What does GARAGE COOLS do?

GARAGE COOLS is a market trader in Balen. Public Limited, started on 18 January 1988, 2 establishments.

What is the address of GARAGE COOLS?

The registered office of GARAGE COOLS is located at Soef 165, 2490 Balen.

Is GARAGE COOLS still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) GARAGE COOLS is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 18 January 1988.

Is GARAGE COOLS registered on Peppol?

Yes, GARAGE COOLS is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0433139444.

What is the enterprise number of GARAGE COOLS?

The enterprise number of GARAGE COOLS is BE0433139444.

When was GARAGE COOLS founded?

GARAGE COOLS was founded on 18 January 1988.

Who are the directors of GARAGE COOLS?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of GARAGE COOLS are: CODI HOLDING BV.

Is GARAGE COOLS a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 18 January 1988; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 1 directors known from the annual account; 2 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did GARAGE COOLS make in 2025?

GARAGE COOLS posted a profit after taxes of € 22,783 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of GARAGE COOLS?

As a small company, GARAGE COOLS is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 1,121,371.

How much does an employee at GARAGE COOLS earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at GARAGE COOLS was € 64,200 in 2025: staff costs of € 937,483 for 14.6 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does GARAGE COOLS have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, GARAGE COOLS has 14.6 full-time equivalents (FTE).

GARAGE COOLS (Public Limited) - Balen - BE0433139444

Dossier GARAGE COOLS, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0433139444/garage-cools. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

GARAGE COOLS from Balen, company number BE0433139444, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 22,783 after tax. For that financial year GARAGE COOLS recorded a gross margin of € 1.1 million and equity of € 703,500. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 7,394 to € 22,783. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 29, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 703,500

▲ 3% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 22,783

▲ 208% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 696,293

▲ 134% 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 € 506,231.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

14.6

▲ 1.7 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 937,483

▲ 37% vs 2024

€ 64,200 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

€ 80,803

▼ 10% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 6,586.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

None

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

Owed to suppliers

€ 260,263

▼ 55% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 287,553

▲ 71% 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	€ 1,137,047 Gross margin 2022: € 1,137,047 First fiscal year in the series	€ 982,687 Gross margin 2023: € 982,687 ▼ 14% vs 2022 (€ 1,137,047) Unfavourable step	€ 830,428 Gross margin 2024: € 830,428 ▼ 15% vs 2023 (€ 982,687) Unfavourable step	€ 1,121,371 Gross margin 2025: € 1,121,371 ▲ 35% vs 2024 (€ 830,428) Favourable step	▲ 35%
Profit after taxes	€ 260,203 Profit after taxes 2022: € 260,203 First fiscal year in the series	€ 149,353 Profit after taxes 2023: € 149,353 ▼ 43% vs 2022 (€ 260,203) Unfavourable step	€ 7,394 Profit after taxes 2024: € 7,394 ▼ 95% vs 2023 (€ 149,353) Unfavourable step	€ 22,783 Profit after taxes 2025: € 22,783 ▲ 208% vs 2024 (€ 7,394) Favourable step	▲ 208%
Equity	€ 874,296 Equity 2022: € 874,296 First fiscal year in the series	€ 823,463 Equity 2023: € 823,463 ▼ 6% vs 2022 (€ 874,296) Unfavourable step	€ 680,717 Equity 2024: € 680,717 ▼ 17% vs 2023 (€ 823,463) Unfavourable step	€ 703,500 Equity 2025: € 703,500 ▲ 3% vs 2024 (€ 680,717) Favourable step	▲ 3%
Total debts	€ 1,395,769 Total debts 2022: € 1,395,769 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,028,061 Total debts 2023: € 2,028,061 ▲ 45% vs 2022 (€ 1,395,769) Unfavourable step	€ 1,730,219 Total debts 2024: € 1,730,219 ▼ 15% vs 2023 (€ 2,028,061) Favourable step	€ 1,426,876 Total debts 2025: € 1,426,876 ▼ 18% vs 2024 (€ 1,730,219) Favourable step	▼ 18%
Cash	€ 365,246 Cash 2022: € 365,246 First fiscal year in the series	€ 210,742 Cash 2023: € 210,742 ▼ 42% vs 2022 (€ 365,246) Unfavourable step	€ 297,122 Cash 2024: € 297,122 ▲ 41% vs 2023 (€ 210,742) Favourable step	€ 696,293 Cash 2025: € 696,293 ▲ 134% vs 2024 (€ 297,122) Favourable step	▲ 134%
Land & buildings	€ 28,396 Land & buildings 2022: € 28,396 First fiscal year in the series	€ 25,399 Land & buildings 2023: € 25,399 ▼ 11% vs 2022 (€ 28,396) Unchanged	€ 66,770 Land & buildings 2024: € 66,770 ▲ 163% vs 2023 (€ 25,399) Unchanged	€ 60,889 Land & buildings 2025: € 60,889 ▼ 9% vs 2024 (€ 66,770) Unchanged	▼ 9%
Retained profit	€ 677,027 Retained profit 2022: € 677,027 First fiscal year in the series	€ 626,194 Retained profit 2023: € 626,194 ▼ 8% vs 2022 (€ 677,027) Unfavourable step	€ 483,447 Retained profit 2024: € 483,447 ▼ 23% vs 2023 (€ 626,194) Unfavourable step	€ 506,231 Retained profit 2025: € 506,231 ▲ 5% vs 2024 (€ 483,447) Favourable step	▲ 5%
Dividend	€ 0 Dividend 2022: € 0 First fiscal year in the series	€ 200,187 Dividend 2023: € 200,187 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 150,140 Dividend 2024: € 150,140 ▼ 25% vs 2023 (€ 200,187) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2025: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2024 (€ 150,140) Unchanged	▼ 100%
Balance sheet total	€ 2,277,075 Balance sheet total 2022: € 2,277,075 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,858,117 Balance sheet total 2023: € 2,858,117 ▲ 26% vs 2022 (€ 2,277,075) Unchanged	€ 2,416,956 Balance sheet total 2024: € 2,416,956 ▼ 15% vs 2023 (€ 2,858,117) Unchanged	€ 2,136,310 Balance sheet total 2025: € 2,136,310 ▼ 12% vs 2024 (€ 2,416,956) Unchanged	▼ 12%
Employees (FTE)	10.9 Employees (FTE) 2022: 10.9 First fiscal year in the series	10.1 Employees (FTE) 2023: 10.1 ▼ 0.8 vs 2022 (10.9) Unchanged	12.9 Employees (FTE) 2024: 12.9 ▲ 2.8 vs 2023 (10.1) Unchanged	14.6 Employees (FTE) 2025: 14.6 ▲ 1.7 vs 2024 (12.9) Unchanged	▲ 1.7

Key figures of GARAGE COOLS, 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 GARAGE COOLS?

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

Sep 29, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 22,783 (▲ 208% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
Feb 1, 1988 New establishment in Mol. KBO
Feb 1, 1988 New establishment in Balen. KBO
Jan 18, 1988 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 260,203 profit in 2022 to € 22,783 profit in 2025.

Paid € 167,291 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 260,203 profit.

On average € 76,800 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

CODI HOLDING 99.9%

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

GARAGE COOLS

Covamo 36.8%

Behind GARAGE COOLS is CODI HOLDING BV. The shares are held by CODI HOLDING (99.9%). It owns 36.8% of Covamo itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

CODI HOLDING BV

Managing director · represented by Jan Cools

Also active at: GARAGE VANHEES, AUTOBEDRIJF KIEWIT HASSELT, GARAGE COOLS, Garage TEUNKENS, TOYOTA DIEST, IMMO TURNHOUTSEBAAN, IMMO SOEF, COVAMO +1 more

Shareholders

CODI HOLDING

99.9%

Participations

Covamo

36.8%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Soef 165

2490 Balen

2.033.304.595

Turnhoutsebaan 153

2400 Mol

Active since 1 February 1988

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 5 companies are registered at this address.

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GARAGE COOLS same network

€ 8.3 million revenue · 2025

CODI HOLDING same network

€ 322,140 revenue · 2025

IMMO TURNHOUTSEBAAN same network

€ 81,924 gross margin · 2025

IMMO SOEF same network

€ 167,059 gross margin · 2025

Codi

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

Details

Company number

0433.139.444

VAT number

BE 0433.139.444

Registered office

Soef 165, 2490 Balen

Names & denominations

GARAGE COOLS

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

18 January 1988

Peppol

Active · Active since 8 Dec 2025

Activities · NACE

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

Detailhandel in motorvoertuigen

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

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

Onderhoud en reparatie van auto's

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

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

GARAGE COOLS

Financials

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Management

Directors

Shareholders

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Establishments

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