MERLIN is a shop in Geraardsbergen. Public Limited, started on 15 December 1989, 3 establishments.

What is the address of MERLIN?

The registered office of MERLIN is located at Kattestraat 62, 9500 Geraardsbergen.

Is MERLIN still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) MERLIN is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 15 December 1989.

Is MERLIN registered on Peppol?

Yes, MERLIN is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0439333784.

What is the enterprise number of MERLIN?

The enterprise number of MERLIN is BE0439333784.

When was MERLIN founded?

MERLIN was founded on 15 December 1989.

Who are the directors of MERLIN?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of MERLIN are: Patrick Gryspeirt, Françoise Cock, Katelijne D'Herde.

Is MERLIN a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 15 December 1989; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account; 3 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did MERLIN make in 2025?

MERLIN posted a profit after taxes of € 202,244 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of MERLIN?

As a small company, MERLIN is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 1,597,271.

How much does an employee at MERLIN earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at MERLIN was € 48,700 in 2025: staff costs of € 1.1 million for 22.6 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does MERLIN have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, MERLIN has 22.6 full-time equivalents (FTE).

MERLIN (Public Limited) - Geraardsbergen - BE0439333784

Dossier MERLIN, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0439333784/merlin. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

MERLIN from Geraardsbergen, company number BE0439333784, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 202,244 after tax. For that financial year MERLIN recorded a gross margin of € 1.6 million and equity of € 2.6 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 165,697 to € 202,244. 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 March 31, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 2.6 million

▲ 8% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 202,244

▲ 22% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 1.5 million

▼ 10% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 2.4 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

22.6

▼ 1.1 vs 2024

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost

€ 1.1 million

▲ 5% vs 2024

€ 48,700 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 540,313

▲ 238% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 2 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.

€ 208,391

€ 92,250 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 231,290

▼ 31% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 218,644

▲ 103% 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	€ 1,302,211 Gross margin 2022: € 1,302,211 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,401,513 Gross margin 2023: € 1,401,513 ▲ 8% vs 2022 (€ 1,302,211) Favourable step	€ 1,387,070 Gross margin 2024: € 1,387,070 ▼ 1% vs 2023 (€ 1,401,513) Unfavourable step	€ 1,597,271 Gross margin 2025: € 1,597,271 ▲ 15% vs 2024 (€ 1,387,070) Favourable step	▲ 15%
Profit after taxes	€ 142,755 Profit after taxes 2022: € 142,755 First fiscal year in the series	€ 195,992 Profit after taxes 2023: € 195,992 ▲ 37% vs 2022 (€ 142,755) Favourable step	€ 165,697 Profit after taxes 2024: € 165,697 ▼ 15% vs 2023 (€ 195,992) Unfavourable step	€ 202,244 Profit after taxes 2025: € 202,244 ▲ 22% vs 2024 (€ 165,697) Favourable step	▲ 22%
Equity	€ 2,078,282 Equity 2022: € 2,078,282 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,274,274 Equity 2023: € 2,274,274 ▲ 9% vs 2022 (€ 2,078,282) Favourable step	€ 2,439,972 Equity 2024: € 2,439,972 ▲ 7% vs 2023 (€ 2,274,274) Favourable step	€ 2,642,216 Equity 2025: € 2,642,216 ▲ 8% vs 2024 (€ 2,439,972) Favourable step	▲ 8%
Total debts	€ 1,583,480 Total debts 2022: € 1,583,480 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,252,177 Total debts 2023: € 1,252,177 ▼ 21% vs 2022 (€ 1,583,480) Favourable step	€ 1,068,313 Total debts 2024: € 1,068,313 ▼ 15% vs 2023 (€ 1,252,177) Favourable step	€ 1,085,383 Total debts 2025: € 1,085,383 ▲ 2% vs 2024 (€ 1,068,313) Unfavourable step	▲ 2%
Cash	€ 1,513,330 Cash 2022: € 1,513,330 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,766,763 Cash 2023: € 1,766,763 ▲ 17% vs 2022 (€ 1,513,330) Favourable step	€ 1,712,311 Cash 2024: € 1,712,311 ▼ 3% vs 2023 (€ 1,766,763) Unfavourable step	€ 1,542,749 Cash 2025: € 1,542,749 ▼ 10% vs 2024 (€ 1,712,311) Unfavourable step	▼ 10%
Land & buildings	€ 103,648 Land & buildings 2022: € 103,648 First fiscal year in the series	€ 95,749 Land & buildings 2023: € 95,749 ▼ 8% vs 2022 (€ 103,648) Unchanged	€ 87,850 Land & buildings 2024: € 87,850 ▼ 8% vs 2023 (€ 95,749) Unchanged	€ 91,975 Land & buildings 2025: € 91,975 ▲ 5% vs 2024 (€ 87,850) Unchanged	▲ 5%
Retained profit	€ 1,878,282 Retained profit 2022: € 1,878,282 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,074,274 Retained profit 2023: € 2,074,274 ▲ 10% vs 2022 (€ 1,878,282) Favourable step	€ 2,239,972 Retained profit 2024: € 2,239,972 ▲ 8% vs 2023 (€ 2,074,274) Favourable step	€ 2,442,216 Retained profit 2025: € 2,442,216 ▲ 9% vs 2024 (€ 2,239,972) Favourable step	▲ 9%
Bank debt	€ 390,649 Bank debt 2022: € 390,649 First fiscal year in the series	€ 300,973 Bank debt 2023: € 300,973 ▼ 23% vs 2022 (€ 390,649) Favourable step	€ 207,775 Bank debt 2024: € 207,775 ▼ 31% vs 2023 (€ 300,973) Favourable step	€ 208,391 Bank debt 2025: € 208,391 Unchanged (€ 207,775) Unfavourable step
Balance sheet total	€ 3,731,443 Balance sheet total 2022: € 3,731,443 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,594,421 Balance sheet total 2023: € 3,594,421 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 3,731,443) Unchanged	€ 3,571,861 Balance sheet total 2024: € 3,571,861 ▼ 1% vs 2023 (€ 3,594,421) Unchanged	€ 3,787,637 Balance sheet total 2025: € 3,787,637 ▲ 6% vs 2024 (€ 3,571,861) Unchanged	▲ 6%
Employees (FTE)	24 Employees (FTE) 2022: 24 First fiscal year in the series	24 Employees (FTE) 2023: 24 Unchanged (24) Unchanged	23.7 Employees (FTE) 2024: 23.7 ▼ 0.3 vs 2023 (24) Unchanged	22.6 Employees (FTE) 2025: 22.6 ▼ 1.1 vs 2024 (23.7) Unchanged	▼ 1.1

Key figures of MERLIN, 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 April 2027.

What happened to MERLIN?

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

Mar 31, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 202,244 (▲ 22% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2023 Patrick Gryspeirt became a director. NBB
2023 Françoise Cock became a director. NBB
2023 Katelijne D'Herde became a director. NBB
Jun 1, 2019 New establishment in Lessines. KBO
Apr 4, 1991 New establishment in Lessines. KBO
Jan 18, 1990 New establishment in Geraardsbergen. KBO
Dec 15, 1989 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 142,755 profit in 2022 to € 202,244 profit in 2025.

Paid € 469,389 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2025, with € 202,244 profit.

On average € 70,700 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Patrick Gryspeirt Françoise Cock Katelijne D'Herde

ANPA LESSINES

MERLIN

GRYCO

Behind MERLIN are Patrick Gryspeirt, Françoise Cock and Katelijne D'Herde. Patrick Gryspeirt is also behind ANPA LESSINES. Françoise Cock is also behind GRYCO and ANPA LESSINES.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Patrick Gryspeirt

Director

Also active at: ANPA LESSINES

since 2023

Françoise Cock

Director

Also active at: GRYCO, ANPA LESSINES

since 2023

Katelijne D'Herde

Director

since 2023

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Kattestraat 62

9500 Geraardsbergen

2.047.118.979

Chaussée de Grammont(L) 60

7860 Lessines

Active since 4 April 1991

2.290.043.504

Zoning ouest(L) 5

7860 Lessines

Active since 1 June 2019

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Details

Company number

0439.333.784

VAT number

BE 0439.333.784

Registered office

Kattestraat 62, 9500 Geraardsbergen

Names & denominations

MERLIN

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

15 December 1989

Peppol

Active · Active since 20 May 2025

Activities · NACE

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