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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.
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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 3 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 20 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 4.4 to 2.6.
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Busy address KBO
27 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
GL FOOD MARKET from Houthalen-Helchteren, company number BE0723436589, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -72,196 after tax. For that financial year GL FOOD MARKET recorded revenue of € 1 million and equity of € -172,549. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -64,279 to € -72,196. The company made a loss. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 8, 2026.
€ -172,549
▼ € 72,196 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -72,196
▼ 12 % more loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 40,149
▲ 2% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -234,549.
People and assets in 2025
2.6
▼ 1.2 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 96,069
▲ 8% vs 2024
€ 36,900 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.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 66,237
▼ 46% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 20,849
▲ 12% vs 2024
Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Revenue | € 1,363,207 | € 1,346,272 | € 1,120,143 | € 1,041,816 | ▼ 7% |
| Gross margin | € 191,529 | € 157,248 | € 98,547 | € 64,232 | ▼ 35% |
| Profit after taxes | € -15,550 | € -45,225 | € -64,279 | € -72,196 | ▼ € 7,917 |
| Equity | € 9,151 | € -36,074 | € -100,353 | € -172,549 | ▼ € 72,196 |
| Total debts | € 285,754 | € 321,526 | € 368,064 | € 390,743 | ▲ 6% |
| Cash | € 71,602 | € 72,946 | € 39,313 | € 40,149 | ▲ 2% |
| Land & buildings | € 18,993 | € 19,207 | € 47,413 | € 38,529 | ▼ 19% |
| Retained profit | € -52,849 | € -98,074 | € -162,353 | € -234,549 | ▼ € 72,196 |
| Balance sheet total | € 294,905 | € 285,452 | € 267,711 | € 218,194 | ▼ 18% |
| Employees (FTE) | 5 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 2.6 | ▼ 1.2 |
Key figures of GL FOOD MARKET, 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 GL FOOD MARKET?
What happened at GL FOOD MARKET in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Group GL stepped down as director. NBB
- John Lenaers stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 72,196. Source: NBB ↗
- Group GL became a director. NBB
- John Lenaers became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 15,550 loss in 2022 to € 72,196 loss in 2025.
On average € 24,700 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 Group GL comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
GL FOOD MARKETThe shares are held by Group GL (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Managing director · represented by Ghislain Lenaers
Also active at: WINKELCENTRUM ZUIDERRING, De Watersnip, BREON, BREE RESIDENTIAL, Bree Retail BV, MOLENWEIDE VASTGOED
since 2025 · until 2031
John Lenaers
Managing director
Owns 0.4% via Group GL
Also active at: GL Hospitality, ZUIDERRING INVEST, WEZEL, IMMO CURTIS, Algemene Ondernemingen G. LENAERS, GROUP GL International, GIROMA, BSL CONSTRUCT +34 more
since 2025 · until 2031
Shareholders
Group GL · holding of John Lenaers
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Centrum-Zuid 3053
3530 Houthalen-Helchteren
Sint-Bernardsesteenweg 320
2020 Antwerpen
Active since 21 March 2019
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 27 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →ZUIDERRING INVEST same network
€ -6,124 gross margin · 2025
Algemene Ondernemingen G. LENAERS same network
€ 9.4 million revenue · 2025
GROUP GL International same network
€ 6.9 million revenue · 2025
BSL CONSTRUCT same network
€ -2,302 gross margin · 2025
MOBILEX same network
€ 81,619 gross margin · 2025
+22 more
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0723.436.589
- VAT number
- BE 0723.436.589
- Registered office
- Centrum-Zuid 3053, 3530 Houthalen-Helchteren
- Names & denominations
- GL FOOD MARKET
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 21 March 2019
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 16 Sept 2025
- Activities · NACE
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