 2012
Pelikaanstraat 3
2018 Antwerpen
Active since 30 November 2015
Chaussée de Marche(EP) 441
5101 Namur
Active since 1 March 2024
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0415.872.355
- VAT number
- BE 0415.872.355
- Registered office
- Kouterveldstraat 14, 1831 Machelen (Brab.)
- Names & denominations
- AVIS BELGIUM
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 5 March 1976
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 21 Jan 2026
- Activities · NACE
Verhuur en lease van personenauto’s en andere lichte motorvoertuigen
Verhuur van auto's
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)