What does Punchline do?

Punchline is an advertising agency in Gent. Private Limited, started on 16 March 2016, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Punchline?

The registered office of Punchline is located at Dok-Noord 6, 9000 Gent.

Is Punchline still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) Punchline is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 16 March 2016.

Is Punchline registered on Peppol?

Yes, Punchline is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0649951171.

What is the enterprise number of Punchline?

The enterprise number of Punchline is BE0649951171.

When was Punchline founded?

Punchline was founded on 16 March 2016.

Who are the directors of Punchline?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Punchline are: Joke De Nul, Chris Demeyere.

Is Punchline a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 16 March 2016; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did Punchline make in 2025?

Punchline posted a profit after taxes of € 93,449 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Punchline?

As a small company, Punchline is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 708,562.

How much does an employee at Punchline earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Punchline was € 66,100 in 2025: staff costs of € 555,093 for 8.4 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Punchline have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Punchline has 8.4 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Punchline (Private Limited) - Gent - BE0649951171

Dossier Punchline, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0649951171/punchline. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Punchline from Gent, company number BE0649951171, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 93,449 after tax. For that financial year Punchline recorded a gross margin of € 708,562 and equity of € 421,342. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 38,901 to € 93,449. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on May 28, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 421,342

▲ 28% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 93,449

▲ 140% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 35,879

▲ 20% 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 € 415,142.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

8.4

▼ 1.5 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 555,093

▲ 5% vs 2024

€ 66,100 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

€ 3,304

▼ 22% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 4 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 324,965

▼ 49% vs 2024

€ 61,267 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 133,423

▲ 83% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.

Taxes and wages

€ 100,317

▼ 13% 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
Gross margin	€ 709,722 Gross margin 2022: € 709,722 First fiscal year in the series	€ 601,495 Gross margin 2023: € 601,495 ▼ 15% vs 2022 (€ 709,722) Unfavourable step	€ 648,614 Gross margin 2024: € 648,614 ▲ 8% vs 2023 (€ 601,495) Favourable step	€ 708,562 Gross margin 2025: € 708,562 ▲ 9% vs 2024 (€ 648,614) Favourable step	▲ 9%
Profit after taxes	€ 60,973 Profit after taxes 2022: € 60,973 First fiscal year in the series	€ 29,275 Profit after taxes 2023: € 29,275 ▼ 52% vs 2022 (€ 60,973) Unfavourable step	€ 38,901 Profit after taxes 2024: € 38,901 ▲ 33% vs 2023 (€ 29,275) Favourable step	€ 93,449 Profit after taxes 2025: € 93,449 ▲ 140% vs 2024 (€ 38,901) Favourable step	▲ 140%
Equity	€ 262,645 Equity 2022: € 262,645 First fiscal year in the series	€ 288,992 Equity 2023: € 288,992 ▲ 10% vs 2022 (€ 262,645) Favourable step	€ 327,893 Equity 2024: € 327,893 ▲ 13% vs 2023 (€ 288,992) Favourable step	€ 421,342 Equity 2025: € 421,342 ▲ 28% vs 2024 (€ 327,893) Favourable step	▲ 28%
Total debts	€ 823,278 Total debts 2022: € 823,278 First fiscal year in the series	€ 837,665 Total debts 2023: € 837,665 ▲ 2% vs 2022 (€ 823,278) Unfavourable step	€ 893,650 Total debts 2024: € 893,650 ▲ 7% vs 2023 (€ 837,665) Unfavourable step	€ 629,633 Total debts 2025: € 629,633 ▼ 30% vs 2024 (€ 893,650) Favourable step	▼ 30%
Cash	€ 83,612 Cash 2022: € 83,612 First fiscal year in the series	€ 380 Cash 2023: € 380 ▼ € 83,232 vs 2022 (€ 83,612) Unfavourable step	€ 29,849 Cash 2024: € 29,849 ▲ € 29,469 vs 2023 (€ 380) Favourable step	€ 35,879 Cash 2025: € 35,879 ▲ 20% vs 2024 (€ 29,849) Favourable step	▲ 20%
Land & buildings	€ 720,267 Land & buildings 2022: € 720,267 First fiscal year in the series	€ 808,846 Land & buildings 2023: € 808,846 ▲ 12% vs 2022 (€ 720,267) Unchanged	€ 794,729 Land & buildings 2024: € 794,729 ▼ 2% vs 2023 (€ 808,846) Unchanged	€ 556,495 Land & buildings 2025: € 556,495 ▼ 30% vs 2024 (€ 794,729) Unchanged	▼ 30%
Retained profit	€ 256,445 Retained profit 2022: € 256,445 First fiscal year in the series	€ 282,792 Retained profit 2023: € 282,792 ▲ 10% vs 2022 (€ 256,445) Favourable step	€ 321,693 Retained profit 2024: € 321,693 ▲ 14% vs 2023 (€ 282,792) Favourable step	€ 415,142 Retained profit 2025: € 415,142 ▲ 29% vs 2024 (€ 321,693) Favourable step	▲ 29%
Bank debt	€ 649,203 Bank debt 2022: € 649,203 First fiscal year in the series	€ 623,309 Bank debt 2023: € 623,309 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 649,203) Favourable step	€ 643,346 Bank debt 2024: € 643,346 ▲ 3% vs 2023 (€ 623,309) Unfavourable step	€ 324,965 Bank debt 2025: € 324,965 ▼ 49% vs 2024 (€ 643,346) Favourable step	▼ 49%
Balance sheet total	€ 1,085,923 Balance sheet total 2022: € 1,085,923 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,126,657 Balance sheet total 2023: € 1,126,657 ▲ 4% vs 2022 (€ 1,085,923) Unchanged	€ 1,221,543 Balance sheet total 2024: € 1,221,543 ▲ 8% vs 2023 (€ 1,126,657) Unchanged	€ 1,050,975 Balance sheet total 2025: € 1,050,975 ▼ 14% vs 2024 (€ 1,221,543) Unchanged	▼ 14%
Employees (FTE)	9.5 Employees (FTE) 2022: 9.5 First fiscal year in the series	9 Employees (FTE) 2023: 9 ▼ 0.5 vs 2022 (9.5) Unchanged	9.9 Employees (FTE) 2024: 9.9 ▲ 0.9 vs 2023 (9) Unchanged	8.4 Employees (FTE) 2025: 8.4 ▼ 1.5 vs 2024 (9.9) Unchanged	▼ 1.5

Key figures of Punchline, 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 Punchline?

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

May 28, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 93,449 (▲ 140% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
Mar 16, 2016 New establishment in Tielt. KBO
Mar 16, 2016 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
2016 Joke De Nul became a director. NBB
2016 Chris Demeyere became a director. NBB

In short

From € 60,973 profit in 2022 to € 93,449 profit in 2025.

Paid € 81,845 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2025, with € 93,449 profit.

On average € 84,400 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Joke De Nul Chris Demeyere

MORSE

Belgian Association of Marketing

Punchline

Behind Punchline are Joke De Nul and Chris Demeyere. Joke De Nul is also behind MORSE and Belgian Association of Marketing.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Joke De Nul

Director

Also active at: MORSE, Belgian Association of Marketing

since 2016

Chris Demeyere

Director

since 2016

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Dok-Noord 6

9000 Gent

2.251.555.189

Wakkensesteenweg 6

8700 Tielt

Active since 16 March 2016

What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.

Details

Company number

0649.951.171

VAT number

BE 0649.951.171

Registered office

Dok-Noord 6, 9000 Gent

Names & denominations

Punchline

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

16 March 2016

Peppol

Active · Active since 4 Aug 2025

Contact

[email protected] 0456122512

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