What does MEC EUROPE do?

MEC EUROPE is a wholesaler in Gent. Public Limited, started on 14 November 1992, 1 establishment.

What is the address of MEC EUROPE?

The registered office of MEC EUROPE is located at Kaleweg 24-26, 9030 Gent.

Is MEC EUROPE still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (31 October 2026) MEC EUROPE is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 14 November 1992.

Is MEC EUROPE registered on Peppol?

Yes, MEC EUROPE is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0448627572.

What is the enterprise number of MEC EUROPE?

The enterprise number of MEC EUROPE is BE0448627572.

When was MEC EUROPE founded?

MEC EUROPE was founded on 14 November 1992.

Who are the directors of MEC EUROPE?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of MEC EUROPE are: Toshiko NAKAGAWA, Kazuo MAEDA, RVDB BV, Sadamitsu SUMITOMO, Tetsuya TANIGUCHI.

Is MEC EUROPE a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 14 November 1992; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 5 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did MEC EUROPE make in 2025?

MEC EUROPE posted a profit after taxes of € 236,840 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of MEC EUROPE?

As a small company, MEC EUROPE is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 3,317,604.

How much does an employee at MEC EUROPE earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at MEC EUROPE was € 177,500 in 2025: staff costs of € 2.3 million for 12.8 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does MEC EUROPE have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, MEC EUROPE has 12.8 full-time equivalents (FTE).

MEC EUROPE (Public Limited) - Gent - BE0448627572

Dossier MEC EUROPE, printed on 1 November 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0448627572/mec-europe. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

MEC EUROPE from Gent, company number BE0448627572, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 236,840 after tax. For that financial year MEC EUROPE recorded a gross margin of € 3.3 million and equity of € 5.8 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 481,856 to € 236,840. 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 June 23, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 5.8 million

▲ 2% vs 2024

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

Profit Healthy

€ 236,840

▼ 51% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 2.9 million

▲ 19% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 140,000 paid out

59 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

12.8

▼ 0.1 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 2.3 million

▲ 9% vs 2024

€ 177,500 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

€ 96,752

▼ 21% 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

€ 414,798

▲ 48% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 668,896

▲ 34% 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	€ 2,739,885 Gross margin 2022: € 2,739,885 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,718,844 Gross margin 2023: € 2,718,844 ▼ 1% vs 2022 (€ 2,739,885) Unfavourable step	€ 2,888,290 Gross margin 2024: € 2,888,290 ▲ 6% vs 2023 (€ 2,718,844) Favourable step	€ 3,317,604 Gross margin 2025: € 3,317,604 ▲ 15% vs 2024 (€ 2,888,290) Favourable step	▲ 15%
Profit after taxes	€ 414,360 Profit after taxes 2022: € 414,360 First fiscal year in the series	€ 346,164 Profit after taxes 2023: € 346,164 ▼ 16% vs 2022 (€ 414,360) Unfavourable step	€ 481,856 Profit after taxes 2024: € 481,856 ▲ 39% vs 2023 (€ 346,164) Favourable step	€ 236,840 Profit after taxes 2025: € 236,840 ▼ 51% vs 2024 (€ 481,856) Unfavourable step	▼ 51%
Equity	€ 4,953,257 Equity 2022: € 4,953,257 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,269,421 Equity 2023: € 5,269,421 ▲ 6% vs 2022 (€ 4,953,257) Favourable step	€ 5,715,878 Equity 2024: € 5,715,878 ▲ 8% vs 2023 (€ 5,269,421) Favourable step	€ 5,812,718 Equity 2025: € 5,812,718 ▲ 2% vs 2024 (€ 5,715,878) Favourable step	▲ 2%
Total debts	€ 965,977 Total debts 2022: € 965,977 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,161,017 Total debts 2023: € 1,161,017 ▲ 20% vs 2022 (€ 965,977) Unfavourable step	€ 999,613 Total debts 2024: € 999,613 ▼ 14% vs 2023 (€ 1,161,017) Favourable step	€ 1,223,694 Total debts 2025: € 1,223,694 ▲ 22% vs 2024 (€ 999,613) Unfavourable step	▲ 22%
Cash	€ 2,460,268 Cash 2022: € 2,460,268 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,654,366 Cash 2023: € 1,654,366 ▼ 33% vs 2022 (€ 2,460,268) Unfavourable step	€ 2,410,239 Cash 2024: € 2,410,239 ▲ 46% vs 2023 (€ 1,654,366) Favourable step	€ 2,857,902 Cash 2025: € 2,857,902 ▲ 19% vs 2024 (€ 2,410,239) Favourable step	▲ 19%
Land & buildings	€ 825,374 Land & buildings 2022: € 825,374 First fiscal year in the series	€ 869,161 Land & buildings 2023: € 869,161 ▲ 5% vs 2022 (€ 825,374) Unchanged	€ 814,773 Land & buildings 2024: € 814,773 ▼ 6% vs 2023 (€ 869,161) Unchanged	€ 835,730 Land & buildings 2025: € 835,730 ▲ 3% vs 2024 (€ 814,773) Unchanged	▲ 3%
Retained profit	€ 3,953,257 Retained profit 2022: € 3,953,257 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,269,421 Retained profit 2023: € 4,269,421 ▲ 8% vs 2022 (€ 3,953,257) Favourable step	€ 4,715,878 Retained profit 2024: € 4,715,878 ▲ 10% vs 2023 (€ 4,269,421) Favourable step	€ 4,812,718 Retained profit 2025: € 4,812,718 ▲ 2% vs 2024 (€ 4,715,878) Favourable step	▲ 2%
Dividend	€ 56,600 Dividend 2022: € 56,600 First fiscal year in the series	€ 30,000 Dividend 2023: € 30,000 ▼ 47% vs 2022 (€ 56,600) Unchanged	€ 35,400 Dividend 2024: € 35,400 ▲ 18% vs 2023 (€ 30,000) Unchanged	€ 140,000 Dividend 2025: € 140,000 ▲ 295% vs 2024 (€ 35,400) Unchanged	▲ 295%
Balance sheet total	€ 5,971,493 Balance sheet total 2022: € 5,971,493 First fiscal year in the series	€ 6,483,354 Balance sheet total 2023: € 6,483,354 ▲ 9% vs 2022 (€ 5,971,493) Unchanged	€ 6,769,384 Balance sheet total 2024: € 6,769,384 ▲ 4% vs 2023 (€ 6,483,354) Unchanged	€ 7,555,508 Balance sheet total 2025: € 7,555,508 ▲ 12% vs 2024 (€ 6,769,384) Unchanged	▲ 12%
Employees (FTE)	13.2 Employees (FTE) 2022: 13.2 First fiscal year in the series	13.3 Employees (FTE) 2023: 13.3 ▲ 0.1 vs 2022 (13.2) Unchanged	12.9 Employees (FTE) 2024: 12.9 ▼ 0.4 vs 2023 (13.3) Unchanged	12.8 Employees (FTE) 2025: 12.8 ▼ 0.1 vs 2024 (12.9) Unchanged	▼ 0.1

Key figures of MEC EUROPE, 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 MEC EUROPE?

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

2032 Sadamitsu SUMITOMO stepped down as director. NBB
2032 Kazuo MAEDA stepped down as director. NBB
2032 Tetsuya TANIGUCHI stepped down as director. NBB
Jun 23, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 236,840 (▼ 51% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2026 RVDB BV stepped down as director. NBB
2026 Kazuo MAEDA became a director. NBB
2026 RVDB BV became a director. NBB
2026 Sadamitsu SUMITOMO became a director. NBB

In short

From € 414,360 profit in 2022 to € 236,840 profit in 2025.

Paid € 623,955 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 481,856 profit.

On average € 259,200 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Toshiko NAKAGAWA

Director

since 2020 · until 2025

Kazuo MAEDA

Director

since 2026 · until 2032

RVDB BV

Managing director · represented by Rik VANDER BEKEN

since 2026 · until 2026

Sadamitsu SUMITOMO

Director

since 2026 · until 2032

Tetsuya TANIGUCHI

Director

since 2026 · until 2032

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Kaleweg 24-26

9030 Gent

2.059.706.908

Kaleweg 24 2

9030 Gent

Active since 27 November 1992

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

Details

Company number

0448.627.572

VAT number

BE 0448.627.572

Registered office

Kaleweg 24-26, 9030 Gent

Names & denominations

MEC EUROPE

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

14 November 1992

Peppol

Active · Active since 18 Dec 2025

Activities · NACE

Groothandel in chemische producten voor industrieel gebruik

Groothandel in chemische producten

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MEC EUROPE

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