What is the address of MOTIVE?

The registered office of MOTIVE is located at Pioniersplein(Z) 7, 8550 Zwevegem.

Is MOTIVE still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) MOTIVE is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 30 October 1998.

Is MOTIVE registered on Peppol?

Yes, MOTIVE is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0464469256.

What is the enterprise number of MOTIVE?

The enterprise number of MOTIVE is BE0464469256.

When was MOTIVE founded?

MOTIVE was founded on 30 October 1998.

Who are the directors of MOTIVE?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of MOTIVE are: Wouter Baert CommV, M.O.L. CommV.

Is MOTIVE a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 30 October 1998; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did MOTIVE make in 2025?

MOTIVE posted a profit after taxes of € 12,367 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of MOTIVE?

As a small company, MOTIVE is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 185,581.

How much does an employee at MOTIVE earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at MOTIVE was € 54,900 in 2025: staff costs of € 148,237 for 2.7 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does MOTIVE have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, MOTIVE has 2.7 full-time equivalents (FTE).

MOTIVE (Private Limited) - Zwevegem - BE0464469256

Q: What does MOTIVE do?

MOTIVE is registered with the CBE as active in: Ontwerpen van textielpatronen, kleding, juwelen, meubels en decoratieartikelen. Private Limited, started on 30 October 1998, 1 establishment.

Dossier MOTIVE, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0464469256/motive. 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.

Shrinking team NBB

FTE fell two years in a row, from 4.2 to 2.7.

Financials

Financial year 2025

MOTIVE from Zwevegem, company number BE0464469256, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 12,367 after tax. For that financial year MOTIVE recorded a gross margin of € 185,581 and equity of € 260,770. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 3,614 to € 12,367. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 17, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 260,770

▲ 5% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 12,367

▲ 242% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 139,721

▲ 82% 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 € 240,770.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

2.7

▼ 0.9 vs 2024

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost

€ 148,237

▼ 23% vs 2024

€ 54,900 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

€ 1,505

▼ 54% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 4 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.

€ 63,128

▼ 19% vs 2024

€ 15,215 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 82,874

▼ 12% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.

Taxes and wages

€ 34,456

▼ 19% 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
Gross margin	€ 259,014 Gross margin 2022: € 259,014 First fiscal year in the series	€ 246,024 Gross margin 2023: € 246,024 ▼ 5% vs 2022 (€ 259,014) Unfavourable step	€ 215,313 Gross margin 2024: € 215,313 ▼ 12% vs 2023 (€ 246,024) Unfavourable step	€ 185,581 Gross margin 2025: € 185,581 ▼ 14% vs 2024 (€ 215,313) Unfavourable step	▼ 14%
Profit after taxes	€ -32 Profit after taxes 2022: € -32 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,593 Profit after taxes 2023: € 4,593 ▲ € 4,625 vs 2022 (€ -32) Favourable step	€ 3,614 Profit after taxes 2024: € 3,614 ▼ 21% vs 2023 (€ 4,593) Unfavourable step	€ 12,367 Profit after taxes 2025: € 12,367 ▲ 242% vs 2024 (€ 3,614) Favourable step	▲ 242%
Equity	€ 240,196 Equity 2022: € 240,196 First fiscal year in the series	€ 244,789 Equity 2023: € 244,789 ▲ 2% vs 2022 (€ 240,196) Favourable step	€ 248,403 Equity 2024: € 248,403 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 244,789) Favourable step	€ 260,770 Equity 2025: € 260,770 ▲ 5% vs 2024 (€ 248,403) Favourable step	▲ 5%
Total debts	€ 416,395 Total debts 2022: € 416,395 First fiscal year in the series	€ 265,134 Total debts 2023: € 265,134 ▼ 36% vs 2022 (€ 416,395) Favourable step	€ 218,193 Total debts 2024: € 218,193 ▼ 18% vs 2023 (€ 265,134) Favourable step	€ 185,307 Total debts 2025: € 185,307 ▼ 15% vs 2024 (€ 218,193) Favourable step	▼ 15%
Cash	€ 419,907 Cash 2022: € 419,907 First fiscal year in the series	€ 102,485 Cash 2023: € 102,485 ▼ 76% vs 2022 (€ 419,907) Unfavourable step	€ 76,822 Cash 2024: € 76,822 ▼ 25% vs 2023 (€ 102,485) Unfavourable step	€ 139,721 Cash 2025: € 139,721 ▲ 82% vs 2024 (€ 76,822) Favourable step	▲ 82%
Land & buildings	€ 41,534 Land & buildings 2022: € 41,534 First fiscal year in the series	€ 40,250 Land & buildings 2023: € 40,250 ▼ 3% vs 2022 (€ 41,534) Unchanged	€ 38,967 Land & buildings 2024: € 38,967 ▼ 3% vs 2023 (€ 40,250) Unchanged	€ 37,684 Land & buildings 2025: € 37,684 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 38,967) Unchanged	▼ 3%
Retained profit	€ 220,196 Retained profit 2022: € 220,196 First fiscal year in the series	€ 224,789 Retained profit 2023: € 224,789 ▲ 2% vs 2022 (€ 220,196) Favourable step	€ 228,403 Retained profit 2024: € 228,403 ▲ 2% vs 2023 (€ 224,789) Favourable step	€ 240,770 Retained profit 2025: € 240,770 ▲ 5% vs 2024 (€ 228,403) Favourable step	▲ 5%
Bank debt	€ 106,616 Bank debt 2022: € 106,616 First fiscal year in the series	€ 91,854 Bank debt 2023: € 91,854 ▼ 14% vs 2022 (€ 106,616) Favourable step	€ 78,187 Bank debt 2024: € 78,187 ▼ 15% vs 2023 (€ 91,854) Favourable step	€ 63,128 Bank debt 2025: € 63,128 ▼ 19% vs 2024 (€ 78,187) Favourable step	▼ 19%
Balance sheet total	€ 656,591 Balance sheet total 2022: € 656,591 First fiscal year in the series	€ 509,923 Balance sheet total 2023: € 509,923 ▼ 22% vs 2022 (€ 656,591) Unchanged	€ 466,596 Balance sheet total 2024: € 466,596 ▼ 8% vs 2023 (€ 509,923) Unchanged	€ 446,078 Balance sheet total 2025: € 446,078 ▼ 4% vs 2024 (€ 466,596) Unchanged	▼ 4%
Employees (FTE)	-	4.2 Employees (FTE) 2023: 4.2 First fiscal year in the series	3.6 Employees (FTE) 2024: 3.6 ▼ 0.6 vs 2023 (4.2) Unchanged	2.7 Employees (FTE) 2025: 2.7 ▼ 0.9 vs 2024 (3.6) Unchanged	▼ 0.9

Key figures of MOTIVE, 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 MOTIVE?

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

Jul 17, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 12,367 (▲ 242% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2016 Wouter Baert CommV became a director. NBB
2016 M.O.L. CommV became a director. NBB
Oct 30, 1998 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
Oct 15, 1998 New establishment in Zwevegem. KBO

In short

From € 32 loss in 2022 to € 12,367 profit in 2025.

Paid € 18,491 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2025, with € 12,367 profit.

On average € 68,700 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Wouter Baert CommV M.O.L. CommV

MOTIVE

Behind MOTIVE are Wouter Baert CommV and M.O.L. CommV.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Wouter Baert CommV

Director · represented by Wouter Baert

since 2016

M.O.L. CommV

Director · represented by Gwen De Mol

since 2016

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Pioniersplein(Z) 7

8550 Zwevegem

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Details

Company number

0464.469.256

VAT number

BE 0464.469.256

Registered office

Pioniersplein(Z) 7, 8550 Zwevegem

Names & denominations

MOTIVE

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

30 October 1998

Peppol

Active · Active since 2 Apr 2025

Activities · NACE

Ontwerpen van textielpatronen, kleding, juwelen, meubels en decoratieartikelen

Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in textiel, kleding, bont, schoeisel en lederwaren

Handelsbemiddeling in textiel, kleding, schoeisel en artikelen van leer

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

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