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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.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 39 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
DRL from Zoutleeuw, company number BE0420712259, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 6,166 after tax. For that financial year DRL recorded a gross margin of € 513,991 and equity of € 426,299. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 15,343 to € 6,166. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 30, 2025.
€ 426,299
▲ 1% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 6,166
▼ 60% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 38,098
▲ 83% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 54,459.
People and assets in 2024
5.8
▲ 0.4 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 339,919
▲ 7% vs 2023
€ 58,600 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 2024
€ 666,489
▼ 4% vs 2023
€ 608,605 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 1 years.
€ 76,162
▲ 99% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 110,046
▼ 21% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 280,258 | € 276,172 | € 475,500 | € 513,991 | ▲ 8% |
| Profit after taxes | € 3,153 | € -38,384 | € 15,343 | € 6,166 | ▼ 60% |
| Equity | € 443,174 | € 404,790 | € 420,133 | € 426,299 | ▲ 1% |
| Total debts | € 2,083,365 | € 1,722,633 | € 1,316,890 | € 1,296,475 | ▼ 2% |
| Cash | € 7,095 | € 2,193 | € 20,768 | € 38,098 | ▲ 83% |
| Land & buildings | € 331,477 | € 272,974 | € 219,508 | € 165,549 | ▼ 25% |
| Retained profit | € 71,334 | € 32,950 | € 48,293 | € 54,459 | ▲ 13% |
| Bank debt | € 858,122 | € 752,427 | € 694,883 | € 666,489 | ▼ 4% |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,526,539 | € 2,127,424 | € 1,737,023 | € 1,722,774 | ▼ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 5.8 | ▲ 0.4 |
Key figures of DRL, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to DRL?
What happened at DRL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 6,166 (▼ 60% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Zoutleeuw. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 3,153 profit in 2021 to € 6,166 profit in 2024.
Paid € 11,778 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 15,343 profit.
On average € 88,600 of value added per employee in 2024.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
Behind DRL is Andy Vandendael. Andy Vandendael is also behind DRH.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Grote Steenweg 13
3440 Zoutleeuw
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
- 0420.712.259
- VAT number
- BE 0420.712.259
- Registered office
- Grote Steenweg 13, 3440 Zoutleeuw
- Names & denominations
- DRL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 5 September 1980
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 7 Nov 2025
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