Financials
Financial year 2025
GARAGE ESSELENS from Opwijk, company number BE0707676960, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 29,554 after tax. For that financial year GARAGE ESSELENS recorded a gross margin of € 114,062 and equity of € 165,782. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 38,996 to € 29,554. The company is profitable. 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 June 23, 2026.
€ 165,782
▲ 22% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 29,554
▼ 24% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 72,331
▲ 30% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 157,722.
People and assets in 2025
€ 44,020
▲ 35% vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 1,942
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 158,272
▼ 13% vs 2024
€ 14,662 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 11 years.
€ 26,616
▼ 5% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 17,118
▲ 84% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 74,788 | € 106,069 | € 125,034 | € 114,062 | ▼ 9% |
| Profit after taxes | € 14,669 | € 23,565 | € 38,996 | € 29,554 | ▼ 24% |
| Equity | € 75,351 | € 98,075 | € 136,228 | € 165,782 | ▲ 22% |
| Total debts | € 270,446 | € 240,355 | € 223,461 | € 205,090 | ▼ 8% |
| Cash | € 20,058 | € 38,759 | € 55,659 | € 72,331 | ▲ 30% |
| Land & buildings | € 206,993 | € 195,717 | € 184,440 | € 173,164 | ▼ 6% |
| Retained profit | € 69,151 | € 90,015 | € 128,168 | € 157,722 | ▲ 23% |
| Dividend | € 6,000 | € 842 | € 842 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 239,562 | € 211,454 | € 182,931 | € 158,272 | ▼ 13% |
| Balance sheet total | € 345,798 | € 338,429 | € 359,689 | € 370,872 | ▲ 3% |
Key figures of GARAGE ESSELENS, 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 GARAGE ESSELENS?
What happened at GARAGE ESSELENS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 29,554 (▼ 24% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- André Esselens became a director. NBB
- Sofie De Bus became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Opwijk. KBO
- Michaël Esselens became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 14,669 profit in 2022 to € 29,554 profit in 2025.
Paid € 29,043 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 38,996 profit.
Paid out € 7,684 in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
Behind GARAGE ESSELENS are Michaël Esselens, Sofie De Bus and André Esselens.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Michaël Esselens
Director
since 2018
Sofie De Bus
Director
since 2022
André Esselens
Director
since 2025
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Lepelstraat(MAZ) 15
1745 Opwijk
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0707.676.960
- VAT number
- BE 0707.676.960
- Registered office
- Lepelstraat(MAZ) 15, 1745 Opwijk
- Names & denominations
- GARAGE ESSELENS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 2 October 2018
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 2 Sept 2025
- Activities · NACE
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)
Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in andere specifieke goederen
Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Reparatie en montage van specifieke auto-onderdelen
Handelsbemiddeling in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)
Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)