ARDECA is a wholesaler in Anzegem. Public Limited, started on 6 December 1988, 1 establishment.

What is the address of ARDECA?

The registered office of ARDECA is located at Oudenaardestraat 49, 8570 Anzegem.

Is ARDECA still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) ARDECA is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 6 December 1988.

Is ARDECA registered on Peppol?

Yes, ARDECA is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0436114671.

What is the enterprise number of ARDECA?

The enterprise number of ARDECA is BE0436114671.

When was ARDECA founded?

ARDECA was founded on 6 December 1988.

Who are the directors of ARDECA?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of ARDECA are: CASTELLE BV, VDC INVEST NV, VDC OIL.

Is ARDECA a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 6 December 1988; 4 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did ARDECA make in 2025?

ARDECA posted a profit after taxes of € 3,947,719 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of ARDECA?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), ARDECA reported revenue of € 47,729,330.

How much does an employee at ARDECA earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at ARDECA was € 70,700 in 2025: staff costs of € 2.7 million for 38.2 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does ARDECA have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, ARDECA has 38.2 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Does ARDECA have a website?

Yes, ARDECA has a website at ardeca-lubricants.be.

ARDECA (Public Limited) - Anzegem - BE0436114671

Dossier ARDECA, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0436114671/ardeca. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

ARDECA from Anzegem, company number BE0436114671, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 3.9 million after tax. For that financial year ARDECA recorded revenue of € 47.7 million and equity of € 13.7 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 3.6 million to € 3.9 million. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 January 15, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 13.7 million

▲ 12% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 3.9 million

▲ 10% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 70,473

▲ € 56,801 vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 2.5 million paid out

63 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to VDC-INVEST (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

38.2

▼ 2.9 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: € 4.3 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 2.7 million

▼ 4% vs 2024

€ 70,700 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

€ 1.3 million

▲ 103% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 1 million.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 4 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.

€ 9.7 million

▼ 6% vs 2024

€ 1.3 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 4.3 million

▲ 16% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 41 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 811,343

▲ 22% 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	€ 38,049,941 Revenue 2022: € 38,049,941 First fiscal year in the series	€ 49,455,034 Revenue 2023: € 49,455,034 ▲ 30% vs 2022 (€ 38,049,941) Favourable step	€ 46,934,327 Revenue 2024: € 46,934,327 ▼ 5% vs 2023 (€ 49,455,034) Unfavourable step	€ 47,729,330 Revenue 2025: € 47,729,330 ▲ 2% vs 2024 (€ 46,934,327) Favourable step	▲ 2%
Profit after taxes	€ 2,944,964 Profit after taxes 2022: € 2,944,964 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,364,078 Profit after taxes 2023: € 3,364,078 ▲ 14% vs 2022 (€ 2,944,964) Favourable step	€ 3,575,586 Profit after taxes 2024: € 3,575,586 ▲ 6% vs 2023 (€ 3,364,078) Favourable step	€ 3,947,719 Profit after taxes 2025: € 3,947,719 ▲ 10% vs 2024 (€ 3,575,586) Favourable step	▲ 10%
Equity	€ 9,346,887 Equity 2022: € 9,346,887 First fiscal year in the series	€ 10,710,965 Equity 2023: € 10,710,965 ▲ 15% vs 2022 (€ 9,346,887) Favourable step	€ 12,286,551 Equity 2024: € 12,286,551 ▲ 15% vs 2023 (€ 10,710,965) Favourable step	€ 13,734,270 Equity 2025: € 13,734,270 ▲ 12% vs 2024 (€ 12,286,551) Favourable step	▲ 12%
Total debts	€ 23,457,341 Total debts 2022: € 23,457,341 First fiscal year in the series	€ 17,382,037 Total debts 2023: € 17,382,037 ▼ 26% vs 2022 (€ 23,457,341) Favourable step	€ 17,351,832 Total debts 2024: € 17,351,832 Unchanged (€ 17,382,037) Favourable step	€ 19,586,513 Total debts 2025: € 19,586,513 ▲ 13% vs 2024 (€ 17,351,832) Unfavourable step	▲ 13%
Cash	€ 25,282 Cash 2022: € 25,282 First fiscal year in the series	€ 10,440 Cash 2023: € 10,440 ▼ 59% vs 2022 (€ 25,282) Unfavourable step	€ 13,672 Cash 2024: € 13,672 ▲ 31% vs 2023 (€ 10,440) Favourable step	€ 70,473 Cash 2025: € 70,473 ▲ € 56,801 vs 2024 (€ 13,672) Favourable step	▲ € 56,801
Land & buildings	€ 7,557,885 Land & buildings 2022: € 7,557,885 First fiscal year in the series	€ 7,622,477 Land & buildings 2023: € 7,622,477 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 7,557,885) Unchanged	€ 8,215,462 Land & buildings 2024: € 8,215,462 ▲ 8% vs 2023 (€ 7,622,477) Unchanged	€ 7,874,740 Land & buildings 2025: € 7,874,740 ▼ 4% vs 2024 (€ 8,215,462) Unchanged	▼ 4%
Retained profit	€ 9,253,927 Retained profit 2022: € 9,253,927 First fiscal year in the series	€ 10,618,005 Retained profit 2023: € 10,618,005 ▲ 15% vs 2022 (€ 9,253,927) Favourable step	€ 12,193,591 Retained profit 2024: € 12,193,591 ▲ 15% vs 2023 (€ 10,618,005) Favourable step	€ 13,641,310 Retained profit 2025: € 13,641,310 ▲ 12% vs 2024 (€ 12,193,591) Favourable step	▲ 12%
Dividend	€ 1,500,000 Dividend 2022: € 1,500,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,000,000 Dividend 2023: € 2,000,000 ▲ 33% vs 2022 (€ 1,500,000) Unchanged	€ 2,000,000 Dividend 2024: € 2,000,000 Unchanged (€ 2,000,000) Unchanged	€ 2,500,000 Dividend 2025: € 2,500,000 ▲ 25% vs 2024 (€ 2,000,000) Unchanged	▲ 25%
Bank debt	€ 14,980,229 Bank debt 2022: € 14,980,229 First fiscal year in the series	€ 10,884,462 Bank debt 2023: € 10,884,462 ▼ 27% vs 2022 (€ 14,980,229) Favourable step	€ 10,375,138 Bank debt 2024: € 10,375,138 ▼ 5% vs 2023 (€ 10,884,462) Favourable step	€ 9,707,383 Bank debt 2025: € 9,707,383 ▼ 6% vs 2024 (€ 10,375,138) Favourable step	▼ 6%
Balance sheet total	€ 32,826,258 Balance sheet total 2022: € 32,826,258 First fiscal year in the series	€ 28,106,760 Balance sheet total 2023: € 28,106,760 ▼ 14% vs 2022 (€ 32,826,258) Unchanged	€ 29,643,869 Balance sheet total 2024: € 29,643,869 ▲ 5% vs 2023 (€ 28,106,760) Unchanged	€ 33,320,783 Balance sheet total 2025: € 33,320,783 ▲ 12% vs 2024 (€ 29,643,869) Unchanged	▲ 12%
Employees (FTE)	36.1 Employees (FTE) 2022: 36.1 First fiscal year in the series	39.2 Employees (FTE) 2023: 39.2 ▲ 3.1 vs 2022 (36.1) Unchanged	41.1 Employees (FTE) 2024: 41.1 ▲ 1.9 vs 2023 (39.2) Unchanged	38.2 Employees (FTE) 2025: 38.2 ▼ 2.9 vs 2024 (41.1) Unchanged	▼ 2.9

Key figures of ARDECA, 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 January 2027.

What happened to ARDECA?

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

2031 VDC OIL stepped down as director. NBB
2029 CASTELLE BV stepped down as director. NBB
2029 VDC INVEST NV stepped down as director. NBB
Jan 15, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 3.9 million (▲ 10% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2025 VDC OIL became a director. NBB
2024 CASTELLE BV became a director. NBB
2024 VDC INVEST NV became a director. NBB
Dec 23, 1988 New establishment in Anzegem. KBO

In short

From € 2.9 million profit in 2022 to € 3.9 million profit in 2025.

Paid € 3.6 million in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2025, with € 3.9 million profit.

Paid out € 8 million in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

VDC-INVEST 100%

VDC OIL 100%

The stake of VDC-INVEST, VDC OIL comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

ARDECA

ZUMINOL GMBH 100%

The shares are held by VDC-INVEST (100%) and VDC OIL (100%). It owns 100% of ZUMINOL GMBH itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

CASTELLE BV

Managing director · represented by SOFIE VANDECASTEELE

Also active at: VDC-RETAIL, VDC OIL

since 2024 · until 2029

VDC INVEST NV

Director · represented by HEIN VANDECASTEELE

Also active at: LAMBERT PRODUCTS, VDC-RETAIL, Virovios Spar, YPRA-SPAR, COXY-SPAR

since 2024 · until 2029

VDC OIL

Managing director · represented by Arne VANDECASTEELE

Also active at: LAMBERT PRODUCTS

since 2025 · until 2031

Shareholders

VDC-INVEST

100%

VDC OIL

100%

Participations

ZUMINOL GMBH

100%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Oudenaardestraat 49

8570 Anzegem

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 companies are registered at this address.

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€ 359,545 gross margin · 2025

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Company number

0436.114.671

VAT number

BE 0436.114.671

Registered office

Oudenaardestraat 49, 8570 Anzegem

Names & denominations

ARDECA

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

6 December 1988

Peppol

Active · Active since 14 Aug 2025

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