Financials
Financial year 2024
Foresco BE from Genk, company number BE0439243813, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -3 million after tax. For that financial year Foresco BE recorded revenue of € 64.6 million and equity of € 106 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 93.5 million to € -3 million. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 3, 2025.
€ 106 million
▼ 3% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -3 million
▼ still € 93.5 million profit in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 1.7 million
▼ 30% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 105.7 million.
People and assets in 2024
190.6
▼ 33.4 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 12.2 million
▼ 11% vs 2023
€ 64,000 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.
€ 3.8 million
▲ 13% vs 2023
Of which on lease € 2.4 million.
Debts at end 2024
€ 271.9 million
▲ 64% vs 2023
€ 20.3 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 13 years.
€ 9.4 million
▼ 8% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 60 days on average.
€ 2.2 million
▼ 23% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 35,714,077 | € 72,526,025 | € 77,265,084 | € 64,580,486 | ▼ 16% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,360,466 | € 8,720,826 | € 93,512,813 | € -3,036,818 | ▼ € 96.5 million |
| Equity | € 6,790,837 | € 15,511,663 | € 109,024,477 | € 105,987,659 | ▼ 3% |
| Total debts | € 50,879,313 | € 140,748,469 | € 193,069,107 | € 332,771,208 | ▲ 72% |
| Cash | € 1,058,288 | € 16,259,949 | € 2,406,359 | € 1,680,083 | ▼ 30% |
| Land & buildings | € 311,681 | € 1,081,769 | € 1,391,166 | € 1,484,559 | ▲ 7% |
| Retained profit | € 6,453,973 | € 15,174,799 | € 108,687,613 | € 105,650,795 | ▼ 3% |
| Bank debt | € 29,216,667 | € 74,841,749 | € 165,730,655 | € 271,948,011 | ▲ 64% |
| Balance sheet total | € 58,617,019 | € 157,210,441 | € 302,671,068 | € 438,783,850 | ▲ 45% |
| Employees (FTE) | 86.9 | 176.8 | 224 | 190.6 | ▼ 33.4 |
Key figures of Foresco BE, 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 Foresco BE?
What happened at Foresco BE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Foresco Group BV stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 3 million (▼ € 96.5 million vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Sint-Katelijne-Waver. KBO
- New establishment in Saint-Hubert. KBO
- New establishment in Ninove. KBO
- New establishment in Bastogne. KBO
- New establishment in Genk. KBO
- New establishment in Sint-Katelijne-Waver. KBO
In short
From € 1.4 million profit in 2021 to € 3 million loss in 2024.
Paid € 2.5 million in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 93.5 million profit.
Pays suppliers within 60 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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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
The stake of FORESCO GROUP comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
Foresco BEBehind Foresco BE is Jan Ponnet. The shares are held by FORESCO GROUP (100%). It owns 100% of FORESCO DONGEN, 100% of FORESCO PALLET RECYCLING (NL), 100% of Lebeck Luxemburg, 100% of CROWN OF JUKEM, 100% of FORESCO HASSELT and 100% of FORESCO MUSSELKANAAL itself.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Jan Ponnet
Managing director
Also active at: VADESCO LOGISTICS, CAISSERIES BELLE VUE, FORESCO PALLETS, LEBECK LUXEMBOURG, NV Dynamica Industrial Property, PALETTEN ANDRIES, RYCOBEL, ARSEUS MEDICAL +38 more
since 2025
Managing director · represented by Cédric De Quinnemar
Also active at: CAISSERIES BELLE VUE, FORESCO PALLETS, LEBECK LUXEMBOURG, PALETTEN ANDRIES, FORESCO PALLET RECYCLING, FORESCO TRANSPORT, BEDRIJVENCENTRUM ZONHOVEN, PALLETS.BE +16 more
since 2025 · until 2031
Shareholders
100%
Participations
FORESCO DONGEN
100%
FORESCO PALLET RECYCLING (NL)
100%
100%
100%
FORESCO HASSELT
100%
FORESCO MUSSELKANAAL
100%
Palletcentrale Rotterdam
100%
Van Havere BV
100%
FORESCO DONGEN SORT & REPAIR
100%
Foresco Transport
100%
Palletcentrale Groep
100%
100%
100%
De Haan Palletindustrie
100%
100%
Palletcentrale Productie
100%
100%
Handelsmaatschappij Rebo
100%
100%
100%
Palletcentrale
100%
100%
FORESCO ASSEN
100%
Palletcentrale Noord-Holland
100%
FORESCO VALKENSWAARD
100%
ANKER PALETTEN
100%
100%
100%
FESTINA LENTE
33.3%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Eikelaarstraat 32
3600 Genk
Lievevrouwkesbosweg 75
2610 Antwerpen
Active since 22 December 2009
Swinnenwijerweg 5
3600 Genk
Active since 21 March 2022
Steenweg op Wortel 1
2330 Merksplas
Active since 22 April 2022
Dreefvelden 42
2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver
Active since 1 June 2025
Thiers-del-Borne SN
6870 Saint-Hubert
Active since 1 June 2025
Rue du Fortin 35
6600 Bastogne
Active since 1 May 2025
Winterbeeklaan 11
3600 Genk
Active since 1 May 2025
Mechelsesteenweg(CEN) 208
2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver
Active since 1 May 2025
Nijverheidspark 32
3580 Beringen
Active since 1 May 2025
Schoonmansveld 1
2870 Puurs-Sint-Amands
Active since 1 May 2025
Avenue de Heppignies(H) 14
6220 Fleurus
Active since 1 May 2025
Rue René Magritte(L) 165
7860 Lessines
Active since 1 May 2025
Nieuwe Westweg 23
2040 Antwerpen
Active since 1 May 2025
Groendreef 103
9880 Aalter
Active since 1 May 2025
Industriepark 32
3290 Diest
Active since 1 May 2025
Balendijk 214
3920 Lommel
Active since 1 May 2025
Truibroek 62
3945 Tessenderlo-Ham
Active since 1 May 2025
Pamelstraat-Oost 447
9400 Ninove
Active since 1 June 2025
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Details
- Company number
- 0439.243.813
- VAT number
- BE 0439.243.813
- Registered office
- Eikelaarstraat 32, 3600 Genk
- Names & denominations
- Foresco BE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 29 December 1989
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Activities · NACE
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