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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.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 2 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2023.
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Busy address KBO
10 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
TRADING PLACES from Lier, company number BE0447686276, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -704,343 after tax. For that financial year TRADING PLACES recorded a gross margin of € 322,625 and equity of € 3.8 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 33,699 to € -704,343. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 30, 2026.
€ 3.8 million
▼ 16% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -704,343
▼ still € 33,699 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 86,177
▼ 84% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 3.7 million.
People and assets in 2025
2
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 97,697
▲ 16% vs 2024
€ 48,800 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.
€ 131,757
▼ 11% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 13.9 million
▲ 15% vs 2024
€ 331,399 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 10 years.
€ 1.3 million
▼ 39% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 89,163
▼ 18% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 4,642,989 | € 6,928,615 | € 909,222 | € 322,625 | ▼ 65% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,021,559 | € 3,558,897 | € 33,699 | € -704,343 | ▼ € 738,043 |
| Equity | € 1,803,490 | € 5,362,387 | € 4,496,086 | € 3,791,743 | ▼ 16% |
| Total debts | € 27,562,815 | € 18,595,960 | € 15,264,304 | € 16,880,249 | ▲ 11% |
| Cash | € 2,230,403 | € 65,841 | € 550,219 | € 86,177 | ▼ 84% |
| Land & buildings | € 6,236,991 | € 6,742,567 | € 6,469,924 | € 9,040,889 | ▲ 40% |
| Retained profit | € 1,676,155 | € 5,235,052 | € 4,368,751 | € 3,664,408 | ▼ 16% |
| Dividend | € 4,250,000 | € 0 | € 900,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 16,740,141 | € 10,646,377 | € 12,151,699 | € 13,929,282 | ▲ 15% |
| Balance sheet total | € 30,015,633 | € 25,717,593 | € 21,489,552 | € 22,368,682 | ▲ 4% |
| Employees (FTE) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Key figures of TRADING PLACES, 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 TRADING PLACES?
What happened at TRADING PLACES in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Patrick August Bouwen stepped down as director. NBB
- Kim Heungens stepped down as director. NBB
- Cyrielle Yvonne Bouwen stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 704,343 (▼ € 738,043 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Patrick August Bouwen became a director. NBB
- Kim Heungens became a director. NBB
- Cyrielle Yvonne Bouwen became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Lier. KBO
In short
From € 1 million profit in 2022 to € 704,343 loss in 2025.
Paid € 1.7 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 3.6 million profit.
On average € 161,300 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
The stake of B.P.A. comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
TRADING PLACESThe shares are held by B.P.A. (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Patrick August Bouwen
Managing director
Also active at: Union, GROUP BOUWEN IMMO, B.P.A., FALCON, ALLIANCE, RESIDENTIE DEN DULFT, HET FORT, BEDRIJVENPARK STONE +3 more
since 2018 · until 2030
Kim Heungens
Director
Also active at: Union, GROUP BOUWEN IMMO, B.P.A., RESIDENTIE DEN DULFT, HET FORT, VIMINALIS, VIMINALIS II, BEDRIJVENPARK STONE +4 more
since 2018 · until 2030
Cyrielle Yvonne Bouwen
Director
Also active at: Union, GROUP BOUWEN IMMO, B.P.A., ALLIANCE, BEDRIJVENPARK STONE, DIEGEM STATION II
since 2015 · until 2030
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Hoogveldweg 155 box 3
2500 Lier
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 10 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →GROUP BOUWEN IMMO same network
€ -707 gross margin · 2025
B.P.A. same network
€ 1.3 million gross margin · 2025
WILS & PEETERS
€ 320,919 gross margin · 2026
ALLIANCE same network
€ 108,587 gross margin · 2025
RESIDENTIE DEN DULFT same network
€ -4,564 gross margin · 2025
+5 more
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0447.686.276
- VAT number
- BE 0447.686.276
- Registered office
- Hoogveldweg 155 bus 3, 2500 Lier
- Names & denominations
- TRADING PLACES · T.P.
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 23 June 1992
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- Active · Active since 8 Jan 2025
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