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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 10.3 to 8.1.
Financials
Financial year 2025
THE FACTORY from Leopoldsburg, company number BE0434153588, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 6.3 million after tax. For that financial year THE FACTORY recorded revenue of € 41.8 million and equity of € 8.8 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 2.4 million to € 6.3 million. Profitable, and profit is growing. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 25, 2026.
€ 8.8 million
▼ 23% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 6.3 million
▲ 161% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 18.1 million
▲ 288% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 9 million paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
8.1
▼ 0.2 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 570,984
▼ 10% vs 2024
€ 70,500 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.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 192,963
▼ 89% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 2 days on average.
€ 466,897
▲ 174% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
| 2021 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 1,054,952 | € 66,757,508 | € 38,018,065 | € 41,773,800 | ▲ 10% |
| Profit after taxes | € -92,739 | € 2,697,552 | € 2,425,391 | € 6,331,486 | ▲ 161% |
| Equity | € 6,382,375 | € 9,079,927 | € 11,505,318 | € 8,836,803 | ▼ 23% |
| Total debts | € 2,801,316 | € 5,984,005 | € 1,994,070 | € 9,659,859 | ▲ € 7.7 million |
| Cash | € 5,775,149 | € 12,775,694 | € 4,663,863 | € 18,076,776 | ▲ 288% |
| Retained profit | € 6,363,825 | € 9,061,377 | € 11,486,768 | € 8,818,253 | ▼ 23% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 9,000,000 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 9,183,691 | € 15,063,931 | € 13,499,388 | € 18,496,663 | ▲ 37% |
| Employees (FTE) | 9.8 | 10.3 | 8.3 | 8.1 | ▼ 0.2 |
Key figures of THE FACTORY, fiscal years 2021 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 June 2027.
What happened to THE FACTORY?
What happened at THE FACTORY in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 6.3 million (▲ 161% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Leopoldsburg. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 92,739 loss in 2021 to € 6.3 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 3.2 million in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 6.3 million profit.
Paid out € 9 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The stake of QUE PASA ?, PLAY MORE MUSIC comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
THE FACTORYBehind THE FACTORY are Christiane Sluyter, Patrick Breugelmans, Chokri Mahassine and Martine Peremans. The shares are held by QUE PASA ? (50%) and PLAY MORE MUSIC (25%). It owns 100% of Gigs Entertainment itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Patrick Breugelmans
Director
Also active at: PATRICK PRODUCTIONS, GIGS Entertainment, NaDeZo(n) Immo
Shareholders
50%
25%
Participations
100%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Diestersteenweg 152
3970 Leopoldsburg
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 5 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0434.153.588
- VAT number
- BE 0434.153.588
- Registered office
- Diestersteenweg 152, 3970 Leopoldsburg
- Names & denominations
- THE FACTORY
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 September 1987
- Peppol
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