What does AUTO SPECIAL do?

AUTO SPECIAL is registered with the CBE as active in: Groothandel in onderdelen en accessoires van auto's. Public Limited, started on 21 November 1979, 1 establishment.

What is the address of AUTO SPECIAL?

The registered office of AUTO SPECIAL is located at Mechelsesteenweg(CEN) 196 box A, 2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver.

Is AUTO SPECIAL still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) AUTO SPECIAL is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 21 November 1979.

Is AUTO SPECIAL registered on Peppol?

Yes, AUTO SPECIAL is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0419948731.

What is the enterprise number of AUTO SPECIAL?

The enterprise number of AUTO SPECIAL is BE0419948731.

When was AUTO SPECIAL founded?

AUTO SPECIAL was founded on 21 November 1979.

Who are the directors of AUTO SPECIAL?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of AUTO SPECIAL are: Alain Van den Berck, Kenneth Van den Berck.

Is AUTO SPECIAL a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 21 November 1979; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did AUTO SPECIAL make in 2025?

AUTO SPECIAL recorded a loss after taxes of € 799 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of AUTO SPECIAL?

As a small company, AUTO SPECIAL is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 850,508.

How much does an employee at AUTO SPECIAL earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at AUTO SPECIAL was € 73,300 in 2025: staff costs of € 769,247 for 10.5 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does AUTO SPECIAL have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, AUTO SPECIAL has 10.5 full-time equivalents (FTE).

AUTO SPECIAL (Public Limited) - Sint-Katelijne-Waver

Dossier AUTO SPECIAL, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0419948731/auto-special. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

AUTO SPECIAL from Sint-Katelijne-Waver, company number BE0419948731, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -799 after tax. For that financial year AUTO SPECIAL recorded a gross margin of € 850,508 and equity of € 649,809. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 44,681 to € -799. 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 June 29, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 649,809

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

Loss Caution

€ -799

▼ still € 44,681 profit in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 73,922

▼ 64% 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 € 349,809.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

10.5

▼ 0.1 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 769,247

▼ 3% vs 2024

€ 73,300 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

€ 224,119

Of which on lease € 14,622.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 3 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.

€ 165,736

▲ 83% vs 2024

€ 49,424 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 196,808

▲ 20% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 167,437

▼ 11% 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	€ 750,495 Gross margin 2022: € 750,495 First fiscal year in the series	€ 950,583 Gross margin 2023: € 950,583 ▲ 27% vs 2022 (€ 750,495) Favourable step	€ 916,907 Gross margin 2024: € 916,907 ▼ 4% vs 2023 (€ 950,583) Unfavourable step	€ 850,508 Gross margin 2025: € 850,508 ▼ 7% vs 2024 (€ 916,907) Unfavourable step	▼ 7%
Profit after taxes	€ 115,023 Profit after taxes 2022: € 115,023 First fiscal year in the series	€ 131,141 Profit after taxes 2023: € 131,141 ▲ 14% vs 2022 (€ 115,023) Favourable step	€ 44,681 Profit after taxes 2024: € 44,681 ▼ 66% vs 2023 (€ 131,141) Unfavourable step	€ -799 Profit after taxes 2025: € -799 ▼ € 45,479 vs 2024 (€ 44,681) Unfavourable step	▼ € 45,479
Equity	€ 719,787 Equity 2022: € 719,787 First fiscal year in the series	€ 820,927 Equity 2023: € 820,927 ▲ 14% vs 2022 (€ 719,787) Favourable step	€ 650,608 Equity 2024: € 650,608 ▼ 21% vs 2023 (€ 820,927) Unfavourable step	€ 649,809 Equity 2025: € 649,809 Unchanged (€ 650,608) Unfavourable step
Total debts	€ 351,867 Total debts 2022: € 351,867 First fiscal year in the series	€ 396,000 Total debts 2023: € 396,000 ▲ 13% vs 2022 (€ 351,867) Unfavourable step	€ 578,888 Total debts 2024: € 578,888 ▲ 46% vs 2023 (€ 396,000) Unfavourable step	€ 531,587 Total debts 2025: € 531,587 ▼ 8% vs 2024 (€ 578,888) Favourable step	▼ 8%
Cash	€ 134,017 Cash 2022: € 134,017 First fiscal year in the series	€ 327,668 Cash 2023: € 327,668 ▲ 144% vs 2022 (€ 134,017) Favourable step	€ 205,816 Cash 2024: € 205,816 ▼ 37% vs 2023 (€ 327,668) Unfavourable step	€ 73,922 Cash 2025: € 73,922 ▼ 64% vs 2024 (€ 205,816) Unfavourable step	▼ 64%
Retained profit	€ 254,787 Retained profit 2022: € 254,787 First fiscal year in the series	€ 355,927 Retained profit 2023: € 355,927 ▲ 40% vs 2022 (€ 254,787) Favourable step	€ 350,608 Retained profit 2024: € 350,608 ▼ 1% vs 2023 (€ 355,927) Unfavourable step	€ 349,809 Retained profit 2025: € 349,809 Unchanged (€ 350,608) Unfavourable step
Dividend	€ 30,000 Dividend 2022: € 30,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 30,000 Dividend 2023: € 30,000 Unchanged (€ 30,000) Unchanged	€ 50,000 Dividend 2024: € 50,000 ▲ 67% vs 2023 (€ 30,000) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2025: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2024 (€ 50,000) Unchanged	▼ 100%
Bank debt	€ 20,851 Bank debt 2022: € 20,851 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,979 Bank debt 2023: € 2,979 ▼ 86% vs 2022 (€ 20,851) Favourable step	€ 90,343 Bank debt 2024: € 90,343 ▲ € 87,365 vs 2023 (€ 2,979) Unfavourable step	€ 165,736 Bank debt 2025: € 165,736 ▲ 83% vs 2024 (€ 90,343) Unfavourable step	▲ 83%
Balance sheet total	€ 1,071,654 Balance sheet total 2022: € 1,071,654 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,216,927 Balance sheet total 2023: € 1,216,927 ▲ 14% vs 2022 (€ 1,071,654) Unchanged	€ 1,229,496 Balance sheet total 2024: € 1,229,496 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 1,216,927) Unchanged	€ 1,181,396 Balance sheet total 2025: € 1,181,396 ▼ 4% vs 2024 (€ 1,229,496) Unchanged	▼ 4%
Employees (FTE)	9 Employees (FTE) 2022: 9 First fiscal year in the series	10.2 Employees (FTE) 2023: 10.2 ▲ 1.2 vs 2022 (9) Unchanged	10.6 Employees (FTE) 2024: 10.6 ▲ 0.4 vs 2023 (10.2) Unchanged	10.5 Employees (FTE) 2025: 10.5 ▼ 0.1 vs 2024 (10.6) Unchanged	▼ 0.1

Key figures of AUTO SPECIAL, 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 AUTO SPECIAL?

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

2028 Alain Van den Berck stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Kenneth Van den Berck stepped down as director. NBB
Jun 29, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 799 (▼ € 45,479 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2022 Alain Van den Berck became a director. NBB
2022 Kenneth Van den Berck became a director. NBB
Nov 21, 1979 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
Nov 1, 1979 New establishment in Sint-Katelijne-Waver. KBO

In short

From € 115,023 profit in 2022 to € 799 loss in 2025.

Paid € 126,088 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 131,141 profit.

On average € 81,000 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Alain Van den Berck

Managing director

since 2022 · until 2028

Kenneth Van den Berck

Director

since 2022 · until 2028

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Mechelsesteenweg(CEN) 196 box A

2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver

2.016.949.704

Mechelsesteenweg(CEN) 179

2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver

Active since 1 November 1979

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

Details

Company number

0419.948.731

VAT number

BE 0419.948.731

Registered office

Mechelsesteenweg(CEN) 196 bus A, 2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver

Names & denominations

AUTO SPECIAL

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

21 November 1979

Peppol

Active · Active since 4 Nov 2025

Activities · NACE

Groothandel in onderdelen en accessoires van auto's

Handelsbemiddeling en groothandel in onderdelen en accessoires van motorvoertuigen

Groothandel in delen en toebehoren van motorvoertuigen

Detailhandel in onderdelen en accessoires van motorvoertuigen

Kleinhandel in onderdelen en accessoires van auto's

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗