COUSTO is a printing company in Beersel. Private Limited, started on 29 July 1988, 1 establishment.

What is the address of COUSTO?

The registered office of COUSTO is located at Bergensesteenweg 57, 1651 Beersel.

Is COUSTO still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) COUSTO is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 29 July 1988.

Is COUSTO registered on Peppol?

Yes, COUSTO is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0434780427.

What is the enterprise number of COUSTO?

The enterprise number of COUSTO is BE0434780427.

When was COUSTO founded?

COUSTO was founded on 29 July 1988.

Who are the directors of COUSTO?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of COUSTO are: SimCon BV.

Is COUSTO a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 29 July 1988; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 1 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did COUSTO make in 2025?

COUSTO posted a profit after taxes of € 71,322 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of COUSTO?

As a small company, COUSTO is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 1,296,130.

How much does an employee at COUSTO earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at COUSTO was € 92,200 in 2025: staff costs of € 884,895 for 9.6 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does COUSTO have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, COUSTO has 9.6 full-time equivalents (FTE).

COUSTO (Private Limited) - Beersel - BE0434780427

Dossier COUSTO, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0434780427/cousto. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 46 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

COUSTO from Beersel, company number BE0434780427, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 71,322 after tax. For that financial year COUSTO recorded a gross margin of € 1.3 million and equity of € 201,377. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 42,023 to € 71,322. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 31, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 201,377

▲ 55% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 71,322

▲ 70% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 352

▼ 99% 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 € -131,215.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

9.6

▲ 0.3 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 884,895

▲ 4% vs 2024

€ 92,200 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

€ 1 million

▼ 9% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 1 million.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 8 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.

€ 2 million

▼ 8% vs 2024

€ 207,987 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 8 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 826,385

▲ 192% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 445,926

▼ 49% 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	€ 1,103,592 Gross margin 2022: € 1,103,592 First fiscal year in the series	€ 996,777 Gross margin 2023: € 996,777 ▼ 10% vs 2022 (€ 1,103,592) Unfavourable step	€ 1,233,845 Gross margin 2024: € 1,233,845 ▲ 24% vs 2023 (€ 996,777) Favourable step	€ 1,296,130 Gross margin 2025: € 1,296,130 ▲ 5% vs 2024 (€ 1,233,845) Favourable step	▲ 5%
Profit after taxes	€ -3,637 Profit after taxes 2022: € -3,637 First fiscal year in the series	€ -253,794 Profit after taxes 2023: € -253,794 ▼ € 250,158 vs 2022 (€ -3,637) Unfavourable step	€ 42,023 Profit after taxes 2024: € 42,023 ▲ € 295,818 vs 2023 (€ -253,794) Favourable step	€ 71,322 Profit after taxes 2025: € 71,322 ▲ 70% vs 2024 (€ 42,023) Favourable step	▲ 70%
Equity	€ 27,826 Equity 2022: € 27,826 First fiscal year in the series	€ 88,032 Equity 2023: € 88,032 ▲ 216% vs 2022 (€ 27,826) Favourable step	€ 130,055 Equity 2024: € 130,055 ▲ 48% vs 2023 (€ 88,032) Favourable step	€ 201,377 Equity 2025: € 201,377 ▲ 55% vs 2024 (€ 130,055) Favourable step	▲ 55%
Total debts	€ 4,477,859 Total debts 2022: € 4,477,859 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,150,084 Total debts 2023: € 4,150,084 ▼ 7% vs 2022 (€ 4,477,859) Favourable step	€ 3,862,620 Total debts 2024: € 3,862,620 ▼ 7% vs 2023 (€ 4,150,084) Favourable step	€ 3,576,271 Total debts 2025: € 3,576,271 ▼ 7% vs 2024 (€ 3,862,620) Favourable step	▼ 7%
Cash	€ 74,946 Cash 2022: € 74,946 First fiscal year in the series	€ 40,875 Cash 2023: € 40,875 ▼ 45% vs 2022 (€ 74,946) Unfavourable step	€ 30,445 Cash 2024: € 30,445 ▼ 26% vs 2023 (€ 40,875) Unfavourable step	€ 352 Cash 2025: € 352 ▼ 99% vs 2024 (€ 30,445) Unfavourable step	▼ 99%
Retained profit	€ 9,234 Retained profit 2022: € 9,234 First fiscal year in the series	€ -244,560 Retained profit 2023: € -244,560 ▼ € 253,794 vs 2022 (€ 9,234) Unfavourable step	€ -202,537 Retained profit 2024: € -202,537 ▲ € 42,023 vs 2023 (€ -244,560) Favourable step	€ -131,215 Retained profit 2025: € -131,215 ▲ € 71,322 vs 2024 (€ -202,537) Favourable step	▲ € 71,322
Bank debt	€ 2,702,328 Bank debt 2022: € 2,702,328 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,292,573 Bank debt 2023: € 2,292,573 ▼ 15% vs 2022 (€ 2,702,328) Favourable step	€ 2,135,835 Bank debt 2024: € 2,135,835 ▼ 7% vs 2023 (€ 2,292,573) Favourable step	€ 1,964,424 Bank debt 2025: € 1,964,424 ▼ 8% vs 2024 (€ 2,135,835) Favourable step	▼ 8%
Balance sheet total	€ 4,505,686 Balance sheet total 2022: € 4,505,686 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,238,116 Balance sheet total 2023: € 4,238,116 ▼ 6% vs 2022 (€ 4,505,686) Unchanged	€ 3,992,675 Balance sheet total 2024: € 3,992,675 ▼ 6% vs 2023 (€ 4,238,116) Unchanged	€ 3,777,649 Balance sheet total 2025: € 3,777,649 ▼ 5% vs 2024 (€ 3,992,675) Unchanged	▼ 5%
Employees (FTE)	10.3 Employees (FTE) 2022: 10.3 First fiscal year in the series	9.8 Employees (FTE) 2023: 9.8 ▼ 0.5 vs 2022 (10.3) Unchanged	9.3 Employees (FTE) 2024: 9.3 ▼ 0.5 vs 2023 (9.8) Unchanged	9.6 Employees (FTE) 2025: 9.6 ▲ 0.3 vs 2024 (9.3) Unchanged	▲ 0.3

Key figures of COUSTO, 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 COUSTO?

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

Aug 31, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 71,322 (▲ 70% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
2023 SimCon BV became a director. NBB
Aug 3, 1988 New establishment in Beersel. KBO
Jul 29, 1988 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 3,637 loss in 2022 to € 71,322 profit in 2025.

Paid € 27,648 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2025, with € 71,322 profit.

On average € 135,000 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

SimCon 24.2%

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

COUSTO

Noblis 100%

Imprimerie De Beys 77.3%

Behind COUSTO is SimCon BV. The shares are held by SimCon (24.2%). It owns 100% of Noblis and 77.3% of Imprimerie De Beys itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

SimCon BV

Director · represented by Wim Coninx

since 2023

Shareholders

SimCon

24.2%

Participations

Noblis

100%

Imprimerie De Beys

77.3%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Bergensesteenweg 57

1651 Beersel

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 4 companies are registered at this address.

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IMPRIMERIE DE BEYS same network

€ 32,074 gross margin · 2024

NOBLIS same network

€ 93,849 gross margin · 2024

MOONDOG

€ -1,133 gross margin · 2024

Cousto Invest

€ 20,896 gross margin · 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

0434.780.427

VAT number

BE 0434.780.427

Registered office

Bergensesteenweg 57, 1651 Beersel

Names & denominations

COUSTO

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

29 July 1988

Peppol

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