Financials
Financial year 2025
PAYWORLD BELGIUM from Merelbeke-Melle, company number BE0508605840, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1.6 million after tax. For that financial year PAYWORLD BELGIUM recorded a gross margin of € 5 million and equity of € 3.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1.2 million to € 1.6 million. 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 May 29, 2026.
€ 3.2 million
▲ 46% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 1.6 million
▲ 31% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 491,954
▼ 33% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 225,000 paid out
14 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
18.8
▲ 5.2 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 2.1 million
▲ 75% vs 2024
€ 110,100 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.
€ 888,427
▲ 39% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 201,261
▼ 52% vs 2024
€ 115,894 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 44,673
▼ 13% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 445,142
▲ 28% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,788,709 | € 4,195,543 | € 3,417,147 | € 5,015,746 | ▲ 47% |
| Profit after taxes | € 508,627 | € 2,321,454 | € 1,240,058 | € 1,624,481 | ▲ 31% |
| Equity | € 5,821,021 | € 2,927,408 | € 2,167,893 | € 3,155,316 | ▲ 46% |
| Total debts | € 1,023,918 | € 1,032,728 | € 1,263,974 | € 833,204 | ▼ 34% |
| Cash | € 184,820 | € 334,750 | € 732,375 | € 491,954 | ▼ 33% |
| Land & buildings | € 28,438 | € 25,713 | € 105,988 | € 117,459 | ▲ 11% |
| Retained profit | € 895,927 | € 2,709,514 | € 2,018,077 | € 3,005,500 | ▲ 49% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 325,000 | € 225,000 | € 225,000 | |
| Bank debt | € 654,540 | € 197,646 | € 419,925 | € 201,261 | ▼ 52% |
| Balance sheet total | € 6,844,939 | € 3,960,136 | € 3,431,867 | € 3,988,520 | ▲ 16% |
| Employees (FTE) | 9.2 | 12.1 | 13.6 | 18.8 | ▲ 5.2 |
Key figures of PAYWORLD BELGIUM, 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 PAYWORLD BELGIUM?
What happened at PAYWORLD BELGIUM in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1.6 million (▲ 31% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Emmy VOLCKAERT stepped down as director. NBB
- New establishment in Merelbeke-Melle. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 508,627 profit in 2022 to € 1.6 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 1.6 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 2.3 million profit.
On average € 266,800 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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Management
Behind PAYWORLD BELGIUM are Peter BECAUS and Ben CAUWELIER. Peter BECAUS is also behind IMMO BEVO, VOLCKAERT - SOETENS, TABAGRO WEST and EP BEVO INVEST.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Ben CAUWELIER
Director
· until 2025
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Burg. Maenhautstraat 44 box F
9820 Merelbeke-Melle
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 4 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0508.605.840
- VAT number
- BE 0508.605.840
- Registered office
- Burg. Maenhautstraat 44 bus F, 9820 Merelbeke-Melle
- Names & denominations
- PAYWORLD BELGIUM
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 20 December 2012
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 29 Sept 2025
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