What does VANCOBER do?

VANCOBER is a hotel in Oostende. Public Limited, started on 28 November 1992, 1 establishment.

What is the address of VANCOBER?

The registered office of VANCOBER is located at Hofstraat 1A, 8400 Oostende.

Is VANCOBER still active?

No. The CBE lists VANCOBER with legal situation “Opening faillissement”. The date of the court ruling is published in the Belgian Official Gazette; the register does not carry it.

Is VANCOBER registered on Peppol?

Yes, VANCOBER is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0448783465.

What is the enterprise number of VANCOBER?

The enterprise number of VANCOBER is BE0448783465.

When was VANCOBER founded?

VANCOBER was founded on 28 November 1992.

Who are the directors of VANCOBER?

According to the 2024 annual accounts, the directors of VANCOBER are: VDK Invest BV, C&V Invest NV.

Is VANCOBER a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Opening faillissement according to the CBE, started on 28 November 1992; 4 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2024; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did VANCOBER make in 2024?

VANCOBER posted a profit after taxes of € 202,291 in financial year 2024.

What is the revenue of VANCOBER?

As a small company, VANCOBER is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2024, its added value was € 843,050.

How much does an employee at VANCOBER earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at VANCOBER was € 31,700 in 2024: staff costs of € 208,891 for 6.6 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does VANCOBER have?

According to the 2024 annual accounts, VANCOBER has 6.6 full-time equivalents (FTE).

VANCOBER (Public Limited) - Oostende - BE0448783465

Dossier VANCOBER, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0448783465/vancober. 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 21.4 to 6.6.
Legal situation KBO

Opening faillissement according to the CBE.

Financials

Financial year 2024

VANCOBER from Oostende, company number BE0448783465, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 202,291 after tax. For that financial year VANCOBER recorded a gross margin of € 843,050 and equity of € 1.8 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 336,665 to € 202,291. 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 September 30, 2025.

What it is worth Growing

€ 1.8 million

▲ 12% vs 2023

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

Profit Healthy

€ 202,291

▼ 40% vs 2023

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 1.4 million.

People and assets in 2024

Full-time equivalents

6.6

▼ 5 vs 2023

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

Wage cost

€ 208,891

▼ 70% vs 2023

€ 31,700 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

€ 43,456

▼ 26% vs 2023

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2024

Bank debt ≈ 20 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 1.3 million

▼ 11% vs 2023

€ 68,091 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 20 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 1.2 million

▲ 83% vs 2023

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

Taxes and wages

€ 125,318

▲ 171% vs 2023

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2021	2022	2023	2024	Change 2023 → 2024
Gross margin	€ 985,838 Gross margin 2021: € 985,838 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,354,056 Gross margin 2022: € 1,354,056 ▲ 37% vs 2021 (€ 985,838) Favourable step	€ 1,497,394 Gross margin 2023: € 1,497,394 ▲ 11% vs 2022 (€ 1,354,056) Favourable step	€ 843,050 Gross margin 2024: € 843,050 ▼ 44% vs 2023 (€ 1,497,394) Unfavourable step	▼ 44%
Profit after taxes	€ -403,651 Profit after taxes 2021: € -403,651 First fiscal year in the series	€ 32,383 Profit after taxes 2022: € 32,383 ▲ € 436,033 vs 2021 (€ -403,651) Favourable step	€ 336,665 Profit after taxes 2023: € 336,665 ▲ € 304,282 vs 2022 (€ 32,383) Favourable step	€ 202,291 Profit after taxes 2024: € 202,291 ▼ 40% vs 2023 (€ 336,665) Unfavourable step	▼ 40%
Equity	€ 1,269,051 Equity 2021: € 1,269,051 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,298,518 Equity 2022: € 1,298,518 ▲ 2% vs 2021 (€ 1,269,051) Favourable step	€ 1,632,268 Equity 2023: € 1,632,268 ▲ 26% vs 2022 (€ 1,298,518) Favourable step	€ 1,831,746 Equity 2024: € 1,831,746 ▲ 12% vs 2023 (€ 1,632,268) Favourable step	▲ 12%
Total debts	€ 3,076,159 Total debts 2021: € 3,076,159 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,642,796 Total debts 2022: € 2,642,796 ▼ 14% vs 2021 (€ 3,076,159) Favourable step	€ 2,577,553 Total debts 2023: € 2,577,553 ▼ 2% vs 2022 (€ 2,642,796) Favourable step	€ 2,729,685 Total debts 2024: € 2,729,685 ▲ 6% vs 2023 (€ 2,577,553) Unfavourable step	▲ 6%
Cash	€ 274,431 Cash 2021: € 274,431 First fiscal year in the series	€ 272,080 Cash 2022: € 272,080 ▼ 1% vs 2021 (€ 274,431) Unfavourable step	-	-
Retained profit	€ 860,007 Retained profit 2021: € 860,007 First fiscal year in the series	€ 892,389 Retained profit 2022: € 892,389 ▲ 4% vs 2021 (€ 860,007) Favourable step	€ 1,229,054 Retained profit 2023: € 1,229,054 ▲ 38% vs 2022 (€ 892,389) Favourable step	€ 1,431,345 Retained profit 2024: € 1,431,345 ▲ 16% vs 2023 (€ 1,229,054) Favourable step	▲ 16%
Bank debt	€ 1,479,947 Bank debt 2021: € 1,479,947 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,385,604 Bank debt 2022: € 1,385,604 ▼ 6% vs 2021 (€ 1,479,947) Favourable step	€ 1,497,699 Bank debt 2023: € 1,497,699 ▲ 8% vs 2022 (€ 1,385,604) Unfavourable step	€ 1,338,556 Bank debt 2024: € 1,338,556 ▼ 11% vs 2023 (€ 1,497,699) Favourable step	▼ 11%
Balance sheet total	€ 4,353,225 Balance sheet total 2021: € 4,353,225 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,948,357 Balance sheet total 2022: € 3,948,357 ▼ 9% vs 2021 (€ 4,353,225) Unchanged	€ 4,215,891 Balance sheet total 2023: € 4,215,891 ▲ 7% vs 2022 (€ 3,948,357) Unchanged	€ 4,566,530 Balance sheet total 2024: € 4,566,530 ▲ 8% vs 2023 (€ 4,215,891) Unchanged	▲ 8%
Employees (FTE)	19.4 Employees (FTE) 2021: 19.4 First fiscal year in the series	21.4 Employees (FTE) 2022: 21.4 ▲ 2 vs 2021 (19.4) Unchanged	11.6 Employees (FTE) 2023: 11.6 ▼ 9.8 vs 2022 (21.4) Unchanged	6.6 Employees (FTE) 2024: 6.6 ▼ 5 vs 2023 (11.6) Unchanged	▼ 5

Key figures of VANCOBER, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 30 April 2026.

What happened to VANCOBER?

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

VANCOBER is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Opening faillissement.

Sep 30, 2025 New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 202,291 (▼ 40% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
2025 VDK Invest BV stepped down as director. NBB
2025 C&V Invest NV stepped down as director. NBB
2019 VDK Invest BV became a director. NBB
2019 C&V Invest NV became a director. NBB
Jun 2, 1993 New establishment in Oostende. KBO
Nov 28, 1992 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 403,651 loss in 2021 to € 202,291 profit in 2024.

Paid € 5,313 in corporate taxes since 2021.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 336,665 profit.

On average € 127,700 of value added per employee in 2024.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

BERVANCO 100%

The stake of BERVANCO comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

VANCOBER

The shares are held by BERVANCO (100%).

Directors

According to the 2024 annual accounts

VDK Invest BV

Director · represented by Vandekerckhove MICHIEL

Also active at: BERVANCO, C&V Invest, CODEMO

since 2019 · until 2025

C&V Invest NV

Managing director · represented by Vandekerckhove MATTHIAS

Also active at: BERVANCO

since 2019 · until 2025

Shareholders

BERVANCO

100%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Hofstraat 1A

8400 Oostende

2.062.311.852

Hofstraat 1 A

8400 Oostende

Active since 2 June 1993

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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Hotel Bero

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

Details

Company number

0448.783.465

VAT number

BE 0448.783.465

Registered office

Hofstraat 1A, 8400 Oostende

Names & denominations

VANCOBER

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Opening faillissement

Start date

28 November 1992

Peppol

Active · Active since 30 Oct 2023

Activities · NACE

Hotels en dergelijke accommodatie

Hotels en motels, met restaurant

Activiteiten van eetgelegenheden met volledige bediening

Cafés en bars

Restaurants van het traditionele type

Hotels en motels, zonder restaurant

Cafés

Eetgelegenheden met volledige bediening

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

VANCOBER

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What happened to VANCOBER?

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Directors

Shareholders

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