What does METROPOLIS do?

METROPOLIS is a clothing shop in Waterloo. Private Limited, started on 6 December 1983, 1 establishment.

What is the address of METROPOLIS?

The registered office of METROPOLIS is located at Chaussée de Bruxelles 716, 1410 Waterloo.

Is METROPOLIS still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) METROPOLIS is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 6 December 1983.

Is METROPOLIS registered on Peppol?

Yes, METROPOLIS is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0424860295.

What is the enterprise number of METROPOLIS?

The enterprise number of METROPOLIS is BE0424860295.

When was METROPOLIS founded?

METROPOLIS was founded on 6 December 1983.

Who are the directors of METROPOLIS?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of METROPOLIS are: JEAN-NICOLAS MERSCH.

Is METROPOLIS a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 6 December 1983; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 1 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did METROPOLIS make in 2025?

METROPOLIS posted a profit after taxes of € 12,010 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of METROPOLIS?

As a small company, METROPOLIS is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 82,655.

How much does an employee at METROPOLIS earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at METROPOLIS was € 38,700 in 2025: staff costs of € 38,674 for 1 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does METROPOLIS have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, METROPOLIS has 1 full-time equivalents (FTE).

METROPOLIS (Private Limited) - Waterloo - BE0424860295

Dossier METROPOLIS, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0424860295/metropolis. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

METROPOLIS from Waterloo, company number BE0424860295, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 12,010 after tax. For that financial year METROPOLIS recorded a gross margin of € 82,655 and equity of € 603,815. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 993 to € 12,010. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 September 28, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 603,815

▲ 2% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 12,010

▲ € 11,017 vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 3,730

▼ 60% 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 € 504,657.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

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

Wage cost

€ 38,674

▲ 4% vs 2024

€ 38,700 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.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

€ 124,925

Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.

Owed to suppliers

€ 103,251

▲ 2% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 21,201

▲ 25% 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	€ 28,282 Gross margin 2022: € 28,282 First fiscal year in the series	€ 52,209 Gross margin 2023: € 52,209 ▲ 85% vs 2022 (€ 28,282) Favourable step	€ 50,981 Gross margin 2024: € 50,981 ▼ 2% vs 2023 (€ 52,209) Unfavourable step	€ 82,655 Gross margin 2025: € 82,655 ▲ 62% vs 2024 (€ 50,981) Favourable step	▲ 62%
Profit after taxes	€ -11,264 Profit after taxes 2022: € -11,264 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,422 Profit after taxes 2023: € 5,422 ▲ € 16,686 vs 2022 (€ -11,264) Favourable step	€ 993 Profit after taxes 2024: € 993 ▼ 82% vs 2023 (€ 5,422) Unfavourable step	€ 12,010 Profit after taxes 2025: € 12,010 ▲ € 11,017 vs 2024 (€ 993) Favourable step	▲ € 11,017
Equity	€ 585,390 Equity 2022: € 585,390 First fiscal year in the series	€ 590,812 Equity 2023: € 590,812 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 585,390) Favourable step	€ 591,805 Equity 2024: € 591,805 Unchanged (€ 590,812) Favourable step	€ 603,815 Equity 2025: € 603,815 ▲ 2% vs 2024 (€ 591,805) Favourable step	▲ 2%
Total debts	€ 363,729 Total debts 2022: € 363,729 First fiscal year in the series	€ 302,610 Total debts 2023: € 302,610 ▼ 17% vs 2022 (€ 363,729) Favourable step	€ 284,295 Total debts 2024: € 284,295 ▼ 6% vs 2023 (€ 302,610) Favourable step	€ 433,291 Total debts 2025: € 433,291 ▲ 52% vs 2024 (€ 284,295) Unfavourable step	▲ 52%
Cash	€ 4,458 Cash 2022: € 4,458 First fiscal year in the series	€ 10,413 Cash 2023: € 10,413 ▲ 134% vs 2022 (€ 4,458) Favourable step	€ 9,316 Cash 2024: € 9,316 ▼ 11% vs 2023 (€ 10,413) Unfavourable step	€ 3,730 Cash 2025: € 3,730 ▼ 60% vs 2024 (€ 9,316) Unfavourable step	▼ 60%
Retained profit	€ 486,232 Retained profit 2022: € 486,232 First fiscal year in the series	€ 491,654 Retained profit 2023: € 491,654 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 486,232) Favourable step	€ 492,647 Retained profit 2024: € 492,647 Unchanged (€ 491,654) Favourable step	€ 504,657 Retained profit 2025: € 504,657 ▲ 2% vs 2024 (€ 492,647) Favourable step	▲ 2%
Bank debt	€ 124,925 Bank debt 2022: € 124,925 First fiscal year in the series	€ 124,925 Bank debt 2023: € 124,925 Unchanged (€ 124,925) Unchanged	€ 124,939 Bank debt 2024: € 124,939 Unchanged (€ 124,925) Unfavourable step	€ 124,925 Bank debt 2025: € 124,925 Unchanged (€ 124,939) Favourable step
Balance sheet total	€ 949,119 Balance sheet total 2022: € 949,119 First fiscal year in the series	€ 893,422 Balance sheet total 2023: € 893,422 ▼ 6% vs 2022 (€ 949,119) Unchanged	€ 876,099 Balance sheet total 2024: € 876,099 ▼ 2% vs 2023 (€ 893,422) Unchanged	€ 1,037,106 Balance sheet total 2025: € 1,037,106 ▲ 18% vs 2024 (€ 876,099) Unchanged	▲ 18%
Employees (FTE)	1 Employees (FTE) 2022: 1 First fiscal year in the series	1 Employees (FTE) 2023: 1 Unchanged (1) Unchanged	1 Employees (FTE) 2024: 1 Unchanged (1) Unchanged	1 Employees (FTE) 2025: 1 Unchanged (1) Unchanged

Key figures of METROPOLIS, 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 METROPOLIS?

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

Sep 28, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 12,010 (▲ € 11,017 vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
Jul 7, 1998 New establishment in Waterloo. KBO
Dec 6, 1983 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 11,264 loss in 2022 to € 12,010 profit in 2025.

Paid € 5,820 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2025, with € 12,010 profit.

On average € 82,700 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

JEAN-NICOLAS MERSCH

METROPOLIS

M.A.P.

LAGOON

Behind METROPOLIS is JEAN-NICOLAS MERSCH. JEAN-NICOLAS MERSCH is also behind M.A.P. and LAGOON.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

JEAN-NICOLAS MERSCH

Manager

Also active at: M.A.P., LAGOON

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Chaussée de Bruxelles 716

1410 Waterloo

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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M.A.P. same network

€ 20,054 gross margin · 2025

LAGOON same network

€ 47,288 gross margin · 2025

What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.

Details

Company number

0424.860.295

VAT number

BE 0424.860.295

Registered office

Chaussée de Bruxelles 716, 1410 Waterloo

Names & denominations

METROPOLIS

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

6 December 1983

Peppol

Active · Active since 6 Jan 2026

Activities · NACE

Detailhandel in dames-, heren-, baby- en kinderboven- en onderkleding en kledingaccessoires (algemeen assortiment)

Detailhandel in elektrische huishoudapparaten

Activiteiten van adviesbureaus op het gebied van bedrijfsvoering en overig managementadvies

Vervaardiging van tabaksproducten

Handelsbemiddeling in de niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel

Overige adviesbureaus op het gebied van bedrijfsbeheer; adviesbureaus op het gebied van bedrijfsvoering

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

METROPOLIS

Financials

What happened to METROPOLIS?

Management

Directors

Establishments

Establishment units

Who else lives here?

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