What is the address of OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS?

The registered office of OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS is located at Stationsstraat 123, 8400 Oostende.

Is OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 30 September 1994.

Is OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS registered on Peppol?

Yes, OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0453390074.

What is the enterprise number of OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS?

The enterprise number of OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS is BE0453390074.

When was OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS founded?

OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS was founded on 30 September 1994.

Who are the directors of OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS are: PLASSENDALE INVEST BV.

Is OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 30 September 1994; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 1 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS make in 2025?

OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS posted a profit after taxes of € 463,517 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS reported revenue of € 52,904,077.

How much does an employee at OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS was € 110,600 in 2025: staff costs of € 3.2 million for 29 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS has 29 full-time equivalents (FTE).

OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS (Public Limited) - Oostende

Q: What does OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS do?

OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS is registered with the CBE as active in: Vervaardiging van andere organische chemische basisproducten. Public Limited, started on 30 September 1994, 1 establishment.

Dossier OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0453390074/ostend-basic-chemicals. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Warning lights

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 58 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS from Oostende, company number BE0453390074, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 463,517 after tax. For that financial year OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS recorded revenue of € 52.9 million and equity of € 13.8 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -1.2 million to € 463,517. 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 15, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 13.8 million

▲ 2% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 463,517

▲ still € 1.2 million loss in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 36,168

▼ 94% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 2 million paid out

More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

▼ 0.6 vs 2024

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

Wage cost Staff costs are payroll only. Director pay sits with services and miscellaneous goods: € 16.2 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 3.2 million

▲ 9% vs 2024

€ 110,600 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

€ 83,309

▼ 20% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 4 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.

€ 4.7 million

▼ 12% vs 2024

€ 939,391 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 5.5 million

▼ 6% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 41 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 1.3 million

▲ 23% 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
Revenue	€ 81,452,049 Revenue 2022: € 81,452,049 First fiscal year in the series	€ 66,787,978 Revenue 2023: € 66,787,978 ▼ 18% vs 2022 (€ 81,452,049) Unfavourable step	€ 59,138,784 Revenue 2024: € 59,138,784 ▼ 11% vs 2023 (€ 66,787,978) Unfavourable step	€ 52,904,077 Revenue 2025: € 52,904,077 ▼ 11% vs 2024 (€ 59,138,784) Unfavourable step	▼ 11%
Profit after taxes	€ 3,072,767 Profit after taxes 2022: € 3,072,767 First fiscal year in the series	€ -145,467 Profit after taxes 2023: € -145,467 ▼ € 3.2 million vs 2022 (€ 3,072,767) Unfavourable step	€ -1,214,919 Profit after taxes 2024: € -1,214,919 ▼ € 1.1 million vs 2023 (€ -145,467) Unfavourable step	€ 463,517 Profit after taxes 2025: € 463,517 ▲ € 1.7 million vs 2024 (€ -1,214,919) Favourable step	▲ € 1.7 million
Equity	€ 16,965,753 Equity 2022: € 16,965,753 First fiscal year in the series	€ 14,820,286 Equity 2023: € 14,820,286 ▼ 13% vs 2022 (€ 16,965,753) Unfavourable step	€ 13,605,367 Equity 2024: € 13,605,367 ▼ 8% vs 2023 (€ 14,820,286) Unfavourable step	€ 13,831,825 Equity 2025: € 13,831,825 ▲ 2% vs 2024 (€ 13,605,367) Favourable step	▲ 2%
Total debts	€ 11,839,521 Total debts 2022: € 11,839,521 First fiscal year in the series	€ 14,475,683 Total debts 2023: € 14,475,683 ▲ 22% vs 2022 (€ 11,839,521) Unfavourable step	€ 14,209,473 Total debts 2024: € 14,209,473 ▼ 2% vs 2023 (€ 14,475,683) Favourable step	€ 13,562,135 Total debts 2025: € 13,562,135 ▼ 5% vs 2024 (€ 14,209,473) Favourable step	▼ 5%
Cash	€ 2,655,583 Cash 2022: € 2,655,583 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,107,571 Cash 2023: € 1,107,571 ▼ 58% vs 2022 (€ 2,655,583) Unfavourable step	€ 649,962 Cash 2024: € 649,962 ▼ 41% vs 2023 (€ 1,107,571) Unfavourable step	€ 36,168 Cash 2025: € 36,168 ▼ 94% vs 2024 (€ 649,962) Unfavourable step	▼ 94%
Land & buildings	€ 5,647,467 Land & buildings 2022: € 5,647,467 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,499,634 Land & buildings 2023: € 5,499,634 ▼ 3% vs 2022 (€ 5,647,467) Unchanged	€ 5,549,053 Land & buildings 2024: € 5,549,053 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 5,499,634) Unchanged	€ 8,507,320 Land & buildings 2025: € 8,507,320 ▲ 53% vs 2024 (€ 5,549,053) Unchanged	▲ 53%
Retained profit	€ 9,121,159 Retained profit 2022: € 9,121,159 First fiscal year in the series	€ 7,514,983 Retained profit 2023: € 7,514,983 ▼ 18% vs 2022 (€ 9,121,159) Unfavourable step	€ 6,839,355 Retained profit 2024: € 6,839,355 ▼ 9% vs 2023 (€ 7,514,983) Unfavourable step	€ 5,302,872 Retained profit 2025: € 5,302,872 ▼ 22% vs 2024 (€ 6,839,355) Unfavourable step	▼ 22%
Dividend	€ 0 Dividend 2022: € 0 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,000,000 Dividend 2023: € 2,000,000 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2024: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2023 (€ 2,000,000) Unchanged	€ 2,000,000 Dividend 2025: € 2,000,000 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged
Bank debt	€ 3,125,703 Bank debt 2022: € 3,125,703 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,550,509 Bank debt 2023: € 4,550,509 ▲ 46% vs 2022 (€ 3,125,703) Unfavourable step	€ 5,317,074 Bank debt 2024: € 5,317,074 ▲ 17% vs 2023 (€ 4,550,509) Unfavourable step	€ 4,683,730 Bank debt 2025: € 4,683,730 ▼ 12% vs 2024 (€ 5,317,074) Favourable step	▼ 12%
Balance sheet total	€ 30,323,829 Balance sheet total 2022: € 30,323,829 First fiscal year in the series	€ 30,735,980 Balance sheet total 2023: € 30,735,980 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 30,323,829) Unchanged	€ 29,204,260 Balance sheet total 2024: € 29,204,260 ▼ 5% vs 2023 (€ 30,735,980) Unchanged	€ 28,793,025 Balance sheet total 2025: € 28,793,025 ▼ 1% vs 2024 (€ 29,204,260) Unchanged	▼ 1%
Employees (FTE)	29.4 Employees (FTE) 2022: 29.4 First fiscal year in the series	29.3 Employees (FTE) 2023: 29.3 ▼ 0.1 vs 2022 (29.4) Unchanged	29.6 Employees (FTE) 2024: 29.6 ▲ 0.3 vs 2023 (29.3) Unchanged	29 Employees (FTE) 2025: 29 ▼ 0.6 vs 2024 (29.6) Unchanged	▼ 0.6

Key figures of OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS, 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 OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS?

What happened at OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

Jun 15, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 463,517. Source: NBB ↗
2020 PLASSENDALE INVEST BV became a director. NBB
Oct 26, 1994 New establishment in Oostende. KBO
Sep 30, 1994 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 3.1 million profit in 2022 to € 463,517 profit in 2025.

Paid € 1.7 million in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 3.1 million profit.

Paid out € 4 million in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

PLASSENDALE INVEST 100%

The stake of PLASSENDALE INVEST comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS

Bio Chem Kaai 50%

Behind OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS is PLASSENDALE INVEST BV. The shares are held by PLASSENDALE INVEST (100%). It owns 50% of Bio Chem Kaai itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

PLASSENDALE INVEST BV

Director · represented by Jan SABBE

since 2020

Shareholders

PLASSENDALE INVEST

100%

Participations

Bio Chem Kaai

50%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Stationsstraat 123

8400 Oostende

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.

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PLASSENDALE INVEST same network

€ 24,824 gross margin · 2025

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

Details

Company number

0453.390.074

VAT number

BE 0453.390.074

Registered office

Stationsstraat 123, 8400 Oostende

Names & denominations

OSTEND BASIC CHEMICALS · OBC

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

30 September 1994

Peppol

Active · Active since 31 Mar 2025

Contact

[email protected]

Activities · NACE

Vervaardiging van andere organische chemische basisproducten

Vervaardiging van overige organische chemische basisproducten

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗