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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2022.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Barry Callebaut Services from Lebbeke, company number BE0444734706, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 34.9 million after tax. For that financial year Barry Callebaut Services recorded revenue of € 136.1 million and equity of € 1.4 billion. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 48.9 million to € 34.9 million. 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 February 16, 2026.
€ 1.4 billion
▲ 3% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 34.9 million
▼ 29% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 1.5 billion
▲ 107% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 424.6 million.
People and assets in 2025
69.4
▼ 3.8 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 11.4 million
▼ 3% vs 2024
€ 164,400 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.
€ 827,600
▼ 48% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 5.8 billion
▲ 62% vs 2024
€ 453.3 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 8 years.
€ 59.4 million
▼ 22% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 234 days on average.
€ 10.9 million
▼ 59% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 60,120,967 | € 75,860,975 | € 92,241,133 | € 136,104,711 | ▲ 48% |
| Profit after taxes | € 15,031,808 | € 37,535,689 | € 48,907,924 | € 34,860,438 | ▼ 29% |
| Equity | € 1,232,578,989 | € 1,270,114,678 | € 1,319,022,602 | € 1,353,883,040 | ▲ 3% |
| Total debts | € 3,049,186,133 | € 2,542,812,067 | € 4,168,301,575 | € 6,238,946,059 | ▲ 50% |
| Cash | € 605,830,123 | € 217,463,614 | € 741,283,866 | € 1,533,503,724 | ▲ 107% |
| Retained profit | € 303,292,989 | € 340,828,678 | € 389,736,602 | € 424,597,040 | ▲ 9% |
| Bank debt | € 2,650,803,343 | € 2,252,585,665 | € 3,569,967,508 | € 5,781,425,537 | ▲ 62% |
| Balance sheet total | € 4,285,882,906 | € 3,816,813,470 | € 5,494,306,528 | € 7,598,750,846 | ▲ 38% |
| Employees (FTE) | 78.9 | 75.4 | 73.2 | 69.4 | ▼ 3.8 |
Key figures of Barry Callebaut Services, 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 March 2027.
What happened to Barry Callebaut Services?
What happened at Barry Callebaut Services in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Luc Temmerman stepped down as director. NBB
- Peter Vanneste stepped down as director. NBB
- Tom Van de Vyver stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 34.9 million (▼ 29% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Paul Borra stepped down as director. NBB
- Luc Temmerman became a director. NBB
- Peter Vanneste became a director. NBB
- Paul Borra became a director. NBB
In short
From € 15 million profit in 2022 to € 34.9 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 47 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 48.9 million profit.
Management
The shares are held by Barry Callebaut AG (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Luc Temmerman
Director
Also active at: Barry Callebaut Belgium NV, International Business Company Belgium, EUROPE CHOCOLATE COMPANY, CABOSSE NATURALS
since 2024 · until 2029
Peter Vanneste
Director
since 2023 · until 2029
Paul Borra
Director
since 2014 · until 2025
Tom Van de Vyver
Director
since 2011 · until 2029
Shareholders
Barry Callebaut AG
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Aalstersestraat 122
9280 Lebbeke
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0444.734.706
- VAT number
- BE 0444.734.706
- Registered office
- Aalstersestraat 122, 9280 Lebbeke
- Names & denominations
- Barry Callebaut Services
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 2 August 1991
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 28 Jul 2025
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