Warning lights
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 27.9 to 25.1.
Financials
Financial year 2025
MERTENS BOUWONDERNEMING from Lommel, company number BE0444916927, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 431,929 after tax. For that financial year MERTENS BOUWONDERNEMING recorded a gross margin of € 2.4 million and equity of € 6.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 555,667 to € 431,929. The company is profitable. 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 July 30, 2026.
€ 6.2 million
▲ 4% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 431,929
▼ 22% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 3.1 million
▼ 11% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 220,500 paid out
51 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
25.1
▼ 1.7 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.5 million
▼ 8% vs 2024
€ 60,600 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.
€ 239,326
▼ 42% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 314,185
▼ 19% vs 2024
€ 60,698 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.
€ 83,554
▼ 50% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 246,752
▲ 266% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 3,187,597 | € 3,076,545 | € 2,722,895 | € 2,400,166 | ▼ 12% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,013,030 | € 913,227 | € 555,667 | € 431,929 | ▼ 22% |
| Equity | € 4,951,647 | € 5,804,874 | € 5,980,541 | € 6,191,970 | ▲ 4% |
| Total debts | € 1,186,279 | € 984,127 | € 884,070 | € 910,490 | ▲ 3% |
| Cash | € 2,826,294 | € 1,087,417 | € 3,425,933 | € 3,062,410 | ▼ 11% |
| Land & buildings | € 395,888 | € 359,567 | € 318,534 | € 277,502 | ▼ 13% |
| Retained profit | € 3,931,904 | € 4,785,131 | € 5,185,798 | € 5,397,228 | ▲ 4% |
| Dividend | € 205,000 | € 60,000 | € 155,000 | € 220,500 | ▲ 42% |
| Bank debt | € 547,864 | € 468,100 | € 387,050 | € 314,185 | ▼ 19% |
| Balance sheet total | € 6,137,925 | € 6,789,001 | € 6,864,611 | € 7,102,460 | ▲ 3% |
| Employees (FTE) | 30 | 27.9 | 26.8 | 25.1 | ▼ 1.7 |
Key figures of MERTENS BOUWONDERNEMING, 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 MERTENS BOUWONDERNEMING?
What happened at MERTENS BOUWONDERNEMING in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Bert Mertens stepped down as director. NBB
- Bram Mertens stepped down as director. NBB
- Jacobus Mertens stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 431,929 (▼ 22% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Bert Mertens became a director. NBB
- Bram Mertens became a director. NBB
- Jacobus Mertens became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Lommel. KBO
In short
From € 1 million profit in 2022 to € 431,929 profit in 2025.
Paid € 1.2 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 1 million profit.
On average € 95,600 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Bert Mertens
Director
since 2025 · until 2030
Bram Mertens
Managing director
since 2025 · until 2030
since 2025 · until 2030
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Hendrik Heymanstraat 18
3920 Lommel
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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Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Microsoft 365
Hosting
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Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0444.916.927
- VAT number
- BE 0444.916.927
- Registered office
- Hendrik Heymanstraat 18, 3920 Lommel
- Names & denominations
- MERTENS BOUWONDERNEMING
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 14 August 1991
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 20 Aug 2025
- Contact
- mertensnv.be
- Activities · NACE
Bouwen van individuele huizen
Algemene bouw van residentiële gebouwen
Overige werkzaamheden in verband met de afwerking van gebouwen
Bemiddeling in verband met exploitatie van en handel in onroerend goed
Handel in eigen 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