LIRE is a hospitality business in Mechelen. Private Limited, started on 27 October 1994, 1 establishment.

What is the address of LIRE?

The registered office of LIRE is located at Auwegemstraat 36, 2800 Mechelen.

Is LIRE still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (31 October 2026) LIRE is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 27 October 1994.

Is LIRE registered on Peppol?

Yes, LIRE is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0453726804.

What is the enterprise number of LIRE?

The enterprise number of LIRE is BE0453726804.

When was LIRE founded?

LIRE was founded on 27 October 1994.

Who are the directors of LIRE?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of LIRE are: Luisa Ragusa, Maria Taranto, Giancarlo Ragusa.

Is LIRE a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 27 October 1994; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did LIRE make in 2025?

LIRE recorded a loss after taxes of € 70,117 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of LIRE?

As a small company, LIRE is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 262,656.

How much does an employee at LIRE earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at LIRE was € 20,200 in 2024: staff costs of € 256,464 for 12.7 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

LIRE (Private Limited) - Mechelen - BE0453726804

Dossier LIRE, printed on 1 November 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0453726804/lire. 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 4 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

LIRE from Mechelen, company number BE0453726804, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -70,117 after tax. For that financial year LIRE recorded a gross margin of € 262,656 and equity of € 105,915. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 20,689 to € -70,117. The company made a loss. 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 14, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 105,915

▼ 40% vs 2024

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

Loss Caution

€ -70,117

▼ still € 20,689 profit in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 7,199

▲ 16% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Caution

Loss, nothing to pay out

Reserves fell to € 87,315.

People and assets in 2025

Wage cost

€ 300,803

▲ 17% vs 2024

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

€ 45,318

▼ 27% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 2 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.

€ 71,792

▲ 24% vs 2024

€ 38,407 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 90,589

▲ 70% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 42,841

▲ 16% 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	€ 259,180 Gross margin 2022: € 259,180 First fiscal year in the series	€ 315,658 Gross margin 2023: € 315,658 ▲ 22% vs 2022 (€ 259,180) Favourable step	€ 309,681 Gross margin 2024: € 309,681 ▼ 2% vs 2023 (€ 315,658) Unfavourable step	€ 262,656 Gross margin 2025: € 262,656 ▼ 15% vs 2024 (€ 309,681) Unfavourable step	▼ 15%
Profit after taxes	€ 7,927 Profit after taxes 2022: € 7,927 First fiscal year in the series	€ -5,419 Profit after taxes 2023: € -5,419 ▼ € 13,346 vs 2022 (€ 7,927) Unfavourable step	€ 20,689 Profit after taxes 2024: € 20,689 ▲ € 26,108 vs 2023 (€ -5,419) Favourable step	€ -70,117 Profit after taxes 2025: € -70,117 ▼ € 90,806 vs 2024 (€ 20,689) Unfavourable step	▼ € 90,806
Equity	€ 160,762 Equity 2022: € 160,762 First fiscal year in the series	€ 155,343 Equity 2023: € 155,343 ▼ 3% vs 2022 (€ 160,762) Unfavourable step	€ 176,032 Equity 2024: € 176,032 ▲ 13% vs 2023 (€ 155,343) Favourable step	€ 105,915 Equity 2025: € 105,915 ▼ 40% vs 2024 (€ 176,032) Unfavourable step	▼ 40%
Total debts	€ 189,006 Total debts 2022: € 189,006 First fiscal year in the series	€ 192,054 Total debts 2023: € 192,054 ▲ 2% vs 2022 (€ 189,006) Unfavourable step	€ 215,966 Total debts 2024: € 215,966 ▲ 12% vs 2023 (€ 192,054) Unfavourable step	€ 214,795 Total debts 2025: € 214,795 ▼ 1% vs 2024 (€ 215,966) Favourable step	▼ 1%
Cash	€ 1,444 Cash 2022: € 1,444 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,862 Cash 2023: € 4,862 ▲ 237% vs 2022 (€ 1,444) Favourable step	€ 6,207 Cash 2024: € 6,207 ▲ 28% vs 2023 (€ 4,862) Favourable step	€ 7,199 Cash 2025: € 7,199 ▲ 16% vs 2024 (€ 6,207) Favourable step	▲ 16%
Land & buildings	€ 9,295 Land & buildings 2022: € 9,295 First fiscal year in the series	€ 7,860 Land & buildings 2023: € 7,860 ▼ 15% vs 2022 (€ 9,295) Unchanged	€ 6,425 Land & buildings 2024: € 6,425 ▼ 18% vs 2023 (€ 7,860) Unchanged	€ 5,010 Land & buildings 2025: € 5,010 ▼ 22% vs 2024 (€ 6,425) Unchanged	▼ 22%
Retained profit	€ 142,162 Retained profit 2022: € 142,162 First fiscal year in the series	€ 136,743 Retained profit 2023: € 136,743 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 142,162) Unfavourable step	€ 157,432 Retained profit 2024: € 157,432 ▲ 15% vs 2023 (€ 136,743) Favourable step	€ 87,315 Retained profit 2025: € 87,315 ▼ 45% vs 2024 (€ 157,432) Unfavourable step	▼ 45%
Bank debt	€ 40,331 Bank debt 2022: € 40,331 First fiscal year in the series	€ 39,281 Bank debt 2023: € 39,281 ▼ 3% vs 2022 (€ 40,331) Favourable step	€ 57,923 Bank debt 2024: € 57,923 ▲ 47% vs 2023 (€ 39,281) Unfavourable step	€ 71,792 Bank debt 2025: € 71,792 ▲ 24% vs 2024 (€ 57,923) Unfavourable step	▲ 24%
Balance sheet total	€ 349,768 Balance sheet total 2022: € 349,768 First fiscal year in the series	€ 347,397 Balance sheet total 2023: € 347,397 ▼ 1% vs 2022 (€ 349,768) Unchanged	€ 391,998 Balance sheet total 2024: € 391,998 ▲ 13% vs 2023 (€ 347,397) Unchanged	€ 320,710 Balance sheet total 2025: € 320,710 ▼ 18% vs 2024 (€ 391,998) Unchanged	▼ 18%
Employees (FTE)	-	-	12.7 Employees (FTE) 2024: 12.7 First fiscal year in the series	-

Key figures of LIRE, 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 LIRE?

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

Oct 14, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 70,117 (▼ € 90,806 vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
Jan 5, 1995 New establishment in Mechelen. KBO
Oct 27, 1994 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 7,927 profit in 2022 to € 70,117 loss in 2025.

Paid € 11,197 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 20,689 profit.

On average € 24,400 of value added per employee in 2024.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Luisa Ragusa Maria Taranto Giancarlo Ragusa

LIRE

Behind LIRE are Luisa Ragusa, Maria Taranto and Giancarlo Ragusa.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Luisa Ragusa

Manager

Maria Taranto

Manager

Giancarlo Ragusa

Manager

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Auwegemstraat 36

2800 Mechelen

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

Details

Company number

0453.726.804

VAT number

BE 0453.726.804

Registered office

Auwegemstraat 36, 2800 Mechelen

Names & denominations

LIRE

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

27 October 1994

Peppol

Active · Active since 30 Oct 2023

Activities · NACE

Activiteiten van eetgelegenheden met beperkte bediening, muv mobiele eetgelegenheden

Fastfoodzaken, snackbars, frituren en dergelijke

Restaurants van het traditionele type

Activiteiten van eetgelegenheden met volledige bediening

Eetgelegenheden met beperkte bediening

Eetgelegenheden met volledige bediening

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Management

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