What does VANHEES METALEN do?

VANHEES METALEN is registered with the CBE as active in: Groothandel in afval en schroot. Public Limited, started on 23 March 1989, 2 establishments.

What is the address of VANHEES METALEN?

The registered office of VANHEES METALEN is located at Hoogstraat 60, 2400 Mol.

Is VANHEES METALEN still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) VANHEES METALEN is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 23 March 1989.

Is VANHEES METALEN registered on Peppol?

Yes, VANHEES METALEN is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0436936696.

What is the enterprise number of VANHEES METALEN?

The enterprise number of VANHEES METALEN is BE0436936696.

When was VANHEES METALEN founded?

VANHEES METALEN was founded on 23 March 1989.

Who are the directors of VANHEES METALEN?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of VANHEES METALEN are: Daniel Vanhees, Fernand Louis Vanhees, Lesfer BV.

Is VANHEES METALEN a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 23 March 1989; 4 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account; 2 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did VANHEES METALEN make in 2025?

VANHEES METALEN posted a profit after taxes of € 2,475,306 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of VANHEES METALEN?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), VANHEES METALEN reported revenue of € 40,296,183.

How much does an employee at VANHEES METALEN earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at VANHEES METALEN was € 72,200 in 2025: staff costs of € 3 million for 41.8 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does VANHEES METALEN have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, VANHEES METALEN has 41.8 full-time equivalents (FTE).

VANHEES METALEN (Public Limited) - Mol - BE0436936696

Dossier VANHEES METALEN, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0436936696/vanhees-metalen. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

VANHEES METALEN from Mol, company number BE0436936696, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 2.5 million after tax. For that financial year VANHEES METALEN recorded revenue of € 40.3 million and equity of € 22.5 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1.9 million to € 2.5 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 November 7, 2025.

What it is worth Growing

€ 22.5 million

▲ 12% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 2.5 million

▲ 32% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 1.6 million

▼ 43% 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 € 21.6 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

41.8

▲ 0.8 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: € 5.6 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 3 million

▲ 6% vs 2024

€ 72,200 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

€ 1.9 million

▲ 72% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 6 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.

€ 3.2 million

▲ 26% vs 2024

€ 432,288 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 6 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 3.5 million

▼ 43% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 39 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 482,927

▲ 10% 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	€ 52,124,329 Revenue 2022: € 52,124,329 First fiscal year in the series	€ 47,312,641 Revenue 2023: € 47,312,641 ▼ 9% vs 2022 (€ 52,124,329) Unfavourable step	€ 37,968,410 Revenue 2024: € 37,968,410 ▼ 20% vs 2023 (€ 47,312,641) Unfavourable step	€ 40,296,183 Revenue 2025: € 40,296,183 ▲ 6% vs 2024 (€ 37,968,410) Favourable step	▲ 6%
Profit after taxes	€ 5,738,297 Profit after taxes 2022: € 5,738,297 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,769,615 Profit after taxes 2023: € 2,769,615 ▼ 52% vs 2022 (€ 5,738,297) Unfavourable step	€ 1,868,337 Profit after taxes 2024: € 1,868,337 ▼ 33% vs 2023 (€ 2,769,615) Unfavourable step	€ 2,475,306 Profit after taxes 2025: € 2,475,306 ▲ 32% vs 2024 (€ 1,868,337) Favourable step	▲ 32%
Equity	€ 20,656,779 Equity 2022: € 20,656,779 First fiscal year in the series	€ 18,126,394 Equity 2023: € 18,126,394 ▼ 12% vs 2022 (€ 20,656,779) Unfavourable step	€ 19,994,731 Equity 2024: € 19,994,731 ▲ 10% vs 2023 (€ 18,126,394) Favourable step	€ 22,470,037 Equity 2025: € 22,470,037 ▲ 12% vs 2024 (€ 19,994,731) Favourable step	▲ 12%
Total debts	€ 8,243,128 Total debts 2022: € 8,243,128 First fiscal year in the series	€ 12,239,049 Total debts 2023: € 12,239,049 ▲ 48% vs 2022 (€ 8,243,128) Unfavourable step	€ 12,296,892 Total debts 2024: € 12,296,892 Unchanged (€ 12,239,049) Unfavourable step	€ 8,413,721 Total debts 2025: € 8,413,721 ▼ 32% vs 2024 (€ 12,296,892) Favourable step	▼ 32%
Cash	€ 5,626,882 Cash 2022: € 5,626,882 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,830,944 Cash 2023: € 5,830,944 ▲ 4% vs 2022 (€ 5,626,882) Favourable step	€ 2,856,944 Cash 2024: € 2,856,944 ▼ 51% vs 2023 (€ 5,830,944) Unfavourable step	€ 1,618,823 Cash 2025: € 1,618,823 ▼ 43% vs 2024 (€ 2,856,944) Unfavourable step	▼ 43%
Land & buildings	€ 1,121,357 Land & buildings 2022: € 1,121,357 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,003,159 Land & buildings 2023: € 1,003,159 ▼ 11% vs 2022 (€ 1,121,357) Unchanged	€ 4,112,902 Land & buildings 2024: € 4,112,902 ▲ € 3.1 million vs 2023 (€ 1,003,159) Unchanged	€ 3,822,317 Land & buildings 2025: € 3,822,317 ▼ 7% vs 2024 (€ 4,112,902) Unchanged	▼ 7%
Retained profit	€ 19,831,779 Retained profit 2022: € 19,831,779 First fiscal year in the series	€ 17,301,394 Retained profit 2023: € 17,301,394 ▼ 13% vs 2022 (€ 19,831,779) Unfavourable step	€ 19,169,731 Retained profit 2024: € 19,169,731 ▲ 11% vs 2023 (€ 17,301,394) Favourable step	€ 21,645,037 Retained profit 2025: € 21,645,037 ▲ 13% vs 2024 (€ 19,169,731) Favourable step	▲ 13%
Dividend	€ 1,650,000 Dividend 2022: € 1,650,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,300,000 Dividend 2023: € 5,300,000 ▲ 221% vs 2022 (€ 1,650,000) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2024: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2023 (€ 5,300,000) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2025: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged
Bank debt	€ 517,857 Bank debt 2022: € 517,857 First fiscal year in the series	€ 803,571 Bank debt 2023: € 803,571 ▲ 55% vs 2022 (€ 517,857) Unfavourable step	€ 2,511,536 Bank debt 2024: € 2,511,536 ▲ 213% vs 2023 (€ 803,571) Unfavourable step	€ 3,161,419 Bank debt 2025: € 3,161,419 ▲ 26% vs 2024 (€ 2,511,536) Unfavourable step	▲ 26%
Balance sheet total	€ 28,899,907 Balance sheet total 2022: € 28,899,907 First fiscal year in the series	€ 30,365,443 Balance sheet total 2023: € 30,365,443 ▲ 5% vs 2022 (€ 28,899,907) Unchanged	€ 32,291,623 Balance sheet total 2024: € 32,291,623 ▲ 6% vs 2023 (€ 30,365,443) Unchanged	€ 30,883,759 Balance sheet total 2025: € 30,883,759 ▼ 4% vs 2024 (€ 32,291,623) Unchanged	▼ 4%
Employees (FTE)	40.3 Employees (FTE) 2022: 40.3 First fiscal year in the series	40.8 Employees (FTE) 2023: 40.8 ▲ 0.5 vs 2022 (40.3) Unchanged	41 Employees (FTE) 2024: 41 ▲ 0.2 vs 2023 (40.8) Unchanged	41.8 Employees (FTE) 2025: 41.8 ▲ 0.8 vs 2024 (41) Unchanged	▲ 0.8

Key figures of VANHEES METALEN, 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 October 2026.

What happened to VANHEES METALEN?

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

2030 Daniel Vanhees stepped down as director. NBB
2030 Fernand Louis Vanhees stepped down as director. NBB
2030 Lesfer BV stepped down as director. NBB
Nov 7, 2025 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 2.5 million (▲ 32% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
2022 Lesfer BV became a director. NBB
2018 Daniel Vanhees became a director. NBB
2018 Fernand Louis Vanhees became a director. NBB
Apr 24, 1989 New establishment in Lommel. KBO

In short

From € 5.7 million profit in 2022 to € 2.5 million profit in 2025.

Paid € 4.3 million in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 5.7 million profit.

Paid out € 7 million in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

LESFER 100%

Ferdan Invest 50.7%

Danfer Invest 49.3%

The stake of LESFER, Ferdan Invest, Danfer Invest comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

VANHEES METALEN

Harzé J. - Van Est 100%

The shares are held by LESFER (100%), Ferdan Invest (50.7%) and Danfer Invest (49.3%). It owns 100% of Harzé J. - Van Est itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Daniel Vanhees

Director

Also active at: De Ring

since 2018 · until 2030

Fernand Louis Vanhees

Managing director

Also active at: De Ring, Ferdan Invest, IMMO FERDAN, HARZE J.-VAN EST

since 2018 · until 2030

Lesfer BV

Managing director · represented by Jo Vanhees

since 2022 · until 2030

Shareholders

LESFER

100%

Ferdan Invest

50.7%

Danfer Invest

49.3%

Participations

Harzé J. - Van Est

100%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Hoogstraat 60

2400 Mol

2.102.742.640

Katoenstraat 6

3920 Lommel

Active since 24 April 1989

What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.

Details

Company number

0436.936.696

VAT number

BE 0436.936.696

Registered office

Hoogstraat 60, 2400 Mol

Names & denominations

VANHEES METALEN

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

23 March 1989

Peppol

Active · Active since 27 Mar 2025

Activities · NACE

Groothandel in afval en schroot

Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen

Groothandel in ijzerwaren

Verhuur en exploitatie van eigen of geleased residentieel onroerend goed, exclusief sociale woningen

Groothandel in bouwmaterialen, algemeen assortiment

Overige financiële dienstverlening, neg

Detailhandel in ijzerwaren, bouwmaterialen, verf en glas (algemeen assortiment)

Groothandel in verf, vernis en bouwmaterialen, inclusief sanitair

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

VANHEES METALEN

Financials

What happened to VANHEES METALEN?

Management

Directors

Shareholders

Participations

Establishments

Establishment units

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