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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.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 5.7 to 4.4.
Financials
Financial year 2025
LOUIS DAMMEN from Balen, company number BE0444355020, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 63,599 after tax. For that financial year LOUIS DAMMEN recorded a gross margin of € 308,901 and equity of € 507,739. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 54,420 to € 63,599. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 26, 2026.
€ 507,739
▲ 12% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 63,599
▲ 17% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 7,743
▲ € 7,515 vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 10,000 paid out
16 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to AEQUUS (99 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
4.4
▼ 0.6 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 191,467
▼ 8% vs 2024
€ 43,500 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.
€ 10,582
▲ € 8,886 vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 133,348
▼ 4% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 313,155
▼ 11% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 113,040
▲ 24% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 189,844 | € 288,413 | € 312,119 | € 308,901 | ▼ 1% |
| Profit after taxes | € 49,302 | € 65,875 | € 54,420 | € 63,599 | ▲ 17% |
| Equity | € 353,845 | € 409,720 | € 454,140 | € 507,739 | ▲ 12% |
| Total debts | € 407,436 | € 544,396 | € 623,393 | € 585,182 | ▼ 6% |
| Cash | € 35,542 | € 2,936 | € 229 | € 7,743 | ▲ € 7,515 |
| Retained profit | € 288,845 | € 344,720 | € 389,140 | € 442,739 | ▲ 14% |
| Dividend | € 10,000 | € 10,000 | € 10,000 | € 10,000 | |
| Bank debt | € 151,923 | € 148,347 | € 139,103 | € 133,348 | ▼ 4% |
| Balance sheet total | € 761,281 | € 954,116 | € 1,077,533 | € 1,092,921 | ▲ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 4.7 | 5.7 | 5 | 4.4 | ▼ 0.6 |
Key figures of LOUIS DAMMEN, 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 LOUIS DAMMEN?
What happened at LOUIS DAMMEN in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Johan Dammen stepped down as director. NBB
- Sabine Geuens stepped down as director. NBB
- Clemence Vanhove stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 63,599 (▲ 17% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Johan Dammen became a director. NBB
- Sabine Geuens became a director. NBB
- Clemence Vanhove became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Balen. KBO
In short
From € 49,302 profit in 2022 to € 63,599 profit in 2025.
Paid € 87,382 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 65,875 profit.
On average € 70,200 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
The stake of AEQUUS comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
LOUIS DAMMENThe shares are held by AEQUUS (99%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2026 · until 2032
since 2026 · until 2032
since 2026 · until 2032
Shareholders
99%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Vaartstraat 143
2490 Balen
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0444.355.020
- VAT number
- BE 0444.355.020
- Registered office
- Vaartstraat 143, 2490 Balen
- Names & denominations
- LOUIS DAMMEN
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 18 June 1991
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