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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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 28.9 to 23.6.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Franco en Zoon from Brugge, company number BE0422766085, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -11,069 after tax. For that financial year Franco en Zoon recorded a gross margin of € 2.7 million and equity of € 2.4 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 232,099 to € -11,069. 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 June 9, 2026.
€ 2.4 million
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -11,069
▼ still € 232,099 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 230,244
▼ 16% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 2.4 million.
People and assets in 2025
23.6
▼ 0.4 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.5 million
▼ 2% vs 2024
€ 64,800 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.
€ 1.9 million
▼ 16% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 1.6 million.
Debts at end 2025
€ 3.2 million
▲ 5% vs 2024
€ 831,636 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 389,238
▼ 7% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 215,175
▲ 30% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 3,100,293 | € 3,028,328 | € 2,901,245 | € 2,749,865 | ▼ 5% |
| Profit after taxes | € 194,814 | € -124,987 | € 232,099 | € -11,069 | ▼ € 243,168 |
| Equity | € 2,275,346 | € 2,150,359 | € 2,382,458 | € 2,371,389 | |
| Total debts | € 2,925,829 | € 4,483,264 | € 3,915,502 | € 4,106,288 | ▲ 5% |
| Cash | € 433,649 | € 149,808 | € 275,102 | € 230,244 | ▼ 16% |
| Land & buildings | € 752,793 | € 1,271,599 | € 1,216,042 | € 1,788,121 | ▲ 47% |
| Retained profit | € 2,256,746 | € 2,131,759 | € 2,363,858 | € 2,352,789 | |
| Bank debt | € 2,219,868 | € 3,732,872 | € 3,047,600 | € 3,211,548 | ▲ 5% |
| Balance sheet total | € 5,297,795 | € 6,717,290 | € 6,393,050 | € 6,555,818 | ▲ 3% |
| Employees (FTE) | 30.2 | 28.9 | 24 | 23.6 | ▼ 0.4 |
Key figures of Franco en Zoon, 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 Franco en Zoon?
What happened at Franco en Zoon in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 11,069 (▼ € 243,168 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Pieter-Jan Franco became a director. NBB
- FRANCO-INVEST BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Brugge. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 194,814 profit in 2022 to € 11,069 loss in 2025.
Paid € 1,514 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 232,099 profit.
On average € 116,500 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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
The stake of FRANCO-INVEST comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
Franco en ZoonBehind Franco en Zoon are Pieter-Jan Franco and FRANCO-INVEST BV. The shares are held by FRANCO-INVEST (99.9%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Pieter-Jan Franco
Director
since 2021
Director · represented by Franco Eric
since 2021
Shareholders
99.9%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Canadezenstraat 101
8380 Brugge
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What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0422.766.085
- VAT number
- BE 0422.766.085
- Registered office
- Canadezenstraat 101, 8380 Brugge
- Names & denominations
- Franco en Zoon
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 26 May 1982
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- Active · Active since 1 Sept 2025
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