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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 46 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
AUTOBEDRIJF OST BVBA from Wetteren, company number BE0428835020, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 23,286 after tax. For that financial year AUTOBEDRIJF OST BVBA recorded a gross margin of € 903,301 and equity of € 466,388. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 12,946 to € 23,286. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 October 30, 2025.
€ 466,388
▲ 5% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 23,286
▲ 80% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 293,416
▲ € 229,464 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 € 234,942.
People and assets in 2025
8.7
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 637,252
▲ 3% vs 2024
€ 73,200 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.
Debts at end 2025
€ 910,336
▼ 19% vs 2024
€ 189,448 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 1.4 million
▲ 12% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 113,992
▲ 11% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 807,582 | € 909,197 | € 920,589 | € 903,301 | ▼ 2% |
| Profit after taxes | € 5,590 | € 10,414 | € 12,946 | € 23,286 | ▲ 80% |
| Equity | € 419,742 | € 430,156 | € 443,102 | € 466,388 | ▲ 5% |
| Total debts | € 2,516,012 | € 2,089,352 | € 2,906,145 | € 2,974,400 | ▲ 2% |
| Cash | € 198,643 | € 29,408 | € 63,952 | € 293,416 | ▲ € 229,464 |
| Land & buildings | € 1,272,369 | € 1,188,516 | € 1,111,694 | € 1,082,528 | ▼ 3% |
| Retained profit | € 188,297 | € 198,711 | € 211,657 | € 234,942 | ▲ 11% |
| Bank debt | € 1,400,731 | € 1,232,666 | € 1,124,540 | € 910,336 | ▼ 19% |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,935,753 | € 2,519,508 | € 3,349,247 | € 3,440,787 | ▲ 3% |
| Employees (FTE) | 10.8 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 8.7 |
Key figures of AUTOBEDRIJF OST BVBA, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2026 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 October 2026.
What happened to AUTOBEDRIJF OST BVBA?
What happened at AUTOBEDRIJF OST BVBA in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 23,286 (▲ 80% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Aalst. KBO
- New establishment in Wetteren. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 5,590 profit in 2022 to € 23,286 profit in 2025.
Paid € 8,719 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 23,286 profit.
On average € 103,800 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind AUTOBEDRIJF OST BVBA is Marie-Christine Ost.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Marie-Christine Ost
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Zuidlaan 296
9230 Wetteren
Wijngaardveld 1 box a
9300 Aalst
Active since 1 April 2016
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0428.835.020
- VAT number
- BE 0428.835.020
- Registered office
- Zuidlaan 296, 9230 Wetteren
- Names & denominations
- AUTOBEDRIJF OST BVBA · A.B. OST
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 24 April 1986
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 27 Mar 2026
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