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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 41 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
V-Automotive from Mechelen, company number BE0537920824, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 777,474 after tax. For that financial year V-Automotive recorded revenue of € 41.7 million and equity of € 1.8 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 259,445 to € 777,474. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 31, 2026.
€ 1.8 million
▲ 75% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 777,474
▲ 200% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 655,816
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 1.6 million.
People and assets in 2025
17.4
▼ 2.5 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.3 million
▲ 3% vs 2024
€ 74,000 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.
€ 11,655
▲ 25% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 524,837
▼ 46% vs 2024
€ 24,913 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 21 years.
€ 6.6 million
▲ 10% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 62 days on average.
€ 127,103
▲ 16% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 21,029,761 | € 36,125,604 | € 35,341,794 | € 41,709,472 | ▲ 18% |
| Profit after taxes | € 66,566 | € 363,616 | € 259,445 | € 777,474 | ▲ 200% |
| Equity | € 416,784 | € 780,401 | € 1,039,846 | € 1,817,320 | ▲ 75% |
| Total debts | € 5,222,308 | € 10,355,989 | € 7,339,163 | € 7,443,871 | ▲ 1% |
| Cash | € 505,015 | € 126,417 | € 655,730 | € 655,816 | |
| Land & buildings | € 47,785 | € 35,635 | € 25,947 | € 18,585 | ▼ 28% |
| Retained profit | € 166,784 | € 530,401 | € 789,846 | € 1,567,320 | ▲ 98% |
| Bank debt | € 1,931,636 | € 4,082,273 | € 966,502 | € 524,837 | ▼ 46% |
| Balance sheet total | € 5,639,092 | € 11,136,389 | € 8,379,009 | € 9,261,191 | ▲ 11% |
| Employees (FTE) | 13.4 | 17.8 | 19.9 | 17.4 | ▼ 2.5 |
Key figures of V-Automotive, 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 V-Automotive?
What happened at V-Automotive in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 777,474 (▲ 200% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Mechelen. KBO
- Johan Van den Nieuwenhuizen became a director. NBB
- T-LYX VOF became a director. NBB
- R.O.L.L. Managment CommV became a director. NBB
- Guy Vermant & Co BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Aartselaar. KBO
- New establishment in Mechelen. KBO
In short
From € 66,566 profit in 2022 to € 777,474 profit in 2025.
Paid € 535,886 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 777,474 profit.
Pays suppliers within 62 days on average.
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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 Guy Vermant & Co comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
V-AutomotiveBehind V-Automotive are Johan Van den Nieuwenhuizen, T-LYX VOF, R.O.L.L. Managment CommV and Guy Vermant & Co BV. The shares are held by Guy Vermant & Co (99.9%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2024
Director · represented by Tim Claes
Also active at: VERMANT, Vermant Antwerpen, GARAGE POSTIAUX
since 2024
Director · represented by Johannes Sterckx
Also active at: VERMANT, Vermant Antwerpen
since 2024
since 2024
Shareholders
99.9%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Generaal De Wittelaan 8
2800 Mechelen
Boomsesteenweg 4-6
2630 Aartselaar
Active since 10 January 2015
Generaal De Wittelaan 10
2800 Mechelen
Active since 14 August 2024
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0537.920.824
- VAT number
- BE 0537.920.824
- Registered office
- Generaal De Wittelaan 8, 2800 Mechelen
- Names & denominations
- V-Automotive
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 30 August 2013
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 17 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Groothandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)
Groothandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)