Financials
Financial year 2026
Bekaert-Maertens from Brugge, company number BE0536437021, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 95,821 after tax. For that financial year Bekaert-Maertens recorded a gross margin of € 331,252 and equity of € 324,075. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 188,462 to € 95,821. 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 October 13, 2026.
€ 324,075
▲ 42% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 95,821
▼ 49% vs 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 38,637
▲ 33% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2026. Retained profit grew to € 284,075.
People and assets in 2026
14.7
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 145,721
▼ 20% vs 2025
€ 9,900 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.
€ 13,212
▼ 38% vs 2025
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
€ 173,801
▼ 31% vs 2025
€ 62,338 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 199,900
▲ 229% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 23,074
▼ 69% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 438,506 | € 460,243 | € 482,455 | € 331,252 | ▼ 31% |
| Profit after taxes | € 219,788 | € 164,197 | € 188,462 | € 95,821 | ▼ 49% |
| Equity | € 145,595 | € 139,792 | € 228,254 | € 324,075 | ▲ 42% |
| Total debts | € 415,224 | € 648,225 | € 557,634 | € 496,981 | ▼ 11% |
| Cash | € 93,515 | € 72,672 | € 29,115 | € 38,637 | ▲ 33% |
| Land & buildings | € 11,746 | € 171,174 | € 167,014 | € 156,051 | ▼ 7% |
| Retained profit | € 105,595 | € 99,792 | € 188,254 | € 284,075 | ▲ 51% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 170,000 | € 100,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 258,269 | € 306,752 | € 251,661 | € 173,801 | ▼ 31% |
| Balance sheet total | € 560,820 | € 788,017 | € 785,888 | € 821,056 | ▲ 4% |
| Employees (FTE) | - | - | 14.7 | 14.7 |
By gross margin, Bekaert-Maertens ranks 4th of 8 companies with main activity “Overige niet-gespecialiseerde detailhandel” in Brugge that publish figures (fiscal year 2026).
Key figures of Bekaert-Maertens, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 October 2027.
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What happened to Bekaert-Maertens?
What happened at Bekaert-Maertens in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 95,821 (▼ 49% vs 2025). Source: NBB ↗
- Nocturne Brugge BV became a director. NBB
- Dr. Watson BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Brugge. KBO
- Incorporation, published in the Gazette. Source: Staatsblad ↗
In short
From € 219,788 profit in 2023 to € 95,821 profit in 2026.
Paid € 168,045 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 219,788 profit.
On average € 22,500 of value added per employee in 2026.
Management
The stake of Dr. WATSON, PILLEN LARS comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
Bekaert-MaertensBehind Bekaert-Maertens are Nocturne Brugge BV and Dr. Watson BV. The shares are held by Dr. WATSON (15%) and PILLEN LARS (10%).
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Manager · represented by Emmanuel Maertens
since 2015
Manager · represented by Thibault Bekaert
since 2015
Shareholders
15%
10%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Breidelstraat 3
8000 Brugge
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →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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Shareholders according to the Official Gazette deeds
Who contributed at incorporation and at capital increases, with the deed as source. Later share transfers are not published in the Gazette.
Incorporation
Source: Deed ↗- BEKAERT Thibault Guillaume Boris(oprichter) 50%
- MAERTENS Emmanuel(oprichter) 50%
Details
- Company number
- 0536.437.021
- VAT number
- BE 0536.437.021
- Registered office
- Breidelstraat 3, 8000 Brugge
- Names & denominations
- Bekaert-Maertens
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 4 July 2013
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 24 Nov 2023
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