What does FIRST SHIPPING do?

FIRST SHIPPING is a logistics company in Antwerpen. Public Limited, started on 21 November 1995, 1 establishment.

What is the address of FIRST SHIPPING?

The registered office of FIRST SHIPPING is located at Plantin en Moretuslei 335 box 50, 2140 Antwerpen.

Is FIRST SHIPPING still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) FIRST SHIPPING is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 21 November 1995.

Is FIRST SHIPPING registered on Peppol?

Yes, FIRST SHIPPING is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0456542970.

What is the enterprise number of FIRST SHIPPING?

The enterprise number of FIRST SHIPPING is BE0456542970.

When was FIRST SHIPPING founded?

FIRST SHIPPING was founded on 21 November 1995.

Who are the directors of FIRST SHIPPING?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of FIRST SHIPPING are: Jozef Jan Goossens.

Is FIRST SHIPPING a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 21 November 1995; 4 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 1 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did FIRST SHIPPING make in 2025?

FIRST SHIPPING posted a profit after taxes of € 23,154 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of FIRST SHIPPING?

As a small company, FIRST SHIPPING is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 691,762.

How much does an employee at FIRST SHIPPING earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at FIRST SHIPPING was € 66,200 in 2025: staff costs of € 536,240 for 8.1 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does FIRST SHIPPING have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, FIRST SHIPPING has 8.1 full-time equivalents (FTE).

FIRST SHIPPING (Public Limited) - Antwerpen

Dossier FIRST SHIPPING, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0456542970/first-shipping. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

FIRST SHIPPING from Antwerpen, company number BE0456542970, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 23,154 after tax. For that financial year FIRST SHIPPING recorded a gross margin of € 691,762 and equity of € 119,471. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -199,234 to € 23,154. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 55 % below last year. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on March 16, 2026.

What it is worth Shrank hard

€ 119,471

▼ 55% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 23,154

▲ still € 199,234 loss in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 1.4 million

▲ 160% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 172,024 paid out

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

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

8.1

▲ 2.8 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 536,240

▲ 48% vs 2024

€ 66,200 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

€ 194,815

▼ 28% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

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.

€ 13,480

▼ 41% vs 2024

€ 9,503 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 1 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 1.5 million

▲ 159% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 132,380

▲ 48% 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	€ 469,026 Gross margin 2022: € 469,026 First fiscal year in the series	€ 451,462 Gross margin 2023: € 451,462 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 469,026) Unfavourable step	€ 287,567 Gross margin 2024: € 287,567 ▼ 36% vs 2023 (€ 451,462) Unfavourable step	€ 691,762 Gross margin 2025: € 691,762 ▲ 141% vs 2024 (€ 287,567) Favourable step	▲ 141%
Profit after taxes	€ 141,500 Profit after taxes 2022: € 141,500 First fiscal year in the series	€ 45,211 Profit after taxes 2023: € 45,211 ▼ 68% vs 2022 (€ 141,500) Unfavourable step	€ -199,234 Profit after taxes 2024: € -199,234 ▼ € 244,445 vs 2023 (€ 45,211) Unfavourable step	€ 23,154 Profit after taxes 2025: € 23,154 ▲ € 222,388 vs 2024 (€ -199,234) Favourable step	▲ € 222,388
Equity	€ 422,364 Equity 2022: € 422,364 First fiscal year in the series	€ 467,575 Equity 2023: € 467,575 ▲ 11% vs 2022 (€ 422,364) Favourable step	€ 268,341 Equity 2024: € 268,341 ▼ 43% vs 2023 (€ 467,575) Unfavourable step	€ 119,471 Equity 2025: € 119,471 ▼ 55% vs 2024 (€ 268,341) Unfavourable step	▼ 55%
Total debts	€ 233,830 Total debts 2022: € 233,830 First fiscal year in the series	€ 271,587 Total debts 2023: € 271,587 ▲ 16% vs 2022 (€ 233,830) Unfavourable step	€ 855,360 Total debts 2024: € 855,360 ▲ 215% vs 2023 (€ 271,587) Unfavourable step	€ 1,848,409 Total debts 2025: € 1,848,409 ▲ 116% vs 2024 (€ 855,360) Unfavourable step	▲ 116%
Cash	€ 276,902 Cash 2022: € 276,902 First fiscal year in the series	€ 419,195 Cash 2023: € 419,195 ▲ 51% vs 2022 (€ 276,902) Favourable step	€ 542,238 Cash 2024: € 542,238 ▲ 29% vs 2023 (€ 419,195) Favourable step	€ 1,411,041 Cash 2025: € 1,411,041 ▲ 160% vs 2024 (€ 542,238) Favourable step	▲ 160%
Land & buildings	€ 204,170 Land & buildings 2022: € 204,170 First fiscal year in the series	€ 185,201 Land & buildings 2023: € 185,201 ▼ 9% vs 2022 (€ 204,170) Unchanged	€ 180,903 Land & buildings 2024: € 180,903 ▼ 2% vs 2023 (€ 185,201) Unchanged	€ 162,153 Land & buildings 2025: € 162,153 ▼ 10% vs 2024 (€ 180,903) Unchanged	▼ 10%
Retained profit	€ 329,404 Retained profit 2022: € 329,404 First fiscal year in the series	€ 374,615 Retained profit 2023: € 374,615 ▲ 14% vs 2022 (€ 329,404) Favourable step	€ 175,381 Retained profit 2024: € 175,381 ▼ 53% vs 2023 (€ 374,615) Unfavourable step	€ 26,511 Retained profit 2025: € 26,511 ▼ 85% vs 2024 (€ 175,381) Unfavourable step	▼ 85%
Dividend	€ 800 Dividend 2022: € 800 First fiscal year in the series	€ 0 Dividend 2023: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2022 (€ 800) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2024: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 172,024 Dividend 2025: € 172,024 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged
Bank debt	€ 41,652 Bank debt 2022: € 41,652 First fiscal year in the series	€ 32,317 Bank debt 2023: € 32,317 ▼ 22% vs 2022 (€ 41,652) Favourable step	€ 22,927 Bank debt 2024: € 22,927 ▼ 29% vs 2023 (€ 32,317) Favourable step	€ 13,480 Bank debt 2025: € 13,480 ▼ 41% vs 2024 (€ 22,927) Favourable step	▼ 41%
Balance sheet total	€ 656,193 Balance sheet total 2022: € 656,193 First fiscal year in the series	€ 739,162 Balance sheet total 2023: € 739,162 ▲ 13% vs 2022 (€ 656,193) Unchanged	€ 1,123,701 Balance sheet total 2024: € 1,123,701 ▲ 52% vs 2023 (€ 739,162) Unchanged	€ 1,967,881 Balance sheet total 2025: € 1,967,881 ▲ 75% vs 2024 (€ 1,123,701) Unchanged	▲ 75%
Employees (FTE)	4 Employees (FTE) 2022: 4 First fiscal year in the series	4.7 Employees (FTE) 2023: 4.7 ▲ 0.7 vs 2022 (4) Unchanged	5.3 Employees (FTE) 2024: 5.3 ▲ 0.6 vs 2023 (4.7) Unchanged	8.1 Employees (FTE) 2025: 8.1 ▲ 2.8 vs 2024 (5.3) Unchanged	▲ 2.8

Key figures of FIRST SHIPPING, 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 April 2027.

What happened to FIRST SHIPPING?

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

Mar 16, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 23,154. Source: NBB ↗
2022 Jozef Jan Goossens became a director. NBB
Dec 12, 1995 New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
Nov 21, 1995 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 141,500 profit in 2022 to € 23,154 profit in 2025.

Paid € 84,014 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 141,500 profit.

On average € 85,400 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Jozef Jan Goossens

FIRST SHIPPING

Société commerciale belgo-malienne - Belgisch-Malische Handelmaatschappij 100%

Behind FIRST SHIPPING is Jozef Jan Goossens. It owns 100% of Société commerciale belgo-malienne - Belgisch-Malische Handelmaatschappij itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Jozef Jan Goossens

Managing director

Also active at: Société commerciale belgo-malienne - Belgisch-Malische Handelmaatschappij

since 2022

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Plantin en Moretuslei 335 box 50

2140 Antwerpen

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.

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Details

Company number

0456.542.970

VAT number

BE 0456.542.970

Registered office

Plantin en Moretuslei 335 bus 50, 2140 Antwerpen

Names & denominations

FIRST SHIPPING

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

21 November 1995

Peppol

Active · Active since 6 Nov 2025

Activities · NACE

Logistieke diensten

Expeditiekantoren

Overige vervoerondersteunende activiteiten

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

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