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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 54 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Metropool Kempen from Herentals, company number BE0471384366, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1.2 million after tax. For that financial year Metropool Kempen recorded revenue of € 38.5 million and equity of € 1.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1 million to € 1.2 million. Profitable, and profit is growing. The company holds a healthy buffer. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 2, 2026.
€ 1.2 million
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 1.2 million
▲ 19% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 2.2 million
▲ € 2 million vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1.2 million paid out
100 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to Metropool Invest NV (90 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
28
▼ 1.3 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 2.2 million
▲ 3% vs 2024
€ 79,700 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.
€ 798,771
▲ 12% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 297,489
▼ 1% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 6.5 million
▲ 12% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 63 days on average.
€ 878,952
▲ 181% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 19,806,412 | € 36,281,659 | € 35,746,453 | € 38,459,326 | ▲ 8% |
| Profit after taxes | € 575,557 | € 1,705,443 | € 1,044,023 | € 1,246,035 | ▲ 19% |
| Equity | € 1,150,000 | € 1,150,000 | € 1,150,000 | € 1,150,000 | |
| Total debts | € 10,952,829 | € 14,001,331 | € 9,791,077 | € 9,384,561 | ▼ 4% |
| Cash | € 2,883,161 | € 1,471,437 | € 245,391 | € 2,236,099 | ▲ € 2 million |
| Land & buildings | € 87,408 | € 39,842 | € 24,649 | € 12,332 | ▼ 50% |
| Retained profit | € 950,000 | € 950,000 | € 950,000 | € 950,000 | |
| Dividend | € 704,757 | € 1,705,443 | € 1,044,023 | € 1,246,035 | ▲ 19% |
| Bank debt | € 3,600,000 | € 2,776,951 | € 300,000 | € 297,489 | ▼ 1% |
| Balance sheet total | € 12,102,829 | € 15,151,331 | € 10,941,077 | € 10,534,561 | ▼ 4% |
| Employees (FTE) | 26.5 | 28.4 | 29.3 | 28 | ▼ 1.3 |
Key figures of Metropool Kempen, 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 Metropool Kempen?
What happened at Metropool Kempen in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Metropool Invest NV stepped down as director. NBB
- NB AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES BV stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1.2 million (▲ 19% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Metropool Invest NV became a director. NBB
- NB AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Herentals. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 575,557 profit in 2022 to € 1.2 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 1.5 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 1.7 million profit.
Paid out € 4.7 million in dividends to the owners in total.
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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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
The shares are held by Metropool Invest NV (90%) and JNJ Automotive Invest NV (10%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Managing director · represented by Joeri Adriaenssens
Also active at: METROPOOL ZUID, METROPOOL NOORD
since 2023 · until 2029
since 2023 · until 2029
Shareholders
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Herenthoutseweg(NDW) 235
2200 Herentals
Herenthoutseweg(HRT) 235
2200 Herentals
Active since 26 April 2000
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0471.384.366
- VAT number
- BE 0471.384.366
- Registered office
- Herenthoutseweg(NDW) 235, 2200 Herentals
- Names & denominations
- Metropool Kempen
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 7 March 2000
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 23 Oct 2025
- Activities · NACE
Detailhandel in motorvoertuigen
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Onderhoud en reparatie van auto's
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)
Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)