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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 22.2 to 16.
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Busy address KBO
37 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2026
BIBI FASHION from Schilde, company number BE0444703428, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 22.3 million after tax. For that financial year BIBI FASHION recorded a gross margin of € 1.5 million and equity of € 22.5 million. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € -324,999 to € 22.3 million. 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 September 23, 2026.
€ 22.5 million
▲ € 22.3 million vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 22.3 million
▲ still € 324,999 loss in 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 35,185
▼ 89% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2026. Retained profit grew to € 18.1 million.
People and assets in 2026
16
▼ 5.3 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.1 million
▼ 24% vs 2025
€ 66,200 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.
€ 49,130
▼ 44% vs 2025
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
€ 2 million
▲ 20% vs 2025
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 725,299
▲ 151% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 320,326
▼ 49% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
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| Gross margin | € 6,031,028 | € 3,054,414 | € 1,543,578 | € 1,489,194 | ▼ 4% |
| Profit after taxes | € 64,848 | € 89,247 | € -324,999 | € 22,288,141 | ▲ € 22.6 million |
| Equity | € 439,805 | € 529,053 | € 204,053 | € 22,492,194 | ▲ € 22.3 million |
| Total debts | € 24,919,956 | € 18,605,308 | € 17,185,534 | € 6,645,019 | ▼ 61% |
| Cash | € 577,679 | € 288,277 | € 309,028 | € 35,185 | ▼ 89% |
| Land & buildings | € 1,642,817 | € 1,575,343 | € 1,214,838 | € 1,157,440 | ▼ 5% |
| Retained profit | € -3,965,515 | € -3,876,267 | € -4,201,267 | € 18,086,874 | ▲ € 22.3 million |
| Bank debt | € 2,946,066 | € 1,646,176 | € 1,656,004 | € 1,986,530 | ▲ 20% |
| Balance sheet total | € 25,359,761 | € 19,134,361 | € 17,389,588 | € 29,137,213 | ▲ 68% |
| Employees (FTE) | 24.4 | 22.2 | 21.3 | 16 | ▼ 5.3 |
Key figures of BIBI FASHION, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 29 August 2027.
What happened to BIBI FASHION?
What happened at BIBI FASHION in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 22.3 million. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- New establishment in Knokke-Heist. KBO
- New establishment in Knokke-Heist. KBO
- Xavier Painblanc became a director. NBB
- Painblanc Consult BV became a director. NBB
In short
From € 64,848 profit in 2023 to € 22.3 million profit in 2026.
Paid € 10,612 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2026, with € 22.3 million profit.
On average € 93,100 of value added per employee in 2026.
Management
Behind BIBI FASHION are Xavier Painblanc and Painblanc Consult BV. It owns 1% of Padoxa itself.
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Xavier Painblanc
Managing director
Also active at: MIFRECO, PADOXA, POLYTROPHYS, Bermaso, THE ENGINE ROOM, ANTWERP FASHION AGENCY, FIVE 2 TEN BELGIUM, BOUW EN PROMOTIE DIKSMUIDESTRAAT +13 more
since 2022
Managing director · represented by Bernard Painblanc
Also active at: Bermaso V, Bermaso IV, INTERWAC, VITAMO, Bermaso, FIVE 2 TEN BELGIUM, Grondvennootschap XG, XG Projectontwikkeling +7 more
since 2022
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Wijnegemsteenweg 22 box 1
2970 Schilde
Huidevettersstraat 53 box A
2000 Antwerpen
Active since 26 November 1991
Kustlaan 81
8300 Knokke-Heist
Active since 1 March 2014
Korte Gasthuisstraat 26-28
2000 Antwerpen
Active since 31 January 2015
Lombardenvest 32
2000 Antwerpen
Active since 21 November 2012
Kustlaan 87
8300 Knokke-Heist
Active since 28 June 2019
Kustlaan 71
8300 Knokke-Heist
Active since 2 March 2020
Kustlaan 101
8300 Knokke-Heist
Active since 16 March 2024
Kustlaan 101
8300 Knokke-Heist
Active since 16 March 2024
Lombardenvest 19
2000 Antwerpen
Active since 21 October 2024
Korte Gasthuisstraat 27
2000 Antwerpen
Active since 10 February 2025
Huidevettersstraat 38
2000 Antwerpen
Active since 1 April 2026
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 37 companies are registered at this address.
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€ 8,023 gross margin · 2025
INTERWAC same network
€ 323,352 gross margin · 2025
FITRACO
€ 79,126 gross margin · 2025
PADOXA same network
€ -4,372 gross margin · 2026
POLYTROPHYS same network
€ 88,270 gross margin · 2025
+32 more
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0444.703.428
- VAT number
- BE 0444.703.428
- Registered office
- Wijnegemsteenweg 22 bus 1, 2970 Schilde
- Names & denominations
- BIBI FASHION
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 17 July 1991
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
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