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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2024.
Financials
Financial year 2025
BROWNING from Herstal, company number BE0465800136, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 127.1 million after tax. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 56.3 million to € 127.1 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 June 22, 2026.
€ 121.8 million
▲ 6% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 127.1 million
▲ 126% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 16.7 million
▼ 60% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 120.5 million paid out
95 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to FN BROWNING GROUP SA (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
Debts at end 2025
€ 28 million
▼ 20% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 3,615
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit after taxes | € 14,332,684 | € 23,406,376 | € 56,307,393 | € 127,089,469 | ▲ 126% |
| Equity | € 111,030,901 | € 112,937,277 | € 115,244,669 | € 121,834,117 | ▲ 6% |
| Total debts | € 49,263,322 | € 58,438,613 | € 89,050,056 | € 53,537,993 | ▼ 40% |
| Cash | € 9,957,009 | € 4,615,366 | € 41,532,243 | € 16,700,651 | ▼ 60% |
| Retained profit | € 3,854,802 | € 5,761,178 | € 8,068,570 | € 14,658,018 | ▲ 82% |
| Dividend | € 15,800,000 | € 21,500,000 | € 54,000,000 | € 120,500,022 | ▲ 123% |
| Bank debt | € 31,000,000 | € 35,000,000 | € 35,000,000 | € 28,000,000 | ▼ 20% |
| Balance sheet total | € 160,294,222 | € 171,375,890 | € 204,294,725 | € 175,372,110 | ▼ 14% |
Key figures of BROWNING, 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 BROWNING?
What happened at BROWNING in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Fabienne BOZET stepped down as director. NBB
- Emmanuel BOIS D'ENGHIEN stepped down as director. NBB
- Derrick-Philippe GOSSELIN stepped down as director. NBB
- Marie-Kristine VANBOCKESTAL stepped down as director. NBB
- Olivier VANDERIJST stepped down as director. NBB
- Julien COMPERE stepped down as director. NBB
- Astrid PIERON stepped down as director. NBB
- Yves PRETE stepped down as director. NBB
In short
From € 14.3 million profit in 2022 to € 127.1 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 3,615 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 127.1 million profit.
Paid out € 211.8 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The shares are held by FN BROWNING GROUP SA (100%) and FN HERSTAL SA (0%). It owns 100% of BWA, 100% of BROWNING INTERNATIONAL, 99.7% of BROWNING VIANA and BROWNING FRANCE itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2023 · until 2029
since 2021 · until 2026
since 2023 · until 2029
Julien COMPERE
Director, Managing director
Also active at: HERSTAL GROUP SERVICES, FN HERSTAL, FN Browning Group
since 2021 · until 2026
since 2021 · until 2026
since 2023 · until 2029
since 2021 · until 2026
since 2025 · until 2026
since 2021 · until 2026
since 2021 · until 2025
since 2023 · until 2029
Shareholders
Participations
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Voie de Liège 33
4040 Herstal
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 7 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →HERSTAL GROUP SERVICES same network
€ 1.4 million revenue · 2025
FN HERSTAL same network
€ 422 million revenue · 2025
FN Browning Group same network
€ 18.3 million revenue · 2025
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Details
- Company number
- 0465.800.136
- VAT number
- BE 0465.800.136
- Registered office
- Voie de Liège 33, 4040 Herstal
- Names & denominations
- BROWNING
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 6 April 1999
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001