Cosign is a wholesaler in Diest. Public Limited, started on 9 December 1992, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Cosign?

The registered office of Cosign is located at Industriepark 32B, 3290 Diest.

Is Cosign still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) Cosign is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 9 December 1992.

Is Cosign registered on Peppol?

Yes, Cosign is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0448977366.

What is the enterprise number of Cosign?

The enterprise number of Cosign is BE0448977366.

When was Cosign founded?

Cosign was founded on 9 December 1992.

Who are the directors of Cosign?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Cosign are: Peter Croonen BV, MCH BV, Cosign Holding NV.

Is Cosign a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 9 December 1992; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did Cosign make in 2025?

Cosign posted a profit after taxes of € 19,551 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Cosign?

As a small company, Cosign is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 716,947.

How much does an employee at Cosign earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Cosign was € 61,200 in 2025: staff costs of € 507,866 for 8.3 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Cosign have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Cosign has 8.3 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Cosign (Public Limited) - Diest - BE0448977366

Dossier Cosign, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0448977366/cosign. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Cosign from Diest, company number BE0448977366, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 19,551 after tax. For that financial year Cosign recorded a gross margin of € 716,947 and equity of € 2.6 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 103,357 to € 19,551. 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 7, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 2.6 million

▲ 1% vs 2024

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

Profit Healthy

€ 19,551

▼ 81% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 352,138

▼ 24% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 2.5 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

8.3

▲ 1.1 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 507,866

▲ 27% vs 2024

€ 61,200 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

€ 15,246

▼ 45% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 14,492.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 11 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.

€ 2.2 million

▼ 3% vs 2024

€ 128,322 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 11 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 158,334

▲ 6% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 110,973

▲ 28% 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	€ 734,524 Gross margin 2022: € 734,524 First fiscal year in the series	€ 766,012 Gross margin 2023: € 766,012 ▲ 4% vs 2022 (€ 734,524) Favourable step	€ 655,448 Gross margin 2024: € 655,448 ▼ 14% vs 2023 (€ 766,012) Unfavourable step	€ 716,947 Gross margin 2025: € 716,947 ▲ 9% vs 2024 (€ 655,448) Favourable step	▲ 9%
Profit after taxes	€ 129,979 Profit after taxes 2022: € 129,979 First fiscal year in the series	€ 173,526 Profit after taxes 2023: € 173,526 ▲ 34% vs 2022 (€ 129,979) Favourable step	€ 103,357 Profit after taxes 2024: € 103,357 ▼ 40% vs 2023 (€ 173,526) Unfavourable step	€ 19,551 Profit after taxes 2025: € 19,551 ▼ 81% vs 2024 (€ 103,357) Unfavourable step	▼ 81%
Equity	€ 3,006,163 Equity 2022: € 3,006,163 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,029,689 Equity 2023: € 3,029,689 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 3,006,163) Favourable step	€ 2,532,526 Equity 2024: € 2,532,526 ▼ 16% vs 2023 (€ 3,029,689) Unfavourable step	€ 2,552,077 Equity 2025: € 2,552,077 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 2,532,526) Favourable step	▲ 1%
Total debts	€ 2,427,301 Total debts 2022: € 2,427,301 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,826,950 Total debts 2023: € 2,826,950 ▲ 16% vs 2022 (€ 2,427,301) Unfavourable step	€ 2,612,547 Total debts 2024: € 2,612,547 ▼ 8% vs 2023 (€ 2,826,950) Favourable step	€ 2,572,611 Total debts 2025: € 2,572,611 ▼ 2% vs 2024 (€ 2,612,547) Favourable step	▼ 2%
Cash	€ 675,823 Cash 2022: € 675,823 First fiscal year in the series	€ 727,040 Cash 2023: € 727,040 ▲ 8% vs 2022 (€ 675,823) Favourable step	€ 460,967 Cash 2024: € 460,967 ▼ 37% vs 2023 (€ 727,040) Unfavourable step	€ 352,138 Cash 2025: € 352,138 ▼ 24% vs 2024 (€ 460,967) Unfavourable step	▼ 24%
Land & buildings	€ 384,966 Land & buildings 2022: € 384,966 First fiscal year in the series	€ 357,006 Land & buildings 2023: € 357,006 ▼ 7% vs 2022 (€ 384,966) Unchanged	€ 370,755 Land & buildings 2024: € 370,755 ▲ 4% vs 2023 (€ 357,006) Unchanged	€ 348,360 Land & buildings 2025: € 348,360 ▼ 6% vs 2024 (€ 370,755) Unchanged	▼ 6%
Retained profit	€ 2,944,189 Retained profit 2022: € 2,944,189 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,967,716 Retained profit 2023: € 2,967,716 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 2,944,189) Favourable step	€ 2,470,553 Retained profit 2024: € 2,470,553 ▼ 17% vs 2023 (€ 2,967,716) Unfavourable step	€ 2,490,104 Retained profit 2025: € 2,490,104 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 2,470,553) Favourable step	▲ 1%
Dividend	€ 100,000 Dividend 2022: € 100,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 150,000 Dividend 2023: € 150,000 ▲ 50% vs 2022 (€ 100,000) Unchanged	€ 600,520 Dividend 2024: € 600,520 ▲ 300% vs 2023 (€ 150,000) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2025: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2024 (€ 600,520) Unchanged	▼ 100%
Bank debt	€ 2,055,911 Bank debt 2022: € 2,055,911 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,332,951 Bank debt 2023: € 2,332,951 ▲ 13% vs 2022 (€ 2,055,911) Unfavourable step	€ 2,225,330 Bank debt 2024: € 2,225,330 ▼ 5% vs 2023 (€ 2,332,951) Favourable step	€ 2,155,906 Bank debt 2025: € 2,155,906 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 2,225,330) Favourable step	▼ 3%
Balance sheet total	€ 5,433,463 Balance sheet total 2022: € 5,433,463 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,856,639 Balance sheet total 2023: € 5,856,639 ▲ 8% vs 2022 (€ 5,433,463) Unchanged	€ 5,145,073 Balance sheet total 2024: € 5,145,073 ▼ 12% vs 2023 (€ 5,856,639) Unchanged	€ 5,124,688 Balance sheet total 2025: € 5,124,688 Unchanged (€ 5,145,073) Unchanged
Employees (FTE)	6.2 Employees (FTE) 2022: 6.2 First fiscal year in the series	6.2 Employees (FTE) 2023: 6.2 Unchanged (6.2) Unchanged	7.2 Employees (FTE) 2024: 7.2 ▲ 1 vs 2023 (6.2) Unchanged	8.3 Employees (FTE) 2025: 8.3 ▲ 1.1 vs 2024 (7.2) Unchanged	▲ 1.1

Key figures of Cosign, 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 Cosign?

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

2029 Peter Croonen BV stepped down as director. NBB
2029 MCH BV stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Cosign Holding NV stepped down as director. NBB
Sep 7, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 19,551 (▼ 81% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
2023 Peter Croonen BV became a director. NBB
2023 MCH BV became a director. NBB
2023 Cosign Holding NV became a director. NBB
Nov 5, 1996 New establishment in Diest. KBO

In short

From € 129,979 profit in 2022 to € 19,551 profit in 2025.

Paid € 21,086 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 173,526 profit.

On average € 86,400 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

COSIGN HOLDING 58%

Z.I.M. 41.2%

The stake of COSIGN HOLDING, Z.I.M. comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

Cosign

The shares are held by COSIGN HOLDING (58%) and Z.I.M. (41.2%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Peter Croonen BV

Director · represented by Peter Croonen

Also active at: ANTENOR PAYMENT SYSTEMS, BIO - RACER, TRACS IMMO, Z.I.M., Tracs Systems, D-STUDIO SERVICES, Café Coureur, Lucoled +10 more

since 2023 · until 2029

MCH BV

Director · represented by Michel Croonen

Also active at: BIO-RACING HOLDING, BIO - RACER, V.T.S. INVESTMENT, Z.I.M., DigiNet, RAAMPROF, ASGARD VASTGOED, CULLERA +21 more

since 2023 · until 2029

Cosign Holding NV

Managing director · represented by Bert Fransens

since 2023 · until 2029

Shareholders

COSIGN HOLDING

58%

Z.I.M.

41.2%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Industriepark 32B

3290 Diest

2.060.171.221

Venusstraat 5

3290 Diest

Active since 5 November 1996

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

Details

Company number

0448.977.366

VAT number

BE 0448.977.366

Registered office

Industriepark 32B, 3290 Diest

Names & denominations

Cosign

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

9 December 1992

Peppol

Active · Active since 3 Jan 2026

Activities · NACE

Groothandel in andere machines en werktuigen, neg

Groothandel in diverse machines en uitrusting voor handel en dienstverlening, n.e.g.

Handelsbemiddeling in goederen, algemeen assortiment

Handelsbemiddeling in de niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel

Groothandel in andere machines en werktuigen, n.e.g.

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

Cosign

Financials

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Directors

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