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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 32 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
BENT from Eeklo, company number BE0821594552, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 135,883 after tax. For that financial year BENT recorded a gross margin of € 739,745 and equity of € 140,403. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 34,637 to € 135,883. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 March 30, 2026.
€ 140,403
▲ € 135,883 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 135,883
▲ 292% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 0
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € -19,597.
People and assets in 2025
34.2
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 427,198
€ 12,500 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.
€ 104,292
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 614,851
▼ 10% vs 2024
€ 66,914 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 9 years.
€ 53,927
▲ € 47,017 vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 333,028
▲ € 320,122 vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 81,993 | € 164,463 | € 226,168 | € 739,745 | ▲ 227% |
| Profit after taxes | € -46,279 | € 31,539 | € 34,637 | € 135,883 | ▲ 292% |
| Equity | € -61,655 | € -30,116 | € 4,521 | € 140,403 | ▲ € 135,883 |
| Total debts | € 1,706,351 | € 2,120,239 | € 1,991,646 | € 2,466,799 | ▲ 24% |
| Land & buildings | € 1,615,926 | € 2,030,341 | € 1,969,020 | € 1,884,230 | ▼ 4% |
| Retained profit | € -221,655 | € -190,116 | € -155,479 | € -19,597 | ▲ € 135,883 |
| Bank debt | € 802,044 | € 741,826 | € 679,454 | € 614,851 | ▼ 10% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,644,696 | € 2,090,122 | € 1,996,167 | € 2,607,203 | ▲ 31% |
| Employees (FTE) | - | - | - | 34.2 |
Key figures of BENT, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 April 2027.
What happened to BENT?
What happened at BENT in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Diamur NV stepped down as director. NBB
- MBMC NV stepped down as director. NBB
- DCDK BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Schipdonk BV stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 135,883 (▲ 292% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Oostrozebeke. KBO
- New establishment in Avelgem. KBO
- New establishment in Mouscron. KBO
In short
From € 46,279 loss in 2022 to € 135,883 profit in 2025.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 135,883 profit.
On average € 21,600 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
The stake of MBMC comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
BENTThe shares are held by MBMC (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Managing director · represented by Benedikt Van den Braembussche
Also active at: Albert Van den Braembussche en Zonen, Bouwmaterialen L. Van Den Broeck, BETONCENTRALE VAN DEN BRAEMBUSSCHE, NIVELLES BETON, DIAMUR COL, DIAMUR SILO, DIAMMO, SCHIPDONK
since 2023 · until 2029
Managing director · represented by Alexander Van den Braembussche
Also active at: Albert Van den Braembussche en Zonen, Bouwmaterialen L. Van Den Broeck, ROOBROECK EN ZOON, BETONCENTRALE VAN DEN BRAEMBUSSCHE, MERKTRA, VDBTRANS, DIAMUR, DIAMUR COL +7 more
since 2023 · until 2029
Director · represented by Charlotte Dejonckheere
Also active at: Albert Van den Braembussche en Zonen, Bouwmaterialen L. Van Den Broeck, ROOBROECK EN ZOON, BETONCENTRALE VAN DEN BRAEMBUSSCHE, MERKTRA, MBMC, VDBTRANS, ROZEBEEK +2 more
since 2023 · until 2029
Managing director · represented by Filip Van den Braembussche
Also active at: STEENBAKKERIJ DUMOULIN, ROOBROECK EN ZOON, BETONCENTRALE VAN DEN BRAEMBUSSCHE, VDBTRANS, DIAMUR, ROZEBEEK, WESTTRANS, Dumoulin Bricks +1 more
since 2023 · until 2029
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Brugsesteenweg 303
9900 Eeklo
Ijslandstraat 9
8400 Oostende
Active since 18 December 2009
Huttegemstraat 56
8580 Avelgem
Active since 26 July 2025
Industriëlaan 94
7700 Mouscron
Active since 26 July 2025
Groendreef 1 box C
9880 Aalter
Active since 26 July 2025
Pontstraat 1
9600 Ronse
Active since 26 July 2025
Ter Priemstraat 23A
8780 Oostrozebeke
Active since 1 January 2026
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 8 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →Albert Van den Braembussche en Zonen same network
€ 48.9 million revenue · 2025
BETONCENTRALE VAN DEN BRAEMBUSSCHE same network
€ 24.9 million revenue · 2025
MBMC same network
€ 978,434 revenue · 2025
VDBTRANS same network
€ 6.2 million revenue · 2025
GROEP VAN DEN BRAEMBUSSCHE EEKLO-GENT
+3 more
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0821.594.552
- VAT number
- BE 0821.594.552
- Registered office
- Brugsesteenweg 303, 9900 Eeklo
- Names & denominations
- BENT
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 18 December 2009
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 12 Jan 2026
- Activities · NACE
Groothandel in bouwmaterialen, algemeen assortiment
Goederenvervoer over de weg
Activiteiten van holdings
Verhuur en exploitatie van eigen of geleased niet-residentieel onroerend goed, exclusief terreinen
Diensten in verband met vervoer te land
Overige zakelijke dienstverlening, neg
Activiteiten van adviesbureaus op het gebied van public relations en communicatie
Adviesbureaus op het gebied van public relations en communicatie
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