Escuro is a hospitality business in Gent. Private Limited, started on 24 June 2013, 2 establishments.

What is the address of Escuro?

The registered office of Escuro is located at Zwartezustersstraat 5, 9000 Gent.

Is Escuro still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (31 October 2026) Escuro is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 24 June 2013.

Is Escuro registered on Peppol?

Yes, Escuro is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0535896690.

What is the enterprise number of Escuro?

The enterprise number of Escuro is BE0535896690.

When was Escuro founded?

Escuro was founded on 24 June 2013.

Who are the directors of Escuro?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Escuro are: Simon Smet, Dieter Mestdagt, Rowan Jans.

Is Escuro a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 24 June 2013; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account; 2 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did Escuro make in 2025?

Escuro posted a profit after taxes of € 45,953 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Escuro?

As a small company, Escuro is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 680,123.

How much does an employee at Escuro earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Escuro was € 47,400 in 2025: staff costs of € 573,992 for 12.1 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Escuro have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Escuro has 12.1 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Escuro (Private Limited) - Gent - BE0535896690

Dossier Escuro, printed on 1 November 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0535896690/escuro. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Warning lights

Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.

Shrinking team NBB

FTE fell two years in a row, from 23.5 to 12.1.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Escuro from Gent, company number BE0535896690, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 45,953 after tax. For that financial year Escuro recorded a gross margin of € 680,123 and equity of € 158,401. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 116,572 to € 45,953. 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 30, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 158,401

▲ 8% vs 2024

Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.

Profit Healthy

€ 45,953

▼ 61% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 153,009

▼ 14% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 34,783 paid out

76 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

12.1

▼ 10.6 vs 2024

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost

€ 573,992

▲ 54% vs 2024

€ 47,400 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

Bank debt ≈ 2 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 61,581

▲ 88% vs 2024

€ 25,625 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 87,956

▲ 52% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.

Taxes and wages

€ 73,152

▲ 79% vs 2024

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Gross margin	€ 429,366 Gross margin 2022: € 429,366 First fiscal year in the series	€ 428,556 Gross margin 2023: € 428,556 Unchanged (€ 429,366) Unfavourable step	€ 547,362 Gross margin 2024: € 547,362 ▲ 28% vs 2023 (€ 428,556) Favourable step	€ 680,123 Gross margin 2025: € 680,123 ▲ 24% vs 2024 (€ 547,362) Favourable step	▲ 24%
Profit after taxes	€ -19,807 Profit after taxes 2022: € -19,807 First fiscal year in the series	€ -4,329 Profit after taxes 2023: € -4,329 ▲ € 15,478 vs 2022 (€ -19,807) Favourable step	€ 116,572 Profit after taxes 2024: € 116,572 ▲ € 120,900 vs 2023 (€ -4,329) Favourable step	€ 45,953 Profit after taxes 2025: € 45,953 ▼ 61% vs 2024 (€ 116,572) Unfavourable step	▼ 61%
Equity	€ 53,988 Equity 2022: € 53,988 First fiscal year in the series	€ 49,659 Equity 2023: € 49,659 ▼ 8% vs 2022 (€ 53,988) Unfavourable step	€ 147,231 Equity 2024: € 147,231 ▲ 196% vs 2023 (€ 49,659) Favourable step	€ 158,401 Equity 2025: € 158,401 ▲ 8% vs 2024 (€ 147,231) Favourable step	▲ 8%
Total debts	€ 157,045 Total debts 2022: € 157,045 First fiscal year in the series	€ 170,781 Total debts 2023: € 170,781 ▲ 9% vs 2022 (€ 157,045) Unfavourable step	€ 145,449 Total debts 2024: € 145,449 ▼ 15% vs 2023 (€ 170,781) Favourable step	€ 231,200 Total debts 2025: € 231,200 ▲ 59% vs 2024 (€ 145,449) Unfavourable step	▲ 59%
Cash	€ 46,353 Cash 2022: € 46,353 First fiscal year in the series	€ 46,361 Cash 2023: € 46,361 Unchanged (€ 46,353) Favourable step	€ 178,589 Cash 2024: € 178,589 ▲ 285% vs 2023 (€ 46,361) Favourable step	€ 153,009 Cash 2025: € 153,009 ▼ 14% vs 2024 (€ 178,589) Unfavourable step	▼ 14%
Retained profit	€ 35,388 Retained profit 2022: € 35,388 First fiscal year in the series	€ 31,059 Retained profit 2023: € 31,059 ▼ 12% vs 2022 (€ 35,388) Unfavourable step	€ 128,631 Retained profit 2024: € 128,631 ▲ € 97,573 vs 2023 (€ 31,059) Favourable step	€ 139,801 Retained profit 2025: € 139,801 ▲ 9% vs 2024 (€ 128,631) Favourable step	▲ 9%
Dividend	€ 8,244 Dividend 2022: € 8,244 First fiscal year in the series	€ 0 Dividend 2023: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2022 (€ 8,244) Unchanged	€ 18,999 Dividend 2024: € 18,999 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 34,783 Dividend 2025: € 34,783 ▲ 83% vs 2024 (€ 18,999) Unchanged	▲ 83%
Bank debt	€ 39,470 Bank debt 2022: € 39,470 First fiscal year in the series	€ 42,576 Bank debt 2023: € 42,576 ▲ 8% vs 2022 (€ 39,470) Unfavourable step	€ 32,758 Bank debt 2024: € 32,758 ▼ 23% vs 2023 (€ 42,576) Favourable step	€ 61,581 Bank debt 2025: € 61,581 ▲ 88% vs 2024 (€ 32,758) Unfavourable step	▲ 88%
Balance sheet total	€ 217,632 Balance sheet total 2022: € 217,632 First fiscal year in the series	€ 225,939 Balance sheet total 2023: € 225,939 ▲ 4% vs 2022 (€ 217,632) Unchanged	€ 297,080 Balance sheet total 2024: € 297,080 ▲ 31% vs 2023 (€ 225,939) Unchanged	€ 392,902 Balance sheet total 2025: € 392,902 ▲ 32% vs 2024 (€ 297,080) Unchanged	▲ 32%
Employees (FTE)	24.7 Employees (FTE) 2022: 24.7 First fiscal year in the series	23.5 Employees (FTE) 2023: 23.5 ▼ 1.2 vs 2022 (24.7) Unchanged	22.7 Employees (FTE) 2024: 22.7 ▼ 0.8 vs 2023 (23.5) Unchanged	12.1 Employees (FTE) 2025: 12.1 ▼ 10.6 vs 2024 (22.7) Unchanged	▼ 10.6

Key figures of Escuro, 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 Escuro?

What happened at Escuro in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

Jun 30, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 45,953 (▼ 61% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
Jun 1, 2025 New establishment in Gent. KBO
Jul 1, 2013 New establishment in Gent. KBO
Jun 24, 2013 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 19,807 loss in 2022 to € 45,953 profit in 2025.

Paid € 22,841 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 116,572 profit.

On average € 56,200 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Simon Smet Dieter Mestdagt Rowan Jans

Escuro

Behind Escuro are Simon Smet, Dieter Mestdagt and Rowan Jans.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Simon Smet

Director

Dieter Mestdagt

Director

Rowan Jans

Director

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Zwartezustersstraat 5

9000 Gent

2.374.281.272

Kraanlei 31

9000 Gent

Active since 1 June 2025

What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.

Details

Company number

0535.896.690

VAT number

BE 0535.896.690

Registered office

Zwartezustersstraat 5, 9000 Gent

Names & denominations

Escuro

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

24 June 2013

Peppol

Active · Active since 23 Nov 2025

Activities · NACE

Activiteiten van eetgelegenheden met volledige bediening

Eetgelegenheden met volledige bediening

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Escuro

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