What does Garage de Backer do?

Garage de Backer is a market trader in Merelbeke-Melle. Public Limited, started on 24 June 1992, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Garage de Backer?

The registered office of Garage de Backer is located at Hundelgemsesteenweg 100, 9820 Merelbeke-Melle.

Is Garage de Backer still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) Garage de Backer is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 24 June 1992.

Is Garage de Backer registered on Peppol?

Yes, Garage de Backer is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0447754077.

What is the enterprise number of Garage de Backer?

The enterprise number of Garage de Backer is BE0447754077.

When was Garage de Backer founded?

Garage de Backer was founded on 24 June 1992.

Who are the directors of Garage de Backer?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Garage de Backer are: Linda VERLEDEN, Michaël DE BACKER.

Is Garage de Backer a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 24 June 1992; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did Garage de Backer make in 2025?

Garage de Backer recorded a loss after taxes of € 151,591 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Garage de Backer?

As a small company, Garage de Backer is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € -98,220.

How much does an employee at Garage de Backer earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Garage de Backer was € 69,000 in 2023: staff costs of € 234,725 for 3.4 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Garage de Backer have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Garage de Backer has 0.2 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Garage de Backer (Public Limited) - Merelbeke-Melle

Dossier Garage de Backer, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0447754077/garage-de-backer. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Warning lights

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 3.4 to 0.2.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Garage de Backer from Merelbeke-Melle, company number BE0447754077, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -151,591 after tax. For that financial year Garage de Backer recorded a gross margin of € -98,220 and equity of € 881,526. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 74,079 to € -151,591. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 2, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 881,526

▼ 15% vs 2024

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

Loss Caution

€ -151,591

▼ still € 74,079 profit in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 443,902

▼ 4% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Caution

Loss, nothing to pay out

Reserves fell to € 819,526.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

0.2

▼ 0.6 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 5,742

▼ 91% vs 2024

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

€ 29,287

▼ 28% 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

€ 8,233

▼ 70% vs 2024

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

Taxes

€ 5,668

▼ 73% vs 2024

Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Gross margin	€ 368,730 Gross margin 2022: € 368,730 First fiscal year in the series	€ 568,427 Gross margin 2023: € 568,427 ▲ 54% vs 2022 (€ 368,730) Favourable step	€ 169,865 Gross margin 2024: € 169,865 ▼ 70% vs 2023 (€ 568,427) Unfavourable step	€ -98,220 Gross margin 2025: € -98,220 ▼ € 268,085 vs 2024 (€ 169,865) Unfavourable step	▼ € 268,085
Profit after taxes	€ 142,727 Profit after taxes 2022: € 142,727 First fiscal year in the series	€ 212,590 Profit after taxes 2023: € 212,590 ▲ 49% vs 2022 (€ 142,727) Favourable step	€ 74,079 Profit after taxes 2024: € 74,079 ▼ 65% vs 2023 (€ 212,590) Unfavourable step	€ -151,591 Profit after taxes 2025: € -151,591 ▼ € 225,669 vs 2024 (€ 74,079) Unfavourable step	▼ € 225,669
Equity	€ 754,748 Equity 2022: € 754,748 First fiscal year in the series	€ 963,238 Equity 2023: € 963,238 ▲ 28% vs 2022 (€ 754,748) Favourable step	€ 1,033,117 Equity 2024: € 1,033,117 ▲ 7% vs 2023 (€ 963,238) Favourable step	€ 881,526 Equity 2025: € 881,526 ▼ 15% vs 2024 (€ 1,033,117) Unfavourable step	▼ 15%
Total debts	€ 352,014 Total debts 2022: € 352,014 First fiscal year in the series	€ 323,767 Total debts 2023: € 323,767 ▼ 8% vs 2022 (€ 352,014) Favourable step	€ 60,938 Total debts 2024: € 60,938 ▼ 81% vs 2023 (€ 323,767) Favourable step	€ 29,159 Total debts 2025: € 29,159 ▼ 52% vs 2024 (€ 60,938) Favourable step	▼ 52%
Cash	€ 273,309 Cash 2022: € 273,309 First fiscal year in the series	€ 279,820 Cash 2023: € 279,820 ▲ 2% vs 2022 (€ 273,309) Favourable step	€ 463,207 Cash 2024: € 463,207 ▲ 66% vs 2023 (€ 279,820) Favourable step	€ 443,902 Cash 2025: € 443,902 ▼ 4% vs 2024 (€ 463,207) Unfavourable step	▼ 4%
Land & buildings	€ 223,983 Land & buildings 2022: € 223,983 First fiscal year in the series	€ 214,716 Land & buildings 2023: € 214,716 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 223,983) Unchanged	€ 205,449 Land & buildings 2024: € 205,449 ▼ 4% vs 2023 (€ 214,716) Unchanged	€ 197,004 Land & buildings 2025: € 197,004 ▼ 4% vs 2024 (€ 205,449) Unchanged	▼ 4%
Retained profit	€ 692,748 Retained profit 2022: € 692,748 First fiscal year in the series	€ 901,238 Retained profit 2023: € 901,238 ▲ 30% vs 2022 (€ 692,748) Favourable step	€ 971,117 Retained profit 2024: € 971,117 ▲ 8% vs 2023 (€ 901,238) Favourable step	€ 819,526 Retained profit 2025: € 819,526 ▼ 16% vs 2024 (€ 971,117) Unfavourable step	▼ 16%
Dividend	€ 5,100 Dividend 2022: € 5,100 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,100 Dividend 2023: € 4,100 ▼ 20% vs 2022 (€ 5,100) Unchanged	€ 4,200 Dividend 2024: € 4,200 ▲ 2% vs 2023 (€ 4,100) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2025: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2024 (€ 4,200) Unchanged	▼ 100%
Balance sheet total	€ 1,148,146 Balance sheet total 2022: € 1,148,146 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,309,948 Balance sheet total 2023: € 1,309,948 ▲ 14% vs 2022 (€ 1,148,146) Unchanged	€ 1,094,054 Balance sheet total 2024: € 1,094,054 ▼ 16% vs 2023 (€ 1,309,948) Unchanged	€ 910,684 Balance sheet total 2025: € 910,684 ▼ 17% vs 2024 (€ 1,094,054) Unchanged	▼ 17%
Employees (FTE)	3.4 Employees (FTE) 2022: 3.4 First fiscal year in the series	3.4 Employees (FTE) 2023: 3.4 Unchanged (3.4) Unchanged	0.8 Employees (FTE) 2024: 0.8 ▼ 2.6 vs 2023 (3.4) Unchanged	0.2 Employees (FTE) 2025: 0.2 ▼ 0.6 vs 2024 (0.8) Unchanged	▼ 0.6

Key figures of Garage de Backer, 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 Garage de Backer?

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

2028 Linda VERLEDEN stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Michaël DE BACKER stepped down as director. NBB
Jul 2, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 151,591 (▼ € 225,669 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2022 Linda VERLEDEN became a director. NBB
2022 Michaël DE BACKER became a director. NBB
Aug 17, 1992 New establishment in Merelbeke-Melle. KBO
Jun 24, 1992 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 142,727 profit in 2022 to € 151,591 loss in 2025.

Paid € 189,230 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 212,590 profit.

On average € 167,200 of value added per employee in 2023.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Linda VERLEDEN

Director

since 2022 · until 2028

Michaël DE BACKER

Managing director

since 2022 · until 2028

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Hundelgemsesteenweg 100

9820 Merelbeke-Melle

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

Details

Company number

0447.754.077

VAT number

BE 0447.754.077

Registered office

Hundelgemsesteenweg 100, 9820 Merelbeke-Melle

Names & denominations

Garage de Backer

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

24 June 1992

Peppol

Active · Active since 2 Dec 2025

Activities · NACE

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

Detailhandel in motorvoertuigen

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

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

Onderhoud en reparatie van auto's

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

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗