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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.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 50 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Busy address KBO
41 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
DPG Media Group from Antwerpen, company number BE0440653281, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 315.9 million after tax. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 38.3 million to € 315.9 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 May 27, 2026.
€ 691.2 million
▲ 49% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 315.9 million
▲ € 277.5 million vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 664,694
▲ 58% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 90 million paid out
28 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to EPIFIN (99 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
6.5
▲ 0.2 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 6 million
▲ 5% vs 2024
€ 922,900 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.
€ 32.9 million
Of which on lease € 31.1 million.
Debts at end 2025
€ 426.8 million
▲ 83% vs 2024
€ 176.1 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 25.1 million
▲ € 21.1 million vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 649 days on average.
€ 8.7 million
▲ 147% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit after taxes | € 83,749,786 | € 72,386,439 | € 38,342,561 | € 315,865,994 | ▲ € 277.5 million |
| Equity | € 434,645,938 | € 467,032,377 | € 465,374,939 | € 691,240,933 | ▲ 49% |
| Total debts | € 247,085,203 | € 206,260,651 | € 294,879,722 | € 610,300,902 | ▲ 107% |
| Cash | € 359,767 | € 67,437 | € 419,747 | € 664,694 | ▲ 58% |
| Land & buildings | - | - | - | € 6,826,831 | |
| Retained profit | € 244,645,938 | € 277,032,377 | € 275,374,939 | € 501,240,933 | ▲ 82% |
| Dividend | € 80,000,000 | € 40,000,000 | € 40,000,000 | € 90,000,000 | ▲ 125% |
| Bank debt | € 162,000,000 | € 150,000,000 | € 233,800,000 | € 426,823,029 | ▲ 83% |
| Balance sheet total | € 684,607,505 | € 675,759,784 | € 762,331,376 | € 1,310,758,586 | ▲ 72% |
| Employees (FTE) | 6.9 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 6.5 | ▲ 0.2 |
Key figures of DPG Media Group, 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 DPG Media Group?
What happened at DPG Media Group in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Jeanine van der Vlist stepped down as director. NBB
- Christian Van Thillo stepped down as director. NBB
- Jan van Dun stepped down as director. NBB
- Jan Louis Burggraaf stepped down as director. NBB
- Christophe Convent stepped down as director. NBB
- Ludwig Criel stepped down as director. NBB
- Emmanuel Van Thillo stepped down as director. NBB
- Bernadette de Bethune stepped down as director. NBB
In short
From € 83.7 million profit in 2022 to € 315.9 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 538,902 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 315.9 million profit.
Paid out € 250 million in dividends to the owners in total.
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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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
The stake of EPIFIN, WIKIPOWER comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
DPG Media GroupThe shares are held by EPIFIN (99.1%) and WIKIPOWER (10.3%). It owns 100% of DPG Media and 83.7% of DPG Media (geconsolideerd) itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Jeanine van der Vlist
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
Christian Van Thillo
Managing director
Also active at: DPG Media Services, AUDIOPRESSE, DPG Media, Independer.be
since 2025 · until 2031
Jan van Dun
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
Jan Louis Burggraaf
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
Christophe Convent
Director
Also active at: DPG Media Services, DPG Media, TvBastards, Independer.be
since 2025 · until 2031
since 2025 · until 2031
Emmanuel Van Thillo
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
Bernadette de Bethune
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
Ieko Sevinga
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
Participations
100%
DPG Media (geconsolideerd)
83.7%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Mediaplein 1
2018 Antwerpen
Medialaan 1
1800 Vilvoorde
Active since 1 January 2026
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Details
- Company number
- 0440.653.281
- VAT number
- BE 0440.653.281
- Registered office
- Mediaplein 1, 2018 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- DPG Media Group
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 19 April 1990
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 4 Nov 2025
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