What is the address of JOS VANNESTE?

The registered office of JOS VANNESTE is located at Peter Pauwel Rubensstraat 3, 8530 Harelbeke.

Is JOS VANNESTE still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) JOS VANNESTE is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 14 March 1986.

Is JOS VANNESTE registered on Peppol?

Yes, JOS VANNESTE is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0428663784.

What is the enterprise number of JOS VANNESTE?

The enterprise number of JOS VANNESTE is BE0428663784.

When was JOS VANNESTE founded?

JOS VANNESTE was founded on 14 March 1986.

Who are the directors of JOS VANNESTE?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of JOS VANNESTE are: Sophie Rombouts, FLANDERS FLAX HOLDING BV.

Is JOS VANNESTE a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 14 March 1986; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did JOS VANNESTE make in 2025?

JOS VANNESTE posted a profit after taxes of € 2,955,783 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of JOS VANNESTE?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), JOS VANNESTE reported revenue of € 52,030,811.

How much does an employee at JOS VANNESTE earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at JOS VANNESTE was € 67,900 in 2025: staff costs of € 3.4 million for 49.7 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does JOS VANNESTE have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, JOS VANNESTE has 49.7 full-time equivalents (FTE).

JOS VANNESTE (Public Limited) - Harelbeke - BE0428663784

Q: What does JOS VANNESTE do?

JOS VANNESTE is registered with the CBE as active in: Bewerken en spinnen van vlas- of vlasachtige vezels. Public Limited, started on 14 March 1986, 1 establishment.

Dossier JOS VANNESTE, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0428663784/jos-vanneste. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

JOS VANNESTE from Harelbeke, company number BE0428663784, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 3 million after tax. For that financial year JOS VANNESTE recorded revenue of € 52 million and equity of € 7 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1.4 million to € 3 million. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 May 7, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 7 million

▲ 50% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 3 million

▲ 106% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 309,131

▲ 28% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 600,000 paid out

20 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to FLANDERS FLAX HOLDING (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

49.7

▲ 1.8 vs 2024

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

Wage cost Staff costs are payroll only. Director pay sits with services and miscellaneous goods: € 5.6 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 3.4 million

▲ 10% vs 2024

€ 67,900 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

€ 214,582

▲ 5% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

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.

€ 1.7 million

▼ 62% vs 2024

€ 276,611 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 6.1 million

▲ 2% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 49 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 537,933

▲ 14% 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
Revenue	€ 50,033,856 Revenue 2022: € 50,033,856 First fiscal year in the series	€ 62,256,032 Revenue 2023: € 62,256,032 ▲ 24% vs 2022 (€ 50,033,856) Favourable step	€ 64,383,135 Revenue 2024: € 64,383,135 ▲ 3% vs 2023 (€ 62,256,032) Favourable step	€ 52,030,811 Revenue 2025: € 52,030,811 ▼ 19% vs 2024 (€ 64,383,135) Unfavourable step	▼ 19%
Profit after taxes	€ 1,539,203 Profit after taxes 2022: € 1,539,203 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,202,102 Profit after taxes 2023: € 3,202,102 ▲ 108% vs 2022 (€ 1,539,203) Favourable step	€ 1,436,524 Profit after taxes 2024: € 1,436,524 ▼ 55% vs 2023 (€ 3,202,102) Unfavourable step	€ 2,955,783 Profit after taxes 2025: € 2,955,783 ▲ 106% vs 2024 (€ 1,436,524) Favourable step	▲ 106%
Equity	€ 3,934,019 Equity 2022: € 3,934,019 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,036,121 Equity 2023: € 5,036,121 ▲ 28% vs 2022 (€ 3,934,019) Favourable step	€ 4,672,645 Equity 2024: € 4,672,645 ▼ 7% vs 2023 (€ 5,036,121) Unfavourable step	€ 7,028,427 Equity 2025: € 7,028,427 ▲ 50% vs 2024 (€ 4,672,645) Favourable step	▲ 50%
Total debts	€ 9,434,347 Total debts 2022: € 9,434,347 First fiscal year in the series	€ 10,662,932 Total debts 2023: € 10,662,932 ▲ 13% vs 2022 (€ 9,434,347) Unfavourable step	€ 11,599,722 Total debts 2024: € 11,599,722 ▲ 9% vs 2023 (€ 10,662,932) Unfavourable step	€ 9,215,402 Total debts 2025: € 9,215,402 ▼ 21% vs 2024 (€ 11,599,722) Favourable step	▼ 21%
Cash	€ 788,787 Cash 2022: € 788,787 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,145,934 Cash 2023: € 1,145,934 ▲ 45% vs 2022 (€ 788,787) Favourable step	€ 241,377 Cash 2024: € 241,377 ▼ 79% vs 2023 (€ 1,145,934) Unfavourable step	€ 309,131 Cash 2025: € 309,131 ▲ 28% vs 2024 (€ 241,377) Favourable step	▲ 28%
Retained profit	€ 2,159,019 Retained profit 2022: € 2,159,019 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,396,121 Retained profit 2023: € 3,396,121 ▲ 57% vs 2022 (€ 2,159,019) Favourable step	€ 3,167,645 Retained profit 2024: € 3,167,645 ▼ 7% vs 2023 (€ 3,396,121) Unfavourable step	€ 5,658,427 Retained profit 2025: € 5,658,427 ▲ 79% vs 2024 (€ 3,167,645) Favourable step	▲ 79%
Dividend	€ 1,305,000 Dividend 2022: € 1,305,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,100,000 Dividend 2023: € 2,100,000 ▲ 61% vs 2022 (€ 1,305,000) Unchanged	€ 1,800,000 Dividend 2024: € 1,800,000 ▼ 14% vs 2023 (€ 2,100,000) Unchanged	€ 600,000 Dividend 2025: € 600,000 ▼ 67% vs 2024 (€ 1,800,000) Unchanged	▼ 67%
Bank debt	€ 1,932,717 Bank debt 2022: € 1,932,717 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,162,071 Bank debt 2023: € 1,162,071 ▼ 40% vs 2022 (€ 1,932,717) Favourable step	€ 4,516,557 Bank debt 2024: € 4,516,557 ▲ 289% vs 2023 (€ 1,162,071) Unfavourable step	€ 1,708,972 Bank debt 2025: € 1,708,972 ▼ 62% vs 2024 (€ 4,516,557) Favourable step	▼ 62%
Balance sheet total	€ 13,368,366 Balance sheet total 2022: € 13,368,366 First fiscal year in the series	€ 15,699,053 Balance sheet total 2023: € 15,699,053 ▲ 17% vs 2022 (€ 13,368,366) Unchanged	€ 16,272,366 Balance sheet total 2024: € 16,272,366 ▲ 4% vs 2023 (€ 15,699,053) Unchanged	€ 16,243,830 Balance sheet total 2025: € 16,243,830 Unchanged (€ 16,272,366) Unchanged
Employees (FTE)	41.8 Employees (FTE) 2022: 41.8 First fiscal year in the series	44.3 Employees (FTE) 2023: 44.3 ▲ 2.5 vs 2022 (41.8) Unchanged	47.9 Employees (FTE) 2024: 47.9 ▲ 3.6 vs 2023 (44.3) Unchanged	49.7 Employees (FTE) 2025: 49.7 ▲ 1.8 vs 2024 (47.9) Unchanged	▲ 1.8

Key figures of JOS VANNESTE, 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 JOS VANNESTE?

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

May 7, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 3 million (▲ 106% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
Apr 24, 1986 New establishment in Harelbeke. KBO
Mar 14, 1986 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 1.5 million profit in 2022 to € 3 million profit in 2025.

Paid € 2.8 million in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 3.2 million profit.

Paid out € 5.8 million in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

FLANDERS FLAX HOLDING 100%

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

JOS VANNESTE

Behind JOS VANNESTE are Sophie Rombouts and FLANDERS FLAX HOLDING BV. The shares are held by FLANDERS FLAX HOLDING (100%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Sophie Rombouts

Director

Also active at: FLANDERS FLAX HOLDING, FLANDERS FLAX IMMO

FLANDERS FLAX HOLDING BV

Managing director · represented by Alex Vanneste

Shareholders

FLANDERS FLAX HOLDING

100%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Peter Pauwel Rubensstraat 3

8530 Harelbeke

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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FLANDERS FLAX HOLDING same network

€ 849,543 revenue · 2025

FLANDERS FLAX IMMO same network

€ 267,747 gross margin · 2025

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

Details

Company number

0428.663.784

VAT number

BE 0428.663.784

Registered office

Peter Pauwel Rubensstraat 3, 8530 Harelbeke

Names & denominations

JOS VANNESTE

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

14 March 1986

Peppol

Active · Active since 2 Dec 2025

Activities · NACE

Bewerken en spinnen van vlas- of vlasachtige vezels

Bewerken en spinnen van textielvezels

Groothandel in andere intermediaire producten, neg

Groothandel in overige intermediaire producten, n.e.g.

Groothandel in andere intermediaire producten, n.e.g.

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

JOS VANNESTE

Financials

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Management

Directors

Shareholders

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