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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 26 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2026
VANHOUTTEGHEM from Gent, company number BE0442570715, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 358,250 after tax. For that financial year VANHOUTTEGHEM recorded a gross margin of € 1.3 million and equity of € 1.2 million. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 314,222 to € 358,250. Profitable, and profit is growing. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on October 28, 2026.
€ 1.2 million
▼ 23% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 358,250
▲ 14% vs 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 566,960
▲ € 446,696 vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 721,131 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2026
8.1
▲ 0.7 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 441,749
▲ 6% vs 2025
€ 54,500 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.
€ 29,305
▲ 55% vs 2025
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
€ 1.9 million
▼ 2% vs 2025
€ 223,207 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 6 years.
€ 606,587
▲ 17% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 117,362
▲ 38% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,042,595 | € 868,472 | € 1,178,101 | € 1,261,483 | ▲ 7% |
| Profit after taxes | € 353,132 | € 139,032 | € 314,222 | € 358,250 | ▲ 14% |
| Equity | € 1,120,831 | € 1,259,863 | € 1,574,084 | € 1,211,204 | ▼ 23% |
| Total debts | € 2,022,848 | € 3,824,089 | € 3,382,561 | € 4,373,067 | ▲ 29% |
| Cash | € 79,933 | € 219,881 | € 120,264 | € 566,960 | ▲ € 446,696 |
| Land & buildings | € 16,131 | € 11,164 | € 8,689 | € 6,952 | ▼ 20% |
| Retained profit | € 732,831 | € 871,863 | € 1,186,084 | € 823,204 | ▼ 31% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 721,131 | |
| Bank debt | € 688,569 | € 2,078,251 | € 1,953,463 | € 1,918,835 | ▼ 2% |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,143,678 | € 5,083,951 | € 4,956,645 | € 5,584,271 | ▲ 13% |
| Employees (FTE) | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 8.1 | ▲ 0.7 |
Key figures of VANHOUTTEGHEM, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 October 2027.
What happened to VANHOUTTEGHEM?
What happened at VANHOUTTEGHEM in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 358,250 (▲ 14% vs 2025). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 353,132 profit in 2023 to € 358,250 profit in 2026.
Paid € 424,435 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2026, with € 358,250 profit.
On average € 155,700 of value added per employee in 2026.
Management
Behind VANHOUTTEGHEM are Marc Vanhoutteghem, Pieter Vanhoutteghem and Lien Vanhoutteghem.
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Marc Vanhoutteghem
Director
Pieter Vanhoutteghem
Director
Lien Vanhoutteghem
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Dampoortstraat 1
9000 Gent
Dampoortstraat 1-3
9000 Gent
Active since 7 February 1991
Dampoortstraat 2
9000 Gent
Active since 22 June 2011
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Microsoft 365
Hosting
COMBELL-AS, BE
Domain
Domain
vanhoutteghem.com
Registered
2000-05-16
Registrar
Key-Systems GmbH
Expires
2026-05-16
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0442.570.715
- VAT number
- BE 0442.570.715
- Registered office
- Dampoortstraat 1, 9000 Gent
- Names & denominations
- VANHOUTTEGHEM
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 28 December 1990
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 22 Sept 2025
- Contact
- vanhoutteghem.com
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