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Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 14 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Busy address KBO
13 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
GROUPE PREFER INDUSTRIES from Flémalle, company number BE0451477293, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1.2 million after tax. For that financial year GROUPE PREFER INDUSTRIES recorded revenue of € 2.6 million and equity of € 8.9 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 7.2 million to € 1.2 million. The company is profitable. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 23, 2026.
€ 8.9 million
▼ 30% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 1.2 million
▼ 84% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 221,268
▼ 3% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 5 million paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
8.7
▲ 1.3 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 783,135
▲ 29% vs 2024
€ 90,000 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.
€ 6,941
▼ 68% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 4.3 million
▲ € 3.5 million vs 2024
€ 861,672 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.
€ 529,723
▲ 4% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 122 days on average.
€ 113,865
▲ 31% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 2,343,259 | € 2,807,506 | € 2,656,837 | € 2,584,351 | ▼ 3% |
| Profit after taxes | € -426,481 | € 1,655,999 | € 7,158,517 | € 1,169,388 | ▼ 84% |
| Equity | € 10,624,698 | € 6,930,697 | € 12,689,213 | € 8,858,601 | ▼ 30% |
| Total debts | € 5,268,143 | € 9,974,143 | € 3,308,097 | € 10,174,957 | ▲ 208% |
| Cash | € 1,753,210 | € 2,328,454 | € 229,061 | € 221,268 | ▼ 3% |
| Land & buildings | - | € 4,987 | € 13,519 | € 11,912 | ▼ 12% |
| Retained profit | € 9,261,622 | € 5,567,621 | € 11,326,138 | € 7,495,525 | ▼ 34% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 5,350,000 | € 1,400,000 | € 5,000,000 | ▲ 257% |
| Bank debt | € 1,338,680 | € 1,035,995 | € 745,173 | € 4,285,994 | ▲ € 3.5 million |
| Balance sheet total | € 15,892,841 | € 16,904,840 | € 15,997,310 | € 19,033,558 | ▲ 19% |
| Employees (FTE) | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 8.7 | ▲ 1.3 |
Key figures of GROUPE PREFER INDUSTRIES, 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 GROUPE PREFER INDUSTRIES?
What happened at GROUPE PREFER INDUSTRIES in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1.2 million (▼ 84% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- FINAWIRS SA stepped down as director. NBB
- CoGe4 SRL stepped down as director. NBB
- FINAWIRS SA became a director. NBB
- CoGe4 SRL became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Flémalle. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 426,481 loss in 2022 to € 1.2 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 222,909 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 7.2 million profit.
Paid out € 11.8 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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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 FINAWIRS comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
GROUPE PREFER INDUSTRIESThe shares are held by FINAWIRS (100%). It owns 100% of PREFER SERVICES, 100% of PREFER CONSTRUCT, 100% of PREFER PREFAB and 100% of PREFER METAL itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Chairman of the board · represented by Paul PORTIER
Also active at: PREFER Services, PREFER CONSTRUCT, PREFER PREFAB, GPImmo, GPS2, GPF1, PREFER METAL, RAIL PARK INDUSTRIES
since 2023 · until 2026
Managing director · represented by Raphaël GRIMONT
Also active at: PREFER Services, PREFER CONSTRUCT, PREFER PREFAB, GPImmo, GPS2, GPF1, PREFER METAL
since 2023 · until 2026
Shareholders
100%
Participations
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Sart d'Avette 110
4400 Flémalle
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 13 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →PREFER Services same network
€ 909,325 gross margin · 2025
PREFER CONSTRUCT same network
€ 11.3 million revenue · 2025
GPImmo same network
€ 361,746 gross margin · 2025
GPS2 same network
€ 248,541 gross margin · 2025
GPF1 same network
€ 713,978 gross margin · 2025
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What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0451.477.293
- VAT number
- BE 0451.477.293
- Registered office
- Sart d'Avette 110, 4400 Flémalle
- Names & denominations
- GROUPE PREFER INDUSTRIES · G.P.I.
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 6 December 1993
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