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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2024.
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Busy address KBO
41 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING from Brussel, company number BE0438049327, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1.3 million after tax. For that financial year UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING recorded revenue of € 18.7 million and equity of € 209,050. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1.4 million to € 1.3 million. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 31, 2026.
€ 209,050
▲ 10% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 1.3 million
▼ 8% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 1.3 million paid out
99 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 9.2 million
▲ 25% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 198 days on average.
€ 1.1 million
▲ 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | € 15,236,562 | € 18,701,345 | ▲ 23% |
| Gross margin | € 2,893,927 | € 984,956 | - | - | |
| Profit after taxes | € 2,181,348 | € 785,942 | € 1,427,350 | € 1,319,230 | ▼ 8% |
| Equity | € 161,528 | € 162,470 | € 189,820 | € 209,050 | ▲ 10% |
| Total debts | € 11,873,555 | € 14,362,762 | € 15,880,017 | € 20,836,062 | ▲ 31% |
| Retained profit | € 37,555 | € 38,496 | € 65,847 | € 85,077 | ▲ 29% |
| Dividend | € 2,175,000 | € 785,000 | € 1,400,000 | € 1,300,000 | ▼ 7% |
| Balance sheet total | € 12,035,082 | € 14,525,231 | € 16,069,837 | € 21,045,112 | ▲ 31% |
Key figures of UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING, 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 UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING?
What happened at UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Lotte Sterk stepped down as director. NBB
- Johannes Wilhelmus Petrus Beekman stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1.3 million (▼ 8% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Lotte Sterk became a director. NBB
- Johannes Wilhelmus Petrus Beekman became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Brussel. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 2.2 million profit in 2022 to € 1.3 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 1.9 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 2.2 million profit.
Paid out € 5.7 million in dividends to the owners in total.
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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%
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Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Lotte Sterk
Director
since 2025 · until 2030
Johannes Wilhelmus Petrus Beekman
Director
since 2025 · until 2030
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Picardstraat 7 box 305
1000 Brussel
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What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0438.049.327
- VAT number
- BE 0438.049.327
- Registered office
- Picardstraat 7 bus 305, 1000 Brussel
- Names & denominations
- UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 18 July 1989
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- Active · Active since 15 Apr 2026
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