Warning lights
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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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 11 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Busy address KBO
60 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
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Not on Peppol Peppol
Not registered in the Peppol network, mandatory for VAT-liable companies since 1 January 2026.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Metropolitan from Antwerpen, company number BE0597704201, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -25,279 after tax. For that financial year Metropolitan recorded a gross margin of € 223,186 and equity of € -216,111. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 15,261 to € -25,279. The company made a loss. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 18, 2026.
€ -216,111
▼ € 25,279 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -25,279
▼ still € 15,261 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 50,230
▼ 34% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -222,311.
Debts at end 2025
€ 2.5 million
▼ 7% vs 2024
€ 237,754 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 11 years.
€ 8,704
▲ € 7,824 vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 161,756 | € 142,323 | € 179,208 | € 223,186 | ▲ 25% |
| Profit after taxes | € 49,905 | € -13,007 | € 15,261 | € -25,279 | ▼ € 40,540 |
| Equity | € -193,086 | € -206,093 | € -190,832 | € -216,111 | ▼ € 25,279 |
| Total debts | € 1,656,597 | € 1,622,518 | € 2,950,502 | € 2,797,321 | ▼ 5% |
| Cash | € 33,361 | € 44,286 | € 75,761 | € 50,230 | ▼ 34% |
| Land & buildings | € 1,424,540 | € 1,345,558 | € 2,678,568 | € 2,528,262 | ▼ 6% |
| Retained profit | € -199,286 | € -212,293 | € -197,032 | € -222,311 | ▼ € 25,279 |
| Bank debt | € 1,540,335 | € 1,414,297 | € 2,730,979 | € 2,548,874 | ▼ 7% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,463,511 | € 1,416,426 | € 2,759,670 | € 2,581,210 | ▼ 6% |
Key figures of Metropolitan, 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 Metropolitan?
What happened at Metropolitan in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 25,279 (▼ € 40,540 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 49,905 profit in 2022 to € 25,279 loss in 2025.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 49,905 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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Management
Behind Metropolitan are Stijn Cockx and Tom Hindryckx. The same people are also behind LOW ARCHITECTEN.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Franklin Rooseveltplaats 12
2060 Antwerpen
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 60 companies are registered at this address.
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What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0597.704.201
- VAT number
- BE 0597.704.201
- Registered office
- Franklin Rooseveltplaats 12, 2060 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- Metropolitan
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 5 February 2015
- Peppol
- Not registered