Financials
Financial year 2024
MERTENS INVEST from Balen, company number BE0439632308, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 360,486 after tax. For that financial year MERTENS INVEST recorded a gross margin of € 1.5 million and equity of € 1.1 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 231,591 to € 360,486. 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 August 13, 2025.
€ 1.1 million
▲ 52% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 360,486
▲ 56% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 66,358
▲ 23% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 934,157.
People and assets in 2024
15.4
▲ 0.3 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 906,938
▲ 8% vs 2023
€ 58,900 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.
€ 4,690
▼ 94% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 60,960
▼ 21% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 264,545
▲ 34% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 610,164 | € 994,621 | € 1,307,247 | € 1,471,937 | ▲ 13% |
| Profit after taxes | € 13,115 | € 131,128 | € 231,591 | € 360,486 | ▲ 56% |
| Equity | € 334,952 | € 466,080 | € 697,671 | € 1,058,157 | ▲ 52% |
| Total debts | € 861,075 | € 675,977 | € 359,704 | € 375,506 | ▲ 4% |
| Cash | € 19,972 | € 4,522 | € 54,114 | € 66,358 | ▲ 23% |
| Land & buildings | € 25,500 | € 25,500 | € 25,500 | € 25,500 | |
| Retained profit | € 210,952 | € 342,080 | € 573,671 | € 934,157 | ▲ 63% |
| Bank debt | € 395,720 | € 237,178 | € 76,458 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,206,768 | € 1,145,935 | € 1,057,375 | € 1,433,663 | ▲ 36% |
| Employees (FTE) | 7.6 | 11.4 | 15.1 | 15.4 | ▲ 0.3 |
Key figures of MERTENS INVEST, 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 MERTENS INVEST?
What happened at MERTENS INVEST in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Wim Wouters stepped down as director. NBB
- Debbie Maes stepped down as director. NBB
- Tom Wouters stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 360,486 (▲ 56% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Wim Wouters became a director. NBB
- Debbie Maes became a director. NBB
- Tom Wouters became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Balen. KBO
In short
From € 13,115 profit in 2021 to € 360,486 profit in 2024.
Paid € 278,495 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 360,486 profit.
On average € 95,600 of value added per employee in 2024.
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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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Management
It owns 100% of JDB & Partners and 52.6% of WM Logistics itself.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Wim Wouters
Managing director
since 2023 · until 2029
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
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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What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0439.632.308
- 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
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