What does MERTENS INVEST do?

MERTENS INVEST is a logistics company in Balen. Public Limited, started on 22 December 1989, 1 establishment.

What is the address of MERTENS INVEST?

The registered office of MERTENS INVEST is located at Molsesteenweg 8, 2490 Balen.

Is MERTENS INVEST still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) MERTENS INVEST is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 22 December 1989.

Is MERTENS INVEST registered on Peppol?

Yes, MERTENS INVEST is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0439632308.

What is the enterprise number of MERTENS INVEST?

The enterprise number of MERTENS INVEST is BE0439632308.

When was MERTENS INVEST founded?

MERTENS INVEST was founded on 22 December 1989.

Who are the directors of MERTENS INVEST?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of MERTENS INVEST are: Wim Wouters, Debbie Maes, Tom Wouters.

Is MERTENS INVEST a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 22 December 1989; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did MERTENS INVEST make in 2025?

MERTENS INVEST posted a profit after taxes of € 1,290,283 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of MERTENS INVEST?

As a small company, MERTENS INVEST is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 845,155.

How much does an employee at MERTENS INVEST earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at MERTENS INVEST was € 52,100 in 2025: staff costs of € 333,467 for 6.4 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does MERTENS INVEST have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, MERTENS INVEST has 6.4 full-time equivalents (FTE).

MERTENS INVEST (Public Limited) - Balen - BE0439632308

Dossier MERTENS INVEST, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0439632308/mertens-invest. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

MERTENS INVEST from Balen, company number BE0439632308, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1.3 million after tax. For that financial year MERTENS INVEST recorded a gross margin of € 845,155 and equity of € 2.3 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 360,486 to € 1.3 million. 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 October 15, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 2.3 million

▲ 122% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 1.3 million

▲ 258% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 1.9 million

▲ € 1.8 million 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 € 2.2 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

6.4

▼ 9 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 333,467

▼ 63% vs 2024

€ 52,100 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

€ 833

▼ 82% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

€ 125,344

Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.

Owed to suppliers

€ 191,468

▲ 214% vs 2024

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

Taxes

€ 117,248

▼ 56% vs 2024

Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Gross margin	€ 994,621 Gross margin 2022: € 994,621 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,307,247 Gross margin 2023: € 1,307,247 ▲ 31% vs 2022 (€ 994,621) Favourable step	€ 1,471,937 Gross margin 2024: € 1,471,937 ▲ 13% vs 2023 (€ 1,307,247) Favourable step	€ 845,155 Gross margin 2025: € 845,155 ▼ 43% vs 2024 (€ 1,471,937) Unfavourable step	▼ 43%
Profit after taxes	€ 131,128 Profit after taxes 2022: € 131,128 First fiscal year in the series	€ 231,591 Profit after taxes 2023: € 231,591 ▲ 77% vs 2022 (€ 131,128) Favourable step	€ 360,486 Profit after taxes 2024: € 360,486 ▲ 56% vs 2023 (€ 231,591) Favourable step	€ 1,290,283 Profit after taxes 2025: € 1,290,283 ▲ 258% vs 2024 (€ 360,486) Favourable step	▲ 258%
Equity	€ 466,080 Equity 2022: € 466,080 First fiscal year in the series	€ 697,671 Equity 2023: € 697,671 ▲ 50% vs 2022 (€ 466,080) Favourable step	€ 1,058,157 Equity 2024: € 1,058,157 ▲ 52% vs 2023 (€ 697,671) Favourable step	€ 2,348,440 Equity 2025: € 2,348,440 ▲ 122% vs 2024 (€ 1,058,157) Favourable step	▲ 122%
Total debts	€ 675,977 Total debts 2022: € 675,977 First fiscal year in the series	€ 359,704 Total debts 2023: € 359,704 ▼ 47% vs 2022 (€ 675,977) Favourable step	€ 375,506 Total debts 2024: € 375,506 ▲ 4% vs 2023 (€ 359,704) Unfavourable step	€ 434,060 Total debts 2025: € 434,060 ▲ 16% vs 2024 (€ 375,506) Unfavourable step	▲ 16%
Cash	€ 4,522 Cash 2022: € 4,522 First fiscal year in the series	€ 54,114 Cash 2023: € 54,114 ▲ € 49,592 vs 2022 (€ 4,522) Favourable step	€ 66,358 Cash 2024: € 66,358 ▲ 23% vs 2023 (€ 54,114) Favourable step	€ 1,903,840 Cash 2025: € 1,903,840 ▲ € 1.8 million vs 2024 (€ 66,358) Favourable step	▲ € 1.8 million
Land & buildings	€ 25,500 Land & buildings 2022: € 25,500 First fiscal year in the series	€ 25,500 Land & buildings 2023: € 25,500 Unchanged (€ 25,500) Unchanged	€ 25,500 Land & buildings 2024: € 25,500 Unchanged (€ 25,500) Unchanged	-
Retained profit	€ 342,080 Retained profit 2022: € 342,080 First fiscal year in the series	€ 573,671 Retained profit 2023: € 573,671 ▲ 68% vs 2022 (€ 342,080) Favourable step	€ 934,157 Retained profit 2024: € 934,157 ▲ 63% vs 2023 (€ 573,671) Favourable step	€ 2,224,440 Retained profit 2025: € 2,224,440 ▲ 138% vs 2024 (€ 934,157) Favourable step	▲ 138%
Bank debt	€ 237,178 Bank debt 2022: € 237,178 First fiscal year in the series	€ 76,458 Bank debt 2023: € 76,458 ▼ 68% vs 2022 (€ 237,178) Favourable step	€ 0 Bank debt 2024: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2023 (€ 76,458) Favourable step	€ 125,344 Bank debt 2025: € 125,344 Unchanged (€ 0) Unfavourable step
Balance sheet total	€ 1,145,935 Balance sheet total 2022: € 1,145,935 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,057,375 Balance sheet total 2023: € 1,057,375 ▼ 8% vs 2022 (€ 1,145,935) Unchanged	€ 1,433,663 Balance sheet total 2024: € 1,433,663 ▲ 36% vs 2023 (€ 1,057,375) Unchanged	€ 2,782,500 Balance sheet total 2025: € 2,782,500 ▲ 94% vs 2024 (€ 1,433,663) Unchanged	▲ 94%
Employees (FTE)	11.4 Employees (FTE) 2022: 11.4 First fiscal year in the series	15.1 Employees (FTE) 2023: 15.1 ▲ 3.7 vs 2022 (11.4) Unchanged	15.4 Employees (FTE) 2024: 15.4 ▲ 0.3 vs 2023 (15.1) Unchanged	6.4 Employees (FTE) 2025: 6.4 ▼ 9 vs 2024 (15.4) Unchanged	▼ 9

Key figures of MERTENS INVEST, 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 MERTENS INVEST?

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

2029 Wim Wouters stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Debbie Maes stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Tom Wouters stepped down as director. NBB
Oct 15, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1.3 million (▲ 258% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
2023 Wim Wouters became a director. NBB
2023 Debbie Maes became a director. NBB
2023 Tom Wouters became a director. NBB
Apr 2, 1990 New establishment in Balen. KBO

In short

From € 131,128 profit in 2022 to € 1.3 million profit in 2025.

Paid € 398,949 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2025, with € 1.3 million profit.

On average € 132,100 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

MERTENS INVEST

WM Logistics 52.6%

It owns 52.6% of WM Logistics itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Wim Wouters

Managing director

since 2023 · until 2029

Debbie Maes

Director

Also active at: Hermanshoeve

since 2023 · until 2029

Tom Wouters

Managing director

Also active at: Internationale Transporten Walter Mertens en Co, HEHO, MANNYTECH, Hermanshoeve, JDB & PARTNERS, WM Logistics

since 2023 · until 2029

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Molsesteenweg 8

2490 Balen

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 7 companies are registered at this address.

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Details

Company number

0439.632.308

VAT number

BE 0439.632.308

Registered office

Molsesteenweg 8, 2490 Balen

Names & denominations

MERTENS INVEST

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

22 December 1989

Peppol

Active · Active since 18 Dec 2025

Activities · NACE

Logistieke diensten

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View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

MERTENS INVEST

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