What does MERCATOR PRESS do?

MERCATOR PRESS is a plastics manufacturer in Jabbeke. Public Limited, started on 16 September 1983, 2 establishments.

What is the address of MERCATOR PRESS?

The registered office of MERCATOR PRESS is located at Industriezone 2, 8490 Jabbeke.

Is MERCATOR PRESS still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (31 October 2026) MERCATOR PRESS is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 16 September 1983.

Is MERCATOR PRESS registered on Peppol?

Yes, MERCATOR PRESS is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0424819121.

What is the enterprise number of MERCATOR PRESS?

The enterprise number of MERCATOR PRESS is BE0424819121.

When was MERCATOR PRESS founded?

MERCATOR PRESS was founded on 16 September 1983.

Who are the directors of MERCATOR PRESS?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of MERCATOR PRESS are: Beheermaatschappij Em. de Jong BV, Katalus, Koninklijke drukkerij Em. de Jong BV.

Is MERCATOR PRESS a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 16 September 1983; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account; 2 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did MERCATOR PRESS make in 2025?

MERCATOR PRESS posted a profit after taxes of € 991,265 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of MERCATOR PRESS?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), MERCATOR PRESS reported revenue of € 30,364,168.

How much does an employee at MERCATOR PRESS earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at MERCATOR PRESS was € 72,700 in 2025: staff costs of € 6.5 million for 89.8 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does MERCATOR PRESS have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, MERCATOR PRESS has 89.8 full-time equivalents (FTE).

MERCATOR PRESS (Public Limited) - Jabbeke - BE0424819121

Dossier MERCATOR PRESS, printed on 31 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0424819121/mercator-press. 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.

Negative equity NBB

More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 31 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Shrinking team NBB

FTE fell two years in a row, from 101.5 to 89.8.

Financials

Financial year 2025

MERCATOR PRESS from Jabbeke, company number BE0424819121, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 991,265 after tax. For that financial year MERCATOR PRESS recorded revenue of € 30.4 million and equity of € -1.4 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 300,682 to € 991,265. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 16, 2026.

What it is worth Caution

€ -1.4 million

▲ € 991,265 vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 991,265

▲ 230% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 429,811

▲ 166% 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 € -2.7 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

89.8

▼ 3.9 vs 2024

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

Wage cost Staff costs are payroll only. Director pay sits with services and miscellaneous goods: € 10.5 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 6.5 million

▼ 3% vs 2024

€ 72,700 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

€ 144,446

▼ 25% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

None

No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.

Owed to suppliers

€ 888,662

▼ 27% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 14 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 1 million

▼ 11% 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
Revenue	€ 49,024,392 Revenue 2022: € 49,024,392 First fiscal year in the series	€ 36,498,770 Revenue 2023: € 36,498,770 ▼ 26% vs 2022 (€ 49,024,392) Unfavourable step	€ 33,103,914 Revenue 2024: € 33,103,914 ▼ 9% vs 2023 (€ 36,498,770) Unfavourable step	€ 30,364,168 Revenue 2025: € 30,364,168 ▼ 8% vs 2024 (€ 33,103,914) Unfavourable step	▼ 8%
Profit after taxes	€ 1,396,438 Profit after taxes 2022: € 1,396,438 First fiscal year in the series	€ 144,940 Profit after taxes 2023: € 144,940 ▼ 90% vs 2022 (€ 1,396,438) Unfavourable step	€ 300,682 Profit after taxes 2024: € 300,682 ▲ 107% vs 2023 (€ 144,940) Favourable step	€ 991,265 Profit after taxes 2025: € 991,265 ▲ 230% vs 2024 (€ 300,682) Favourable step	▲ 230%
Equity	€ -2,849,638 Equity 2022: € -2,849,638 First fiscal year in the series	€ -2,704,698 Equity 2023: € -2,704,698 ▲ € 144,940 vs 2022 (€ -2,849,638) Favourable step	€ -2,404,017 Equity 2024: € -2,404,017 ▲ € 300,681 vs 2023 (€ -2,704,698) Favourable step	€ -1,412,752 Equity 2025: € -1,412,752 ▲ € 991,265 vs 2024 (€ -2,404,017) Favourable step	▲ € 991,265
Total debts	€ 7,487,534 Total debts 2022: € 7,487,534 First fiscal year in the series	€ 7,241,892 Total debts 2023: € 7,241,892 ▼ 3% vs 2022 (€ 7,487,534) Favourable step	€ 7,021,096 Total debts 2024: € 7,021,096 ▼ 3% vs 2023 (€ 7,241,892) Favourable step	€ 6,596,222 Total debts 2025: € 6,596,222 ▼ 6% vs 2024 (€ 7,021,096) Favourable step	▼ 6%
Cash	€ 196,520 Cash 2022: € 196,520 First fiscal year in the series	€ 652,222 Cash 2023: € 652,222 ▲ 232% vs 2022 (€ 196,520) Favourable step	€ 161,602 Cash 2024: € 161,602 ▼ 75% vs 2023 (€ 652,222) Unfavourable step	€ 429,811 Cash 2025: € 429,811 ▲ 166% vs 2024 (€ 161,602) Favourable step	▲ 166%
Land & buildings	€ 38,340 Land & buildings 2022: € 38,340 First fiscal year in the series	€ 26,340 Land & buildings 2023: € 26,340 ▼ 31% vs 2022 (€ 38,340) Unchanged	-	-
Retained profit	€ -4,102,994 Retained profit 2022: € -4,102,994 First fiscal year in the series	€ -3,958,054 Retained profit 2023: € -3,958,054 ▲ € 144,940 vs 2022 (€ -4,102,994) Favourable step	€ -3,657,372 Retained profit 2024: € -3,657,372 ▲ € 300,682 vs 2023 (€ -3,958,054) Favourable step	€ -2,666,107 Retained profit 2025: € -2,666,107 ▲ € 991,265 vs 2024 (€ -3,657,372) Favourable step	▲ € 991,265
Balance sheet total	€ 5,659,923 Balance sheet total 2022: € 5,659,923 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,549,108 Balance sheet total 2023: € 5,549,108 ▼ 2% vs 2022 (€ 5,659,923) Unchanged	€ 5,406,306 Balance sheet total 2024: € 5,406,306 ▼ 3% vs 2023 (€ 5,549,108) Unchanged	€ 5,592,874 Balance sheet total 2025: € 5,592,874 ▲ 3% vs 2024 (€ 5,406,306) Unchanged	▲ 3%
Employees (FTE)	108 Employees (FTE) 2022: 108 First fiscal year in the series	101.5 Employees (FTE) 2023: 101.5 ▼ 6.5 vs 2022 (108) Unchanged	93.7 Employees (FTE) 2024: 93.7 ▼ 7.8 vs 2023 (101.5) Unchanged	89.8 Employees (FTE) 2025: 89.8 ▼ 3.9 vs 2024 (93.7) Unchanged	▼ 3.9

Key figures of MERCATOR PRESS, 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 MERCATOR PRESS?

What happened at MERCATOR PRESS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

2031 Beheermaatschappij Em. de Jong BV stepped down as director. NBB
2031 Katalus stepped down as director. NBB
2031 Koninklijke drukkerij Em. de Jong BV stepped down as director. NBB
Jul 16, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 991,265 (▲ 230% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2025 Katalus became a director. NBB
Apr 12, 2021 New establishment in Baarle-Hertog. KBO
2020 Koninklijke drukkerij Em. de Jong BV became a director. NBB
2020 Beheermaatschappij Em. de Jong BV became a director. NBB

In short

From € 1.4 million profit in 2022 to € 991,265 profit in 2025.

Paid € 83,972 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 1.4 million profit.

Pays suppliers within 14 days on average.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

MERCATOR PRESS SALES 100%

The stake of MERCATOR PRESS SALES comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

MERCATOR PRESS

The shares are held by MERCATOR PRESS SALES (100%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Beheermaatschappij Em. de Jong BV

Director · represented by John Weijgers

Also active at: MERCATOR PRESS SALES

since 2020 · until 2031

Katalus

Managing director · represented by Geert Gielen

Also active at: MERCATOR PRESS SALES

since 2025 · until 2031

Koninklijke drukkerij Em. de Jong BV

Managing director · represented by Stijn de Jong

Also active at: DESSAIN H., MERCATOR PRESS SALES

since 2020 · until 2031

Shareholders

MERCATOR PRESS SALES

100%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Industriezone 2

8490 Jabbeke

2.315.762.855

Visweg 1A

2387 Baarle-Hertog

Active since 12 April 2021

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 companies are registered at this address.

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Details

Company number

0424.819.121

VAT number

BE 0424.819.121

Registered office

Industriezone 2, 8490 Jabbeke

Names & denominations

MERCATOR PRESS

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

16 September 1983

Peppol

Active · Active since 16 Dec 2025

Activities · NACE

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