What does Bens Retail do?

Bens Retail is a meat processor in Westerlo. Public Limited, started on 23 October 2009, 2 establishments.

What is the address of Bens Retail?

The registered office of Bens Retail is located at Nijverheidsstraat 24, 2260 Westerlo.

Is Bens Retail still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) Bens Retail is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 23 October 2009.

Is Bens Retail registered on Peppol?

Yes, Bens Retail is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0820220320.

What is the enterprise number of Bens Retail?

The enterprise number of Bens Retail is BE0820220320.

When was Bens Retail founded?

Bens Retail was founded on 23 October 2009.

Who are the directors of Bens Retail?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Bens Retail are: Dany CORNELIS, Marcel LAEREMANS, Patrick VANDEN AVENNE, Maurits VANDEN AVENNE.

Is Bens Retail a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 23 October 2009; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 4 directors known from the annual account; 2 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did Bens Retail make in 2025?

Bens Retail posted a profit after taxes of € 344,199 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Bens Retail?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), Bens Retail reported revenue of € 60,892,121.

How much does an employee at Bens Retail earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Bens Retail was € 73,200 in 2025: staff costs of € 2.9 million for 39.8 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Bens Retail have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Bens Retail has 39.8 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Does Bens Retail have a website?

Yes, Bens Retail has a website at bens.be.

Bens Retail (Public Limited) - Westerlo - BE0820220320

Dossier Bens Retail, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0820220320/bens-retail. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Bens Retail from Westerlo, company number BE0820220320, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 344,199 after tax. For that financial year Bens Retail recorded revenue of € 60.9 million and equity of € 3.7 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 223,691 to € 344,199. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 9, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 3.7 million

▲ 10% vs 2024

Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.

Profit Growing

€ 344,199

▲ 54% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 511,500

▼ 55% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 183,808.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

39.8

▼ 0.3 vs 2024

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost Staff costs are payroll only. Director pay sits with services and miscellaneous goods: € 8.5 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 2.9 million

▲ 4% vs 2024

€ 73,200 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 626,218

▲ 44% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 501,964.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 2 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 7.3 million

▲ 5% vs 2024

€ 456,250 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 9 million

▼ 15% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 59 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 319,569

▼ 5% vs 2024

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Revenue	€ 56,434,679 Revenue 2022: € 56,434,679 First fiscal year in the series	€ 73,904,186 Revenue 2023: € 73,904,186 ▲ 31% vs 2022 (€ 56,434,679) Favourable step	€ 72,296,751 Revenue 2024: € 72,296,751 ▼ 2% vs 2023 (€ 73,904,186) Unfavourable step	€ 60,892,121 Revenue 2025: € 60,892,121 ▼ 16% vs 2024 (€ 72,296,751) Unfavourable step	▼ 16%
Profit after taxes	€ 678,555 Profit after taxes 2022: € 678,555 First fiscal year in the series	€ 429,801 Profit after taxes 2023: € 429,801 ▼ 37% vs 2022 (€ 678,555) Unfavourable step	€ 223,691 Profit after taxes 2024: € 223,691 ▼ 48% vs 2023 (€ 429,801) Unfavourable step	€ 344,199 Profit after taxes 2025: € 344,199 ▲ 54% vs 2024 (€ 223,691) Favourable step	▲ 54%
Equity	€ 2,726,828 Equity 2022: € 2,726,828 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,151,552 Equity 2023: € 3,151,552 ▲ 16% vs 2022 (€ 2,726,828) Favourable step	€ 3,370,165 Equity 2024: € 3,370,165 ▲ 7% vs 2023 (€ 3,151,552) Favourable step	€ 3,709,286 Equity 2025: € 3,709,286 ▲ 10% vs 2024 (€ 3,370,165) Favourable step	▲ 10%
Total debts	€ 16,329,580 Total debts 2022: € 16,329,580 First fiscal year in the series	€ 19,432,674 Total debts 2023: € 19,432,674 ▲ 19% vs 2022 (€ 16,329,580) Unfavourable step	€ 18,883,573 Total debts 2024: € 18,883,573 ▼ 3% vs 2023 (€ 19,432,674) Favourable step	€ 17,647,661 Total debts 2025: € 17,647,661 ▼ 7% vs 2024 (€ 18,883,573) Favourable step	▼ 7%
Cash	€ 568,320 Cash 2022: € 568,320 First fiscal year in the series	€ 167,686 Cash 2023: € 167,686 ▼ 70% vs 2022 (€ 568,320) Unfavourable step	€ 1,134,919 Cash 2024: € 1,134,919 ▲ € 967,233 vs 2023 (€ 167,686) Favourable step	€ 511,500 Cash 2025: € 511,500 ▼ 55% vs 2024 (€ 1,134,919) Unfavourable step	▼ 55%
Land & buildings	€ 2,800,753 Land & buildings 2022: € 2,800,753 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,616,923 Land & buildings 2023: € 2,616,923 ▼ 7% vs 2022 (€ 2,800,753) Unchanged	€ 2,435,153 Land & buildings 2024: € 2,435,153 ▼ 7% vs 2023 (€ 2,616,923) Unchanged	€ 2,266,030 Land & buildings 2025: € 2,266,030 ▼ 7% vs 2024 (€ 2,435,153) Unchanged	▼ 7%
Retained profit	€ -813,883 Retained profit 2022: € -813,883 First fiscal year in the series	€ -384,081 Retained profit 2023: € -384,081 ▲ € 429,801 vs 2022 (€ -813,883) Favourable step	€ -160,391 Retained profit 2024: € -160,391 ▲ € 223,691 vs 2023 (€ -384,081) Favourable step	€ 183,808 Retained profit 2025: € 183,808 ▲ € 344,199 vs 2024 (€ -160,391) Favourable step	▲ € 344,199
Bank debt	€ 6,369,161 Bank debt 2022: € 6,369,161 First fiscal year in the series	€ 7,978,414 Bank debt 2023: € 7,978,414 ▲ 25% vs 2022 (€ 6,369,161) Unfavourable step	€ 6,981,849 Bank debt 2024: € 6,981,849 ▼ 12% vs 2023 (€ 7,978,414) Favourable step	€ 7,334,133 Bank debt 2025: € 7,334,133 ▲ 5% vs 2024 (€ 6,981,849) Unfavourable step	▲ 5%
Balance sheet total	€ 19,069,978 Balance sheet total 2022: € 19,069,978 First fiscal year in the series	€ 22,596,104 Balance sheet total 2023: € 22,596,104 ▲ 18% vs 2022 (€ 19,069,978) Unchanged	€ 22,263,924 Balance sheet total 2024: € 22,263,924 ▼ 1% vs 2023 (€ 22,596,104) Unchanged	€ 21,365,440 Balance sheet total 2025: € 21,365,440 ▼ 4% vs 2024 (€ 22,263,924) Unchanged	▼ 4%
Employees (FTE)	42.1 Employees (FTE) 2022: 42.1 First fiscal year in the series	42.1 Employees (FTE) 2023: 42.1 Unchanged (42.1) Unchanged	40.1 Employees (FTE) 2024: 40.1 ▼ 2 vs 2023 (42.1) Unchanged	39.8 Employees (FTE) 2025: 39.8 ▼ 0.3 vs 2024 (40.1) Unchanged	▼ 0.3

Key figures of Bens Retail, 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 Bens Retail?

What happened at Bens Retail in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

2028 Dany CORNELIS stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Marcel LAEREMANS stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Patrick VANDEN AVENNE stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Maurits VANDEN AVENNE stepped down as director. NBB
Jul 9, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 344,199 (▲ 54% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2022 Dany CORNELIS became a director. NBB
2022 Marcel LAEREMANS became a director. NBB
2022 Patrick VANDEN AVENNE became a director. NBB

In short

From € 678,555 profit in 2022 to € 344,199 profit in 2025.

Paid € 17,965 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 678,555 profit.

Pays suppliers within 59 days on average.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

VANDEN AVENNE VRIESHUIS 100%

The stake of VANDEN AVENNE VRIESHUIS comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

Bens Retail

BENS Deli 100%

SALAISONS D'UZERCHE SARL 100%

The shares are held by VANDEN AVENNE VRIESHUIS (100%). It owns 100% of BENS Deli and 100% of SALAISONS D'UZERCHE SARL itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Dany CORNELIS

Director

Also active at: BENS, Jan Schots, BENS Deli, Sus Campiniae, HalalSupply

since 2022 · until 2028

Marcel LAEREMANS

Managing director

Also active at: BENS, Jan Schots, BENS BEST QUALITY, IMMOLA, BENS Deli, HEIST VEE VLEES, Sus Campiniae, HalalSupply

since 2022 · until 2028

Patrick VANDEN AVENNE

Managing director

Also active at: BENS, Jan Schots, Isarick, BENS Deli, ISPAHAN, Sus Campiniae, HalalSupply

since 2022 · until 2028

Maurits VANDEN AVENNE

Director

Also active at: BENS, Jan Schots, VANDEN AVENNE VRIESHUIS, BENS Deli, ISPAHAN, Sus Campiniae, HalalSupply

since 2022 · until 2028

Shareholders

VANDEN AVENNE VRIESHUIS

100%

Participations

BENS Deli

100%

SALAISONS D'UZERCHE SARL

100%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Nijverheidsstraat 24

2260 Westerlo

2.038.211.906

Westerring 19

9700 Oudenaarde

Active since 1 June 1973

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 4 companies are registered at this address.

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BENS same network

€ 120.7 million revenue · 2025

BENS BEST QUALITY same network

€ 54,861 gross margin · 2025

HEIST VEE VLEES same network

€ -6,315 gross margin · 2025

Sus Campiniae same network

€ 23 million revenue · 2025

What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.

Website

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Canonical: https://www.bens.be

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Company number

0820.220.320

VAT number

BE 0820.220.320

Registered office

Nijverheidsstraat 24, 2260 Westerlo

Names & denominations

Bens Retail

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

23 October 2009

Peppol

Active · Active since 8 Dec 2025

Contact

bens.be +32 (0)14 282 828

Activities · NACE

Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte

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