What does ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS do?

ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS is a logistics company in Brugge. Public Limited, started on 30 August 1988, 2 establishments.

What is the address of ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS?

The registered office of ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS is located at Baron de Maerelaan 155, 8380 Brugge.

Is ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 30 August 1988.

Is ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS registered on Peppol?

Yes, ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0435131508.

What is the enterprise number of ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS?

The enterprise number of ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS is BE0435131508.

When was ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS founded?

ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS was founded on 30 August 1988.

Who are the directors of ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS are: Ceawind BV, ECS Logistics Group BV.

Is ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 30 August 1988; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account; 2 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS make in 2025?

ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS posted a profit after taxes of € 3,930,251 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS reported revenue of € 408,873,443.

How much does an employee at ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS was € 80,000 in 2025: staff costs of € 11.1 million for 138.8 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS has 138.8 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Does ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS have a website?

Yes, ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS has a website at ecs.be.

ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS (Public Limited) - Brugge

Dossier ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0435131508/ecs-european-containers. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS from Brugge, company number BE0435131508, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 3.9 million after tax. For that financial year ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS recorded revenue of € 408.9 million and equity of € 14.4 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1.9 million to € 3.9 million. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 53 % below last year. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 9, 2026.

What it is worth Shrank hard

€ 14.4 million

▼ 53% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 3.9 million

▲ 107% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 722,595

▼ 95% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 20.5 million paid out

More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

138.8

▼ 10.3 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: € 17 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 11.1 million

▲ 3% vs 2024

€ 80,000 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

€ 238,516

▼ 35% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

€ 722,847

▼ 46% vs 2024

Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.

Owed to suppliers

€ 72 million

▲ 20% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 67 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 2.1 million

▼ 9% 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
Revenue	€ 383,752,919 Revenue 2022: € 383,752,919 First fiscal year in the series	€ 362,877,321 Revenue 2023: € 362,877,321 ▼ 5% vs 2022 (€ 383,752,919) Unfavourable step	€ 374,452,009 Revenue 2024: € 374,452,009 ▲ 3% vs 2023 (€ 362,877,321) Favourable step	€ 408,873,443 Revenue 2025: € 408,873,443 ▲ 9% vs 2024 (€ 374,452,009) Favourable step	▲ 9%
Profit after taxes	€ 8,286,507 Profit after taxes 2022: € 8,286,507 First fiscal year in the series	€ 8,834,211 Profit after taxes 2023: € 8,834,211 ▲ 7% vs 2022 (€ 8,286,507) Favourable step	€ 1,902,744 Profit after taxes 2024: € 1,902,744 ▼ 78% vs 2023 (€ 8,834,211) Unfavourable step	€ 3,930,251 Profit after taxes 2025: € 3,930,251 ▲ 107% vs 2024 (€ 1,902,744) Favourable step	▲ 107%
Equity	€ 58,913,168 Equity 2022: € 58,913,168 First fiscal year in the series	€ 32,669,263 Equity 2023: € 32,669,263 ▼ 45% vs 2022 (€ 58,913,168) Unfavourable step	€ 30,975,517 Equity 2024: € 30,975,517 ▼ 5% vs 2023 (€ 32,669,263) Unfavourable step	€ 14,405,768 Equity 2025: € 14,405,768 ▼ 53% vs 2024 (€ 30,975,517) Unfavourable step	▼ 53%
Total debts	€ 98,987,243 Total debts 2022: € 98,987,243 First fiscal year in the series	€ 95,833,236 Total debts 2023: € 95,833,236 ▼ 3% vs 2022 (€ 98,987,243) Favourable step	€ 64,139,470 Total debts 2024: € 64,139,470 ▼ 33% vs 2023 (€ 95,833,236) Favourable step	€ 79,975,992 Total debts 2025: € 79,975,992 ▲ 25% vs 2024 (€ 64,139,470) Unfavourable step	▲ 25%
Cash	€ 631,278 Cash 2022: € 631,278 First fiscal year in the series	€ 215,104 Cash 2023: € 215,104 ▼ 66% vs 2022 (€ 631,278) Unfavourable step	€ 13,741,910 Cash 2024: € 13,741,910 ▲ € 13.5 million vs 2023 (€ 215,104) Favourable step	€ 722,595 Cash 2025: € 722,595 ▼ 95% vs 2024 (€ 13,741,910) Unfavourable step	▼ 95%
Retained profit	€ 51,426,562 Retained profit 2022: € 51,426,562 First fiscal year in the series	€ 25,182,657 Retained profit 2023: € 25,182,657 ▼ 51% vs 2022 (€ 51,426,562) Unfavourable step	€ 24,271,651 Retained profit 2024: € 24,271,651 ▼ 4% vs 2023 (€ 25,182,657) Unfavourable step	€ 7,701,902 Retained profit 2025: € 7,701,902 ▼ 68% vs 2024 (€ 24,271,651) Unfavourable step	▼ 68%
Dividend	€ 565,400 Dividend 2022: € 565,400 First fiscal year in the series	€ 35,078,116 Dividend 2023: € 35,078,116 ▲ € 34.5 million vs 2022 (€ 565,400) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2024: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2023 (€ 35,078,116) Unchanged	€ 20,500,000 Dividend 2025: € 20,500,000 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged
Bank debt	€ 27,409,427 Bank debt 2022: € 27,409,427 First fiscal year in the series	€ 26,116,549 Bank debt 2023: € 26,116,549 ▼ 5% vs 2022 (€ 27,409,427) Favourable step	€ 1,326,643 Bank debt 2024: € 1,326,643 ▼ 95% vs 2023 (€ 26,116,549) Favourable step	€ 722,847 Bank debt 2025: € 722,847 ▼ 46% vs 2024 (€ 1,326,643) Favourable step	▼ 46%
Balance sheet total	€ 158,999,630 Balance sheet total 2022: € 158,999,630 First fiscal year in the series	€ 129,600,156 Balance sheet total 2023: € 129,600,156 ▼ 18% vs 2022 (€ 158,999,630) Unchanged	€ 95,528,077 Balance sheet total 2024: € 95,528,077 ▼ 26% vs 2023 (€ 129,600,156) Unchanged	€ 94,524,709 Balance sheet total 2025: € 94,524,709 ▼ 1% vs 2024 (€ 95,528,077) Unchanged	▼ 1%
Employees (FTE)	142.8 Employees (FTE) 2022: 142.8 First fiscal year in the series	141.9 Employees (FTE) 2023: 141.9 ▼ 0.9 vs 2022 (142.8) Unchanged	149.1 Employees (FTE) 2024: 149.1 ▲ 7.2 vs 2023 (141.9) Unchanged	138.8 Employees (FTE) 2025: 138.8 ▼ 10.3 vs 2024 (149.1) Unchanged	▼ 10.3

Key figures of ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS, 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 ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS?

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

2029 ECS Logistics Group BV stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Ceawind BV stepped down as director. NBB
Jun 9, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 3.9 million (▲ 107% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2025 ECS Logistics Group BV became a director. NBB
2023 Ceawind BV became a director. NBB
Oct 4, 2018 New establishment in Brugge. KBO
Sep 8, 1988 New establishment in Brugge. KBO
Aug 30, 1988 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 8.3 million profit in 2022 to € 3.9 million profit in 2025.

Paid € 7.1 million in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 8.8 million profit.

Paid out € 56.1 million in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

ECS corporate 100%

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

ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS

The shares are held by ECS corporate (100%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Ceawind BV

Director · represented by Cédric Lanckriet

Also active at: 2XL, ECS LOGISTICS GROUP

since 2023 · until 2028

ECS Logistics Group BV

Director · represented by Richard de Haas

Also active at: DD trans, 2XL, ECS corporate, ECS technics, STELLEDIJK

since 2025 · until 2029

Shareholders

ECS corporate

100%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Baron de Maerelaan 155

8380 Brugge

2.040.018.183

Karveelstraat 3

8380 Brugge

Active since 8 September 1988

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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2XL same network

€ 148.7 million revenue · 2025

ECS LOGISTICS GROUP same network

€ 27.1 million revenue · 2025

ECS corporate same network

€ 27 million revenue · 2025

GROEP DE DIJK

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

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Company number

0435.131.508

VAT number

BE 0435.131.508

Registered office

Baron de Maerelaan 155, 8380 Brugge

Names & denominations

ECS EUROPEAN CONTAINERS

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

30 August 1988

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Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001

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Activities · NACE

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