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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 324,670 to 6.3.
Financials
Financial year 2025
HOUTHOEK from Koekelare, company number BE0436439523, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -1,732 after tax. For that financial year HOUTHOEK recorded a gross margin of € 297,660 and equity of € 392,749. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 15,055 to € -1,732. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 29, 2026.
€ 392,749
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -1,732
▼ still € 15,055 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 67,870
▼ 48% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 374,149.
People and assets in 2025
6.3
▼ 0.7 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 272,672
▼ 10% vs 2024
€ 43,300 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.
€ 29,227
▼ 22% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 3,417
▲ 1% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 11,103
▼ 31% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 3,771
▼ 82% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 332,260 | € 361,476 | € 342,272 | € 297,660 | ▼ 13% |
| Profit after taxes | € 15,206 | € 14,258 | € 15,055 | € -1,732 | ▼ € 16,787 |
| Equity | € 365,169 | € 379,427 | € 394,481 | € 392,749 | |
| Total debts | € 118,492 | € 72,413 | € 41,678 | € 19,081 | ▼ 54% |
| Cash | € 135,942 | € 121,130 | € 131,159 | € 67,870 | ▼ 48% |
| Land & buildings | € 58,462 | € 65,197 | € 63,807 | € 62,417 | ▼ 2% |
| Retained profit | € 346,569 | € 360,827 | € 375,881 | € 374,149 | |
| Bank debt | € 3,386 | € 3,425 | € 3,372 | € 3,417 | ▲ 1% |
| Balance sheet total | € 483,661 | € 451,840 | € 436,159 | € 411,830 | ▼ 6% |
| Employees (FTE) | 293,295.2 | 324,670 | 7 | 6.3 | ▼ 0.7 |
Key figures of HOUTHOEK, 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 HOUTHOEK?
What happened at HOUTHOEK in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 1,732 (▼ € 16,787 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Koekelare. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 15,206 profit in 2022 to € 1,732 loss in 2025.
Paid € 21,523 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 15,206 profit.
On average € 47,200 of value added per employee in 2025.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
Behind HOUTHOEK is Dieter Bruneel. Dieter Bruneel is also behind HOUTHOEKSHOP.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Provinciebaan 6
8680 Koekelare
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0436.439.523
- VAT number
- BE 0436.439.523
- Registered office
- Provinciebaan 6, 8680 Koekelare
- Names & denominations
- HOUTHOEK
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Cooperative company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 20 January 1989
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 17 Dec 2025
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