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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 35 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
HIPPOO from Aarschot, company number BE0841765010, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 150,169 after tax. For that financial year HIPPOO recorded a gross margin of € 604,973 and equity of € 598,782. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 153,482 to € 150,169. The company is profitable. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on April 17, 2026.
€ 598,782
▼ 25% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 150,169
▼ 2% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 156,218
▼ 55% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 349,444 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
5.1
▲ 0.7 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 308,232
▲ 7% vs 2024
€ 60,400 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.
€ 78,647
▼ 27% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 289,144
▼ 8% vs 2024
€ 30,010 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 118,103
▲ 34% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 118,699
▼ 8% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 581,164 | € 611,022 | € 590,042 | € 604,973 | ▲ 3% |
| Profit after taxes | € 148,585 | € 140,146 | € 153,482 | € 150,169 | ▼ 2% |
| Equity | € 529,099 | € 669,245 | € 798,057 | € 598,782 | ▼ 25% |
| Total debts | € 564,618 | € 522,646 | € 530,675 | € 675,672 | ▲ 27% |
| Cash | € 218,973 | € 258,418 | € 346,979 | € 156,218 | ▼ 55% |
| Land & buildings | € 69,631 | € 64,054 | € 60,063 | € 54,324 | ▼ 10% |
| Retained profit | € 522,699 | € 662,845 | € 791,657 | € 592,382 | ▼ 25% |
| Dividend | € 52,872 | € 0 | € 24,669 | € 349,444 | ▲ € 324,775 |
| Bank debt | € 376,405 | € 330,265 | € 313,958 | € 289,144 | ▼ 8% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,093,716 | € 1,191,891 | € 1,328,733 | € 1,274,454 | ▼ 4% |
| Employees (FTE) | 5.2 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 5.1 | ▲ 0.7 |
By gross margin, HIPPOO ranks 2nd of 6 companies with main activity “Overige niet-gespecialiseerde detailhandel” in Aarschot that publish figures (fiscal year 2025).
Key figures of HIPPOO, 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.
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What happened to HIPPOO?
What happened at HIPPOO in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 150,169 (▼ 2% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Aarschot. KBO
- Incorporation, published in the Gazette. Source: Staatsblad ↗
- New establishment in Aarschot. KBO
In short
From € 148,585 profit in 2022 to € 150,169 profit in 2025.
Paid € 262,343 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 153,482 profit.
On average € 118,600 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind HIPPOO are Dries Elsen and Katleen Jacqueline Claes.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Dries Elsen
Director
Katleen Jacqueline Claes
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Steystraat 133
3200 Aarschot
Nijverheidslaan 8 box B
3200 Aarschot
Active since 13 December 2011
Nijverheidslaan 8 box B
3200 Aarschot
Active since 1 March 2013
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
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Shareholders according to the Official Gazette deeds
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Incorporation
Source: Deed ↗- CLAES Katleen Jacqueline(oprichter) 50%
- LEERS Hilde(oprichter) 50%
Details
- Company number
- 0841.765.010
- VAT number
- BE 0841.765.010
- Registered office
- Steystraat 133, 3200 Aarschot
- Names & denominations
- HIPPOO
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 13 December 2011
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 14 Nov 2025
- Contact
- hippeschoentjes.be
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