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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 48 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
"SEARCH & SELECTION", ADVIESBUREAU VOOR WERVING EN SELECTIE, "SEARCH & SELECTION - BUREAU- CONSEIL EN RECRUTEMENT ET SELECTION from Ronse, company number BE0417568766, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 51,289 after tax. For that financial year "SEARCH & SELECTION", ADVIESBUREAU VOOR WERVING EN SELECTIE, "SEARCH & SELECTION - BUREAU- CONSEIL EN RECRUTEMENT ET SELECTION recorded a gross margin of € 579,882 and equity of € 3.6 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 29,228 to € 51,289. 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 March 3, 2026.
€ 3.6 million
▲ 1% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 51,289
▲ 75% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 18,590
▲ 53% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 840,317.
People and assets in 2025
4.4
▼ 0.3 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 222,372
▲ 21% vs 2024
€ 50,500 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.
€ 37,771
▼ 17% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 1.2 million
▼ 10% vs 2024
€ 133,131 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 9 years.
€ 129,063
▼ 63% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 36,486
▲ 184% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 425,619 | € 530,184 | € 499,252 | € 579,882 | ▲ 16% |
| Profit after taxes | € 126,945 | € 64,753 | € 29,228 | € 51,289 | ▲ 75% |
| Equity | € 3,410,591 | € 3,475,344 | € 3,504,572 | € 3,555,861 | ▲ 1% |
| Total debts | € 2,330,802 | € 3,222,026 | € 3,172,990 | € 2,991,985 | ▼ 6% |
| Cash | € 22,546 | € 8,633 | € 12,169 | € 18,590 | ▲ 53% |
| Land & buildings | € 1,264,045 | € 1,692,141 | € 2,307,633 | € 2,223,591 | ▼ 4% |
| Retained profit | € 695,047 | € 759,800 | € 789,028 | € 840,317 | ▲ 7% |
| Bank debt | € 187,611 | € 785,126 | € 1,364,461 | € 1,231,330 | ▼ 10% |
| Balance sheet total | € 5,741,393 | € 6,697,370 | € 6,677,562 | € 6,547,846 | ▼ 2% |
| Employees (FTE) | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.4 | ▼ 0.3 |
Key figures of "SEARCH & SELECTION", ADVIESBUREAU VOOR WERVING EN SELECTIE, "SEARCH & SELECTION - BUREAU- CONSEIL EN RECRUTEMENT ET SELECTION, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 April 2027.
What happened to "SEARCH & SELECTION", ADVIESBUREAU VOOR WERVING EN SELECTIE, "SEARCH & SELECTION - BUREAU- CONSEIL EN RECRUTEMENT ET SELECTION?
What happened at "SEARCH & SELECTION", ADVIESBUREAU VOOR WERVING EN SELECTIE, "SEARCH & SELECTION - BUREAU- CONSEIL EN RECRUTEMENT ET SELECTION in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 51,289 (▲ 75% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Ronse. KBO
- New establishment in Wortegem-Petegem. KBO
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 126,945 profit in 2022 to € 51,289 profit in 2025.
Paid € 33,088 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 126,945 profit.
On average € 131,800 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
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Management
Behind "SEARCH & SELECTION", ADVIESBUREAU VOOR WERVING EN SELECTIE, "SEARCH & SELECTION - BUREAU- CONSEIL EN RECRUTEMENT ET SELECTION is Frans Claerhout. It owns 99.9% of Search & Selection Gent BV, 99.9% of Search & Selection Antwerpen BV, 46.9% of Pragma BV, 20% of Search & Selection Breda BV, 20% of Search & Selection Lille sarl and 10% of Take 5 Innovation BV itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Frans Claerhout
Managing director
Also active at: SEARCH en SELECTION ANTWERPEN, SEARCH AND SELECTION BRUSSEL
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Aimé Delhayeplein 3
9600 Ronse
Oude Houtlei 125
9000 Gent
Active since 17 October 1977
Boskant (E.) 33
9790 Wortegem-Petegem
Active since 10 August 2000
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0417.568.766
- VAT number
- BE 0417.568.766
- Registered office
- Aimé Delhayeplein 3, 9600 Ronse
- Names & denominations
- "SEARCH & SELECTION", ADVIESBUREAU VOOR WERVING EN SELECTIE, "SEARCH & SELECTION - BUREAU- CONSEIL EN RECRUTEMENT ET SELECTION
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 7 October 1977
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