ESCALA is registered with the CBE as active in: Vervaardiging van schrijn- en timmerwerk. Public Limited, started on 15 December 1988, 2 establishments.

What is the address of ESCALA?

The registered office of ESCALA is located at Industrieterrein 1 25, 3290 Diest.

Is ESCALA still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) ESCALA is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 15 December 1988.

Is ESCALA registered on Peppol?

Yes, ESCALA is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0436194944.

What is the enterprise number of ESCALA?

The enterprise number of ESCALA is BE0436194944.

When was ESCALA founded?

ESCALA was founded on 15 December 1988.

Who are the directors of ESCALA?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of ESCALA are: Freddy Sooghen, Ingrid Wouters, Peter Somers.

Is ESCALA a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 15 December 1988; 4 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account; 2 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did ESCALA make in 2025?

ESCALA posted a profit after taxes of € 4,112 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of ESCALA?

As a small company, ESCALA is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 852,831.

How much does an employee at ESCALA earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at ESCALA was € 62,600 in 2025: staff costs of € 757,677 for 12.1 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does ESCALA have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, ESCALA has 12.1 full-time equivalents (FTE).

ESCALA (Public Limited) - Diest - BE0436194944

Dossier ESCALA, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0436194944/escala. 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 46 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

ESCALA from Diest, company number BE0436194944, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 4,112 after tax. For that financial year ESCALA recorded a gross margin of € 852,831 and equity of € 402,099. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 2,085 to € 4,112. 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 December 1, 2025.

What it is worth Growing

€ 402,099

▲ 1% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 4,112

▲ 97% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 67,378

▲ 71% 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 € 326,491.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

12.1

▼ 0.4 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 757,677

▲ 2% vs 2024

€ 62,600 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

€ 145,483

▼ 15% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 86,332.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 2 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.

€ 154,329

▲ 9% vs 2024

€ 68,395 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 136,147

▲ 62% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 94,450

▲ 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
Gross margin	€ 252,497 Gross margin 2022: € 252,497 First fiscal year in the series	€ 644,287 Gross margin 2023: € 644,287 ▲ 155% vs 2022 (€ 252,497) Favourable step	€ 825,877 Gross margin 2024: € 825,877 ▲ 28% vs 2023 (€ 644,287) Favourable step	€ 852,831 Gross margin 2025: € 852,831 ▲ 3% vs 2024 (€ 825,877) Favourable step	▲ 3%
Profit after taxes	€ 12,128 Profit after taxes 2022: € 12,128 First fiscal year in the series	€ 26,765 Profit after taxes 2023: € 26,765 ▲ 121% vs 2022 (€ 12,128) Favourable step	€ 2,085 Profit after taxes 2024: € 2,085 ▼ 92% vs 2023 (€ 26,765) Unfavourable step	€ 4,112 Profit after taxes 2025: € 4,112 ▲ 97% vs 2024 (€ 2,085) Favourable step	▲ 97%
Equity	€ 369,137 Equity 2022: € 369,137 First fiscal year in the series	€ 395,902 Equity 2023: € 395,902 ▲ 7% vs 2022 (€ 369,137) Favourable step	€ 397,987 Equity 2024: € 397,987 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 395,902) Favourable step	€ 402,099 Equity 2025: € 402,099 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 397,987) Favourable step	▲ 1%
Total debts	€ 320,585 Total debts 2022: € 320,585 First fiscal year in the series	€ 513,187 Total debts 2023: € 513,187 ▲ 60% vs 2022 (€ 320,585) Unfavourable step	€ 538,391 Total debts 2024: € 538,391 ▲ 5% vs 2023 (€ 513,187) Unfavourable step	€ 386,807 Total debts 2025: € 386,807 ▼ 28% vs 2024 (€ 538,391) Favourable step	▼ 28%
Cash	€ 48,403 Cash 2022: € 48,403 First fiscal year in the series	€ 205,716 Cash 2023: € 205,716 ▲ € 157,313 vs 2022 (€ 48,403) Favourable step	€ 39,388 Cash 2024: € 39,388 ▼ 81% vs 2023 (€ 205,716) Unfavourable step	€ 67,378 Cash 2025: € 67,378 ▲ 71% vs 2024 (€ 39,388) Favourable step	▲ 71%
Retained profit	€ 293,529 Retained profit 2022: € 293,529 First fiscal year in the series	€ 320,295 Retained profit 2023: € 320,295 ▲ 9% vs 2022 (€ 293,529) Favourable step	€ 322,380 Retained profit 2024: € 322,380 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 320,295) Favourable step	€ 326,491 Retained profit 2025: € 326,491 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 322,380) Favourable step	▲ 1%
Bank debt	€ 246,053 Bank debt 2022: € 246,053 First fiscal year in the series	€ 193,969 Bank debt 2023: € 193,969 ▼ 21% vs 2022 (€ 246,053) Favourable step	€ 141,004 Bank debt 2024: € 141,004 ▼ 27% vs 2023 (€ 193,969) Favourable step	€ 154,329 Bank debt 2025: € 154,329 ▲ 9% vs 2024 (€ 141,004) Unfavourable step	▲ 9%
Balance sheet total	€ 689,722 Balance sheet total 2022: € 689,722 First fiscal year in the series	€ 909,089 Balance sheet total 2023: € 909,089 ▲ 32% vs 2022 (€ 689,722) Unchanged	€ 936,378 Balance sheet total 2024: € 936,378 ▲ 3% vs 2023 (€ 909,089) Unchanged	€ 788,906 Balance sheet total 2025: € 788,906 ▼ 16% vs 2024 (€ 936,378) Unchanged	▼ 16%
Employees (FTE)	4 Employees (FTE) 2022: 4 First fiscal year in the series	7.8 Employees (FTE) 2023: 7.8 ▲ 3.8 vs 2022 (4) Unchanged	12.5 Employees (FTE) 2024: 12.5 ▲ 4.7 vs 2023 (7.8) Unchanged	12.1 Employees (FTE) 2025: 12.1 ▼ 0.4 vs 2024 (12.5) Unchanged	▼ 0.4

Key figures of ESCALA, 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 ESCALA?

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

2029 Freddy Sooghen stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Ingrid Wouters stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Peter Somers stepped down as director. NBB
Dec 1, 2025 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 4,112 (▲ 97% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2010 Freddy Sooghen became a director. NBB
2003 Ingrid Wouters became a director. NBB
1999 Peter Somers became a director. NBB
Mar 4, 1996 New establishment in Diest. KBO

In short

From € 12,128 profit in 2022 to € 4,112 profit in 2025.

Paid € 29,633 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 26,765 profit.

On average € 70,500 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

PATRISO HOLDING 99.6%

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

ESCALA

The shares are held by PATRISO HOLDING (99.6%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Freddy Sooghen

Director

Also active at: PATRISO, SF - CONSTRUCT, PERWEZ INVEST, PATRISO HOLDING

since 2010 · until 2029

Ingrid Wouters

Managing director

Also active at: PATRISO, ONDUL' HAIR

since 2003 · until 2029

Peter Somers

Director

since 1999 · until 2029

Shareholders

PATRISO HOLDING

99.6%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Industrieterrein 1 25

3290 Diest

2.041.605.124

Industriepark 25 C

3290 Diest

Active since 11 January 1989

2.041.605.223

Halensebaan 79

3290 Diest

Active since 4 March 1996

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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PATRISO same network

€ 3.6 million gross margin · 2025

ONDUL' HAIR same network

€ -3,870 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

0436.194.944

VAT number

BE 0436.194.944

Registered office

Industrieterrein 1 25, 3290 Diest

Names & denominations

ESCALA

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

15 December 1988

Peppol

Active · Active since 29 Dec 2025

Activities · NACE

Vervaardiging van schrijn- en timmerwerk

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