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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 2 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
PAUL DEGROOTE & CIE INVEST from Wingene, company number BE0567714967, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -56,618 after tax. For that financial year PAUL DEGROOTE & CIE INVEST recorded a gross margin of € 189,649 and equity of € 364,160. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 37,062 to € -56,618. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 31, 2026.
€ 364,160
▼ 13% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -56,618
▼ still € 37,062 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 533
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 155,477.
People and assets in 2025
€ 41,642
▲ 4% vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 164,130
▲ 225% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 740,932
▲ 16% vs 2024
€ 39,357 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 18,692
▲ 109% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 72,060
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 235,131 | € 284,360 | € 287,282 | € 189,649 | ▼ 34% |
| Profit after taxes | € 60,568 | € 5,836 | € 37,062 | € -56,618 | ▼ € 93,680 |
| Equity | € 377,881 | € 383,717 | € 420,778 | € 364,160 | ▼ 13% |
| Total debts | € 1,394,494 | € 1,332,597 | € 1,244,590 | € 1,267,460 | ▲ 2% |
| Cash | € 6,247 | € 3,321 | € 0 | € 533 | |
| Land & buildings | € 890,349 | € 781,062 | € 689,275 | € 609,861 | ▼ 12% |
| Retained profit | € 169,198 | € 175,033 | € 212,095 | € 155,477 | ▼ 27% |
| Bank debt | € 565,732 | € 634,242 | € 639,198 | € 740,932 | ▲ 16% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,772,376 | € 1,716,314 | € 1,665,368 | € 1,631,620 | ▼ 2% |
Key figures of PAUL DEGROOTE & CIE INVEST, 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 PAUL DEGROOTE & CIE INVEST?
What happened at PAUL DEGROOTE & CIE INVEST in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 56,618 (▼ € 93,680 vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Wingene. KBO
- Paul Degroote became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 60,568 profit in 2022 to € 56,618 loss in 2025.
Paid € 82,858 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 60,568 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 PAUL DEGROOTE & CIE INVEST is Paul Degroote. Paul Degroote is also behind DEGROOTE TRUCKS & TRAILERS, DEGRO INVEST and DEGROOTE RECA.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2014
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Hille-Noord 1
8750 Wingene
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 4 companies are registered at this address.
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Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Microsoft 365
Hosting
COMBELL-AS, BE
Domain
Domain
degrootetrucks.com
Registered
2015-09-25
Registrar
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA
Expires
2026-09-25
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0567.714.967
- VAT number
- BE 0567.714.967
- Registered office
- Hille-Noord 1, 8750 Wingene
- Names & denominations
- PAUL DEGROOTE & CIE INVEST
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 31 October 2014
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 10 Mar 2025
- Contact
- degrootetrucks.com
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