What does Verschaeren & Mertens do?

Verschaeren & Mertens is an accounting firm in Mechelen. Private Limited, started on 30 December 1976, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Verschaeren & Mertens?

The registered office of Verschaeren & Mertens is located at Battelsesteenweg 286, 2800 Mechelen.

Is Verschaeren & Mertens still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) Verschaeren & Mertens is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 30 December 1976.

Is Verschaeren & Mertens registered on Peppol?

Yes, Verschaeren & Mertens is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0416727836.

What is the enterprise number of Verschaeren & Mertens?

The enterprise number of Verschaeren & Mertens is BE0416727836.

When was Verschaeren & Mertens founded?

Verschaeren & Mertens was founded on 30 December 1976.

Is Verschaeren & Mertens a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 30 December 1976; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 6 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did Verschaeren & Mertens make in 2025?

Verschaeren & Mertens posted a profit after taxes of € 567,900 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Verschaeren & Mertens?

As a small company, Verschaeren & Mertens is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 4,619,100.

How much does an employee at Verschaeren & Mertens earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Verschaeren & Mertens was € 76,800 in 2025: staff costs of € 3.6 million for 46.6 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Verschaeren & Mertens have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Verschaeren & Mertens has 46.6 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Verschaeren & Mertens (Private Limited) - Mechelen

Q: Who are the directors of Verschaeren & Mertens?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Verschaeren & Mertens are: Koen Laenen, Kathleen Scheers, Tom Liekens, PIAGroup Belgium NV, Tom Rumes, Rob Verschaeren.

Dossier Verschaeren & Mertens, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0416727836/verschaeren-mertens. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Verschaeren & Mertens from Mechelen, company number BE0416727836, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 567,900 after tax. For that financial year Verschaeren & Mertens recorded a gross margin of € 4.6 million and equity of € 2.7 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 243,742 to € 567,900. 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 3, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 2.7 million

▲ 125% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 567,900

▲ 133% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 184,158

▼ 66% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 2.7 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

46.6

▲ 11.8 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 3.6 million

▲ 22% vs 2024

€ 76,800 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

€ 44,518

▼ 14% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

None

No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.

Owed to suppliers

€ 780,293

▲ € 695,427 vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 812,475

▲ 39% 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	€ 2,304,278 Gross margin 2022: € 2,304,278 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,688,149 Gross margin 2023: € 2,688,149 ▲ 17% vs 2022 (€ 2,304,278) Favourable step	€ 3,474,063 Gross margin 2024: € 3,474,063 ▲ 29% vs 2023 (€ 2,688,149) Favourable step	€ 4,619,100 Gross margin 2025: € 4,619,100 ▲ 33% vs 2024 (€ 3,474,063) Favourable step	▲ 33%
Profit after taxes	€ 831,598 Profit after taxes 2022: € 831,598 First fiscal year in the series	€ 474,723 Profit after taxes 2023: € 474,723 ▼ 43% vs 2022 (€ 831,598) Unfavourable step	€ 243,742 Profit after taxes 2024: € 243,742 ▼ 49% vs 2023 (€ 474,723) Unfavourable step	€ 567,900 Profit after taxes 2025: € 567,900 ▲ 133% vs 2024 (€ 243,742) Favourable step	▲ 133%
Equity	€ 931,993 Equity 2022: € 931,993 First fiscal year in the series	€ 956,716 Equity 2023: € 956,716 ▲ 3% vs 2022 (€ 931,993) Favourable step	€ 1,200,458 Equity 2024: € 1,200,458 ▲ 25% vs 2023 (€ 956,716) Favourable step	€ 2,697,608 Equity 2025: € 2,697,608 ▲ 125% vs 2024 (€ 1,200,458) Favourable step	▲ 125%
Total debts	€ 1,088,744 Total debts 2022: € 1,088,744 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,646,098 Total debts 2023: € 1,646,098 ▲ 51% vs 2022 (€ 1,088,744) Unfavourable step	€ 833,751 Total debts 2024: € 833,751 ▼ 49% vs 2023 (€ 1,646,098) Favourable step	€ 1,691,993 Total debts 2025: € 1,691,993 ▲ 103% vs 2024 (€ 833,751) Unfavourable step	▲ 103%
Cash	€ 746,050 Cash 2022: € 746,050 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,037,693 Cash 2023: € 1,037,693 ▲ 39% vs 2022 (€ 746,050) Favourable step	€ 536,299 Cash 2024: € 536,299 ▼ 48% vs 2023 (€ 1,037,693) Unfavourable step	€ 184,158 Cash 2025: € 184,158 ▼ 66% vs 2024 (€ 536,299) Unfavourable step	▼ 66%
Retained profit	€ 869,993 Retained profit 2022: € 869,993 First fiscal year in the series	€ 950,519 Retained profit 2023: € 950,519 ▲ 9% vs 2022 (€ 869,993) Favourable step	€ 1,194,260 Retained profit 2024: € 1,194,260 ▲ 26% vs 2023 (€ 950,519) Favourable step	€ 2,691,410 Retained profit 2025: € 2,691,410 ▲ 125% vs 2024 (€ 1,194,260) Favourable step	▲ 125%
Dividend	€ 700,000 Dividend 2022: € 700,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 450,000 Dividend 2023: € 450,000 ▼ 36% vs 2022 (€ 700,000) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2024: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2023 (€ 450,000) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2025: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged
Bank debt	€ 133,177 Bank debt 2022: € 133,177 First fiscal year in the series	€ 279,000 Bank debt 2023: € 279,000 ▲ 109% vs 2022 (€ 133,177) Unfavourable step	€ 0 Bank debt 2024: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2023 (€ 279,000) Favourable step	€ 0 Bank debt 2025: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged
Balance sheet total	€ 2,020,738 Balance sheet total 2022: € 2,020,738 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,602,815 Balance sheet total 2023: € 2,602,815 ▲ 29% vs 2022 (€ 2,020,738) Unchanged	€ 2,034,209 Balance sheet total 2024: € 2,034,209 ▼ 22% vs 2023 (€ 2,602,815) Unchanged	€ 4,389,601 Balance sheet total 2025: € 4,389,601 ▲ 116% vs 2024 (€ 2,034,209) Unchanged	▲ 116%
Employees (FTE)	14.6 Employees (FTE) 2022: 14.6 First fiscal year in the series	21.9 Employees (FTE) 2023: 21.9 ▲ 7.3 vs 2022 (14.6) Unchanged	34.8 Employees (FTE) 2024: 34.8 ▲ 12.9 vs 2023 (21.9) Unchanged	46.6 Employees (FTE) 2025: 46.6 ▲ 11.8 vs 2024 (34.8) Unchanged	▲ 11.8

Key figures of Verschaeren & Mertens, 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 Verschaeren & Mertens?

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

Jul 3, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 567,900 (▲ 133% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2024 PIAGroup Belgium NV became a director. NBB
2023 Kathleen Scheers became a director. NBB
2023 Tom Liekens became a director. NBB
2023 Rob Verschaeren became a director. NBB
2018 Tom Rumes became a director. NBB
2004 Koen Laenen became a director. NBB
Jan 1, 1977 New establishment in Mechelen. KBO

In short

From € 831,598 profit in 2022 to € 567,900 profit in 2025.

Paid € 765,741 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 831,598 profit.

On average € 99,100 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Katrol 100%

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

Verschaeren & Mertens

Behind Verschaeren & Mertens are Koen Laenen, Kathleen Scheers, Tom Liekens, PIAGroup Belgium NV, Tom Rumes and Rob Verschaeren. The shares are held by Katrol (100%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Koen Laenen

Director

Also active at: Katrol

since 2004

Kathleen Scheers

Director

Also active at: IMMO SCHEERS-VERVLOESEM, Katrol, MK's Design & Beauty

since 2023

Tom Liekens

Director

Also active at: FISCALITO

since 2023

PIAGroup Belgium NV

Director · represented by Steven Brouckaert

Owns 100% via Katrol

Also active at: HLB LEGAL SERVICES, ACKMO ACCOUNTANTS & TAX ADVISERS, thg Bruxelles, SANDERS ACCOUNTING & CONSULTING, HLB BELGIUM, PME ASSISTANCE, VAN LOOY ACCOUNTANTS, AccountingTeam +67 more

since 2024

Tom Rumes

Director

Also active at: MALINAS ACCOUNTANTS, J & W CONSULTING

since 2018

Rob Verschaeren

Director

Also active at: RV Consulting, Katrol, MALINAS ACCOUNTANTS

since 2023

Shareholders

Katrol · holding of PIAGroup Belgium NV

100%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Battelsesteenweg 286

2800 Mechelen

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Details

Company number

0416.727.836

VAT number

BE 0416.727.836

Registered office

Battelsesteenweg 286, 2800 Mechelen

Names & denominations

Verschaeren & Mertens · V&M

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

30 December 1976

Peppol

Active · Active since 10 Jun 2026

Activities · NACE

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Financials

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