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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 54 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Busy address KBO
13 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
BOSS PAINTS from Waregem, company number BE0425180692, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1.2 million after tax. For that financial year BOSS PAINTS recorded revenue of € 64.5 million and equity of € 15.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 2.4 million to € 1.2 million. 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 6, 2026.
€ 15.2 million
▲ 1% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 1.2 million
▼ 50% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 2.9 million
▼ 1% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1 million paid out
82 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to Groep Bossuyt Belgie (80 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
220.2
▲ 0.7 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 19.9 million
▲ 7% vs 2024
€ 90,200 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.
€ 3.2 million
▼ 17% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 2.7 million.
Debts at end 2025
€ 4 million
▼ 46% vs 2024
€ 459,491 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 9 years.
€ 4.2 million
▲ 22% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 36 days on average.
€ 2.6 million
▲ 5% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 57,155,866 | € 58,293,383 | € 60,784,115 | € 64,509,467 | ▲ 6% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,114,723 | € 1,970,114 | € 2,418,537 | € 1,221,247 | ▼ 50% |
| Equity | € 14,669,633 | € 14,810,748 | € 15,082,405 | € 15,167,934 | ▲ 1% |
| Total debts | € 23,920,175 | € 25,836,858 | € 27,923,673 | € 24,540,197 | ▼ 12% |
| Cash | € 4,431,588 | € 5,902,943 | € 2,886,732 | € 2,856,106 | ▼ 1% |
| Land & buildings | € 1,693,842 | € 1,525,384 | € 1,748,226 | € 3,108,102 | ▲ 78% |
| Retained profit | € 13,039,633 | € 13,180,748 | € 13,452,405 | € 13,537,934 | ▲ 1% |
| Dividend | € 1,000,000 | € 1,750,000 | € 2,000,000 | € 1,000,000 | ▼ 50% |
| Bank debt | € 8,615,122 | € 7,961,947 | € 7,351,800 | € 3,970,522 | ▼ 46% |
| Balance sheet total | € 40,063,321 | € 41,857,846 | € 44,264,093 | € 42,264,418 | ▼ 5% |
| Employees (FTE) | 222.1 | 215.3 | 219.5 | 220.2 | ▲ 0.7 |
Key figures of BOSS PAINTS, 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 BOSS PAINTS?
What happened at BOSS PAINTS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Ward Bossuyt stepped down as director. NBB
- Klaas Bossuyt stepped down as director. NBB
- BOSSUYT INVEST INTERNATIONAL NV stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1.2 million (▼ 50% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Soumagne. KBO
- Ward Bossuyt became a director. NBB
- Klaas Bossuyt became a director. NBB
- BOSSUYT INVEST INTERNATIONAL NV became a director. NBB
In short
From € 1.1 million profit in 2022 to € 1.2 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 1.1 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 2.4 million profit.
Paid out € 5.8 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The stake of Groep Bossuyt Belgie comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
BOSS PAINTSThe shares are held by Groep Bossuyt Belgie (80%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Ward Bossuyt
Managing director
Also active at: Waregemse Immobiliënmaatschappij, COLORA WINKELKRING WEST, Groep Bossuyt Belgie, COLORA WINKELKRING BRABANT, BELLY COLOR, Antoine International Projects, COLORA WINKELKRING LIMBURG, COLORA WINKELKRING ANTWERPEN +5 more
since 2023 · until 2029
Klaas Bossuyt
Managing director
Also active at: Waregemse Immobiliënmaatschappij, COLORA WINKELKRING WEST, Groep Bossuyt Belgie, COLORA WINKELKRING BRABANT, BELLY COLOR, Antoine International Projects, COLORA WINKELKRING LIMBURG, COLORA WINKELKRING ANTWERPEN +6 more
since 2023 · until 2029
BOSSUYT INVEST INTERNATIONAL NV
Managing director · represented by Toon Bossuyt
Also active at: Waregemse Immobiliënmaatschappij, COLORA WINKELKRING WEST, Groep Bossuyt Belgie, COLORA WINKELKRING BRABANT, BELLY COLOR, Antoine International Projects, COLORA WINKELKRING LIMBURG, COLORA WINKELKRING ANTWERPEN +5 more
since 2023 · until 2029
Shareholders
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Nijverheidstraat 81
8791 Waregem
Kartuizersweg 7
2550 Kontich
Active since 10 June 2003
Grasdreef 21
8200 Brugge
Active since 28 September 2009
Poortakkerstraat 23
9051 Gent
Active since 7 May 2012
Rue Jean-Louis Paggen(CER) 1
4632 Soumagne
Active since 28 May 2025
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 13 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →Waregemse Immobiliënmaatschappij same network
€ 1.8 million revenue · 2025
COLORA WINKELKRING WEST same network
€ 1.7 million gross margin · 2025
Groep Bossuyt Belgie same network
COLORA WINKELKRING BRABANT same network
€ 797,508 gross margin · 2025
Labido Invest
+8 more
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
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- Company number
- 0425.180.692
- VAT number
- BE 0425.180.692
- Registered office
- Nijverheidstraat 81, 8791 Waregem
- Names & denominations
- BOSS PAINTS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 22 December 1983
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 9 Dec 2025
- Contact
- colora.be
- Activities · NACE
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