Financials
Financial year 2025
Worth noting
- A loss two years in a row.
Revenue
€ 37.4 million
▼ 1% vs 2024
Profit
Caution€ -1.5 million
▲ 47% vs 2024
Debts
Low€ 27.8 million
▲ 1% vs 2024
Vlerick Business School from Gent, company number BE0424244049, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -1.5 million after tax. For that financial year Vlerick Business School recorded revenue of € 37.4 million and equity of € 49.5 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -2.9 million to € -1.5 million. 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 2, 2026.
What happened at Vlerick Business School?
What happened at Vlerick Business School in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Frank Vlayen stepped down as director. NBB
- Sofie Baeten stepped down as director. NBB
- Louis Jonckheere stepped down as director. NBB
- Rudy Provoost stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 1.5 million. Source: NBB ↗
- Kristine de Valck stepped down as director. NBB
- Jean-Luc Deleersnyder stepped down as director. NBB
- Julio Urgel stepped down as director. NBB
In short
From € 1.5 million profit in 2021 to € 1.5 million loss in 2025.
Paid € 70,662 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 1.5 million profit.
Pays suppliers within 33 days on average.
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History
Every financial year, as far back as the National Bank goes.
Buffer
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Management
Behind Vlerick Business School are Dirk Buyens, Petra De Sutter, Ignace Lemahieu, Patrick De Greve, Wim Desmet and Marion Debruyne. It owns 100% of Vlerick Research and 2.4% of Camaraderie Development Ltd itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2025
Petra De Sutter
Director
Also active at: Collegium Vocale Gent, VLERICK RESEARCH, Associatie Universiteit Gent
since 2025
Ignace Lemahieu
Director
Also active at: VLERICK RESEARCH, OSTEND SCIENCE PARK, BLUEBRIDGE INCUBATIE- EN INNOVATIECENTRUM +1 more
since 2015
since 2003
Wim Desmet
Director
Also active at: VOKA - Kamer van Koophandel Vlaams-Brabant, VLERICK RESEARCH, Z.org KU Leuven +6 more
since 2022
since 2014
Sophie Manigart
Director
Also active at: Ryhove, Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen, Sophie Manigart +3 more
since 2018
since 2025
since 2002
since 2015 · until 2025
since 2025 · until 2028
since 2020 · until 2026
Rik Van de Walle
Director
Also active at: Egmont-Institut Royal des Relations Internationales, Festival van Vlaanderen Gent en Historische Steden, Internationaal Filmfestival van VLaanderen - Festival international du Film de Flandre - Flanders International Film Festival +5 more
since 2017 · until 2025
since 2025 · until 2028
Jean-Luc Deleersnyder
Director
Also active at: Immogar, REYNAERS ALUMINIUM, VLERICK RESEARCH +3 more
since 2009 · until 2026
since 2015 · until 2026
since 2015 · until 2025
Louis Jonckheere
Vice-chairman of the board, Chairman of the board
Also active at: VLERICK RESEARCH, Ninnip, BYTEFLIES +3 more
since 2017 · until 2028
since 2020 · until 2025
since 2017 · until 2025
since 2020 · until 2026
Rudy Provoost
Director, Vice-chairman of the board
Also active at: VLAAMS ECONOMISCH VERBOND, Vlaams Netwerk van Ondernemingen, POLLET GROUP +4 more
since 2009 · until 2028
Luc Sels
Director
Also active at: MAATSCHAPPIJ VOOR ROEREND BEZIT VAN DE BOERENBOND, Egmont-Institut Royal des Relations Internationales, Fondation Universitaire +3 more
since 2017 · until 2025
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Reep 1
9000 Gent
Vlamingenstraat 83
3000 Leuven
Active since 3 March 2006
Bolwerklaan 21 box 32
1210 Sint-Joost-ten-Node
Active since 1 October 2011
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Details
- Company number
- 0424.244.049
- VAT number
- BE 0424.244.049
- Registered office
- Reep 1, 9000 Gent
- Names & denominations
- Vlerick Business School
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public-interest foundation
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 31 March 1983
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Activities · NACE
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