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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 20 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Busy address KBO
28 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
ARO from Genk, company number BE0465554369, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 6.1 million after tax. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 109,106 to € 6.1 million. 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 23, 2026.
€ 42.5 million
▲ 17% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 6.1 million
▲ € 6 million vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 275,428
▼ 14% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 42.3 million.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 20,274
▲ 134% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 45 days on average.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit after taxes | € 3,339,207 | € 542,188 | € 109,106 | € 6,067,378 | ▲ € 6 million |
| Equity | € 35,765,539 | € 36,307,727 | € 36,416,833 | € 42,484,211 | ▲ 17% |
| Total debts | € 29,692,090 | € 35,263,182 | € 40,812,660 | € 29,125,457 | ▼ 29% |
| Cash | € 1,298,152 | € 448,012 | € 319,836 | € 275,428 | ▼ 14% |
| Retained profit | € 35,565,539 | € 36,107,727 | € 36,216,833 | € 42,284,211 | ▲ 17% |
| Balance sheet total | € 65,457,629 | € 71,570,909 | € 77,229,492 | € 71,609,668 | ▼ 7% |
Key figures of ARO, 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 ARO?
What happened at ARO in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 6.1 million (▲ € 6 million vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Genk. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 3.3 million profit in 2022 to € 6.1 million profit in 2025.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 6.1 million profit.
Pays suppliers within 45 days on average.
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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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Management
The stake of MAN@THEWHEEL comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
AROBehind ARO are Man@TheWeel BV and TESS BV. The shares are held by MAN@THEWHEEL (99%). It owns 100% of ZEPHYRESS, 99.5% of SOLESS BIS, 79.9% of POLYMER TEAM, 55% of Neptuness, 51% of Nadaco and 51% of EXTRAPOWER HOLDING itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Hilde Essers
Also active at: HENRI ESSERS EN ZONEN INTERNATIONAAL TRANSPORT, H.Essers Infra Moorslede, H. Essers Systems Company, H.Essers Liquid Bulk, H.Essers Infra, H. Essers Express, Douaneagentschap Essers, ENEX +26 more
Shareholders
99%
Participations
100%
99.5%
79.9%
55%
51%
50%
30%
30%
CFSE Invest
10.2%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Transportlaan 4
3600 Genk
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 28 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →HENRI ESSERS EN ZONEN INTERNATIONAAL TRANSPORT same network
€ 537.9 million revenue · 2025
H. Essers Systems Company same network
€ 2.8 million gross margin · 2025
H. Essers Express same network
€ -22,377 gross margin · 2025
Douaneagentschap Essers same network
€ 4.3 million gross margin · 2025
Hessenatie Logistics Kortrijk same network
€ 1.2 million gross margin · 2025
+23 more
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0465.554.369
- VAT number
- BE 0465.554.369
- Registered office
- Transportlaan 4, 3600 Genk
- Names & denominations
- ARO
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 March 1999
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 17 Sept 2025