What does Lemmens - Le Couter do?

Lemmens - Le Couter is a market trader in Waregem. Public Limited, started on 12 November 1987, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Lemmens - Le Couter?

The registered office of Lemmens - Le Couter is located at Gentseweg 209, 8792 Waregem.

Is Lemmens - Le Couter still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) Lemmens - Le Couter is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 12 November 1987.

Is Lemmens - Le Couter registered on Peppol?

Yes, Lemmens - Le Couter is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0432446784.

What is the enterprise number of Lemmens - Le Couter?

The enterprise number of Lemmens - Le Couter is BE0432446784.

When was Lemmens - Le Couter founded?

Lemmens - Le Couter was founded on 12 November 1987.

Who owns Lemmens - Le Couter?

The shares are held by Scottie.

Is Lemmens - Le Couter a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 12 November 1987; 4 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2024.

How much profit did Lemmens - Le Couter make in 2024?

Lemmens - Le Couter posted a profit after taxes of € 1,380,321 in financial year 2024.

What is the revenue of Lemmens - Le Couter?

In its most recent annual accounts (2024), Lemmens - Le Couter reported revenue of € 34,785,880.

How much does an employee at Lemmens - Le Couter earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Lemmens - Le Couter was € 71,300 in 2024: staff costs of € 1.6 million for 22.6 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Lemmens - Le Couter have?

According to the 2024 annual accounts, Lemmens - Le Couter has 22.6 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Lemmens - Le Couter (Public Limited) - Waregem

Dossier Lemmens - Le Couter, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0432446784/lemmens-le-couter. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2024

Lemmens - Le Couter from Waregem, company number BE0432446784, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 1.4 million after tax. For that financial year Lemmens - Le Couter recorded revenue of € 34.8 million and equity of € 9.3 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 1.3 million to € 1.4 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 October 31, 2025.

What it is worth Growing

€ 9.3 million

▲ 17% vs 2023

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

Profit Growing

€ 1.4 million

▲ 5% vs 2023

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 111,494

▼ 77% vs 2023

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

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 9.2 million.

People and assets in 2024

Full-time equivalents

22.6

▲ 3.1 vs 2023

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: € 1.5 million in 2024, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 1.6 million

▲ 9% vs 2023

€ 71,300 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

€ 342,062

▼ 17% vs 2023

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2024

Bank debt

None

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

Owed to suppliers

€ 471,794

▼ 91% vs 2023

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 5 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 204,767

▲ 5% vs 2023

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2021	2022	2023	2024	Change 2023 → 2024
Revenue	-	-	€ 37,757,264 Revenue 2023: € 37,757,264 First fiscal year in the series	€ 34,785,880 Revenue 2024: € 34,785,880 ▼ 8% vs 2023 (€ 37,757,264) Unfavourable step	▼ 8%
Gross margin	€ 2,521,983 Gross margin 2021: € 2,521,983 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,837,524 Gross margin 2022: € 2,837,524 ▲ 13% vs 2021 (€ 2,521,983) Favourable step	-	-
Profit after taxes	€ 885,783 Profit after taxes 2021: € 885,783 First fiscal year in the series	€ 990,581 Profit after taxes 2022: € 990,581 ▲ 12% vs 2021 (€ 885,783) Favourable step	€ 1,319,692 Profit after taxes 2023: € 1,319,692 ▲ 33% vs 2022 (€ 990,581) Favourable step	€ 1,380,321 Profit after taxes 2024: € 1,380,321 ▲ 5% vs 2023 (€ 1,319,692) Favourable step	▲ 5%
Equity	€ 5,951,125 Equity 2021: € 5,951,125 First fiscal year in the series	€ 6,641,707 Equity 2022: € 6,641,707 ▲ 12% vs 2021 (€ 5,951,125) Favourable step	€ 7,961,398 Equity 2023: € 7,961,398 ▲ 20% vs 2022 (€ 6,641,707) Favourable step	€ 9,341,719 Equity 2024: € 9,341,719 ▲ 17% vs 2023 (€ 7,961,398) Favourable step	▲ 17%
Total debts	€ 1,074,977 Total debts 2021: € 1,074,977 First fiscal year in the series	€ 6,376,503 Total debts 2022: € 6,376,503 ▲ € 5.3 million vs 2021 (€ 1,074,977) Unfavourable step	€ 5,601,348 Total debts 2023: € 5,601,348 ▼ 12% vs 2022 (€ 6,376,503) Favourable step	€ 679,356 Total debts 2024: € 679,356 ▼ 88% vs 2023 (€ 5,601,348) Favourable step	▼ 88%
Cash	€ 1,776,007 Cash 2021: € 1,776,007 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,466,318 Cash 2022: € 1,466,318 ▼ 17% vs 2021 (€ 1,776,007) Unfavourable step	€ 477,565 Cash 2023: € 477,565 ▼ 67% vs 2022 (€ 1,466,318) Unfavourable step	€ 111,494 Cash 2024: € 111,494 ▼ 77% vs 2023 (€ 477,565) Unfavourable step	▼ 77%
Land & buildings	€ 1,051,261 Land & buildings 2021: € 1,051,261 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,422,512 Land & buildings 2022: € 1,422,512 ▲ 35% vs 2021 (€ 1,051,261) Unchanged	€ 1,397,402 Land & buildings 2023: € 1,397,402 ▼ 2% vs 2022 (€ 1,422,512) Unchanged	€ 1,207,423 Land & buildings 2024: € 1,207,423 ▼ 14% vs 2023 (€ 1,397,402) Unchanged	▼ 14%
Retained profit	€ 5,837,582 Retained profit 2021: € 5,837,582 First fiscal year in the series	€ 6,528,163 Retained profit 2022: € 6,528,163 ▲ 12% vs 2021 (€ 5,837,582) Favourable step	€ 7,847,855 Retained profit 2023: € 7,847,855 ▲ 20% vs 2022 (€ 6,528,163) Favourable step	€ 9,228,176 Retained profit 2024: € 9,228,176 ▲ 18% vs 2023 (€ 7,847,855) Favourable step	▲ 18%
Dividend	€ 300,000 Dividend 2021: € 300,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 300,000 Dividend 2022: € 300,000 Unchanged (€ 300,000) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2023: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2022 (€ 300,000) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2024: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged
Balance sheet total	€ 7,026,102 Balance sheet total 2021: € 7,026,102 First fiscal year in the series	€ 13,018,209 Balance sheet total 2022: € 13,018,209 ▲ 85% vs 2021 (€ 7,026,102) Unchanged	€ 13,562,746 Balance sheet total 2023: € 13,562,746 ▲ 4% vs 2022 (€ 13,018,209) Unchanged	€ 10,021,075 Balance sheet total 2024: € 10,021,075 ▼ 26% vs 2023 (€ 13,562,746) Unchanged	▼ 26%
Employees (FTE)	19 Employees (FTE) 2021: 19 First fiscal year in the series	18.8 Employees (FTE) 2022: 18.8 ▼ 0.2 vs 2021 (19) Unchanged	19.5 Employees (FTE) 2023: 19.5 ▲ 0.7 vs 2022 (18.8) Unchanged	22.6 Employees (FTE) 2024: 22.6 ▲ 3.1 vs 2023 (19.5) Unchanged	▲ 3.1

Key figures of Lemmens - Le Couter, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.

What happened to Lemmens - Le Couter?

What happened at Lemmens - Le Couter in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

Oct 31, 2025 New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 1.4 million (▲ 5% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
Feb 5, 1988 New establishment in Waregem. KBO
Nov 12, 1987 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 885,783 profit in 2021 to € 1.4 million profit in 2024.

Paid € 1.6 million in corporate taxes since 2021.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 1.4 million profit.

On average € 150,900 of value added per employee in 2022.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Gentseweg 209

8792 Waregem

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

Details

Company number

0432.446.784

VAT number

BE 0432.446.784

Registered office

Gentseweg 209, 8792 Waregem

Names & denominations

Lemmens - Le Couter

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

12 November 1987

Peppol

Active · Active since 25 Nov 2025

Activities · NACE

Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)

Onderhoud en reparatie van auto's

Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)

Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)

Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗