What does HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET do?

HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET is a water company in Menen. Public Limited, started on 27 October 1986, 1 establishment.

What is the address of HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET?

The registered office of HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET is located at Veldstraat 7, 8930 Menen.

Is HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 27 October 1986.

Is HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET registered on Peppol?

Yes, HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0429715443.

What is the enterprise number of HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET?

The enterprise number of HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET is BE0429715443.

When was HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET founded?

HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET was founded on 27 October 1986.

Who are the directors of HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET are: DETAFORM NV, David Desmet.

Is HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 27 October 1986; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET make in 2025?

HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET recorded a loss after taxes of € 14,365 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET?

As a small company, HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 2,024,084.

How much does an employee at HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET was € 51,200 in 2025: staff costs of € 1.7 million for 32.4 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET has 32.4 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Does HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET have a website?

Yes, HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET has a website at g-desmet.be.

HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET (Public Limited) - Menen

Dossier HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0429715443/houtbuigerij-g-desmet. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET from Menen, company number BE0429715443, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -14,365 after tax. For that financial year HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET recorded a gross margin of € 2 million and equity of € 1.7 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 430,780 to € -14,365. 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 October 15, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 1.7 million

▼ 1% vs 2024

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

Loss Caution

€ -14,365

▼ still € 430,780 profit in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 101,614

▲ € 84,878 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 € 685,438.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

32.4

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

Wage cost

€ 1.7 million

▼ 17% vs 2024

€ 51,200 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 22,792

▼ 17% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 5,047.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 7 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.

€ 2.7 million

▼ 7% vs 2024

€ 196,806 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 7 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 830,114

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

Taxes and wages

€ 198,025

▼ 27% 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	€ 2,419,591 Gross margin 2022: € 2,419,591 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,532,339 Gross margin 2023: € 2,532,339 ▲ 5% vs 2022 (€ 2,419,591) Favourable step	€ 2,526,573 Gross margin 2024: € 2,526,573 Unchanged (€ 2,532,339) Unfavourable step	€ 2,024,084 Gross margin 2025: € 2,024,084 ▼ 20% vs 2024 (€ 2,526,573) Unfavourable step	▼ 20%
Profit after taxes	€ -140,615 Profit after taxes 2022: € -140,615 First fiscal year in the series	€ -157,419 Profit after taxes 2023: € -157,419 ▼ € 16,804 vs 2022 (€ -140,615) Unfavourable step	€ 430,780 Profit after taxes 2024: € 430,780 ▲ € 588,200 vs 2023 (€ -157,419) Favourable step	€ -14,365 Profit after taxes 2025: € -14,365 ▼ € 445,146 vs 2024 (€ 430,780) Unfavourable step	▼ € 445,146
Equity	€ 1,429,692 Equity 2022: € 1,429,692 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,272,273 Equity 2023: € 1,272,273 ▼ 11% vs 2022 (€ 1,429,692) Unfavourable step	€ 1,703,053 Equity 2024: € 1,703,053 ▲ 34% vs 2023 (€ 1,272,273) Favourable step	€ 1,688,688 Equity 2025: € 1,688,688 ▼ 1% vs 2024 (€ 1,703,053) Unfavourable step	▼ 1%
Total debts	€ 3,869,362 Total debts 2022: € 3,869,362 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,609,627 Total debts 2023: € 4,609,627 ▲ 19% vs 2022 (€ 3,869,362) Unfavourable step	€ 4,479,840 Total debts 2024: € 4,479,840 ▼ 3% vs 2023 (€ 4,609,627) Favourable step	€ 4,256,402 Total debts 2025: € 4,256,402 ▼ 5% vs 2024 (€ 4,479,840) Favourable step	▼ 5%
Cash	€ 662,558 Cash 2022: € 662,558 First fiscal year in the series	€ 77,032 Cash 2023: € 77,032 ▼ 88% vs 2022 (€ 662,558) Unfavourable step	€ 16,737 Cash 2024: € 16,737 ▼ 78% vs 2023 (€ 77,032) Unfavourable step	€ 101,614 Cash 2025: € 101,614 ▲ € 84,878 vs 2024 (€ 16,737) Favourable step	▲ € 84,878
Land & buildings	€ 1,367,987 Land & buildings 2022: € 1,367,987 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,492,485 Land & buildings 2023: € 1,492,485 ▲ 9% vs 2022 (€ 1,367,987) Unchanged	€ 1,428,632 Land & buildings 2024: € 1,428,632 ▼ 4% vs 2023 (€ 1,492,485) Unchanged	€ 1,422,640 Land & buildings 2025: € 1,422,640 Unchanged (€ 1,428,632) Unchanged
Retained profit	€ 426,443 Retained profit 2022: € 426,443 First fiscal year in the series	€ 269,023 Retained profit 2023: € 269,023 ▼ 37% vs 2022 (€ 426,443) Unfavourable step	€ 699,804 Retained profit 2024: € 699,804 ▲ 160% vs 2023 (€ 269,023) Favourable step	€ 685,438 Retained profit 2025: € 685,438 ▼ 2% vs 2024 (€ 699,804) Unfavourable step	▼ 2%
Bank debt	€ 2,152,716 Bank debt 2022: € 2,152,716 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,754,768 Bank debt 2023: € 2,754,768 ▲ 28% vs 2022 (€ 2,152,716) Unfavourable step	€ 2,865,640 Bank debt 2024: € 2,865,640 ▲ 4% vs 2023 (€ 2,754,768) Unfavourable step	€ 2,654,893 Bank debt 2025: € 2,654,893 ▼ 7% vs 2024 (€ 2,865,640) Favourable step	▼ 7%
Balance sheet total	€ 5,310,946 Balance sheet total 2022: € 5,310,946 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,890,229 Balance sheet total 2023: € 5,890,229 ▲ 11% vs 2022 (€ 5,310,946) Unchanged	€ 6,297,256 Balance sheet total 2024: € 6,297,256 ▲ 7% vs 2023 (€ 5,890,229) Unchanged	€ 6,050,922 Balance sheet total 2025: € 6,050,922 ▼ 4% vs 2024 (€ 6,297,256) Unchanged	▼ 4%
Employees (FTE)	36.1 Employees (FTE) 2022: 36.1 First fiscal year in the series	32.5 Employees (FTE) 2023: 32.5 ▼ 3.6 vs 2022 (36.1) Unchanged	32.4 Employees (FTE) 2024: 32.4 ▼ 0.1 vs 2023 (32.5) Unchanged	32.4 Employees (FTE) 2025: 32.4 Unchanged (32.4) Unchanged

Key figures of HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET, 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 HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET?

What happened at HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

2027 DETAFORM NV stepped down as director. NBB
2027 David Desmet stepped down as director. NBB
Oct 15, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 14,365 (▼ € 445,146 vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
2021 DETAFORM NV became a director. NBB
2021 David Desmet became a director. NBB
Nov 19, 1986 New establishment in Menen. KBO
Oct 27, 1986 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 140,615 loss in 2022 to € 14,365 loss in 2025.

Paid € 57,327 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 430,780 profit.

On average € 62,500 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

DETAFORM 99.9%

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

HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET

The shares are held by DETAFORM (99.9%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

DETAFORM NV

Managing director · represented by Dirk Desmet

Also active at: HARDWOODS MAERTENS

since 2021 · until 2027

David Desmet

Managing director

Also active at: DETAFORM, HARDWOODS MAERTENS

since 2021 · until 2027

Shareholders

DETAFORM

99.9%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Veldstraat 7

8930 Menen

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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DETAFORM same network

€ 5,550 revenue · 2024

HARDWOODS MAERTENS same network

€ -565 gross margin · 2025

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

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Company number

0429.715.443

VAT number

BE 0429.715.443

Registered office

Veldstraat 7, 8930 Menen

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HOUTBUIGERIJ G. DESMET

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

27 October 1986

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Active · Active since 28 Nov 2024

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Activities · NACE

Vervaardiging van stoelen en zitmeubelen voor woningen en kantoren

Vervaardiging van eetkamer-, zitkamer-, slaapkamer- en badkamermeubelen

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