What does AQUA - CLARO do?

AQUA - CLARO is a DIY store in Mechelen. Public Limited, started on 30 August 1989, 1 establishment.

What is the address of AQUA - CLARO?

The registered office of AQUA - CLARO is located at Steenweg op Blaasveld(HEF) 72, 2801 Mechelen.

Is AQUA - CLARO still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) AQUA - CLARO is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 30 August 1989.

Is AQUA - CLARO registered on Peppol?

Yes, AQUA - CLARO is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0438185721.

What is the enterprise number of AQUA - CLARO?

The enterprise number of AQUA - CLARO is BE0438185721.

When was AQUA - CLARO founded?

AQUA - CLARO was founded on 30 August 1989.

Who are the directors of AQUA - CLARO?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of AQUA - CLARO are: Albert Holster, Johan Panny.

Is AQUA - CLARO a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 30 August 1989; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did AQUA - CLARO make in 2025?

AQUA - CLARO posted a profit after taxes of € 48,310 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of AQUA - CLARO?

As a small company, AQUA - CLARO is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 760,808.

How much does an employee at AQUA - CLARO earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at AQUA - CLARO was € 56,500 in 2025: staff costs of € 621,194 for 11 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does AQUA - CLARO have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, AQUA - CLARO has 11 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Does AQUA - CLARO have a website?

Yes, AQUA - CLARO has a website at aquaclaro.be.

AQUA - CLARO (Public Limited) - Mechelen - BE0438185721

Dossier AQUA - CLARO, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0438185721/aqua-claro. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

AQUA - CLARO from Mechelen, company number BE0438185721, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 48,310 after tax. For that financial year AQUA - CLARO recorded a gross margin of € 760,808 and equity of € 537,036. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 30,561 to € 48,310. 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 September 28, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 537,036

▲ 13% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 48,310

▲ 58% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 66,908

▲ € 55,369 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 € 411,354.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost

€ 621,194

▲ 23% vs 2024

€ 56,500 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 24,277

▼ 37% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 2 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.

€ 269,243

▲ 258% vs 2024

€ 112,400 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 142,815

▲ 8% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.

Taxes and wages

€ 166,738

▲ 80% 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
Gross margin	€ 475,778 Gross margin 2022: € 475,778 First fiscal year in the series	€ 573,406 Gross margin 2023: € 573,406 ▲ 21% vs 2022 (€ 475,778) Favourable step	€ 564,441 Gross margin 2024: € 564,441 ▼ 2% vs 2023 (€ 573,406) Unfavourable step	€ 760,808 Gross margin 2025: € 760,808 ▲ 35% vs 2024 (€ 564,441) Favourable step	▲ 35%
Profit after taxes	€ -12,579 Profit after taxes 2022: € -12,579 First fiscal year in the series	€ 99,035 Profit after taxes 2023: € 99,035 ▲ € 111,614 vs 2022 (€ -12,579) Favourable step	€ 30,561 Profit after taxes 2024: € 30,561 ▼ 69% vs 2023 (€ 99,035) Unfavourable step	€ 48,310 Profit after taxes 2025: € 48,310 ▲ 58% vs 2024 (€ 30,561) Favourable step	▲ 58%
Equity	€ 346,551 Equity 2022: € 346,551 First fiscal year in the series	€ 445,587 Equity 2023: € 445,587 ▲ 29% vs 2022 (€ 346,551) Favourable step	€ 476,147 Equity 2024: € 476,147 ▲ 7% vs 2023 (€ 445,587) Favourable step	€ 537,036 Equity 2025: € 537,036 ▲ 13% vs 2024 (€ 476,147) Favourable step	▲ 13%
Total debts	€ 727,123 Total debts 2022: € 727,123 First fiscal year in the series	€ 556,520 Total debts 2023: € 556,520 ▼ 23% vs 2022 (€ 727,123) Favourable step	€ 409,773 Total debts 2024: € 409,773 ▼ 26% vs 2023 (€ 556,520) Favourable step	€ 687,090 Total debts 2025: € 687,090 ▲ 68% vs 2024 (€ 409,773) Unfavourable step	▲ 68%
Cash	€ 42,417 Cash 2022: € 42,417 First fiscal year in the series	€ 68,279 Cash 2023: € 68,279 ▲ 61% vs 2022 (€ 42,417) Favourable step	€ 11,539 Cash 2024: € 11,539 ▼ 83% vs 2023 (€ 68,279) Unfavourable step	€ 66,908 Cash 2025: € 66,908 ▲ € 55,369 vs 2024 (€ 11,539) Favourable step	▲ € 55,369
Land & buildings	€ 49,267 Land & buildings 2022: € 49,267 First fiscal year in the series	€ 49,267 Land & buildings 2023: € 49,267 Unchanged (€ 49,267) Unchanged	€ 49,267 Land & buildings 2024: € 49,267 Unchanged (€ 49,267) Unchanged	€ 109,924 Land & buildings 2025: € 109,924 ▲ 123% vs 2024 (€ 49,267) Unchanged	▲ 123%
Retained profit	€ 220,869 Retained profit 2022: € 220,869 First fiscal year in the series	€ 319,905 Retained profit 2023: € 319,905 ▲ 45% vs 2022 (€ 220,869) Favourable step	€ 350,465 Retained profit 2024: € 350,465 ▲ 10% vs 2023 (€ 319,905) Favourable step	€ 411,354 Retained profit 2025: € 411,354 ▲ 17% vs 2024 (€ 350,465) Favourable step	▲ 17%
Bank debt	€ 68,631 Bank debt 2022: € 68,631 First fiscal year in the series	€ 81,332 Bank debt 2023: € 81,332 ▲ 19% vs 2022 (€ 68,631) Unfavourable step	€ 75,242 Bank debt 2024: € 75,242 ▼ 7% vs 2023 (€ 81,332) Favourable step	€ 269,243 Bank debt 2025: € 269,243 ▲ 258% vs 2024 (€ 75,242) Unfavourable step	▲ 258%
Balance sheet total	€ 1,073,674 Balance sheet total 2022: € 1,073,674 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,002,107 Balance sheet total 2023: € 1,002,107 ▼ 7% vs 2022 (€ 1,073,674) Unchanged	€ 885,920 Balance sheet total 2024: € 885,920 ▼ 12% vs 2023 (€ 1,002,107) Unchanged	€ 1,224,126 Balance sheet total 2025: € 1,224,126 ▲ 38% vs 2024 (€ 885,920) Unchanged	▲ 38%
Employees (FTE)	10.3 Employees (FTE) 2022: 10.3 First fiscal year in the series	8.9 Employees (FTE) 2023: 8.9 ▼ 1.4 vs 2022 (10.3) Unchanged	-	11 Employees (FTE) 2025: 11 First fiscal year in the series

Key figures of AQUA - CLARO, 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 AQUA - CLARO?

What happened at AQUA - CLARO in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

2029 Albert Holster stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Johan Panny stepped down as director. NBB
Sep 28, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 48,310 (▲ 58% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
2023 Albert Holster became a director. NBB
2023 Johan Panny became a director. NBB
Nov 5, 1991 New establishment in Mechelen. KBO
Aug 30, 1989 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 12,579 loss in 2022 to € 48,310 profit in 2025.

Paid € 20,288 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 99,035 profit.

On average € 69,200 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Albert Holster

Director

Also active at: PAVA, Holding Management Investment Panny

since 2023 · until 2029

Johan Panny

Managing director

Also active at: SYDES, PAVA, Holding Management Investment Panny

since 2023 · until 2029

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Steenweg op Blaasveld(HEF) 72

2801 Mechelen

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

Website

HTTPS aquaclaro.be

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Hosting & Email

Email provider

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Hosting

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Website info

HTTPS Ja

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Details

Company number

0438.185.721

VAT number

BE 0438.185.721

Registered office

Steenweg op Blaasveld(HEF) 72, 2801 Mechelen

Names & denominations

AQUA - CLARO

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

30 August 1989

Peppol

Active · Active since 14 Jul 2026

Contact

aquaclaro.be

Activities · NACE

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