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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2024.
Financials
Financial year 2025
CARL ZEISS from Leuven, company number BE0440998523, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 353,765 after tax. For that financial year CARL ZEISS recorded revenue of € 28.1 million and equity of € 3.6 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1.5 million to € 353,765. The company is profitable. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on March 26, 2026.
€ 3.6 million
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 353,765
▼ 76% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 353,765 paid out
100 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to Carl Zeiss Beteiligungs GmbH (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
55.6
▲ 5.7 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 7 million
▲ 25% vs 2024
€ 126,500 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.
€ 8,151
▲ 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.
€ 5.8 million
▼ 2% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 89 days on average.
€ 2.4 million
▼ 8% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 21,135,546 | € 29,172,911 | € 28,093,479 | ▼ 4% |
| Profit after taxes | € 645,593 | € 1,465,628 | € 353,765 | ▼ 76% |
| Equity | € 3,660,143 | € 3,617,189 | € 3,617,189 | |
| Total debts | € 8,299,621 | € 13,235,598 | € 10,019,468 | ▼ 24% |
| Retained profit | € 2,660,143 | € 2,617,189 | € 2,617,189 | |
| Dividend | € 500,000 | € 1,800,000 | € 353,765 | ▼ 80% |
| Balance sheet total | € 12,110,443 | € 17,032,927 | € 13,812,067 | ▼ 19% |
| Employees (FTE) | 39.2 | 49.9 | 55.6 | ▲ 5.7 |
Key figures of CARL ZEISS, 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 April 2027.
What happened to CARL ZEISS?
What happened at CARL ZEISS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Pascal Slot stepped down as director. NBB
- Thomas Schneider stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 353,765 (▼ 76% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Leuven. KBO
- Pascal Slot became a director. NBB
- Thomas Schneider became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Zaventem. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 645,593 profit in 2022 to € 353,765 profit in 2025.
Paid € 1.1 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 1.5 million profit.
Paid out € 2.7 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 shares are held by Carl Zeiss Beteiligungs GmbH (100%) and Carl Zeiss AG (0%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2023 · until 2028
Thomas Schneider
Director
since 2022 · until 2027
Shareholders
Carl Zeiss Beteiligungs GmbH
100%
Carl Zeiss AG
0%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Interleuvenlaan 15F
3001 Leuven
Ikaroslaan 49
1930 Zaventem
Active since 8 August 1990
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Details
- Company number
- 0440.998.523
- VAT number
- BE 0440.998.523
- Registered office
- Interleuvenlaan 15F, 3001 Leuven
- Names & denominations
- CARL ZEISS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 12 July 1990
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 20 Nov 2020
- Contact
- zeiss.be [email protected] +32 16 93 09 11
- Activities · NACE
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