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Financials
Financial year 2025
FIRST STOP EUROPE from Zaventem, company number BE0420639510, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -1.9 million after tax. For that financial year FIRST STOP EUROPE recorded revenue of € 8 million and equity of € 12.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 100,959 to € -1.9 million. 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 July 14, 2026.
€ 12.2 million
▼ 14% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -1.9 million
▼ still € 100,959 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 6.6 million
▼ 4% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -14.5 million.
People and assets in 2025
13.3
▲ 5.4 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 2.1 million
▲ 15% vs 2024
€ 157,500 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.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 2.5 million
▲ 80% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 144 days on average.
€ 637,581
▼ 35% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 11,288,327 | € 8,061,357 | € 8,754,888 | € 7,990,988 | ▼ 9% |
| Profit after taxes | € 577,103 | € -265,917 | € 100,959 | € -1,943,739 | ▼ € 2 million |
| Equity | € 14,269,264 | € 14,003,347 | € 14,104,306 | € 12,160,567 | ▼ 14% |
| Total debts | € 1,861,424 | € 2,324,224 | € 2,669,334 | € 3,502,971 | ▲ 31% |
| Cash | € 1,821,609 | € 6,733,714 | € 6,855,894 | € 6,570,481 | ▼ 4% |
| Retained profit | € -12,360,277 | € -12,626,193 | € -12,525,234 | € -14,468,973 | ▼ € 1.9 million |
| Balance sheet total | € 16,130,687 | € 16,327,571 | € 16,773,640 | € 15,663,538 | ▼ 7% |
| Employees (FTE) | 4.8 | 6.3 | 7.9 | 13.3 | ▲ 5.4 |
Key figures of FIRST STOP EUROPE, 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 FIRST STOP EUROPE?
What happened at FIRST STOP EUROPE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Daniel Danka stepped down as director. NBB
- Karthik Ananthanarayanan stepped down as director. NBB
- Daniel Jean Giroud stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 1.9 million (▼ € 2 million vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Daniel Danka became a director. NBB
- Karthik Ananthanarayanan became a director. NBB
- Daniel Jean Giroud became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Zaventem. KBO
In short
From € 577,103 profit in 2022 to € 1.9 million loss in 2025.
Paid € 193,896 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 577,103 profit.
Pays suppliers within 144 days on average.
Management
The shares are held by BRIDGESTONE EUROPE NV/SA (100%). It owns 100% of First Stop Reifen & Auto Services AG and 100% of First Stop Southwest S.A.U itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Daniel Jean Giroud
Director
since 2023 · until 2029
Daniel Danka
Director
since 2025 · until 2030
Karthik Ananthanarayanan
Director
since 2025 · until 2030
Shareholders
Participations
First Stop Reifen & Auto Services AG
100%
First Stop Southwest S.A.U
100%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Da Vincilaan 1
1930 Zaventem
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- Company number
- 0420.639.510
- VAT number
- BE 0420.639.510
- Registered office
- Da Vincilaan 1, 1930 Zaventem
- Names & denominations
- FIRST STOP EUROPE · FIRST STOP EU
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 16 July 1980
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 19 Dec 2025
- Contact
- firststop.be 02 714 67 00
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