Warning lights
Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 3.8 to 2.2.
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Busy address KBO
13 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
MARTENS TRANSPORT from Houthalen-Helchteren, company number BE0436593238, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 41,795 after tax. For that financial year MARTENS TRANSPORT recorded a gross margin of € 88,781 and equity of € 977,531. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 21,603 to € 41,795. 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 July 7, 2026.
€ 977,531
▲ 4% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 41,795
▲ 93% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 132
▼ 59% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 729,531.
People and assets in 2025
2.2
▼ 0.9 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 56,079
▲ 9% vs 2024
€ 25,500 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.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 6,633
▼ 73% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 31,096
▼ 20% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 206,929 | € 120,595 | € 74,722 | € 88,781 | ▲ 19% |
| Profit after taxes | € 111,676 | € 56,256 | € 21,603 | € 41,795 | ▲ 93% |
| Equity | € 857,877 | € 914,133 | € 935,736 | € 977,531 | ▲ 4% |
| Total debts | € 121,609 | € 57,097 | € 63,868 | € 37,729 | ▼ 41% |
| Cash | € 5,997 | € 368 | € 325 | € 132 | ▼ 59% |
| Retained profit | € 609,877 | € 666,133 | € 687,736 | € 729,531 | ▲ 6% |
| Dividend | € 70,000 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 979,486 | € 971,230 | € 999,605 | € 1,015,260 | ▲ 2% |
| Employees (FTE) | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.2 | ▼ 0.9 |
Key figures of MARTENS TRANSPORT, 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 MARTENS TRANSPORT?
What happened at MARTENS TRANSPORT in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Bert De Coster stepped down as director. NBB
- Trobeja NV stepped down as director. NBB
- Felix Dominique De Coster stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 41,795 (▲ 93% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Bert De Coster became a director. NBB
- Trobeja NV became a director. NBB
- Felix Dominique De Coster became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Houthalen-Helchteren. KBO
In short
From € 111,676 profit in 2022 to € 41,795 profit in 2025.
Paid € 60,182 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 111,676 profit.
On average € 40,400 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
The stake of TROBEJA, MARTENS WEGENBOUW comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
MARTENS TRANSPORTThe shares are held by TROBEJA (100%) and MARTENS WEGENBOUW (99.8%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Bert De Coster
Managing director
Also active at: MARTENS WEGENBOUW, DE COSTER DOMINIQUE, TROBEJA, DECOTECH, DECO RECYCLING
since 2023 · until 2028
Managing director · represented by Driesen Ghislaine
Also active at: Kempische Metaalwerken, MARTENS WEGENBOUW, DE COSTER DOMINIQUE, Staal Werken Midden Limburg, VEBOMA, BECKERS MARCEL, IMMO-MAR, GIMACOS +6 more
since 2023 · until 2028
Felix Dominique De Coster
Managing director
Also active at: Kempische Metaalwerken, MARTENS WEGENBOUW, DE COSTER DOMINIQUE, Staal Werken Midden Limburg, VEBOMA, TROBEJA, BECKERS MARCEL, IMMO-MAR +4 more
since 2023 · until 2028
Shareholders
100%
99.8%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Grote Baan 572
3530 Houthalen-Helchteren
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 13 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →MARTENS WEGENBOUW same network
€ 1.2 million gross margin · 2025
DE COSTER DOMINIQUE same network
€ 20.3 million revenue · 2025
Staal Werken Midden Limburg same network
€ 257,302 gross margin · 2025
VEBOMA same network
€ 2.1 million gross margin · 2025
BECKERS MARCEL same network
€ -151,377 gross margin · 2025
+8 more
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0436.593.238
- VAT number
- BE 0436.593.238
- Registered office
- Grote Baan 572, 3530 Houthalen-Helchteren
- Names & denominations
- MARTENS TRANSPORT
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 February 1989
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 19 Jun 2025
- Activities · NACE
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