What does VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE do?

VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE is a wholesaler in Ravels. Public Limited, started on 31 March 1999, 1 establishment.

What is the address of VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE?

The registered office of VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE is located at Elzenstraat 53, 2381 Ravels.

Is VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 31 March 1999.

Is VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE registered on Peppol?

Yes, VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0465756881.

What is the enterprise number of VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE?

The enterprise number of VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE is BE0465756881.

When was VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE founded?

VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE was founded on 31 March 1999.

Who are the directors of VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE are: VAN GILS NV.

Is VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 31 March 1999; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 1 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE make in 2025?

VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE posted a profit after taxes of € 779,362 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE reported revenue of € 20,671,329.

How much does an employee at VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE was € 59,000 in 2025: staff costs of € 3.1 million for 52.6 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE has 52.6 full-time equivalents (FTE).

VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE (Public Limited) - Ravels

Dossier VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0465756881/van-gils-distributie. 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.

Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 54 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Figures corrected NBB

Corrected annual account filed for 2023.

Financials

Financial year 2025

VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE from Ravels, company number BE0465756881, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 779,362 after tax. For that financial year VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE recorded revenue of € 20.7 million and equity of € 1.4 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1.3 million to € 779,362. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 27, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 1.4 million

▲ 2% vs 2024

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

Profit Healthy

€ 779,362

▼ 41% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 96,979

▼ 88% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 748,862 paid out

96 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to VAN GILS (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

52.6

▲ 6 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: € 5.8 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 3.1 million

▲ 14% vs 2024

€ 59,000 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 205,478

▲ 35% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 90,001.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 12 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.

€ 3.6 million

▲ 63% vs 2024

€ 209,695 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 12 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 2.8 million

▲ 22% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 64 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 469,116

▲ 8% 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
Revenue	€ 15,061,272 Revenue 2022: € 15,061,272 First fiscal year in the series	€ 18,056,088 Revenue 2023: € 18,056,088 ▲ 20% vs 2022 (€ 15,061,272) Favourable step	€ 19,466,410 Revenue 2024: € 19,466,410 ▲ 8% vs 2023 (€ 18,056,088) Favourable step	€ 20,671,329 Revenue 2025: € 20,671,329 ▲ 6% vs 2024 (€ 19,466,410) Favourable step	▲ 6%
Profit after taxes	€ -473,957 Profit after taxes 2022: € -473,957 First fiscal year in the series	€ 837,523 Profit after taxes 2023: € 837,523 ▲ € 1.3 million vs 2022 (€ -473,957) Favourable step	€ 1,314,405 Profit after taxes 2024: € 1,314,405 ▲ 57% vs 2023 (€ 837,523) Favourable step	€ 779,362 Profit after taxes 2025: € 779,362 ▼ 41% vs 2024 (€ 1,314,405) Unfavourable step	▼ 41%
Equity	€ 844,243 Equity 2022: € 844,243 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,337,700 Equity 2023: € 1,337,700 ▲ 58% vs 2022 (€ 844,243) Favourable step	€ 1,412,700 Equity 2024: € 1,412,700 ▲ 6% vs 2023 (€ 1,337,700) Favourable step	€ 1,443,200 Equity 2025: € 1,443,200 ▲ 2% vs 2024 (€ 1,412,700) Favourable step	▲ 2%
Total debts	€ 4,886,724 Total debts 2022: € 4,886,724 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,811,675 Total debts 2023: € 4,811,675 ▼ 2% vs 2022 (€ 4,886,724) Favourable step	€ 6,258,314 Total debts 2024: € 6,258,314 ▲ 30% vs 2023 (€ 4,811,675) Unfavourable step	€ 7,693,543 Total debts 2025: € 7,693,543 ▲ 23% vs 2024 (€ 6,258,314) Unfavourable step	▲ 23%
Cash	€ 381,409 Cash 2022: € 381,409 First fiscal year in the series	€ 241,281 Cash 2023: € 241,281 ▼ 37% vs 2022 (€ 381,409) Unfavourable step	€ 807,703 Cash 2024: € 807,703 ▲ 235% vs 2023 (€ 241,281) Favourable step	€ 96,979 Cash 2025: € 96,979 ▼ 88% vs 2024 (€ 807,703) Unfavourable step	▼ 88%
Retained profit	€ -467,757 Retained profit 2022: € -467,757 First fiscal year in the series	€ 25,700 Retained profit 2023: € 25,700 ▲ € 493,457 vs 2022 (€ -467,757) Favourable step	€ 100,700 Retained profit 2024: € 100,700 ▲ 292% vs 2023 (€ 25,700) Favourable step	€ 131,200 Retained profit 2025: € 131,200 ▲ 30% vs 2024 (€ 100,700) Favourable step	▲ 30%
Dividend	€ 0 Dividend 2022: € 0 First fiscal year in the series	€ 344,066 Dividend 2023: € 344,066 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 1,239,405 Dividend 2024: € 1,239,405 ▲ 260% vs 2023 (€ 344,066) Unchanged	€ 748,862 Dividend 2025: € 748,862 ▼ 40% vs 2024 (€ 1,239,405) Unchanged	▼ 40%
Bank debt	€ 1,507,612 Bank debt 2022: € 1,507,612 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,348,459 Bank debt 2023: € 1,348,459 ▼ 11% vs 2022 (€ 1,507,612) Favourable step	€ 2,197,372 Bank debt 2024: € 2,197,372 ▲ 63% vs 2023 (€ 1,348,459) Unfavourable step	€ 3,586,534 Bank debt 2025: € 3,586,534 ▲ 63% vs 2024 (€ 2,197,372) Unfavourable step	▲ 63%
Balance sheet total	€ 5,730,968 Balance sheet total 2022: € 5,730,968 First fiscal year in the series	€ 6,149,375 Balance sheet total 2023: € 6,149,375 ▲ 7% vs 2022 (€ 5,730,968) Unchanged	€ 7,671,014 Balance sheet total 2024: € 7,671,014 ▲ 25% vs 2023 (€ 6,149,375) Unchanged	€ 9,136,743 Balance sheet total 2025: € 9,136,743 ▲ 19% vs 2024 (€ 7,671,014) Unchanged	▲ 19%
Employees (FTE)	44.5 Employees (FTE) 2022: 44.5 First fiscal year in the series	45.1 Employees (FTE) 2023: 45.1 ▲ 0.6 vs 2022 (44.5) Unchanged	46.6 Employees (FTE) 2024: 46.6 ▲ 1.5 vs 2023 (45.1) Unchanged	52.6 Employees (FTE) 2025: 52.6 ▲ 6 vs 2024 (46.6) Unchanged	▲ 6

Key figures of VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE, 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 VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE?

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

2030 VAN GILS NV stepped down as director. NBB
Jul 27, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 779,362 (▼ 41% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2024 VAN GILS NV became a director. NBB
Apr 16, 1999 New establishment in Ravels. KBO
Mar 31, 1999 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 473,957 loss in 2022 to € 779,362 profit in 2025.

Paid € 84,054 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 1.3 million profit.

Paid out € 2.3 million in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

VAN GILS 99.8%

The stake of VAN GILS comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE

The shares are held by VAN GILS (99.8%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

VAN GILS NV

Director · represented by Van Gils Paul

since 2024 · until 2030

Shareholders

VAN GILS

99.8%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Elzenstraat 53

2381 Ravels

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 companies are registered at this address.

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Company number

0465.756.881

VAT number

BE 0465.756.881

Registered office

Elzenstraat 53, 2381 Ravels

Names & denominations

VAN GILS DISTRIBUTIE

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

31 March 1999

Peppol

Active · Active since 24 Jul 2025

Activities · NACE

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