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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2022.
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Busy address KBO
16 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
ECHLIN INVEST from Waregem, company number BE0778918512, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 42.1 million after tax. For that financial year ECHLIN INVEST recorded revenue of € 289,264 and equity of € 1.1 billion. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 62.6 million to € 42.1 million. 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 July 20, 2026.
€ 1.1 billion
▲ 4% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 42.1 million
▼ 33% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 12.8 million
▲ 69% 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 € 1.1 billion.
People and assets in 2025
5.4
▲ 2.5 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 360,060
▲ 45% vs 2024
€ 66,700 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.
€ 19,863
▼ 44% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 28,461
▼ 28% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 14 days on average.
€ 63,889
▼ 61% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | - | € 289,264 | |
| Gross margin | € -119,783 | € -257,919 | € -336,237 | - | |
| Profit after taxes | € 230,851,352 | € 2,481,919 | € 62,591,594 | € 42,055,941 | ▼ 33% |
| Equity | € 992,083,642 | € 994,565,561 | € 1,057,157,155 | € 1,099,213,097 | ▲ 4% |
| Total debts | € 19,169,826 | € 9,756,557 | € 202,997 | € 3,000,260 | ▲ € 2.8 million |
| Cash | € 29,986,571 | € 15,669,962 | € 7,590,408 | € 12,799,720 | ▲ 69% |
| Retained profit | € 962,538,782 | € 965,020,701 | € 1,027,612,295 | € 1,069,668,237 | ▲ 4% |
| Dividend | € 10,000,000 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,011,253,468 | € 1,004,322,118 | € 1,057,360,152 | € 1,102,213,357 | ▲ 4% |
| Employees (FTE) | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 5.4 | ▲ 2.5 |
Key figures of ECHLIN INVEST, 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 ECHLIN INVEST?
What happened at ECHLIN INVEST in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Welako stepped down as director. NBB
- Bernard De Meester stepped down as director. NBB
- Arma Consult stepped down as director. NBB
- Ann Thermote stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 42.1 million (▼ 33% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Waregem. KBO
- Welako became a director. NBB
- Bernard De Meester became a director. NBB
In short
From € 230.9 million profit in 2022 to € 42.1 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 12.3 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 230.9 million profit.
Paid out € 10 million in dividends to the owners in total.
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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
It owns 100% of Waregem RE, 100% of Libra Invest SARL, 50% of Wehold BV, 41.9% of TTA Buy Out II, 24.8% of Aspiration 1 and 10% of Integra Global Fund Privak itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by John Laebens
Also active at: TVH EQUIPMENT, MIDEX INTERNATIONAL, VINTEOR, Waregem RE, Fremato Equipment, TNFO, QUVADEC
since 2022 · until 2027
Bernard De Meester
Director
Also active at: GROEP PROMOTIE - BOUW, MIDEX INTERNATIONAL, VINTEOR, BERAN MANAGEMENT, HM COLLECTION, Fremato Equipment, TVH Global
since 2022 · until 2027
Director · represented by Claude Lampole
Also active at: VINTEOR, Waregem RE, COSY, CAMINO
since 2021 · until 2027
Ann Thermote
Director
Also active at: MIDEX INTERNATIONAL, THERIMO, BERAN MANAGEMENT, Waregem RE, HM COLLECTION, TVH Global
since 2022 · until 2027
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Brabantstraat 15
8790 Waregem
Mannebeekstraat 2
8790 Waregem
Active since 21 December 2021
Mannebeekstraat 4
8790 Waregem
Active since 1 October 2024
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 16 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →TVH PARTS
€ 825.1 million revenue · 2025
FREMATO GROUP
€ 34 million revenue · 2025
MIDEX INTERNATIONAL same network
€ 118,004 gross margin · 2025
BERAN MANAGEMENT same network
€ 98,637 gross margin · 2025
Hano
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What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0778.918.512
- VAT number
- BE 0778.918.512
- Registered office
- Brabantstraat 15, 8790 Waregem
- Names & denominations
- ECHLIN INVEST
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 21 December 2021
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 26 Jun 2025
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