Financials
Financial year 2025
Mertens Automotive from Rumst, company number BE0477714013, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 22,303 after tax. For that financial year Mertens Automotive recorded a gross margin of € 269,299 and equity of € 275,267. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 73,266 to € 22,303. 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 24, 2026.
€ 275,267
▲ 9% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 22,303
▼ 70% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 162,945
▲ 16% 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 € 256,667.
People and assets in 2025
3.1
▲ 0.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 169,696
▼ 7% vs 2024
€ 54,700 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.
€ 24,861
▲ 135% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 228,692
▲ 29% vs 2024
€ 25,152 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 93,496
▼ 1% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 39,022
▲ 19% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 241,568 | € 248,159 | € 347,156 | € 269,299 | ▼ 22% |
| Profit after taxes | € -5,335 | € 16,622 | € 73,266 | € 22,303 | ▼ 70% |
| Equity | € 163,075 | € 179,697 | € 252,964 | € 275,267 | ▲ 9% |
| Total debts | € 367,563 | € 307,379 | € 311,365 | € 367,159 | ▲ 18% |
| Cash | € 80,944 | € 72,884 | € 140,531 | € 162,945 | ▲ 16% |
| Retained profit | € 144,475 | € 161,097 | € 234,364 | € 256,667 | ▲ 10% |
| Bank debt | € 201,629 | € 196,550 | € 177,033 | € 228,692 | ▲ 29% |
| Balance sheet total | € 530,639 | € 487,076 | € 564,328 | € 642,426 | ▲ 14% |
| Employees (FTE) | 3 | 2.7 | 3 | 3.1 | ▲ 0.1 |
Key figures of Mertens Automotive, 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 Mertens Automotive?
What happened at Mertens Automotive in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 22,303 (▼ 70% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Rumst. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 5,335 loss in 2022 to € 22,303 profit in 2025.
Paid € 47,059 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 73,266 profit.
On average € 86,900 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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
Behind Mertens Automotive is Raf Mertens. The shares are held by Raf Mertens.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Shareholders
Raf Mertens · director
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Molenstraat 204
2840 Rumst
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
- 0477.714.013
- VAT number
- BE 0477.714.013
- Registered office
- Molenstraat 204, 2840 Rumst
- Names & denominations
- Mertens Automotive
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 7 June 2002
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 23 Jun 2025
- Contact
- mertens-automotive.be
- Activities · NACE
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Detailhandel in motorvoertuigen
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)
Carrosserieherstelling (inclusief spuiten en verven)
Verhuur en lease van personenauto’s en andere lichte motorvoertuigen
Overige recreatie- en ontspanningsactiviteiten, neg
Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Groothandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
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