What does LAVETAN do?

LAVETAN is a testing and inspection body in Turnhout. Public Limited, started on 20 March 1997, 1 establishment.

What is the address of LAVETAN?

The registered office of LAVETAN is located at Veedijk 56, 2300 Turnhout.

Is LAVETAN still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) LAVETAN is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 20 March 1997.

Is LAVETAN registered on Peppol?

Yes, LAVETAN is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0460219963.

What is the enterprise number of LAVETAN?

The enterprise number of LAVETAN is BE0460219963.

When was LAVETAN founded?

LAVETAN was founded on 20 March 1997.

Who are the directors of LAVETAN?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of LAVETAN are: Steffen Walter, Jan Robrechts.

Is LAVETAN a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 20 March 1997; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did LAVETAN make in 2025?

LAVETAN posted a profit after taxes of € 215,401 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of LAVETAN?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), LAVETAN reported revenue of € 12,688,237.

How much does an employee at LAVETAN earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at LAVETAN was € 67,600 in 2025: staff costs of € 4.9 million for 72.8 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does LAVETAN have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, LAVETAN has 72.8 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Does LAVETAN have a website?

Yes, LAVETAN has a website at lavetan.be.

LAVETAN (Public Limited) - Turnhout - BE0460219963

Dossier LAVETAN, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0460219963/lavetan. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

LAVETAN from Turnhout, company number BE0460219963, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 215,401 after tax. For that financial year LAVETAN recorded revenue of € 12.7 million and equity of € 2.4 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 329,113 to € 215,401. 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 2, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 2.4 million

▲ 10% vs 2024

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

Profit Healthy

€ 215,401

▼ 35% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 699,186

▼ 29% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 1.7 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

72.8

▼ 3.5 vs 2024

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: € 3.2 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 4.9 million

▲ 1% vs 2024

€ 67,600 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

€ 693,855

▼ 15% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 68,123.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 2 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.

€ 662,974

▼ 25% vs 2024

€ 171,330 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 1.5 million

▼ 5% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 77 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 950,924

▼ 5% 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
Revenue	-	€ 12,049,817 Revenue 2023: € 12,049,817 First fiscal year in the series	€ 12,386,832 Revenue 2024: € 12,386,832 ▲ 3% vs 2023 (€ 12,049,817) Favourable step	€ 12,688,237 Revenue 2025: € 12,688,237 ▲ 2% vs 2024 (€ 12,386,832) Favourable step	▲ 2%
Gross margin	€ 5,302,168 Gross margin 2022: € 5,302,168 First fiscal year in the series	-	-	-
Profit after taxes	€ 496,861 Profit after taxes 2022: € 496,861 First fiscal year in the series	€ 307,767 Profit after taxes 2023: € 307,767 ▼ 38% vs 2022 (€ 496,861) Unfavourable step	€ 329,113 Profit after taxes 2024: € 329,113 ▲ 7% vs 2023 (€ 307,767) Favourable step	€ 215,401 Profit after taxes 2025: € 215,401 ▼ 35% vs 2024 (€ 329,113) Unfavourable step	▼ 35%
Equity	€ 1,540,334 Equity 2022: € 1,540,334 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,848,101 Equity 2023: € 1,848,101 ▲ 20% vs 2022 (€ 1,540,334) Favourable step	€ 2,177,214 Equity 2024: € 2,177,214 ▲ 18% vs 2023 (€ 1,848,101) Favourable step	€ 2,392,614 Equity 2025: € 2,392,614 ▲ 10% vs 2024 (€ 2,177,214) Favourable step	▲ 10%
Total debts	€ 3,821,360 Total debts 2022: € 3,821,360 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,652,151 Total debts 2023: € 3,652,151 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 3,821,360) Favourable step	€ 3,492,958 Total debts 2024: € 3,492,958 ▼ 4% vs 2023 (€ 3,652,151) Favourable step	€ 3,154,482 Total debts 2025: € 3,154,482 ▼ 10% vs 2024 (€ 3,492,958) Favourable step	▼ 10%
Cash	€ 877,954 Cash 2022: € 877,954 First fiscal year in the series	€ 712,149 Cash 2023: € 712,149 ▼ 19% vs 2022 (€ 877,954) Unfavourable step	€ 991,129 Cash 2024: € 991,129 ▲ 39% vs 2023 (€ 712,149) Favourable step	€ 699,186 Cash 2025: € 699,186 ▼ 29% vs 2024 (€ 991,129) Unfavourable step	▼ 29%
Retained profit	€ 890,334 Retained profit 2022: € 890,334 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,198,101 Retained profit 2023: € 1,198,101 ▲ 35% vs 2022 (€ 890,334) Favourable step	€ 1,527,214 Retained profit 2024: € 1,527,214 ▲ 27% vs 2023 (€ 1,198,101) Favourable step	€ 1,742,614 Retained profit 2025: € 1,742,614 ▲ 14% vs 2024 (€ 1,527,214) Favourable step	▲ 14%
Bank debt	€ 1,347,611 Bank debt 2022: € 1,347,611 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,022,513 Bank debt 2023: € 1,022,513 ▼ 24% vs 2022 (€ 1,347,611) Favourable step	€ 881,734 Bank debt 2024: € 881,734 ▼ 14% vs 2023 (€ 1,022,513) Favourable step	€ 662,974 Bank debt 2025: € 662,974 ▼ 25% vs 2024 (€ 881,734) Favourable step	▼ 25%
Balance sheet total	€ 5,361,694 Balance sheet total 2022: € 5,361,694 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,500,252 Balance sheet total 2023: € 5,500,252 ▲ 3% vs 2022 (€ 5,361,694) Unchanged	€ 5,670,172 Balance sheet total 2024: € 5,670,172 ▲ 3% vs 2023 (€ 5,500,252) Unchanged	€ 5,547,097 Balance sheet total 2025: € 5,547,097 ▼ 2% vs 2024 (€ 5,670,172) Unchanged	▼ 2%
Employees (FTE)	68.4 Employees (FTE) 2022: 68.4 First fiscal year in the series	75.2 Employees (FTE) 2023: 75.2 ▲ 6.8 vs 2022 (68.4) Unchanged	76.3 Employees (FTE) 2024: 76.3 ▲ 1.1 vs 2023 (75.2) Unchanged	72.8 Employees (FTE) 2025: 72.8 ▼ 3.5 vs 2024 (76.3) Unchanged	▼ 3.5

Key figures of LAVETAN, 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 LAVETAN?

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

Jul 2, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 215,401 (▼ 35% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2026 Steffen Walter stepped down as director. NBB
2026 Jan Robrechts stepped down as director. NBB
2020 Steffen Walter became a director. NBB
2020 Jan Robrechts became a director. NBB
Aug 1, 2008 New establishment in Turnhout. KBO
Mar 20, 1997 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 496,861 profit in 2022 to € 215,401 profit in 2025.

Paid € 601,141 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 496,861 profit.

On average € 77,500 of value added per employee in 2022.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

GBA Gesellschaft für Bioanalytik mbH 100%

LAVETAN

The shares are held by GBA Gesellschaft für Bioanalytik mbH (100%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Steffen Walter

Director

since 2020 · until 2026

Jan Robrechts

Managing director

Also active at: ETION Synergia, Rova, BITOS, ETION LEDENWERKING VZW

since 2020 · until 2026

Shareholders

GBA Gesellschaft für Bioanalytik mbH

100%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

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Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Veedijk 56

2300 Turnhout

What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.

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Company number

0460.219.963

VAT number

BE 0460.219.963

Registered office

Veedijk 56, 2300 Turnhout

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LAVETAN

Enterprise type

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Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

20 March 1997

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