What does VUURVAST do?

VUURVAST is a specialised building contractor in Scherpenheuvel-Zichem. Public Limited, started on 15 January 1980, 2 establishments.

What is the address of VUURVAST?

The registered office of VUURVAST is located at Dennenlaan 15, 3271 Scherpenheuvel-Zichem.

Is VUURVAST still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) VUURVAST is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 15 January 1980.

Is VUURVAST registered on Peppol?

Yes, VUURVAST is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0420027321.

What is the enterprise number of VUURVAST?

The enterprise number of VUURVAST is BE0420027321.

When was VUURVAST founded?

VUURVAST was founded on 15 January 1980.

Who are the directors of VUURVAST?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of VUURVAST are: WCE BVBA, Chris Wouters, Eduard Wouters.

Is VUURVAST a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 15 January 1980; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account; 2 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did VUURVAST make in 2025?

VUURVAST posted a profit after taxes of € 239,925 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of VUURVAST?

As a small company, VUURVAST is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 2,716,925.

How much does an employee at VUURVAST earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at VUURVAST was € 80,200 in 2025: staff costs of € 1.9 million for 24.3 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does VUURVAST have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, VUURVAST has 24.3 full-time equivalents (FTE).

VUURVAST (Public Limited) - Scherpenheuvel-Zichem

Dossier VUURVAST, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0420027321/vuurvast. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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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.

Shrinking team NBB

FTE fell two years in a row, from 28.8 to 24.3.

Financials

Financial year 2025

VUURVAST from Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, company number BE0420027321, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 239,925 after tax. For that financial year VUURVAST recorded a gross margin of € 2.7 million and equity of € 4.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 130,569 to € 239,925. 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 May 28, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 4.2 million

▲ 3% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 239,925

▲ 84% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 46,932

▼ 68% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 120,000 paid out

50 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

24.3

▼ 0.9 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 1.9 million

▼ 7% vs 2024

€ 80,200 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

€ 62,221

▼ 65% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 46,151.

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.

€ 1.9 million

▼ 39% vs 2024

€ 345,629 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 835,760

▲ 34% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 296,864

▼ 31% 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	€ 2,613,487 Gross margin 2022: € 2,613,487 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,932,569 Gross margin 2023: € 2,932,569 ▲ 12% vs 2022 (€ 2,613,487) Favourable step	€ 2,800,327 Gross margin 2024: € 2,800,327 ▼ 5% vs 2023 (€ 2,932,569) Unfavourable step	€ 2,716,925 Gross margin 2025: € 2,716,925 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 2,800,327) Unfavourable step	▼ 3%
Profit after taxes	€ 213,623 Profit after taxes 2022: € 213,623 First fiscal year in the series	€ 222,759 Profit after taxes 2023: € 222,759 ▲ 4% vs 2022 (€ 213,623) Favourable step	€ 130,569 Profit after taxes 2024: € 130,569 ▼ 41% vs 2023 (€ 222,759) Unfavourable step	€ 239,925 Profit after taxes 2025: € 239,925 ▲ 84% vs 2024 (€ 130,569) Favourable step	▲ 84%
Equity	€ 885,842 Equity 2022: € 885,842 First fiscal year in the series	€ 988,601 Equity 2023: € 988,601 ▲ 12% vs 2022 (€ 885,842) Favourable step	€ 4,104,170 Equity 2024: € 4,104,170 ▲ € 3.1 million vs 2023 (€ 988,601) Favourable step	€ 4,224,094 Equity 2025: € 4,224,094 ▲ 3% vs 2024 (€ 4,104,170) Favourable step	▲ 3%
Total debts	€ 4,104,465 Total debts 2022: € 4,104,465 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,122,501 Total debts 2023: € 4,122,501 Unchanged (€ 4,104,465) Unfavourable step	€ 4,255,294 Total debts 2024: € 4,255,294 ▲ 3% vs 2023 (€ 4,122,501) Unfavourable step	€ 3,201,714 Total debts 2025: € 3,201,714 ▼ 25% vs 2024 (€ 4,255,294) Favourable step	▼ 25%
Cash	€ 64,853 Cash 2022: € 64,853 First fiscal year in the series	€ 12,106 Cash 2023: € 12,106 ▼ 81% vs 2022 (€ 64,853) Unfavourable step	€ 146,418 Cash 2024: € 146,418 ▲ € 134,312 vs 2023 (€ 12,106) Favourable step	€ 46,932 Cash 2025: € 46,932 ▼ 68% vs 2024 (€ 146,418) Unfavourable step	▼ 68%
Land & buildings	€ 901,317 Land & buildings 2022: € 901,317 First fiscal year in the series	€ 859,675 Land & buildings 2023: € 859,675 ▼ 5% vs 2022 (€ 901,317) Unchanged	€ 3,804,571 Land & buildings 2024: € 3,804,571 ▲ € 2.9 million vs 2023 (€ 859,675) Unchanged	€ 3,765,968 Land & buildings 2025: € 3,765,968 ▼ 1% vs 2024 (€ 3,804,571) Unchanged	▼ 1%
Retained profit	€ 761,895 Retained profit 2022: € 761,895 First fiscal year in the series	€ 864,654 Retained profit 2023: € 864,654 ▲ 13% vs 2022 (€ 761,895) Favourable step	€ 995,223 Retained profit 2024: € 995,223 ▲ 15% vs 2023 (€ 864,654) Favourable step	€ 1,115,148 Retained profit 2025: € 1,115,148 ▲ 12% vs 2024 (€ 995,223) Favourable step	▲ 12%
Dividend	€ 0 Dividend 2022: € 0 First fiscal year in the series	€ 120,000 Dividend 2023: € 120,000 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2024: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2023 (€ 120,000) Unchanged	€ 120,000 Dividend 2025: € 120,000 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged
Bank debt	€ 2,946,921 Bank debt 2022: € 2,946,921 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,906,152 Bank debt 2023: € 2,906,152 ▼ 1% vs 2022 (€ 2,946,921) Favourable step	€ 3,200,871 Bank debt 2024: € 3,200,871 ▲ 10% vs 2023 (€ 2,906,152) Unfavourable step	€ 1,949,089 Bank debt 2025: € 1,949,089 ▼ 39% vs 2024 (€ 3,200,871) Favourable step	▼ 39%
Balance sheet total	€ 4,990,307 Balance sheet total 2022: € 4,990,307 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,111,101 Balance sheet total 2023: € 5,111,101 ▲ 2% vs 2022 (€ 4,990,307) Unchanged	€ 8,359,464 Balance sheet total 2024: € 8,359,464 ▲ 64% vs 2023 (€ 5,111,101) Unchanged	€ 7,425,808 Balance sheet total 2025: € 7,425,808 ▼ 11% vs 2024 (€ 8,359,464) Unchanged	▼ 11%
Employees (FTE)	29.2 Employees (FTE) 2022: 29.2 First fiscal year in the series	28.8 Employees (FTE) 2023: 28.8 ▼ 0.4 vs 2022 (29.2) Unchanged	25.2 Employees (FTE) 2024: 25.2 ▼ 3.6 vs 2023 (28.8) Unchanged	24.3 Employees (FTE) 2025: 24.3 ▼ 0.9 vs 2024 (25.2) Unchanged	▼ 0.9

Key figures of VUURVAST, 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 VUURVAST?

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

May 28, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 239,925 (▲ 84% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2026 Eduard Wouters stepped down as director. NBB
2016 WCE BVBA became a director. NBB
2014 Chris Wouters became a director. NBB
2014 Eduard Wouters became a director. NBB
Oct 1, 2010 New establishment in Diest. KBO
Feb 1, 1980 New establishment in Scherpenheuvel-Zichem. KBO
Jan 15, 1980 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 213,623 profit in 2022 to € 239,925 profit in 2025.

Paid € 217,489 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2025, with € 239,925 profit.

On average € 111,800 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

WCE 34%

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

VUURVAST

Vuurvast Portugal - Unipessoal LDA 100%

Europem Technologies 36.9%

Leverage Incorporated 5.1%

Behind VUURVAST are WCE BVBA and Chris Wouters. The shares are held by WCE (34%). It owns 100% of Vuurvast Portugal - Unipessoal LDA, 36.9% of Europem Technologies and 5.1% of Leverage Incorporated itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

WCE BVBA

Director · represented by Eduard Wouters

since 2016

Chris Wouters

Managing director

Also active at: O.M.C.T., I.B.T.S. OVENBOUW, LG, CELSIUS HEAT MANAGEMENT BELGIUM, CRESS

since 2014

Eduard Wouters

Managing director

since 2014 · until 2026

Shareholders

WCE

34%

Participations

Vuurvast Portugal - Unipessoal LDA

100%

Europem Technologies

36.9%

Leverage Incorporated

5.1%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Dennenlaan 15

3271 Scherpenheuvel-Zichem

2.324.664.782

Herrestraat 16

3294 Diest

Active since 1 October 2010

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 companies are registered at this address.

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O.M.C.T. same network

€ 2 million gross margin · 2026

WCE same network

€ 162,000 revenue · 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

0420.027.321

VAT number

BE 0420.027.321

Registered office

Dennenlaan 15, 3271 Scherpenheuvel-Zichem

Names & denominations

VUURVAST

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

15 January 1980

Peppol

Active · Active since 8 Jan 2026

Activities · NACE

Installatie van isolatie

Isolatiewerkzaamheden

Vervaardiging van ovens en permanente verwarmingstoestellen voor huishoudelijk gebruik

Vervaardiging van metalen constructiewerken en delen daarvan

Overige gespecialiseerde bouwactiviteiten, neg

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

VUURVAST

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What happened to VUURVAST?

Management

Directors

Shareholders

Participations

Establishments

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Who else lives here?

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