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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2023 and 2024.
Financials
Financial year 2024
PHILBO from Vilvoorde, company number BE0474923480, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -80,893 after tax. For that financial year PHILBO recorded a gross margin of € 1,448 and equity of € 146,845. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -27,958 to € -80,893. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on October 24, 2025.
€ 146,845
▼ 36% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -80,893
▼ 189 % more loss than in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 160,701
▲ 22% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 40,645.
People and assets in 2024
2.3
▲ 0.2 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 72,918
▲ 2% vs 2023
€ 31,700 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.
€ 7,054
▼ 48% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 71,690
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 190,461
▲ 107% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 14,428
▼ 3% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 96,951 | € 106,312 | € 63,301 | € 1,448 | ▼ 98% |
| Profit after taxes | € 20,801 | € 11,066 | € -27,958 | € -80,893 | ▼ € 52,935 |
| Equity | € 244,629 | € 255,696 | € 227,738 | € 146,845 | ▼ 36% |
| Total debts | € 222,247 | € 277,937 | € 223,707 | € 318,877 | ▲ 43% |
| Cash | € 147,205 | € 151,208 | € 131,906 | € 160,701 | ▲ 22% |
| Retained profit | € 138,429 | € 149,496 | € 121,538 | € 40,645 | ▼ 67% |
| Bank debt | € 70,000 | € 71,672 | € 71,689 | € 71,690 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 466,876 | € 533,633 | € 451,445 | € 465,723 | ▲ 3% |
| Employees (FTE) | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | ▲ 0.2 |
Key figures of PHILBO, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to PHILBO?
What happened at PHILBO in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 80,893. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Vilvoorde. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 20,801 profit in 2021 to € 80,893 loss in 2024.
Paid € 10,691 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 20,801 profit.
On average € 600 of value added per employee in 2024.
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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
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Alain Plouvier
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Nowélei (Jean Baptiste) 52
1800 Vilvoorde
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Self-hosted
Hosting
COMBELL-AS, BE
Website info
Features
Security
Network
Details
- Company number
- 0474.923.480
- VAT number
- BE 0474.923.480
- Registered office
- Nowélei (Jean Baptiste) 52, 1800 Vilvoorde
- Names & denominations
- PHILBO
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 June 2001
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 27 Dec 2025
- Contact
- philbo.be [email protected]
- Activities · NACE
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