What does R. VAN HOVE do?

R. VAN HOVE is a wholesaler in Lier. Public Limited, started on 28 December 1976, 1 establishment.

What is the address of R. VAN HOVE?

The registered office of R. VAN HOVE is located at Industriestraat 14, 2500 Lier.

Is R. VAN HOVE still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) R. VAN HOVE is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 28 December 1976.

Is R. VAN HOVE registered on Peppol?

Yes, R. VAN HOVE is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0416636972.

What is the enterprise number of R. VAN HOVE?

The enterprise number of R. VAN HOVE is BE0416636972.

When was R. VAN HOVE founded?

R. VAN HOVE was founded on 28 December 1976.

Who are the directors of R. VAN HOVE?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of R. VAN HOVE are: Erik Van Hove.

Is R. VAN HOVE a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 28 December 1976; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 1 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did R. VAN HOVE make in 2025?

R. VAN HOVE recorded a loss after taxes of € 18,854 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of R. VAN HOVE?

As a small company, R. VAN HOVE is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 1,226,705.

How much does an employee at R. VAN HOVE earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at R. VAN HOVE was € 54,500 in 2025: staff costs of € 1.1 million for 19.8 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does R. VAN HOVE have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, R. VAN HOVE has 19.8 full-time equivalents (FTE).

R. VAN HOVE (Public Limited) - Lier - BE0416636972

Dossier R. VAN HOVE, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0416636972/r-van-hove. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

R. VAN HOVE from Lier, company number BE0416636972, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -18,854 after tax. For that financial year R. VAN HOVE recorded a gross margin of € 1.2 million and equity of € 2.4 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 34,366 to € -18,854. 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 July 29, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 2.4 million

▼ 2% vs 2024

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

Loss Caution

€ -18,854

▼ still € 34,366 profit in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 976,820

▼ 13% 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 € 2.3 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

19.8

▲ 1.3 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 1.1 million

▲ 3% vs 2024

€ 54,500 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

€ 235,481

▲ € 206,247 vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 5 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.

€ 196,975

€ 39,511 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 745,317

▼ 12% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 148,123

▼ 17% 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	€ 1,427,776 Gross margin 2022: € 1,427,776 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,364,885 Gross margin 2023: € 1,364,885 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 1,427,776) Unfavourable step	€ 1,258,606 Gross margin 2024: € 1,258,606 ▼ 8% vs 2023 (€ 1,364,885) Unfavourable step	€ 1,226,705 Gross margin 2025: € 1,226,705 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 1,258,606) Unfavourable step	▼ 3%
Profit after taxes	€ 45,233 Profit after taxes 2022: € 45,233 First fiscal year in the series	€ 84,982 Profit after taxes 2023: € 84,982 ▲ 88% vs 2022 (€ 45,233) Favourable step	€ 34,366 Profit after taxes 2024: € 34,366 ▼ 60% vs 2023 (€ 84,982) Unfavourable step	€ -18,854 Profit after taxes 2025: € -18,854 ▼ € 53,220 vs 2024 (€ 34,366) Unfavourable step	▼ € 53,220
Equity	€ 2,436,246 Equity 2022: € 2,436,246 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,436,246 Equity 2023: € 2,436,246 Unchanged (€ 2,436,246) Unchanged	€ 2,436,246 Equity 2024: € 2,436,246 Unchanged (€ 2,436,246) Unchanged	€ 2,382,392 Equity 2025: € 2,382,392 ▼ 2% vs 2024 (€ 2,436,246) Unfavourable step	▼ 2%
Total debts	€ 989,426 Total debts 2022: € 989,426 First fiscal year in the series	€ 987,567 Total debts 2023: € 987,567 Unchanged (€ 989,426) Favourable step	€ 1,136,160 Total debts 2024: € 1,136,160 ▲ 15% vs 2023 (€ 987,567) Unfavourable step	€ 1,233,628 Total debts 2025: € 1,233,628 ▲ 9% vs 2024 (€ 1,136,160) Unfavourable step	▲ 9%
Cash	€ 1,055,740 Cash 2022: € 1,055,740 First fiscal year in the series	€ 842,202 Cash 2023: € 842,202 ▼ 20% vs 2022 (€ 1,055,740) Unfavourable step	€ 1,119,930 Cash 2024: € 1,119,930 ▲ 33% vs 2023 (€ 842,202) Favourable step	€ 976,820 Cash 2025: € 976,820 ▼ 13% vs 2024 (€ 1,119,930) Unfavourable step	▼ 13%
Retained profit	€ 2,374,246 Retained profit 2022: € 2,374,246 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,374,246 Retained profit 2023: € 2,374,246 Unchanged (€ 2,374,246) Unchanged	€ 2,374,246 Retained profit 2024: € 2,374,246 Unchanged (€ 2,374,246) Unchanged	€ 2,320,392 Retained profit 2025: € 2,320,392 ▼ 2% vs 2024 (€ 2,374,246) Unfavourable step	▼ 2%
Dividend	€ 4,150 Dividend 2022: € 4,150 First fiscal year in the series	€ 84,982 Dividend 2023: € 84,982 ▲ € 80,832 vs 2022 (€ 4,150) Unchanged	€ 34,366 Dividend 2024: € 34,366 ▼ 60% vs 2023 (€ 84,982) Unchanged	€ 35,000 Dividend 2025: € 35,000 ▲ 2% vs 2024 (€ 34,366) Unchanged	▲ 2%
Bank debt	€ 17,157 Bank debt 2022: € 17,157 First fiscal year in the series	€ 710 Bank debt 2023: € 710 ▼ 96% vs 2022 (€ 17,157) Favourable step	€ 0 Bank debt 2024: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2023 (€ 710) Favourable step	€ 196,975 Bank debt 2025: € 196,975 Unchanged (€ 0) Unfavourable step
Balance sheet total	€ 3,425,672 Balance sheet total 2022: € 3,425,672 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,423,813 Balance sheet total 2023: € 3,423,813 Unchanged (€ 3,425,672) Unchanged	€ 3,572,406 Balance sheet total 2024: € 3,572,406 ▲ 4% vs 2023 (€ 3,423,813) Unchanged	€ 3,616,021 Balance sheet total 2025: € 3,616,021 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 3,572,406) Unchanged	▲ 1%
Employees (FTE)	19.8 Employees (FTE) 2022: 19.8 First fiscal year in the series	18.5 Employees (FTE) 2023: 18.5 ▼ 1.3 vs 2022 (19.8) Unchanged	18.5 Employees (FTE) 2024: 18.5 Unchanged (18.5) Unchanged	19.8 Employees (FTE) 2025: 19.8 ▲ 1.3 vs 2024 (18.5) Unchanged	▲ 1.3

Key figures of R. VAN HOVE, 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 R. VAN HOVE?

What happened at R. VAN HOVE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

Jul 29, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 18,854 (▼ € 53,220 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2023 Erik Van Hove became a director. NBB
Jan 1, 1981 New establishment in Lier. KBO
Dec 28, 1976 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 45,233 profit in 2022 to € 18,854 loss in 2025.

Paid € 70,176 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 84,982 profit.

On average € 62,000 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

FLAVYCOM 97.3%

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

R. VAN HOVE

Behind R. VAN HOVE is Erik Van Hove. The shares are held by FLAVYCOM (97.3%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Erik Van Hove

Director

Also active at: FLAVYCOM

since 2023

Shareholders

FLAVYCOM

97.3%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Industriestraat 14

2500 Lier

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

0416.636.972

VAT number

BE 0416.636.972

Registered office

Industriestraat 14, 2500 Lier

Names & denominations

R. VAN HOVE

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

28 December 1976

Peppol

Active · Active since 20 Nov 2020

Activities · NACE

Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen

Overige niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in voedings- en genotmiddelen

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

R. VAN HOVE

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