What does SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER do?

SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER is an estate agency in Gent. Public Limited, started on 26 March 1991, 1 establishment.

What is the address of SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER?

The registered office of SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER is located at Derbystraat 275, 9051 Gent.

Is SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 26 March 1991.

Is SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER registered on Peppol?

Yes, SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0443712246.

What is the enterprise number of SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER?

The enterprise number of SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER is BE0443712246.

When was SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER founded?

SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER was founded on 26 March 1991.

Who are the directors of SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER are: Feliciaan De Palmenaer, Frank De Palmenaer.

Is SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 26 March 1991; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER make in 2025?

SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER recorded a loss after taxes of € 653,025 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER?

As a small company, SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 112,597.

SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER (Public Limited) - Gent

Dossier SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0443712246/socrates-business-center. 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.

Two loss years in a row NBB

Negative result in 2024 and 2025.

Financials

Financial year 2025

SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER from Gent, company number BE0443712246, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -653,025 after tax. For that financial year SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER recorded a gross margin of € 112,597 and equity of € 2.1 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -777,387 to € -653,025. The company made a loss. 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 June 1, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 2.1 million

▼ 23% vs 2024

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

Loss Caution

€ -653,025

▲ 16 % less loss than in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 3,510

▼ 39% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Caution

Loss, nothing to pay out

Reserves fell to € 1.5 million.

People and assets in 2025

Wage cost

€ 77

▼ € 31,761 vs 2024

Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

None

No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.

Owed to suppliers

€ 50,465

▼ 77% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.

Taxes

€ 668,684

▲ € 662,888 vs 2024

Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Gross margin	€ 98,917 Gross margin 2022: € 98,917 First fiscal year in the series	€ 92,682 Gross margin 2023: € 92,682 ▼ 6% vs 2022 (€ 98,917) Unfavourable step	€ 59,353 Gross margin 2024: € 59,353 ▼ 36% vs 2023 (€ 92,682) Unfavourable step	€ 112,597 Gross margin 2025: € 112,597 ▲ 90% vs 2024 (€ 59,353) Favourable step	▲ 90%
Profit after taxes	€ -84,594 Profit after taxes 2022: € -84,594 First fiscal year in the series	€ -164,867 Profit after taxes 2023: € -164,867 ▼ € 80,272 vs 2022 (€ -84,594) Unfavourable step	€ -777,387 Profit after taxes 2024: € -777,387 ▼ € 612,520 vs 2023 (€ -164,867) Unfavourable step	€ -653,025 Profit after taxes 2025: € -653,025 ▲ € 124,363 vs 2024 (€ -777,387) Favourable step	▲ € 124,363
Equity	€ 3,742,606 Equity 2022: € 3,742,606 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,577,739 Equity 2023: € 3,577,739 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 3,742,606) Unfavourable step	€ 2,800,352 Equity 2024: € 2,800,352 ▼ 22% vs 2023 (€ 3,577,739) Unfavourable step	€ 2,147,327 Equity 2025: € 2,147,327 ▼ 23% vs 2024 (€ 2,800,352) Unfavourable step	▼ 23%
Total debts	€ 248,050 Total debts 2022: € 248,050 First fiscal year in the series	€ 264,486 Total debts 2023: € 264,486 ▲ 7% vs 2022 (€ 248,050) Unfavourable step	€ 226,385 Total debts 2024: € 226,385 ▼ 14% vs 2023 (€ 264,486) Favourable step	€ 719,149 Total debts 2025: € 719,149 ▲ 218% vs 2024 (€ 226,385) Unfavourable step	▲ 218%
Cash	€ 274 Cash 2022: € 274 First fiscal year in the series	€ 236 Cash 2023: € 236 ▼ 14% vs 2022 (€ 274) Unfavourable step	€ 5,763 Cash 2024: € 5,763 ▲ € 5,527 vs 2023 (€ 236) Favourable step	€ 3,510 Cash 2025: € 3,510 ▼ 39% vs 2024 (€ 5,763) Unfavourable step	▼ 39%
Land & buildings	€ 3,091,314 Land & buildings 2022: € 3,091,314 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,070,978 Land & buildings 2023: € 3,070,978 ▼ 1% vs 2022 (€ 3,091,314) Unchanged	€ 3,026,976 Land & buildings 2024: € 3,026,976 ▼ 1% vs 2023 (€ 3,070,978) Unchanged	€ 1,906,835 Land & buildings 2025: € 1,906,835 ▼ 37% vs 2024 (€ 3,026,976) Unchanged	▼ 37%
Retained profit	€ 3,132,606 Retained profit 2022: € 3,132,606 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,967,739 Retained profit 2023: € 2,967,739 ▼ 5% vs 2022 (€ 3,132,606) Unfavourable step	€ 2,190,352 Retained profit 2024: € 2,190,352 ▼ 26% vs 2023 (€ 2,967,739) Unfavourable step	€ 1,537,327 Retained profit 2025: € 1,537,327 ▼ 30% vs 2024 (€ 2,190,352) Unfavourable step	▼ 30%
Balance sheet total	€ 5,097,527 Balance sheet total 2022: € 5,097,527 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,949,096 Balance sheet total 2023: € 4,949,096 ▼ 3% vs 2022 (€ 5,097,527) Unchanged	€ 4,133,608 Balance sheet total 2024: € 4,133,608 ▼ 16% vs 2023 (€ 4,949,096) Unchanged	€ 2,895,702 Balance sheet total 2025: € 2,895,702 ▼ 30% vs 2024 (€ 4,133,608) Unchanged	▼ 30%

Key figures of SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER, 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 SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER?

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

2027 Feliciaan De Palmenaer stepped down as director. NBB
2027 Frank De Palmenaer stepped down as director. NBB
Jun 1, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 653,025. filed late Source: NBB ↗
2021 Feliciaan De Palmenaer became a director. NBB
2021 Frank De Palmenaer became a director. NBB
Oct 31, 1996 New establishment in Gent. KBO
Mar 26, 1991 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 84,594 loss in 2022 to € 653,025 loss in 2025.

Paid € 763,541 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Feliciaan De Palmenaer

Director

Also active at: STUDIE- EN EXPERTISEBUREAU DE PALMENAER, ABO-GROUP ENVIRONMENT, Argonauten

since 2021 · until 2027

Frank De Palmenaer

Managing director

Also active at: FRAPAL, STUDIE- EN EXPERTISEBUREAU DE PALMENAER, Studiebureau voor wegen- en Bouwkunde - Ontwerpen, Palladion, SIPRESS, 2B Construct, ABO Logistics, GEOSONDA +15 more

since 2021 · until 2027

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Derbystraat 275

9051 Gent

What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.

Details

Company number

0443.712.246

VAT number

BE 0443.712.246

Registered office

Derbystraat 275, 9051 Gent

Names & denominations

SOCRATES BUSINESS CENTER

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

26 March 1991

Peppol

Active · Active since 21 Oct 2026

Activities · NACE

Bemiddeling in verband met exploitatie van en handel in onroerend goed

Bemiddeling bij de aankoop, verkoop en verhuur van onroerend goed

Bemiddeling bij de aankoop, verkoop en verhuur van onroerend goed voor een vast bedrag of op contractbasis

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗