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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 37 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
EUROPEAN CAR CENTRE from Antwerpen, company number BE0817956161, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 2,209 after tax. For that financial year EUROPEAN CAR CENTRE recorded a gross margin of € 150,122 and equity of € 250,841. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 17,367 to € 2,209. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 31, 2026.
€ 250,841
▲ 1% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 2,209
▼ 87% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 172,059
▲ 53% 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 € 93,559.
People and assets in 2025
2.8
▼ 0.2 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 75,903
▼ 40% vs 2024
€ 27,100 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.
€ 34,201
▼ 20% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 125,000
▼ 5% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 655,255
▲ 16% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 88,272
▲ 117% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 232,614 | € 207,179 | € 221,391 | € 150,122 | ▼ 32% |
| Profit after taxes | € 31,239 | € 12,578 | € 17,367 | € 2,209 | ▼ 87% |
| Equity | € 218,686 | € 231,264 | € 248,631 | € 250,841 | ▲ 1% |
| Total debts | € 903,722 | € 657,862 | € 764,316 | € 885,706 | ▲ 16% |
| Cash | € 294,178 | € 99,482 | € 112,292 | € 172,059 | ▲ 53% |
| Retained profit | € 61,404 | € 73,982 | € 91,350 | € 93,559 | ▲ 2% |
| Bank debt | € 157,768 | € 145,310 | € 131,998 | € 125,000 | ▼ 5% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,122,409 | € 889,126 | € 1,012,948 | € 1,136,547 | ▲ 12% |
| Employees (FTE) | 1.2 | 2.5 | 3 | 2.8 | ▼ 0.2 |
Key figures of EUROPEAN CAR CENTRE, 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 EUROPEAN CAR CENTRE?
What happened at EUROPEAN CAR CENTRE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 2,209 (▼ 87% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Schilde. KBO
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 31,239 profit in 2022 to € 2,209 profit in 2025.
Paid € 27,704 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 31,239 profit.
On average € 53,600 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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Management
Behind EUROPEAN CAR CENTRE are TOM WERNER and JOHANNA APPELS. TOM WERNER is also behind Terre Mariotti and IMMO TSK.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
JOHANNA APPELS
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Bisschoppenhoflaan 53-55
2100 Antwerpen
Turnhoutsebaan 100
2970 Schilde
Active since 1 September 2019
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
- 0817.956.161
- VAT number
- BE 0817.956.161
- Registered office
- Bisschoppenhoflaan 53-55, 2100 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- EUROPEAN CAR CENTRE · E.C.C.
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 31 July 2009
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 25 Jan 2026
- Activities · NACE
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)
Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in andere specifieke goederen
Groothandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Vervaardiging van motorvoertuigen
Wassen en poetsen van motorvoertuigen
Handelsbemiddeling in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)
Groothandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)