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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.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 53.8 to 15.
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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2026.
Financials
Financial year 2026
FASHION STORE from Laakdal, company number BE0438233132, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 183,133 after tax. For that financial year FASHION STORE recorded revenue of € 9.3 million and equity of € 2.8 million. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 3.2 million to € 183,133. The company is profitable. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 58 % below last year. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 24, 2026.
€ 2.8 million
▼ 58% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 183,133
▼ 94% vs 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 85,531
▼ 43% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 2.4 million paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2026
15
▼ 38.3 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 676,172
▼ 82% vs 2025
€ 45,100 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.
€ 8,385
▼ 63% 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.
€ 238,865
▼ 91% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 11 days on average.
€ 541,992
▼ 44% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
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| Revenue | € 28,840,310 | € 33,742,984 | € 56,618,686 | € 9,319,151 | ▼ 84% |
| Profit after taxes | € 4,292,423 | € 3,648,589 | € 3,218,333 | € 183,133 | ▼ 94% |
| Equity | € 15,844,582 | € 19,493,171 | € 6,711,504 | € 2,822,898 | ▼ 58% |
| Total debts | € 4,621,457 | € 6,213,599 | € 4,052,083 | € 1,483,269 | ▼ 63% |
| Cash | € 418,817 | € 104,968 | € 149,700 | € 85,531 | ▼ 43% |
| Retained profit | € 12,748,582 | € 16,397,171 | € 3,615,504 | € 483,272 | ▼ 87% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 16,000,000 | € 2,432,070 | ▼ 85% |
| Bank debt | € 977,500 | € 747,500 | € 402,500 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Balance sheet total | € 20,466,039 | € 25,706,770 | € 10,763,587 | € 4,306,167 | ▼ 60% |
| Employees (FTE) | 56 | 53.8 | 53.3 | 15 | ▼ 38.3 |
Key figures of FASHION STORE, fiscal years 2022 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 August 2027.
What happened to FASHION STORE?
What happened at FASHION STORE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Corrected annual accounts filed for financial year 2026. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Boortmeerbeek. KBO
- Jo Willemyns stepped down as director. NBB
- Kris Castelein stepped down as director. NBB
- Stefan Goethaert stepped down as director. NBB
- Stefaan Vandamme stepped down as director. NBB
- Jo Willemyns became a director. NBB
- Stefan Goethaert became a director. NBB
In short
From € 4.3 million profit in 2022 to € 183,133 profit in 2026.
Paid € 3.6 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 4.3 million profit.
Paid out € 18.4 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The shares are held by The Fashion Society NV (100%).
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Jo Willemyns
Director
Also active at: USIMEX - INVEST, DE PRINS RETAIL, Delidis, SUPERMARKT MAGDA, JIMS, Supermarkt De Belie, CEDOX, VLEBA +43 more
since 2023 · until 2026
Kris Castelein
Director
Also active at: USIMEX - INVEST, DE PRINS RETAIL, Delidis, SUPERMARKT MAGDA, JIMS, Supermarkt De Belie, CEDOX, VLEBA +41 more
since 2020 · until 2026
Stefan Goethaert
Director
Also active at: USIMEX - INVEST, DE PRINS RETAIL, Delidis, SUPERMARKT MAGDA, JIMS, Supermarkt De Belie, CEDOX, VLEBA +45 more
since 2023 · until 2026
Stefaan Vandamme
Director
Also active at: USIMEX - INVEST, DE PRINS RETAIL, Delidis, SUPERMARKT MAGDA, JIMS, Supermarkt De Belie, CEDOX, VLEBA +41 more
since 2020 · until 2026
Shareholders
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Hulstsestraat 6
2431 Laakdal
Liersesteenweg 181
3200 Aarschot
Active since 30 August 2007
Leuvensesteenweg 385
3190 Boortmeerbeek
Active since 1 August 2026
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 4 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0438.233.132
- VAT number
- BE 0438.233.132
- Registered office
- Hulstsestraat 6, 2431 Laakdal
- Names & denominations
- FASHION STORE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 September 1989
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 4 Dec 2025
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