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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 48 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2026
RURAL from Geraardsbergen, company number BE0545835232, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 13,832 after tax. For that financial year RURAL recorded a gross margin of € 123,522 and equity of € 12,465. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 46,975 to € 13,832. The company is profitable. 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 September 24, 2026.
€ 12,465
▲ € 13,832 vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 13,832
▼ 71% vs 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 32,213
▼ 45% 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 € -6,135.
People and assets in 2026
€ 12,743
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 1,058
▼ 27% vs 2025
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
€ 1 million
▲ 52% vs 2025
€ 58,801 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 17 years.
€ 53,672
▲ 117% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1,200
▼ 64% vs 2025
Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.
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| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 26,666 | € -60,504 | € 132,271 | € 123,522 | ▼ 7% |
| Profit after taxes | € 15,969 | € -107,524 | € 46,975 | € 13,832 | ▼ 71% |
| Equity | € 59,183 | € -48,341 | € -1,367 | € 12,465 | ▲ € 13,832 |
| Total debts | € 506,275 | € 815,183 | € 735,135 | € 1,077,446 | ▲ 47% |
| Cash | € 66,026 | € 75,389 | € 58,106 | € 32,213 | ▼ 45% |
| Land & buildings | - | € 5,000 | € 27,500 | € 122,177 | ▲ € 94,677 |
| Retained profit | € 40,583 | € -66,941 | € -19,967 | € -6,135 | ▲ € 13,832 |
| Bank debt | € 166,982 | € 689,677 | € 658,276 | € 1,001,873 | ▲ 52% |
| Balance sheet total | € 565,458 | € 766,842 | € 733,769 | € 1,089,911 | ▲ 49% |
Key figures of RURAL, 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.
What happened to RURAL?
What happened at RURAL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 13,832 (▼ 71% vs 2025). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Geraardsbergen. KBO
- New establishment in Geraardsbergen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 15,969 profit in 2023 to € 13,832 profit in 2026.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 46,975 profit.
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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
Behind RURAL is Veerle Vekeman. Veerle Vekeman is also behind De Beir - Vekeman.
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Pastorijstraat(Zar) 19
9500 Geraardsbergen
Pastorijstraat(Zar) 4
9500 Geraardsbergen
Active since 14 February 2023
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.
Details
- Company number
- 0545.835.232
- VAT number
- BE 0545.835.232
- Registered office
- Pastorijstraat(Zar) 19, 9500 Geraardsbergen
- Names & denominations
- RURAL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 6 February 2014
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 25 Mar 2026
- Activities · NACE
Gemengd landbouwbedrijf
Fokken en houden van melkvee
Activiteiten van hoofdkantoren
Overige zakelijke dienstverlening, neg
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