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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 13 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
AALST RETAIL from Aalst, company number BE0697812951, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 182,382 after tax. For that financial year AALST RETAIL recorded a gross margin of € 672,777 and equity of € 181,677. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 133,719 to € 182,382. Profitable, and profit is growing. The company holds a healthy buffer. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 11, 2026.
€ 181,677
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 182,382
▲ 36% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 121,300
▼ 51% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 182,382 paid out
100 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to VL RETAIL (51 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
9.1
▲ 0.7 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 322,998
▲ 13% vs 2024
€ 35,500 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.
Debts at end 2025
€ 249,338
▼ 18% vs 2024
€ 59,121 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 490,102
▲ 141% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 100,438
▲ 51% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 536,748 | € 647,758 | € 581,106 | € 672,777 | ▲ 16% |
| Profit after taxes | € 140,591 | € 173,099 | € 133,719 | € 182,382 | ▲ 36% |
| Equity | € 144,859 | € 167,958 | € 181,677 | € 181,677 | |
| Total debts | € 1,106,001 | € 1,307,829 | € 1,218,932 | € 1,320,942 | ▲ 8% |
| Cash | € 359,317 | € 239,348 | € 248,770 | € 121,300 | ▼ 51% |
| Retained profit | € 94,859 | € 117,958 | € 131,677 | € 131,677 | |
| Dividend | € 120,000 | € 150,000 | € 120,000 | € 182,382 | ▲ 52% |
| Bank debt | € 290,015 | € 431,313 | € 305,168 | € 249,338 | ▼ 18% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,250,860 | € 1,475,786 | € 1,400,609 | € 1,502,619 | ▲ 7% |
| Employees (FTE) | 7.3 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 9.1 | ▲ 0.7 |
Key figures of AALST RETAIL, 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 AALST RETAIL?
What happened at AALST RETAIL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 182,382 (▲ 36% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Aalst. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 140,591 profit in 2022 to € 182,382 profit in 2025.
Paid € 214,122 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 182,382 profit.
On average € 73,900 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%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
The stake of VL RETAIL comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
AALST RETAILBehind AALST RETAIL are VL RETAIL BV and Lutgart Uyttersprot. The shares are held by VL RETAIL (51%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Bestuurder · represented by Frederic Van Landeghem
Also active at: SCHELDEWINDEKE RETAIL, UNIC MERE, IMMAWIMBA, IMMO LEMAHIEU, NAZA RETAIL, BRICK RETAIL, MERE-RETAIL, LEDEBERG RETAIL +1 more
Lutgart Uyttersprot
Bestuurder
Shareholders
51%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Raffelgemstraat 18
9300 Aalst
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0697.812.951
- VAT number
- BE 0697.812.951
- Registered office
- Raffelgemstraat 18, 9300 Aalst
- Names & denominations
- AALST RETAIL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 11 June 2018
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