MARO is a shop in Balen. Private Limited, started on 1 December 1989, 2 establishments.

What is the address of MARO?

The registered office of MARO is located at Nieuwendijk 22, 2490 Balen.

Is MARO still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) MARO is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 1 December 1989.

Is MARO registered on Peppol?

Yes, MARO is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0438850962.

What is the enterprise number of MARO?

The enterprise number of MARO is BE0438850962.

When was MARO founded?

MARO was founded on 1 December 1989.

Who are the directors of MARO?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of MARO are: STAN Optiek Balen BV.

Is MARO a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 1 December 1989; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 1 directors known from the annual account; 2 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did MARO make in 2025?

MARO posted a profit after taxes of € 1,518 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of MARO?

As a small company, MARO is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 72,525.

Does MARO have a website?

Yes, MARO has a website at debrillenwinkel.be.

MARO (Private Limited) - Balen - BE0438850962

Dossier MARO, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0438850962/maro. 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 33 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

MARO from Balen, company number BE0438850962, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1,518 after tax. For that financial year MARO recorded a gross margin of € 72,525 and equity of € 140,106. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -7,624 to € 1,518. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 June 30, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 140,106

▼ 9% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 1,518

▲ still € 7,624 loss in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 4,413

▼ 67% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 16,143 paid out

More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.

People and assets in 2025

Wage cost

€ 30,235

▲ 3% 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

€ 5,716

▼ 58% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 5 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.

€ 165,810

▼ 17% vs 2024

€ 26,837 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 39,449

▲ 2% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 14,209

▼ 17% 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	€ 62,654 Gross margin 2022: € 62,654 First fiscal year in the series	€ 53,050 Gross margin 2023: € 53,050 ▼ 15% vs 2022 (€ 62,654) Unfavourable step	€ 62,522 Gross margin 2024: € 62,522 ▲ 18% vs 2023 (€ 53,050) Favourable step	€ 72,525 Gross margin 2025: € 72,525 ▲ 16% vs 2024 (€ 62,522) Favourable step	▲ 16%
Profit after taxes	€ 218 Profit after taxes 2022: € 218 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,613 Profit after taxes 2023: € 1,613 ▲ € 1,394 vs 2022 (€ 218) Favourable step	€ -7,624 Profit after taxes 2024: € -7,624 ▼ € 9,237 vs 2023 (€ 1,613) Unfavourable step	€ 1,518 Profit after taxes 2025: € 1,518 ▲ € 9,142 vs 2024 (€ -7,624) Favourable step	▲ € 9,142
Equity	€ 295,034 Equity 2022: € 295,034 First fiscal year in the series	€ 295,034 Equity 2023: € 295,034 Unchanged (€ 295,034) Unchanged	€ 154,732 Equity 2024: € 154,732 ▼ 48% vs 2023 (€ 295,034) Unfavourable step	€ 140,106 Equity 2025: € 140,106 ▼ 9% vs 2024 (€ 154,732) Unfavourable step	▼ 9%
Total debts	€ 151,178 Total debts 2022: € 151,178 First fiscal year in the series	€ 179,059 Total debts 2023: € 179,059 ▲ 18% vs 2022 (€ 151,178) Unfavourable step	€ 256,919 Total debts 2024: € 256,919 ▲ 43% vs 2023 (€ 179,059) Unfavourable step	€ 237,997 Total debts 2025: € 237,997 ▼ 7% vs 2024 (€ 256,919) Favourable step	▼ 7%
Cash	€ 23,850 Cash 2022: € 23,850 First fiscal year in the series	€ 10,592 Cash 2023: € 10,592 ▼ 56% vs 2022 (€ 23,850) Unfavourable step	€ 13,534 Cash 2024: € 13,534 ▲ 28% vs 2023 (€ 10,592) Favourable step	€ 4,413 Cash 2025: € 4,413 ▼ 67% vs 2024 (€ 13,534) Unfavourable step	▼ 67%
Land & buildings	€ 141,796 Land & buildings 2022: € 141,796 First fiscal year in the series	€ 138,611 Land & buildings 2023: € 138,611 ▼ 2% vs 2022 (€ 141,796) Unchanged	€ 128,605 Land & buildings 2024: € 128,605 ▼ 7% vs 2023 (€ 138,611) Unchanged	€ 121,480 Land & buildings 2025: € 121,480 ▼ 6% vs 2024 (€ 128,605) Unchanged	▼ 6%
Retained profit	€ 257,470 Retained profit 2022: € 257,470 First fiscal year in the series	€ 257,470 Retained profit 2023: € 257,470 Unchanged (€ 257,470) Unchanged	€ 113,411 Retained profit 2024: € 113,411 ▼ 56% vs 2023 (€ 257,470) Unfavourable step	€ 98,786 Retained profit 2025: € 98,786 ▼ 13% vs 2024 (€ 113,411) Unfavourable step	▼ 13%
Dividend	€ 0 Dividend 2022: € 0 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,613 Dividend 2023: € 1,613 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 132,677 Dividend 2024: € 132,677 ▲ € 131,065 vs 2023 (€ 1,613) Unchanged	€ 16,143 Dividend 2025: € 16,143 ▼ 88% vs 2024 (€ 132,677) Unchanged	▼ 88%
Bank debt	€ 103,818 Bank debt 2022: € 103,818 First fiscal year in the series	€ 131,873 Bank debt 2023: € 131,873 ▲ 27% vs 2022 (€ 103,818) Unfavourable step	€ 199,810 Bank debt 2024: € 199,810 ▲ 52% vs 2023 (€ 131,873) Unfavourable step	€ 165,810 Bank debt 2025: € 165,810 ▼ 17% vs 2024 (€ 199,810) Favourable step	▼ 17%
Balance sheet total	€ 446,211 Balance sheet total 2022: € 446,211 First fiscal year in the series	€ 474,093 Balance sheet total 2023: € 474,093 ▲ 6% vs 2022 (€ 446,211) Unchanged	€ 411,651 Balance sheet total 2024: € 411,651 ▼ 13% vs 2023 (€ 474,093) Unchanged	€ 378,103 Balance sheet total 2025: € 378,103 ▼ 8% vs 2024 (€ 411,651) Unchanged	▼ 8%

Key figures of MARO, 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 MARO?

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

Jun 30, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1,518. Source: NBB ↗
Feb 1, 2017 New establishment in Balen. KBO
Dec 5, 1989 New establishment in Balen. KBO
Dec 1, 1989 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 218 profit in 2022 to € 1,518 profit in 2025.

Paid € 7,786 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 1,613 profit.

Paid out € 150,433 in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

STAN Optiek Balen 80%

The stake of STAN Optiek Balen comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

MARO

Behind MARO is STAN Optiek Balen BV. The shares are held by STAN Optiek Balen (80%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

STAN Optiek Balen BV

Director · represented by An Theuwis

Shareholders

STAN Optiek Balen

80%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

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Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Nieuwendijk 22

2490 Balen

2.263.689.097

Steegstraat 63

2490 Balen

Active since 1 February 2017

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

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Company number

0438.850.962

VAT number

BE 0438.850.962

Registered office

Nieuwendijk 22, 2490 Balen

Names & denominations

MARO

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

1 December 1989

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Active · Active since 24 Nov 2023

Contact

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Activities · NACE

Detailhandel in corrigerende brillen, lenzen en zonnebrillen

Detailhandel in fotografische en optische artikelen en in precisieinstrumenten in gespecialiseerde winkels

Vervaardiging van metalen constructiewerken en delen daarvan

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