Warning lights
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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 50 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 8.9 to 7.8.
Financials
Financial year 2024
VAN HOOF from Antwerpen, company number BE0438635681, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 10,056 after tax. For that financial year VAN HOOF recorded a gross margin of € 533,420 and equity of € 264,816. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 27,708 to € 10,056. The company is profitable. 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 30, 2025.
€ 264,816
▲ 4% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 10,056
▼ 64% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 70,486
▲ 51% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 252,283.
People and assets in 2024
7.8
▼ 0.3 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 394,029
▲ 7% vs 2023
€ 50,500 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.
€ 395,462
▼ 15% vs 2023
Of which on lease € 333,818.
Debts at end 2024
€ 265,641
▼ 21% vs 2023
€ 98,157 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 106,423
▲ 59% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 58,326
▲ 11% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 471,815 | € 507,626 | € 509,378 | € 533,420 | ▲ 5% |
| Profit after taxes | € 50,560 | € 6,422 | € 27,708 | € 10,056 | ▼ 64% |
| Equity | € 220,629 | € 227,051 | € 254,760 | € 264,816 | ▲ 4% |
| Total debts | € 349,820 | € 507,106 | € 457,157 | € 430,391 | ▼ 6% |
| Cash | € 122,846 | € 67,739 | € 46,562 | € 70,486 | ▲ 51% |
| Land & buildings | € 4,141 | € 14,385 | € 12,666 | € 20,743 | ▲ 64% |
| Retained profit | € 208,097 | € 214,519 | € 242,227 | € 252,283 | ▲ 4% |
| Bank debt | € 200,301 | € 371,764 | € 337,556 | € 265,641 | ▼ 21% |
| Balance sheet total | € 570,449 | € 734,158 | € 711,917 | € 695,207 | ▼ 2% |
| Employees (FTE) | 10 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 7.8 | ▼ 0.3 |
Key figures of VAN HOOF, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to VAN HOOF?
What happened at VAN HOOF in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 10,056 (▼ 64% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 50,560 profit in 2021 to € 10,056 profit in 2024.
Paid € 19,594 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 50,560 profit.
On average € 68,400 of value added per employee in 2024.
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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%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
Behind VAN HOOF is MARC VAN HOOF. MARC VAN HOOF is also behind ANTIEK WORLD.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Belcrownlaan 28
2100 Antwerpen
Bredabaan 360
2170 Antwerpen
Active since 1 December 2013
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 companies are registered at this address.
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Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Self-hosted
Hosting
COMBELL-AS, BE
Domain
Domain
veilinghuismetropool.com
Registered
2014-01-02
Registrar
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA
Expires
2027-01-02
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0438.635.681
- VAT number
- BE 0438.635.681
- Registered office
- Belcrownlaan 28, 2100 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- VAN HOOF · JVH
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 15 October 1989
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 8 Jan 2026
- Contact
- veilinghuismetropool.com
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