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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 48 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Wooners from Laarne, company number BE0476831907, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 284,622 after tax. For that financial year Wooners recorded a gross margin of € 2.1 million and equity of € 2.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 523,796 to € 284,622. The company is profitable. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 57 % below last year. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on October 28, 2025.
€ 2.2 million
▼ 57% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 284,622
▼ 46% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 300,866
▼ 58% 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 € 1.1 million.
People and assets in 2025
36.4
▲ 8.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.5 million
▲ 18% vs 2024
€ 41,200 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.
€ 67,401
▲ 17% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 514,189
▼ 2% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 311,523
▼ 18% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,819,031 | € 1,882,495 | € 2,177,441 | € 2,115,141 | ▼ 3% |
| Profit after taxes | € 513,411 | € 427,104 | € 523,796 | € 284,622 | ▼ 46% |
| Equity | € 4,599,645 | € 4,786,750 | € 5,170,146 | € 2,228,261 | ▼ 57% |
| Total debts | € 1,363,299 | € 1,347,055 | € 1,044,525 | € 985,092 | ▼ 6% |
| Cash | € 350,984 | € 551,397 | € 713,803 | € 300,866 | ▼ 58% |
| Land & buildings | € 731,416 | € 660,459 | € 573,117 | € 454,085 | ▼ 21% |
| Retained profit | € 1,693,645 | € 1,880,750 | € 2,264,146 | € 1,135,794 | ▼ 50% |
| Dividend | € 247,500 | € 240,000 | € 140,400 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 14,099 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 5,962,944 | € 6,133,805 | € 6,214,671 | € 3,213,353 | ▼ 48% |
| Employees (FTE) | 27.6 | 26.5 | 28.3 | 36.4 | ▲ 8.1 |
Key figures of Wooners, 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 October 2026.
What happened to Wooners?
What happened at Wooners in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New establishment in Wetteren. KBO
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 284,622 (▼ 46% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Zottegem. KBO
- New establishment in Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht. KBO
- New establishment in Lievegem. KBO
- New establishment in Zwevegem. KBO
- New establishment in Laarne. KBO
- New establishment in Lochristi. KBO
In short
From € 513,411 profit in 2022 to € 284,622 profit in 2025.
Paid € 618,862 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 523,796 profit.
On average € 58,100 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind Wooners are Arnaud Mertens, Katrien Buysse, Aimée Mertens and Charline Mertens.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Arnaud Mertens
Director
Katrien Buysse
Director
Aimée Mertens
Director
Charline Mertens
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Korte Meire 4A
9270 Laarne
Noordlaan(Munk) 5
9630 Zwalm
Active since 1 January 2007
Asschout 16
9940 Evergem
Active since 1 January 2007
Slagmanstraat 2
9080 Lochristi
Active since 6 December 2008
Korte Meire 4 box A
9270 Laarne
Active since 1 February 2014
Avelgemstraat(Z) 100E
8550 Zwevegem
Active since 1 May 2015
Bazelstraat 263
9150 Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht
Active since 25 February 2022
H. Consciencelaan 55
9950 Lievegem
Active since 1 October 2021
Buke 44
9620 Zottegem
Active since 28 October 2024
Zuidlaan 99 box B
9230 Wetteren
Active since 1 May 2026
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0476.831.907
- VAT number
- BE 0476.831.907
- Registered office
- Korte Meire 4A, 9270 Laarne
- Names & denominations
- Wooners
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 19 February 2002
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 27 Mar 2026
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