Financials
Financial year 2025
MERKTRA from Lier, company number BE0447768529, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 307,153 after tax. For that financial year MERKTRA recorded a gross margin of € 3.1 million and equity of € 661,948. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 311,846 to € 307,153. 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 February 23, 2026.
€ 661,948
▲ 64% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 307,153
▼ 2% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 1,007
▼ 30% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 50,000 paid out
16 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to MBMC (98 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
36.3
▼ 0.6 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 2.7 million
▼ 8% vs 2024
€ 73,100 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.
€ 139,245
▲ 212% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 460,637
▲ 298% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 321,592
▼ 15% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 799,805 | € 1,136,711 | € 3,302,044 | € 3,051,720 | ▼ 8% |
| Profit after taxes | € 448,854 | € 267,694 | € 311,846 | € 307,153 | ▼ 2% |
| Equity | € 110,254 | € 317,948 | € 404,795 | € 661,948 | ▲ 64% |
| Total debts | € 575,461 | € 379,716 | € 1,670,507 | € 943,727 | ▼ 44% |
| Cash | - | - | € 1,443 | € 1,007 | ▼ 30% |
| Retained profit | € 48,281 | € 255,975 | € 342,821 | € 599,974 | ▲ 75% |
| Dividend | € 575,000 | € 60,000 | € 225,000 | € 50,000 | ▼ 78% |
| Bank debt | € 13,333 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 685,715 | € 697,664 | € 2,075,301 | € 1,605,675 | ▼ 23% |
| Employees (FTE) | 4.8 | 8.7 | 36.9 | 36.3 | ▼ 0.6 |
Key figures of MERKTRA, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 3 March 2027.
What happened to MERKTRA?
What happened at MERKTRA in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Van den Braembussche A. & Zn. NV stepped down as director. NBB
- Betoncentrale Van den Braembussche NV stepped down as director. NBB
- MBMC NV stepped down as director. NBB
- DCDK BV stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 307,153 (▼ 2% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Van den Braembussche A. & Zn. NV became a director. NBB
- Betoncentrale Van den Braembussche NV became a director. NBB
- MBMC NV became a director. NBB
In short
From € 448,854 profit in 2022 to € 307,153 profit in 2025.
Paid € 186,725 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 448,854 profit.
On average € 84,100 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
The stake of MBMC comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
MERKTRAThe shares are held by MBMC (97.7%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Van den Braembussche A. & Zn. NV
Managing director · represented by Filip Van den Braembussche
Also active at: ROOBROECK EN ZOON, DIAMUR COL, ROZEBEEK, WESTTRANS, Futura commercii
since 2023 · until 2029
Betoncentrale Van den Braembussche NV
Managing director · represented by Alexander Van den Braembussche
Also active at: Albert Van den Braembussche en Zonen, Bouwmaterialen L. Van Den Broeck, VDBTRANS, DIAMMO, SCHIPDONK
since 2023 · until 2029
Managing director · represented by Benedikt Van den Braembussche
Also active at: Albert Van den Braembussche en Zonen, Bouwmaterialen L. Van Den Broeck, ROOBROECK EN ZOON, BETONCENTRALE VAN DEN BRAEMBUSSCHE, VDBTRANS, DIAMUR, DIAMUR COL, ROZEBEEK +7 more
since 2023 · until 2029
Director · represented by Charlotte Dejonckheere
Also active at: Albert Van den Braembussche en Zonen, Bouwmaterialen L. Van Den Broeck, ROOBROECK EN ZOON, BETONCENTRALE VAN DEN BRAEMBUSSCHE, MBMC, VDBTRANS, ROZEBEEK, WESTTRANS +2 more
since 2023 · until 2029
Shareholders
97.7%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Berlaarsesteenweg 128
2500 Lier
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
- 0447.768.529
- VAT number
- BE 0447.768.529
- Registered office
- Berlaarsesteenweg 128, 2500 Lier
- Names & denominations
- MERKTRA
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 26 June 1992
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 18 Feb 2026
- Activities · NACE
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