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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.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 7.7 to 4.9.
Financials
Financial year 2026
BRANDSTOFFEN KERFS from Houthalen-Helchteren, company number BE0433220608, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € -78,929 after tax. For that financial year BRANDSTOFFEN KERFS recorded a gross margin of € 622,778 and equity of € 409,716. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 22,885 to € -78,929. 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 October 30, 2026.
€ 409,716
▼ 16% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -78,929
▼ still € 22,885 profit in 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 39,999
▼ 8% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 139,716.
People and assets in 2026
4.9
▼ 0.1 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 289,360
▲ 15% vs 2025
€ 59,100 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.
€ 89,184
▼ 22% vs 2025
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1.4 million
▼ 35% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 155,702
▼ 39% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,164,000 | € 849,847 | € 762,828 | € 622,778 | ▼ 18% |
| Profit after taxes | € -464,746 | € -124,863 | € 22,885 | € -78,929 | ▼ € 101,814 |
| Equity | € 590,623 | € 465,760 | € 488,645 | € 409,716 | ▼ 16% |
| Total debts | € 4,033,423 | € 3,413,552 | € 2,613,869 | € 1,775,389 | ▼ 32% |
| Cash | € 269,479 | € 127,248 | € 43,291 | € 39,999 | ▼ 8% |
| Land & buildings | € 249,038 | - | - | - | |
| Retained profit | € 320,623 | € 195,760 | € 218,645 | € 139,716 | ▼ 36% |
| Bank debt | € 1,293,158 | € 32,841 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 4,624,047 | € 3,879,312 | € 3,102,514 | € 2,185,104 | ▼ 30% |
| Employees (FTE) | 8.2 | 7.7 | 5 | 4.9 | ▼ 0.1 |
Key figures of BRANDSTOFFEN KERFS, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 October 2027.
What happened to BRANDSTOFFEN KERFS?
What happened at BRANDSTOFFEN KERFS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Victor Kerfs stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: loss of € 78,929 (▼ € 101,814 vs 2025). Source: NBB ↗
- Victor Kerfs became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Houthalen-Helchteren. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 464,746 loss in 2023 to € 78,929 loss in 2026.
Paid € 812 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 22,885 profit.
On average € 127,100 of value added per employee in 2026.
Management
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Victor Kerfs
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Europark 2062
3530 Houthalen-Helchteren
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 companies are registered at this address.
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Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Self-hosted
Hosting
GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM - Google LLC, US
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0433.220.608
- VAT number
- BE 0433.220.608
- Registered office
- Europark 2062, 3530 Houthalen-Helchteren
- Names & denominations
- BRANDSTOFFEN KERFS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 19 January 1988
- Peppol
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