Warning lights
Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 3 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 31 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 24.2 to 14.6.
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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2024, 2025.
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Busy address KBO
21 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
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Legal situation KBO
Opening faillissement according to the CBE.
Financials
Financial year 2025
STAPLES BELGIUM from Gent, company number BE0465406592, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -482,427 after tax. For that financial year STAPLES BELGIUM recorded a gross margin of € 676,401 and equity of € -4 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -3 million to € -482,427. The company made a loss. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 14, 2026.
€ -4 million
▼ € 482,427 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -482,427
▲ 84 % less loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 64,528
▼ 75% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -4.4 million.
People and assets in 2025
14.6
▼ 7.5 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.1 million
▼ 35% vs 2024
€ 73,000 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.
€ 26,827
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1.5 million
▲ 105% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 155,449
▼ 22% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 17,240,002 | € 13,512,762 | - | - | |
| Gross margin | - | - | € 387,548 | € 676,401 | ▲ 75% |
| Profit after taxes | € -1,212,557 | € -1,777,594 | € -2,975,014 | € -482,427 | ▲ € 2.5 million |
| Equity | € 1,243,357 | € -534,237 | € -3,509,251 | € -3,991,678 | ▼ € 482,427 |
| Total debts | € 3,936,772 | € 4,294,240 | € 4,055,404 | € 4,308,736 | ▲ 6% |
| Cash | € 113,888 | € 0 | € 262,290 | € 64,528 | ▼ 75% |
| Retained profit | € 841,217 | € -936,377 | € -3,911,391 | € -4,393,818 | ▼ € 482,427 |
| Bank debt | € 1,255,379 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 5,180,129 | € 3,760,003 | € 1,997,320 | € 1,693,099 | ▼ 15% |
| Employees (FTE) | 27.1 | 24.2 | 22.1 | 14.6 | ▼ 7.5 |
Key figures of STAPLES BELGIUM, fiscal years 2023 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 STAPLES BELGIUM?
What happened at STAPLES BELGIUM in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
STAPLES BELGIUM is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Opening faillissement.
- Corrected annual accounts filed for financial year 2025. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 1.2 million loss in 2023 to € 482,427 loss in 2025.
Paid € 241,810 in corporate taxes since 2023.
On average € 46,300 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%
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Management
Behind STAPLES BELGIUM is Albert Zwart.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Albert Zwart
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rijvisschestraat 118
9052 Gent
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Details
- Company number
- 0465.406.592
- VAT number
- BE 0465.406.592
- Registered office
- Rijvisschestraat 118, 9052 Gent
- Names & denominations
- STAPLES BELGIUM
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Opening faillissement
- Start date
- 17 February 1999
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