What does Bicobel do?

Bicobel is registered with the CBE as active in: Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk. Public Limited, started on 26 June 1990, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Bicobel?

The registered office of Bicobel is located at Spieveldstraat 55, 9160 Lokeren.

Is Bicobel still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) Bicobel is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 26 June 1990.

Is Bicobel registered on Peppol?

Yes, Bicobel is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0440844115.

What is the enterprise number of Bicobel?

The enterprise number of Bicobel is BE0440844115.

When was Bicobel founded?

Bicobel was founded on 26 June 1990.

Who are the directors of Bicobel?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Bicobel are: DF Sweets BV, Dragonflies BV.

Is Bicobel a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 26 June 1990; 4 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did Bicobel make in 2025?

Bicobel posted a profit after taxes of € 185,513 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Bicobel?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), Bicobel reported revenue of € 10,830,701.

How much does an employee at Bicobel earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Bicobel was € 49,300 in 2025: staff costs of € 1.6 million for 32 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Bicobel have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Bicobel has 32 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Does Bicobel have a website?

Yes, Bicobel has a website at bicobel.be.

Bicobel (Public Limited) - Lokeren - BE0440844115

Dossier Bicobel, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0440844115/bicobel. 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.

Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 51 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Bicobel from Lokeren, company number BE0440844115, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 185,513 after tax. For that financial year Bicobel recorded revenue of € 10.8 million and equity of € 2.5 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 122,930 to € 185,513. Profitable, and profit is growing. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on January 30, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 2.5 million

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

Profit Growing

€ 185,513

▲ 51% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 374,534

▲ 72% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 185,513 paid out

100 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to DF Sweets (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

▲ 5.2 vs 2024

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

Wage cost Staff costs are payroll only. Director pay sits with services and miscellaneous goods: € 1.2 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 1.6 million

▲ 22% vs 2024

€ 49,300 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 35,342

▼ 2% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 9 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.

€ 2.9 million

▲ 1% vs 2024

€ 284,331 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 9 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 955,054

▲ 20% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 40 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 243,456

▲ 16% vs 2024

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Revenue	-	-	€ 9,608,040 Revenue 2024: € 9,608,040 First fiscal year in the series	€ 10,830,701 Revenue 2025: € 10,830,701 ▲ 13% vs 2024 (€ 9,608,040) Favourable step	▲ 13%
Gross margin	€ 1,965,640 Gross margin 2022: € 1,965,640 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,173,393 Gross margin 2023: € 3,173,393 ▲ 61% vs 2022 (€ 1,965,640) Favourable step	-	-
Profit after taxes	€ 529,733 Profit after taxes 2022: € 529,733 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,376,252 Profit after taxes 2023: € 1,376,252 ▲ 160% vs 2022 (€ 529,733) Favourable step	€ 122,930 Profit after taxes 2024: € 122,930 ▼ 91% vs 2023 (€ 1,376,252) Unfavourable step	€ 185,513 Profit after taxes 2025: € 185,513 ▲ 51% vs 2024 (€ 122,930) Favourable step	▲ 51%
Equity	€ 2,525,640 Equity 2022: € 2,525,640 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,541,892 Equity 2023: € 2,541,892 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 2,525,640) Favourable step	€ 2,541,892 Equity 2024: € 2,541,892 Unchanged (€ 2,541,892) Unchanged	€ 2,541,892 Equity 2025: € 2,541,892 Unchanged (€ 2,541,892) Unchanged
Total debts	€ 2,551,545 Total debts 2022: € 2,551,545 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,503,272 Total debts 2023: € 5,503,272 ▲ 116% vs 2022 (€ 2,551,545) Unfavourable step	€ 4,056,446 Total debts 2024: € 4,056,446 ▼ 26% vs 2023 (€ 5,503,272) Favourable step	€ 4,342,240 Total debts 2025: € 4,342,240 ▲ 7% vs 2024 (€ 4,056,446) Unfavourable step	▲ 7%
Cash	€ 405,737 Cash 2022: € 405,737 First fiscal year in the series	€ 195,322 Cash 2023: € 195,322 ▼ 52% vs 2022 (€ 405,737) Unfavourable step	€ 217,604 Cash 2024: € 217,604 ▲ 11% vs 2023 (€ 195,322) Favourable step	€ 374,534 Cash 2025: € 374,534 ▲ 72% vs 2024 (€ 217,604) Favourable step	▲ 72%
Land & buildings	€ 1,338,037 Land & buildings 2022: € 1,338,037 First fiscal year in the series	€ 786,864 Land & buildings 2023: € 786,864 ▼ 41% vs 2022 (€ 1,338,037) Unchanged	€ 703,706 Land & buildings 2024: € 703,706 ▼ 11% vs 2023 (€ 786,864) Unchanged	€ 628,444 Land & buildings 2025: € 628,444 ▼ 11% vs 2024 (€ 703,706) Unchanged	▼ 11%
Retained profit	€ 2,383,137 Retained profit 2022: € 2,383,137 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,399,389 Retained profit 2023: € 2,399,389 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 2,383,137) Favourable step	€ 2,399,389 Retained profit 2024: € 2,399,389 Unchanged (€ 2,399,389) Unchanged	€ 2,399,389 Retained profit 2025: € 2,399,389 Unchanged (€ 2,399,389) Unchanged
Dividend	€ 0 Dividend 2022: € 0 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,360,000 Dividend 2023: € 1,360,000 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 122,930 Dividend 2024: € 122,930 ▼ 91% vs 2023 (€ 1,360,000) Unchanged	€ 185,513 Dividend 2025: € 185,513 ▲ 51% vs 2024 (€ 122,930) Unchanged	▲ 51%
Bank debt	€ 1,821,986 Bank debt 2022: € 1,821,986 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,262,868 Bank debt 2023: € 3,262,868 ▲ 79% vs 2022 (€ 1,821,986) Unfavourable step	€ 2,925,508 Bank debt 2024: € 2,925,508 ▼ 10% vs 2023 (€ 3,262,868) Favourable step	€ 2,941,410 Bank debt 2025: € 2,941,410 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 2,925,508) Unfavourable step	▲ 1%
Balance sheet total	€ 5,077,186 Balance sheet total 2022: € 5,077,186 First fiscal year in the series	€ 8,412,294 Balance sheet total 2023: € 8,412,294 ▲ 66% vs 2022 (€ 5,077,186) Unchanged	€ 6,965,468 Balance sheet total 2024: € 6,965,468 ▼ 17% vs 2023 (€ 8,412,294) Unchanged	€ 7,251,262 Balance sheet total 2025: € 7,251,262 ▲ 4% vs 2024 (€ 6,965,468) Unchanged	▲ 4%
Employees (FTE)	24.1 Employees (FTE) 2022: 24.1 First fiscal year in the series	23.6 Employees (FTE) 2023: 23.6 ▼ 0.5 vs 2022 (24.1) Unchanged	26.8 Employees (FTE) 2024: 26.8 ▲ 3.2 vs 2023 (23.6) Unchanged	32 Employees (FTE) 2025: 32 ▲ 5.2 vs 2024 (26.8) Unchanged	▲ 5.2

Key figures of Bicobel, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 January 2027.

What happened to Bicobel?

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

2027 DF Sweets BV stepped down as director. NBB
2027 Dragonflies BV stepped down as director. NBB
Jan 30, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 185,513 (▲ 51% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2022 DF Sweets BV became a director. NBB
2022 Dragonflies BV became a director. NBB
Mar 17, 2003 New establishment in Lokeren. KBO
Jun 26, 1990 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 529,733 profit in 2022 to € 185,513 profit in 2025.

Paid € 407,622 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 1.4 million profit.

On average € 134,500 of value added per employee in 2023.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

DF Sweets 100%

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

Bicobel

BV Chocolaterie De Naeyer 100%

The shares are held by DF Sweets (100%). It owns 100% of BV Chocolaterie De Naeyer itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

DF Sweets BV

Director · represented by Sam Bruynseels

Also active at: NAERT - DEGRANDE, CHOCOLATERIE DE NAEYER, Andes Chocolatier, cacaOh!

since 2022 · until 2027

Dragonflies BV

Managing director · represented by Rik VOS

Also active at: NAERT - DEGRANDE, CHOCOLATERIE DE NAEYER, MTF Group, DF Sweets, Andes Chocolatier

since 2022 · until 2027

Shareholders

DF Sweets

100%

Participations

BV Chocolaterie De Naeyer

100%

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Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Spieveldstraat 55

9160 Lokeren

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Company number

0440.844.115

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BE 0440.844.115

Registered office

Spieveldstraat 55, 9160 Lokeren

Names & denominations

Bicobel

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

26 June 1990

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Active · Active since 16 Jun 2025

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Activities · NACE

Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk

Vervaardiging van cacao, chocolade en suikerwerk

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