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Financials
Financial year 2026
MERKO from Antwerpen, company number BE0452072953, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 2,171 after tax. For that financial year MERKO recorded a gross margin of € -99,823 and equity of € 1.5 million. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € -96,991 to € 2,171. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 June 3, 2026.
€ 1.5 million
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 2,171
▲ still € 96,991 loss in 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2026. Retained profit grew to € 1.4 million.
Debts at end 2026
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
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| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 119,397 | € 36,277 | € -116,647 | € -99,823 | ▲ € 16,824 |
| Profit after taxes | € 129,181 | € 64,919 | € -96,991 | € 2,171 | ▲ € 99,162 |
| Equity | € 1,521,591 | € 1,586,510 | € 1,489,519 | € 1,491,690 | |
| Total debts | € 567,871 | € 1,021,779 | € 115,731 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Retained profit | € 1,459,591 | € 1,524,510 | € 1,427,519 | € 1,429,690 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,089,462 | € 2,608,289 | € 1,605,250 | € 1,491,690 | ▼ 7% |
Key figures of MERKO, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 23 November 2027.
What happened to MERKO?
What happened at MERKO in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Karl Gausler stepped down as director. NBB
- François Herviaux stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 2,171. Source: NBB ↗
- Karl Gausler became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 129,181 profit in 2023 to € 2,171 profit in 2026.
Paid € 64,582 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 129,181 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
The stake of Merko Acquisition comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
MERKOThe shares are held by Merko Acquisition (100%).
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
since 2021 · until 2027
· until 2027
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Britselei 36
2000 Antwerpen
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Details
- Company number
- 0452.072.953
- VAT number
- BE 0452.072.953
- Registered office
- Britselei 36, 2000 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- MERKO
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 February 1994
- Peppol
- Not registered
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