What does CRAENEN do?

CRAENEN is a wholesaler in Herent. Private Limited, started on 20 November 1987, 3 establishments.

What is the address of CRAENEN?

The registered office of CRAENEN is located at Mechelsesteenweg 633, 3020 Herent.

Is CRAENEN still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) CRAENEN is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 20 November 1987.

Is CRAENEN registered on Peppol?

Yes, CRAENEN is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0432544081.

What is the enterprise number of CRAENEN?

The enterprise number of CRAENEN is BE0432544081.

When was CRAENEN founded?

CRAENEN was founded on 20 November 1987.

Who are the directors of CRAENEN?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of CRAENEN are: Marc CRAENEN, Bart CRAENEN, Liene Willems.

Is CRAENEN a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 20 November 1987; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account; 3 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did CRAENEN make in 2025?

CRAENEN recorded a loss after taxes of € 24,761 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of CRAENEN?

As a small company, CRAENEN is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 978,107.

How much does an employee at CRAENEN earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at CRAENEN was € 55,300 in 2025: staff costs of € 923,940 for 16.7 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does CRAENEN have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, CRAENEN has 16.7 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Does CRAENEN have a website?

Yes, CRAENEN has a website at craenen.com.

CRAENEN (Private Limited) - Herent - BE0432544081

Dossier CRAENEN, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0432544081/craenen. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.

Two loss years in a row NBB

Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 48 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

CRAENEN from Herent, company number BE0432544081, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -24,761 after tax. For that financial year CRAENEN recorded a gross margin of € 978,107 and equity of € 718,957. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -8,889 to € -24,761. 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 March 19, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 718,957

▼ 3% vs 2024

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

Loss Caution

€ -24,761

▼ 179 % more loss than in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 172,822

▲ 45% 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 € 694,168.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

16.7

▼ 0.5 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 923,940

▼ 9% vs 2024

€ 55,300 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

€ 52,238

▲ 120% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 325 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.

€ 266,358

▲ 18% vs 2024

€ 232 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 325 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 956,909

▲ 5% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 140,556

▼ 7% 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	€ 991,972 Gross margin 2022: € 991,972 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,071,717 Gross margin 2023: € 1,071,717 ▲ 8% vs 2022 (€ 991,972) Favourable step	€ 1,079,951 Gross margin 2024: € 1,079,951 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 1,071,717) Favourable step	€ 978,107 Gross margin 2025: € 978,107 ▼ 9% vs 2024 (€ 1,079,951) Unfavourable step	▼ 9%
Profit after taxes	€ 11,792 Profit after taxes 2022: € 11,792 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,169 Profit after taxes 2023: € 3,169 ▼ 73% vs 2022 (€ 11,792) Unfavourable step	€ -8,889 Profit after taxes 2024: € -8,889 ▼ € 12,058 vs 2023 (€ 3,169) Unfavourable step	€ -24,761 Profit after taxes 2025: € -24,761 ▼ € 15,872 vs 2024 (€ -8,889) Unfavourable step	▼ € 15,872
Equity	€ 749,438 Equity 2022: € 749,438 First fiscal year in the series	€ 752,607 Equity 2023: € 752,607 Unchanged (€ 749,438) Favourable step	€ 743,718 Equity 2024: € 743,718 ▼ 1% vs 2023 (€ 752,607) Unfavourable step	€ 718,957 Equity 2025: € 718,957 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 743,718) Unfavourable step	▼ 3%
Total debts	€ 1,414,977 Total debts 2022: € 1,414,977 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,304,364 Total debts 2023: € 1,304,364 ▼ 8% vs 2022 (€ 1,414,977) Favourable step	€ 1,430,611 Total debts 2024: € 1,430,611 ▲ 10% vs 2023 (€ 1,304,364) Unfavourable step	€ 1,557,822 Total debts 2025: € 1,557,822 ▲ 9% vs 2024 (€ 1,430,611) Unfavourable step	▲ 9%
Cash	€ 226,971 Cash 2022: € 226,971 First fiscal year in the series	€ 257,643 Cash 2023: € 257,643 ▲ 14% vs 2022 (€ 226,971) Favourable step	€ 119,213 Cash 2024: € 119,213 ▼ 54% vs 2023 (€ 257,643) Unfavourable step	€ 172,822 Cash 2025: € 172,822 ▲ 45% vs 2024 (€ 119,213) Favourable step	▲ 45%
Retained profit	€ 724,649 Retained profit 2022: € 724,649 First fiscal year in the series	€ 727,818 Retained profit 2023: € 727,818 Unchanged (€ 724,649) Favourable step	€ 718,929 Retained profit 2024: € 718,929 ▼ 1% vs 2023 (€ 727,818) Unfavourable step	€ 694,168 Retained profit 2025: € 694,168 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 718,929) Unfavourable step	▼ 3%
Bank debt	€ 225,163 Bank debt 2022: € 225,163 First fiscal year in the series	€ 233,807 Bank debt 2023: € 233,807 ▲ 4% vs 2022 (€ 225,163) Unfavourable step	€ 226,360 Bank debt 2024: € 226,360 ▼ 3% vs 2023 (€ 233,807) Favourable step	€ 266,358 Bank debt 2025: € 266,358 ▲ 18% vs 2024 (€ 226,360) Unfavourable step	▲ 18%
Balance sheet total	€ 2,164,415 Balance sheet total 2022: € 2,164,415 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,056,972 Balance sheet total 2023: € 2,056,972 ▼ 5% vs 2022 (€ 2,164,415) Unchanged	€ 2,174,329 Balance sheet total 2024: € 2,174,329 ▲ 6% vs 2023 (€ 2,056,972) Unchanged	€ 2,276,780 Balance sheet total 2025: € 2,276,780 ▲ 5% vs 2024 (€ 2,174,329) Unchanged	▲ 5%
Employees (FTE)	19.3 Employees (FTE) 2022: 19.3 First fiscal year in the series	18.3 Employees (FTE) 2023: 18.3 ▼ 1 vs 2022 (19.3) Unchanged	17.2 Employees (FTE) 2024: 17.2 ▼ 1.1 vs 2023 (18.3) Unchanged	16.7 Employees (FTE) 2025: 16.7 ▼ 0.5 vs 2024 (17.2) Unchanged	▼ 0.5

Key figures of CRAENEN, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 April 2027.

What happened to CRAENEN?

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

Mar 19, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 24,761. Source: NBB ↗
2017 Bart CRAENEN became a director. NBB
Aug 23, 2016 New establishment in Herent. KBO
Apr 21, 2004 New establishment in Leuven. KBO
Dec 9, 1987 New establishment in Herent. KBO
1987 Marc CRAENEN became a director. NBB
Nov 20, 1987 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 11,792 profit in 2022 to € 24,761 loss in 2025.

Paid € 22,093 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 11,792 profit.

On average € 58,600 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Bart Craenen Management 100%

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

CRAENEN

Behind CRAENEN are Marc CRAENEN, Bart CRAENEN and Liene Willems. The shares are held by Bart Craenen Management (100%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Marc CRAENEN

Manager

Also active at: ELBAJA

since 1987

Bart CRAENEN

Manager

Also active at: ELBAJA

since 2017

Liene Willems

Andere functie

Also active at: Bart Craenen Management

Shareholders

Bart Craenen Management

100%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Mechelsesteenweg 633

3020 Herent

2.301.556.216

Halleboomstraat 1 box 5

3020 Herent

Active since 23 August 2016

2.301.556.513

Bondgenotenlaan 104

3000 Leuven

Active since 21 April 2004

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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€ 25,558 gross margin · 2025

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Website

HTTPS craenen.com

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Domain

craenen.com

Registered

2008-07-09

Registrar

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Expires

2026-07-09

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Company number

0432.544.081

VAT number

BE 0432.544.081

Registered office

Mechelsesteenweg 633, 3020 Herent

Names & denominations

CRAENEN

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

20 November 1987

Peppol

Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001

Contact

craenen.com

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