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Financials
Financial year 2026
DESCARTES SYSTEMS (BELGIUM) from Lier, company number BE0467369853, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 2.8 million after tax. For that financial year DESCARTES SYSTEMS (BELGIUM) recorded revenue of € 10.2 million and equity of € 13.8 million. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 1.1 million to € 2.8 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 10, 2026.
€ 13.8 million
▲ 6% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 2.8 million
▲ 148% vs 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 886,399
▲ 72% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1.3 million paid out
47 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2026
56.7
▼ 1.6 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 9 million
▲ 12% vs 2025
€ 158,200 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.
€ 100
▼ 79% vs 2025
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1.9 million
▼ 39% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 74 days on average.
€ 1.2 million
▲ 15% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 8,684,012 | € 8,968,633 | € 9,586,988 | € 10,209,047 | ▲ 6% |
| Profit after taxes | € 468,841 | € 236,690 | € 1,111,272 | € 2,757,196 | ▲ 148% |
| Equity | € 13,215,481 | € 12,452,171 | € 13,063,442 | € 13,820,638 | ▲ 6% |
| Total debts | € 3,202,963 | € 4,696,860 | € 4,580,786 | € 3,481,889 | ▼ 24% |
| Cash | € 253,100 | € 457,152 | € 515,585 | € 886,399 | ▲ 72% |
| Retained profit | € 124,626 | € 361,316 | € 1,472,587 | € 2,929,783 | ▲ 99% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 1,300,000 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 16,418,444 | € 17,149,031 | € 17,644,229 | € 17,302,527 | ▼ 2% |
| Employees (FTE) | 62.1 | 61.8 | 58.3 | 56.7 | ▼ 1.6 |
Key figures of DESCARTES SYSTEMS (BELGIUM), fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 August 2027.
What happened to DESCARTES SYSTEMS (BELGIUM)?
What happened at DESCARTES SYSTEMS (BELGIUM) in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- John Scott Pagan stepped down as director. NBB
- Edward James Gardner stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 2.8 million (▲ 148% vs 2025). Source: NBB ↗
- John Scott Pagan became a director. NBB
- Edward James Gardner became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Lochristi. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- New establishment in Lier. KBO
In short
From € 468,841 profit in 2023 to € 2.8 million profit in 2026.
Paid € 1.7 million in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2026, with € 2.8 million profit.
Paid out € 1.3 million in dividends to the owners in total.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
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What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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Management
It owns 100% of Descartes Systems (Slovakia) SRO and 100% of Routing France SARL itself.
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
John Scott Pagan
Managing director
since 2023 · until 2029
Edward James Gardner
Director
since 2023 · until 2029
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Duwijckstraat 17
2500 Lier
Antwerpse Steenweg 19
9080 Lochristi
Active since 22 May 2000
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Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Mimecast
Hosting
FASTLY - Fastly, Inc., US
DNS
AWS Route 53
Domain
Domain
descartes.com
Registered
1995-08-07
Registrar
Tucows Domains Inc.
Expires
2026-08-06
Website info
Features
Security
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Details
- Company number
- 0467.369.853
- VAT number
- BE 0467.369.853
- Registered office
- Duwijckstraat 17, 2500 Lier
- Names & denominations
- DESCARTES SYSTEMS (BELGIUM)
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 22 November 1999
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Contact
- descartes.com
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