EMPIRE is registered with the CBE as active in: Vertoning van bioscoopfilms. Public Limited, started on 29 October 1987, 1 establishment.

What is the address of EMPIRE?

The registered office of EMPIRE is located at Grand'rue 143-145, 6000 Charleroi.

Is EMPIRE still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) EMPIRE is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 29 October 1987.

Is EMPIRE registered on Peppol?

Yes, EMPIRE is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0432358395.

What is the enterprise number of EMPIRE?

The enterprise number of EMPIRE is BE0432358395.

When was EMPIRE founded?

EMPIRE was founded on 29 October 1987.

Who are the directors of EMPIRE?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of EMPIRE are: Marion Giral, Jacques Hoendervangers.

Is EMPIRE a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 29 October 1987; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did EMPIRE make in 2025?

EMPIRE posted a profit after taxes of € 810,328 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of EMPIRE?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), EMPIRE reported revenue of € 9,598,178.

How much does an employee at EMPIRE earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at EMPIRE was € 67,300 in 2025: staff costs of € 2.1 million for 31 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does EMPIRE have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, EMPIRE has 31 full-time equivalents (FTE).

EMPIRE (Public Limited) - Charleroi - BE0432358395

Dossier EMPIRE, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0432358395/empire. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

EMPIRE from Charleroi, company number BE0432358395, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 810,328 after tax. For that financial year EMPIRE recorded revenue of € 9.6 million and equity of € 11.3 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 600,535 to € 810,328. 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 July 22, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 11.3 million

▲ 8% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 810,328

▲ 35% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 761,869

▼ 47% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 3 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

▲ 1 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: € 2.9 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 2.1 million

▼ 11% vs 2024

€ 67,300 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

€ 24,098

▼ 34% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

None

No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.

Owed to suppliers

€ 2.1 million

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 120 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 615,156

▲ 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	€ 8,738,170 Revenue 2022: € 8,738,170 First fiscal year in the series	€ 11,351,565 Revenue 2023: € 11,351,565 ▲ 30% vs 2022 (€ 8,738,170) Favourable step	€ 9,860,698 Revenue 2024: € 9,860,698 ▼ 13% vs 2023 (€ 11,351,565) Unfavourable step	€ 9,598,178 Revenue 2025: € 9,598,178 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 9,860,698) Unfavourable step	▼ 3%
Profit after taxes	€ 756,976 Profit after taxes 2022: € 756,976 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,415,615 Profit after taxes 2023: € 1,415,615 ▲ 87% vs 2022 (€ 756,976) Favourable step	€ 600,535 Profit after taxes 2024: € 600,535 ▼ 58% vs 2023 (€ 1,415,615) Unfavourable step	€ 810,328 Profit after taxes 2025: € 810,328 ▲ 35% vs 2024 (€ 600,535) Favourable step	▲ 35%
Equity	€ 8,517,274 Equity 2022: € 8,517,274 First fiscal year in the series	€ 9,932,889 Equity 2023: € 9,932,889 ▲ 17% vs 2022 (€ 8,517,274) Favourable step	€ 10,533,424 Equity 2024: € 10,533,424 ▲ 6% vs 2023 (€ 9,932,889) Favourable step	€ 11,343,752 Equity 2025: € 11,343,752 ▲ 8% vs 2024 (€ 10,533,424) Favourable step	▲ 8%
Total debts	€ 7,146,290 Total debts 2022: € 7,146,290 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,828,179 Total debts 2023: € 4,828,179 ▼ 32% vs 2022 (€ 7,146,290) Favourable step	€ 3,291,067 Total debts 2024: € 3,291,067 ▼ 32% vs 2023 (€ 4,828,179) Favourable step	€ 3,057,840 Total debts 2025: € 3,057,840 ▼ 7% vs 2024 (€ 3,291,067) Favourable step	▼ 7%
Cash	€ 1,038,320 Cash 2022: € 1,038,320 First fiscal year in the series	€ 977,603 Cash 2023: € 977,603 ▼ 6% vs 2022 (€ 1,038,320) Unfavourable step	€ 1,435,456 Cash 2024: € 1,435,456 ▲ 47% vs 2023 (€ 977,603) Favourable step	€ 761,869 Cash 2025: € 761,869 ▼ 47% vs 2024 (€ 1,435,456) Unfavourable step	▼ 47%
Land & buildings	€ 9,199,441 Land & buildings 2022: € 9,199,441 First fiscal year in the series	€ 8,479,975 Land & buildings 2023: € 8,479,975 ▼ 8% vs 2022 (€ 9,199,441) Unchanged	€ 7,749,357 Land & buildings 2024: € 7,749,357 ▼ 9% vs 2023 (€ 8,479,975) Unchanged	€ 7,031,551 Land & buildings 2025: € 7,031,551 ▼ 9% vs 2024 (€ 7,749,357) Unchanged	▼ 9%
Retained profit	€ 161,086 Retained profit 2022: € 161,086 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,576,701 Retained profit 2023: € 1,576,701 ▲ € 1.4 million vs 2022 (€ 161,086) Favourable step	€ 2,177,236 Retained profit 2024: € 2,177,236 ▲ 38% vs 2023 (€ 1,576,701) Favourable step	€ 2,987,564 Retained profit 2025: € 2,987,564 ▲ 37% vs 2024 (€ 2,177,236) Favourable step	▲ 37%
Bank debt	€ 4,096 Bank debt 2022: € 4,096 First fiscal year in the series	€ 0 Bank debt 2023: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2022 (€ 4,096) Favourable step	€ 485 Bank debt 2024: € 485 Unchanged (€ 0) Unfavourable step	€ 0 Bank debt 2025: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2024 (€ 485) Favourable step	▼ 100%
Balance sheet total	€ 15,663,564 Balance sheet total 2022: € 15,663,564 First fiscal year in the series	€ 14,772,276 Balance sheet total 2023: € 14,772,276 ▼ 6% vs 2022 (€ 15,663,564) Unchanged	€ 13,824,491 Balance sheet total 2024: € 13,824,491 ▼ 6% vs 2023 (€ 14,772,276) Unchanged	€ 14,401,592 Balance sheet total 2025: € 14,401,592 ▲ 4% vs 2024 (€ 13,824,491) Unchanged	▲ 4%
Employees (FTE)	28.5 Employees (FTE) 2022: 28.5 First fiscal year in the series	28.8 Employees (FTE) 2023: 28.8 ▲ 0.3 vs 2022 (28.5) Unchanged	30 Employees (FTE) 2024: 30 ▲ 1.2 vs 2023 (28.8) Unchanged	31 Employees (FTE) 2025: 31 ▲ 1 vs 2024 (30) Unchanged	▲ 1

Key figures of EMPIRE, 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 EMPIRE?

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

2030 Jacques Hoendervangers stepped down as director. NBB
Jul 22, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 810,328 (▲ 35% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2025 Marion Giral became a director. NBB
2024 Jacques Hoendervangers became a director. NBB
Nov 18, 1987 New establishment in Charleroi. KBO
Oct 29, 1987 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 756,976 profit in 2022 to € 810,328 profit in 2025.

Paid € 1.7 million in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 1.4 million profit.

Pays suppliers within 120 days on average.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Pathé Belgique SA 100%

EMPIRE

Behind EMPIRE is Marion Giral. The shares are held by Pathé Belgique SA (100%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Marion Giral

Director

Also active at: SINISCOOP, CINESCOPE

since 2025

Jacques Hoendervangers

Director

Also active at: EUROSCOOP, NOUVEAUX ECRANS DE WALLONIE

since 2024 · until 2030

Shareholders

Pathé Belgique SA

100%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Grand'rue 143-145

6000 Charleroi

2.031.496.635

Grand'rue 141 143

6000 Charleroi

Active since 18 November 1987

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.

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BENGE

€ -4,354 gross margin · 2025

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Details

Company number

0432.358.395

VAT number

BE 0432.358.395

Registered office

Grand'rue 143-145, 6000 Charleroi

Names & denominations

EMPIRE

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

29 October 1987

Peppol

Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001

Activities · NACE

Vertoning van bioscoopfilms

Vertoning van films

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

EMPIRE

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