What does PHD MEDIA do?

PHD MEDIA is an advertising agency in Hoeilaart. Public Limited, started on 13 November 1997, 1 establishment.

What is the address of PHD MEDIA?

The registered office of PHD MEDIA is located at Ildefonse Vandammestraat 5-7D, 1560 Hoeilaart.

Is PHD MEDIA still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) PHD MEDIA is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 13 November 1997.

Is PHD MEDIA registered on Peppol?

Yes, PHD MEDIA is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0461882326.

What is the enterprise number of PHD MEDIA?

The enterprise number of PHD MEDIA is BE0461882326.

When was PHD MEDIA founded?

PHD MEDIA was founded on 13 November 1997.

Who are the directors of PHD MEDIA?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of PHD MEDIA are: TPFinance BV, Karel Goethals, Smart Minds BV, Martine Winnepenninckx, Remi Boel.

Is PHD MEDIA a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 13 November 1997; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 5 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did PHD MEDIA make in 2025?

PHD MEDIA recorded a loss after taxes of € 547,302 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of PHD MEDIA?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), PHD MEDIA reported revenue of € 39,403,599.

How much does an employee at PHD MEDIA earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at PHD MEDIA was € 76,900 in 2025: staff costs of € 1.8 million for 22.8 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does PHD MEDIA have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, PHD MEDIA has 22.8 full-time equivalents (FTE).

PHD MEDIA (Public Limited) - Hoeilaart - BE0461882326

Dossier PHD MEDIA, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0461882326/phd-media. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Warning lights

Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.

Two loss years in a row NBB

Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
Board fully replaced NBB

No director from three years ago is still active according to annual account 2025.

Financials

Financial year 2025

PHD MEDIA from Hoeilaart, company number BE0461882326, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -547,302 after tax. For that financial year PHD MEDIA recorded revenue of € 39.4 million and equity of € 1.4 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -628,510 to € -547,302. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on May 21, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 1.4 million

▼ 28% vs 2024

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

Loss Caution

€ -547,302

▲ 13 % less loss than in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Caution

Loss, nothing to pay out

Reserves fell to € -269,610.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

22.8

▲ 3.8 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: € 2.8 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 1.8 million

▼ 3% vs 2024

€ 76,900 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

€ 7,790

▼ 22% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

None

No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.

Owed to suppliers

€ 16.3 million

▲ 64% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 155 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 1 million

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	€ 79,431,177 Revenue 2022: € 79,431,177 First fiscal year in the series	€ 47,670,973 Revenue 2023: € 47,670,973 ▼ 40% vs 2022 (€ 79,431,177) Unfavourable step	€ 47,586,410 Revenue 2024: € 47,586,410 Unchanged (€ 47,670,973) Unfavourable step	€ 39,403,599 Revenue 2025: € 39,403,599 ▼ 17% vs 2024 (€ 47,586,410) Unfavourable step	▼ 17%
Profit after taxes	€ -48,842 Profit after taxes 2022: € -48,842 First fiscal year in the series	€ -382,785 Profit after taxes 2023: € -382,785 ▼ € 333,943 vs 2022 (€ -48,842) Unfavourable step	€ -628,510 Profit after taxes 2024: € -628,510 ▼ € 245,725 vs 2023 (€ -382,785) Unfavourable step	€ -547,302 Profit after taxes 2025: € -547,302 ▲ € 81,209 vs 2024 (€ -628,510) Favourable step	▲ € 81,209
Equity	€ 984,797 Equity 2022: € 984,797 First fiscal year in the series	€ 602,012 Equity 2023: € 602,012 ▼ 39% vs 2022 (€ 984,797) Unfavourable step	€ 1,973,477 Equity 2024: € 1,973,477 ▲ 228% vs 2023 (€ 602,012) Favourable step	€ 1,426,175 Equity 2025: € 1,426,175 ▼ 28% vs 2024 (€ 1,973,477) Unfavourable step	▼ 28%
Total debts	€ 27,010,620 Total debts 2022: € 27,010,620 First fiscal year in the series	€ 17,237,150 Total debts 2023: € 17,237,150 ▼ 36% vs 2022 (€ 27,010,620) Favourable step	€ 11,353,483 Total debts 2024: € 11,353,483 ▼ 34% vs 2023 (€ 17,237,150) Favourable step	€ 17,386,920 Total debts 2025: € 17,386,920 ▲ 53% vs 2024 (€ 11,353,483) Unfavourable step	▲ 53%
Cash	€ 2,724,279 Cash 2022: € 2,724,279 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,510,841 Cash 2023: € 3,510,841 ▲ 29% vs 2022 (€ 2,724,279) Favourable step	€ 558,263 Cash 2024: € 558,263 ▼ 84% vs 2023 (€ 3,510,841) Unfavourable step	-
Retained profit	€ -3,877,203 Retained profit 2022: € -3,877,203 First fiscal year in the series	€ -4,259,988 Retained profit 2023: € -4,259,988 ▼ € 382,785 vs 2022 (€ -3,877,203) Unfavourable step	€ 277,691 Retained profit 2024: € 277,691 ▲ € 4.5 million vs 2023 (€ -4,259,988) Favourable step	€ -269,610 Retained profit 2025: € -269,610 ▼ € 547,302 vs 2024 (€ 277,691) Unfavourable step	▼ € 547,302
Balance sheet total	€ 28,000,417 Balance sheet total 2022: € 28,000,417 First fiscal year in the series	€ 17,839,162 Balance sheet total 2023: € 17,839,162 ▼ 36% vs 2022 (€ 28,000,417) Unchanged	€ 13,326,960 Balance sheet total 2024: € 13,326,960 ▼ 25% vs 2023 (€ 17,839,162) Unchanged	€ 18,813,095 Balance sheet total 2025: € 18,813,095 ▲ 41% vs 2024 (€ 13,326,960) Unchanged	▲ 41%
Employees (FTE)	25.1 Employees (FTE) 2022: 25.1 First fiscal year in the series	22.9 Employees (FTE) 2023: 22.9 ▼ 2.2 vs 2022 (25.1) Unchanged	19 Employees (FTE) 2024: 19 ▼ 3.9 vs 2023 (22.9) Unchanged	22.8 Employees (FTE) 2025: 22.8 ▲ 3.8 vs 2024 (19) Unchanged	▲ 3.8

Key figures of PHD MEDIA, 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 PHD MEDIA?

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

2028 Martine Winnepenninckx stepped down as director. NBB
May 21, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 547,302. Source: NBB ↗
2026 Smart Minds BV stepped down as director. NBB
2026 Remi Boel stepped down as director. NBB
2026 TPFinance BV became a director. NBB
2026 Karel Goethals became a director. NBB
2024 Smart Minds BV became a director. NBB
2022 Martine Winnepenninckx became a director. NBB

In short

From € 48,842 loss in 2022 to € 547,302 loss in 2025.

Paid € 13,829 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Pays suppliers within 155 days on average.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

OMNICOM MEDIA GROUP 100%

Batten, Barton, Durstine en Osborn Belgium 33.3%

Omnicom Advertising Group Belgium 33.3%

The stake of OMNICOM MEDIA GROUP, Batten, Barton, Durstine en Osborn Belgium, Omnicom Advertising Group Belgium comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

PHD MEDIA

Behind PHD MEDIA are TPFinance BV and Karel Goethals. The shares are held by OMNICOM MEDIA GROUP (100%), Batten, Barton, Durstine en Osborn Belgium (33.3%) and Omnicom Advertising Group Belgium (33.3%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

TPFinance BV

Director

Also active at: Mediabrands Belgium, OMNICOM MEDIA GROUP, OMD, OUTDOOR SERVICES, KINESSO BELGIUM, ORION CAPITAL BELGIUM, Hearts & Science

since 2026

Karel Goethals

Director

Also active at: Mediabrands Belgium, OMNICOM MEDIA GROUP, OMD, Hearts & Science, SEMETIS

since 2026

Smart Minds BV

Bestuurder en gedelegeerd bestuurder · represented by Guy Gelaude

Also active at: OMNICOM MEDIA GROUP, OMD, Hearts & Science, SEMETIS

since 2024 · until 2026

Martine Winnepenninckx

Director

Also active at: OMNICOM MEDIA GROUP, OMD

since 2022 · until 2028

Remi Boel

Director

Also active at: OMNICOM MEDIA GROUP, OMD

since 2019 · until 2026

Shareholders

OMNICOM MEDIA GROUP

100%

Batten, Barton, Durstine en Osborn Belgium

33.3%

Omnicom Advertising Group Belgium

33.3%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Ildefonse Vandammestraat 5-7D

1560 Hoeilaart

2.084.266.714

Maurice Charlentstraat 53

1160 Oudergem

Active since 20 November 1997

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.

All companies at this address →

Omnicom Media Belgium same network

€ 213.6 million revenue · 2025

OUTDOOR SERVICES same network

€ 28.4 million revenue · 2025

KINESSO BELGIUM same network

€ 28 million revenue · 2025

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

Details

Company number

0461.882.326

VAT number

BE 0461.882.326

Registered office

Ildefonse Vandammestraat 5-7D, 1560 Hoeilaart

Names & denominations

PHD MEDIA

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

13 November 1997

Peppol

Active · Active since 23 Dec 2025

Activities · NACE

Activiteiten van reclamebureaus

Publiciteitsagentschappen

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

PHD MEDIA

Warning lights

Financials

What happened to PHD MEDIA?

Management

Directors

Shareholders

Participations

Establishments

Establishment units

Who else lives here?

Details

Frequently asked questions