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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 30 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 11.9 to 6.4.
Financials
Financial year 2025
BEN'S BRANDS from Zaventem, company number BE0846774861, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 37,594 after tax. For that financial year BEN'S BRANDS recorded a gross margin of € 404,597 and equity of € 28,594. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -24,422 to € 37,594. 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 December 2, 2025.
€ 28,594
▲ € 37,594 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 37,594
▲ still € 24,422 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 52,164
▲ 3% 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 € -21,406.
People and assets in 2025
6.4
▼ 5.4 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 321,791
▼ 7% vs 2024
€ 50,300 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.
€ 24,779
▲ 134% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 389,383
▼ 5% vs 2024
€ 19,893 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 20 years.
€ 39,786
▼ 12% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 35,248
▲ 7% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 336,106 | € 387,692 | € 359,628 | € 404,597 | ▲ 13% |
| Profit after taxes | € -84,331 | € 865 | € -24,422 | € 37,594 | ▲ € 62,016 |
| Equity | € 14,557 | € 15,421 | € -9,000 | € 28,594 | ▲ € 37,594 |
| Total debts | € 640,403 | € 690,476 | € 621,298 | € 596,171 | ▼ 4% |
| Cash | € 121,881 | € 137,171 | € 50,622 | € 52,164 | ▲ 3% |
| Land & buildings | € 477,868 | € 466,160 | € 454,452 | € 442,744 | ▼ 3% |
| Retained profit | € -35,443 | € -34,579 | € -59,000 | € -21,406 | ▲ € 37,594 |
| Bank debt | € 511,330 | € 433,957 | € 408,911 | € 389,383 | ▼ 5% |
| Balance sheet total | € 654,960 | € 705,897 | € 612,298 | € 624,765 | ▲ 2% |
| Employees (FTE) | 16.6 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 6.4 | ▼ 5.4 |
Key figures of BEN'S BRANDS, 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 December 2026.
What happened to BEN'S BRANDS?
What happened at BEN'S BRANDS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 37,594. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Zaventem. KBO
- New establishment in Wezembeek-Oppem. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 84,331 loss in 2022 to € 37,594 profit in 2025.
Paid € 1,364 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 37,594 profit.
On average € 63,200 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 BEN'S BRANDS is Benoît VAN VAECK.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Benoît VAN VAECK
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Korenbloemlaan 30
1933 Zaventem
Mechelsesteenweg 149
1970 Wezembeek-Oppem
Active since 17 July 2012
Stationsstraat 2
1930 Zaventem
Active since 26 December 2013
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0846.774.861
- VAT number
- BE 0846.774.861
- Registered office
- Korenbloemlaan 30, 1933 Zaventem
- Names & denominations
- BEN'S BRANDS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 18 June 2012
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 3 Dec 2025
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