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Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 21 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
EXPRESS RETAIL AALST from Aalst, company number BE0479467634, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 30,413 after tax. For that financial year EXPRESS RETAIL AALST recorded a gross margin of € 162,121 and equity of € -29,125. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -35,374 to € 30,413. Profitable, and profit is growing. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 10, 2026.
€ -29,125
▲ € 30,413 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 30,413
▲ still € 35,374 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 2,053
▼ 93% 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 € -47,725.
People and assets in 2025
3.6
▼ 0.2 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 93,273
▼ 16% vs 2024
€ 25,900 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.
Debts at end 2025
€ 127,098
▲ 27% vs 2024
€ 40,057 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 569
▼ 99% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 15,605
▼ 19% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 129,102 | € 66,048 | € 113,555 | € 162,121 | ▲ 43% |
| Profit after taxes | € -19,833 | € -9,664 | € -35,374 | € 30,413 | ▲ € 65,787 |
| Equity | € -14,500 | € -24,164 | € -59,538 | € -29,125 | ▲ € 30,413 |
| Total debts | € 308,518 | € 330,953 | € 305,070 | € 143,272 | ▼ 53% |
| Cash | € 55,912 | € 39,048 | € 28,707 | € 2,053 | ▼ 93% |
| Retained profit | € -33,100 | € -42,764 | € -78,138 | € -47,725 | ▲ € 30,413 |
| Bank debt | € 132,940 | € 120,851 | € 99,887 | € 127,098 | ▲ 27% |
| Balance sheet total | € 294,018 | € 306,789 | € 245,532 | € 114,147 | ▼ 54% |
| Employees (FTE) | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | ▼ 0.2 |
Key figures of EXPRESS RETAIL AALST, fiscal years 2023 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 EXPRESS RETAIL AALST?
What happened at EXPRESS RETAIL AALST in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 30,413. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Aalst. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 19,833 loss in 2023 to € 30,413 profit in 2025.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 30,413 profit.
On average € 45,000 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
The stake of MERE-RETAIL, VL RETAIL, RVL RETAIL comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
EXPRESS RETAIL AALSTBehind EXPRESS RETAIL AALST is RVL RETAIL NV. The shares are held by MERE-RETAIL (100%), VL RETAIL (100%) and RVL RETAIL (1%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Bestuurder · represented by Ann Robberecht
Also active at: MOERBEKE RETAIL, MARKET & RETAIL MANAGEMENT, DIKSMUIDE RETAIL, ZEVENEKEN RETAIL, HAALTERT RETAIL
Shareholders
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Langestraat 32
9300 Aalst
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0479.467.634
- VAT number
- BE 0479.467.634
- Registered office
- Langestraat 32, 9300 Aalst
- Names & denominations
- EXPRESS RETAIL AALST
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 5 February 2003
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 28 Jul 2025
- Activities · NACE
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