What does KAREL LAUWERS do?

KAREL LAUWERS is a repair service in Arendonk. Public Limited, started on 21 June 1977, 2 establishments.

What is the address of KAREL LAUWERS?

The registered office of KAREL LAUWERS is located at Roobeek 50, 2370 Arendonk.

Is KAREL LAUWERS still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (31 October 2026) KAREL LAUWERS is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 21 June 1977.

Is KAREL LAUWERS registered on Peppol?

Yes, KAREL LAUWERS is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0417415546.

What is the enterprise number of KAREL LAUWERS?

The enterprise number of KAREL LAUWERS is BE0417415546.

When was KAREL LAUWERS founded?

KAREL LAUWERS was founded on 21 June 1977.

Who owns KAREL LAUWERS?

The shares are held by LAUWERS CAR SERVICE (34%) and DE VRIJ TRAVEL (33%).

Is KAREL LAUWERS a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 21 June 1977; 4 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did KAREL LAUWERS make in 2025?

KAREL LAUWERS recorded a loss after taxes of € 22,269 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of KAREL LAUWERS?

As a small company, KAREL LAUWERS is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 168,886.

How much does an employee at KAREL LAUWERS earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at KAREL LAUWERS was € 21,400 in 2025: staff costs of € 40,700 for 1.9 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does KAREL LAUWERS have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, KAREL LAUWERS has 1.9 full-time equivalents (FTE).

KAREL LAUWERS (Public Limited) - Arendonk - BE0417415546

Dossier KAREL LAUWERS, printed on 31 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0417415546/karel-lauwers. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Warning lights

Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.

Two loss years in a row NBB

Negative result in 2024 and 2025.

Financials

Financial year 2025

KAREL LAUWERS from Arendonk, company number BE0417415546, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -22,269 after tax. For that financial year KAREL LAUWERS recorded a gross margin of € 168,886 and equity of € 948,031. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -26,130 to € -22,269. 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 October 31, 2025.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 948,031

▼ 2% vs 2024

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

Loss Caution

€ -22,269

▲ 15 % less loss than in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 9,222

▲ 178% 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 € 724,031.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

1.9

▲ 0.3 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 40,700

▲ 33% vs 2024

€ 21,400 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

€ 100,700

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.

€ 575,170

▲ 4% vs 2024

€ 104,467 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 45,726

▲ € 40,685 vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 24,173

▲ 191% 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	€ 763,214 Gross margin 2022: € 763,214 First fiscal year in the series	€ 154,063 Gross margin 2023: € 154,063 ▼ 80% vs 2022 (€ 763,214) Unfavourable step	€ 169,554 Gross margin 2024: € 169,554 ▲ 10% vs 2023 (€ 154,063) Favourable step	€ 168,886 Gross margin 2025: € 168,886 Unchanged (€ 169,554) Unfavourable step
Profit after taxes	€ 755,427 Profit after taxes 2022: € 755,427 First fiscal year in the series	€ -48,490 Profit after taxes 2023: € -48,490 ▼ € 803,917 vs 2022 (€ 755,427) Unfavourable step	€ -26,130 Profit after taxes 2024: € -26,130 ▲ € 22,360 vs 2023 (€ -48,490) Favourable step	€ -22,269 Profit after taxes 2025: € -22,269 ▲ € 3,861 vs 2024 (€ -26,130) Favourable step	▲ € 3,861
Equity	€ 1,193,920 Equity 2022: € 1,193,920 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,145,430 Equity 2023: € 1,145,430 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 1,193,920) Unfavourable step	€ 970,300 Equity 2024: € 970,300 ▼ 15% vs 2023 (€ 1,145,430) Unfavourable step	€ 948,031 Equity 2025: € 948,031 ▼ 2% vs 2024 (€ 970,300) Unfavourable step	▼ 2%
Total debts	€ 917,563 Total debts 2022: € 917,563 First fiscal year in the series	€ 848,695 Total debts 2023: € 848,695 ▼ 8% vs 2022 (€ 917,563) Favourable step	€ 773,871 Total debts 2024: € 773,871 ▼ 9% vs 2023 (€ 848,695) Favourable step	€ 810,738 Total debts 2025: € 810,738 ▲ 5% vs 2024 (€ 773,871) Unfavourable step	▲ 5%
Cash	€ 37,517 Cash 2022: € 37,517 First fiscal year in the series	€ 13,095 Cash 2023: € 13,095 ▼ 65% vs 2022 (€ 37,517) Unfavourable step	€ 3,319 Cash 2024: € 3,319 ▼ 75% vs 2023 (€ 13,095) Unfavourable step	€ 9,222 Cash 2025: € 9,222 ▲ 178% vs 2024 (€ 3,319) Favourable step	▲ 178%
Land & buildings	€ 1,670,260 Land & buildings 2022: € 1,670,260 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,581,470 Land & buildings 2023: € 1,581,470 ▼ 5% vs 2022 (€ 1,670,260) Unchanged	€ 1,472,472 Land & buildings 2024: € 1,472,472 ▼ 7% vs 2023 (€ 1,581,470) Unchanged	€ 1,374,129 Land & buildings 2025: € 1,374,129 ▼ 7% vs 2024 (€ 1,472,472) Unchanged	▼ 7%
Retained profit	€ 820,920 Retained profit 2022: € 820,920 First fiscal year in the series	€ 772,430 Retained profit 2023: € 772,430 ▼ 6% vs 2022 (€ 820,920) Unfavourable step	€ 746,300 Retained profit 2024: € 746,300 ▼ 3% vs 2023 (€ 772,430) Unfavourable step	€ 724,031 Retained profit 2025: € 724,031 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 746,300) Unfavourable step	▼ 3%
Bank debt	€ 758,438 Bank debt 2022: € 758,438 First fiscal year in the series	€ 656,151 Bank debt 2023: € 656,151 ▼ 13% vs 2022 (€ 758,438) Favourable step	€ 552,857 Bank debt 2024: € 552,857 ▼ 16% vs 2023 (€ 656,151) Favourable step	€ 575,170 Bank debt 2025: € 575,170 ▲ 4% vs 2024 (€ 552,857) Unfavourable step	▲ 4%
Balance sheet total	€ 2,134,651 Balance sheet total 2022: € 2,134,651 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,015,363 Balance sheet total 2023: € 2,015,363 ▼ 6% vs 2022 (€ 2,134,651) Unchanged	€ 1,763,478 Balance sheet total 2024: € 1,763,478 ▼ 12% vs 2023 (€ 2,015,363) Unchanged	€ 1,776,145 Balance sheet total 2025: € 1,776,145 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 1,763,478) Unchanged	▲ 1%
Employees (FTE)	1.9 Employees (FTE) 2022: 1.9 First fiscal year in the series	1.6 Employees (FTE) 2023: 1.6 ▼ 0.3 vs 2022 (1.9) Unchanged	1.6 Employees (FTE) 2024: 1.6 Unchanged (1.6) Unchanged	1.9 Employees (FTE) 2025: 1.9 ▲ 0.3 vs 2024 (1.6) Unchanged	▲ 0.3

Key figures of KAREL LAUWERS, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2026 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 October 2026.

What happened to KAREL LAUWERS?

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

Oct 31, 2025 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 22,269. Source: NBB ↗
Jul 1, 1977 New establishment in Arendonk. KBO
Jul 1, 1977 New establishment in Arendonk. KBO
Jun 21, 1977 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 755,427 profit in 2022 to € 22,269 loss in 2025.

Paid € 1,391 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 755,427 profit.

On average € 88,900 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Roobeek 50

2370 Arendonk

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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LAUWERS CAR SERVICE same network

€ 541,607 gross margin · 2025

DE VRIJ TRAVEL same network

€ 2 million gross margin · 2024

LAUWERS CARS

€ 193,570 gross margin · 2025

What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.

Details

Company number

0417.415.546

VAT number

BE 0417.415.546

Registered office

Roobeek 50, 2370 Arendonk

Names & denominations

KAREL LAUWERS

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

21 June 1977

Peppol

Active · Active since 25 Nov 2025

Activities · NACE

Carrosserieherstelling (inclusief spuiten en verven)

Onderhoud en reparatie van auto's

Diensten in verband met vervoer te land

Carrosserieherstelling

Opslag

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗