What does BITS AND BYTES do?

BITS AND BYTES is a wholesaler in Herk-de-Stad. Public Limited, started on 4 September 1989, 1 establishment.

What is the address of BITS AND BYTES?

The registered office of BITS AND BYTES is located at Steenweg 3 box 5 08, 3540 Herk-de-Stad.

Is BITS AND BYTES still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) BITS AND BYTES is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 4 September 1989.

Is BITS AND BYTES registered on Peppol?

Yes, BITS AND BYTES is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0438249562.

What is the enterprise number of BITS AND BYTES?

The enterprise number of BITS AND BYTES is BE0438249562.

When was BITS AND BYTES founded?

BITS AND BYTES was founded on 4 September 1989.

Who are the directors of BITS AND BYTES?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of BITS AND BYTES are: Sylvia Vanderlinden, William Knoors.

Is BITS AND BYTES a reliable company?

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

How much profit did BITS AND BYTES make in 2025?

BITS AND BYTES recorded a loss after taxes of € 212,009 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of BITS AND BYTES?

As a small company, BITS AND BYTES is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 275,435.

How much does an employee at BITS AND BYTES earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at BITS AND BYTES was € 67,900 in 2024: staff costs of € 271,607 for 4 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

BITS AND BYTES (Public Limited) - Herk-de-Stad

Dossier BITS AND BYTES, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0438249562/bits-and-bytes. 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.

Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 54 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Busy address KBO

73 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.

Financials

Financial year 2025

BITS AND BYTES from Herk-de-Stad, company number BE0438249562, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -212,009 after tax. For that financial year BITS AND BYTES recorded a gross margin of € 275,435 and equity of € 1.9 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 21,423 to € -212,009. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on January 29, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 1.9 million

▼ 10% vs 2024

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

Loss Caution

€ -212,009

▼ still € 21,423 profit in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 230,751

▼ 31% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Caution

Loss, nothing to pay out

Reserves fell to € 1.6 million.

People and assets in 2025

Wage cost

€ 227,339

▼ 16% vs 2024

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

€ 43,883

▲ 70% 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.

€ 220,635

▼ 15% vs 2024

€ 40,016 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 6 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 20,673

▼ 37% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 38,635

▼ 11% 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	€ 214,707 Gross margin 2022: € 214,707 First fiscal year in the series	€ 463,151 Gross margin 2023: € 463,151 ▲ 116% vs 2022 (€ 214,707) Favourable step	€ 681,000 Gross margin 2024: € 681,000 ▲ 47% vs 2023 (€ 463,151) Favourable step	€ 275,435 Gross margin 2025: € 275,435 ▼ 60% vs 2024 (€ 681,000) Unfavourable step	▼ 60%
Profit after taxes	€ -361,423 Profit after taxes 2022: € -361,423 First fiscal year in the series	€ -97,066 Profit after taxes 2023: € -97,066 ▲ € 264,358 vs 2022 (€ -361,423) Favourable step	€ 21,423 Profit after taxes 2024: € 21,423 ▲ € 118,488 vs 2023 (€ -97,066) Favourable step	€ -212,009 Profit after taxes 2025: € -212,009 ▼ € 233,432 vs 2024 (€ 21,423) Unfavourable step	▼ € 233,432
Equity	€ 2,173,779 Equity 2022: € 2,173,779 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,076,713 Equity 2023: € 2,076,713 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 2,173,779) Unfavourable step	€ 2,098,136 Equity 2024: € 2,098,136 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 2,076,713) Favourable step	€ 1,886,127 Equity 2025: € 1,886,127 ▼ 10% vs 2024 (€ 2,098,136) Unfavourable step	▼ 10%
Total debts	€ 1,008,450 Total debts 2022: € 1,008,450 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,706,756 Total debts 2023: € 1,706,756 ▲ 69% vs 2022 (€ 1,008,450) Unfavourable step	€ 1,012,706 Total debts 2024: € 1,012,706 ▼ 41% vs 2023 (€ 1,706,756) Favourable step	€ 858,063 Total debts 2025: € 858,063 ▼ 15% vs 2024 (€ 1,012,706) Favourable step	▼ 15%
Cash	€ 38,666 Cash 2022: € 38,666 First fiscal year in the series	€ 339,489 Cash 2023: € 339,489 ▲ € 300,823 vs 2022 (€ 38,666) Favourable step	€ 335,987 Cash 2024: € 335,987 ▼ 1% vs 2023 (€ 339,489) Unfavourable step	€ 230,751 Cash 2025: € 230,751 ▼ 31% vs 2024 (€ 335,987) Unfavourable step	▼ 31%
Land & buildings	€ 2,480,057 Land & buildings 2022: € 2,480,057 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,534,336 Land & buildings 2023: € 2,534,336 ▲ 2% vs 2022 (€ 2,480,057) Unchanged	€ 2,289,424 Land & buildings 2024: € 2,289,424 ▼ 10% vs 2023 (€ 2,534,336) Unchanged	€ 2,131,544 Land & buildings 2025: € 2,131,544 ▼ 7% vs 2024 (€ 2,289,424) Unchanged	▼ 7%
Retained profit	€ 1,923,779 Retained profit 2022: € 1,923,779 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,826,713 Retained profit 2023: € 1,826,713 ▼ 5% vs 2022 (€ 1,923,779) Unfavourable step	€ 1,848,136 Retained profit 2024: € 1,848,136 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 1,826,713) Favourable step	€ 1,636,127 Retained profit 2025: € 1,636,127 ▼ 11% vs 2024 (€ 1,848,136) Unfavourable step	▼ 11%
Bank debt	€ 338,773 Bank debt 2022: € 338,773 First fiscal year in the series	€ 299,707 Bank debt 2023: € 299,707 ▼ 12% vs 2022 (€ 338,773) Favourable step	€ 260,332 Bank debt 2024: € 260,332 ▼ 13% vs 2023 (€ 299,707) Favourable step	€ 220,635 Bank debt 2025: € 220,635 ▼ 15% vs 2024 (€ 260,332) Favourable step	▼ 15%
Balance sheet total	€ 3,182,229 Balance sheet total 2022: € 3,182,229 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,783,469 Balance sheet total 2023: € 3,783,469 ▲ 19% vs 2022 (€ 3,182,229) Unchanged	€ 3,205,999 Balance sheet total 2024: € 3,205,999 ▼ 15% vs 2023 (€ 3,783,469) Unchanged	€ 2,838,371 Balance sheet total 2025: € 2,838,371 ▼ 11% vs 2024 (€ 3,205,999) Unchanged	▼ 11%
Employees (FTE)	5.5 Employees (FTE) 2022: 5.5 First fiscal year in the series	-	4 Employees (FTE) 2024: 4 First fiscal year in the series	-

Key figures of BITS AND BYTES, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 January 2027.

What happened to BITS AND BYTES?

What happened at BITS AND BYTES in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

Jan 29, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 212,009 (▼ € 233,432 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
Oct 18, 1989 New establishment in Herk-de-Stad. KBO
Sep 4, 1989 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 361,423 loss in 2022 to € 212,009 loss in 2025.

Paid € 32,302 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 21,423 profit.

On average € 170,300 of value added per employee in 2024.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Sylvia Vanderlinden William Knoors

BITS AND BYTES

Behind BITS AND BYTES are Sylvia Vanderlinden and William Knoors.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Sylvia Vanderlinden

Managing director

William Knoors

Managing director

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Steenweg 3 box 5 08

3540 Herk-de-Stad

2.045.257.965

Steenweg 3 box 508

3540 Herk-de-Stad

Active since 18 October 1989

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Details

Company number

0438.249.562

VAT number

BE 0438.249.562

Registered office

Steenweg 3 bus 5 08, 3540 Herk-de-Stad

Names & denominations

BITS AND BYTES

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

4 September 1989

Peppol

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