What does FINEST SEAFOOD do?

FINEST SEAFOOD is registered with the CBE as active in: Groothandel in vis, schaal- en schelpdieren. Private Limited, started on 23 December 1987, 1 establishment.

What is the address of FINEST SEAFOOD?

The registered office of FINEST SEAFOOD is located at Ankerstraat 30, 8400 Oostende.

Is FINEST SEAFOOD still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) FINEST SEAFOOD is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 23 December 1987.

Is FINEST SEAFOOD registered on Peppol?

Yes, FINEST SEAFOOD is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0432863884.

What is the enterprise number of FINEST SEAFOOD?

The enterprise number of FINEST SEAFOOD is BE0432863884.

When was FINEST SEAFOOD founded?

FINEST SEAFOOD was founded on 23 December 1987.

Who are the directors of FINEST SEAFOOD?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of FINEST SEAFOOD are: FINEST QUALITY SEAFOOD BV.

Is FINEST SEAFOOD a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 23 December 1987; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 1 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did FINEST SEAFOOD make in 2025?

FINEST SEAFOOD recorded a loss after taxes of € 93,103 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of FINEST SEAFOOD?

As a small company, FINEST SEAFOOD is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 263,906.

How much does an employee at FINEST SEAFOOD earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at FINEST SEAFOOD was € 71,000 in 2025: staff costs of € 269,729 for 3.8 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does FINEST SEAFOOD have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, FINEST SEAFOOD has 3.8 full-time equivalents (FTE).

FINEST SEAFOOD (Private Limited) - Oostende

Dossier FINEST SEAFOOD, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0432863884/finest-seafood. 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.

Negative equity NBB

More debt than assets in 2 of the last 4 fiscal years.
Shrinking team NBB

FTE fell two years in a row, from 10.3 to 3.8.
Figures corrected NBB

Corrected annual account filed for 2022.

Financials

Financial year 2025

FINEST SEAFOOD from Oostende, company number BE0432863884, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -93,103 after tax. For that financial year FINEST SEAFOOD recorded a gross margin of € 263,906 and equity of € -59,951. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 4,517 to € -93,103. The company made a loss. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 30, 2026.

What it is worth Caution

€ -59,951

▼ € 93,103 vs 2024

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

Loss Caution

€ -93,103

▼ still € 4,517 profit in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 23,803

▼ 70% 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 € -111,569.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

3.8

▼ 1.5 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 269,729

▼ 22% vs 2024

€ 71,000 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

€ 23,349

▼ 44% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 3 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.

€ 403,644

▼ 21% vs 2024

€ 91,051 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 554,199

▲ 1% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 52,428

▼ 48% 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	€ 496,900 Gross margin 2022: € 496,900 First fiscal year in the series	€ 705,027 Gross margin 2023: € 705,027 ▲ 42% vs 2022 (€ 496,900) Favourable step	€ 472,453 Gross margin 2024: € 472,453 ▼ 33% vs 2023 (€ 705,027) Unfavourable step	€ 263,906 Gross margin 2025: € 263,906 ▼ 44% vs 2024 (€ 472,453) Unfavourable step	▼ 44%
Profit after taxes	€ -123,495 Profit after taxes 2022: € -123,495 First fiscal year in the series	€ 54,443 Profit after taxes 2023: € 54,443 ▲ € 177,938 vs 2022 (€ -123,495) Favourable step	€ 4,517 Profit after taxes 2024: € 4,517 ▼ 92% vs 2023 (€ 54,443) Unfavourable step	€ -93,103 Profit after taxes 2025: € -93,103 ▼ € 97,620 vs 2024 (€ 4,517) Unfavourable step	▼ € 97,620
Equity	€ -25,809 Equity 2022: € -25,809 First fiscal year in the series	€ 28,634 Equity 2023: € 28,634 ▲ € 54,443 vs 2022 (€ -25,809) Favourable step	€ 33,151 Equity 2024: € 33,151 ▲ 16% vs 2023 (€ 28,634) Favourable step	€ -59,951 Equity 2025: € -59,951 ▼ € 93,103 vs 2024 (€ 33,151) Unfavourable step	▼ € 93,103
Total debts	€ 1,337,737 Total debts 2022: € 1,337,737 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,155,178 Total debts 2023: € 1,155,178 ▼ 14% vs 2022 (€ 1,337,737) Favourable step	€ 1,161,707 Total debts 2024: € 1,161,707 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 1,155,178) Unfavourable step	€ 1,015,003 Total debts 2025: € 1,015,003 ▼ 13% vs 2024 (€ 1,161,707) Favourable step	▼ 13%
Cash	€ 41,425 Cash 2022: € 41,425 First fiscal year in the series	€ 67,077 Cash 2023: € 67,077 ▲ 62% vs 2022 (€ 41,425) Favourable step	€ 79,796 Cash 2024: € 79,796 ▲ 19% vs 2023 (€ 67,077) Favourable step	€ 23,803 Cash 2025: € 23,803 ▼ 70% vs 2024 (€ 79,796) Unfavourable step	▼ 70%
Land & buildings	€ 184,055 Land & buildings 2022: € 184,055 First fiscal year in the series	€ 164,378 Land & buildings 2023: € 164,378 ▼ 11% vs 2022 (€ 184,055) Unchanged	€ 144,177 Land & buildings 2024: € 144,177 ▼ 12% vs 2023 (€ 164,378) Unchanged	€ 124,118 Land & buildings 2025: € 124,118 ▼ 14% vs 2024 (€ 144,177) Unchanged	▼ 14%
Retained profit	€ -77,426 Retained profit 2022: € -77,426 First fiscal year in the series	€ -22,984 Retained profit 2023: € -22,984 ▲ € 54,443 vs 2022 (€ -77,426) Favourable step	€ -18,467 Retained profit 2024: € -18,467 ▲ € 4,517 vs 2023 (€ -22,984) Favourable step	€ -111,569 Retained profit 2025: € -111,569 ▼ € 93,103 vs 2024 (€ -18,467) Unfavourable step	▼ € 93,103
Bank debt	€ 434,152 Bank debt 2022: € 434,152 First fiscal year in the series	€ 450,327 Bank debt 2023: € 450,327 ▲ 4% vs 2022 (€ 434,152) Unfavourable step	€ 507,948 Bank debt 2024: € 507,948 ▲ 13% vs 2023 (€ 450,327) Unfavourable step	€ 403,644 Bank debt 2025: € 403,644 ▼ 21% vs 2024 (€ 507,948) Favourable step	▼ 21%
Balance sheet total	€ 1,311,929 Balance sheet total 2022: € 1,311,929 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,183,812 Balance sheet total 2023: € 1,183,812 ▼ 10% vs 2022 (€ 1,311,929) Unchanged	€ 1,194,858 Balance sheet total 2024: € 1,194,858 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 1,183,812) Unchanged	€ 955,051 Balance sheet total 2025: € 955,051 ▼ 20% vs 2024 (€ 1,194,858) Unchanged	▼ 20%
Employees (FTE)	14.1 Employees (FTE) 2022: 14.1 First fiscal year in the series	10.3 Employees (FTE) 2023: 10.3 ▼ 3.8 vs 2022 (14.1) Unchanged	5.3 Employees (FTE) 2024: 5.3 ▼ 5 vs 2023 (10.3) Unchanged	3.8 Employees (FTE) 2025: 3.8 ▼ 1.5 vs 2024 (5.3) Unchanged	▼ 1.5

Key figures of FINEST SEAFOOD, 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 FINEST SEAFOOD?

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

Jul 30, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 93,103 (▼ € 97,620 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
Jan 12, 1988 New establishment in Oostende. KBO
Dec 23, 1987 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 123,495 loss in 2022 to € 93,103 loss in 2025.

Paid € 675 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 54,443 profit.

On average € 69,400 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Finest Quality Seafood 100%

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

FINEST SEAFOOD

Behind FINEST SEAFOOD is FINEST QUALITY SEAFOOD BV. The shares are held by Finest Quality Seafood (100%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

FINEST QUALITY SEAFOOD BV

Director · represented by Joerie Verbiest

Also active at: SALTY JOHN, KUNA FISH

Shareholders

Finest Quality Seafood

100%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Ankerstraat 30

8400 Oostende

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.

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Details

Company number

0432.863.884

VAT number

BE 0432.863.884

Registered office

Ankerstraat 30, 8400 Oostende

Names & denominations

FINEST SEAFOOD

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

23 December 1987

Peppol

Active · Active since 20 Oct 2025

Activities · NACE

Groothandel in vis, schaal- en schelpdieren

Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren

Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren

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