Financials
Financial year 2025
EUROPE CHOCOLATE COMPANY from Malle, company number BE0449868479, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 4.6 million after tax. For that financial year EUROPE CHOCOLATE COMPANY recorded revenue of € 147.3 million and equity of € 20.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 4.9 million to € 4.6 million. 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 February 4, 2026.
€ 20.2 million
▲ 30% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 4.6 million
▼ 6% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 1.4 million
▲ 74% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 20.1 million.
People and assets in 2025
104.6
▲ 10.2 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 7.5 million
▲ 20% vs 2024
€ 71,700 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.
€ 177,084
▼ 32% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 6.2 million
▲ 77% vs 2024
€ 81,045 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 13.3 million
▼ 10% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 37 days on average.
€ 885,395
▲ 28% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 59,680,252 | € 113,069,348 | € 98,922,058 | € 147,254,152 | ▲ 49% |
| Profit after taxes | € 2,271,818 | € 2,557,108 | € 4,943,326 | € 4,634,466 | ▼ 6% |
| Equity | € 7,506,229 | € 10,654,323 | € 15,597,650 | € 20,232,115 | ▲ 30% |
| Total debts | € 7,046,755 | € 12,363,583 | € 19,518,948 | € 21,964,774 | ▲ 13% |
| Cash | € 645,232 | € 2,378,357 | € 831,948 | € 1,446,098 | ▲ 74% |
| Land & buildings | € 906,393 | € 2,287,642 | € 2,219,208 | € 2,164,406 | ▼ 2% |
| Retained profit | € 7,444,729 | € 10,518,208 | € 15,461,534 | € 20,095,999 | ▲ 30% |
| Bank debt | € 939,157 | € 2,699,444 | € 3,514,446 | € 6,207,932 | ▲ 77% |
| Balance sheet total | € 14,552,984 | € 23,017,906 | € 35,116,597 | € 42,196,889 | ▲ 20% |
| Employees (FTE) | 70.5 | 90.1 | 94.4 | 104.6 | ▲ 10.2 |
Key figures of EUROPE CHOCOLATE COMPANY, fiscal years 2021 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 31 March 2027.
What happened to EUROPE CHOCOLATE COMPANY?
What happened at EUROPE CHOCOLATE COMPANY in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Luc Temmerman stepped down as director. NBB
- Wim Debedts stepped down as director. NBB
- Simona Pavlova stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 4.6 million (▼ 6% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Simona Pavlova became a director. NBB
- Wim Debedts became a director. NBB
- Luc Temmerman became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Malle. KBO
In short
From € 2.3 million profit in 2021 to € 4.6 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 5 million in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 4.9 million profit.
Pays suppliers within 37 days on average.
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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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
The stake of Barry Callebaut Belgium NV comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
EUROPE CHOCOLATE COMPANYThe shares are held by Barry Callebaut Belgium NV (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Luc Temmerman
Director
Also active at: Barry Callebaut Belgium NV, International Business Company Belgium, Barry Callebaut Services, CABOSSE NATURALS
since 2021 · until 2029
Wim Debedts
Director
since 2024 · until 2029
since 2024 · until 2029
Shareholders
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Energieweg 5C
2390 Malle
Energieweg 5 C
2390 Malle
Active since 10 May 1993
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
one.com Mail
Hosting
ONECOM, DK
Domain
Domain
eurochoccomp.eu
Registrar
One.com A/S
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0449.868.479
- VAT number
- BE 0449.868.479
- Registered office
- Energieweg 5C, 2390 Malle
- Names & denominations
- EUROPE CHOCOLATE COMPANY · ECC
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 8 April 1993
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 21 Nov 2025
- Contact
- eurochoccomp.eu
- Activities · NACE
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