What does LAVA GROUP do?

LAVA GROUP is a machinery manufacturer in Wevelgem. Private Limited, started on 27 December 1983, 1 establishment.

What is the address of LAVA GROUP?

The registered office of LAVA GROUP is located at Nijverheidslaan 25, 8560 Wevelgem.

Is LAVA GROUP still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) LAVA GROUP is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 27 December 1983.

Is LAVA GROUP registered on Peppol?

Yes, LAVA GROUP is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0424957493.

What is the enterprise number of LAVA GROUP?

The enterprise number of LAVA GROUP is BE0424957493.

When was LAVA GROUP founded?

LAVA GROUP was founded on 27 December 1983.

Who are the directors of LAVA GROUP?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of LAVA GROUP are: Kitec, Oppidum Invest.

Is LAVA GROUP a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 27 December 1983; 4 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did LAVA GROUP make in 2025?

LAVA GROUP recorded a loss after taxes of € 727,628 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of LAVA GROUP?

As a small company, LAVA GROUP is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 2,802,016.

How much does an employee at LAVA GROUP earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at LAVA GROUP was € 106,500 in 2025: staff costs of € 2.6 million for 24.5 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does LAVA GROUP have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, LAVA GROUP has 24.5 full-time equivalents (FTE).

LAVA GROUP (Private Limited) - Wevelgem - BE0424957493

Dossier LAVA GROUP, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0424957493/lava-group. 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 1 of the last 4 fiscal years.
Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 21 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

LAVA GROUP from Wevelgem, company number BE0424957493, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -727,628 after tax. For that financial year LAVA GROUP recorded a gross margin of € 2.8 million and equity of € -268,522. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 53,640 to € -727,628. 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 January 14, 2026.

What it is worth Caution

€ -268,522

▼ € 727,628 vs 2023

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

Loss Caution

€ -727,628

▼ still € 53,640 profit in 2023

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 33,850

▼ 9% vs 2023

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

Where the profit goes Caution

Loss, nothing to pay out

Reserves fell to € -780,642.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

24.5

▼ 2 vs 2023

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

Wage cost

€ 2.6 million

▲ 50% vs 2023

€ 106,500 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

€ 494,004

▼ 6% vs 2023

Of which on lease € 314,343.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 3 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

▼ 17% vs 2023

€ 439,708 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 947,560

▼ 26% vs 2023

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

Taxes and wages

€ 815,279

▲ 171% vs 2023

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2021	2022	2023	2025	Change 2023 → 2025
Gross margin	€ 1,985,347 Gross margin 2021: € 1,985,347 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,017,663 Gross margin 2022: € 2,017,663 ▲ 2% vs 2021 (€ 1,985,347) Favourable step	€ 2,227,104 Gross margin 2023: € 2,227,104 ▲ 10% vs 2022 (€ 2,017,663) Favourable step	€ 2,802,016 Gross margin 2025: € 2,802,016 ▲ 26% vs 2023 (€ 2,227,104) Favourable step	▲ 26%
Profit after taxes	€ 4,420 Profit after taxes 2021: € 4,420 First fiscal year in the series	€ 13,386 Profit after taxes 2022: € 13,386 ▲ 203% vs 2021 (€ 4,420) Favourable step	€ 53,640 Profit after taxes 2023: € 53,640 ▲ € 40,254 vs 2022 (€ 13,386) Favourable step	€ -727,628 Profit after taxes 2025: € -727,628 ▼ € 781,267 vs 2023 (€ 53,640) Unfavourable step	▼ € 781,267
Equity	€ 141,961 Equity 2021: € 141,961 First fiscal year in the series	€ 155,347 Equity 2022: € 155,347 ▲ 9% vs 2021 (€ 141,961) Favourable step	€ 459,106 Equity 2023: € 459,106 ▲ 196% vs 2022 (€ 155,347) Favourable step	€ -268,522 Equity 2025: € -268,522 ▼ € 727,628 vs 2023 (€ 459,106) Unfavourable step	▼ € 727,628
Total debts	€ 3,805,594 Total debts 2021: € 3,805,594 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,685,578 Total debts 2022: € 3,685,578 ▼ 3% vs 2021 (€ 3,805,594) Favourable step	€ 3,896,451 Total debts 2023: € 3,896,451 ▲ 6% vs 2022 (€ 3,685,578) Unfavourable step	€ 3,549,094 Total debts 2025: € 3,549,094 ▼ 9% vs 2023 (€ 3,896,451) Favourable step	▼ 9%
Cash	€ 103,810 Cash 2021: € 103,810 First fiscal year in the series	€ 80,153 Cash 2022: € 80,153 ▼ 23% vs 2021 (€ 103,810) Unfavourable step	€ 37,161 Cash 2023: € 37,161 ▼ 54% vs 2022 (€ 80,153) Unfavourable step	€ 33,850 Cash 2025: € 33,850 ▼ 9% vs 2023 (€ 37,161) Unfavourable step	▼ 9%
Land & buildings	€ 232,077 Land & buildings 2021: € 232,077 First fiscal year in the series	€ 201,765 Land & buildings 2022: € 201,765 ▼ 13% vs 2021 (€ 232,077) Unchanged	€ 190,893 Land & buildings 2023: € 190,893 ▼ 5% vs 2022 (€ 201,765) Unchanged	€ 0 Land & buildings 2025: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2023 (€ 190,893) Unchanged	▼ 100%
Retained profit	€ -134,629 Retained profit 2021: € -134,629 First fiscal year in the series	€ -116,372 Retained profit 2022: € -116,372 ▲ € 18,258 vs 2021 (€ -134,629) Favourable step	€ -57,866 Retained profit 2023: € -57,866 ▲ € 58,506 vs 2022 (€ -116,372) Favourable step	€ -780,642 Retained profit 2025: € -780,642 ▼ € 722,775 vs 2023 (€ -57,866) Unfavourable step	▼ € 722,775
Bank debt	€ 2,847,962 Bank debt 2021: € 2,847,962 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,398,670 Bank debt 2022: € 2,398,670 ▼ 16% vs 2021 (€ 2,847,962) Favourable step	€ 2,084,490 Bank debt 2023: € 2,084,490 ▼ 13% vs 2022 (€ 2,398,670) Favourable step	€ 1,730,932 Bank debt 2025: € 1,730,932 ▼ 17% vs 2023 (€ 2,084,490) Favourable step	▼ 17%
Balance sheet total	€ 3,947,555 Balance sheet total 2021: € 3,947,555 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,840,925 Balance sheet total 2022: € 3,840,925 ▼ 3% vs 2021 (€ 3,947,555) Unchanged	€ 4,355,557 Balance sheet total 2023: € 4,355,557 ▲ 13% vs 2022 (€ 3,840,925) Unchanged	€ 3,280,573 Balance sheet total 2025: € 3,280,573 ▼ 25% vs 2023 (€ 4,355,557) Unchanged	▼ 25%
Employees (FTE)	27.3 Employees (FTE) 2021: 27.3 First fiscal year in the series	27 Employees (FTE) 2022: 27 ▼ 0.3 vs 2021 (27.3) Unchanged	26.5 Employees (FTE) 2023: 26.5 ▼ 0.5 vs 2022 (27) Unchanged	24.5 Employees (FTE) 2025: 24.5 ▼ 2 vs 2023 (26.5) Unchanged	▼ 2

Key figures of LAVA GROUP, fiscal years 2021 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 January 2027.

What happened to LAVA GROUP?

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

Jan 14, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 727,628 (▼ € 781,267 vs 2023). Source: NBB ↗
Jan 1, 2019 New establishment in Wevelgem. KBO
Dec 27, 1983 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 4,420 profit in 2021 to € 727,628 loss in 2025.

Paid € 22,046 in corporate taxes since 2021.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 53,640 profit.

On average € 114,400 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

OPPIDUM INVEST 45%

KITEC 45%

The stake of OPPIDUM INVEST, KITEC comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

LAVA GROUP

C@PLAN (ex-Vermandere) 10%

Behind LAVA GROUP are Kitec and Oppidum Invest. The shares are held by OPPIDUM INVEST (45%) and KITEC (45%). It owns 10% of C@PLAN (ex-Vermandere) itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Kitec

Director · represented by Karel LAFOSSE

Oppidum Invest

Director · represented by Benjamin VANDORPE

Shareholders

OPPIDUM INVEST

45%

KITEC

45%

Participations

C@PLAN (ex-Vermandere)

10%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Nijverheidslaan 25

8560 Wevelgem

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

Details

Company number

0424.957.493

VAT number

BE 0424.957.493

Registered office

Nijverheidslaan 25, 8560 Wevelgem

Names & denominations

LAVA GROUP

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

27 December 1983

Peppol

Active · Active since 20 Nov 2020

Activities · NACE

Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen

Groothandel in andere machines en werktuigen, neg

Installatie van verwarming, klimaatregeling, koeling en ventilatie aangedreven door elektriciteit

Groothandel in diverse machines en uitrusting voor handel en dienstverlening, n.e.g.

Groothandel in andere machines en werktuigen, n.e.g.

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

LAVA GROUP

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What happened to LAVA GROUP?

Management

Directors

Shareholders

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Establishments

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