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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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 4.8 to 4.
Financials
Financial year 2025
GOVAERT& VANHOUTTE ARCHITECTS from Brugge, company number BE0458536222, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 966,440 after tax. For that financial year GOVAERT& VANHOUTTE ARCHITECTS recorded a gross margin of € 1.9 million and equity of € 3.8 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 731,114 to € 966,440. 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 August 31, 2026.
€ 3.8 million
▲ 16% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 966,440
▲ 32% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 739,536
▲ 63% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 450,000 paid out
47 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
4
▼ 0.2 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 341,742
€ 85,400 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.
€ 103,021
▼ 1% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 31,164.
Debts at end 2025
€ 528,255
▼ 1% vs 2024
€ 88,069 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 694,114
▲ 248% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 181,824
▼ 4% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,761,631 | € 1,335,278 | € 1,487,307 | € 1,851,370 | ▲ 24% |
| Profit after taxes | € 716,437 | € 441,310 | € 731,114 | € 966,440 | ▲ 32% |
| Equity | € 2,425,071 | € 2,866,381 | € 3,297,495 | € 3,813,935 | ▲ 16% |
| Total debts | € 2,209,320 | € 1,570,969 | € 1,465,813 | € 1,983,348 | ▲ 35% |
| Cash | € 794,300 | € 623,632 | € 454,088 | € 739,536 | ▲ 63% |
| Retained profit | € 2,418,866 | € 2,860,176 | € 3,291,290 | € 3,807,730 | ▲ 16% |
| Dividend | € 577,086 | € 0 | € 300,000 | € 450,000 | ▲ 50% |
| Bank debt | € 836,489 | € 640,368 | € 535,527 | € 528,255 | ▼ 1% |
| Balance sheet total | € 4,757,943 | € 4,485,258 | € 4,763,308 | € 5,843,197 | ▲ 23% |
| Employees (FTE) | 5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4 | ▼ 0.2 |
Key figures of GOVAERT& VANHOUTTE ARCHITECTS, 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 GOVAERT& VANHOUTTE ARCHITECTS?
What happened at GOVAERT& VANHOUTTE ARCHITECTS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 966,440 (▲ 32% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Brugge. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 716,437 profit in 2022 to € 966,440 profit in 2025.
Paid € 985,435 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 966,440 profit.
On average € 462,800 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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Management
Behind GOVAERT& VANHOUTTE ARCHITECTS are Benny Govaert and Damiaan Vanhoutte. The same people are also behind GOVAERT EN VANHOUTTE. Benny Govaert is also behind 160 and ROCES. Damiaan Vanhoutte is also behind VIIV and FIVE TO SEVEN.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Oude Sint-Annadreef 88_90
8200 Brugge
Oude Sint-Annadreef 88-90
8200 Brugge
Active since 18 May 2009
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0458.536.222
- VAT number
- BE 0458.536.222
- Registered office
- Oude Sint-Annadreef 88_90, 8200 Brugge
- Names & denominations
- GOVAERT& VANHOUTTE ARCHITECTS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 19 July 1996
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