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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 262.9 to 197.
Financials
Financial year 2026
C&A BUYING from Vilvoorde, company number BE0438610838, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 24.4 million after tax. For that financial year C&A BUYING recorded revenue of € 242.3 million and equity of € 69 million. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € -40.3 million to € 24.4 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 July 2, 2026.
€ 69 million
▲ 55% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 24.4 million
▲ still € 40.3 million loss in 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 23.9 million
▲ 265% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2026. Retained profit grew to € -275.5 million.
People and assets in 2026
197
▼ 4.1 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 30.6 million
€ 155,300 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.
€ 134,244
▲ € 123,824 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.
€ 51.6 million
▼ 22% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 96 days on average.
€ 11.2 million
▲ 169% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 242,697,694 | € 165,837,873 | € 119,816,819 | € 242,285,865 | ▲ 102% |
| Profit after taxes | € -37,937,743 | € -24,757,011 | € -40,275,406 | € 24,390,289 | ▲ € 64.7 million |
| Equity | € -8,143,054 | € 84,910,136 | € 44,634,731 | € 69,025,019 | ▲ 55% |
| Total debts | € 59,547,423 | € 49,662,779 | € 70,638,658 | € 63,253,346 | ▼ 10% |
| Cash | € 27,410,255 | € 375,078 | € 6,540,074 | € 23,880,200 | ▲ 265% |
| Retained profit | € -234,893,054 | € -259,650,066 | € -299,925,471 | € -275,535,183 | ▲ € 24.4 million |
| Balance sheet total | € 75,096,249 | € 144,237,638 | € 119,264,990 | € 134,385,691 | ▲ 13% |
| Employees (FTE) | 322.4 | 262.9 | 201.1 | 197 | ▼ 4.1 |
Key figures of C&A BUYING, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 28 September 2027.
What happened to C&A BUYING?
What happened at C&A BUYING in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 24.4 million. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Boom. KBO
- New establishment in Vilvoorde. KBO
- Christian Bank became a director. NBB
- Sofie Van de Steen became a director. NBB
- Remco Gerlof became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 37.9 million loss in 2023 to € 24.4 million profit in 2026.
Paid € 1.4 million in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2026, with € 24.4 million profit.
Pays suppliers within 96 days on average.
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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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Management
Behind C&A BUYING are Christian Bank, Sofie Van de Steen and Remco Gerlof.
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Christian Bank
Director
since 2023
Sofie Van de Steen
Director
since 2023
Remco Gerlof
Director
since 2023
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Medialaan 34
1800 Vilvoorde
Industrieweg 1 A
2850 Boom
Active since 25 April 2025
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0438.610.838
- VAT number
- BE 0438.610.838
- Registered office
- Medialaan 34, 1800 Vilvoorde
- Names & denominations
- C&A BUYING · EBSCO
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 9 October 1989
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 16 Dec 2025
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