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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 2,220 to 1,849.2.
Financials
Financial year 2024
DECATHLON BELGIUM from Evere, company number BE0449296278, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 14.8 million after tax. For that financial year DECATHLON BELGIUM recorded revenue of € 621.2 million and equity of € 22.7 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 24.8 million to € 14.8 million. The company is profitable. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 53 % below last year. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 18, 2025.
€ 22.7 million
▼ 53% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 14.8 million
▼ 40% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 10.1 million
▲ 1% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 40 million paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2024
1,849.2
▼ 156.3 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 93.1 million
▼ 5% vs 2023
€ 50,400 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.
€ 2.6 million
▼ 29% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 84.9 million
▲ 3% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 64 days on average.
€ 27 million
▲ 14% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 572,634,159 | € 599,441,307 | € 621,165,215 | ▲ 4% |
| Profit after taxes | € 23,312,104 | € 24,780,039 | € 14,773,224 | ▼ 40% |
| Equity | € 43,163,341 | € 47,945,022 | € 22,718,246 | ▼ 53% |
| Total debts | € 136,259,978 | € 142,061,223 | € 164,233,800 | ▲ 16% |
| Cash | € 4,895,642 | € 9,991,792 | € 10,141,634 | ▲ 1% |
| Land & buildings | € 2,583,230 | € 2,023,931 | € 3,924,653 | ▲ 94% |
| Retained profit | € 31,163,341 | € 35,945,022 | € 10,718,246 | ▼ 70% |
| Dividend | € 20,000,000 | € 19,998,358 | € 40,000,000 | ▲ 100% |
| Balance sheet total | € 179,482,019 | € 190,434,510 | € 188,177,307 | ▼ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 2,220 | 2,005.5 | 1,849.2 | ▼ 156.3 |
Key figures of DECATHLON BELGIUM, fiscal years 2022 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 DECATHLON BELGIUM?
What happened at DECATHLON BELGIUM in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Louise Chekroun stepped down as director. NBB
- Matthieu Soetewey stepped down as director. NBB
- New establishment in Mechelen. KBO
- New establishment in Elsene. KBO
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 14.8 million (▼ 40% vs 2023). Source: NBB ↗
- Matthieu Soetewey became a director. NBB
- Olivier Cioe stepped down as director. NBB
- Louise Chekroun became a director. NBB
In short
From € 23.3 million profit in 2022 to € 14.8 million profit in 2024.
Paid € 24 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 24.8 million profit.
Paid out € 80 million in dividends to the owners in total.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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Management
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Olivier Cioe
Director
since 2016 · until 2024
Louise Chekroun
Managing director
since 2023 · until 2028
since 2024 · until 2028
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Jules Bordetlaan 1
1140 Evere
Noorderlaan 53
2030 Antwerpen
Active since 9 July 1997
Rue du Trieu-Kaisin 1
6200 Châtelet
Active since 30 October 1998
Rue du Commerce 20
4430 Ans
Active since 19 November 1997
Quai des Vennes 1 box 102
4020 Liège
Active since 29 May 2002
Groenestraat 250
8800 Roeselare
Active since 10 May 2002
Boomse Steenweg 37
2627 Schelle
Active since 8 June 2005
Olympische dreef 50
1070 Anderlecht
Active since 20 March 2006
Schoondonkweg 10
2830 Willebroek
Active since 1 July 2006
Beneluxlaan(Kor) 1
8500 Kortrijk
Active since 30 November 2005
Blankenbergse Steenweg 420 box 001
8000 Brugge
Active since 11 July 2008
Rue de la Poire d'Or(C.) 21
7033 Mons
Active since 1 February 2009
Boulevard Michel Debauque(L.L) 10
7100 La Louvière
Active since 1 March 2010
Lammerdries-Winkelstraat 4 box B1
2250 Olen
Active since 1 February 2011
Chaussée de Namur 270
1300 Wavre
Active since 1 February 2011
Avenue des Dessus de Lives(LO) 11
5101 Namur
Active since 1 August 2011
Kolenmijn Limburg -Maaslaan(E) 3
3630 Maasmechelen
Active since 1 August 2012
Rue de la Station 8 box C23
4800 Verviers
Active since 1 July 2013
Steenweg op Gierle 221
2300 Turnhout
Active since 23 October 2014
Vliegtuiglaan 8
9000 Gent
Active since 1 September 2014
Route de Huy 54
4280 Hannut
Active since 22 December 2014
Antwerpse Steenweg 69B
9080 Lochristi
Active since 22 December 2014
César Snoecklaan 51
9600 Ronse
Active since 22 December 2014
Tiensesteenweg 172 box 1
3800 Sint-Truiden
Active since 1 May 2015
Sterpenich, rue de Grass 99
6700 Arlon
Active since 17 December 2015
Kuringersteenweg 491
3511 Hasselt
Active since 22 January 2016
Rue de Maire(FRY) 6 box D
7503 Tournai
Active since 19 October 2016
Bisschopsstraat 30
1000 Brussel
Active since 1 September 2017
Marche, Rue du Parc Industriel 16
6900 Marche-en-Famenne
Active since 1 September 2017
Chaussée de Mons 18
1400 Nivelles
Active since 6 June 2018
Buitensingel 13
3920 Lommel
Active since 20 August 2018
Antwerpsesteenweg 479
2500 Lier
Active since 1 September 2018
Eikenlaan 125
1180 Ukkel
Active since 1 August 2019
Chaussée de Bruxelles 100
6020 Charleroi
Active since 1 October 2019
Rue Saint-Michel 10-12
4000 Liège
Active since 1 November 2019
Torhoutsesteenweg 699
8400 Oostende
Active since 1 November 2019
Elsense Steenweg 13
1050 Elsene
Active since 10 December 2025
Oude Baan 12
2800 Mechelen
Active since 1 April 2026
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Details
- Company number
- 0449.296.278
- VAT number
- BE 0449.296.278
- Registered office
- Jules Bordetlaan 1, 1140 Evere
- Names & denominations
- DECATHLON BELGIUM
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 29 January 1993
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 31 Dec 2025
- Contact
- [email protected] 02 701 96 00
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