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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 5 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 2.9 to 2.3.
Financials
Financial year 2026
CLASSANIC from Zulte, company number BE0452579531, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 41,142 after tax. For that financial year CLASSANIC recorded a gross margin of € 674,808 and equity of € 1.7 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 254,242 to € 41,142. The company is profitable. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on October 15, 2026.
€ 1.7 million
▼ 3% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 41,142
▼ 84% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 16,860
▼ 76% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 100,000 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2026
2.3
▼ 0.2 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 145,314
▲ 30% vs 2024
€ 63,200 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.
€ 27,347
▲ € 25,919 vs 2024
Of which on lease € 27,347.
Debts at end 2026
€ 1.7 million
▼ 11% vs 2024
€ 236,388 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 7 years.
€ 1.4 million
▲ € 1.1 million vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 40,340
▼ 80% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2026 | Change 2024 → 2026 | |
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| Gross margin | € 418,788 | € 550,873 | € 774,552 | € 674,808 | ▼ 13% |
| Profit after taxes | € -16,147 | € 103,872 | € 254,242 | € 41,142 | ▼ 84% |
| Equity | € 1,581,702 | € 1,595,574 | € 1,749,816 | € 1,690,958 | ▼ 3% |
| Total debts | € 2,936,736 | € 3,017,191 | € 3,350,568 | € 4,133,013 | ▲ 23% |
| Cash | € 75,064 | € 23,926 | € 71,151 | € 16,860 | ▼ 76% |
| Land & buildings | € 3,841,906 | € 3,748,829 | € 4,096,072 | € 5,068,743 | ▲ 24% |
| Retained profit | € 1,431,702 | € 1,445,574 | € 1,599,816 | € 1,540,958 | ▼ 4% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 90,000 | € 100,000 | € 100,000 | |
| Bank debt | € 2,049,230 | € 1,848,093 | € 1,889,886 | € 1,685,447 | ▼ 11% |
| Balance sheet total | € 4,921,040 | € 4,996,139 | € 5,464,530 | € 6,162,481 | ▲ 13% |
| Employees (FTE) | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.3 | ▼ 0.2 |
Key figures of CLASSANIC, fiscal years 2022 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 October 2027.
What happened to CLASSANIC?
What happened at CLASSANIC in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Nico Claerhout stepped down as director. NBB
- Claerhout Franky Comm.V stepped down as director. NBB
- Claerhout Dirk Comm.V stepped down as director. NBB
- Claerhout Gino Comm.V stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 41,142 (▼ 84% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Nico Claerhout became a director. NBB
- Claerhout Nico Comm.V stepped down as director. NBB
- New establishment in Zulte. KBO
In short
From € 16,147 loss in 2022 to € 41,142 profit in 2026.
Paid € 130,553 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 254,242 profit.
On average € 293,400 of value added per employee in 2026.
Management
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
since 2025 · until 2031
Managing director · represented by Franky Claerhout
· until 2031
Managing director · represented by Nico Claerhout
· until 2025
Managing director · represented by Dirk Claerhout
· until 2031
Managing director · represented by Gino Claerhout
· until 2031
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Nieuwlandstraat 1
9870 Zulte
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0452.579.531
- VAT number
- BE 0452.579.531
- Registered office
- Nieuwlandstraat 1, 9870 Zulte
- Names & denominations
- CLASSANIC
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 21 April 1994
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 23 Jul 2025
- Activities · NACE
Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen
Vervaardiging van overige keukenmeubelen
Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding
Groothandel in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen
Bemiddeling in verband met exploitatie van en handel in onroerend goed
Gespecialiseerde detailhandel in behang, vloerbedekking, vloerkleden en tapijt
Groothandel in meubels, niet-elektrische huishoudapparaten en vloerbedekking inclusief tapijten
Bemiddeling bij de aankoop, verkoop en verhuur van onroerend goed
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