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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 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2023 and 2024.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 29 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
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Legal situation KBO
Opening faillissement according to the CBE.
Financials
Financial year 2024
Mercatus from Deinze, company number BE0768820515, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -225,442 after tax. For that financial year Mercatus recorded a gross margin of € -59,292 and equity of € -589,178. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -221,691 to € -225,442. 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 July 9, 2025.
€ -589,178
▼ € 225,442 vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -225,442
▼ 2 % more loss than in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 17,691
▼ 82% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -591,678.
People and assets in 2024
€ 113,882
▲ 13% vs 2023
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 585
▼ 57% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 602,271
▲ 9% vs 2023
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 3,218
▼ 35% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 12,855
▼ 14% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
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| Gross margin | € -5,721 | € -48,457 | € -91,973 | € -59,292 | ▲ € 32,681 |
| Profit after taxes | € -16,801 | € -127,744 | € -221,691 | € -225,442 | ▼ € 3,750 |
| Equity | € -14,301 | € -142,045 | € -363,736 | € -589,178 | ▼ € 225,442 |
| Total debts | € 62,075 | € 256,326 | € 685,112 | € 773,476 | ▲ 13% |
| Cash | € 5,892 | € 18,286 | € 97,954 | € 17,691 | ▼ 82% |
| Retained profit | € -16,801 | € -144,545 | € -366,236 | € -591,678 | ▼ € 225,442 |
| Bank debt | € 2,955 | € 153,037 | € 551,061 | € 602,271 | ▲ 9% |
| Balance sheet total | € 47,774 | € 114,282 | € 321,376 | € 184,299 | ▼ 43% |
| Employees (FTE) | - | - | 2 | - |
Key figures of Mercatus, 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 Mercatus?
What happened at Mercatus in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
Mercatus is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Opening faillissement.
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 225,442. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Deinze. KBO
- Christophe De Smet became a director. NBB
- Tom Charle became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 16,801 loss in 2021 to € 225,442 loss 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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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
Behind Mercatus are Christophe De Smet and Tom Charle. Tom Charle is also behind ESIGN and Geminae.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Nazarethsesteenweg 60
9800 Deinze
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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Details
- Company number
- 0768.820.515
- VAT number
- BE 0768.820.515
- Registered office
- Nazarethsesteenweg 60, 9800 Deinze
- Names & denominations
- Mercatus
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Opening faillissement
- Start date
- 27 May 2021
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