What does Ets ALBERT CLOSE do?

Ets ALBERT CLOSE is a market trader in Durbuy. Public Limited, started on 14 December 1991, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Ets ALBERT CLOSE?

The registered office of Ets ALBERT CLOSE is located at Rue de Liège 47, 6941 Durbuy.

Is Ets ALBERT CLOSE still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) Ets ALBERT CLOSE is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 14 December 1991.

Is Ets ALBERT CLOSE registered on Peppol?

Yes, Ets ALBERT CLOSE is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0446071326.

What is the enterprise number of Ets ALBERT CLOSE?

The enterprise number of Ets ALBERT CLOSE is BE0446071326.

When was Ets ALBERT CLOSE founded?

Ets ALBERT CLOSE was founded on 14 December 1991.

Who are the directors of Ets ALBERT CLOSE?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Ets ALBERT CLOSE are: Ludovic Close, Pascal Close .

Is Ets ALBERT CLOSE a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 14 December 1991; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did Ets ALBERT CLOSE make in 2025?

Ets ALBERT CLOSE posted a profit after taxes of € 64,821 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Ets ALBERT CLOSE?

As a small company, Ets ALBERT CLOSE is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 381,172.

How much does an employee at Ets ALBERT CLOSE earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Ets ALBERT CLOSE was € 41,400 in 2025: staff costs of € 223,658 for 5.4 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Ets ALBERT CLOSE have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Ets ALBERT CLOSE has 5.4 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Ets ALBERT CLOSE (Public Limited) - Durbuy - BE0446071326

Dossier Ets ALBERT CLOSE, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0446071326/ets-albert-close. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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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.

Shrinking team NBB

FTE fell two years in a row, from 6.5 to 5.4.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Ets ALBERT CLOSE from Durbuy, company number BE0446071326, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 64,821 after tax. For that financial year Ets ALBERT CLOSE recorded a gross margin of € 381,172 and equity of € 1.1 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -839 to € 64,821. 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 3, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 1.1 million

▲ 6% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 64,821

▲ still € 839 loss in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 333,063

▲ 35% 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 € 871,943.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

5.4

▼ 0.9 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 223,658

▼ 22% vs 2024

€ 41,400 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 37,173

▼ 25% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

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.

€ 241,877

▼ 12% vs 2024

€ 28,322 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 61,798

▼ 28% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 75,997

▲ 111% 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	€ 493,601 Gross margin 2022: € 493,601 First fiscal year in the series	€ 447,442 Gross margin 2023: € 447,442 ▼ 9% vs 2022 (€ 493,601) Unfavourable step	€ 369,890 Gross margin 2024: € 369,890 ▼ 17% vs 2023 (€ 447,442) Unfavourable step	€ 381,172 Gross margin 2025: € 381,172 ▲ 3% vs 2024 (€ 369,890) Favourable step	▲ 3%
Profit after taxes	€ 50,304 Profit after taxes 2022: € 50,304 First fiscal year in the series	€ 6,102 Profit after taxes 2023: € 6,102 ▼ 88% vs 2022 (€ 50,304) Unfavourable step	€ -839 Profit after taxes 2024: € -839 ▼ € 6,941 vs 2023 (€ 6,102) Unfavourable step	€ 64,821 Profit after taxes 2025: € 64,821 ▲ € 65,659 vs 2024 (€ -839) Favourable step	▲ € 65,659
Equity	€ 1,076,675 Equity 2022: € 1,076,675 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,072,711 Equity 2023: € 1,072,711 Unchanged (€ 1,076,675) Unfavourable step	€ 1,071,872 Equity 2024: € 1,071,872 Unchanged (€ 1,072,711) Unfavourable step	€ 1,136,693 Equity 2025: € 1,136,693 ▲ 6% vs 2024 (€ 1,071,872) Favourable step	▲ 6%
Total debts	€ 409,794 Total debts 2022: € 409,794 First fiscal year in the series	€ 452,195 Total debts 2023: € 452,195 ▲ 10% vs 2022 (€ 409,794) Unfavourable step	€ 444,315 Total debts 2024: € 444,315 ▼ 2% vs 2023 (€ 452,195) Favourable step	€ 423,597 Total debts 2025: € 423,597 ▼ 5% vs 2024 (€ 444,315) Favourable step	▼ 5%
Cash	€ 387,826 Cash 2022: € 387,826 First fiscal year in the series	€ 273,278 Cash 2023: € 273,278 ▼ 30% vs 2022 (€ 387,826) Unfavourable step	€ 246,867 Cash 2024: € 246,867 ▼ 10% vs 2023 (€ 273,278) Unfavourable step	€ 333,063 Cash 2025: € 333,063 ▲ 35% vs 2024 (€ 246,867) Favourable step	▲ 35%
Land & buildings	€ 281,489 Land & buildings 2022: € 281,489 First fiscal year in the series	€ 225,943 Land & buildings 2023: € 225,943 ▼ 20% vs 2022 (€ 281,489) Unchanged	€ 187,016 Land & buildings 2024: € 187,016 ▼ 17% vs 2023 (€ 225,943) Unchanged	€ 148,364 Land & buildings 2025: € 148,364 ▼ 21% vs 2024 (€ 187,016) Unchanged	▼ 21%
Retained profit	€ 811,925 Retained profit 2022: € 811,925 First fiscal year in the series	€ 807,961 Retained profit 2023: € 807,961 Unchanged (€ 811,925) Unfavourable step	€ 807,122 Retained profit 2024: € 807,122 Unchanged (€ 807,961) Unfavourable step	€ 871,943 Retained profit 2025: € 871,943 ▲ 8% vs 2024 (€ 807,122) Favourable step	▲ 8%
Dividend	€ 0 Dividend 2022: € 0 First fiscal year in the series	€ 10,067 Dividend 2023: € 10,067 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2024: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2023 (€ 10,067) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2025: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged
Bank debt	€ 239,750 Bank debt 2022: € 239,750 First fiscal year in the series	€ 189,774 Bank debt 2023: € 189,774 ▼ 21% vs 2022 (€ 239,750) Favourable step	€ 274,946 Bank debt 2024: € 274,946 ▲ 45% vs 2023 (€ 189,774) Unfavourable step	€ 241,877 Bank debt 2025: € 241,877 ▼ 12% vs 2024 (€ 274,946) Favourable step	▼ 12%
Balance sheet total	€ 1,486,469 Balance sheet total 2022: € 1,486,469 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,524,906 Balance sheet total 2023: € 1,524,906 ▲ 3% vs 2022 (€ 1,486,469) Unchanged	€ 1,516,188 Balance sheet total 2024: € 1,516,188 ▼ 1% vs 2023 (€ 1,524,906) Unchanged	€ 1,560,290 Balance sheet total 2025: € 1,560,290 ▲ 3% vs 2024 (€ 1,516,188) Unchanged	▲ 3%
Employees (FTE)	6.1 Employees (FTE) 2022: 6.1 First fiscal year in the series	6.5 Employees (FTE) 2023: 6.5 ▲ 0.4 vs 2022 (6.1) Unchanged	6.3 Employees (FTE) 2024: 6.3 ▼ 0.2 vs 2023 (6.5) Unchanged	5.4 Employees (FTE) 2025: 5.4 ▼ 0.9 vs 2024 (6.3) Unchanged	▼ 0.9

Key figures of Ets ALBERT CLOSE, 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 Ets ALBERT CLOSE?

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

2030 Ludovic Close stepped down as director. NBB
2030 Pascal Close stepped down as director. NBB
Sep 3, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 64,821. filed late Source: NBB ↗
2006 Ludovic Close became a director. NBB
2006 Pascal Close became a director. NBB
Mar 26, 1992 New establishment in Durbuy. KBO
Dec 14, 1991 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 50,304 profit in 2022 to € 64,821 profit in 2025.

Paid € 64,148 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2025, with € 64,821 profit.

On average € 70,600 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Ets ALBERT CLOSE

close garage

It owns close garage itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Ludovic Close

Director

since 2006 · until 2030

Pascal Close

Director

since 2006 · until 2030

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Rue de Liège 47

6941 Durbuy

2.056.752.861

Rue de Liège 47 box -

6941 Durbuy

Active since 26 March 1992

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

0446.071.326

VAT number

BE 0446.071.326

Registered office

Rue de Liège 47, 6941 Durbuy

Names & denominations

Ets ALBERT CLOSE

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

14 December 1991

Peppol

Active · Active since 4 Feb 2026

Activities · NACE

Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)

Onderhoud en reparatie van auto's

Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)

Carrosserieherstelling (inclusief spuiten en verven)

Detailhandel in motorbrandstoffen

Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)

Detailhandel in motorvoertuigen

Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)

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Ets ALBERT CLOSE

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