What does FORET MATERIEL do?

FORET MATERIEL is a DIY store in Erquelinnes. Public Limited, started on 18 December 1989, 1 establishment.

What is the address of FORET MATERIEL?

The registered office of FORET MATERIEL is located at Rue de Merbes 22, 6560 Erquelinnes.

Is FORET MATERIEL still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) FORET MATERIEL is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 18 December 1989.

Is FORET MATERIEL registered on Peppol?

Yes, FORET MATERIEL is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0439483343.

What is the enterprise number of FORET MATERIEL?

The enterprise number of FORET MATERIEL is BE0439483343.

When was FORET MATERIEL founded?

FORET MATERIEL was founded on 18 December 1989.

Who are the directors of FORET MATERIEL?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of FORET MATERIEL are: BENEDICTE FORET, EMMANUEL FORET, FREDERIC FORET.

Is FORET MATERIEL a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 18 December 1989; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did FORET MATERIEL make in 2025?

FORET MATERIEL recorded a loss after taxes of € 24,810 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of FORET MATERIEL?

As a small company, FORET MATERIEL is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 571,725.

How much does an employee at FORET MATERIEL earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at FORET MATERIEL was € 30,500 in 2025: staff costs of € 484,377 for 15.9 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does FORET MATERIEL have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, FORET MATERIEL has 15.9 full-time equivalents (FTE).

FORET MATERIEL (Public Limited) - Erquelinnes

Dossier FORET MATERIEL, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0439483343/foret-materiel. 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.

Two loss years in a row NBB

Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 50 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

FORET MATERIEL from Erquelinnes, company number BE0439483343, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -24,810 after tax. For that financial year FORET MATERIEL recorded a gross margin of € 571,725 and equity of € 1 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -110,511 to € -24,810. The company made a loss. 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 July 6, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 1 million

▼ 3% vs 2024

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

Loss Caution

€ -24,810

▲ 78 % less loss than in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 217,599

▲ 12% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Caution

Loss, nothing to pay out

Reserves fell to € 938,304.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

15.9

▼ 3.6 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 484,377

▼ 14% vs 2024

€ 30,500 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.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 3 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.

€ 284,677

▼ 16% vs 2024

€ 49,935 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 343,929

▲ 3% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 99,404

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	€ 717,961 Gross margin 2022: € 717,961 First fiscal year in the series	€ 512,598 Gross margin 2023: € 512,598 ▼ 29% vs 2022 (€ 717,961) Unfavourable step	€ 560,481 Gross margin 2024: € 560,481 ▲ 9% vs 2023 (€ 512,598) Favourable step	€ 571,725 Gross margin 2025: € 571,725 ▲ 2% vs 2024 (€ 560,481) Favourable step	▲ 2%
Profit after taxes	€ 92,161 Profit after taxes 2022: € 92,161 First fiscal year in the series	€ 33,575 Profit after taxes 2023: € 33,575 ▼ 64% vs 2022 (€ 92,161) Unfavourable step	€ -110,511 Profit after taxes 2024: € -110,511 ▼ € 144,086 vs 2023 (€ 33,575) Unfavourable step	€ -24,810 Profit after taxes 2025: € -24,810 ▲ € 85,702 vs 2024 (€ -110,511) Favourable step	▲ € 85,702
Equity	€ 1,213,836 Equity 2022: € 1,213,836 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,173,410 Equity 2023: € 1,173,410 ▼ 3% vs 2022 (€ 1,213,836) Unfavourable step	€ 1,057,899 Equity 2024: € 1,057,899 ▼ 10% vs 2023 (€ 1,173,410) Unfavourable step	€ 1,028,089 Equity 2025: € 1,028,089 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 1,057,899) Unfavourable step	▼ 3%
Total debts	€ 709,341 Total debts 2022: € 709,341 First fiscal year in the series	€ 972,690 Total debts 2023: € 972,690 ▲ 37% vs 2022 (€ 709,341) Unfavourable step	€ 786,811 Total debts 2024: € 786,811 ▼ 19% vs 2023 (€ 972,690) Favourable step	€ 748,085 Total debts 2025: € 748,085 ▼ 5% vs 2024 (€ 786,811) Favourable step	▼ 5%
Cash	€ 254,319 Cash 2022: € 254,319 First fiscal year in the series	€ 250,561 Cash 2023: € 250,561 ▼ 1% vs 2022 (€ 254,319) Unfavourable step	€ 194,816 Cash 2024: € 194,816 ▼ 22% vs 2023 (€ 250,561) Unfavourable step	€ 217,599 Cash 2025: € 217,599 ▲ 12% vs 2024 (€ 194,816) Favourable step	▲ 12%
Retained profit	€ 1,124,050 Retained profit 2022: € 1,124,050 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,083,625 Retained profit 2023: € 1,083,625 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 1,124,050) Unfavourable step	€ 968,114 Retained profit 2024: € 968,114 ▼ 11% vs 2023 (€ 1,083,625) Unfavourable step	€ 938,304 Retained profit 2025: € 938,304 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 968,114) Unfavourable step	▼ 3%
Dividend	€ 74,000 Dividend 2022: € 74,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 74,000 Dividend 2023: € 74,000 Unchanged (€ 74,000) Unchanged	€ 5,000 Dividend 2024: € 5,000 ▼ 93% vs 2023 (€ 74,000) Unchanged	€ 5,000 Dividend 2025: € 5,000 Unchanged (€ 5,000) Unchanged
Bank debt	€ 82,992 Bank debt 2022: € 82,992 First fiscal year in the series	€ 281,558 Bank debt 2023: € 281,558 ▲ 239% vs 2022 (€ 82,992) Unfavourable step	€ 337,286 Bank debt 2024: € 337,286 ▲ 20% vs 2023 (€ 281,558) Unfavourable step	€ 284,677 Bank debt 2025: € 284,677 ▼ 16% vs 2024 (€ 337,286) Favourable step	▼ 16%
Balance sheet total	€ 1,923,176 Balance sheet total 2022: € 1,923,176 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,146,100 Balance sheet total 2023: € 2,146,100 ▲ 12% vs 2022 (€ 1,923,176) Unchanged	€ 1,844,710 Balance sheet total 2024: € 1,844,710 ▼ 14% vs 2023 (€ 2,146,100) Unchanged	€ 1,776,174 Balance sheet total 2025: € 1,776,174 ▼ 4% vs 2024 (€ 1,844,710) Unchanged	▼ 4%
Employees (FTE)	17.5 Employees (FTE) 2022: 17.5 First fiscal year in the series	19.2 Employees (FTE) 2023: 19.2 ▲ 1.7 vs 2022 (17.5) Unchanged	19.5 Employees (FTE) 2024: 19.5 ▲ 0.3 vs 2023 (19.2) Unchanged	15.9 Employees (FTE) 2025: 15.9 ▼ 3.6 vs 2024 (19.5) Unchanged	▼ 3.6

Key figures of FORET MATERIEL, 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 FORET MATERIEL?

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

Jul 6, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 24,810. Source: NBB ↗
Mar 1, 1990 New establishment in Erquelinnes. KBO
Dec 18, 1989 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 92,161 profit in 2022 to € 24,810 loss in 2025.

Paid € 42,870 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 92,161 profit.

On average € 36,000 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

FORET TEAM 100%

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

FORET MATERIEL

Behind FORET MATERIEL are BENEDICTE FORET, EMMANUEL FORET and FREDERIC FORET. The shares are held by FORET TEAM (100%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

BENEDICTE FORET

Director

Also active at: FORET TEAM, FORET IMMO

EMMANUEL FORET

Director

Also active at: FORET IMMO

FREDERIC FORET

Director

Also active at: FORET IMMO

Shareholders

FORET TEAM

100%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Rue de Merbes 22

6560 Erquelinnes

2.047.267.251

Rue de Merbes sn

6560 Erquelinnes

Active since 1 March 1990

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.

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FORET TEAM same network

€ -1,610 gross margin · 2025

FORET IMMO same network

€ 214,638 gross margin · 2025

FOBRIMO

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

Details

Company number

0439.483.343

VAT number

BE 0439.483.343

Registered office

Rue de Merbes 22, 6560 Erquelinnes

Names & denominations

FORET MATERIEL

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

18 December 1989

Peppol

Active · Active since 15 Sept 2025

Activities · NACE

Detailhandel in ijzerwaren, bouwmaterialen, verf en glas (algemeen assortiment)

Detailhandel in ijzerwaren, verf, bouwmaterialen en glas (inclusief doe-het-zelfzaken) met een verkoopsoppervlakte vanaf 400 m2.

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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenartikelen, neg

Overige reparaties, n.e.g.

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

FORET MATERIEL

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Financials

What happened to FORET MATERIEL?

Management

Directors

Shareholders

Participations

Establishments

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Who else lives here?

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