Metalu is a DIY store in Opwijk. Private Limited, started on 8 May 1981, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Metalu?

The registered office of Metalu is located at Heirbaan 166, 1745 Opwijk.

Is Metalu still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) Metalu is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 8 May 1981.

Is Metalu registered on Peppol?

Yes, Metalu is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0421645142.

What is the enterprise number of Metalu?

The enterprise number of Metalu is BE0421645142.

When was Metalu founded?

Metalu was founded on 8 May 1981.

Who are the directors of Metalu?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Metalu are: Ady VAN DEN BROECK.

Is Metalu a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 8 May 1981; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 1 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did Metalu make in 2025?

Metalu posted a profit after taxes of € 60,813 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Metalu?

As a small company, Metalu is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 255,511.

How much does an employee at Metalu earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Metalu was € 46,700 in 2025: staff costs of € 130,871 for 2.8 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Metalu have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Metalu has 2.8 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Metalu (Private Limited) - Opwijk - BE0421645142

Dossier Metalu, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0421645142/metalu. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Metalu from Opwijk, company number BE0421645142, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 60,813 after tax. For that financial year Metalu recorded a gross margin of € 255,511 and equity of € 644,694. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 79,943 to € 60,813. The company is profitable. 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 19, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 644,694

▲ 10% vs 2024

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

Profit Healthy

€ 60,813

▼ 24% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 31,587

▼ 31% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 469,694.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

2.8

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

Wage cost

€ 130,871

▲ 6% vs 2024

€ 46,700 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

€ 39,732

▼ 23% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 12 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.

€ 227,039

▼ 14% vs 2024

€ 18,999 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 12 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 8,578

▼ 83% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 9,304

▼ 38% 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	€ 196,564 Gross margin 2022: € 196,564 First fiscal year in the series	€ 261,031 Gross margin 2023: € 261,031 ▲ 33% vs 2022 (€ 196,564) Favourable step	€ 272,706 Gross margin 2024: € 272,706 ▲ 4% vs 2023 (€ 261,031) Favourable step	€ 255,511 Gross margin 2025: € 255,511 ▼ 6% vs 2024 (€ 272,706) Unfavourable step	▼ 6%
Profit after taxes	€ 42,055 Profit after taxes 2022: € 42,055 First fiscal year in the series	€ 84,648 Profit after taxes 2023: € 84,648 ▲ 101% vs 2022 (€ 42,055) Favourable step	€ 79,943 Profit after taxes 2024: € 79,943 ▼ 6% vs 2023 (€ 84,648) Unfavourable step	€ 60,813 Profit after taxes 2025: € 60,813 ▼ 24% vs 2024 (€ 79,943) Unfavourable step	▼ 24%
Equity	€ 419,289 Equity 2022: € 419,289 First fiscal year in the series	€ 503,937 Equity 2023: € 503,937 ▲ 20% vs 2022 (€ 419,289) Favourable step	€ 583,881 Equity 2024: € 583,881 ▲ 16% vs 2023 (€ 503,937) Favourable step	€ 644,694 Equity 2025: € 644,694 ▲ 10% vs 2024 (€ 583,881) Favourable step	▲ 10%
Total debts	€ 477,735 Total debts 2022: € 477,735 First fiscal year in the series	€ 367,995 Total debts 2023: € 367,995 ▼ 23% vs 2022 (€ 477,735) Favourable step	€ 333,313 Total debts 2024: € 333,313 ▼ 9% vs 2023 (€ 367,995) Favourable step	€ 244,921 Total debts 2025: € 244,921 ▼ 27% vs 2024 (€ 333,313) Favourable step	▼ 27%
Cash	€ 34,343 Cash 2022: € 34,343 First fiscal year in the series	€ 52,355 Cash 2023: € 52,355 ▲ 52% vs 2022 (€ 34,343) Favourable step	€ 45,803 Cash 2024: € 45,803 ▼ 13% vs 2023 (€ 52,355) Unfavourable step	€ 31,587 Cash 2025: € 31,587 ▼ 31% vs 2024 (€ 45,803) Unfavourable step	▼ 31%
Land & buildings	€ 399,247 Land & buildings 2022: € 399,247 First fiscal year in the series	€ 383,957 Land & buildings 2023: € 383,957 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 399,247) Unchanged	€ 368,667 Land & buildings 2024: € 368,667 ▼ 4% vs 2023 (€ 383,957) Unchanged	€ 353,378 Land & buildings 2025: € 353,378 ▼ 4% vs 2024 (€ 368,667) Unchanged	▼ 4%
Retained profit	€ 244,289 Retained profit 2022: € 244,289 First fiscal year in the series	€ 328,937 Retained profit 2023: € 328,937 ▲ 35% vs 2022 (€ 244,289) Favourable step	€ 408,881 Retained profit 2024: € 408,881 ▲ 24% vs 2023 (€ 328,937) Favourable step	€ 469,694 Retained profit 2025: € 469,694 ▲ 15% vs 2024 (€ 408,881) Favourable step	▲ 15%
Bank debt	€ 400,131 Bank debt 2022: € 400,131 First fiscal year in the series	€ 331,770 Bank debt 2023: € 331,770 ▼ 17% vs 2022 (€ 400,131) Favourable step	€ 262,715 Bank debt 2024: € 262,715 ▼ 21% vs 2023 (€ 331,770) Favourable step	€ 227,039 Bank debt 2025: € 227,039 ▼ 14% vs 2024 (€ 262,715) Favourable step	▼ 14%
Balance sheet total	€ 897,024 Balance sheet total 2022: € 897,024 First fiscal year in the series	€ 871,932 Balance sheet total 2023: € 871,932 ▼ 3% vs 2022 (€ 897,024) Unchanged	€ 917,194 Balance sheet total 2024: € 917,194 ▲ 5% vs 2023 (€ 871,932) Unchanged	€ 889,615 Balance sheet total 2025: € 889,615 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 917,194) Unchanged	▼ 3%
Employees (FTE)	2.8 Employees (FTE) 2022: 2.8 First fiscal year in the series	2.8 Employees (FTE) 2023: 2.8 Unchanged (2.8) Unchanged	2.8 Employees (FTE) 2024: 2.8 Unchanged (2.8) Unchanged	2.8 Employees (FTE) 2025: 2.8 Unchanged (2.8) Unchanged

Key figures of Metalu, 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 Metalu?

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

May 19, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 60,813 (▼ 24% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
Jul 1, 1981 New establishment in Opwijk. KBO
May 8, 1981 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 42,055 profit in 2022 to € 60,813 profit in 2025.

Paid € 92,819 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 84,648 profit.

On average € 91,300 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

GEBROEDERS VAN DEN BROECK

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

Metalu

Behind Metalu is Ady VAN DEN BROECK. The shares are held by GEBROEDERS VAN DEN BROECK.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Ady VAN DEN BROECK

Director

Also active at: GEBROEDERS VAN DEN BROECK

Shareholders

GEBROEDERS VAN DEN BROECK

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Heirbaan 166

1745 Opwijk

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

Details

Company number

0421.645.142

VAT number

BE 0421.645.142

Registered office

Heirbaan 166, 1745 Opwijk

Names & denominations

Metalu

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

8 May 1981

Peppol

Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001

Activities · NACE

Detailhandel in ijzerwaren en gereedschappen

Detailhandel in ijzerwaren, bouwmaterialen, verf en glas (algemeen assortiment)

Detailhandel in ijzerwaren, verf, bouwmaterialen (inclusief doe-het-zelfzaken) met een verkoopsoppervlakte van minder dan 400 m2

Reparatie en onderhoud van huishoudapparaten en van werktuigen voor gebruik in huis en tuin

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Metalu

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