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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 6.8 to 5.
Financials
Financial year 2025
VAN DAMME - VAN HECKE from Sint-Laureins, company number BE0477826750, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 897,533 after tax. For that financial year VAN DAMME - VAN HECKE recorded revenue of € 12.9 million and equity of € 5.9 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 734,904 to € 897,533. 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 November 27, 2025.
€ 5.9 million
▲ 18% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 897,533
▲ 22% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 784,537
▲ 117% 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 € 5.9 million.
People and assets in 2025
5
▼ 0.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 317,406
▼ 3% vs 2024
€ 63,500 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.
€ 101,803
▲ 27% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 271,010
▼ 34% vs 2024
€ 89,781 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 3 million
▼ 26% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 98 days on average.
€ 166,686
▲ 40% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | - | € 12,932,301 | |
| Gross margin | € 1,250,980 | € 1,119,360 | € 1,461,134 | - | |
| Profit after taxes | € 644,181 | € 440,290 | € 734,904 | € 897,533 | ▲ 22% |
| Equity | € 3,846,267 | € 4,286,557 | € 5,021,462 | € 5,918,995 | ▲ 18% |
| Total debts | € 3,259,107 | € 3,842,169 | € 6,179,403 | € 4,846,917 | ▼ 22% |
| Cash | € 410,439 | € 478,971 | € 360,908 | € 784,537 | ▲ 117% |
| Land & buildings | € 1,081,405 | € 1,012,605 | € 1,090,522 | € 1,041,816 | ▼ 4% |
| Retained profit | € 3,826,267 | € 4,266,557 | € 4,999,462 | € 5,896,995 | ▲ 18% |
| Bank debt | € 698,145 | € 702,715 | € 408,996 | € 271,010 | ▼ 34% |
| Balance sheet total | € 7,105,375 | € 8,128,726 | € 11,200,865 | € 10,765,911 | ▼ 4% |
| Employees (FTE) | 5.6 | 6.8 | 5.1 | 5 | ▼ 0.1 |
By revenue, VAN DAMME - VAN HECKE ranks 6th of 10 companies with main activity “Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw” in East Flanders that publish figures (fiscal year 2025).
Key figures of VAN DAMME - VAN HECKE, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2026 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 October 2026.
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What happened to VAN DAMME - VAN HECKE?
What happened at VAN DAMME - VAN HECKE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 897,533 (▲ 22% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Sint-Laureins. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 644,181 profit in 2022 to € 897,533 profit in 2025.
Paid € 878,466 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 897,533 profit.
On average € 286,500 of value added per employee in 2024.
Management
Behind VAN DAMME - VAN HECKE are Bart VAN DAMME and Guy VAN DAMME. The shares are held by Bart Van Damme and Guy Van Damme.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Bart VAN DAMME
Director
Is a shareholder
Guy VAN DAMME
Director
Is a shareholder
Shareholders
Bart Van Damme · director
Guy Van Damme · director
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Vaart(WAT) 6
9988 Sint-Laureins
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
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Details
- Company number
- 0477.826.750
- VAT number
- BE 0477.826.750
- Registered office
- Vaart(WAT) 6, 9988 Sint-Laureins
- Names & denominations
- VAN DAMME - VAN HECKE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 25 June 2002
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 9 Sept 2025
- Contact
- vandamme-vanhecke.be
- Activities · NACE
Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw
Groothandel in machines, tractoren, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw
Herstelling van landbouwmachines
Groothandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton)
Reparatie en onderhoud van machines