What does HOUT DE GROOTE do?

HOUT DE GROOTE is registered with the CBE as active in: Groothandel in hout. Public Limited, started on 29 November 1983, 2 establishments.

What is the address of HOUT DE GROOTE?

The registered office of HOUT DE GROOTE is located at Eekstraat 26, 9160 Lokeren.

Is HOUT DE GROOTE still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) HOUT DE GROOTE is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 29 November 1983.

Is HOUT DE GROOTE registered on Peppol?

Yes, HOUT DE GROOTE is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0424810312.

What is the enterprise number of HOUT DE GROOTE?

The enterprise number of HOUT DE GROOTE is BE0424810312.

When was HOUT DE GROOTE founded?

HOUT DE GROOTE was founded on 29 November 1983.

Who are the directors of HOUT DE GROOTE?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of HOUT DE GROOTE are: Premium Larchwood BV, Degrofi BV.

Is HOUT DE GROOTE a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 29 November 1983; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account; 2 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did HOUT DE GROOTE make in 2025?

HOUT DE GROOTE posted a profit after taxes of € 524,586 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of HOUT DE GROOTE?

As a small company, HOUT DE GROOTE is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 1,431,843.

How much does an employee at HOUT DE GROOTE earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at HOUT DE GROOTE was € 42,600 in 2025: staff costs of € 379,048 for 8.9 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does HOUT DE GROOTE have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, HOUT DE GROOTE has 8.9 full-time equivalents (FTE).

HOUT DE GROOTE (Public Limited) - Lokeren - BE0424810312

Dossier HOUT DE GROOTE, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0424810312/hout-de-groote. 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.

Shrinking team NBB

FTE fell two years in a row, from 11 to 8.9.

Financials

Financial year 2025

HOUT DE GROOTE from Lokeren, company number BE0424810312, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 524,586 after tax. For that financial year HOUT DE GROOTE recorded a gross margin of € 1.4 million and equity of € 3.8 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 789,283 to € 524,586. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 30, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 3.8 million

▲ 16% vs 2024

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

Profit Healthy

€ 524,586

▼ 34% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 1.2 million

▼ 47% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 3.2 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

8.9

▼ 0.2 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 379,048

▲ 13% vs 2024

€ 42,600 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 61,231

▲ 4% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 82 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 1.7 million

▲ 7% vs 2024

€ 21,103 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 82 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 1.2 million

▼ 42% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 197,395

▲ 39% vs 2024

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Gross margin	€ 1,563,808 Gross margin 2022: € 1,563,808 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,790,759 Gross margin 2023: € 1,790,759 ▲ 15% vs 2022 (€ 1,563,808) Favourable step	€ 1,590,387 Gross margin 2024: € 1,590,387 ▼ 11% vs 2023 (€ 1,790,759) Unfavourable step	€ 1,431,843 Gross margin 2025: € 1,431,843 ▼ 10% vs 2024 (€ 1,590,387) Unfavourable step	▼ 10%
Profit after taxes	€ 428,345 Profit after taxes 2022: € 428,345 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,225,798 Profit after taxes 2023: € 1,225,798 ▲ 186% vs 2022 (€ 428,345) Favourable step	€ 789,283 Profit after taxes 2024: € 789,283 ▼ 36% vs 2023 (€ 1,225,798) Unfavourable step	€ 524,586 Profit after taxes 2025: € 524,586 ▼ 34% vs 2024 (€ 789,283) Unfavourable step	▼ 34%
Equity	€ 3,852,982 Equity 2022: € 3,852,982 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,878,780 Equity 2023: € 2,878,780 ▼ 25% vs 2022 (€ 3,852,982) Unfavourable step	€ 3,268,063 Equity 2024: € 3,268,063 ▲ 14% vs 2023 (€ 2,878,780) Favourable step	€ 3,792,649 Equity 2025: € 3,792,649 ▲ 16% vs 2024 (€ 3,268,063) Favourable step	▲ 16%
Total debts	€ 4,550,949 Total debts 2022: € 4,550,949 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,038,748 Total debts 2023: € 4,038,748 ▼ 11% vs 2022 (€ 4,550,949) Favourable step	€ 4,541,760 Total debts 2024: € 4,541,760 ▲ 12% vs 2023 (€ 4,038,748) Unfavourable step	€ 3,357,827 Total debts 2025: € 3,357,827 ▼ 26% vs 2024 (€ 4,541,760) Favourable step	▼ 26%
Cash	€ 1,904,761 Cash 2022: € 1,904,761 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,911,737 Cash 2023: € 1,911,737 Unchanged (€ 1,904,761) Favourable step	€ 2,314,871 Cash 2024: € 2,314,871 ▲ 21% vs 2023 (€ 1,911,737) Favourable step	€ 1,226,228 Cash 2025: € 1,226,228 ▼ 47% vs 2024 (€ 2,314,871) Unfavourable step	▼ 47%
Land & buildings	€ 644,549 Land & buildings 2022: € 644,549 First fiscal year in the series	€ 523,149 Land & buildings 2023: € 523,149 ▼ 19% vs 2022 (€ 644,549) Unchanged	€ 583,106 Land & buildings 2024: € 583,106 ▲ 11% vs 2023 (€ 523,149) Unchanged	€ 508,968 Land & buildings 2025: € 508,968 ▼ 13% vs 2024 (€ 583,106) Unchanged	▼ 13%
Retained profit	€ 3,233,249 Retained profit 2022: € 3,233,249 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,259,046 Retained profit 2023: € 2,259,046 ▼ 30% vs 2022 (€ 3,233,249) Unfavourable step	€ 2,648,329 Retained profit 2024: € 2,648,329 ▲ 17% vs 2023 (€ 2,259,046) Favourable step	€ 3,172,915 Retained profit 2025: € 3,172,915 ▲ 20% vs 2024 (€ 2,648,329) Favourable step	▲ 20%
Dividend	€ 100,000 Dividend 2022: € 100,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,200,000 Dividend 2023: € 2,200,000 ▲ € 2.1 million vs 2022 (€ 100,000) Unchanged	€ 400,000 Dividend 2024: € 400,000 ▼ 82% vs 2023 (€ 2,200,000) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2025: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2024 (€ 400,000) Unchanged	▼ 100%
Bank debt	€ 1,973,457 Bank debt 2022: € 1,973,457 First fiscal year in the series	€ 868,231 Bank debt 2023: € 868,231 ▼ 56% vs 2022 (€ 1,973,457) Favourable step	€ 1,622,824 Bank debt 2024: € 1,622,824 ▲ 87% vs 2023 (€ 868,231) Unfavourable step	€ 1,735,589 Bank debt 2025: € 1,735,589 ▲ 7% vs 2024 (€ 1,622,824) Unfavourable step	▲ 7%
Balance sheet total	€ 8,407,001 Balance sheet total 2022: € 8,407,001 First fiscal year in the series	€ 6,917,528 Balance sheet total 2023: € 6,917,528 ▼ 18% vs 2022 (€ 8,407,001) Unchanged	€ 7,809,823 Balance sheet total 2024: € 7,809,823 ▲ 13% vs 2023 (€ 6,917,528) Unchanged	€ 7,150,476 Balance sheet total 2025: € 7,150,476 ▼ 8% vs 2024 (€ 7,809,823) Unchanged	▼ 8%
Employees (FTE)	12.3 Employees (FTE) 2022: 12.3 First fiscal year in the series	11 Employees (FTE) 2023: 11 ▼ 1.3 vs 2022 (12.3) Unchanged	9.1 Employees (FTE) 2024: 9.1 ▼ 1.9 vs 2023 (11) Unchanged	8.9 Employees (FTE) 2025: 8.9 ▼ 0.2 vs 2024 (9.1) Unchanged	▼ 0.2

Key figures of HOUT DE GROOTE, 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 HOUT DE GROOTE?

What happened at HOUT DE GROOTE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

Jul 30, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 524,586 (▼ 34% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2021 Premium Larchwood BV became a director. NBB
Jan 1, 1999 New establishment in Lokeren. KBO
Dec 1, 1983 New establishment in Lokeren. KBO
Nov 29, 1983 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 428,345 profit in 2022 to € 524,586 profit in 2025.

Paid € 692,910 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 1.2 million profit.

On average € 160,900 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Premium Larchwood 60%

Degrofi 40%

The stake of Premium Larchwood, Degrofi comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

HOUT DE GROOTE

Behind HOUT DE GROOTE are Premium Larchwood BV and Degrofi BV. The shares are held by Premium Larchwood (60%) and Degrofi (40%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Premium Larchwood BV

Bestuurder · represented by JOHAN DE GROOTE

Also active at: D.G. Invest

since 2021

Degrofi BV

Bestuurder · represented by FILIP DE GROOTE

Also active at: D.G. Invest

Shareholders

Premium Larchwood

60%

Degrofi

40%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Eekstraat 26

9160 Lokeren

2.260.659.036

Moortelstraat 10

9160 Lokeren

Active since 1 January 1999

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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Details

Company number

0424.810.312

VAT number

BE 0424.810.312

Registered office

Eekstraat 26, 9160 Lokeren

Names & denominations

HOUT DE GROOTE

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

29 November 1983

Peppol

Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001

Activities · NACE

Groothandel in hout

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HOUT DE GROOTE

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