Financials
Financial year 2024
MERCAT from La Louvière, company number BE0450442462, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -2,466 after tax. For that financial year MERCAT recorded a gross margin of € 309,565 and equity of € 127,086. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 870 to € -2,466. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 30, 2025.
€ 127,086
▼ 2% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -2,466
▼ still € 870 profit in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 74,152
▼ 33% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 95,851.
People and assets in 2024
€ 208,999
▲ 11% 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.
€ 53,875
▲ 51% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 481,572
▲ 22% vs 2023
€ 34,665 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 14 years.
€ 77,637
▼ 13% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 40,471
▲ 4% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 161,427 | € 342,294 | € 283,159 | € 309,565 | ▲ 9% |
| Profit after taxes | € 8,421 | € 88,968 | € 870 | € -2,466 | ▼ € 3,336 |
| Equity | € 39,713 | € 128,681 | € 129,552 | € 127,086 | ▼ 2% |
| Total debts | € 207,368 | € 202,628 | € 543,193 | € 608,919 | ▲ 12% |
| Cash | € 6,238 | € 133,420 | € 110,787 | € 74,152 | ▼ 33% |
| Land & buildings | - | € 20,000 | € 409,721 | € 488,133 | ▲ 19% |
| Retained profit | € 8,478 | € 97,446 | € 98,317 | € 95,851 | ▼ 3% |
| Bank debt | € 78,324 | € 45,096 | € 395,598 | € 481,572 | ▲ 22% |
| Balance sheet total | € 247,081 | € 357,831 | € 698,155 | € 760,089 | ▲ 9% |
Key figures of MERCAT, 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 MERCAT?
What happened at MERCAT in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 2,466 (▼ € 3,336 vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in La Louvière. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 8,421 profit in 2021 to € 2,466 loss in 2024.
Paid € 10,567 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 88,968 profit.
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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
Behind MERCAT are THOMAS GIARRA, MATHILDE GIARRA and LEONARDO GIARRA.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
THOMAS GIARRA
Director
MATHILDE GIARRA
Director
LEONARDO GIARRA
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue de la Grattine(L.L) 51 box 3
7100 La Louvière
Who else lives here?
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Details
- Company number
- 0450.442.462
- VAT number
- BE 0450.442.462
- Registered office
- Rue de la Grattine(L.L) 51 bus 3, 7100 La Louvière
- Names & denominations
- MERCAT
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 7 July 1993
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
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