What does BCTN Meerhout do?

BCTN Meerhout is a logistics company in Meerhout. Public Limited, started on 8 May 1989, 1 establishment.

What is the address of BCTN Meerhout?

The registered office of BCTN Meerhout is located at Nikelaan 1, 2450 Meerhout.

Is BCTN Meerhout still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) BCTN Meerhout is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 8 May 1989.

Is BCTN Meerhout registered on Peppol?

Yes, BCTN Meerhout is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0437465347.

What is the enterprise number of BCTN Meerhout?

The enterprise number of BCTN Meerhout is BE0437465347.

When was BCTN Meerhout founded?

BCTN Meerhout was founded on 8 May 1989.

Who are the directors of BCTN Meerhout?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of BCTN Meerhout are: Eduard Backer, Willem van der Ark, David Jean Fernand Huybrechts.

Is BCTN Meerhout a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 8 May 1989; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did BCTN Meerhout make in 2025?

BCTN Meerhout posted a profit after taxes of € 5,383,933 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of BCTN Meerhout?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), BCTN Meerhout reported revenue of € 43,021,422.

How much does an employee at BCTN Meerhout earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at BCTN Meerhout was € 81,000 in 2025: staff costs of € 5.2 million for 63.7 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does BCTN Meerhout have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, BCTN Meerhout has 63.7 full-time equivalents (FTE).

BCTN Meerhout (Public Limited) - Meerhout - BE0437465347

Dossier BCTN Meerhout, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0437465347/bctn-meerhout. 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.

Board fully replaced NBB

No director from three years ago is still active according to annual account 2025.

Financials

Financial year 2025

BCTN Meerhout from Meerhout, company number BE0437465347, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 5.4 million after tax. For that financial year BCTN Meerhout recorded revenue of € 43 million and equity of € 19.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 2.4 million to € 5.4 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 June 19, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 19.2 million

▲ 39% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 5.4 million

▲ 129% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 2 million

▲ 246% 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 € 18.9 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

63.7

▲ 3.5 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: € 29.4 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 5.2 million

▲ 7% vs 2024

€ 81,000 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

€ 8 million

▼ 6% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 7.8 million.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 5 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.

€ 6.3 million

▼ 13% vs 2024

€ 1.2 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 3 million

▼ 9% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 37 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 1.9 million

▲ 5% 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	€ 37,106,653 Revenue 2022: € 37,106,653 First fiscal year in the series	€ 36,018,550 Revenue 2023: € 36,018,550 ▼ 3% vs 2022 (€ 37,106,653) Unfavourable step	€ 33,900,462 Revenue 2024: € 33,900,462 ▼ 6% vs 2023 (€ 36,018,550) Unfavourable step	€ 43,021,422 Revenue 2025: € 43,021,422 ▲ 27% vs 2024 (€ 33,900,462) Favourable step	▲ 27%
Profit after taxes	€ 1,228,139 Profit after taxes 2022: € 1,228,139 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,099,195 Profit after taxes 2023: € 3,099,195 ▲ 152% vs 2022 (€ 1,228,139) Favourable step	€ 2,352,104 Profit after taxes 2024: € 2,352,104 ▼ 24% vs 2023 (€ 3,099,195) Unfavourable step	€ 5,383,933 Profit after taxes 2025: € 5,383,933 ▲ 129% vs 2024 (€ 2,352,104) Favourable step	▲ 129%
Equity	€ 8,329,362 Equity 2022: € 8,329,362 First fiscal year in the series	€ 11,428,557 Equity 2023: € 11,428,557 ▲ 37% vs 2022 (€ 8,329,362) Favourable step	€ 13,780,661 Equity 2024: € 13,780,661 ▲ 21% vs 2023 (€ 11,428,557) Favourable step	€ 19,164,594 Equity 2025: € 19,164,594 ▲ 39% vs 2024 (€ 13,780,661) Favourable step	▲ 39%
Total debts	€ 25,328,258 Total debts 2022: € 25,328,258 First fiscal year in the series	€ 20,162,537 Total debts 2023: € 20,162,537 ▼ 20% vs 2022 (€ 25,328,258) Favourable step	€ 17,359,146 Total debts 2024: € 17,359,146 ▼ 14% vs 2023 (€ 20,162,537) Favourable step	€ 22,363,952 Total debts 2025: € 22,363,952 ▲ 29% vs 2024 (€ 17,359,146) Unfavourable step	▲ 29%
Cash	€ 2,938,778 Cash 2022: € 2,938,778 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,081,831 Cash 2023: € 2,081,831 ▼ 29% vs 2022 (€ 2,938,778) Unfavourable step	€ 566,151 Cash 2024: € 566,151 ▼ 73% vs 2023 (€ 2,081,831) Unfavourable step	€ 1,957,885 Cash 2025: € 1,957,885 ▲ 246% vs 2024 (€ 566,151) Favourable step	▲ 246%
Land & buildings	€ 3,044,530 Land & buildings 2022: € 3,044,530 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,628,066 Land & buildings 2023: € 3,628,066 ▲ 19% vs 2022 (€ 3,044,530) Unchanged	€ 5,416,041 Land & buildings 2024: € 5,416,041 ▲ 49% vs 2023 (€ 3,628,066) Unchanged	€ 5,361,639 Land & buildings 2025: € 5,361,639 ▼ 1% vs 2024 (€ 5,416,041) Unchanged	▼ 1%
Retained profit	€ 8,077,751 Retained profit 2022: € 8,077,751 First fiscal year in the series	€ 11,176,946 Retained profit 2023: € 11,176,946 ▲ 38% vs 2022 (€ 8,077,751) Favourable step	€ 13,529,050 Retained profit 2024: € 13,529,050 ▲ 21% vs 2023 (€ 11,176,946) Favourable step	€ 18,912,983 Retained profit 2025: € 18,912,983 ▲ 40% vs 2024 (€ 13,529,050) Favourable step	▲ 40%
Bank debt	€ 9,183,139 Bank debt 2022: € 9,183,139 First fiscal year in the series	€ 8,655,428 Bank debt 2023: € 8,655,428 ▼ 6% vs 2022 (€ 9,183,139) Favourable step	€ 7,184,360 Bank debt 2024: € 7,184,360 ▼ 17% vs 2023 (€ 8,655,428) Favourable step	€ 6,269,229 Bank debt 2025: € 6,269,229 ▼ 13% vs 2024 (€ 7,184,360) Favourable step	▼ 13%
Balance sheet total	€ 34,245,872 Balance sheet total 2022: € 34,245,872 First fiscal year in the series	€ 32,247,221 Balance sheet total 2023: € 32,247,221 ▼ 6% vs 2022 (€ 34,245,872) Unchanged	€ 31,863,809 Balance sheet total 2024: € 31,863,809 ▼ 1% vs 2023 (€ 32,247,221) Unchanged	€ 42,320,424 Balance sheet total 2025: € 42,320,424 ▲ 33% vs 2024 (€ 31,863,809) Unchanged	▲ 33%
Employees (FTE)	62.7 Employees (FTE) 2022: 62.7 First fiscal year in the series	63.8 Employees (FTE) 2023: 63.8 ▲ 1.1 vs 2022 (62.7) Unchanged	60.2 Employees (FTE) 2024: 60.2 ▼ 3.6 vs 2023 (63.8) Unchanged	63.7 Employees (FTE) 2025: 63.7 ▲ 3.5 vs 2024 (60.2) Unchanged	▲ 3.5

Key figures of BCTN Meerhout, 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 BCTN Meerhout?

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

2028 David Jean Fernand Huybrechts stepped down as director. NBB
Jun 19, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 5.4 million (▲ 129% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2024 Eduard Backer became a director. NBB
2024 Willem van der Ark became a director. NBB
2022 David Jean Fernand Huybrechts became a director. NBB
Oct 27, 1998 New establishment in Meerhout. KBO
May 8, 1989 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 1.2 million profit in 2022 to € 5.4 million profit in 2025.

Paid € 4.8 million in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2025, with € 5.4 million profit.

Pays suppliers within 37 days on average.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Eduard Backer Willem van der Ark

BCTN Geel

BCTN Lommel

BCTN Meerhout

BCTN Beringen

Behind BCTN Meerhout are Eduard Backer and Willem van der Ark. The same people are also behind BCTN Geel and BCTN Lommel. Willem van der Ark is also behind BCTN Beringen.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Eduard Backer

Director

Also active at: BCTN Geel, BCTN Lommel

since 2024

Willem van der Ark

Director

Also active at: BCTN Geel, BCTN Beringen, BCTN Lommel

since 2024

David Jean Fernand Huybrechts

Managing director

Also active at: BCTN Geel, BCTN Beringen, BCTN Lommel

since 2022 · until 2028

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Nikelaan 1

2450 Meerhout

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.

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BCTN Geel same network

€ 640,025 gross margin · 2025

BCTN Beringen same network

€ 213,133 gross margin · 2025

BCTN Lommel same network

€ 166,291 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

0437.465.347

VAT number

BE 0437.465.347

Registered office

Nikelaan 1, 2450 Meerhout

Names & denominations

BCTN Meerhout

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

8 May 1989

Peppol

Active · Active since 21 Oct 2026

Activities · NACE

Diensten in verband met vervoer over water

Overige ondersteunende activiteiten i.v.m. het vervoer over water

Binnenvaart

Goederenvervoer over binnenwateren

Expeditiekantoren

Logistieke diensten

Overige vervoerondersteunende activiteiten

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

BCTN Meerhout

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Financials

What happened to BCTN Meerhout?

Management

Directors

Establishments

Establishment units

Who else lives here?

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