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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.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 61 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 6.3 to 5.5.
Financials
Financial year 2025
GARAGE TRADING from Machelen (Brab.), company number BE0456873265, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 194,906 after tax. For that financial year GARAGE TRADING recorded a gross margin of € 841,960 and equity of € 2.4 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 134,322 to € 194,906. 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 July 15, 2026.
€ 2.4 million
▲ 247% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 194,906
▲ 45% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 594,376
▲ 117% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 54,000 paid out
28 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
5.5
▼ 0.4 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 370,462
▲ 4% vs 2024
€ 67,400 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.
€ 90,466
▼ 18% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 1.2 million
▲ 37% vs 2024
€ 432,893 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 420,366
▲ 32% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 59,740
▼ 30% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 167,484 | € 552,164 | € 677,678 | € 841,960 | ▲ 24% |
| Profit after taxes | € -49,047 | € 84,849 | € 134,322 | € 194,906 | ▲ 45% |
| Equity | € 495,814 | € 580,663 | € 692,485 | € 2,406,314 | ▲ 247% |
| Total debts | € 1,420,869 | € 1,338,768 | € 1,287,817 | € 1,788,377 | ▲ 39% |
| Cash | € 56,313 | € 391,430 | € 273,504 | € 594,376 | ▲ 117% |
| Land & buildings | € 890,215 | € 875,530 | € 872,181 | € 2,789,274 | ▲ 220% |
| Retained profit | € 103,628 | € 188,477 | € 300,299 | € 441,205 | ▲ 47% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 22,500 | € 54,000 | ▲ 140% |
| Bank debt | € 804,119 | € 802,401 | € 857,403 | € 1,176,697 | ▲ 37% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,916,683 | € 1,919,432 | € 1,980,301 | € 4,194,691 | ▲ 112% |
| Employees (FTE) | 4.2 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 5.5 | ▼ 0.4 |
Key figures of GARAGE TRADING, 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 GARAGE TRADING?
What happened at GARAGE TRADING in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 194,906 (▲ 45% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Machelen (Brab.). KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 49,047 loss in 2022 to € 194,906 profit in 2025.
Paid € 176,316 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 194,906 profit.
On average € 153,100 of value added per employee in 2025.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
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Management
Behind GARAGE TRADING is Thierry Verbesselt.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Thierry Verbesselt
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Kerklaan 80
1830 Machelen (Brab.)
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Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
one.com Mail
Hosting
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Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0456.873.265
- VAT number
- BE 0456.873.265
- Registered office
- Kerklaan 80, 1830 Machelen (Brab.)
- Names & denominations
- GARAGE TRADING
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 21 December 1995
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 13 Oct 2025
- Contact
- garagetrading.be
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