MARCO is a wholesaler in Gent. Private Limited, started on 4 March 1985, 1 establishment.

What is the address of MARCO?

The registered office of MARCO is located at Proeftuinstraat 28, 9000 Gent.

Is MARCO still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) MARCO is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 4 March 1985.

Is MARCO registered on Peppol?

Yes, MARCO is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0426919665.

What is the enterprise number of MARCO?

The enterprise number of MARCO is BE0426919665.

When was MARCO founded?

MARCO was founded on 4 March 1985.

Who are the directors of MARCO?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of MARCO are: Luc De Smet, Marleen Verkest.

Is MARCO a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 4 March 1985; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did MARCO make in 2025?

MARCO recorded a loss after taxes of € 8,725 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of MARCO?

As a small company, MARCO is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 865,056.

How much does an employee at MARCO earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at MARCO was € 54,800 in 2025: staff costs of € 679,662 for 12.4 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does MARCO have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, MARCO has 12.4 full-time equivalents (FTE).

MARCO (Private Limited) - Gent - BE0426919665

Dossier MARCO, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0426919665/marco. 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.

Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 27 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

MARCO from Gent, company number BE0426919665, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -8,725 after tax. For that financial year MARCO recorded a gross margin of € 865,056 and equity of € 2.3 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 2,123 to € -8,725. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 17, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 2.3 million

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

Loss Caution

€ -8,725

▼ still € 2,123 profit in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 341,816

▲ 87% vs 2024

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 € 2.3 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

12.4

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

Wage cost

€ 679,662

▲ 8% vs 2024

€ 54,800 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

€ 175,495

▼ 22% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 148,071.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 4 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.

€ 1.8 million

▼ 16% vs 2024

€ 301,265 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 451,727

▲ 11% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 123,620

▲ 7% 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	€ 897,153 Gross margin 2022: € 897,153 First fiscal year in the series	€ 923,453 Gross margin 2023: € 923,453 ▲ 3% vs 2022 (€ 897,153) Favourable step	€ 838,397 Gross margin 2024: € 838,397 ▼ 9% vs 2023 (€ 923,453) Unfavourable step	€ 865,056 Gross margin 2025: € 865,056 ▲ 3% vs 2024 (€ 838,397) Favourable step	▲ 3%
Profit after taxes	€ 89,483 Profit after taxes 2022: € 89,483 First fiscal year in the series	€ 55,379 Profit after taxes 2023: € 55,379 ▼ 38% vs 2022 (€ 89,483) Unfavourable step	€ 2,123 Profit after taxes 2024: € 2,123 ▼ 96% vs 2023 (€ 55,379) Unfavourable step	€ -8,725 Profit after taxes 2025: € -8,725 ▼ € 10,848 vs 2024 (€ 2,123) Unfavourable step	▼ € 10,848
Equity	€ 2,298,207 Equity 2022: € 2,298,207 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,353,585 Equity 2023: € 2,353,585 ▲ 2% vs 2022 (€ 2,298,207) Favourable step	€ 2,355,708 Equity 2024: € 2,355,708 Unchanged (€ 2,353,585) Favourable step	€ 2,346,983 Equity 2025: € 2,346,983 Unchanged (€ 2,355,708) Unfavourable step
Total debts	€ 3,397,586 Total debts 2022: € 3,397,586 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,982,785 Total debts 2023: € 2,982,785 ▼ 12% vs 2022 (€ 3,397,586) Favourable step	€ 2,926,719 Total debts 2024: € 2,926,719 ▼ 2% vs 2023 (€ 2,982,785) Favourable step	€ 3,220,221 Total debts 2025: € 3,220,221 ▲ 10% vs 2024 (€ 2,926,719) Unfavourable step	▲ 10%
Cash	€ 229,204 Cash 2022: € 229,204 First fiscal year in the series	€ 136,675 Cash 2023: € 136,675 ▼ 40% vs 2022 (€ 229,204) Unfavourable step	€ 182,650 Cash 2024: € 182,650 ▲ 34% vs 2023 (€ 136,675) Favourable step	€ 341,816 Cash 2025: € 341,816 ▲ 87% vs 2024 (€ 182,650) Favourable step	▲ 87%
Land & buildings	€ 671,295 Land & buildings 2022: € 671,295 First fiscal year in the series	€ 671,295 Land & buildings 2023: € 671,295 Unchanged (€ 671,295) Unchanged	€ 671,295 Land & buildings 2024: € 671,295 Unchanged (€ 671,295) Unchanged	€ 811,295 Land & buildings 2025: € 811,295 ▲ 21% vs 2024 (€ 671,295) Unchanged	▲ 21%
Retained profit	€ 2,279,207 Retained profit 2022: € 2,279,207 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,334,585 Retained profit 2023: € 2,334,585 ▲ 2% vs 2022 (€ 2,279,207) Favourable step	€ 2,336,708 Retained profit 2024: € 2,336,708 Unchanged (€ 2,334,585) Favourable step	€ 2,327,983 Retained profit 2025: € 2,327,983 Unchanged (€ 2,336,708) Unfavourable step
Bank debt	€ 2,710,549 Bank debt 2022: € 2,710,549 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,277,896 Bank debt 2023: € 2,277,896 ▼ 16% vs 2022 (€ 2,710,549) Favourable step	€ 2,204,414 Bank debt 2024: € 2,204,414 ▼ 3% vs 2023 (€ 2,277,896) Favourable step	€ 1,843,214 Bank debt 2025: € 1,843,214 ▼ 16% vs 2024 (€ 2,204,414) Favourable step	▼ 16%
Balance sheet total	€ 5,695,793 Balance sheet total 2022: € 5,695,793 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,336,371 Balance sheet total 2023: € 5,336,371 ▼ 6% vs 2022 (€ 5,695,793) Unchanged	€ 5,282,427 Balance sheet total 2024: € 5,282,427 ▼ 1% vs 2023 (€ 5,336,371) Unchanged	€ 5,567,204 Balance sheet total 2025: € 5,567,204 ▲ 5% vs 2024 (€ 5,282,427) Unchanged	▲ 5%
Employees (FTE)	12.4 Employees (FTE) 2022: 12.4 First fiscal year in the series	12.4 Employees (FTE) 2023: 12.4 Unchanged (12.4) Unchanged	12.4 Employees (FTE) 2024: 12.4 Unchanged (12.4) Unchanged	12.4 Employees (FTE) 2025: 12.4 Unchanged (12.4) Unchanged

Key figures of MARCO, 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 MARCO?

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

Aug 17, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 8,725 (▼ € 10,848 vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
Apr 1, 1985 New establishment in Gent. KBO
Mar 4, 1985 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 89,483 profit in 2022 to € 8,725 loss in 2025.

Paid € 78,097 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 89,483 profit.

On average € 69,800 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

MARLUCO 100%

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

MARCO

DDC Trading 100%

Behind MARCO are Luc De Smet and Marleen Verkest. The shares are held by MARLUCO (100%). It owns 100% of DDC Trading itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Luc De Smet

Director

Also active at: MARLUCO, DDC TRADING

Marleen Verkest

Director

Also active at: DDC TRADING

Shareholders

MARLUCO

100%

Participations

DDC Trading

100%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Proeftuinstraat 28

9000 Gent

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

Details

Company number

0426.919.665

VAT number

BE 0426.919.665

Registered office

Proeftuinstraat 28, 9000 Gent

Names & denominations

MARCO

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

4 March 1985

Peppol

Active · Active since 31 Dec 2025

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