AREL is a metalworking company in Balen. Private Limited, started on 16 December 1991, 1 establishment.

What is the address of AREL?

The registered office of AREL is located at KMO-straat 5, 2490 Balen.

Is AREL still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) AREL is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 16 December 1991.

Is AREL registered on Peppol?

Yes, AREL is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0445978977.

What is the enterprise number of AREL?

The enterprise number of AREL is BE0445978977.

When was AREL founded?

AREL was founded on 16 December 1991.

Who are the directors of AREL?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of AREL are: BREAKAWAY BV.

Is AREL a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 16 December 1991; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 1 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did AREL make in 2025?

AREL posted a profit after taxes of € 426,372 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of AREL?

As a small company, AREL is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 1,237,855.

How much does an employee at AREL earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at AREL was € 76,900 in 2025: staff costs of € 476,792 for 6.2 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does AREL have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, AREL has 6.2 full-time equivalents (FTE).

AREL (Private Limited) - Balen - BE0445978977

Dossier AREL, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0445978977/arel. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

AREL from Balen, company number BE0445978977, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 426,372 after tax. For that financial year AREL recorded a gross margin of € 1.2 million and equity of € 2.4 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 820,515 to € 426,372. 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 May 11, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 2.4 million

▲ 21% vs 2024

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

Profit Healthy

€ 426,372

▼ 48% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 191,512

▲ 122% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 2.4 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

6.2

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

Wage cost

€ 476,792

▼ 7% vs 2024

€ 76,900 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

€ 107,540

▼ 28% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 90,196.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 3 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.

€ 158,593

▼ 83% vs 2024

€ 39,571 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 962,607

▼ 29% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 67,809

▼ 37% 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	€ 2,177,355 Gross margin 2022: € 2,177,355 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,111,571 Gross margin 2023: € 2,111,571 ▼ 3% vs 2022 (€ 2,177,355) Unfavourable step	€ 1,695,172 Gross margin 2024: € 1,695,172 ▼ 20% vs 2023 (€ 2,111,571) Unfavourable step	€ 1,237,855 Gross margin 2025: € 1,237,855 ▼ 27% vs 2024 (€ 1,695,172) Unfavourable step	▼ 27%
Profit after taxes	€ 1,067,742 Profit after taxes 2022: € 1,067,742 First fiscal year in the series	€ 985,047 Profit after taxes 2023: € 985,047 ▼ 8% vs 2022 (€ 1,067,742) Unfavourable step	€ 820,515 Profit after taxes 2024: € 820,515 ▼ 17% vs 2023 (€ 985,047) Unfavourable step	€ 426,372 Profit after taxes 2025: € 426,372 ▼ 48% vs 2024 (€ 820,515) Unfavourable step	▼ 48%
Equity	€ 1,579,688 Equity 2022: € 1,579,688 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,664,735 Equity 2023: € 1,664,735 ▲ 5% vs 2022 (€ 1,579,688) Favourable step	€ 1,985,250 Equity 2024: € 1,985,250 ▲ 19% vs 2023 (€ 1,664,735) Favourable step	€ 2,411,622 Equity 2025: € 2,411,622 ▲ 21% vs 2024 (€ 1,985,250) Favourable step	▲ 21%
Total debts	€ 3,324,280 Total debts 2022: € 3,324,280 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,512,085 Total debts 2023: € 2,512,085 ▼ 24% vs 2022 (€ 3,324,280) Favourable step	€ 2,943,676 Total debts 2024: € 2,943,676 ▲ 17% vs 2023 (€ 2,512,085) Unfavourable step	€ 1,266,808 Total debts 2025: € 1,266,808 ▼ 57% vs 2024 (€ 2,943,676) Favourable step	▼ 57%
Cash	€ 200,253 Cash 2022: € 200,253 First fiscal year in the series	€ 408,407 Cash 2023: € 408,407 ▲ 104% vs 2022 (€ 200,253) Favourable step	€ 86,352 Cash 2024: € 86,352 ▼ 79% vs 2023 (€ 408,407) Unfavourable step	€ 191,512 Cash 2025: € 191,512 ▲ 122% vs 2024 (€ 86,352) Favourable step	▲ 122%
Retained profit	€ 1,561,088 Retained profit 2022: € 1,561,088 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,646,135 Retained profit 2023: € 1,646,135 ▲ 5% vs 2022 (€ 1,561,088) Favourable step	€ 1,966,650 Retained profit 2024: € 1,966,650 ▲ 19% vs 2023 (€ 1,646,135) Favourable step	€ 2,393,022 Retained profit 2025: € 2,393,022 ▲ 22% vs 2024 (€ 1,966,650) Favourable step	▲ 22%
Dividend	€ 975,000 Dividend 2022: € 975,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 900,000 Dividend 2023: € 900,000 ▼ 8% vs 2022 (€ 975,000) Unchanged	€ 500,000 Dividend 2024: € 500,000 ▼ 44% vs 2023 (€ 900,000) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2025: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2024 (€ 500,000) Unchanged	▼ 100%
Bank debt	€ 890,551 Bank debt 2022: € 890,551 First fiscal year in the series	€ 786,265 Bank debt 2023: € 786,265 ▼ 12% vs 2022 (€ 890,551) Favourable step	€ 918,242 Bank debt 2024: € 918,242 ▲ 17% vs 2023 (€ 786,265) Unfavourable step	€ 158,593 Bank debt 2025: € 158,593 ▼ 83% vs 2024 (€ 918,242) Favourable step	▼ 83%
Balance sheet total	€ 4,903,968 Balance sheet total 2022: € 4,903,968 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,176,821 Balance sheet total 2023: € 4,176,821 ▼ 15% vs 2022 (€ 4,903,968) Unchanged	€ 4,928,926 Balance sheet total 2024: € 4,928,926 ▲ 18% vs 2023 (€ 4,176,821) Unchanged	€ 3,678,430 Balance sheet total 2025: € 3,678,430 ▼ 25% vs 2024 (€ 4,928,926) Unchanged	▼ 25%
Employees (FTE)	9.6 Employees (FTE) 2022: 9.6 First fiscal year in the series	9 Employees (FTE) 2023: 9 ▼ 0.6 vs 2022 (9.6) Unchanged	6.2 Employees (FTE) 2024: 6.2 ▼ 2.8 vs 2023 (9) Unchanged	6.2 Employees (FTE) 2025: 6.2 Unchanged (6.2) Unchanged

Key figures of AREL, 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 AREL?

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

May 11, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 426,372 (▼ 48% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
Dec 24, 1991 New establishment in Balen. KBO
Dec 16, 1991 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 1.1 million profit in 2022 to € 426,372 profit in 2025.

Paid € 920,774 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 1.1 million profit.

On average € 199,700 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

BREAKAWAY 100%

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

AREL

Behind AREL is BREAKAWAY BV. The shares are held by BREAKAWAY (100%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

BREAKAWAY BV

Director · represented by KRIS SAUVILLERS

Also active at: Casarel

Shareholders

BREAKAWAY

100%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

KMO-straat 5

2490 Balen

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 4 companies are registered at this address.

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

Details

Company number

0445.978.977

VAT number

BE 0445.978.977

Registered office

KMO-straat 5, 2490 Balen

Names & denominations

AREL

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

16 December 1991

Peppol

Active · Active since 25 Jun 2026

Activities · NACE

Verspanend bewerken van metalen

Algemene metaalbewerking

Elektrotechnische installatiewerken van nijverheidsinrichtingen

Dakwerkzaamheden

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

AREL

Financials

What happened to AREL?

Management

Directors

Shareholders

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