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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 22 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
CLOSE GARAGE from Durbuy, company number BE0767628009, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 44,315 after tax. For that financial year CLOSE GARAGE recorded a gross margin of € 775,678 and equity of € 113,163. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 53,849 to € 44,315. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on October 20, 2025.
€ 113,163
▲ 64% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 44,315
▼ 18% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 22,463
▼ 92% 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 € 51,663.
People and assets in 2024
11
▲ 1.3 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 607,083
▲ 8% vs 2023
€ 55,200 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
€ 797,370
▼ 17% vs 2023
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 244,606
▲ 13% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 82,083
▼ 15% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 812,775 | € 720,200 | € 775,678 | ▲ 8% |
| Profit after taxes | € -46,501 | € 53,849 | € 44,315 | ▼ 18% |
| Equity | € 14,999 | € 68,848 | € 113,163 | ▲ 64% |
| Total debts | € 1,029,331 | € 1,839,802 | € 1,670,858 | ▼ 9% |
| Cash | € 215,237 | € 270,087 | € 22,463 | ▼ 92% |
| Retained profit | € -46,501 | € 7,348 | € 51,663 | ▲ € 44,315 |
| Bank debt | € 533,301 | € 955,771 | € 797,370 | ▼ 17% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,044,330 | € 1,908,650 | € 1,784,021 | ▼ 7% |
| Employees (FTE) | 9.4 | 9.7 | 11 | ▲ 1.3 |
Key figures of CLOSE GARAGE, fiscal years 2022 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 CLOSE GARAGE?
What happened at CLOSE GARAGE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Ets Albert Close stepped down as director. NBB
- INVEST-GROUP AUTOMOTIVE stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 44,315 (▼ 18% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Durbuy. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- Ets Albert Close became a director. NBB
- INVEST-GROUP AUTOMOTIVE became a director. NBB
In short
From € 46,501 loss in 2022 to € 44,315 profit in 2024.
Paid € 27,387 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 53,849 profit.
On average € 70,500 of value added per employee in 2024.
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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
The shares are held by Ets Albert Close and INVEST-GROUP AUTOMOTIVE .
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Director · represented by Pascal Close
since 2021 · until 2027
Director · represented by Philippe Stéveny
Also active at: SAN-MAZUIN CONDROZ FAMENNE, SOCIÉTÉ AUTOMOBILE DE NAMUR - MAZUIN, DP Carrosserie, GARAGE MARCHAL, Carromaz, MAZUIN IMMO, N.T. CARS CONSULT, ACCESS AUTO
since 2021 · until 2027
Shareholders
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue de Liège 47
6941 Durbuy
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Microsoft 365
Hosting
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Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0767.628.009
- VAT number
- BE 0767.628.009
- Registered office
- Rue de Liège 47, 6941 Durbuy
- Names & denominations
- CLOSE GARAGE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 29 April 2021
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 12 May 2021
- Activities · NACE
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)
Carrosserieherstelling (inclusief spuiten en verven)
Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Carrosserieherstelling
Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)