What does CANAL OOST do?

CANAL OOST is a bar in Oostende. Private Limited, started on 6 September 1985, 3 establishments.

What is the address of CANAL OOST?

The registered office of CANAL OOST is located at Hendrik Serruyslaan 18 box a, 8400 Oostende.

Is CANAL OOST still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (31 October 2026) CANAL OOST is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 6 September 1985.

Is CANAL OOST registered on Peppol?

Yes, CANAL OOST is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0427798110.

What is the enterprise number of CANAL OOST?

The enterprise number of CANAL OOST is BE0427798110.

When was CANAL OOST founded?

CANAL OOST was founded on 6 September 1985.

Who are the directors of CANAL OOST?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of CANAL OOST are: Laurence Van Cauter, David Meert.

Is CANAL OOST a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 6 September 1985; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account; 3 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did CANAL OOST make in 2025?

CANAL OOST recorded a loss after taxes of € 23,252 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of CANAL OOST?

As a small company, CANAL OOST is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 1,771,251.

How much does an employee at CANAL OOST earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at CANAL OOST was € 54,900 in 2025: staff costs of € 1.7 million for 31.1 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does CANAL OOST have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, CANAL OOST has 31.1 full-time equivalents (FTE).

CANAL OOST (Private Limited) - Oostende - BE0427798110

Dossier CANAL OOST, printed on 31 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0427798110/canal-oost. 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 65 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

CANAL OOST from Oostende, company number BE0427798110, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -23,252 after tax. For that financial year CANAL OOST recorded a gross margin of € 1.8 million and equity of € 225,704. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 117,655 to € -23,252. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on April 1, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 225,704

▼ 9% vs 2024

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

Loss Caution

€ -23,252

▼ still € 117,655 profit in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 189,646

▼ 17% 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 € 207,112.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

31.1

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

Wage cost

€ 1.7 million

▲ 11% vs 2024

€ 54,900 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

€ 55,459

▼ 5% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

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.

€ 143,464

▲ 53% vs 2024

€ 45,694 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 320,870

▲ 40% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 182,144

▼ 8% 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	€ 1,190,312 Gross margin 2022: € 1,190,312 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,487,284 Gross margin 2023: € 1,487,284 ▲ 25% vs 2022 (€ 1,190,312) Favourable step	€ 1,780,072 Gross margin 2024: € 1,780,072 ▲ 20% vs 2023 (€ 1,487,284) Favourable step	€ 1,771,251 Gross margin 2025: € 1,771,251 Unchanged (€ 1,780,072) Unfavourable step
Profit after taxes	€ 105,719 Profit after taxes 2022: € 105,719 First fiscal year in the series	€ 16,709 Profit after taxes 2023: € 16,709 ▼ 84% vs 2022 (€ 105,719) Unfavourable step	€ 117,655 Profit after taxes 2024: € 117,655 ▲ € 100,946 vs 2023 (€ 16,709) Favourable step	€ -23,252 Profit after taxes 2025: € -23,252 ▼ € 140,906 vs 2024 (€ 117,655) Unfavourable step	▼ € 140,906
Equity	€ 181,477 Equity 2022: € 181,477 First fiscal year in the series	€ 131,300 Equity 2023: € 131,300 ▼ 28% vs 2022 (€ 181,477) Unfavourable step	€ 248,955 Equity 2024: € 248,955 ▲ 90% vs 2023 (€ 131,300) Favourable step	€ 225,704 Equity 2025: € 225,704 ▼ 9% vs 2024 (€ 248,955) Unfavourable step	▼ 9%
Total debts	€ 396,371 Total debts 2022: € 396,371 First fiscal year in the series	€ 495,354 Total debts 2023: € 495,354 ▲ 25% vs 2022 (€ 396,371) Unfavourable step	€ 522,128 Total debts 2024: € 522,128 ▲ 5% vs 2023 (€ 495,354) Unfavourable step	€ 650,017 Total debts 2025: € 650,017 ▲ 24% vs 2024 (€ 522,128) Unfavourable step	▲ 24%
Cash	€ 88,647 Cash 2022: € 88,647 First fiscal year in the series	€ 126,741 Cash 2023: € 126,741 ▲ 43% vs 2022 (€ 88,647) Favourable step	€ 229,136 Cash 2024: € 229,136 ▲ 81% vs 2023 (€ 126,741) Favourable step	€ 189,646 Cash 2025: € 189,646 ▼ 17% vs 2024 (€ 229,136) Unfavourable step	▼ 17%
Land & buildings	€ 22,652 Land & buildings 2022: € 22,652 First fiscal year in the series	€ 10,834 Land & buildings 2023: € 10,834 ▼ 52% vs 2022 (€ 22,652) Unchanged	€ 0 Land & buildings 2024: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2023 (€ 10,834) Unchanged	-
Retained profit	€ 162,885 Retained profit 2022: € 162,885 First fiscal year in the series	€ 112,708 Retained profit 2023: € 112,708 ▼ 31% vs 2022 (€ 162,885) Unfavourable step	€ 230,363 Retained profit 2024: € 230,363 ▲ 104% vs 2023 (€ 112,708) Favourable step	€ 207,112 Retained profit 2025: € 207,112 ▼ 10% vs 2024 (€ 230,363) Unfavourable step	▼ 10%
Dividend	€ 39,000 Dividend 2022: € 39,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 66,885 Dividend 2023: € 66,885 ▲ 72% vs 2022 (€ 39,000) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2024: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2023 (€ 66,885) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2025: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged
Bank debt	€ 192,573 Bank debt 2022: € 192,573 First fiscal year in the series	€ 143,648 Bank debt 2023: € 143,648 ▼ 25% vs 2022 (€ 192,573) Favourable step	€ 93,660 Bank debt 2024: € 93,660 ▼ 35% vs 2023 (€ 143,648) Favourable step	€ 143,464 Bank debt 2025: € 143,464 ▲ 53% vs 2024 (€ 93,660) Unfavourable step	▲ 53%
Balance sheet total	€ 577,848 Balance sheet total 2022: € 577,848 First fiscal year in the series	€ 626,654 Balance sheet total 2023: € 626,654 ▲ 8% vs 2022 (€ 577,848) Unchanged	€ 771,083 Balance sheet total 2024: € 771,083 ▲ 23% vs 2023 (€ 626,654) Unchanged	€ 875,720 Balance sheet total 2025: € 875,720 ▲ 14% vs 2024 (€ 771,083) Unchanged	▲ 14%
Employees (FTE)	23 Employees (FTE) 2022: 23 First fiscal year in the series	-	-	31.1 Employees (FTE) 2025: 31.1 First fiscal year in the series

Key figures of CANAL OOST, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 April 2027.

What happened to CANAL OOST?

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

Apr 1, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 23,252 (▼ € 140,906 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
Oct 1, 2024 New establishment in Gent. KBO
Jul 1, 2022 New establishment in Oostende. KBO
Sep 6, 1985 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
Nov 14, 1963 New establishment in Oostende. KBO

In short

From € 105,719 profit in 2022 to € 23,252 loss in 2025.

Paid € 79,838 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 117,655 profit.

On average € 57,000 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Laurence Van Cauter David Meert

CANAL OOST

DUBBEL C.

Behind CANAL OOST are Laurence Van Cauter and David Meert. David Meert is also behind DUBBEL C..

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Laurence Van Cauter

Director

David Meert

Director

Also active at: DUBBEL C.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Hendrik Serruyslaan 18 box a

8400 Oostende

2.028.364.129

Hendrik Serruyslaan 18 box A

8400 Oostende

Active since 14 November 1963

2.331.908.407

Wittenonnenstraat 63

8400 Oostende

Active since 1 July 2022

2.365.717.855

Kouter 159

9000 Gent

Active since 1 October 2024

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Details

Company number

0427.798.110

VAT number

BE 0427.798.110

Registered office

Hendrik Serruyslaan 18 bus a, 8400 Oostende

Names & denominations

CANAL OOST

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

6 September 1985

Peppol

Active · Active since 21 Oct 2026

Activities · NACE

Cafés en bars

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Eetgelegenheden met volledige bediening

Niet-gespecialiseerde detailhandel waarbij voedings- en genotmiddelen overheersen

Catering van evenementen

Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels

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