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Financials
Financial year 2025
Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing from Elsene, company number BE0440734148, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 138.4 million after tax. For that financial year Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing recorded revenue of € 385.8 million and equity of € 55.9 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 172.1 million to € 138.4 million. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 6, 2026.
€ 55.9 million
▲ 2% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 138.4 million
▼ 20% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 3.4 million
▲ 62% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 137.1 million paid out
99 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to Moody's Analytics Netherlands BV (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
261.2
▼ 16.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 38.2 million
▼ 1% vs 2024
€ 146,300 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.
€ 161,653
▼ 10% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 32 million
▲ 21% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 71 days on average.
€ 13.3 million
▲ 19% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 377,593,761 | € 418,598,117 | € 412,859,356 | € 385,761,943 | ▼ 7% |
| Profit after taxes | € 176,876,055 | € 195,282,872 | € 172,070,586 | € 138,390,962 | ▼ 20% |
| Equity | € 17,221,050 | € 32,503,922 | € 54,574,509 | € 55,886,960 | ▲ 2% |
| Total debts | € 448,651,316 | € 366,958,470 | € 306,404,518 | € 262,597,465 | ▼ 14% |
| Cash | € 2,075,746 | € 2,077,902 | € 2,122,286 | € 3,430,468 | ▲ 62% |
| Retained profit | € 16,221,050 | € 31,503,922 | € 53,574,509 | € 54,886,960 | ▲ 2% |
| Dividend | € 210,000,000 | € 180,000,000 | € 150,000,000 | € 137,078,510 | ▼ 9% |
| Balance sheet total | € 465,872,366 | € 399,462,392 | € 360,979,026 | € 321,182,579 | ▼ 11% |
| Employees (FTE) | 307.5 | 277 | 277.3 | 261.2 | ▼ 16.1 |
Key figures of Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing, 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 Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing?
What happened at Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 138.4 million (▼ 20% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Sander Luc René Desmet became a director. NBB
- Elisabeth Van Damme became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Elsene. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 176.9 million profit in 2022 to € 138.4 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 122.4 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 195.3 million profit.
Paid out € 677.1 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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Management
Behind Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing are Sander Luc René Desmet and Elisabeth Van Damme. The shares are held by Moody's Analytics Netherlands BV (100%) and Bureau van Dijk Editions Electroniques Sarl (0%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Sander Luc René Desmet
Managing director
since 2021
since 2021
Shareholders
Moody's Analytics Netherlands BV
100%
Bureau van Dijk Editions Electroniques Sarl
0%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Louizalaan 250 box 13
1050 Elsene
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Details
- Company number
- 0440.734.148
- VAT number
- BE 0440.734.148
- Registered office
- Louizalaan 250 bus 13, 1050 Elsene
- Names & denominations
- Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing · Bureau van Dijk Editions Electroniques · Bureau van Dijk Electronische Editie
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 8 May 1990
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
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