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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 5.4 to 0.
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Busy address KBO
75 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2026
WITEB 1 from Halle, company number BE0697694571, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 34,524 after tax. For that financial year WITEB 1 recorded a gross margin of € 630,394 and equity of € 135,831. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € -30,027 to € 34,524. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 30, 2026.
€ 135,831
▲ 34% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 34,524
▲ still € 30,027 loss in 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2026. Retained profit grew to € -14,169.
People and assets in 2026
0
▼ 1 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 552,271
▲ € 535,749 vs 2025
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
Debts at end 2026
€ 425,152
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 3,150
▼ € 639,136 vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 69,277 | € 338,207 | € -16,031 | € 630,394 | ▲ € 646,425 |
| Profit after taxes | € 7,342 | € -1,939 | € -30,027 | € 34,524 | ▲ € 64,552 |
| Equity | € 133,272 | € 131,334 | € 101,307 | € 135,831 | ▲ 34% |
| Total debts | € 381,259 | € 13,484 | € 646,626 | € 428,302 | ▼ 34% |
| Cash | € 19,898 | € 0 | - | - | |
| Retained profit | € -16,728 | € -18,666 | € -48,693 | € -14,169 | ▲ € 34,524 |
| Bank debt | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 425,152 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 514,531 | € 144,818 | € 747,933 | € 564,133 | ▼ 25% |
| Employees (FTE) | 1.7 | 5.4 | 1 | 0 | ▼ 1 |
Key figures of WITEB 1, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 October 2027.
What happened to WITEB 1?
What happened at WITEB 1 in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 34,524. Source: NBB ↗
- Johan Vermeire stepped down as director. NBB
- New establishment in Halle. KBO
- Jo Willemyns became a director. NBB
- Stefan Goethaert became a director. NBB
- Johan Vermeire became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 7,342 profit in 2023 to € 34,524 profit in 2026.
Best year ever: 2026, with € 34,524 profit.
On average € 62,600 of value added per employee in 2024.
Management
Behind WITEB 1 are Jo Willemyns and Stefan Goethaert. The shares are held by RETAIL PARTNERS COLRUYT GROUP (100%).
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Jo Willemyns
Director
Also active at: USIMEX - INVEST, DE PRINS RETAIL, Delidis, SUPERMARKT MAGDA, JIMS, Supermarkt De Belie, CEDOX, VLEBA +43 more
since 2022
Stefan Goethaert
Director
Also active at: USIMEX - INVEST, DE PRINS RETAIL, Delidis, SUPERMARKT MAGDA, JIMS, Supermarkt De Belie, CEDOX, VLEBA +45 more
since 2022
Johan Vermeire
Director
Also active at: SUPERMARKT MAGDA, Supermarkt De Belie, CEDOX, WITEB 2, WITEB 3, WITEB 4, WITEB 5
since 2021 · until 2026
Shareholders
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Edingensesteenweg 196
1500 Halle
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 75 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
- 0697.694.571
- VAT number
- BE 0697.694.571
- Registered office
- Edingensesteenweg 196, 1500 Halle
- Names & denominations
- WITEB 1
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 6 June 2018
- Peppol
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