What does VAKHANDEL CLAES do?

VAKHANDEL CLAES is a DIY store in Houthalen-Helchteren. Public Limited, started on 16 November 1992, 2 establishments.

What is the address of VAKHANDEL CLAES?

The registered office of VAKHANDEL CLAES is located at Weg naar Zwartberg 107, 3530 Houthalen-Helchteren.

Is VAKHANDEL CLAES still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (31 October 2026) VAKHANDEL CLAES is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 16 November 1992.

Is VAKHANDEL CLAES registered on Peppol?

Yes, VAKHANDEL CLAES is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0448684782.

What is the enterprise number of VAKHANDEL CLAES?

The enterprise number of VAKHANDEL CLAES is BE0448684782.

When was VAKHANDEL CLAES founded?

VAKHANDEL CLAES was founded on 16 November 1992.

Who are the directors of VAKHANDEL CLAES?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of VAKHANDEL CLAES are: Geert Claes, Ria Beyen.

Is VAKHANDEL CLAES a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 16 November 1992; 4 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account; 2 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did VAKHANDEL CLAES make in 2025?

VAKHANDEL CLAES recorded a loss after taxes of € 31,199 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of VAKHANDEL CLAES?

As a small company, VAKHANDEL CLAES is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 396,596.

How much does an employee at VAKHANDEL CLAES earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at VAKHANDEL CLAES was € 54,200 in 2025: staff costs of € 384,748 for 7.1 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does VAKHANDEL CLAES have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, VAKHANDEL CLAES has 7.1 full-time equivalents (FTE).

VAKHANDEL CLAES (Public Limited) - Houthalen-Helchteren

Dossier VAKHANDEL CLAES, printed on 31 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0448684782/vakhandel-claes. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

VAKHANDEL CLAES from Houthalen-Helchteren, company number BE0448684782, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -31,199 after tax. For that financial year VAKHANDEL CLAES recorded a gross margin of € 396,596 and equity of € 1.4 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 2,186 to € -31,199. 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 February 23, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 1.4 million

▼ 2% vs 2024

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

Loss Caution

€ -31,199

▼ still € 2,186 profit in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 199,385

▼ 10% 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 € 632,815.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

7.1

▲ 0.7 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 384,748

▲ 11% vs 2024

€ 54,200 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

€ 125

▼ 97% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

€ 220,000

▼ 21% vs 2024

Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.

Owed to suppliers

€ 77,451

▼ 13% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 111,208

▲ 27% 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	€ 420,682 Gross margin 2022: € 420,682 First fiscal year in the series	€ 509,930 Gross margin 2023: € 509,930 ▲ 21% vs 2022 (€ 420,682) Favourable step	€ 383,564 Gross margin 2024: € 383,564 ▼ 25% vs 2023 (€ 509,930) Unfavourable step	€ 396,596 Gross margin 2025: € 396,596 ▲ 3% vs 2024 (€ 383,564) Favourable step	▲ 3%
Profit after taxes	€ 52,563 Profit after taxes 2022: € 52,563 First fiscal year in the series	€ 76,312 Profit after taxes 2023: € 76,312 ▲ 45% vs 2022 (€ 52,563) Favourable step	€ 2,186 Profit after taxes 2024: € 2,186 ▼ 97% vs 2023 (€ 76,312) Unfavourable step	€ -31,199 Profit after taxes 2025: € -31,199 ▼ € 33,384 vs 2024 (€ 2,186) Unfavourable step	▼ € 33,384
Equity	€ 1,331,055 Equity 2022: € 1,331,055 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,407,367 Equity 2023: € 1,407,367 ▲ 6% vs 2022 (€ 1,331,055) Favourable step	€ 1,409,553 Equity 2024: € 1,409,553 Unchanged (€ 1,407,367) Favourable step	€ 1,378,355 Equity 2025: € 1,378,355 ▼ 2% vs 2024 (€ 1,409,553) Unfavourable step	▼ 2%
Total debts	€ 484,520 Total debts 2022: € 484,520 First fiscal year in the series	€ 481,638 Total debts 2023: € 481,638 ▼ 1% vs 2022 (€ 484,520) Favourable step	€ 484,391 Total debts 2024: € 484,391 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 481,638) Unfavourable step	€ 433,645 Total debts 2025: € 433,645 ▼ 10% vs 2024 (€ 484,391) Favourable step	▼ 10%
Cash	€ 233,212 Cash 2022: € 233,212 First fiscal year in the series	€ 347,250 Cash 2023: € 347,250 ▲ 49% vs 2022 (€ 233,212) Favourable step	€ 221,788 Cash 2024: € 221,788 ▼ 36% vs 2023 (€ 347,250) Unfavourable step	€ 199,385 Cash 2025: € 199,385 ▼ 10% vs 2024 (€ 221,788) Unfavourable step	▼ 10%
Land & buildings	€ 51,100 Land & buildings 2022: € 51,100 First fiscal year in the series	€ 46,109 Land & buildings 2023: € 46,109 ▼ 10% vs 2022 (€ 51,100) Unchanged	€ 39,703 Land & buildings 2024: € 39,703 ▼ 14% vs 2023 (€ 46,109) Unchanged	€ 32,429 Land & buildings 2025: € 32,429 ▼ 18% vs 2024 (€ 39,703) Unchanged	▼ 18%
Retained profit	€ 585,515 Retained profit 2022: € 585,515 First fiscal year in the series	€ 661,827 Retained profit 2023: € 661,827 ▲ 13% vs 2022 (€ 585,515) Favourable step	€ 664,013 Retained profit 2024: € 664,013 Unchanged (€ 661,827) Favourable step	€ 632,815 Retained profit 2025: € 632,815 ▼ 5% vs 2024 (€ 664,013) Unfavourable step	▼ 5%
Bank debt	€ 295,377 Bank debt 2022: € 295,377 First fiscal year in the series	€ 282,986 Bank debt 2023: € 282,986 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 295,377) Favourable step	€ 280,000 Bank debt 2024: € 280,000 ▼ 1% vs 2023 (€ 282,986) Favourable step	€ 220,000 Bank debt 2025: € 220,000 ▼ 21% vs 2024 (€ 280,000) Favourable step	▼ 21%
Balance sheet total	€ 1,815,575 Balance sheet total 2022: € 1,815,575 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,889,006 Balance sheet total 2023: € 1,889,006 ▲ 4% vs 2022 (€ 1,815,575) Unchanged	€ 1,893,944 Balance sheet total 2024: € 1,893,944 Unchanged (€ 1,889,006) Unchanged	€ 1,812,000 Balance sheet total 2025: € 1,812,000 ▼ 4% vs 2024 (€ 1,893,944) Unchanged	▼ 4%
Employees (FTE)	7 Employees (FTE) 2022: 7 First fiscal year in the series	7.1 Employees (FTE) 2023: 7.1 ▲ 0.1 vs 2022 (7) Unchanged	6.4 Employees (FTE) 2024: 6.4 ▼ 0.7 vs 2023 (7.1) Unchanged	7.1 Employees (FTE) 2025: 7.1 ▲ 0.7 vs 2024 (6.4) Unchanged	▲ 0.7

Key figures of VAKHANDEL CLAES, 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 VAKHANDEL CLAES?

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

Feb 23, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 31,199 (▼ € 33,384 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
Jun 6, 2019 New establishment in Zonhoven. KBO
Mar 2, 1993 New establishment in Houthalen-Helchteren. KBO
Nov 16, 1992 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 52,563 profit in 2022 to € 31,199 loss in 2025.

Paid € 65,804 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 76,312 profit.

On average € 55,900 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Geert Claes

Ria Beyen

VAKHANDEL CLAES

Groco Group 10%

Asamco 1%

Behind VAKHANDEL CLAES are Geert Claes and Ria Beyen. It owns 10% of Groco Group and 1% of Asamco itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Geert Claes

Managing director

Ria Beyen

Director

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Weg naar Zwartberg 107

3530 Houthalen-Helchteren

2.291.689.534

Engstegenseweg 16

3520 Zonhoven

Active since 6 June 2019

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Details

Company number

0448.684.782

VAT number

BE 0448.684.782

Registered office

Weg naar Zwartberg 107, 3530 Houthalen-Helchteren

Names & denominations

VAKHANDEL CLAES

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

16 November 1992

Peppol

Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001

Activities · NACE

Detailhandel in ijzerwaren, bouwmaterialen, verf en glas (algemeen assortiment)

Detailhandel in ijzerwaren, verf, bouwmaterialen (inclusief doe-het-zelfzaken) met een verkoopsoppervlakte van minder dan 400 m2

Overige niet-gespecialiseerde detailhandel

Overige niet-gespecialiseerde detailhandel in winkels (verkoop van overwegend niet-voedingsmiddelen met verkoopsoppervlakte van mind er dan 2.500 m2)

Detailhandel in niet-gespecialiseerde winkels waarbij voedings- en genotmiddelen niet overheersen (verkoopoppervlakte < 2500 m²)

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VAKHANDEL CLAES

Financials

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Management

Directors

Establishments

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