What does DE VRIJ TRAVEL do?

DE VRIJ TRAVEL is a taxi company in Arendonk. Public Limited, started on 28 March 2002, 1 establishment.

What is the address of DE VRIJ TRAVEL?

The registered office of DE VRIJ TRAVEL is located at Roobeek 50, 2370 Arendonk.

Is DE VRIJ TRAVEL still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (31 October 2026) DE VRIJ TRAVEL is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 28 March 2002.

Is DE VRIJ TRAVEL registered on Peppol?

Yes, DE VRIJ TRAVEL is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0477115383.

What is the enterprise number of DE VRIJ TRAVEL?

The enterprise number of DE VRIJ TRAVEL is BE0477115383.

When was DE VRIJ TRAVEL founded?

DE VRIJ TRAVEL was founded on 28 March 2002.

Who are the directors of DE VRIJ TRAVEL?

According to the 2024 annual accounts, the directors of DE VRIJ TRAVEL are: Jan Ruts.

Is DE VRIJ TRAVEL a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 28 March 2002; 4 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2024; 1 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did DE VRIJ TRAVEL make in 2024?

DE VRIJ TRAVEL posted a profit after taxes of € 70,589 in financial year 2024.

What is the revenue of DE VRIJ TRAVEL?

As a small company, DE VRIJ TRAVEL is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2024, its added value was € 2,044,079.

How much does an employee at DE VRIJ TRAVEL earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at DE VRIJ TRAVEL was € 46,600 in 2024: staff costs of € 1.5 million for 32 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does DE VRIJ TRAVEL have?

According to the 2024 annual accounts, DE VRIJ TRAVEL has 32 full-time equivalents (FTE).

DE VRIJ TRAVEL (Public Limited) - Arendonk - BE0477115383

Dossier DE VRIJ TRAVEL, printed on 31 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0477115383/de-vrij-travel. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2024

DE VRIJ TRAVEL from Arendonk, company number BE0477115383, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 70,589 after tax. For that financial year DE VRIJ TRAVEL recorded a gross margin of € 2 million and equity of € 1.2 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 339,406 to € 70,589. The company is profitable. 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 31, 2025.

What it is worth Growing

€ 1.2 million

▲ 6% vs 2023

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

Profit Healthy

€ 70,589

▼ 79% vs 2023

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 327,970

▼ 53% vs 2023

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 1.1 million.

People and assets in 2024

Full-time equivalents

▲ 3 vs 2023

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

Wage cost

€ 1.5 million

▲ 12% vs 2023

€ 46,600 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

€ 1.3 million

▲ 77% vs 2023

Of which on lease € 770,526.

Debts at end 2024

Bank debt ≈ 5 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 1.2 million

▲ 110% vs 2023

€ 204,097 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 218,460

▼ 7% vs 2023

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.

Taxes and wages

€ 219,058

▼ 58% vs 2023

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2021	2022	2023	2024	Change 2023 → 2024
Gross margin	€ 267,573 Gross margin 2021: € 267,573 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,953,571 Gross margin 2022: € 1,953,571 ▲ € 1.7 million vs 2021 (€ 267,573) Favourable step	€ 2,261,813 Gross margin 2023: € 2,261,813 ▲ 16% vs 2022 (€ 1,953,571) Favourable step	€ 2,044,079 Gross margin 2024: € 2,044,079 ▼ 10% vs 2023 (€ 2,261,813) Unfavourable step	▼ 10%
Profit after taxes	€ -241,107 Profit after taxes 2021: € -241,107 First fiscal year in the series	€ 652,887 Profit after taxes 2022: € 652,887 ▲ € 893,995 vs 2021 (€ -241,107) Favourable step	€ 339,406 Profit after taxes 2023: € 339,406 ▼ 48% vs 2022 (€ 652,887) Unfavourable step	€ 70,589 Profit after taxes 2024: € 70,589 ▼ 79% vs 2023 (€ 339,406) Unfavourable step	▼ 79%
Equity	€ 164,231 Equity 2021: € 164,231 First fiscal year in the series	€ 817,118 Equity 2022: € 817,118 ▲ € 652,887 vs 2021 (€ 164,231) Favourable step	€ 1,156,524 Equity 2023: € 1,156,524 ▲ 42% vs 2022 (€ 817,118) Favourable step	€ 1,227,113 Equity 2024: € 1,227,113 ▲ 6% vs 2023 (€ 1,156,524) Favourable step	▲ 6%
Total debts	€ 709,036 Total debts 2021: € 709,036 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,238,512 Total debts 2022: € 1,238,512 ▲ 75% vs 2021 (€ 709,036) Unfavourable step	€ 1,331,739 Total debts 2023: € 1,331,739 ▲ 8% vs 2022 (€ 1,238,512) Unfavourable step	€ 1,655,132 Total debts 2024: € 1,655,132 ▲ 24% vs 2023 (€ 1,331,739) Unfavourable step	▲ 24%
Cash	€ 134,781 Cash 2021: € 134,781 First fiscal year in the series	€ 792,149 Cash 2022: € 792,149 ▲ € 657,369 vs 2021 (€ 134,781) Favourable step	€ 693,033 Cash 2023: € 693,033 ▼ 13% vs 2022 (€ 792,149) Unfavourable step	€ 327,970 Cash 2024: € 327,970 ▼ 53% vs 2023 (€ 693,033) Unfavourable step	▼ 53%
Retained profit	€ 52,631 Retained profit 2021: € 52,631 First fiscal year in the series	€ 705,518 Retained profit 2022: € 705,518 ▲ € 652,887 vs 2021 (€ 52,631) Favourable step	€ 1,044,924 Retained profit 2023: € 1,044,924 ▲ 48% vs 2022 (€ 705,518) Favourable step	€ 1,115,513 Retained profit 2024: € 1,115,513 ▲ 7% vs 2023 (€ 1,044,924) Favourable step	▲ 7%
Bank debt	€ 514,023 Bank debt 2021: € 514,023 First fiscal year in the series	€ 601,200 Bank debt 2022: € 601,200 ▲ 17% vs 2021 (€ 514,023) Unfavourable step	€ 576,633 Bank debt 2023: € 576,633 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 601,200) Favourable step	€ 1,210,121 Bank debt 2024: € 1,210,121 ▲ 110% vs 2023 (€ 576,633) Unfavourable step	▲ 110%
Balance sheet total	€ 873,266 Balance sheet total 2021: € 873,266 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,055,631 Balance sheet total 2022: € 2,055,631 ▲ 135% vs 2021 (€ 873,266) Unchanged	€ 2,488,263 Balance sheet total 2023: € 2,488,263 ▲ 21% vs 2022 (€ 2,055,631) Unchanged	€ 2,882,246 Balance sheet total 2024: € 2,882,246 ▲ 16% vs 2023 (€ 2,488,263) Unchanged	▲ 16%
Employees (FTE)	21.9 Employees (FTE) 2021: 21.9 First fiscal year in the series	26.7 Employees (FTE) 2022: 26.7 ▲ 4.8 vs 2021 (21.9) Unchanged	29 Employees (FTE) 2023: 29 ▲ 2.3 vs 2022 (26.7) Unchanged	32 Employees (FTE) 2024: 32 ▲ 3 vs 2023 (29) Unchanged	▲ 3

Key figures of DE VRIJ TRAVEL, 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 DE VRIJ TRAVEL?

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

Jul 31, 2025 New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 70,589 (▼ 79% vs 2023). Source: NBB ↗
Apr 2, 2002 New establishment in Arendonk. KBO
Mar 28, 2002 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 241,107 loss in 2021 to € 70,589 profit in 2024.

Paid € 382,572 in corporate taxes since 2021.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 652,887 profit.

On average € 63,900 of value added per employee in 2024.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Jan Ruts

DE VRIJ TRAVEL

Karel Lauwers 33%

Behind DE VRIJ TRAVEL is Jan Ruts. It owns 33% of Karel Lauwers itself.

Directors

According to the 2024 annual accounts

Jan Ruts

Director

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Roobeek 50

2370 Arendonk

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.

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Details

Company number

0477.115.383

VAT number

BE 0477.115.383

Registered office

Roobeek 50, 2370 Arendonk

Names & denominations

DE VRIJ TRAVEL

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

28 March 2002

Peppol

Active · Active since 12 Dec 2025

Activities · NACE

Personenvervoer over de weg zonder dienstregeling

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Overig personenvervoer volgens een dienstregeling

Personenvervoer over de weg volgens dienstregeling

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DE VRIJ TRAVEL

Financials

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