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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 68.7 to 58.4.
Financials
Financial year 2025
GABOMA from Lier, company number BE0419610518, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 737,413 after tax. For that financial year GABOMA recorded revenue of € 19.8 million and equity of € 4.9 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 663,492 to € 737,413. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 28, 2026.
€ 4.9 million
▼ 25% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 737,413
▲ 11% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 1 million
▲ 59% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 2.4 million paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
58.4
▼ 6.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 3.3 million
▼ 4% vs 2024
€ 56,100 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.
€ 138,301
▼ 18% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 217,101
▼ 46% vs 2024
€ 185,905 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 1 years.
€ 1.9 million
▲ 76% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 46 days on average.
€ 768,102
▼ 12% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 17,374,637 | € 19,229,001 | € 20,013,820 | € 19,812,179 | ▼ 1% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,357,065 | € 1,593,841 | € 663,492 | € 737,413 | ▲ 11% |
| Equity | € 6,606,594 | € 7,575,435 | € 6,478,037 | € 4,865,450 | ▼ 25% |
| Total debts | € 5,482,280 | € 4,921,614 | € 3,297,662 | € 5,396,790 | ▲ 64% |
| Cash | € 771,072 | € 628,684 | € 636,212 | € 1,014,615 | ▲ 59% |
| Land & buildings | € 2,581,583 | € 2,461,763 | € 397,633 | € 354,801 | ▼ 11% |
| Retained profit | € 6,456,594 | € 7,425,435 | € 6,361,576 | € 4,748,989 | ▼ 25% |
| Dividend | € 450,000 | € 625,000 | € 800,000 | € 2,350,000 | ▲ 194% |
| Bank debt | € 2,822,869 | € 2,172,039 | € 400,852 | € 217,101 | ▼ 46% |
| Balance sheet total | € 12,088,874 | € 12,497,049 | € 9,775,699 | € 10,262,240 | ▲ 5% |
| Employees (FTE) | 67.8 | 68.7 | 64.5 | 58.4 | ▼ 6.1 |
Key figures of GABOMA, fiscal years 2021 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 GABOMA?
What happened at GABOMA in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Houtwerf International BV stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 737,413 (▲ 11% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- H.V.H. BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Houtwerf International BV became a director. NBB
- H.V.H. BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Mechelen. KBO
- New establishment in Oudenaarde. KBO
- New establishment in Geraardsbergen. KBO
In short
From € 1.4 million profit in 2021 to € 737,413 profit in 2025.
Paid € 1.5 million in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 1.6 million profit.
Paid out € 4.2 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Managing director · represented by Henri Pieter Verbeek
Also active at: IMMO - DUMBO, BRICOSHOP, BRICOMARKT, A.D.C. MONTAGEWERKEN, HOBOMAT, EDERS, DOERAMA, Distri-Depot +5 more
since 2020 · until 2026
Houtwerf International BV
Director · represented by Pieter Frans Verbeek
Also active at: IMMO - DUMBO, BRICOSHOP, EDERS, Distri-Depot, GAWEMA, Combiform
since 2022 · until 2028
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Antwerpsesteenweg 340
2500 Lier
Liersesteenweg 190
2220 Heist-op-den-Berg
Active since 1 August 1979
Aalststraat 146
9700 Oudenaarde
Active since 10 November 1994
Astridlaan(Ove) 97
9500 Geraardsbergen
Active since 10 November 1994
Koning Albertstraat(WAL) 213
2800 Mechelen
Active since 1 July 2010
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0419.610.518
- VAT number
- BE 0419.610.518
- Registered office
- Antwerpsesteenweg 340, 2500 Lier
- Names & denominations
- GABOMA
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 10 July 1979
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 11 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
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