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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 34 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 11.8 to 10.
Financials
Financial year 2026
VAN EECKHOUT from Zemst, company number BE0423014822, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 119,551 after tax. For that financial year VAN EECKHOUT recorded a gross margin of € 846,420 and equity of € 413,193. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 121,398 to € 119,551. 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 29, 2026.
€ 413,193
▲ 41% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 119,551
▼ 2% vs 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 106,508
▼ 9% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2026. Retained profit grew to € 293,193.
People and assets in 2026
10
▼ 0.7 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 470,754
▼ 2% vs 2025
€ 47,100 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.
€ 108,438
▼ 5% vs 2025
Of which on lease € 90,244.
Debts at end 2026
€ 347,088
▲ 19% vs 2025
€ 35,600 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 272,184
▲ 36% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 34,852
▲ 7% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
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| Gross margin | € 619,136 | € 688,675 | € 821,422 | € 846,420 | ▲ 3% |
| Profit after taxes | € 5,723 | € 13,962 | € 121,398 | € 119,551 | ▼ 2% |
| Equity | € 158,282 | € 172,243 | € 293,641 | € 413,193 | ▲ 41% |
| Total debts | € 869,759 | € 941,780 | € 978,487 | € 1,136,742 | ▲ 16% |
| Cash | € 53,518 | € 61,977 | € 117,628 | € 106,508 | ▼ 9% |
| Retained profit | € 38,282 | € 52,243 | € 173,641 | € 293,193 | ▲ 69% |
| Bank debt | € 386,856 | € 338,676 | € 291,886 | € 347,088 | ▲ 19% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,028,041 | € 1,114,023 | € 1,272,128 | € 1,549,934 | ▲ 22% |
| Employees (FTE) | 9.3 | 11.8 | 10.7 | 10 | ▼ 0.7 |
Key figures of VAN EECKHOUT, 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 August 2027.
What happened to VAN EECKHOUT?
What happened at VAN EECKHOUT in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- LUTGART LYEN stepped down as director. NBB
- MARC VAN EECKHOUT stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 119,551 (▼ 2% vs 2025). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Halle. KBO
- New establishment in Mechelen. KBO
- New establishment in Zemst. KBO
- New establishment in Mechelen. KBO
- New establishment in Mechelen. KBO
In short
From € 5,723 profit in 2023 to € 119,551 profit in 2026.
Paid € 1,501 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 121,398 profit.
On average € 84,600 of value added per employee in 2026.
Management
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
LUTGART LYEN
Director
· until 2030
MARC VAN EECKHOUT
Managing director
· until 2030
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Tervuursesteenweg 233
1981 Zemst
Battelsesteenweg 82
2800 Mechelen
Active since 14 December 2000
Tervuursesteenweg 31
2800 Mechelen
Active since 5 January 2011
Tervuursesteenweg 5
1981 Zemst
Active since 5 January 2011
Spiegelstraat 1
2800 Mechelen
Active since 5 January 2011
Oude Brusselsestraat 2
2800 Mechelen
Active since 5 January 2011
Hendrik I-lei 304
1800 Vilvoorde
Active since 5 January 2011
Hondzochtsesteenweg 155
1502 Halle
Active since 12 August 2026
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 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.
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Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0423.014.822
- VAT number
- BE 0423.014.822
- Registered office
- Tervuursesteenweg 233, 1981 Zemst
- Names & denominations
- VAN EECKHOUT
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 September 1982
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 16 Jan 2026
- Activities · NACE
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