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 40.7 to 35.5.
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Busy address KBO
11 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2026
HOYA LENS BELGIUM from Antwerpen, company number BE0436666284, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 4.5 million after tax. For that financial year HOYA LENS BELGIUM recorded revenue of € 22.8 million and equity of € 3.1 million. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 4.6 million to € 4.5 million. The company is profitable. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 8, 2026.
€ 3.1 million
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 4.5 million
▼ 1% vs 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 6.1 million
▼ 12% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 4.5 million paid out
100 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to Hoya Holdings BV (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2026
35.5
▼ 1.8 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 4.6 million
▲ 8% vs 2025
€ 129,400 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.
€ 376,771
▲ 8% vs 2025
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 3.4 million
▼ 6% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 91 days on average.
€ 1.4 million
▲ 2% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 18,555,798 | € 19,347,715 | € 21,307,788 | € 22,811,174 | ▲ 7% |
| Profit after taxes | € 3,872,858 | € 7,262,476 | € 4,551,975 | € 4,528,341 | ▼ 1% |
| Equity | € 3,089,304 | € 3,089,304 | € 3,089,304 | € 3,089,304 | |
| Total debts | € 8,282,457 | € 12,767,415 | € 10,607,083 | € 10,451,265 | ▼ 1% |
| Cash | € 1,056,241 | € 9,427,385 | € 6,892,006 | € 6,083,597 | ▼ 12% |
| Land & buildings | € 1,601,069 | - | - | - | |
| Retained profit | € 280,846 | € 280,846 | € 280,846 | € 280,846 | |
| Dividend | € 3,872,858 | € 7,262,476 | € 4,551,975 | € 4,528,341 | ▼ 1% |
| Balance sheet total | € 11,371,761 | € 15,870,279 | € 13,730,287 | € 13,594,808 | ▼ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 41.3 | 40.7 | 37.3 | 35.5 | ▼ 1.8 |
Key figures of HOYA LENS BELGIUM, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 October 2027.
What happened to HOYA LENS BELGIUM?
What happened at HOYA LENS BELGIUM in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 4.5 million (▼ 1% vs 2025). Source: NBB ↗
- Oliver Fischbach stepped down as director. NBB
- Inge Wellens stepped down as director. NBB
- Tom Buysse stepped down as director. NBB
- Hans Werquin stepped down as director. NBB
- Tom Buysse became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Inge Wellens became a director. NBB
In short
From € 3.9 million profit in 2023 to € 4.5 million profit in 2026.
Paid € 7.1 million in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 7.3 million profit.
Paid out € 20.2 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The shares are held by Hoya Holdings BV (100%) and Hoya Holdings Asia BV (0%). It owns 15% of Optodis itself.
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Oliver Fischbach
Director
since 2022 · until 2026
Inge Wellens
Director
since 2023 · until 2026
since 2025 · until 2026
Hans Werquin
Director
since 2022 · until 2026
Shareholders
Hoya Holdings BV
100%
Hoya Holdings Asia BV
0%
Participations
15%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Noorderplaats 9
2000 Antwerpen
Lieven Gevaertstraat 15B/0001
2950 Kapellen
Active since 20 February 1989
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Details
- Company number
- 0436.666.284
- VAT number
- BE 0436.666.284
- Registered office
- Noorderplaats 9, 2000 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- HOYA LENS BELGIUM
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 17 February 1989
- Peppol
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