What does Ardena Gent do?

Ardena Gent is a testing and inspection body in Gent. Public Limited, started on 1 December 1994, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Ardena Gent?

The registered office of Ardena Gent is located at Kleimoer 4, 9030 Gent.

Is Ardena Gent still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) Ardena Gent is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 1 December 1994.

Is Ardena Gent registered on Peppol?

Yes, Ardena Gent is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0453881707.

What is the enterprise number of Ardena Gent?

The enterprise number of Ardena Gent is BE0453881707.

When was Ardena Gent founded?

Ardena Gent was founded on 1 December 1994.

Who are the directors of Ardena Gent?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Ardena Gent are: Ariane De Ganck , Lieven Van Vooren, Filip Van Herck, Ardena Holding NV, Arnout Everaert.

Is Ardena Gent a reliable company?

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

How much profit did Ardena Gent make in 2025?

Ardena Gent recorded a loss after taxes of € 9,520,828 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Ardena Gent?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), Ardena Gent reported revenue of € 26,727,652.

How much does an employee at Ardena Gent earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Ardena Gent was € 98,400 in 2025: staff costs of € 10.5 million for 106.6 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Ardena Gent have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Ardena Gent has 106.6 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Ardena Gent (Public Limited) - Gent - BE0453881707

Dossier Ardena Gent, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0453881707/ardena-gent. 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.

Negative equity NBB

More debt than assets in 1 of the last 4 fiscal years.
Two loss years in a row NBB

Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 21 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Ardena Gent from Gent, company number BE0453881707, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -9.5 million after tax. For that financial year Ardena Gent recorded revenue of € 26.7 million and equity of € -502,518. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -1.7 million to € -9.5 million. The company made a loss. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 29, 2026.

What it is worth Caution

€ -502,518

▼ € 9.5 million vs 2024

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

Loss Caution

€ -9.5 million

▼ 460 % more loss than in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 1.6 million

▲ 109% 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 € -4.7 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

106.6

▲ 2 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: € 6.1 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 10.5 million

€ 98,400 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

€ 645,382

▼ 16% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 578,509.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 1 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.

€ 20.6 million

▼ 1% vs 2024

€ 20.3 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 1 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 1.5 million

▲ 114% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 45 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 1.6 million

▲ 31% 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	€ 20,729,930 Revenue 2022: € 20,729,930 First fiscal year in the series	€ 17,774,991 Revenue 2023: € 17,774,991 ▼ 14% vs 2022 (€ 20,729,930) Unfavourable step	€ 22,036,154 Revenue 2024: € 22,036,154 ▲ 24% vs 2023 (€ 17,774,991) Favourable step	€ 26,727,652 Revenue 2025: € 26,727,652 ▲ 21% vs 2024 (€ 22,036,154) Favourable step	▲ 21%
Profit after taxes	€ 1,776,156 Profit after taxes 2022: € 1,776,156 First fiscal year in the series	€ -1,519,331 Profit after taxes 2023: € -1,519,331 ▼ € 3.3 million vs 2022 (€ 1,776,156) Unfavourable step	€ -1,699,113 Profit after taxes 2024: € -1,699,113 ▼ € 179,782 vs 2023 (€ -1,519,331) Unfavourable step	€ -9,520,828 Profit after taxes 2025: € -9,520,828 ▼ € 7.8 million vs 2024 (€ -1,699,113) Unfavourable step	▼ € 7.8 million
Equity	€ 12,282,493 Equity 2022: € 12,282,493 First fiscal year in the series	€ 10,747,916 Equity 2023: € 10,747,916 ▼ 12% vs 2022 (€ 12,282,493) Unfavourable step	€ 9,033,556 Equity 2024: € 9,033,556 ▼ 16% vs 2023 (€ 10,747,916) Unfavourable step	€ -502,518 Equity 2025: € -502,518 ▼ € 9.5 million vs 2024 (€ 9,033,556) Unfavourable step	▼ € 9.5 million
Total debts	€ 48,645,961 Total debts 2022: € 48,645,961 First fiscal year in the series	€ 52,003,936 Total debts 2023: € 52,003,936 ▲ 7% vs 2022 (€ 48,645,961) Unfavourable step	€ 52,629,732 Total debts 2024: € 52,629,732 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 52,003,936) Unfavourable step	€ 59,306,848 Total debts 2025: € 59,306,848 ▲ 13% vs 2024 (€ 52,629,732) Unfavourable step	▲ 13%
Cash	€ 524,317 Cash 2022: € 524,317 First fiscal year in the series	€ 381,632 Cash 2023: € 381,632 ▼ 27% vs 2022 (€ 524,317) Unfavourable step	€ 746,007 Cash 2024: € 746,007 ▲ 95% vs 2023 (€ 381,632) Favourable step	€ 1,562,660 Cash 2025: € 1,562,660 ▲ 109% vs 2024 (€ 746,007) Favourable step	▲ 109%
Land & buildings	€ 1,285,344 Land & buildings 2022: € 1,285,344 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,284,657 Land & buildings 2023: € 1,284,657 Unchanged (€ 1,285,344) Unchanged	€ 1,283,970 Land & buildings 2024: € 1,283,970 Unchanged (€ 1,284,657) Unchanged	€ 1,283,283 Land & buildings 2025: € 1,283,283 Unchanged (€ 1,283,970) Unchanged
Retained profit	€ 8,048,630 Retained profit 2022: € 8,048,630 First fiscal year in the series	€ 6,529,299 Retained profit 2023: € 6,529,299 ▼ 19% vs 2022 (€ 8,048,630) Unfavourable step	€ 4,830,186 Retained profit 2024: € 4,830,186 ▼ 26% vs 2023 (€ 6,529,299) Unfavourable step	€ -4,690,642 Retained profit 2025: € -4,690,642 ▼ € 9.5 million vs 2024 (€ 4,830,186) Unfavourable step	▼ € 9.5 million
Bank debt	€ 21,464,687 Bank debt 2022: € 21,464,687 First fiscal year in the series	€ 21,172,479 Bank debt 2023: € 21,172,479 ▼ 1% vs 2022 (€ 21,464,687) Favourable step	€ 20,719,883 Bank debt 2024: € 20,719,883 ▼ 2% vs 2023 (€ 21,172,479) Favourable step	€ 20,584,197 Bank debt 2025: € 20,584,197 ▼ 1% vs 2024 (€ 20,719,883) Favourable step	▼ 1%
Balance sheet total	€ 60,928,454 Balance sheet total 2022: € 60,928,454 First fiscal year in the series	€ 62,751,851 Balance sheet total 2023: € 62,751,851 ▲ 3% vs 2022 (€ 60,928,454) Unchanged	€ 61,663,288 Balance sheet total 2024: € 61,663,288 ▼ 2% vs 2023 (€ 62,751,851) Unchanged	€ 58,804,330 Balance sheet total 2025: € 58,804,330 ▼ 5% vs 2024 (€ 61,663,288) Unchanged	▼ 5%
Employees (FTE)	107.4 Employees (FTE) 2022: 107.4 First fiscal year in the series	111.6 Employees (FTE) 2023: 111.6 ▲ 4.2 vs 2022 (107.4) Unchanged	104.6 Employees (FTE) 2024: 104.6 ▼ 7 vs 2023 (111.6) Unchanged	106.6 Employees (FTE) 2025: 106.6 ▲ 2 vs 2024 (104.6) Unchanged	▲ 2

Key figures of Ardena Gent, 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 Ardena Gent?

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

2032 Arnout Everaert stepped down as director. NBB
2031 Ariane De Ganck stepped down as director. NBB
2031 Ardena Holding NV stepped down as director. NBB
Sep 29, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 9.5 million. filed late Source: NBB ↗
2026 Lieven Van Vooren stepped down as director. NBB
2026 Arnout Everaert became a director. NBB
2026 Filip Van Herck stepped down as director. NBB
2025 Ariane De Ganck became a director. NBB

In short

From € 1.8 million profit in 2022 to € 9.5 million loss in 2025.

Paid € 706,630 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 1.8 million profit.

Pays suppliers within 45 days on average.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Ardena Holding NV 100%

Ardena Gent

Ardena Sweden AB 100%

Ardena Netherlands BV 100%

Ardena Pamplona, S.L.U 100%

The shares are held by Ardena Holding NV (100%). It owns 100% of Ardena Sweden AB, 100% of Ardena Netherlands BV and 100% of Ardena Pamplona, S.L.U itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Ariane De Ganck

Director

Also active at: Pharmatel-Immo

since 2025 · until 2031

Lieven Van Vooren

Director

since 2020 · until 2026

Filip Van Herck

Director

since 2020 · until 2026

Ardena Holding NV

Managing director · represented by Jeremie Trochu

Also active at: Pharmatel-Immo

since 2024 · until 2031

Arnout Everaert

Director

Also active at: Pharmatel-Immo

since 2026 · until 2032

Shareholders

Ardena Holding NV

100%

Participations

Ardena Sweden AB

100%

Ardena Netherlands BV

100%

Ardena Pamplona, S.L.U

100%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Kleimoer 4

9030 Gent

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 companies are registered at this address.

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Ardena Holding same network

Pharmatel-Immo same network

€ 495,799 gross margin · 2025

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Details

Company number

0453.881.707

VAT number

BE 0453.881.707

Registered office

Kleimoer 4, 9030 Gent

Names & denominations

Ardena Gent

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

1 December 1994

Peppol

Active · Active since 12 Aug 2025

Activities · NACE

Overige technische testen en toetsen

Overige dienstverlenende activiteiten op het gebied van informatie

Overige dienstverlenende activiteiten op het gebied van informatie, n.e. g.

Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen

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Ardena Gent

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What happened to Ardena Gent?

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Shareholders

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