Warning lights
Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
-
Busy address KBO
53 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
-
Not on Peppol Peppol
Not registered in the Peppol network, mandatory for VAT-liable companies since 1 January 2026.
Financials
Financial year 2025
VM STEEL from Wavre, company number BE0477749942, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 371,468 after tax. For that financial year VM STEEL recorded revenue of € 26.3 million and equity of € 2.8 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 388,441 to € 371,468. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 30, 2026.
€ 2.8 million
▲ 2% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 371,468
▼ 4% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 145,563
▼ 34% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 302,493 paid out
81 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to VMD INVEST (95 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
5.4
▲ 0.4 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 545,508
▲ 15% vs 2024
€ 101,000 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.
€ 37,915
▼ 41% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 6.9 million
▲ € 5.4 million vs 2024
€ 18,629 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 827,741
▼ 75% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 12 days on average.
€ 123,617
▼ 13% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
Want to see how much further we take a dossier in the Pro version? Open the free De Lijn example and give feedback →
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 13,099,268 | € 13,205,096 | € 22,410,561 | € 26,265,325 | ▲ 17% |
| Profit after taxes | € 221,390 | € 429,499 | € 388,441 | € 371,468 | ▼ 4% |
| Equity | € 2,026,913 | € 2,715,374 | € 2,702,060 | € 2,750,000 | ▲ 2% |
| Total debts | € 4,203,820 | € 3,725,048 | € 5,425,720 | € 8,445,519 | ▲ 56% |
| Cash | € 384,421 | € 18,245 | € 219,231 | € 145,563 | ▼ 34% |
| Retained profit | € 746,913 | € 935,374 | € 922,060 | € 970,000 | ▲ 5% |
| Dividend | € 22,139 | € 176,913 | € 365,374 | € 302,493 | ▼ 17% |
| Bank debt | € 2,709,429 | € 2,485,828 | € 1,536,252 | € 6,936,097 | ▲ € 5.4 million |
| Balance sheet total | € 6,230,733 | € 6,440,422 | € 8,127,780 | € 11,195,519 | ▲ 38% |
| Employees (FTE) | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5 | 5.4 | ▲ 0.4 |
Key figures of VM STEEL, 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 VM STEEL?
What happened at VM STEEL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Maxence Snoy stepped down as director. NBB
- Jérôme Lefebvre stepped down as director. NBB
- Nicolas Van den Abeele stepped down as director. NBB
- Nathalie Schubert stepped down as director. NBB
- André Hoste stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 371,468 (▼ 4% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Maxence Snoy became a director. NBB
- Jérôme Lefebvre became a director. NBB
In short
From € 221,390 profit in 2022 to € 371,468 profit in 2025.
Paid € 494,573 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 429,499 profit.
Paid out € 866,918 in dividends to the owners in total.
A new publication or filing at VM STEEL? We notify you, reason included.
Follow VM STEELDatabakkes Pro
Know what changes at your customers, suppliers and competitors. Without reading an annual account.
- Follow them in one folder Every company in your folder gets this full dossier: household book, all fiscal years, benchmark against companies of the same size.
- We alert you, with the reason New annual account, Official Gazette publication or status change: you get what changed and where it says so.
- In bulk too, and in ChatGPT and Claude Upload your customer list and get the warning signs back per company. Or ask in your own AI assistant, with this register as the source.
Databakkes Pro is being built. Sign up now and you are first in line for an invitation, with a month to try without a credit card.
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%
Open the dossier →
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
The stake of VMD INVEST comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
VM STEELThe shares are held by VMD INVEST (95%). It owns 52% of VM STEEL MAROC itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2025 · until 2028
Jérôme Lefebvre
Voorzitter
Also active at: VMD INVEST, DAUBY, CHALET DEN DIJK, BLUE OAK IMPACT, BLUE OAK REAL ESTATE, VMD Real Estate, Finesco Invest, Blue Oak Services +5 more
since 2025 · until 2028
since 2025 · until 2028
Nathalie Schubert
Director
since 2025 · until 2028
André Hoste
Director
since 2025 · until 2028
Shareholders
95%
Participations
VM STEEL MAROC
52%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Avenue Pasteur 6
1300 Wavre
Sint Lenaartseweg 44
2320 Hoogstraten
Active since 12 January 2021
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 53 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
€ 154,802 gross margin · 2024
EDITIONS MERCKX UITGEVERIJ
€ -23,529 gross margin · 2024
ONE PARTNER
€ 1.3 million gross margin · 2025
PROGRESS
€ -32,535 gross margin · 2025
VI.PI
€ -32,541 gross margin · 2025
+48 more
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0477.749.942
- VAT number
- BE 0477.749.942
- Registered office
- Avenue Pasteur 6, 1300 Wavre
- Names & denominations
- VM STEEL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 17 June 2002
- Peppol
- Not registered
- Activities · NACE
Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen