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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 55 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
DAB (Dendermonds Automobielbedrijf) from Dendermonde, company number BE0862873002, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 938 after tax. For that financial year DAB (Dendermonds Automobielbedrijf) recorded a gross margin of € 1.2 million and equity of € 166,916. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 8,196 to € 938. The company is profitable. The company holds a healthy buffer. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 29, 2026.
€ 166,916
▼ 37% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 938
▼ 89% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 32,852
▼ 1% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 100,000 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
17.2
▲ 1.6 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 945,554
▲ 14% vs 2024
€ 55,000 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.
€ 269,438
▼ 40% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 752,327
▼ 7% vs 2024
€ 94,688 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 1 million
▲ 17% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 159,238
▲ 11% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 751,576 | € 867,893 | € 1,044,971 | € 1,184,508 | ▲ 13% |
| Profit after taxes | € 34,864 | € 26,815 | € 8,196 | € 938 | ▼ 89% |
| Equity | € 330,966 | € 257,782 | € 265,978 | € 166,916 | ▼ 37% |
| Total debts | € 1,173,358 | € 1,642,425 | € 1,848,026 | € 1,956,804 | ▲ 6% |
| Cash | € 14,391 | € 42,515 | € 33,238 | € 32,852 | ▼ 1% |
| Retained profit | € 268,966 | € 195,782 | € 203,978 | € 104,916 | ▼ 49% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 100,000 | € 0 | € 100,000 | |
| Bank debt | € 293,488 | € 667,782 | € 809,812 | € 752,327 | ▼ 7% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,504,325 | € 1,900,206 | € 2,114,004 | € 2,123,720 | |
| Employees (FTE) | 12 | 12.4 | 15.6 | 17.2 | ▲ 1.6 |
Key figures of DAB (Dendermonds Automobielbedrijf), 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 DAB (Dendermonds Automobielbedrijf)?
What happened at DAB (Dendermonds Automobielbedrijf) in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Jabeco BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Vaboff BV stepped down as director. NBB
- D.I.C. BV stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 938 (▼ 89% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Jabeco BV became a director. NBB
- Vaboff BV became a director. NBB
- D.I.C. BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Dendermonde. KBO
In short
From € 34,864 profit in 2022 to € 938 profit in 2025.
Paid € 39,160 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 34,864 profit.
On average € 68,900 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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
The stake of DENDERMONDE INVESTMENT COMPANY comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
DAB (Dendermonds Automobielbedrijf)The shares are held by DENDERMONDE INVESTMENT COMPANY (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2023 · until 2029
Director · represented by Christophe Vander Straeten
Also active at: GARAGE VANDER STRAETEN
since 2023 · until 2029
Managing director · represented by Mels Bart
since 2023 · until 2029
Shareholders
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Hoogveld 15
9200 Dendermonde
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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Details
- Company number
- 0862.873.002
- VAT number
- BE 0862.873.002
- Registered office
- Hoogveld 15, 9200 Dendermonde
- Names & denominations
- DAB (Dendermonds Automobielbedrijf)
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 26 June 2003
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 27 Mar 2026
- Activities · NACE
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Detailhandel in motorvoertuigen
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)
Detailhandel in onderdelen en accessoires van motorvoertuigen
Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Kleinhandel in onderdelen en accessoires van auto's
Onderhoud en reparatie van auto's
Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)