What does Best Friends Forever do?

Best Friends Forever is a hospitality business in Gent. Private Limited, started on 31 March 2016, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Best Friends Forever?

The registered office of Best Friends Forever is located at Hooiaard 2, 9000 Gent.

Is Best Friends Forever still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (31 October 2026) Best Friends Forever is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 31 March 2016.

Is Best Friends Forever registered on Peppol?

Yes, Best Friends Forever is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0650912758.

What is the enterprise number of Best Friends Forever?

The enterprise number of Best Friends Forever is BE0650912758.

When was Best Friends Forever founded?

Best Friends Forever was founded on 31 March 2016.

Who are the directors of Best Friends Forever?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Best Friends Forever are: LENNERT KEYEN BV, FREDERIC GREGORI.

Is Best Friends Forever a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 31 March 2016; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did Best Friends Forever make in 2025?

Best Friends Forever posted a profit after taxes of € 148,774 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Best Friends Forever?

As a small company, Best Friends Forever is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 746,221.

How much does an employee at Best Friends Forever earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Best Friends Forever was € 42,900 in 2025: staff costs of € 386,546 for 9 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Best Friends Forever have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Best Friends Forever has 9 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Best Friends Forever (Private Limited) - Gent

Dossier Best Friends Forever, printed on 1 November 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0650912758/best-friends-forever. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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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.

Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 36 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Best Friends Forever from Gent, company number BE0650912758, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 148,774 after tax. For that financial year Best Friends Forever recorded a gross margin of € 746,221 and equity of € 966,029. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 132,375 to € 148,774. 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 August 28, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 966,029

▲ 18% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 148,774

▲ 12% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 67,075

▲ 42% 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 € 916,029.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

▲ 1.5 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 386,546

▲ 35% vs 2024

€ 42,900 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

€ 120,267

▲ € 120,197 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.

€ 710,698

▼ 2% vs 2024

€ 188,985 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 26,766

▲ 77% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 52,024

▼ 18% 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	€ 427,517 Gross margin 2022: € 427,517 First fiscal year in the series	€ 504,552 Gross margin 2023: € 504,552 ▲ 18% vs 2022 (€ 427,517) Favourable step	€ 582,549 Gross margin 2024: € 582,549 ▲ 15% vs 2023 (€ 504,552) Favourable step	€ 746,221 Gross margin 2025: € 746,221 ▲ 28% vs 2024 (€ 582,549) Favourable step	▲ 28%
Profit after taxes	€ 122,940 Profit after taxes 2022: € 122,940 First fiscal year in the series	€ 102,451 Profit after taxes 2023: € 102,451 ▼ 17% vs 2022 (€ 122,940) Unfavourable step	€ 132,375 Profit after taxes 2024: € 132,375 ▲ 29% vs 2023 (€ 102,451) Favourable step	€ 148,774 Profit after taxes 2025: € 148,774 ▲ 12% vs 2024 (€ 132,375) Favourable step	▲ 12%
Equity	€ 582,430 Equity 2022: € 582,430 First fiscal year in the series	€ 684,881 Equity 2023: € 684,881 ▲ 18% vs 2022 (€ 582,430) Favourable step	€ 817,256 Equity 2024: € 817,256 ▲ 19% vs 2023 (€ 684,881) Favourable step	€ 966,029 Equity 2025: € 966,029 ▲ 18% vs 2024 (€ 817,256) Favourable step	▲ 18%
Total debts	€ 639,838 Total debts 2022: € 639,838 First fiscal year in the series	€ 625,743 Total debts 2023: € 625,743 ▼ 2% vs 2022 (€ 639,838) Favourable step	€ 812,171 Total debts 2024: € 812,171 ▲ 30% vs 2023 (€ 625,743) Unfavourable step	€ 789,811 Total debts 2025: € 789,811 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 812,171) Favourable step	▼ 3%
Cash	€ 53,546 Cash 2022: € 53,546 First fiscal year in the series	€ 23,502 Cash 2023: € 23,502 ▼ 56% vs 2022 (€ 53,546) Unfavourable step	€ 47,402 Cash 2024: € 47,402 ▲ 102% vs 2023 (€ 23,502) Favourable step	€ 67,075 Cash 2025: € 67,075 ▲ 42% vs 2024 (€ 47,402) Favourable step	▲ 42%
Land & buildings	€ 1,029,710 Land & buildings 2022: € 1,029,710 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,199,723 Land & buildings 2023: € 1,199,723 ▲ 17% vs 2022 (€ 1,029,710) Unchanged	€ 1,488,773 Land & buildings 2024: € 1,488,773 ▲ 24% vs 2023 (€ 1,199,723) Unchanged	€ 1,479,956 Land & buildings 2025: € 1,479,956 ▼ 1% vs 2024 (€ 1,488,773) Unchanged	▼ 1%
Retained profit	€ 532,430 Retained profit 2022: € 532,430 First fiscal year in the series	€ 634,881 Retained profit 2023: € 634,881 ▲ 19% vs 2022 (€ 532,430) Favourable step	€ 767,256 Retained profit 2024: € 767,256 ▲ 21% vs 2023 (€ 634,881) Favourable step	€ 916,029 Retained profit 2025: € 916,029 ▲ 19% vs 2024 (€ 767,256) Favourable step	▲ 19%
Bank debt	€ 535,089 Bank debt 2022: € 535,089 First fiscal year in the series	€ 547,664 Bank debt 2023: € 547,664 ▲ 2% vs 2022 (€ 535,089) Unfavourable step	€ 727,221 Bank debt 2024: € 727,221 ▲ 33% vs 2023 (€ 547,664) Unfavourable step	€ 710,698 Bank debt 2025: € 710,698 ▼ 2% vs 2024 (€ 727,221) Favourable step	▼ 2%
Balance sheet total	€ 1,222,269 Balance sheet total 2022: € 1,222,269 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,310,624 Balance sheet total 2023: € 1,310,624 ▲ 7% vs 2022 (€ 1,222,269) Unchanged	€ 1,629,427 Balance sheet total 2024: € 1,629,427 ▲ 24% vs 2023 (€ 1,310,624) Unchanged	€ 1,755,841 Balance sheet total 2025: € 1,755,841 ▲ 8% vs 2024 (€ 1,629,427) Unchanged	▲ 8%
Employees (FTE)	-	6.8 Employees (FTE) 2023: 6.8 First fiscal year in the series	7.5 Employees (FTE) 2024: 7.5 ▲ 0.7 vs 2023 (6.8) Unchanged	9 Employees (FTE) 2025: 9 ▲ 1.5 vs 2024 (7.5) Unchanged	▲ 1.5

Key figures of Best Friends Forever, 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 Best Friends Forever?

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

Aug 28, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 148,774 (▲ 12% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
2021 LENNERT KEYEN BV became a director. NBB
Apr 1, 2016 New establishment in Gent. KBO
Mar 31, 2016 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 122,940 profit in 2022 to € 148,774 profit in 2025.

Paid € 195,746 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2025, with € 148,774 profit.

On average € 82,900 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

LENNERT KEYEN 50%

The stake of LENNERT KEYEN comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

Best Friends Forever

Behind Best Friends Forever are LENNERT KEYEN BV and FREDERIC GREGORI. The shares are held by LENNERT KEYEN (50%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

LENNERT KEYEN BV

Director · represented by Lennert Keyen

since 2021

FREDERIC GREGORI

Manager

Shareholders

LENNERT KEYEN

50%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Hooiaard 2

9000 Gent

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.

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LENNERT KEYEN same network

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Details

Company number

0650.912.758

VAT number

BE 0650.912.758

Registered office

Hooiaard 2, 9000 Gent

Names & denominations

Best Friends Forever

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

31 March 2016

Peppol

Active · Active since 2 Sept 2025

Activities · NACE

Activiteiten van eetgelegenheden met beperkte bediening, muv mobiele eetgelegenheden

Eetgelegenheden met beperkte bediening

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