What does HR RAIL do?

HR RAIL is a transport company in Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel). Naamloze vennootschap van publiek recht, started on 6 November 2013, 30 establishments.

What is the address of HR RAIL?

The registered office of HR RAIL is located at Frankrijkstraat 85, 1060 Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel).

Is HR RAIL still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) HR RAIL is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 6 November 2013.

Is HR RAIL registered on Peppol?

Yes, HR RAIL is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0541691352.

What is the enterprise number of HR RAIL?

The enterprise number of HR RAIL is BE0541691352.

When was HR RAIL founded?

HR RAIL was founded on 6 November 2013.

Who are the directors of HR RAIL?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of HR RAIL are: Bernard Escoyez , Sarah Blancke, Benoît Gilson, Sophie Dutordoir.

Is HR RAIL a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 6 November 2013; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 4 directors known from the annual account; 30 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did HR RAIL make in 2025?

HR RAIL posted a profit after taxes of € 1,568,042 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of HR RAIL?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), HR RAIL reported revenue of € 2,368,227,721.

How much does an employee at HR RAIL earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at HR RAIL was € 83,900 in 2025: staff costs of € 2.3 billion for 27,811 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does HR RAIL have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, HR RAIL has 27,811 full-time equivalents (FTE).

HR RAIL - Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) - BE0541691352

Dossier HR RAIL, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0541691352/hr-rail. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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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.

Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 36 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

HR RAIL from Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel), company number BE0541691352, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1.6 million after tax. For that financial year HR RAIL recorded revenue of € 2.4 billion and equity of € 28.3 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 693,536 to € 1.6 million. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 3, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 28.3 million

▲ 6% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 1.6 million

▲ 126% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 101.8 million

▲ 104% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 8.2 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

27,811

▲ 242.5 vs 2024

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

Wage cost Staff costs are payroll only. Director pay sits with services and miscellaneous goods: € 41.7 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 2.3 billion

▲ 3% vs 2024

€ 83,900 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 34,042

▼ 3% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

None

No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.

Owed to suppliers

€ 14.4 million

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 126 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 443.7 million

▼ 1% 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
Revenue	€ 2,077,763,226 Revenue 2022: € 2,077,763,226 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,205,907,450 Revenue 2023: € 2,205,907,450 ▲ 6% vs 2022 (€ 2,077,763,226) Favourable step	€ 2,304,846,457 Revenue 2024: € 2,304,846,457 ▲ 4% vs 2023 (€ 2,205,907,450) Favourable step	€ 2,368,227,721 Revenue 2025: € 2,368,227,721 ▲ 3% vs 2024 (€ 2,304,846,457) Favourable step	▲ 3%
Profit after taxes	€ 9,201,712 Profit after taxes 2022: € 9,201,712 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,960,494 Profit after taxes 2023: € 2,960,494 ▼ 68% vs 2022 (€ 9,201,712) Unfavourable step	€ 693,536 Profit after taxes 2024: € 693,536 ▼ 77% vs 2023 (€ 2,960,494) Unfavourable step	€ 1,568,042 Profit after taxes 2025: € 1,568,042 ▲ 126% vs 2024 (€ 693,536) Favourable step	▲ 126%
Equity	€ 23,120,618 Equity 2022: € 23,120,618 First fiscal year in the series	€ 26,069,315 Equity 2023: € 26,069,315 ▲ 13% vs 2022 (€ 23,120,618) Favourable step	€ 26,754,065 Equity 2024: € 26,754,065 ▲ 3% vs 2023 (€ 26,069,315) Favourable step	€ 28,313,321 Equity 2025: € 28,313,321 ▲ 6% vs 2024 (€ 26,754,065) Favourable step	▲ 6%
Total debts	€ 510,679,979 Total debts 2022: € 510,679,979 First fiscal year in the series	€ 490,059,314 Total debts 2023: € 490,059,314 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 510,679,979) Favourable step	€ 495,676,157 Total debts 2024: € 495,676,157 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 490,059,314) Unfavourable step	€ 495,565,830 Total debts 2025: € 495,565,830 Unchanged (€ 495,676,157) Favourable step
Cash	€ 97,773,214 Cash 2022: € 97,773,214 First fiscal year in the series	€ 76,919,553 Cash 2023: € 76,919,553 ▼ 21% vs 2022 (€ 97,773,214) Unfavourable step	€ 49,900,415 Cash 2024: € 49,900,415 ▼ 35% vs 2023 (€ 76,919,553) Unfavourable step	€ 101,784,561 Cash 2025: € 101,784,561 ▲ 104% vs 2024 (€ 49,900,415) Favourable step	▲ 104%
Retained profit	€ 2,998,800 Retained profit 2022: € 2,998,800 First fiscal year in the series	€ 5,959,293 Retained profit 2023: € 5,959,293 ▲ 99% vs 2022 (€ 2,998,800) Favourable step	€ 6,652,830 Retained profit 2024: € 6,652,830 ▲ 12% vs 2023 (€ 5,959,293) Favourable step	€ 8,220,872 Retained profit 2025: € 8,220,872 ▲ 24% vs 2024 (€ 6,652,830) Favourable step	▲ 24%
Bank debt	€ 1 Bank debt 2022: € 1 First fiscal year in the series	€ 8,980,483 Bank debt 2023: € 8,980,483 ▲ € 9 million vs 2022 (€ 1) Unfavourable step	€ 0 Bank debt 2024: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2023 (€ 8,980,483) Favourable step	€ 0 Bank debt 2025: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged
Balance sheet total	€ 562,870,145 Balance sheet total 2022: € 562,870,145 First fiscal year in the series	€ 542,207,033 Balance sheet total 2023: € 542,207,033 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 562,870,145) Unchanged	€ 549,019,701 Balance sheet total 2024: € 549,019,701 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 542,207,033) Unchanged	€ 549,430,015 Balance sheet total 2025: € 549,430,015 Unchanged (€ 549,019,701) Unchanged
Employees (FTE)	27,435.1 Employees (FTE) 2022: 27,435.1 First fiscal year in the series	27,524.5 Employees (FTE) 2023: 27,524.5 ▲ 89.4 vs 2022 (27,435.1) Unchanged	27,568.5 Employees (FTE) 2024: 27,568.5 ▲ 44 vs 2023 (27,524.5) Unchanged	27,811 Employees (FTE) 2025: 27,811 ▲ 242.5 vs 2024 (27,568.5) Unchanged	▲ 242.5

Key figures of HR RAIL, 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 HR RAIL?

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

2030 Sarah Blancke stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Sophie Dutordoir stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Bernard Escoyez stepped down as director. NBB
2026 Benoît Gilson stepped down as director. NBB
Jun 3, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1.6 million (▲ 126% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
Jun 1, 2025 New establishment in Liège. KBO
2024 Sarah Blancke became a director. NBB
2023 Sophie Dutordoir became a director. NBB

In short

From € 9.2 million profit in 2022 to € 1.6 million profit in 2025.

Paid € 3 million in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 9.2 million profit.

Pays suppliers within 126 days on average.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

- Etat fédéral belge 60%

SNCB 20%

Infrabel 20%

HR RAIL

Rail Facilities 100%

The shares are held by - Etat fédéral belge (60%), SNCB (20%) and Infrabel (20%). It owns 100% of Rail Facilities itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Bernard Escoyez

Chairman of the board

Also active at: PELAO, YEON

since 2022 · until 2028

Sarah Blancke

Director

since 2024 · until 2030

Benoît Gilson

Director

Also active at: TUC RAIL, GB CONSULT

since 2020 · until 2026

Sophie Dutordoir

Director

Also active at: NATIONALE MAATSCHAPPIJ DER BELGISCHE SPOORWEGEN, Festival van Vlaanderen Gent en Historische Steden, Arvesta

since 2023 · until 2029

Shareholders

- Etat fédéral belge

60%

SNCB

20%

Infrabel

20%

Participations

Rail Facilities

100%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Frankrijkstraat 85

1060 Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel)

2.226.640.542

Ganzenweidestraat 301

1130 Brussel

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.640.641

Hallepoortlaan 40

1060 Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel)

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.640.740

Sloepenstraat 2

8400 Oostende

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.640.839

Rue Fond des Bas Prés z/n

5000 Namur

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.640.938

Stationsplein 2

3500 Hasselt

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.641.037

Leuvensesteenweg 30

2800 Mechelen

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.643.314

Gontrodestraat 222

9050 Gent

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.643.413

Marksesteenweg(Kor) 59 box A

8500 Kortrijk

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.643.710

Kantersteen 10

1000 Brussel

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.644.106

Gerijstraat 20

1190 Vorst

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.644.403

Koningin Astridplein 27

2018 Antwerpen

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.644.797

Noorderlaan 630

2030 Antwerpen

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.644.995

Diestsesteenweg 3

3010 Leuven

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.646.480

Frankrijkstraat 56-58

1060 Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel)

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.646.678

Frankrijkstraat 97

1060 Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel)

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.646.876

Tweestationsstraat 80

1070 Anderlecht

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.647.569

de Schiervellaan 26

3500 Hasselt

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.650.737

Rue Léanne 15

5000 Namur

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.651.034

Boulevard Charles Quint 29

7000 Mons

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.651.331

Rue du Musée François Duesberg 1

7000 Mons

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.651.430

Hendrik Brugmansstraat 7

8000 Brugge

Active since 1 January 2014

2.226.652.024

Rue du Plan-Incliné 145

4000 Liège

Active since 1 January 2014

2.233.200.712

Koningin Maria Hendrikaplein 1

9000 Gent

Active since 1 January 2014

2.279.217.710

Akkerstraat 33

9090 Merelbeke-Melle

Active since 1 October 2018

2.278.537.819

Rue d'Ougrée 60

4031 Liège

Active since 1 September 2018

2.315.265.482

Koning Albertplein 2

2800 Mechelen

Active since 1 June 2020

2.315.277.954

Square des Martyrs 1

6000 Charleroi

Active since 1 January 2020

2.328.544.782

Place de la Gare 1

6800 Libramont-Chevigny

Active since 1 January 2022

2.375.758.741

Place des Guillemins 2

4000 Liège

Active since 1 June 2025

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 6 companies are registered at this address.

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Kas der geneeskundige verzorging van HR Rail

Association Internationale du Congrès des Chemins de Fer

Amicale des Ingénieurs et des Fonctionnaires Supérieurs de la Société Naionale des Chemins de Fer Belges

Groupement International d'Etude pour l'Exploitation des Voitures-Lits en Europe

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Company number

0541.691.352

VAT number

BE 0541.691.352

Registered office

Frankrijkstraat 85, 1060 Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel)

Names & denominations

HR RAIL

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Naamloze vennootschap van publiek recht

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

6 November 2013

Peppol

Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001

Activities · NACE

Personenvervoer per trein

Arbeidsbemiddeling

Personenvervoer per spoor, m.u.v. personenvervoer per spoor binnen steden of voorsteden

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

HR RAIL

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Establishments

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