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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2026.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 32.1 to 23.5.
Financials
Financial year 2026
FILOU COMPANY from Kortrijk, company number BE0435732215, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € -1.8 million after tax. For that financial year FILOU COMPANY recorded a gross margin of € 1.8 million and equity of € 1.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -780,585 to € -1.8 million. The company made a loss. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 30, 2026.
€ 1.2 million
▲ 27% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -1.8 million
▼ 125 % more loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 196,809
▼ 57% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -899,885.
People and assets in 2026
23.5
▼ 3.3 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 3 million
▲ 72% vs 2024
€ 129,100 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.
€ 10,921
▲ € 10,375 vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
€ 1.2 million
▼ 52% vs 2024
€ 82,848 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 15 years.
€ 454,825
▲ 110% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 424,918
▼ 2% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2026 | Change 2024 → 2026 | |
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| Revenue | € 8,374,943 | - | - | - | |
| Gross margin | - | € 775,908 | € 1,297,858 | € 1,846,043 | ▲ 42% |
| Profit after taxes | € -106,535 | € -1,422,743 | € -780,585 | € -1,754,626 | ▼ € 974,041 |
| Equity | € 3,120,068 | € 1,697,325 | € 916,740 | € 1,162,115 | ▲ 27% |
| Total debts | € 962,623 | € 3,055,553 | € 3,229,092 | € 2,526,882 | ▼ 22% |
| Cash | € 693,687 | € 739,826 | € 459,466 | € 196,809 | ▼ 57% |
| Land & buildings | € 2,611 | € 636 | € 0 | - | |
| Retained profit | € 3,058,068 | € 1,635,325 | € 854,740 | € -899,885 | ▼ € 1.8 million |
| Bank debt | € 156,301 | € 2,214,681 | € 2,575,190 | € 1,224,339 | ▼ 52% |
| Balance sheet total | € 4,082,691 | € 4,752,878 | € 4,145,832 | € 3,688,997 | ▼ 11% |
| Employees (FTE) | 33.7 | 32.1 | 26.8 | 23.5 | ▼ 3.3 |
Key figures of FILOU COMPANY, fiscal years 2022 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 August 2027.
What happened to FILOU COMPANY?
What happened at FILOU COMPANY in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- SORUMA BV stepped down as director. NBB
- AMLUTIMI BV stepped down as director. NBB
- BART CONNECT BV stepped down as director. NBB
- MAES EN CO BV stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: loss of € 1.8 million. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- SORUMA BV became a director. NBB
- AMLUTIMI BV became a director. NBB
- BART CONNECT BV became a director. NBB
In short
From € 106,535 loss in 2022 to € 1.8 million loss in 2026.
Paid € 3,650 in corporate taxes since 2022.
On average € 78,600 of value added per employee in 2026.
Management
The stake of CLAES RETAIL GROUP, SORUMA comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
FILOU COMPANYThe shares are held by CLAES RETAIL GROUP (50%) and SORUMA (50%).
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Director · represented by MAES EMILE, DECUBBER (einddatum mandaat 13-01-2026) SOPHIE
since 2026 · until 2031
Director · represented by CLAES ANN
Also active at: Mayerline, JBC, IMMO IRIS, CKS Fashion, GIRLS IMMO, Circular Textiles, CKS Partners, CLAES IMMO GROUP
since 2026 · until 2031
Director · represented by CLAES BART
Also active at: Mayerline, JBC, IMMO IRIS, CKS Fashion, GIRLS IMMO, Circular Textiles, CKS Partners, CLAES IMMO GROUP
since 2026 · until 2031
since 2026 · until 2031
Shareholders
50%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Baliestraat(Mar) 5
8510 Kortrijk
Lombardenvest 54
2000 Antwerpen
Active since 25 February 2002
Zuivelmarkt 1
3500 Hasselt
Active since 6 November 2006
Korte Steenstraat(Kor) 25
8500 Kortrijk
Active since 6 November 2006
Mageleinstraat 23
9000 Gent
Active since 5 December 1988
Lippenslaan 340
8300 Knokke-Heist
Active since 1 July 2005
Leopoldstraat 2-4
2300 Turnhout
Active since 1 December 2007
Albert I laan 255
8620 Nieuwpoort
Active since 10 July 2009
Bondgenotenlaan 24
3000 Leuven
Active since 14 January 2010
Passage Pieter van Aelst 9
9300 Aalst
Active since 10 September 2010
IJzerenleen 15
2800 Mechelen
Active since 11 January 2013
Adolf Buylstraat 26
8400 Oostende
Active since 10 July 2014
Kapelstraat 100
9100 Sint-Niklaas
Active since 6 March 2015
Stationsstraat 15
9620 Zottegem
Active since 28 July 2018
Noordzandstraat 33-35
8000 Brugge
Active since 9 December 2022
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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Details
- Company number
- 0435.732.215
- VAT number
- BE 0435.732.215
- Registered office
- Baliestraat(Mar) 5, 8510 Kortrijk
- Names & denominations
- FILOU COMPANY
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 19 November 1988
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 8 Dec 2025
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