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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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 13.6 to 11.5.
Financials
Financial year 2025
GAKO from Lessines, company number BE0638835961, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 48,686 after tax. For that financial year GAKO recorded a gross margin of € 480,525 and equity of € 214,211. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 37,995 to € 48,686. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 15, 2026.
€ 214,211
▼ 13% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 48,686
▲ 28% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 36,288
▼ 23% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 80,000 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
11.5
▼ 0.2 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 342,105
▲ 19% vs 2024
€ 29,700 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.
€ 96,494
▲ 38% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 281,846
▲ 8% vs 2024
€ 33,699 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 8 years.
€ 184,030
▼ 48% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 129,176
▲ 88% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 434,722 | € 503,719 | € 385,863 | € 480,525 | ▲ 25% |
| Profit after taxes | € 61,616 | € 30,285 | € 37,995 | € 48,686 | ▲ 28% |
| Equity | € 222,245 | € 252,530 | € 245,525 | € 214,211 | ▼ 13% |
| Total debts | € 615,578 | € 819,266 | € 691,851 | € 601,540 | ▼ 13% |
| Cash | € 83,703 | € 44,259 | € 46,905 | € 36,288 | ▼ 23% |
| Land & buildings | € 230,497 | € 222,432 | € 223,232 | € 211,613 | ▼ 5% |
| Retained profit | € 209,845 | € 240,130 | € 233,125 | € 201,811 | ▼ 13% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 45,000 | € 80,000 | ▲ 78% |
| Bank debt | € 271,317 | € 252,821 | € 261,833 | € 281,846 | ▲ 8% |
| Balance sheet total | € 837,823 | € 1,071,796 | € 937,376 | € 815,751 | ▼ 13% |
| Employees (FTE) | 10.5 | 13.6 | 11.7 | 11.5 | ▼ 0.2 |
Key figures of GAKO, 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 GAKO?
What happened at GAKO in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 48,686 (▲ 28% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Tournai. KBO
- New establishment in Lessines. KBO
- New establishment in Tournai. KBO
- New establishment in Lessines. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 61,616 profit in 2022 to € 48,686 profit in 2025.
Paid € 90,387 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 61,616 profit.
On average € 41,800 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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%
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Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Boulevard Emile Schevenels(L) 4
7860 Lessines
Grand'Rue(L) 25
7860 Lessines
Active since 1 November 2015
Boulevard Emile Schevenels(L) 4 box B
7860 Lessines
Active since 1 July 2018
Rue des Puits l'Eau (TOU) 42
7500 Tournai
Active since 1 July 2018
Rue Royale(TOU) 57
7500 Tournai
Active since 15 February 2023
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
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Hosting & Email
Email provider
OVH Mail
Hosting
OVH, FR
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OVH DNS
Website info
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Security
Details
- Company number
- 0638.835.961
- VAT number
- BE 0638.835.961
- Registered office
- Boulevard Emile Schevenels(L) 4, 7860 Lessines
- Names & denominations
- GAKO
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 24 September 2015
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 29 Oct 2025
- Contact
- gakoshop.be
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