Warning lights
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 19.3 to 14.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Popken Verwaltungs GmbH & Co from Brugge, company number BE0459275895, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 409,084 after tax. For that financial year Popken Verwaltungs GmbH & Co recorded a gross margin of € 1.5 million and equity of € 300,000. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 404,715 to € 409,084. Profitable, and profit is growing. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 11, 2026.
€ 300,000
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 409,084
▲ 1% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 138,157
▼ 30% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 409,084 paid out
100 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to Popken International GmbH (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
14
▼ 4.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 771,359
▼ 3% vs 2024
€ 55,100 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.
€ 40
▼ 17% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 818,486
▲ 51% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 74,147
▼ 9% vs 2024
Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,469,558 | € 1,296,248 | € 1,462,560 | € 1,481,002 | ▲ 1% |
| Profit after taxes | € 296,354 | € 198,394 | € 404,715 | € 409,084 | ▲ 1% |
| Equity | € 300,000 | € 300,000 | € 300,000 | € 300,000 | |
| Total debts | € 716,998 | € 701,929 | € 1,137,885 | € 1,400,833 | ▲ 23% |
| Cash | € 164,186 | € 159,105 | € 197,700 | € 138,157 | ▼ 30% |
| Dividend | € 296,354 | € 198,394 | € 404,715 | € 409,084 | ▲ 1% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,057,798 | € 1,010,429 | € 1,442,185 | € 1,704,233 | ▲ 18% |
| Employees (FTE) | 22.3 | 19.3 | 18.1 | 14 | ▼ 4.1 |
Key figures of Popken Verwaltungs GmbH & Co, 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 Popken Verwaltungs GmbH & Co?
What happened at Popken Verwaltungs GmbH & Co in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 409,084 (▲ 1% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Popken Verwaltungs GmbH became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Oostende. KBO
- New establishment in Hasselt. KBO
- New establishment in Brugge. KBO
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 296,354 profit in 2022 to € 409,084 profit in 2025.
Paid € 482,096 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 409,084 profit.
On average € 105,800 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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
Behind Popken Verwaltungs GmbH & Co is Popken Verwaltungs GmbH. The shares are held by Popken International GmbH (100%) and Popken Verwaltungs GmbH (0%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Popken Verwaltungs GmbH
Manager · represented by Ralf Keller
since 2017
Shareholders
Popken International GmbH
100%
Popken Verwaltungs GmbH
0%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Noordzandstraat 60
8000 Brugge
Meirbrug 1
2000 Antwerpen
Active since 24 January 1997
Sint-Jozefsstraat 10
3500 Hasselt
Active since 30 April 1998
Adolf Buylstraat 44 box b
8400 Oostende
Active since 28 June 2012
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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Details
- Company number
- 0459.275.895
- VAT number
- BE 0459.275.895
- Registered office
- Noordzandstraat 60, 8000 Brugge
- Names & denominations
- Popken Verwaltungs GmbH & Co · Ulla Popken
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Limited partnership
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 20 November 1996
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 17 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
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