What does Kessel-Lo Foods do?

Kessel-Lo Foods is a supermarket in Leuven. Public Limited, started on 28 February 1990, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Kessel-Lo Foods?

The registered office of Kessel-Lo Foods is located at Wilselsesteenweg 115, 3010 Leuven.

Is Kessel-Lo Foods still active?

No. The CBE lists Kessel-Lo Foods with legal situation “Opening faillissement”. The date of the court ruling is published in the Belgian Official Gazette; the register does not carry it.

Is Kessel-Lo Foods registered on Peppol?

Yes, Kessel-Lo Foods is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0440233015.

What is the enterprise number of Kessel-Lo Foods?

The enterprise number of Kessel-Lo Foods is BE0440233015.

When was Kessel-Lo Foods founded?

Kessel-Lo Foods was founded on 28 February 1990.

Who are the directors of Kessel-Lo Foods?

According to the 2024 annual accounts, the directors of Kessel-Lo Foods are: EVM Retail BV.

Is Kessel-Lo Foods a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Opening faillissement according to the CBE, started on 28 February 1990; 4 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2024; 1 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did Kessel-Lo Foods make in 2024?

Kessel-Lo Foods recorded a loss after taxes of € 232,466 in financial year 2024.

What is the revenue of Kessel-Lo Foods?

As a small company, Kessel-Lo Foods is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2024, its added value was € 343,655.

How much does an employee at Kessel-Lo Foods earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Kessel-Lo Foods was € 48,600 in 2024: staff costs of € 500,819 for 10.3 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Kessel-Lo Foods have?

According to the 2024 annual accounts, Kessel-Lo Foods has 10.3 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Kessel-Lo Foods (Public Limited) - Leuven - BE0440233015

Dossier Kessel-Lo Foods, printed on 1 November 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0440233015/kessel-lo-foods. 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.

Negative equity NBB

More debt than assets in 1 of the last 4 fiscal years.
Two loss years in a row NBB

Negative result in 2023 and 2024.
Shrinking team NBB

FTE fell two years in a row, from 17 to 10.3.
Legal situation KBO

Opening faillissement according to the CBE.

Financials

Financial year 2024

Kessel-Lo Foods from Leuven, company number BE0440233015, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -232,466 after tax. For that financial year Kessel-Lo Foods recorded a gross margin of € 343,655 and equity of € -87,756. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -430,217 to € -232,466. The company made a loss. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on October 24, 2025.

What it is worth Caution

€ -87,756

▼ € 232,466 vs 2023

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

Loss Caution

€ -232,466

▲ 46 % less loss than in 2023

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 8,937

▲ 14% vs 2023

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 € -428,796.

People and assets in 2024

Full-time equivalents

10.3

▼ 0.6 vs 2023

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

Wage cost

€ 500,819

▼ 5% vs 2023

€ 48,600 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

€ 10,756

▲ 129% vs 2023

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2024

Bank debt ≈ 1 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.

€ 51,563

▼ 76% vs 2023

€ 38,783 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 1 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 140,814

▼ 82% vs 2023

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

Wages and social charges

€ 55,712

▼ 20% vs 2023

Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2021	2022	2023	2024	Change 2023 → 2024
Gross margin	€ 695,615 Gross margin 2021: € 695,615 First fiscal year in the series	€ 417,089 Gross margin 2022: € 417,089 ▼ 40% vs 2021 (€ 695,615) Unfavourable step	€ 195,665 Gross margin 2023: € 195,665 ▼ 53% vs 2022 (€ 417,089) Unfavourable step	€ 343,655 Gross margin 2024: € 343,655 ▲ 76% vs 2023 (€ 195,665) Favourable step	▲ 76%
Profit after taxes	€ -63,934 Profit after taxes 2021: € -63,934 First fiscal year in the series	€ -383,641 Profit after taxes 2022: € -383,641 ▼ € 319,707 vs 2021 (€ -63,934) Unfavourable step	€ -430,217 Profit after taxes 2023: € -430,217 ▼ € 46,576 vs 2022 (€ -383,641) Unfavourable step	€ -232,466 Profit after taxes 2024: € -232,466 ▲ € 197,752 vs 2023 (€ -430,217) Favourable step	▲ € 197,752
Equity	€ 958,568 Equity 2021: € 958,568 First fiscal year in the series	€ 574,927 Equity 2022: € 574,927 ▼ 40% vs 2021 (€ 958,568) Unfavourable step	€ 144,709 Equity 2023: € 144,709 ▼ 75% vs 2022 (€ 574,927) Unfavourable step	€ -87,756 Equity 2024: € -87,756 ▼ € 232,466 vs 2023 (€ 144,709) Unfavourable step	▼ € 232,466
Total debts	€ 827,280 Total debts 2021: € 827,280 First fiscal year in the series	€ 937,392 Total debts 2022: € 937,392 ▲ 13% vs 2021 (€ 827,280) Unfavourable step	€ 1,296,325 Total debts 2023: € 1,296,325 ▲ 38% vs 2022 (€ 937,392) Unfavourable step	€ 1,360,004 Total debts 2024: € 1,360,004 ▲ 5% vs 2023 (€ 1,296,325) Unfavourable step	▲ 5%
Cash	€ 8,467 Cash 2021: € 8,467 First fiscal year in the series	€ 10,016 Cash 2022: € 10,016 ▲ 18% vs 2021 (€ 8,467) Favourable step	€ 7,823 Cash 2023: € 7,823 ▼ 22% vs 2022 (€ 10,016) Unfavourable step	€ 8,937 Cash 2024: € 8,937 ▲ 14% vs 2023 (€ 7,823) Favourable step	▲ 14%
Retained profit	€ 617,528 Retained profit 2021: € 617,528 First fiscal year in the series	€ 233,887 Retained profit 2022: € 233,887 ▼ 62% vs 2021 (€ 617,528) Unfavourable step	€ -196,331 Retained profit 2023: € -196,331 ▼ € 430,218 vs 2022 (€ 233,887) Unfavourable step	€ -428,796 Retained profit 2024: € -428,796 ▼ € 232,466 vs 2023 (€ -196,331) Unfavourable step	▼ € 232,466
Bank debt	€ 107,547 Bank debt 2021: € 107,547 First fiscal year in the series	€ 89,126 Bank debt 2022: € 89,126 ▼ 17% vs 2021 (€ 107,547) Favourable step	€ 214,424 Bank debt 2023: € 214,424 ▲ 141% vs 2022 (€ 89,126) Unfavourable step	€ 51,563 Bank debt 2024: € 51,563 ▼ 76% vs 2023 (€ 214,424) Favourable step	▼ 76%
Balance sheet total	€ 1,785,848 Balance sheet total 2021: € 1,785,848 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,512,319 Balance sheet total 2022: € 1,512,319 ▼ 15% vs 2021 (€ 1,785,848) Unchanged	€ 1,441,034 Balance sheet total 2023: € 1,441,034 ▼ 5% vs 2022 (€ 1,512,319) Unchanged	€ 1,272,247 Balance sheet total 2024: € 1,272,247 ▼ 12% vs 2023 (€ 1,441,034) Unchanged	▼ 12%
Employees (FTE)	17.6 Employees (FTE) 2021: 17.6 First fiscal year in the series	17 Employees (FTE) 2022: 17 ▼ 0.6 vs 2021 (17.6) Unchanged	10.9 Employees (FTE) 2023: 10.9 ▼ 6.1 vs 2022 (17) Unchanged	10.3 Employees (FTE) 2024: 10.3 ▼ 0.6 vs 2023 (10.9) Unchanged	▼ 0.6

Key figures of Kessel-Lo Foods, 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 Kessel-Lo Foods?

What happened at Kessel-Lo Foods in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

Kessel-Lo Foods is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Opening faillissement.

2026 EVM Retail BV stepped down as director. NBB
Oct 24, 2025 New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 232,466. filed late Source: NBB ↗
2020 EVM Retail BV became a director. NBB
Apr 24, 1990 New establishment in Leuven. KBO
Feb 28, 1990 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 63,934 loss in 2021 to € 232,466 loss in 2024.

On average € 33,400 of value added per employee in 2024.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

EVM Retail 100%

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

Kessel-Lo Foods

The shares are held by EVM Retail (100%).

Directors

According to the 2024 annual accounts

EVM Retail BV

Managing director · represented by Eddy Van Meerbeek

Also active at: Huldenberg Foods

since 2020 · until 2026

Shareholders

EVM Retail

100%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Wilselsesteenweg 115

3010 Leuven

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 companies are registered at this address.

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EVM Retail same network

€ -95,894 gross margin · 2024

Vereniging van mede-eigenaars van het gebouw residentie Kessel-Dal te 3010 Leuven (Kessel-Lo), Wilselsesteenweg 115

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

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Company number

0440.233.015

VAT number

BE 0440.233.015

Registered office

Wilselsesteenweg 115, 3010 Leuven

Names & denominations

Kessel-Lo Foods

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Opening faillissement

Start date

28 February 1990

Peppol

Active · Active since 24 Nov 2023

Activities · NACE

Niet-gespecialiseerde detailhandel waarbij voedings- en genotmiddelen overheersen

Grootwarenhuizen (verkoop van overwegend niet-voedingsmiddelen met verkoopsopp.vanaf 2.500 m2)

Detailhandel in niet-gespecialiseerde winkels waarbij voedings- en genotmiddelen overheersen (verkoopsoppervlakte tussen 400 m² en minder dan 2500 m²)

Overige niet-gespecialiseerde detailhandel

Detailhandel in niet-gespecialiseerde winkels waarbij voedings- en genotmiddelen niet overheersen (verkoopoppervlakte. = 2500 m²)

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Kessel-Lo Foods

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