Financials
Financial year 2025
BROWNING International from Herstal, company number BE0430037226, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 3 million after tax. For that financial year BROWNING International recorded revenue of € 96 million and equity of € 59.6 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 3 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 June 25, 2026.
€ 59.6 million
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 3 million
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 18.6 million
▲ 11% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 3 million paid out
100 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to BROWNING SA (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
118
▼ 1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 14.8 million
▲ 10% vs 2024
€ 125,500 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.
€ 66,299
▲ 5% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 4,884
▼ 98% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 17.2 million
▲ 6% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 84 days on average.
€ 5.7 million
▲ 10% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 97,242,455 | € 98,581,862 | € 93,931,810 | € 95,983,825 | ▲ 2% |
| Profit after taxes | € 6,425,515 | € 3,920,388 | € 2,994,916 | € 3,006,947 | |
| Equity | € 75,695,400 | € 77,615,788 | € 59,610,704 | € 59,617,649 | |
| Total debts | € 25,899,492 | € 30,871,392 | € 43,753,729 | € 26,750,246 | ▼ 39% |
| Cash | € 9,600,472 | € 11,165,376 | € 16,646,197 | € 18,558,859 | ▲ 11% |
| Land & buildings | € 278,880 | € 366,408 | € 362,907 | € 359,059 | ▼ 1% |
| Retained profit | € 60,531,883 | € 62,452,271 | € 44,447,187 | € 44,454,132 | |
| Dividend | € 2,000,000 | € 2,000,000 | € 21,000,000 | € 3,000,000 | ▼ 86% |
| Bank debt | € 0 | € 0 | € 282,956 | € 4,884 | ▼ 98% |
| Balance sheet total | € 103,669,914 | € 110,303,949 | € 105,150,362 | € 87,885,942 | ▼ 16% |
| Employees (FTE) | 124 | 122 | 119 | 118 | ▼ 1 |
Key figures of BROWNING International, 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 BROWNING International?
What happened at BROWNING International in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Marie-Pierre DECHENE stepped down as director. NBB
- Julien COMPERE stepped down as director. NBB
- France DELOBBE stepped down as director. NBB
- Baudouin de HEPCEE stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 3 million. Source: NBB ↗
- France DELOBBE became a director. NBB
- Marie-Pierre DECHENE became a director. NBB
- Julien COMPERE became a director. NBB
In short
From € 6.4 million profit in 2022 to € 3 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 5.6 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 6.4 million profit.
Paid out € 28 million in dividends to the owners in total.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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Management
The shares are held by BROWNING SA (100%) and FN BROWNING GROUP SA. It owns 100% of BWM GmbH, 100% of BWM Arms Limited and 99.9% of BROWNING SPORTS FRANCE itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Marie-Pierre DECHENE
Managing director
since 2022 · until 2027
Julien COMPERE
Director, Chairman of the board
since 2021 · until 2027
France DELOBBE
Director
since 2024 · until 2027
Baudouin de HEPCEE
Director
since 2021 · until 2027
Shareholders
Participations
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Parc Ind. des Hauts Sarts, 3e av 25
4040 Herstal
Voie de Liège 33
4040 Herstal
Active since 12 January 1987
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Details
- Company number
- 0430.037.226
- VAT number
- BE 0430.037.226
- Registered office
- Parc Ind. des Hauts Sarts, 3e av 25, 4040 Herstal
- Names & denominations
- BROWNING International
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 18 December 1986
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 24 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
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Vervaardiging van wapens en munitie
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