LHOIST is a wholesaler in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve. Public Limited, started on 10 December 1996, 3 establishments.

What is the address of LHOIST?

The registered office of LHOIST is located at Rue Charles Dubois 28, 1342 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve.

Is LHOIST still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) LHOIST is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 10 December 1996.

Is LHOIST registered on Peppol?

Yes, LHOIST is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0459399522.

What is the enterprise number of LHOIST?

The enterprise number of LHOIST is BE0459399522.

When was LHOIST founded?

LHOIST was founded on 10 December 1996.

Who are the directors of LHOIST?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of LHOIST are: Elisabeth van der VAEREN, Valentine BERGHMANS, Pierre GURDJIAN, Vincent BERGHMANS, Jean-Marc ETLIN, BERGHMANS BARON, Olivier BERGHMANS, Anne Marianne FENTENER van VLISSINGEN.

Is LHOIST a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 10 December 1996; 4 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 11 directors known from the annual account; 3 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did LHOIST make in 2025?

LHOIST posted a profit after taxes of € 776,869,898 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of LHOIST?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), LHOIST reported revenue of € 674,626,725.

How much does an employee at LHOIST earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at LHOIST was € 321,600 in 2025: staff costs of € 34.4 million for 107 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does LHOIST have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, LHOIST has 107 full-time equivalents (FTE).

LHOIST (Public Limited) - Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve

Dossier LHOIST, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0459399522/lhoist. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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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.

Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 9 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Busy address KBO

13 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.

Financials

Financial year 2025

LHOIST from Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, company number BE0459399522, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 776.9 million after tax. For that financial year LHOIST recorded revenue of € 674.6 million and equity of € 1.3 billion. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 1 billion to € 776.9 million. The company is profitable. 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 27, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 1.3 billion

▲ 61% vs 2023

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

Profit Healthy

€ 776.9 million

▼ 25% vs 2023

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 77,039

▼ 14% vs 2023

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

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 410 million paid out

53 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

107

▲ 11 vs 2023

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: € 90.2 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 34.4 million

▲ 27% vs 2023

€ 321,600 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

€ 249,665

▼ 4% vs 2023

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

€ 500 million

▼ 73% vs 2023

Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.

Owed to suppliers

€ 24.9 million

▲ 42% vs 2023

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 18 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 8.2 million

▼ 29% vs 2023

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2021	2022	2023	2025	Change 2023 → 2025
Revenue	€ 135,387,656 Revenue 2021: € 135,387,656 First fiscal year in the series	€ 151,649,334 Revenue 2022: € 151,649,334 ▲ 12% vs 2021 (€ 135,387,656) Favourable step	€ 117,122,091 Revenue 2023: € 117,122,091 ▼ 23% vs 2022 (€ 151,649,334) Unfavourable step	€ 674,626,725 Revenue 2025: € 674,626,725 ▲ € 557.5 million vs 2023 (€ 117,122,091) Favourable step	▲ € 557.5 million
Profit after taxes	€ 105,076,834 Profit after taxes 2021: € 105,076,834 First fiscal year in the series	€ 208,318,888 Profit after taxes 2022: € 208,318,888 ▲ 98% vs 2021 (€ 105,076,834) Favourable step	€ 1,037,265,860 Profit after taxes 2023: € 1,037,265,860 ▲ € 828.9 million vs 2022 (€ 208,318,888) Favourable step	€ 776,869,898 Profit after taxes 2025: € 776,869,898 ▼ 25% vs 2023 (€ 1,037,265,860) Unfavourable step	▼ 25%
Equity	€ 460,529,256 Equity 2021: € 460,529,256 First fiscal year in the series	€ 638,158,072 Equity 2022: € 638,158,072 ▲ 39% vs 2021 (€ 460,529,256) Favourable step	€ 825,423,933 Equity 2023: € 825,423,933 ▲ 29% vs 2022 (€ 638,158,072) Favourable step	€ 1,326,149,825 Equity 2025: € 1,326,149,825 ▲ 61% vs 2023 (€ 825,423,933) Favourable step	▲ 61%
Total debts	€ 479,676,232 Total debts 2021: € 479,676,232 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,426,513,064 Total debts 2022: € 1,426,513,064 ▲ 197% vs 2021 (€ 479,676,232) Unfavourable step	€ 2,015,337,207 Total debts 2023: € 2,015,337,207 ▲ 41% vs 2022 (€ 1,426,513,064) Unfavourable step	€ 785,777,905 Total debts 2025: € 785,777,905 ▼ 61% vs 2023 (€ 2,015,337,207) Favourable step	▼ 61%
Cash	€ 140,513 Cash 2021: € 140,513 First fiscal year in the series	€ 86,038 Cash 2022: € 86,038 ▼ 39% vs 2021 (€ 140,513) Unfavourable step	€ 89,780 Cash 2023: € 89,780 ▲ 4% vs 2022 (€ 86,038) Favourable step	€ 77,039 Cash 2025: € 77,039 ▼ 14% vs 2023 (€ 89,780) Unfavourable step	▼ 14%
Land & buildings	€ 4,111,685 Land & buildings 2021: € 4,111,685 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,055,594 Land & buildings 2022: € 4,055,594 ▼ 1% vs 2021 (€ 4,111,685) Unchanged	€ 4,002,012 Land & buildings 2023: € 4,002,012 ▼ 1% vs 2022 (€ 4,055,594) Unchanged	€ 3,901,931 Land & buildings 2025: € 3,901,931 ▼ 3% vs 2023 (€ 4,002,012) Unchanged	▼ 3%
Retained profit	€ 455,429,967 Retained profit 2021: € 455,429,967 First fiscal year in the series	€ 633,058,783 Retained profit 2022: € 633,058,783 ▲ 39% vs 2021 (€ 455,429,967) Favourable step	€ 820,324,644 Retained profit 2023: € 820,324,644 ▲ 30% vs 2022 (€ 633,058,783) Favourable step	€ 1,321,050,536 Retained profit 2025: € 1,321,050,536 ▲ 61% vs 2023 (€ 820,324,644) Favourable step	▲ 61%
Dividend	€ 129,190,589 Dividend 2021: € 129,190,589 First fiscal year in the series	€ 30,690,072 Dividend 2022: € 30,690,072 ▼ 76% vs 2021 (€ 129,190,589) Unchanged	€ 850,000,000 Dividend 2023: € 850,000,000 ▲ € 819.3 million vs 2022 (€ 30,690,072) Unchanged	€ 410,000,000 Dividend 2025: € 410,000,000 ▼ 52% vs 2023 (€ 850,000,000) Unchanged	▼ 52%
Bank debt	€ 400,000,000 Bank debt 2021: € 400,000,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,389,000,000 Bank debt 2022: € 1,389,000,000 ▲ 247% vs 2021 (€ 400,000,000) Unfavourable step	€ 1,857,000,000 Bank debt 2023: € 1,857,000,000 ▲ 34% vs 2022 (€ 1,389,000,000) Unfavourable step	€ 500,000,000 Bank debt 2025: € 500,000,000 ▼ 73% vs 2023 (€ 1,857,000,000) Favourable step	▼ 73%
Balance sheet total	€ 947,488,081 Balance sheet total 2021: € 947,488,081 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,076,423,499 Balance sheet total 2022: € 2,076,423,499 ▲ 119% vs 2021 (€ 947,488,081) Unchanged	€ 2,858,452,112 Balance sheet total 2023: € 2,858,452,112 ▲ 38% vs 2022 (€ 2,076,423,499) Unchanged	€ 2,133,810,682 Balance sheet total 2025: € 2,133,810,682 ▼ 25% vs 2023 (€ 2,858,452,112) Unchanged	▼ 25%
Employees (FTE)	95.7 Employees (FTE) 2021: 95.7 First fiscal year in the series	92.8 Employees (FTE) 2022: 92.8 ▼ 2.9 vs 2021 (95.7) Unchanged	96 Employees (FTE) 2023: 96 ▲ 3.2 vs 2022 (92.8) Unchanged	107 Employees (FTE) 2025: 107 ▲ 11 vs 2023 (96) Unchanged	▲ 11

Key figures of LHOIST, fiscal years 2021 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 LHOIST?

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

2028 Valentine BERGHMANS stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Vincent BERGHMANS stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Jean-Marc ETLIN stepped down as director. NBB
2028 BERGHMANS BARON stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Marcos de AZEVEDO FERREIRA FRANCA stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Michel TILMANT stepped down as director. NBB
Jul 27, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 776.9 million (▼ 25% vs 2023). Source: NBB ↗
2026 Elisabeth van der VAEREN stepped down as director. NBB

In short

From € 105.1 million profit in 2021 to € 776.9 million profit in 2025.

Paid € 10.9 million in corporate taxes since 2021.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 1 billion profit.

Paid out € 1.4 billion in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

LHOIST

LHOIST SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED 100%

LHOIST RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT 100%

LATCALINSA S.L.U. 100%

LHOIST NORDIC AB 100%

It owns 100% of LHOIST SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED, 100% of LHOIST RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT, 100% of LATCALINSA S.L.U., 100% of LHOIST NORDIC AB, 100% of DOLOMIES DE MARCHE-LES-DAMES and 50% of NEDMAG HOLDING BV itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Elisabeth van der VAEREN

Director

· until 2026

Valentine BERGHMANS

Director

since 2025 · until 2028

Pierre GURDJIAN

Director

· until 2026

Vincent BERGHMANS

Director

Also active at: Immobilière Saint-Michel

· until 2028

Jean-Marc ETLIN

Director

· until 2028

BERGHMANS BARON

Président Honoraire du Conseil d'Administration

· until 2028

Olivier BERGHMANS

Director

Also active at: Immobilière Saint-Michel, Les Cabanes des Dolimarts

· until 2026

Anne Marianne FENTENER van VLISSINGEN

Director

· until 2026

Monique FORGET LEROUX

Director

· until 2026

Marcos de AZEVEDO FERREIRA FRANCA

Chairman of the board

Also active at: LHOIST RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT

· until 2028

Michel TILMANT

Director

· until 2028

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Rue Charles Dubois 28

1342 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve

2.231.706.417

Rue de l'Industrie 31

1400 Nivelles

Active since 17 June 2014

2.247.940.158

Rue Granbonpré 11

1435 Mont-Saint-Guibert

Active since 21 December 2015

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 13 companies are registered at this address.

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Details

Company number

0459.399.522

VAT number

BE 0459.399.522

Registered office

Rue Charles Dubois 28, 1342 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve

Names & denominations

LHOIST

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

10 December 1996

Peppol

Active · Active since 1 Dec 2025

Activities · NACE

Groothandel in bouwmaterialen, algemeen assortiment

Groothandel in verf, vernis en bouwmaterialen, inclusief sanitair

Vervaardiging van kalk en gips

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LHOIST

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