What does PALOUME do?

PALOUME is a logistics company in Antwerpen. Public Limited, started on 16 December 1991, 1 establishment.

What is the address of PALOUME?

The registered office of PALOUME is located at Viaduct-Dam 106, 2060 Antwerpen.

Is PALOUME still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (31 October 2026) PALOUME is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 16 December 1991.

Is PALOUME registered on Peppol?

Yes, PALOUME is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0446083895.

What is the enterprise number of PALOUME?

The enterprise number of PALOUME is BE0446083895.

When was PALOUME founded?

PALOUME was founded on 16 December 1991.

Who are the directors of PALOUME?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of PALOUME are: Nexterra BV, Ole Sander, Jörg Berner, Hans-Jörg Bertschi.

Is PALOUME 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; 4 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did PALOUME make in 2025?

PALOUME posted a profit after taxes of € 393,478 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of PALOUME?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), PALOUME reported revenue of € 30,157,924.

How much does an employee at PALOUME earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at PALOUME was € 90,200 in 2025: staff costs of € 3.1 million for 34.1 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does PALOUME have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, PALOUME has 34.1 full-time equivalents (FTE).

PALOUME (Public Limited) - Antwerpen - BE0446083895

Dossier PALOUME, printed on 1 November 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0446083895/paloume. 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 40.8 to 34.1.

Financials

Financial year 2025

PALOUME from Antwerpen, company number BE0446083895, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 393,478 after tax. For that financial year PALOUME recorded revenue of € 30.2 million and equity of € 6.8 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 572,629 to € 393,478. 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 October 16, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 6.8 million

▲ 6% vs 2024

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

Profit Healthy

€ 393,478

▼ 31% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 2 million

▼ 46% 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 € 6.5 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

34.1

▼ 4.1 vs 2024

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

Wage cost Staff costs are payroll only. Director pay sits with services and miscellaneous goods: € 1.4 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 3.1 million

▼ 6% vs 2024

€ 90,200 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 85,978

▲ 13% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

None

No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.

Owed to suppliers

€ 2.1 million

▲ 28% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 28 days on average.

Wages and social charges

€ 320,854

▲ 1% vs 2024

Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Revenue	€ 39,402,933 Revenue 2022: € 39,402,933 First fiscal year in the series	€ 47,721,516 Revenue 2023: € 47,721,516 ▲ 21% vs 2022 (€ 39,402,933) Favourable step	€ 26,584,921 Revenue 2024: € 26,584,921 ▼ 44% vs 2023 (€ 47,721,516) Unfavourable step	€ 30,157,924 Revenue 2025: € 30,157,924 ▲ 13% vs 2024 (€ 26,584,921) Favourable step	▲ 13%
Profit after taxes	€ -706,343 Profit after taxes 2022: € -706,343 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,126,744 Profit after taxes 2023: € 1,126,744 ▲ € 1.8 million vs 2022 (€ -706,343) Favourable step	€ 572,629 Profit after taxes 2024: € 572,629 ▼ 49% vs 2023 (€ 1,126,744) Unfavourable step	€ 393,478 Profit after taxes 2025: € 393,478 ▼ 31% vs 2024 (€ 572,629) Unfavourable step	▼ 31%
Equity	€ 5,664,621 Equity 2022: € 5,664,621 First fiscal year in the series	€ 6,791,364 Equity 2023: € 6,791,364 ▲ 20% vs 2022 (€ 5,664,621) Favourable step	€ 6,363,993 Equity 2024: € 6,363,993 ▼ 6% vs 2023 (€ 6,791,364) Unfavourable step	€ 6,757,471 Equity 2025: € 6,757,471 ▲ 6% vs 2024 (€ 6,363,993) Favourable step	▲ 6%
Total debts	€ 29,003,642 Total debts 2022: € 29,003,642 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,895,208 Total debts 2023: € 3,895,208 ▼ 87% vs 2022 (€ 29,003,642) Favourable step	€ 3,380,803 Total debts 2024: € 3,380,803 ▼ 13% vs 2023 (€ 3,895,208) Favourable step	€ 3,583,782 Total debts 2025: € 3,583,782 ▲ 6% vs 2024 (€ 3,380,803) Unfavourable step	▲ 6%
Cash	€ 2,435,548 Cash 2022: € 2,435,548 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,865,508 Cash 2023: € 2,865,508 ▲ 18% vs 2022 (€ 2,435,548) Favourable step	€ 3,720,569 Cash 2024: € 3,720,569 ▲ 30% vs 2023 (€ 2,865,508) Favourable step	€ 2,023,985 Cash 2025: € 2,023,985 ▼ 46% vs 2024 (€ 3,720,569) Unfavourable step	▼ 46%
Retained profit	€ 5,407,825 Retained profit 2022: € 5,407,825 First fiscal year in the series	€ 6,534,569 Retained profit 2023: € 6,534,569 ▲ 21% vs 2022 (€ 5,407,825) Favourable step	€ 6,107,197 Retained profit 2024: € 6,107,197 ▼ 7% vs 2023 (€ 6,534,569) Unfavourable step	€ 6,500,675 Retained profit 2025: € 6,500,675 ▲ 6% vs 2024 (€ 6,107,197) Favourable step	▲ 6%
Dividend	€ 0 Dividend 2022: € 0 First fiscal year in the series	€ 0 Dividend 2023: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 1,000,000 Dividend 2024: € 1,000,000 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2025: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2024 (€ 1,000,000) Unchanged	▼ 100%
Bank debt	€ 7,900,000 Bank debt 2022: € 7,900,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 400,000 Bank debt 2023: € 400,000 ▼ 95% vs 2022 (€ 7,900,000) Favourable step	€ 0 Bank debt 2024: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2023 (€ 400,000) Favourable step	€ 0 Bank debt 2025: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged
Balance sheet total	€ 35,061,539 Balance sheet total 2022: € 35,061,539 First fiscal year in the series	€ 10,729,849 Balance sheet total 2023: € 10,729,849 ▼ 69% vs 2022 (€ 35,061,539) Unchanged	€ 9,788,072 Balance sheet total 2024: € 9,788,072 ▼ 9% vs 2023 (€ 10,729,849) Unchanged	€ 10,392,463 Balance sheet total 2025: € 10,392,463 ▲ 6% vs 2024 (€ 9,788,072) Unchanged	▲ 6%
Employees (FTE)	49.2 Employees (FTE) 2022: 49.2 First fiscal year in the series	40.8 Employees (FTE) 2023: 40.8 ▼ 8.4 vs 2022 (49.2) Unchanged	38.2 Employees (FTE) 2024: 38.2 ▼ 2.6 vs 2023 (40.8) Unchanged	34.1 Employees (FTE) 2025: 34.1 ▼ 4.1 vs 2024 (38.2) Unchanged	▼ 4.1

Key figures of PALOUME, 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 PALOUME?

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

2027 Ole Sander stepped down as director. NBB
2027 Jörg Berner stepped down as director. NBB
2027 Hans-Jörg Bertschi stepped down as director. NBB
Oct 16, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 393,478 (▼ 31% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
2026 Nexterra BV became a director. NBB
2024 Ole Sander became a director. NBB
2024 Jörg Berner became a director. NBB
2024 Hans-Jörg Bertschi became a director. NBB

In short

From € 706,343 loss in 2022 to € 393,478 profit in 2025.

Paid € 9,666 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 1.1 million profit.

Paid out € 1 million in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Bertschi AG BO 80%

Bertschi Global AG BO 20%

PALOUME

Elite Le Havre 100%

Elite Spain Logistic 100%

Elite Paloume Forwarder Chennai PVT 100%

Elite Logistic Consultants (GB) LTD 51%

Behind PALOUME is Nexterra BV. The shares are held by Bertschi AG BO (80%) and Bertschi Global AG BO (20%). It owns 100% of Elite Le Havre, 100% of Elite Spain Logistic, 100% of Elite Paloume Forwarder Chennai PVT and 51% of Elite Logistic Consultants (GB) LTD itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Nexterra BV

Director · represented by Dirk Jacobs

since 2026

Ole Sander

Director

since 2024 · until 2027

Jörg Berner

Managing director

since 2024 · until 2027

Hans-Jörg Bertschi

Director

Also active at: BENELUX BULK TRANSPORT, BERTSCHI BELGIUM

since 2024 · until 2027

Shareholders

Bertschi AG BO

80%

Bertschi Global AG BO

20%

Participations

Elite Le Havre

100%

Elite Spain Logistic

100%

Elite Paloume Forwarder Chennai PVT

100%

Elite Logistic Consultants (GB) LTD

51%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Viaduct-Dam 106

2060 Antwerpen

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

Details

Company number

0446.083.895

VAT number

BE 0446.083.895

Registered office

Viaduct-Dam 106, 2060 Antwerpen

Names & denominations

PALOUME

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

16 December 1991

Peppol

Active · Active since 21 Oct 2026

Activities · NACE

Logistieke diensten

Expeditiekantoren

Vervoersbemiddeling

Overige vervoerondersteunende activiteiten

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

PALOUME

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Management

Directors

Shareholders

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Establishments

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