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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 1 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
MERKBEL from Geel, company number BE0841583777, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 43,355 after tax. For that financial year MERKBEL recorded a gross margin of € 154,038 and equity of € -172,357. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 33,978 to € 43,355. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 June 19, 2026.
€ -172,357
▲ € 43,355 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 43,355
▲ 28% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € -192,357.
Debts at end 2025
€ 3.6 million
▼ 4% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 4,965
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 8,164 | € 19,048 | € 174,249 | € 154,038 | ▼ 12% |
| Profit after taxes | € -38,256 | € -101,817 | € 33,978 | € 43,355 | ▲ 28% |
| Equity | € -147,873 | € -249,690 | € -215,712 | € -172,357 | ▲ € 43,355 |
| Total debts | € 4,351,310 | € 4,482,799 | € 4,437,937 | € 4,395,200 | ▼ 1% |
| Land & buildings | € 4,203,349 | € 4,203,349 | € 4,203,349 | € 4,203,349 | |
| Retained profit | € -167,873 | € -269,690 | € -235,712 | € -192,357 | ▲ € 43,355 |
| Bank debt | € 4,028,249 | € 3,883,870 | € 3,740,817 | € 3,595,594 | ▼ 4% |
| Balance sheet total | € 4,203,437 | € 4,233,109 | € 4,222,225 | € 4,222,843 |
Key figures of MERKBEL, 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 MERKBEL?
What happened at MERKBEL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 43,355 (▲ 28% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Teun van Hulzen became a director. NBB
- Peter Bens became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Geel. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 38,256 loss in 2022 to € 43,355 profit in 2025.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 43,355 profit.
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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%
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Management
The stake of IPT comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
MERKBELBehind MERKBEL are Teun van Hulzen and Peter Bens. The shares are held by IPT (99%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2019
Peter Bens
Director
Also active at: Bens Zakenkantoor, BECAR, Buga Antwerpen, BUGA WIJNEGEM, IPT, KEMBEL
since 2019
Shareholders
99%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Drossaardshoevedreef 2
2440 Geel
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 7 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →Bens Zakenkantoor same network
€ 201,095 gross margin · 2025
BECAR same network
€ 438,356 gross margin · 2025
Buga Antwerpen same network
€ 48,484 revenue · 2025
BUGA WIJNEGEM same network
€ 107,067 gross margin · 2025
VAT GROUP AUTO-ANTWERPEN
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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
- 0841.583.777
- VAT number
- BE 0841.583.777
- Registered office
- Drossaardshoevedreef 2, 2440 Geel
- Names & denominations
- MERKBEL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 5 December 2011
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 22 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
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