Financials
Financial year 2025
WORLDTRADING EUROPE from Evergem, company number BE0466930185, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 3.6 million after tax. For that financial year WORLDTRADING EUROPE recorded revenue of € 38.6 million and equity of € 15.6 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 4.6 million to € 3.6 million. The company is profitable. 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 January 30, 2026.
€ 15.6 million
▲ 30% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 3.6 million
▼ 22% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 213,364
▲ 71% 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 € 15.4 million.
People and assets in 2025
11.4
▲ 1.7 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 552,296
▲ 19% vs 2024
€ 48,400 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.
€ 505,662
▲ 11% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 2.2 million
▲ € 2.1 million vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 3.6 million
▼ 17% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 40 days on average.
€ 326,317
▼ 4% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 24,951,733 | € 35,526,035 | € 43,553,962 | € 38,609,125 | ▼ 11% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,509,163 | € 2,318,569 | € 4,645,353 | € 3,619,516 | ▼ 22% |
| Equity | € 6,186,834 | € 7,374,711 | € 12,020,063 | € 15,639,579 | ▲ 30% |
| Total debts | € 7,011,795 | € 9,287,876 | € 5,571,077 | € 7,002,452 | ▲ 26% |
| Cash | € 162,145 | € 344,461 | € 124,699 | € 213,364 | ▲ 71% |
| Land & buildings | € 265,700 | € 304,206 | € 497,870 | € 471,878 | ▼ 5% |
| Retained profit | € 5,907,602 | € 7,095,478 | € 11,740,831 | € 15,360,347 | ▲ 31% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 1,130,692 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 4,566,925 | € 4,891,441 | € 66,667 | € 2,163,000 | ▲ € 2.1 million |
| Balance sheet total | € 13,198,629 | € 16,669,139 | € 17,596,272 | € 22,647,753 | ▲ 29% |
| Employees (FTE) | 11.2 | 11.1 | 9.7 | 11.4 | ▲ 1.7 |
By revenue, WORLDTRADING EUROPE ranks 1st of 7 companies with main activity “Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen” in East Flanders that publish figures (fiscal year 2025).
Key figures of WORLDTRADING EUROPE, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 January 2027.
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What happened to WORLDTRADING EUROPE?
What happened at WORLDTRADING EUROPE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 3.6 million (▼ 22% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Evergem. KBO
- New establishment in Lokeren. KBO
- New establishment in Sint-Niklaas. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 1.5 million profit in 2022 to € 3.6 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 4.1 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 4.6 million profit.
Paid out € 1.1 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
Behind WORLDTRADING EUROPE is Johan Lauwers. Johan Lauwers is also behind LAUWERS EN CO.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Baron Van Loolaan 12
9940 Evergem
Stationsstraat 110
9100 Sint-Niklaas
Active since 1 January 2009
Waaslandlaan 13
9160 Lokeren
Active since 1 November 2017
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
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Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Microsoft 365
Hosting
KINAMO-BACKBONE, BE
Domain
Domain
worldtradingeurope.com
Registered
2016-04-04
Registrar
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA
Expires
2026-04-04
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0466.930.185
- VAT number
- BE 0466.930.185
- Registered office
- Baron Van Loolaan 12, 9940 Evergem
- Names & denominations
- WORLDTRADING EUROPE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 27 September 1999
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Dec 2025
- Contact
- worldtradingeurope.com
- Activities · NACE
Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen