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 10.1 to 4.
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Busy address KBO
43 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2024
Klarna Belgium from Brussel, company number BE0741431277, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 428,509 after tax. For that financial year Klarna Belgium recorded a gross margin of € 954,126 and equity of € 1.3 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 347,878 to € 428,509. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 August 20, 2025.
€ 1.3 million
▲ 50% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 428,509
▲ 23% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 0
▼ 100% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 1.2 million.
People and assets in 2024
4
▼ 1.9 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 382,899
▼ 69% vs 2023
€ 95,700 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 2024
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 116,633
▲ 32% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 157,569
▼ 7% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,693,830 | € 2,374,415 | € 1,753,339 | € 954,126 | ▼ 46% |
| Profit after taxes | € 181,863 | € 245,889 | € 347,878 | € 428,509 | ▲ 23% |
| Equity | € 271,229 | € 517,118 | € 864,996 | € 1,293,504 | ▲ 50% |
| Total debts | € 973,020 | € 1,034,446 | € 852,684 | € 274,202 | ▼ 68% |
| Cash | € 1,118,362 | € 1,295,185 | € 1,552,179 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Retained profit | € 209,729 | € 455,618 | € 803,496 | € 1,232,004 | ▲ 53% |
| Bank debt | € 560,744 | € 568,550 | € 595,295 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,244,248 | € 1,551,564 | € 1,717,680 | € 1,567,706 | ▼ 9% |
| Employees (FTE) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 4 | ▼ 1.9 |
Key figures of Klarna Belgium, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to Klarna Belgium?
What happened at Klarna Belgium in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Boudien Moerman stepped down as director. NBB
- Wouter Strauven stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 428,509 (▲ 23% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Boudien Moerman became a director. NBB
- Wouter Strauven became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Brussel. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 181,863 profit in 2021 to € 428,509 profit in 2024.
Paid € 442,325 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 428,509 profit.
On average € 238,500 of value added per employee in 2024.
Management
The shares are held by Klarna Bank AB (100%).
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Boudien Moerman
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
Wouter Strauven
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
Shareholders
Klarna Bank AB
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Handelsstraat 31
1000 Brussel
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Details
- Company number
- 0741.431.277
- VAT number
- BE 0741.431.277
- Registered office
- Handelsstraat 31, 1000 Brussel
- Names & denominations
- Klarna Belgium
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 13 January 2020
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