What does COCACHOC do?

COCACHOC is a food producer in Herentals. Public Limited, started on 12 December 1979, 1 establishment.

What is the address of COCACHOC?

The registered office of COCACHOC is located at Toekomstlaan(HRT) 49, 2200 Herentals.

Is COCACHOC still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) COCACHOC is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 12 December 1979.

Is COCACHOC registered on Peppol?

Yes, COCACHOC is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0420086610.

What is the enterprise number of COCACHOC?

The enterprise number of COCACHOC is BE0420086610.

When was COCACHOC founded?

COCACHOC was founded on 12 December 1979.

Who are the directors of COCACHOC?

According to the 2026 annual accounts, the directors of COCACHOC are: PAUWELS ENGINEERING NV, ILT BV.

Is COCACHOC a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 12 December 1979; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2026; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did COCACHOC make in 2026?

COCACHOC recorded a loss after taxes of € 646,408 in financial year 2026.

What is the revenue of COCACHOC?

As a small company, COCACHOC is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2026, its added value was € 902,393.

How much does an employee at COCACHOC earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at COCACHOC was € 65,200 in 2026: staff costs of € 332,477 for 5.1 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does COCACHOC have?

According to the 2026 annual accounts, COCACHOC has 5.1 full-time equivalents (FTE).

COCACHOC (Public Limited) - Herentals - BE0420086610

Dossier COCACHOC, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0420086610/cocachoc. 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.

Two loss years in a row NBB

Negative result in 2025 and 2026.
Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 63 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2026

COCACHOC from Herentals, company number BE0420086610, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € -646,408 after tax. For that financial year COCACHOC recorded a gross margin of € 902,393 and equity of € 2.7 million. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € -748,208 to € -646,408. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on October 2, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 2.7 million

▼ 20% vs 2025

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

Loss Caution

€ -646,408

▲ 14 % less loss than in 2025

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 88,493

▲ 6% vs 2025

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 € 1 million.

People and assets in 2026

Full-time equivalents

5.1

▲ 2.8 vs 2025

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

Wage cost

€ 332,477

▲ 128% vs 2025

€ 65,200 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

€ 4.7 million

▼ 9% vs 2025

Of which on lease € 4.6 million.

Debts at end 2026

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.

€ 10.9 million

▲ 29% vs 2025

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

Owed to suppliers

€ 910,889

▼ 36% vs 2025

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

Taxes and wages

€ 67,757

▼ 87% vs 2025

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2023	2024	2025	2026	Change 2025 → 2026
Gross margin	€ -192,683 Gross margin 2023: € -192,683 First fiscal year in the series	€ -226,985 Gross margin 2024: € -226,985 ▼ € 34,302 vs 2023 (€ -192,683) Unfavourable step	€ -276,555 Gross margin 2025: € -276,555 ▼ € 49,570 vs 2024 (€ -226,985) Unfavourable step	€ 902,393 Gross margin 2026: € 902,393 ▲ € 1.2 million vs 2025 (€ -276,555) Favourable step	▲ € 1.2 million
Profit after taxes	€ -27,116 Profit after taxes 2023: € -27,116 First fiscal year in the series	€ -108,988 Profit after taxes 2024: € -108,988 ▼ € 81,872 vs 2023 (€ -27,116) Unfavourable step	€ -748,208 Profit after taxes 2025: € -748,208 ▼ € 639,220 vs 2024 (€ -108,988) Unfavourable step	€ -646,408 Profit after taxes 2026: € -646,408 ▲ € 101,800 vs 2025 (€ -748,208) Favourable step	▲ € 101,800
Equity	€ 4,157,373 Equity 2023: € 4,157,373 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,048,386 Equity 2024: € 4,048,386 ▼ 3% vs 2023 (€ 4,157,373) Unfavourable step	€ 3,313,263 Equity 2025: € 3,313,263 ▼ 18% vs 2024 (€ 4,048,386) Unfavourable step	€ 2,666,854 Equity 2026: € 2,666,854 ▼ 20% vs 2025 (€ 3,313,263) Unfavourable step	▼ 20%
Total debts	€ 3,098,057 Total debts 2023: € 3,098,057 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,312,160 Total debts 2024: € 5,312,160 ▲ 71% vs 2023 (€ 3,098,057) Unfavourable step	€ 10,632,856 Total debts 2025: € 10,632,856 ▲ 100% vs 2024 (€ 5,312,160) Unfavourable step	€ 12,149,765 Total debts 2026: € 12,149,765 ▲ 14% vs 2025 (€ 10,632,856) Unfavourable step	▲ 14%
Cash	€ 1,812 Cash 2023: € 1,812 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,572 Cash 2024: € 2,572 ▲ 42% vs 2023 (€ 1,812) Favourable step	€ 83,593 Cash 2025: € 83,593 ▲ € 81,021 vs 2024 (€ 2,572) Favourable step	€ 88,493 Cash 2026: € 88,493 ▲ 6% vs 2025 (€ 83,593) Favourable step	▲ 6%
Retained profit	€ 2,516,147 Retained profit 2023: € 2,516,147 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,407,160 Retained profit 2024: € 2,407,160 ▼ 4% vs 2023 (€ 2,516,147) Unfavourable step	€ 1,658,952 Retained profit 2025: € 1,658,952 ▼ 31% vs 2024 (€ 2,407,160) Unfavourable step	€ 1,012,543 Retained profit 2026: € 1,012,543 ▼ 39% vs 2025 (€ 1,658,952) Unfavourable step	▼ 39%
Bank debt	€ 3,000,000 Bank debt 2023: € 3,000,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,437,000 Bank debt 2024: € 4,437,000 ▲ 48% vs 2023 (€ 3,000,000) Unfavourable step	€ 8,454,755 Bank debt 2025: € 8,454,755 ▲ 91% vs 2024 (€ 4,437,000) Unfavourable step	€ 10,948,639 Bank debt 2026: € 10,948,639 ▲ 29% vs 2025 (€ 8,454,755) Unfavourable step	▲ 29%
Balance sheet total	€ 7,255,430 Balance sheet total 2023: € 7,255,430 First fiscal year in the series	€ 9,360,546 Balance sheet total 2024: € 9,360,546 ▲ 29% vs 2023 (€ 7,255,430) Unchanged	€ 13,946,119 Balance sheet total 2025: € 13,946,119 ▲ 49% vs 2024 (€ 9,360,546) Unchanged	€ 14,816,619 Balance sheet total 2026: € 14,816,619 ▲ 6% vs 2025 (€ 13,946,119) Unchanged	▲ 6%
Employees (FTE)	-	-	2.3 Employees (FTE) 2025: 2.3 First fiscal year in the series	5.1 Employees (FTE) 2026: 5.1 ▲ 2.8 vs 2025 (2.3) Unchanged	▲ 2.8

Key figures of COCACHOC, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 October 2027.

What happened to COCACHOC?

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

2029 PAUWELS ENGINEERING NV stepped down as director. NBB
2029 ILT BV stepped down as director. NBB
Oct 2, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2026: loss of € 646,408. Source: NBB ↗
2023 PAUWELS ENGINEERING NV became a director. NBB
2023 ILT BV became a director. NBB
Dec 12, 1979 New establishment in Herentals. KBO
Dec 12, 1979 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 27,116 loss in 2023 to € 646,408 loss in 2026.

On average € 176,900 of value added per employee in 2026.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

PAUWELS ENGINEERING 36%

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

COCACHOC

The shares are held by PAUWELS ENGINEERING (36%).

Directors

According to the 2026 annual accounts

PAUWELS ENGINEERING NV

Managing director · represented by Marc PAUWELS

Also active at: The Belgian Chocolate Group, GIFTS OF BELGIUM

since 2023 · until 2029

ILT BV

Director · represented by Paul DE RIDDER

Also active at: The Belgian Chocolate Group, HIGH STREET, La vie en bois, Caluwé Artisan

since 2023 · until 2029

Shareholders

PAUWELS ENGINEERING

36%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Toekomstlaan(HRT) 49

2200 Herentals

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

Details

Company number

0420.086.610

VAT number

BE 0420.086.610

Registered office

Toekomstlaan(HRT) 49, 2200 Herentals

Names & denominations

COCACHOC

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

12 December 1979

Peppol

Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001

Contact

cocachoc.be [email protected]

Activities · NACE

Vervaardiging van cacao, chocolade en suikerwerk

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