What does La Buena Vida do?

La Buena Vida is a wholesaler in Oud-Turnhout. Private Limited, started on 31 August 1994, 1 establishment.

What is the address of La Buena Vida?

The registered office of La Buena Vida is located at Steenweg op Mol 205, 2360 Oud-Turnhout.

Is La Buena Vida still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (31 October 2026) La Buena Vida is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 31 August 1994.

Is La Buena Vida registered on Peppol?

Yes, La Buena Vida is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0453270805.

What is the enterprise number of La Buena Vida?

The enterprise number of La Buena Vida is BE0453270805.

When was La Buena Vida founded?

La Buena Vida was founded on 31 August 1994.

Who are the directors of La Buena Vida?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of La Buena Vida are: Wim Vanleuven, Johan Sterckx, L Fonteyne Olivier Etienne.

Is La Buena Vida a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 31 August 1994; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did La Buena Vida make in 2025?

La Buena Vida posted a profit after taxes of € 89,138 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of La Buena Vida?

As a small company, La Buena Vida is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 1,550,663.

How much does an employee at La Buena Vida earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at La Buena Vida was € 58,400 in 2025: staff costs of € 747,451 for 12.8 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does La Buena Vida have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, La Buena Vida has 12.8 full-time equivalents (FTE).

La Buena Vida (Private Limited) - Oud-Turnhout

Dossier La Buena Vida, printed on 31 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0453270805/la-buena-vida. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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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.

Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 61 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

La Buena Vida from Oud-Turnhout, company number BE0453270805, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 89,138 after tax. For that financial year La Buena Vida recorded a gross margin of € 1.6 million and equity of € 1.5 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 267,151 to € 89,138. 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 July 29, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 1.5 million

▲ 6% vs 2024

Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.

Profit Healthy

€ 89,138

▼ 67% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 226,274

▲ 101% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 1.2 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

12.8

▲ 1.2 vs 2024

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost

€ 747,451

▲ 5% vs 2024

€ 58,400 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 81,096

▼ 2% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 3 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 1.7 million

▲ 19% vs 2024

€ 287,880 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 538,493

▼ 27% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.

Taxes and wages

€ 415,960

▲ 37% vs 2024

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Gross margin	€ 1,210,300 Gross margin 2022: € 1,210,300 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,306,675 Gross margin 2023: € 1,306,675 ▲ 8% vs 2022 (€ 1,210,300) Favourable step	€ 1,612,122 Gross margin 2024: € 1,612,122 ▲ 23% vs 2023 (€ 1,306,675) Favourable step	€ 1,550,663 Gross margin 2025: € 1,550,663 ▼ 4% vs 2024 (€ 1,612,122) Unfavourable step	▼ 4%
Profit after taxes	€ 32,005 Profit after taxes 2022: € 32,005 First fiscal year in the series	€ 31,645 Profit after taxes 2023: € 31,645 ▼ 1% vs 2022 (€ 32,005) Unfavourable step	€ 267,151 Profit after taxes 2024: € 267,151 ▲ € 235,506 vs 2023 (€ 31,645) Favourable step	€ 89,138 Profit after taxes 2025: € 89,138 ▼ 67% vs 2024 (€ 267,151) Unfavourable step	▼ 67%
Equity	€ 1,090,416 Equity 2022: € 1,090,416 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,122,061 Equity 2023: € 1,122,061 ▲ 3% vs 2022 (€ 1,090,416) Favourable step	€ 1,389,212 Equity 2024: € 1,389,212 ▲ 24% vs 2023 (€ 1,122,061) Favourable step	€ 1,478,350 Equity 2025: € 1,478,350 ▲ 6% vs 2024 (€ 1,389,212) Favourable step	▲ 6%
Total debts	€ 2,097,905 Total debts 2022: € 2,097,905 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,472,003 Total debts 2023: € 2,472,003 ▲ 18% vs 2022 (€ 2,097,905) Unfavourable step	€ 2,537,704 Total debts 2024: € 2,537,704 ▲ 3% vs 2023 (€ 2,472,003) Unfavourable step	€ 2,698,100 Total debts 2025: € 2,698,100 ▲ 6% vs 2024 (€ 2,537,704) Unfavourable step	▲ 6%
Cash	€ 365,302 Cash 2022: € 365,302 First fiscal year in the series	€ 372,507 Cash 2023: € 372,507 ▲ 2% vs 2022 (€ 365,302) Favourable step	€ 112,564 Cash 2024: € 112,564 ▼ 70% vs 2023 (€ 372,507) Unfavourable step	€ 226,274 Cash 2025: € 226,274 ▲ 101% vs 2024 (€ 112,564) Favourable step	▲ 101%
Land & buildings	€ 396,490 Land & buildings 2022: € 396,490 First fiscal year in the series	€ 329,815 Land & buildings 2023: € 329,815 ▼ 17% vs 2022 (€ 396,490) Unchanged	€ 263,413 Land & buildings 2024: € 263,413 ▼ 20% vs 2023 (€ 329,815) Unchanged	€ 197,013 Land & buildings 2025: € 197,013 ▼ 25% vs 2024 (€ 263,413) Unchanged	▼ 25%
Retained profit	€ 678,170 Retained profit 2022: € 678,170 First fiscal year in the series	€ 764,543 Retained profit 2023: € 764,543 ▲ 13% vs 2022 (€ 678,170) Favourable step	€ 1,069,588 Retained profit 2024: € 1,069,588 ▲ 40% vs 2023 (€ 764,543) Favourable step	€ 1,196,621 Retained profit 2025: € 1,196,621 ▲ 12% vs 2024 (€ 1,069,588) Favourable step	▲ 12%
Bank debt	€ 1,293,705 Bank debt 2022: € 1,293,705 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,389,384 Bank debt 2023: € 1,389,384 ▲ 7% vs 2022 (€ 1,293,705) Unfavourable step	€ 1,424,342 Bank debt 2024: € 1,424,342 ▲ 3% vs 2023 (€ 1,389,384) Unfavourable step	€ 1,700,763 Bank debt 2025: € 1,700,763 ▲ 19% vs 2024 (€ 1,424,342) Unfavourable step	▲ 19%
Balance sheet total	€ 3,188,321 Balance sheet total 2022: € 3,188,321 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,594,064 Balance sheet total 2023: € 3,594,064 ▲ 13% vs 2022 (€ 3,188,321) Unchanged	€ 3,926,916 Balance sheet total 2024: € 3,926,916 ▲ 9% vs 2023 (€ 3,594,064) Unchanged	€ 4,176,449 Balance sheet total 2025: € 4,176,449 ▲ 6% vs 2024 (€ 3,926,916) Unchanged	▲ 6%
Employees (FTE)	9.8 Employees (FTE) 2022: 9.8 First fiscal year in the series	11.3 Employees (FTE) 2023: 11.3 ▲ 1.5 vs 2022 (9.8) Unchanged	11.6 Employees (FTE) 2024: 11.6 ▲ 0.3 vs 2023 (11.3) Unchanged	12.8 Employees (FTE) 2025: 12.8 ▲ 1.2 vs 2024 (11.6) Unchanged	▲ 1.2

Key figures of La Buena Vida, 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 La Buena Vida?

What happened at La Buena Vida in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

Jul 29, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 89,138 (▼ 67% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
Aug 31, 1994 New establishment in Mol. KBO
Aug 31, 1994 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 32,005 profit in 2022 to € 89,138 profit in 2025.

Paid € 251,250 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 267,151 profit.

On average € 121,100 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Wim Vanleuven Johan Sterckx L Fonteyne Olivier Etienne

KABOUTERS EN TEDDYBEREN

LA BUENA TIERRA

La Buena Vida

JOHAN STERCKX WINE CONSULTING

Behind La Buena Vida are Wim Vanleuven, Johan Sterckx and L Fonteyne Olivier Etienne. Wim Vanleuven is also behind KABOUTERS EN TEDDYBEREN and LA BUENA TIERRA. Johan Sterckx is also behind JOHAN STERCKX WINE CONSULTING.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Wim Vanleuven

Director

Also active at: KABOUTERS EN TEDDYBEREN, LA BUENA TIERRA

Johan Sterckx

Director

Also active at: JOHAN STERCKX WINE CONSULTING

L Fonteyne Olivier Etienne

Director

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Steenweg op Mol 205

2360 Oud-Turnhout

2.068.020.006

Emiel Becquaertlaan 2

2400 Mol

Active since 31 August 1994

What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.

Details

Company number

0453.270.805

VAT number

BE 0453.270.805

Registered office

Steenweg op Mol 205, 2360 Oud-Turnhout

Names & denominations

La Buena Vida

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

31 August 1994

Peppol

Active · Active since 20 Nov 2020

Activities · NACE

Groothandel in dranken, algemeen assortiment

Groothandel in dranken

Detailhandel in dranken, algemeen assortiment

Detailhandel in alcoholische en andere dranken

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

La Buena Vida

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