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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2025.
Financials
Financial year 2025
WITZENMANN BENELUX from Ranst, company number BE0428225108, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 250,839 after tax. For that financial year WITZENMANN BENELUX recorded revenue of € 30.7 million and equity of € 7.3 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 572,566 to € 250,839. 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 September 1, 2026.
€ 7.3 million
▲ 4% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 250,839
▼ 56% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 4,144
▼ 54% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 6 million.
People and assets in 2025
157.5
▼ 6.6 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 12.9 million
▼ 2% vs 2024
€ 81,700 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.
€ 36,647
▲ 21% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 2.9 million
▼ 6% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 62 days on average.
€ 1.9 million
▼ 7% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 30,135,518 | € 36,324,683 | € 35,257,495 | € 30,657,185 | ▼ 13% |
| Profit after taxes | € 946,608 | € 1,316,219 | € 572,566 | € 250,839 | ▼ 56% |
| Equity | € 6,140,742 | € 6,926,813 | € 6,999,379 | € 7,250,218 | ▲ 4% |
| Total debts | € 6,424,417 | € 11,029,079 | € 8,671,622 | € 8,204,585 | ▼ 5% |
| Cash | € 4,338 | € 51,568 | € 8,932 | € 4,144 | ▼ 54% |
| Land & buildings | € 3,273,471 | € 3,023,823 | € 2,879,412 | € 2,696,419 | ▼ 6% |
| Retained profit | € 4,889,594 | € 5,705,813 | € 5,778,379 | € 6,029,218 | ▲ 4% |
| Dividend | € 500,000 | € 500,000 | € 500,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Balance sheet total | € 12,691,209 | € 18,096,892 | € 15,824,001 | € 15,597,803 | ▼ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 153.9 | 155.6 | 164.1 | 157.5 | ▼ 6.6 |
Key figures of WITZENMANN BENELUX, 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 WITZENMANN BENELUX?
What happened at WITZENMANN BENELUX in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Wilfried Van Esbroeck stepped down as director. NBB
- Philip Paschen stepped down as director. NBB
- Witzenmann GmbH stepped down as director. NBB
- Corrected annual accounts filed for financial year 2025. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Wilfried Van Esbroeck became a director. NBB
- Philip Paschen became a director. NBB
- Witzenmann GmbH became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Ranst. KBO
In short
From € 946,608 profit in 2022 to € 250,839 profit in 2025.
Paid € 1.3 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 1.3 million profit.
Paid out € 1.5 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Wilfried Van Esbroeck
Managing director
since 2022 · until 2028
Philip Paschen
Director
since 2022 · until 2028
Witzenmann GmbH
Director · represented by Niels Torsten Hennig
since 2022 · until 2028
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Ter Stratenweg 13
2520 Ranst
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0428.225.108
- VAT number
- BE 0428.225.108
- Registered office
- Ter Stratenweg 13, 2520 Ranst
- Names & denominations
- WITZENMANN BENELUX
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 16 December 1985
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