What does LE COUTER do?

LE COUTER is a market trader in Tielt. Public Limited, started on 28 June 1988, 1 establishment.

What is the address of LE COUTER?

The registered office of LE COUTER is located at Deinsesteenweg 16, 8700 Tielt.

Is LE COUTER still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) LE COUTER is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 28 June 1988.

Is LE COUTER registered on Peppol?

Yes, LE COUTER is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0434641162.

What is the enterprise number of LE COUTER?

The enterprise number of LE COUTER is BE0434641162.

When was LE COUTER founded?

LE COUTER was founded on 28 June 1988.

Who are the directors of LE COUTER?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of LE COUTER are: Lecova.

Is LE COUTER a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 28 June 1988; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 1 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did LE COUTER make in 2025?

LE COUTER posted a profit after taxes of € 1,034,338 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of LE COUTER?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), LE COUTER reported revenue of € 44,002,820.

How much does an employee at LE COUTER earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at LE COUTER was € 82,400 in 2025: staff costs of € 2.2 million for 26.2 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does LE COUTER have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, LE COUTER has 26.2 full-time equivalents (FTE).

LE COUTER (Public Limited) - Tielt - BE0434641162

Dossier LE COUTER, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0434641162/le-couter. 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.

Tight liquidity NBB

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

Financials

Financial year 2025

LE COUTER from Tielt, company number BE0434641162, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1 million after tax. For that financial year LE COUTER recorded revenue of € 44 million and equity of € 16.7 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1.5 million to € 1 million. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on May 29, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 16.7 million

▲ 4% vs 2024

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

Profit Healthy

€ 1 million

▼ 33% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 1.8 million

▼ 30% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 430,000 paid out

42 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

26.2

▲ 1.1 vs 2024

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

Wage cost Staff costs are payroll only. Director pay sits with services and miscellaneous goods: € 1.6 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 2.2 million

▲ 6% vs 2024

€ 82,400 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

€ 607,746

▲ 3% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

None

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

Owed to suppliers

€ 6.5 million

▲ 19% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 53 days on average.

Wages and social charges

€ 338,989

▲ 4% vs 2024

Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Revenue	€ 34,345,944 Revenue 2022: € 34,345,944 First fiscal year in the series	€ 49,505,637 Revenue 2023: € 49,505,637 ▲ 44% vs 2022 (€ 34,345,944) Favourable step	€ 41,983,936 Revenue 2024: € 41,983,936 ▼ 15% vs 2023 (€ 49,505,637) Unfavourable step	€ 44,002,820 Revenue 2025: € 44,002,820 ▲ 5% vs 2024 (€ 41,983,936) Favourable step	▲ 5%
Profit after taxes	€ 1,264,006 Profit after taxes 2022: € 1,264,006 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,457,466 Profit after taxes 2023: € 2,457,466 ▲ 94% vs 2022 (€ 1,264,006) Favourable step	€ 1,540,753 Profit after taxes 2024: € 1,540,753 ▼ 37% vs 2023 (€ 2,457,466) Unfavourable step	€ 1,034,338 Profit after taxes 2025: € 1,034,338 ▼ 33% vs 2024 (€ 1,540,753) Unfavourable step	▼ 33%
Equity	€ 12,511,208 Equity 2022: € 12,511,208 First fiscal year in the series	€ 14,588,674 Equity 2023: € 14,588,674 ▲ 17% vs 2022 (€ 12,511,208) Favourable step	€ 16,129,426 Equity 2024: € 16,129,426 ▲ 11% vs 2023 (€ 14,588,674) Favourable step	€ 16,733,764 Equity 2025: € 16,733,764 ▲ 4% vs 2024 (€ 16,129,426) Favourable step	▲ 4%
Total debts	€ 7,454,979 Total debts 2022: € 7,454,979 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,404,406 Total debts 2023: € 5,404,406 ▼ 28% vs 2022 (€ 7,454,979) Favourable step	€ 5,754,330 Total debts 2024: € 5,754,330 ▲ 6% vs 2023 (€ 5,404,406) Unfavourable step	€ 7,229,029 Total debts 2025: € 7,229,029 ▲ 26% vs 2024 (€ 5,754,330) Unfavourable step	▲ 26%
Cash	€ 6,062,090 Cash 2022: € 6,062,090 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,971,751 Cash 2023: € 1,971,751 ▼ 67% vs 2022 (€ 6,062,090) Unfavourable step	€ 2,643,299 Cash 2024: € 2,643,299 ▲ 34% vs 2023 (€ 1,971,751) Favourable step	€ 1,841,268 Cash 2025: € 1,841,268 ▼ 30% vs 2024 (€ 2,643,299) Unfavourable step	▼ 30%
Land & buildings	€ 506,684 Land & buildings 2022: € 506,684 First fiscal year in the series	€ 420,957 Land & buildings 2023: € 420,957 ▼ 17% vs 2022 (€ 506,684) Unchanged	€ 360,917 Land & buildings 2024: € 360,917 ▼ 14% vs 2023 (€ 420,957) Unchanged	€ 309,447 Land & buildings 2025: € 309,447 ▼ 14% vs 2024 (€ 360,917) Unchanged	▼ 14%
Retained profit	€ 12,441,250 Retained profit 2022: € 12,441,250 First fiscal year in the series	€ 14,518,716 Retained profit 2023: € 14,518,716 ▲ 17% vs 2022 (€ 12,441,250) Favourable step	€ 16,059,468 Retained profit 2024: € 16,059,468 ▲ 11% vs 2023 (€ 14,518,716) Favourable step	€ 16,663,806 Retained profit 2025: € 16,663,806 ▲ 4% vs 2024 (€ 16,059,468) Favourable step	▲ 4%
Dividend	€ 380,000 Dividend 2022: € 380,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 380,000 Dividend 2023: € 380,000 Unchanged (€ 380,000) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2024: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2023 (€ 380,000) Unchanged	€ 430,000 Dividend 2025: € 430,000 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged
Balance sheet total	€ 19,970,542 Balance sheet total 2022: € 19,970,542 First fiscal year in the series	€ 19,997,434 Balance sheet total 2023: € 19,997,434 Unchanged (€ 19,970,542) Unchanged	€ 21,888,111 Balance sheet total 2024: € 21,888,111 ▲ 9% vs 2023 (€ 19,997,434) Unchanged	€ 23,967,148 Balance sheet total 2025: € 23,967,148 ▲ 9% vs 2024 (€ 21,888,111) Unchanged	▲ 9%
Employees (FTE)	24.2 Employees (FTE) 2022: 24.2 First fiscal year in the series	24.1 Employees (FTE) 2023: 24.1 ▼ 0.1 vs 2022 (24.2) Unchanged	25.1 Employees (FTE) 2024: 25.1 ▲ 1 vs 2023 (24.1) Unchanged	26.2 Employees (FTE) 2025: 26.2 ▲ 1.1 vs 2024 (25.1) Unchanged	▲ 1.1

Key figures of LE COUTER, 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 LE COUTER?

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

May 29, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1 million (▼ 33% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
Aug 12, 1988 New establishment in Tielt. KBO
Jun 28, 1988 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 1.3 million profit in 2022 to € 1 million profit in 2025.

Paid € 1.8 million in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 2.5 million profit.

Paid out € 1.2 million in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Scottie

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

LE COUTER

Behind LE COUTER is Lecova. The shares are held by Scottie.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Lecova

Managing director · represented by Lutgardis Van Daele

Shareholders

Scottie

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Deinsesteenweg 16

8700 Tielt

2.039.650.969

Deinsesteenweg 12

8700 Tielt

Active since 12 August 1988

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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LECOVA same network

€ 100,579 gross margin · 2025

RENASCI

€ 14,545 gross margin · 2025

Scottie same network

€ 180,000 revenue · 2025

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

Details

Company number

0434.641.162

VAT number

BE 0434.641.162

Registered office

Deinsesteenweg 16, 8700 Tielt

Names & denominations

LE COUTER

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

28 June 1988

Peppol

Active · Active since 25 Nov 2025

Activities · NACE

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

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

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

Detailhandel in motorvoertuigen

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

LE COUTER

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What happened to LE COUTER?

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