What does BRAINSCAPE do?

BRAINSCAPE is a waste processor in Schoten. Public Limited, started on 25 June 1991, 1 establishment.

What is the address of BRAINSCAPE?

The registered office of BRAINSCAPE is located at Kanaaldijk 353, 2900 Schoten.

Is BRAINSCAPE still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) BRAINSCAPE is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 25 June 1991.

Is BRAINSCAPE registered on Peppol?

Yes, BRAINSCAPE is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0444532687.

What is the enterprise number of BRAINSCAPE?

The enterprise number of BRAINSCAPE is BE0444532687.

When was BRAINSCAPE founded?

BRAINSCAPE was founded on 25 June 1991.

Who are the directors of BRAINSCAPE?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of BRAINSCAPE are: Ankar BV, Karel Wouters.

Is BRAINSCAPE a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 25 June 1991; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did BRAINSCAPE make in 2025?

BRAINSCAPE posted a profit after taxes of € 414,102 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of BRAINSCAPE?

As a small company, BRAINSCAPE is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 677,738.

How much does an employee at BRAINSCAPE earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at BRAINSCAPE was € 43,000 in 2025: staff costs of € 219,292 for 5.1 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does BRAINSCAPE have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, BRAINSCAPE has 5.1 full-time equivalents (FTE).

BRAINSCAPE (Public Limited) - Schoten - BE0444532687

Dossier BRAINSCAPE, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0444532687/brainscape. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

BRAINSCAPE from Schoten, company number BE0444532687, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 414,102 after tax. For that financial year BRAINSCAPE recorded a gross margin of € 677,738 and equity of € 186,897. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 433,371 to € 414,102. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 10, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 186,897

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

Profit Healthy

€ 414,102

▼ 4% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 389,544

▲ 62% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 414,000 paid out

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

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

5.1

▲ 0.4 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 219,292

▲ 14% vs 2024

€ 43,000 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

€ 48,239

▲ 15% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 2 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.

€ 17,198

▼ 39% vs 2024

€ 11,341 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 555,370

▲ 174% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 27,643

▼ 27% 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
Gross margin	€ 699,350 Gross margin 2022: € 699,350 First fiscal year in the series	€ 835,463 Gross margin 2023: € 835,463 ▲ 19% vs 2022 (€ 699,350) Favourable step	€ 706,224 Gross margin 2024: € 706,224 ▼ 15% vs 2023 (€ 835,463) Unfavourable step	€ 677,738 Gross margin 2025: € 677,738 ▼ 4% vs 2024 (€ 706,224) Unfavourable step	▼ 4%
Profit after taxes	€ 510,036 Profit after taxes 2022: € 510,036 First fiscal year in the series	€ 612,024 Profit after taxes 2023: € 612,024 ▲ 20% vs 2022 (€ 510,036) Favourable step	€ 433,371 Profit after taxes 2024: € 433,371 ▼ 29% vs 2023 (€ 612,024) Unfavourable step	€ 414,102 Profit after taxes 2025: € 414,102 ▼ 4% vs 2024 (€ 433,371) Unfavourable step	▼ 4%
Equity	€ 185,400 Equity 2022: € 185,400 First fiscal year in the series	€ 185,424 Equity 2023: € 185,424 Unchanged (€ 185,400) Favourable step	€ 186,796 Equity 2024: € 186,796 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 185,424) Favourable step	€ 186,897 Equity 2025: € 186,897 Unchanged (€ 186,796) Favourable step
Total debts	€ 744,912 Total debts 2022: € 744,912 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,020,520 Total debts 2023: € 1,020,520 ▲ 37% vs 2022 (€ 744,912) Unfavourable step	€ 702,764 Total debts 2024: € 702,764 ▼ 31% vs 2023 (€ 1,020,520) Favourable step	€ 1,014,211 Total debts 2025: € 1,014,211 ▲ 44% vs 2024 (€ 702,764) Unfavourable step	▲ 44%
Cash	€ 527,176 Cash 2022: € 527,176 First fiscal year in the series	€ 368,311 Cash 2023: € 368,311 ▼ 30% vs 2022 (€ 527,176) Unfavourable step	€ 239,873 Cash 2024: € 239,873 ▼ 35% vs 2023 (€ 368,311) Unfavourable step	€ 389,544 Cash 2025: € 389,544 ▲ 62% vs 2024 (€ 239,873) Favourable step	▲ 62%
Retained profit	€ 23,400 Retained profit 2022: € 23,400 First fiscal year in the series	€ 23,424 Retained profit 2023: € 23,424 Unchanged (€ 23,400) Favourable step	€ 24,796 Retained profit 2024: € 24,796 ▲ 6% vs 2023 (€ 23,424) Favourable step	€ 24,897 Retained profit 2025: € 24,897 Unchanged (€ 24,796) Favourable step
Dividend	€ 504,000 Dividend 2022: € 504,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 612,000 Dividend 2023: € 612,000 ▲ 21% vs 2022 (€ 504,000) Unchanged	€ 432,000 Dividend 2024: € 432,000 ▼ 29% vs 2023 (€ 612,000) Unchanged	€ 414,000 Dividend 2025: € 414,000 ▼ 4% vs 2024 (€ 432,000) Unchanged	▼ 4%
Bank debt	€ 0 Bank debt 2022: € 0 First fiscal year in the series	€ 39,311 Bank debt 2023: € 39,311 Unchanged (€ 0) Unfavourable step	€ 28,060 Bank debt 2024: € 28,060 ▼ 29% vs 2023 (€ 39,311) Favourable step	€ 17,198 Bank debt 2025: € 17,198 ▼ 39% vs 2024 (€ 28,060) Favourable step	▼ 39%
Balance sheet total	€ 930,312 Balance sheet total 2022: € 930,312 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,205,944 Balance sheet total 2023: € 1,205,944 ▲ 30% vs 2022 (€ 930,312) Unchanged	€ 889,560 Balance sheet total 2024: € 889,560 ▼ 26% vs 2023 (€ 1,205,944) Unchanged	€ 1,201,108 Balance sheet total 2025: € 1,201,108 ▲ 35% vs 2024 (€ 889,560) Unchanged	▲ 35%
Employees (FTE)	4.4 Employees (FTE) 2022: 4.4 First fiscal year in the series	4.6 Employees (FTE) 2023: 4.6 ▲ 0.2 vs 2022 (4.4) Unchanged	4.7 Employees (FTE) 2024: 4.7 ▲ 0.1 vs 2023 (4.6) Unchanged	5.1 Employees (FTE) 2025: 5.1 ▲ 0.4 vs 2024 (4.7) Unchanged	▲ 0.4

Key figures of BRAINSCAPE, 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 BRAINSCAPE?

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

2029 Ankar BV stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Karel Wouters stepped down as director. NBB
Jun 10, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 414,102 (▼ 4% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2023 Ankar BV became a director. NBB
2023 Karel Wouters became a director. NBB
Jul 25, 1991 New establishment in Schoten. KBO
Jun 25, 1991 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 510,036 profit in 2022 to € 414,102 profit in 2025.

Paid € 12,398 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 612,024 profit.

On average € 132,900 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

ANKAR 100%

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

BRAINSCAPE

The shares are held by ANKAR (100%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Ankar BV

Director · represented by Anna Blindenberg

since 2023 · until 2029

Karel Wouters

Managing director

Also active at: ANKAR

since 2023 · until 2029

Shareholders

ANKAR

100%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Kanaaldijk 353

2900 Schoten

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

Details

Company number

0444.532.687

VAT number

BE 0444.532.687

Registered office

Kanaaldijk 353, 2900 Schoten

Names & denominations

BRAINSCAPE

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

25 June 1991

Peppol

Active · Active since 21 Oct 2026

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