What does Van Bignoot do?

Van Bignoot is a jeweller in Gent. Private Limited, started on 1 October 1981, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Van Bignoot?

The registered office of Van Bignoot is located at Mageleinstraat 6, 9000 Gent.

Is Van Bignoot still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (31 October 2026) Van Bignoot is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 1 October 1981.

Is Van Bignoot registered on Peppol?

Yes, Van Bignoot is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0422113019.

What is the enterprise number of Van Bignoot?

The enterprise number of Van Bignoot is BE0422113019.

When was Van Bignoot founded?

Van Bignoot was founded on 1 October 1981.

Who are the directors of Van Bignoot?

According to the 2026 annual accounts, the directors of Van Bignoot are: Michaël Van Bignoot.

Is Van Bignoot a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 1 October 1981; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2026; 1 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did Van Bignoot make in 2026?

Van Bignoot recorded a loss after taxes of € 87,004 in financial year 2026.

What is the revenue of Van Bignoot?

As a small company, Van Bignoot is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2026, its added value was € 5,315.

How much does an employee at Van Bignoot earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Van Bignoot was € 69,600 in 2026: staff costs of € 69,561 for 1 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Van Bignoot have?

According to the 2026 annual accounts, Van Bignoot has 1 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Van Bignoot (Private Limited) - Gent - BE0422113019

Dossier Van Bignoot, printed on 31 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0422113019/van-bignoot. 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 8 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2026

Van Bignoot from Gent, company number BE0422113019, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € -87,004 after tax. For that financial year Van Bignoot recorded a gross margin of € 5,315 and equity of € 692,810. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € -23,921 to € -87,004. 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 September 21, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 692,810

▼ 11% vs 2025

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

Loss Caution

€ -87,004

▼ 264 % more loss than in 2025

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 6,889

▼ 56% 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 € 649,210.

People and assets in 2026

Full-time equivalents

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

Wage cost

€ 69,561

€ 69,600 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 2026

Bank debt

€ 71,769

▼ 11% vs 2025

Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.

Owed to suppliers

€ 61,911

▼ 22% vs 2025

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

Taxes and wages

€ 74,863

▲ 73% 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	€ 105,899 Gross margin 2023: € 105,899 First fiscal year in the series	€ 127,791 Gross margin 2024: € 127,791 ▲ 21% vs 2023 (€ 105,899) Favourable step	€ 83,571 Gross margin 2025: € 83,571 ▼ 35% vs 2024 (€ 127,791) Unfavourable step	€ 5,315 Gross margin 2026: € 5,315 ▼ 94% vs 2025 (€ 83,571) Unfavourable step	▼ 94%
Profit after taxes	€ 5,820 Profit after taxes 2023: € 5,820 First fiscal year in the series	€ 31,420 Profit after taxes 2024: € 31,420 ▲ € 25,599 vs 2023 (€ 5,820) Favourable step	€ -23,921 Profit after taxes 2025: € -23,921 ▼ € 55,340 vs 2024 (€ 31,420) Unfavourable step	€ -87,004 Profit after taxes 2026: € -87,004 ▼ € 63,083 vs 2025 (€ -23,921) Unfavourable step	▼ € 63,083
Equity	€ 772,315 Equity 2023: € 772,315 First fiscal year in the series	€ 803,735 Equity 2024: € 803,735 ▲ 4% vs 2023 (€ 772,315) Favourable step	€ 779,814 Equity 2025: € 779,814 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 803,735) Unfavourable step	€ 692,810 Equity 2026: € 692,810 ▼ 11% vs 2025 (€ 779,814) Unfavourable step	▼ 11%
Total debts	€ 473,279 Total debts 2023: € 473,279 First fiscal year in the series	€ 389,627 Total debts 2024: € 389,627 ▼ 18% vs 2023 (€ 473,279) Favourable step	€ 417,699 Total debts 2025: € 417,699 ▲ 7% vs 2024 (€ 389,627) Unfavourable step	€ 364,460 Total debts 2026: € 364,460 ▼ 13% vs 2025 (€ 417,699) Favourable step	▼ 13%
Cash	€ 8,127 Cash 2023: € 8,127 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,050 Cash 2024: € 5,050 ▼ 38% vs 2023 (€ 8,127) Unfavourable step	€ 15,733 Cash 2025: € 15,733 ▲ 212% vs 2024 (€ 5,050) Favourable step	€ 6,889 Cash 2026: € 6,889 ▼ 56% vs 2025 (€ 15,733) Unfavourable step	▼ 56%
Retained profit	€ 728,715 Retained profit 2023: € 728,715 First fiscal year in the series	€ 760,135 Retained profit 2024: € 760,135 ▲ 4% vs 2023 (€ 728,715) Favourable step	€ 736,214 Retained profit 2025: € 736,214 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 760,135) Unfavourable step	€ 649,210 Retained profit 2026: € 649,210 ▼ 12% vs 2025 (€ 736,214) Unfavourable step	▼ 12%
Bank debt	€ 122,822 Bank debt 2023: € 122,822 First fiscal year in the series	€ 90,182 Bank debt 2024: € 90,182 ▼ 27% vs 2023 (€ 122,822) Favourable step	€ 80,613 Bank debt 2025: € 80,613 ▼ 11% vs 2024 (€ 90,182) Favourable step	€ 71,769 Bank debt 2026: € 71,769 ▼ 11% vs 2025 (€ 80,613) Favourable step	▼ 11%
Balance sheet total	€ 1,245,594 Balance sheet total 2023: € 1,245,594 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,193,362 Balance sheet total 2024: € 1,193,362 ▼ 4% vs 2023 (€ 1,245,594) Unchanged	€ 1,197,513 Balance sheet total 2025: € 1,197,513 Unchanged (€ 1,193,362) Unchanged	€ 1,057,270 Balance sheet total 2026: € 1,057,270 ▼ 12% vs 2025 (€ 1,197,513) Unchanged	▼ 12%
Employees (FTE)	68,866.8 Employees (FTE) 2023: 68,866.8 First fiscal year in the series	13,640.3 Employees (FTE) 2024: 13,640.3 ▼ 55,226.5 vs 2023 (68,866.8) Unchanged	1 Employees (FTE) 2025: 1 ▼ 13,639.3 vs 2024 (13,640.3) Unchanged	1 Employees (FTE) 2026: 1 Unchanged (1) Unchanged

Key figures of Van Bignoot, 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 Van Bignoot?

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

Sep 21, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2026: loss of € 87,004. Source: NBB ↗
May 28, 2015 New establishment in Gent. KBO
Oct 1, 1981 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 5,820 profit in 2023 to € 87,004 loss in 2026.

Paid € 3,310 in corporate taxes since 2023.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 31,420 profit.

On average € 5,300 of value added per employee in 2026.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Michaël Van Bignoot

Van Bignoot

Behind Van Bignoot is Michaël Van Bignoot.

Directors

According to the 2026 annual accounts

Michaël Van Bignoot

Director

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Mageleinstraat 6

9000 Gent

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.

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€ -1,822 gross margin · 2026

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Details

Company number

0422.113.019

VAT number

BE 0422.113.019

Registered office

Mageleinstraat 6, 9000 Gent

Names & denominations

Van Bignoot

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

1 October 1981

Peppol

Active · Active since 19 Dec 2025

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