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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 41 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
DAVE MERTENS from Antwerpen, company number BE0698938052, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 273,181 after tax. For that financial year DAVE MERTENS recorded a gross margin of € 355,661 and equity of € 18,600. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 289,467 to € 273,181. The company is profitable. 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 June 12, 2026.
€ 18,600
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 273,181
▼ 6% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 138,818
▼ 15% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 273,181 paid out
100 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 40,159
▲ 31% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 190,517 | € 138,519 | € 379,170 | € 355,661 | ▼ 6% |
| Profit after taxes | € 147,284 | € 111,631 | € 289,467 | € 273,181 | ▼ 6% |
| Equity | € 166,944 | € 18,600 | € 18,600 | € 18,600 | |
| Total debts | € 347,799 | € 209,722 | € 347,725 | € 546,111 | ▲ 57% |
| Cash | € 322,957 | € 90,401 | € 164,189 | € 138,818 | ▼ 15% |
| Retained profit | € 148,344 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Dividend | € 403,439 | € 259,975 | € 289,467 | € 273,181 | ▼ 6% |
| Balance sheet total | € 514,742 | € 228,322 | € 366,325 | € 564,711 | ▲ 54% |
Key figures of DAVE MERTENS, 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 DAVE MERTENS?
What happened at DAVE MERTENS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 273,181 (▼ 6% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- Dave Mertens became a director. NBB
In short
From € 147,284 profit in 2022 to € 273,181 profit in 2025.
Paid € 248,696 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 289,467 profit.
Paid out € 1.2 million in dividends to the owners in total.
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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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Management
Behind DAVE MERTENS is Dave Mertens. Dave Mertens is also behind SCHOUPS.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2018
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Velodroomstraat 50
2600 Antwerpen
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0698.938.052
- VAT number
- BE 0698.938.052
- Registered office
- Velodroomstraat 50, 2600 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- DAVE MERTENS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 28 June 2018
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