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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2023.
Financials
Financial year 2024
DEGROOTE LUC from Ledegem, company number BE0448919859, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 64,113 after tax. For that financial year DEGROOTE LUC recorded a gross margin of € 173,603 and equity of € 155,561. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 54,825 to € 64,113. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 6, 2025.
€ 155,561
▲ 70% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 64,113
▲ 17% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 23,465
▲ 11% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 31,614.
People and assets in 2024
0.1
▼ 0.1 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 4,063
▼ 43% vs 2023
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 115,953
▲ 114% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 792,861
▲ 64% vs 2023
€ 48,754 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 8 years.
€ 1.1 million
▲ 8% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 40,080
▲ 10% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 134,734 | € 173,980 | € 156,860 | € 173,603 | ▲ 11% |
| Profit after taxes | € 81,221 | € 101,698 | € 54,825 | € 64,113 | ▲ 17% |
| Equity | € -65,075 | € 36,624 | € 91,449 | € 155,561 | ▲ 70% |
| Total debts | € 2,001,327 | € 2,100,537 | € 1,792,205 | € 2,135,350 | ▲ 19% |
| Cash | € 24,773 | € 35,767 | € 21,066 | € 23,465 | ▲ 11% |
| Land & buildings | € 3,728 | € 1,864 | € 0 | - | |
| Retained profit | € -189,021 | € -87,323 | € -32,498 | € 31,614 | ▲ € 64,113 |
| Bank debt | € 649,319 | € 696,841 | € 482,908 | € 792,861 | ▲ 64% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,936,253 | € 2,137,161 | € 1,883,654 | € 2,290,911 | ▲ 22% |
| Employees (FTE) | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ▼ 0.1 |
Key figures of DEGROOTE LUC, 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 31 July 2026.
What happened to DEGROOTE LUC?
What happened at DEGROOTE LUC in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 64,113 (▲ 17% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Wevelgem. KBO
- New establishment in Ledegem. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 81,221 profit in 2021 to € 64,113 profit in 2024.
Paid € 65,985 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 101,698 profit.
Management
Behind DEGROOTE LUC is Luc DEGROOTE.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Luc DEGROOTE
Manager
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Moorseelsestraat 21
8880 Ledegem
Bergelen 118
8560 Wevelgem
Active since 23 April 2020
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
- 0448.919.859
- VAT number
- BE 0448.919.859
- Registered office
- Moorseelsestraat 21, 8880 Ledegem
- Names & denominations
- DEGROOTE LUC
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 22 December 1992
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 30 Dec 2025
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