Warning lights
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 25 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 140.6 to 126.1.
Financials
Financial year 2025
ATHLON CAR LEASE BELGIUM from Machelen (Brab.), company number BE0425260272, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 17.1 million after tax. For that financial year ATHLON CAR LEASE BELGIUM recorded revenue of € 281.1 million and equity of € 95.1 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 45.4 million to € 17.1 million. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 6, 2026.
€ 95.1 million
▲ 22% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 17.1 million
▼ 62% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 85.3 million.
People and assets in 2025
126.1
▼ 1.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 13.9 million
▲ 1% vs 2024
€ 110,000 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.
€ 3,416
▼ 50% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 682.4 million
▲ 1% vs 2024
€ 231.5 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 19.9 million
▼ 30% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 65 days on average.
€ 2.2 million
▼ 54% vs 2024
Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 228,811,727 | € 234,782,601 | € 264,756,607 | € 281,064,940 | ▲ 6% |
| Profit after taxes | € 26,172,045 | € 43,893,524 | € 45,399,754 | € 17,108,510 | ▼ 62% |
| Equity | € 18,648,547 | € 32,542,071 | € 77,941,826 | € 95,050,336 | ▲ 22% |
| Total debts | € 481,899,812 | € 661,374,918 | € 756,656,387 | € 761,159,153 | ▲ 1% |
| Cash | € 12 | - | - | - | |
| Retained profit | € 8,922,769 | € 22,816,293 | € 68,216,048 | € 85,324,558 | ▲ 25% |
| Dividend | € 20,000,000 | € 30,000,000 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 379,519,778 | € 520,500,000 | € 675,000,000 | € 682,405,385 | ▲ 1% |
| Balance sheet total | € 503,573,739 | € 696,605,651 | € 836,950,157 | € 866,464,428 | ▲ 4% |
| Employees (FTE) | 147.4 | 140.6 | 127.2 | 126.1 | ▼ 1.1 |
Key figures of ATHLON CAR LEASE BELGIUM, 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 ATHLON CAR LEASE BELGIUM?
What happened at ATHLON CAR LEASE BELGIUM in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Niels Van den Hoogen stepped down as director. NBB
- Marchel Koops stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 17.1 million (▼ 62% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Niels Van den Hoogen became a director. NBB
- Maurice Arts stepped down as director. NBB
- Maurice Arts became a director. NBB
- Fritz Wilhelm Karbaum stepped down as director. NBB
- Fritz Wilhelm Karbaum became a director. NBB
In short
From € 26.2 million profit in 2022 to € 17.1 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 43.8 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 45.4 million profit.
Paid out € 50 million in dividends to the owners in total.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
The shares are held by Athlon Car Lease International B.V. (100%). It owns 0% of Athlon Car Lease Rental Services Belgium itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Marchel Koops
Managing director
since 2023 · until 2028
Maurice Arts
Director
since 2025 · until 2025
Fritz Wilhelm Karbaum
Director
since 2024 · until 2025
Niels Van den Hoogen
Director
since 2026 · until 2031
Shareholders
Athlon Car Lease International B.V.
100%
Participations
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Peutiesesteenweg 115
1830 Machelen (Brab.)
Leuvensesteenweg 9
1830 Machelen (Brab.)
Active since 26 June 2010
Boomsesteenweg 954
2610 Antwerpen
Active since 1 January 2004
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
- 0425.260.272
- VAT number
- BE 0425.260.272
- Registered office
- Peutiesesteenweg 115, 1830 Machelen (Brab.)
- Names & denominations
- ATHLON CAR LEASE BELGIUM
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 January 1984
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 29 Jan 2026
- Activities · NACE
Verhuur van auto's
Verhuur en lease van personenauto’s en andere lichte motorvoertuigen
Financiële lease
Financiële leasing
Groothandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Groothandel in motorvoertuigen
Detailhandel in motorvoertuigen
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