Financials
Financial year 2025
GARAGE LERNOU from Menen, company number BE0462783832, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 316,876 after tax. For that financial year GARAGE LERNOU recorded a gross margin of € 956,917 and equity of € 540,469. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 510,947 to € 316,876. The company is profitable. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 50 % below last year. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 29, 2026.
€ 540,469
▼ 50% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 316,876
▼ 38% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 312,275
▲ 44% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 865,000 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
6.6
▲ 0.4 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 406,601
▼ 34% vs 2024
€ 61,600 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.
€ 115,401
▲ 100% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 37,484.
Debts at end 2025
€ 1.3 million
▲ 64% vs 2024
€ 160,611 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 8 years.
€ 252,962
▲ 15% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 100,227
▲ 7% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 687,734 | € 720,015 | € 1,409,389 | € 956,917 | ▼ 32% |
| Profit after taxes | € 193,985 | € 171,807 | € 510,947 | € 316,876 | ▼ 38% |
| Equity | € 739,303 | € 805,105 | € 1,088,593 | € 540,469 | ▼ 50% |
| Total debts | € 1,101,845 | € 1,182,822 | € 1,359,368 | € 2,054,086 | ▲ 51% |
| Cash | € 64,886 | € 55,272 | € 216,884 | € 312,275 | ▲ 44% |
| Land & buildings | € 1,056,259 | € 1,047,791 | € 1,039,672 | € 997,732 | ▼ 4% |
| Retained profit | € 712,303 | € 778,105 | € 1,061,593 | € 513,469 | ▼ 52% |
| Dividend | € 168,189 | € 106,005 | € 227,459 | € 865,000 | ▲ 280% |
| Bank debt | € 832,195 | € 777,883 | € 788,152 | € 1,294,919 | ▲ 64% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,841,148 | € 1,987,928 | € 2,447,962 | € 2,594,555 | ▲ 6% |
| Employees (FTE) | 6 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 6.6 | ▲ 0.4 |
Key figures of GARAGE LERNOU, 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 GARAGE LERNOU?
What happened at GARAGE LERNOU in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 316,876 (▼ 38% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Menen. KBO
- New establishment in Menen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 193,985 profit in 2022 to € 316,876 profit in 2025.
Paid € 346,828 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 510,947 profit.
On average € 145,000 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
The stake of Sticom, Lermus comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
GARAGE LERNOUBehind GARAGE LERNOU are Sticom BV, Dirk Lernou, Lermus BV and Rita Vancoillie. The shares are held by Sticom (50%) and Lermus (50%).
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Ringlaan 15
8930 Menen
Ringlaan 2
8930 Menen
Active since 2 January 2018
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0462.783.832
- VAT number
- BE 0462.783.832
- Registered office
- Ringlaan 15, 8930 Menen
- Names & denominations
- GARAGE LERNOU
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 2 March 1998
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 11 Jul 2025
- Contact
- garagelernou.be
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