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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 7 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 5.5 to 4.
Financials
Financial year 2025
AS AUTO from Lontzen, company number BE0479985890, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1,955 after tax. For that financial year AS AUTO recorded a gross margin of € 339,416 and equity of € 570,261. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 54,709 to € 1,955. 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 June 11, 2026.
€ 570,261
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 1,955
▼ 96% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 7,851
▼ 62% 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 € 508,761.
People and assets in 2025
4
▼ 0.5 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 243,116
▼ 6% vs 2024
€ 60,800 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.
€ 8,588
▼ 60% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 443,865
▼ 22% vs 2024
€ 23,747 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 427,437
▲ 21% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 143,951
▲ 18% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 303,611 | € 402,449 | € 406,182 | € 339,416 | ▼ 16% |
| Profit after taxes | € 6,100 | € 28,598 | € 54,709 | € 1,955 | ▼ 96% |
| Equity | € 484,998 | € 513,597 | € 568,305 | € 570,261 | |
| Total debts | € 1,169,159 | € 1,131,904 | € 1,141,582 | € 1,052,623 | ▼ 8% |
| Cash | € 9,077 | € 27,092 | € 20,577 | € 7,851 | ▼ 62% |
| Retained profit | € 423,498 | € 452,097 | € 506,805 | € 508,761 | |
| Bank debt | € 614,369 | € 605,860 | € 568,561 | € 443,865 | ▼ 22% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,654,158 | € 1,645,501 | € 1,709,887 | € 1,622,884 | ▼ 5% |
| Employees (FTE) | 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4 | ▼ 0.5 |
Key figures of AS AUTO, 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 AS AUTO?
What happened at AS AUTO in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Jean HEINS stepped down as director. NBB
- Alain Herbert Smits stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1,955 (▼ 96% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Jean HEINS became a director. NBB
- Alain Herbert Smits became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Lontzen. KBO
- New establishment in Lontzen. KBO
- New establishment in Welkenraedt. KBO
In short
From € 6,100 profit in 2022 to € 1,955 profit in 2025.
Paid € 36,941 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 54,709 profit.
On average € 84,900 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Jean HEINS
Director
since 2021 · until 2027
since 2021 · until 2027
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue de Tivoli 27
4710 Lontzen
Rue Mitoyenne 316
4710 Lontzen
Active since 1 January 2009
Rue Mitoyenne 914
4710 Lontzen
Active since 1 October 2019
Rue Mitoyenne 73
4840 Welkenraedt
Active since 29 October 2006
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0479.985.890
- VAT number
- BE 0479.985.890
- Registered office
- Rue de Tivoli 27, 4710 Lontzen
- Names & denominations
- AS AUTO
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 9 April 2003
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 21 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
Detailhandel in motorvoertuigen
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Onderhoud en reparatie van auto's
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)
Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)
Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen
Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in andere specifieke goederen
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