ABLYNX is a research organisation in Gent. Public Limited, started on 13 July 2001, 1 establishment.

What is the address of ABLYNX?

The registered office of ABLYNX is located at Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 21, 9052 Gent.

Is ABLYNX still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) ABLYNX is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 13 July 2001.

Is ABLYNX registered on Peppol?

Yes, ABLYNX is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0475295446.

What is the enterprise number of ABLYNX?

The enterprise number of ABLYNX is BE0475295446.

When was ABLYNX founded?

ABLYNX was founded on 13 July 2001.

Who are the directors of ABLYNX?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of ABLYNX are: Geert Deschamps, Hao Zheng.

Is ABLYNX a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 13 July 2001; 6 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did ABLYNX make in 2025?

ABLYNX posted a profit after taxes of € 3,687,116 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of ABLYNX?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), ABLYNX reported revenue of € 147,918,811.

How much does an employee at ABLYNX earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at ABLYNX was € 156,700 in 2025: staff costs of € 57 million for 363.5 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does ABLYNX have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, ABLYNX has 363.5 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Does ABLYNX have a website?

Yes, ABLYNX has a website at ablynx.com.

ABLYNX (Public Limited) - Gent - BE0475295446

Dossier ABLYNX, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0475295446/ablynx. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.

Shrinking team NBB

FTE fell two years in a row, from 420.1 to 363.5.

Financials

Financial year 2025

ABLYNX from Gent, company number BE0475295446, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 3.7 million after tax. For that financial year ABLYNX recorded revenue of € 147.9 million and equity of € 359.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -32.1 million to € 3.7 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 23, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 359.2 million

▲ 1% vs 2024

Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.

Profit Growing

€ 3.7 million

▲ still € 32.1 million loss in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 52.7 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

363.5

▼ 42.5 vs 2024

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost Staff costs are payroll only. Director pay sits with services and miscellaneous goods: € 107.6 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 57 million

▲ 7% vs 2024

€ 156,700 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 415,520

▲ 93% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

€ 12,364

Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.

Owed to suppliers

€ 42.7 million

▼ 36% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 141 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 9.8 million

▲ 15% vs 2024

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Revenue	€ 135,883,785 Revenue 2022: € 135,883,785 First fiscal year in the series	€ 159,272,950 Revenue 2023: € 159,272,950 ▲ 17% vs 2022 (€ 135,883,785) Favourable step	€ 122,909,591 Revenue 2024: € 122,909,591 ▼ 23% vs 2023 (€ 159,272,950) Unfavourable step	€ 147,918,811 Revenue 2025: € 147,918,811 ▲ 20% vs 2024 (€ 122,909,591) Favourable step	▲ 20%
Profit after taxes	€ 3,035,520 Profit after taxes 2022: € 3,035,520 First fiscal year in the series	€ 30,608,254 Profit after taxes 2023: € 30,608,254 ▲ € 27.6 million vs 2022 (€ 3,035,520) Favourable step	€ -32,052,490 Profit after taxes 2024: € -32,052,490 ▼ € 62.7 million vs 2023 (€ 30,608,254) Unfavourable step	€ 3,687,116 Profit after taxes 2025: € 3,687,116 ▲ € 35.7 million vs 2024 (€ -32,052,490) Favourable step	▲ € 35.7 million
Equity	€ 356,965,388 Equity 2022: € 356,965,388 First fiscal year in the series	€ 387,573,641 Equity 2023: € 387,573,641 ▲ 9% vs 2022 (€ 356,965,388) Favourable step	€ 355,521,152 Equity 2024: € 355,521,152 ▼ 8% vs 2023 (€ 387,573,641) Unfavourable step	€ 359,208,267 Equity 2025: € 359,208,267 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 355,521,152) Favourable step	▲ 1%
Total debts	€ 64,428,694 Total debts 2022: € 64,428,694 First fiscal year in the series	€ 34,836,098 Total debts 2023: € 34,836,098 ▼ 46% vs 2022 (€ 64,428,694) Favourable step	€ 80,084,800 Total debts 2024: € 80,084,800 ▲ 130% vs 2023 (€ 34,836,098) Unfavourable step	€ 56,790,858 Total debts 2025: € 56,790,858 ▼ 29% vs 2024 (€ 80,084,800) Favourable step	▼ 29%
Cash	€ 23,868 Cash 2022: € 23,868 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,910 Cash 2023: € 1,910 ▼ 92% vs 2022 (€ 23,868) Unfavourable step	€ 16,605 Cash 2024: € 16,605 ▲ € 14,695 vs 2023 (€ 1,910) Favourable step	-
Land & buildings	€ 969,157 Land & buildings 2022: € 969,157 First fiscal year in the series	€ 989,221 Land & buildings 2023: € 989,221 ▲ 2% vs 2022 (€ 969,157) Unchanged	€ 1,088,987 Land & buildings 2024: € 1,088,987 ▲ 10% vs 2023 (€ 989,221) Unchanged	€ 2,977,050 Land & buildings 2025: € 2,977,050 ▲ 173% vs 2024 (€ 1,088,987) Unchanged	▲ 173%
Retained profit	€ 50,434,211 Retained profit 2022: € 50,434,211 First fiscal year in the series	€ 81,042,465 Retained profit 2023: € 81,042,465 ▲ 61% vs 2022 (€ 50,434,211) Favourable step	€ 48,989,975 Retained profit 2024: € 48,989,975 ▼ 40% vs 2023 (€ 81,042,465) Unfavourable step	€ 52,677,091 Retained profit 2025: € 52,677,091 ▲ 8% vs 2024 (€ 48,989,975) Favourable step	▲ 8%
Bank debt	€ 0 Bank debt 2022: € 0 First fiscal year in the series	€ 0 Bank debt 2023: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 0 Bank debt 2024: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 12,364 Bank debt 2025: € 12,364 Unchanged (€ 0) Unfavourable step
Balance sheet total	€ 422,616,801 Balance sheet total 2022: € 422,616,801 First fiscal year in the series	€ 422,794,530 Balance sheet total 2023: € 422,794,530 Unchanged (€ 422,616,801) Unchanged	€ 442,183,145 Balance sheet total 2024: € 442,183,145 ▲ 5% vs 2023 (€ 422,794,530) Unchanged	€ 417,332,640 Balance sheet total 2025: € 417,332,640 ▼ 6% vs 2024 (€ 442,183,145) Unchanged	▼ 6%
Employees (FTE)	411.8 Employees (FTE) 2022: 411.8 First fiscal year in the series	420.1 Employees (FTE) 2023: 420.1 ▲ 8.3 vs 2022 (411.8) Unchanged	406 Employees (FTE) 2024: 406 ▼ 14.1 vs 2023 (420.1) Unchanged	363.5 Employees (FTE) 2025: 363.5 ▼ 42.5 vs 2024 (406) Unchanged	▼ 42.5

Key figures of ABLYNX, 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 ABLYNX?

What happened at ABLYNX in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

2028 Geert Deschamps stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Hao Zheng stepped down as director. NBB
Jun 23, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 3.7 million. Source: NBB ↗
2025 Hao Zheng became a director. NBB
2025 Geert Deschamps became a director. NBB
Nov 9, 2001 New establishment in Gent. KBO
Jul 13, 2001 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 3 million profit in 2022 to € 3.7 million profit in 2025.

Paid € 103,008 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 30.6 million profit.

Pays suppliers within 141 days on average.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Sanofi Foreign Participations B.V.

Sanofi Développement Pharma

ABLYNX

The shares are held by Sanofi Foreign Participations B.V. and Sanofi Développement Pharma.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Geert Deschamps

Managing director

since 2025 · until 2028

Hao Zheng

Director

Also active at: SANOFI BELGIUM

since 2025 · until 2028

Shareholders

Sanofi Foreign Participations B.V.

Sanofi Développement Pharma

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 21

9052 Gent

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Website

HTTP ablynx.com

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Hosting & Email

Email provider

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Hosting

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Domain

ablynx.com

Registered

2002-01-17

Registrar

CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.

Expires

2027-01-17

Website info

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Company number

0475.295.446

VAT number

BE 0475.295.446

Registered office

Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 21, 9052 Gent

Names & denominations

ABLYNX

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

13 July 2001

Peppol

Active · Active since 2 Jun 2026

Contact

ablynx.com

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