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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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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 26 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 177.1 to 146.
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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2022.
Financials
Financial year 2025
H.Essers Infra from Hechtel-Eksel, company number BE0424285522, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -1.7 million after tax. For that financial year H.Essers Infra recorded revenue of € 22.8 million and equity of € -9.5 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -3.5 million to € -1.7 million. The company made a loss. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 8, 2026.
€ -9.5 million
▼ € 1.7 million vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -1.7 million
▲ 52 % less loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 86,097
▲ 201% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -11.5 million.
People and assets in 2025
146
▼ 12.7 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 10.2 million
▼ 3% vs 2024
€ 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.
€ 1.6 million
▼ 35% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 4.4 million
▼ 24% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 12.9 million
▼ 6% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 347 days on average.
€ 1.4 million
▼ 7% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Revenue | € 27,329,705 | € 25,367,724 | € 24,355,852 | € 22,788,484 | ▼ 6% |
| Profit after taxes | € -1,917,113 | € -2,724,037 | € -3,538,486 | € -1,703,062 | ▲ € 1.8 million |
| Equity | € -1,575,157 | € -4,299,194 | € -7,837,680 | € -9,540,742 | ▼ € 1.7 million |
| Total debts | € 19,569,921 | € 21,899,263 | € 23,140,508 | € 24,477,794 | ▲ 6% |
| Cash | € 40,259 | € 38,232 | € 28,570 | € 86,097 | ▲ 201% |
| Land & buildings | € 41,076 | € 37,785 | € 34,495 | € 33,791 | ▼ 2% |
| Retained profit | € -3,491,359 | € -6,215,396 | € -9,753,882 | € -11,456,944 | ▼ € 1.7 million |
| Bank debt | € 7,685,040 | € 7,521,610 | € 5,799,414 | € 4,420,856 | ▼ 24% |
| Balance sheet total | € 18,030,763 | € 17,636,069 | € 15,386,161 | € 14,937,052 | ▼ 3% |
| Employees (FTE) | 175.7 | 177.1 | 158.7 | 146 | ▼ 12.7 |
Key figures of H.Essers Infra, 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 H.Essers Infra?
What happened at H.Essers Infra in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Noël ESSERS stepped down as director. NBB
- ALRO BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Tess BV stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 1.7 million. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Lommel. KBO
- Noël ESSERS became a director. NBB
- ALRO BV became a director. NBB
- Tess BV became a director. NBB
In short
From € 1.9 million loss in 2022 to € 1.7 million loss in 2025.
Paid € 189,636 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Management
The shares are held by H.Essers BV (100%). It owns 100% of H.Essers Infra Nederland BV and 100% of H.Essers Infra Moorslede itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Noël ESSERS
Director
Also active at: HENRI ESSERS EN ZONEN INTERNATIONAAL TRANSPORT, H.Essers Infra Moorslede, ECOBETON WATER TECHNOLOGIES, H. Essers Express, GRONDWERK & VERVOER VERDONCK, JOKO, WIMA, CARROSSERIE VANNIJLEN +14 more
since 2023 · until 2028
Managing director · represented by Gert BERVOETS
Also active at: H.Essers Infra Moorslede, Greenyard, H. Essers Systems Company, H.Essers Liquid Bulk, H. Essers Express, Douaneagentschap Essers, Hessenatie Logistics Kortrijk, H.ESSERS RAILPORT +24 more
since 2023 · until 2028
Managing director · represented by Hilde ESSERS
Also active at: HENRI ESSERS EN ZONEN INTERNATIONAAL TRANSPORT, H.Essers Infra Moorslede, H. Essers Systems Company, H.Essers Liquid Bulk, H. Essers Express, Douaneagentschap Essers, ENEX, Hessenatie Logistics Kortrijk +26 more
since 2023 · until 2028
Shareholders
100%
Participations
H.Essers Infra Nederland BV
100%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Geerstraat 32
3940 Hechtel-Eksel
Marie Curiestraat 1
3920 Lommel
Active since 1 September 2024
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0424.285.522
- VAT number
- BE 0424.285.522
- Registered office
- Geerstraat 32, 3940 Hechtel-Eksel
- Names & denominations
- H.Essers Infra
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 6 June 1983
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 12 Sept 2025
- Activities · NACE
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