What does VOLCKAERT - SOETENS do?

VOLCKAERT - SOETENS is a wholesaler in Lede. Public Limited, started on 8 December 1994, 1 establishment.

What is the address of VOLCKAERT - SOETENS?

The registered office of VOLCKAERT - SOETENS is located at Grote Steenweg 41, 9340 Lede.

Is VOLCKAERT - SOETENS still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) VOLCKAERT - SOETENS is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 8 December 1994.

Is VOLCKAERT - SOETENS registered on Peppol?

Yes, VOLCKAERT - SOETENS is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0453957723.

What is the enterprise number of VOLCKAERT - SOETENS?

The enterprise number of VOLCKAERT - SOETENS is BE0453957723.

When was VOLCKAERT - SOETENS founded?

VOLCKAERT - SOETENS was founded on 8 December 1994.

Who are the directors of VOLCKAERT - SOETENS?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of VOLCKAERT - SOETENS are: Emmy Volckaert, Immo Bevo NV.

Is VOLCKAERT - SOETENS a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 8 December 1994; 4 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did VOLCKAERT - SOETENS make in 2025?

VOLCKAERT - SOETENS posted a profit after taxes of € 2,212,446 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of VOLCKAERT - SOETENS?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), VOLCKAERT - SOETENS reported revenue of € 344,273,472.

How much does an employee at VOLCKAERT - SOETENS earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at VOLCKAERT - SOETENS was € 57,700 in 2025: staff costs of € 2.4 million for 41.3 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does VOLCKAERT - SOETENS have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, VOLCKAERT - SOETENS has 41.3 full-time equivalents (FTE).

VOLCKAERT - SOETENS (Public Limited) - Lede

Dossier VOLCKAERT - SOETENS, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0453957723/volckaert-soetens. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

VOLCKAERT - SOETENS from Lede, company number BE0453957723, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 2.2 million after tax. For that financial year VOLCKAERT - SOETENS recorded revenue of € 344.3 million and equity of € 11 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1.5 million to € 2.2 million. 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 December 22, 2025.

What it is worth Growing

€ 11 million

▲ 22% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 2.2 million

▲ 47% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 578,409

▼ 54% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 200,000 paid out

9 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

41.3

▲ 2.3 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: € 1.7 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 2.4 million

▲ 9% vs 2024

€ 57,700 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

€ 874,207

▲ 73% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 188,515.

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.

€ 380,949

▲ 4% vs 2024

€ 61,986 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 8.6 million

▲ 47% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 9 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 542,943

▲ 20% 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	€ 289,762,947 Revenue 2022: € 289,762,947 First fiscal year in the series	€ 298,797,204 Revenue 2023: € 298,797,204 ▲ 3% vs 2022 (€ 289,762,947) Favourable step	€ 308,751,136 Revenue 2024: € 308,751,136 ▲ 3% vs 2023 (€ 298,797,204) Favourable step	€ 344,273,472 Revenue 2025: € 344,273,472 ▲ 12% vs 2024 (€ 308,751,136) Favourable step	▲ 12%
Profit after taxes	€ 1,099,000 Profit after taxes 2022: € 1,099,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,403,083 Profit after taxes 2023: € 1,403,083 ▲ 28% vs 2022 (€ 1,099,000) Favourable step	€ 1,504,030 Profit after taxes 2024: € 1,504,030 ▲ 7% vs 2023 (€ 1,403,083) Favourable step	€ 2,212,446 Profit after taxes 2025: € 2,212,446 ▲ 47% vs 2024 (€ 1,504,030) Favourable step	▲ 47%
Equity	€ 6,187,695 Equity 2022: € 6,187,695 First fiscal year in the series	€ 7,590,778 Equity 2023: € 7,590,778 ▲ 23% vs 2022 (€ 6,187,695) Favourable step	€ 8,994,808 Equity 2024: € 8,994,808 ▲ 18% vs 2023 (€ 7,590,778) Favourable step	€ 11,007,254 Equity 2025: € 11,007,254 ▲ 22% vs 2024 (€ 8,994,808) Favourable step	▲ 22%
Total debts	€ 8,109,050 Total debts 2022: € 8,109,050 First fiscal year in the series	€ 6,281,580 Total debts 2023: € 6,281,580 ▼ 23% vs 2022 (€ 8,109,050) Favourable step	€ 6,703,141 Total debts 2024: € 6,703,141 ▲ 7% vs 2023 (€ 6,281,580) Unfavourable step	€ 9,563,343 Total debts 2025: € 9,563,343 ▲ 43% vs 2024 (€ 6,703,141) Unfavourable step	▲ 43%
Cash	€ 568,732 Cash 2022: € 568,732 First fiscal year in the series	€ 348,574 Cash 2023: € 348,574 ▼ 39% vs 2022 (€ 568,732) Unfavourable step	€ 1,249,552 Cash 2024: € 1,249,552 ▲ 258% vs 2023 (€ 348,574) Favourable step	€ 578,409 Cash 2025: € 578,409 ▼ 54% vs 2024 (€ 1,249,552) Unfavourable step	▼ 54%
Retained profit	€ 6,032,695 Retained profit 2022: € 6,032,695 First fiscal year in the series	€ 7,435,778 Retained profit 2023: € 7,435,778 ▲ 23% vs 2022 (€ 6,032,695) Favourable step	€ 8,839,808 Retained profit 2024: € 8,839,808 ▲ 19% vs 2023 (€ 7,435,778) Favourable step	€ 10,852,254 Retained profit 2025: € 10,852,254 ▲ 23% vs 2024 (€ 8,839,808) Favourable step	▲ 23%
Dividend	€ 0 Dividend 2022: € 0 First fiscal year in the series	€ 0 Dividend 2023: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 100,000 Dividend 2024: € 100,000 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 200,000 Dividend 2025: € 200,000 ▲ 100% vs 2024 (€ 100,000) Unchanged	▲ 100%
Bank debt	€ 4,707,023 Bank debt 2022: € 4,707,023 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,174,140 Bank debt 2023: € 4,174,140 ▼ 11% vs 2022 (€ 4,707,023) Favourable step	€ 368,042 Bank debt 2024: € 368,042 ▼ 91% vs 2023 (€ 4,174,140) Favourable step	€ 380,949 Bank debt 2025: € 380,949 ▲ 4% vs 2024 (€ 368,042) Unfavourable step	▲ 4%
Balance sheet total	€ 14,296,745 Balance sheet total 2022: € 14,296,745 First fiscal year in the series	€ 13,872,358 Balance sheet total 2023: € 13,872,358 ▼ 3% vs 2022 (€ 14,296,745) Unchanged	€ 15,697,949 Balance sheet total 2024: € 15,697,949 ▲ 13% vs 2023 (€ 13,872,358) Unchanged	€ 20,570,597 Balance sheet total 2025: € 20,570,597 ▲ 31% vs 2024 (€ 15,697,949) Unchanged	▲ 31%
Employees (FTE)	35.7 Employees (FTE) 2022: 35.7 First fiscal year in the series	38.1 Employees (FTE) 2023: 38.1 ▲ 2.4 vs 2022 (35.7) Unchanged	39 Employees (FTE) 2024: 39 ▲ 0.9 vs 2023 (38.1) Unchanged	41.3 Employees (FTE) 2025: 41.3 ▲ 2.3 vs 2024 (39) Unchanged	▲ 2.3

Key figures of VOLCKAERT - SOETENS, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 January 2027.

What happened to VOLCKAERT - SOETENS?

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

2030 Immo Bevo NV stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Emmy Volckaert stepped down as director. NBB
Dec 22, 2025 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 2.2 million (▲ 47% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2025 Immo Bevo NV became a director. NBB
2023 Emmy Volckaert became a director. NBB
Jan 17, 1995 New establishment in Lede. KBO
Dec 8, 1994 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 1.1 million profit in 2022 to € 2.2 million profit in 2025.

Paid € 2.1 million in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2025, with € 2.2 million profit.

Paid out € 300,000 in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

EP BEVO INVEST 20%

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

VOLCKAERT - SOETENS

EXCELLENT FOOD GROUP 12.5%

The shares are held by EP BEVO INVEST (20%). It owns 12.5% of EXCELLENT FOOD GROUP itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Emmy Volckaert

Managing director

Also active at: IMMO BEVO, PAYWORLD BELGIUM, EP BEVO INVEST

since 2023 · until 2029

Immo Bevo NV

Director · represented by Peter Becaus

since 2025 · until 2030

Shareholders

EP BEVO INVEST

20%

Participations

EXCELLENT FOOD GROUP

12.5%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Grote Steenweg 41

9340 Lede

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Details

Company number

0453.957.723

VAT number

BE 0453.957.723

Registered office

Grote Steenweg 41, 9340 Lede

Names & denominations

VOLCKAERT - SOETENS

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

8 December 1994

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