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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 59 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
VAB Automotive Solutions from Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht, company number BE0866583053, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 431,442 after tax. For that financial year VAB Automotive Solutions recorded revenue of € 16.9 million and equity of € 696,995. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 75,816 to € 431,442. 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 June 30, 2026.
€ 696,995
▲ 143% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 431,442
▲ € 355,626 vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 775,300
▲ € 733,818 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 € -2 million.
People and assets in 2025
96.3
▼ 3.6 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 6 million
▲ 5% vs 2024
€ 61,900 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.
€ 2.5 million
▲ 20% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 2.4 million.
Debts at end 2025
€ 5.6 million
€ 646,538 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 792,681
▲ 28% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 31 days on average.
€ 1 million
▼ 14% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 10,772,676 | € 16,336,984 | € 19,337,784 | € 16,850,479 | ▼ 13% |
| Profit after taxes | € -4,481,463 | € -815,953 | € 75,816 | € 431,442 | ▲ € 355,626 |
| Equity | € 1,026,690 | € 210,737 | € 286,552 | € 696,995 | ▲ 143% |
| Total debts | € 7,737,719 | € 8,356,109 | € 7,656,037 | € 7,463,849 | ▼ 3% |
| Cash | € 11,657 | € 143,707 | € 41,482 | € 775,300 | ▲ € 733,818 |
| Retained profit | € -1,691,310 | € -2,507,263 | € -2,431,448 | € -2,021,005 | ▲ € 410,442 |
| Bank debt | € 5,974,973 | € 5,824,893 | € 5,587,309 | € 5,569,218 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 8,764,408 | € 8,566,846 | € 7,942,590 | € 8,160,844 | ▲ 3% |
| Employees (FTE) | 82.9 | 93.8 | 99.9 | 96.3 | ▼ 3.6 |
Key figures of VAB Automotive Solutions, 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 VAB Automotive Solutions?
What happened at VAB Automotive Solutions in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- MICHAEL GABRIËLS stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 431,442 (▲ € 355,626 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- NELE VANDAELE stepped down as director. NBB
- GEERT MARKEY stepped down as director. NBB
- TOM SWERTS stepped down as director. NBB
- MICHAEL GABRIËLS became a director. NBB
- TOM SWERTS became a director. NBB
- NELE VANDAELE became a director. NBB
In short
From € 4.5 million loss in 2022 to € 431,442 profit in 2025.
Paid € 18,950 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 431,442 profit.
Pays suppliers within 31 days on average.
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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 shares are held by GROEP VAB NV (81.5%) and VAB NV (18.5%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
TOM SWERTS
Director
Also active at: DEPANNAGE 2000, VAB Training & Consult, VAB Rijschool, ISABEL, Groep VAB, Bancontact Payconiq Company, BATOPIN, 24+
since 2024 · until 2025
MICHAEL GABRIËLS
Director
Also active at: DEPANNAGE 2000, LUBACO, VAB Training & Consult, VAB, VAB Rijschool, Groep VAB, VAB
since 2025 · until 2028
NELE VANDAELE
Chairman of the board
Also active at: Agentuur voor Brandherverzekering, DEPANNAGE 2000, LUBACO, VAB Training & Consult, VAB, VAB Rijschool, Groep VAB, VAB Banden +1 more
since 2024 · until 2026
GEERT MARKEY
Managing director
Also active at: DEPANNAGE 2000, LUBACO, VAB Training & Consult, VAB, VAB Rijschool, TRAJECT, Groep VAB, VAB Banden +3 more
since 2016 · until 2026
Shareholders
81.5%
18.5%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Pastoor Coplaan 100
2070 Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht
Industrieweg 16.1 box B
3190 Boortmeerbeek
Active since 29 December 2010
Steenweg Buda 18
1831 Machelen (Brab.)
Active since 29 December 2010
Slingerweg 40
3600 Genk
Active since 20 December 2020
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 6 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →VAB Training & Consult same network
€ 4.3 million revenue · 2025
VAB same network
€ 237.2 million revenue · 2025
Groep VAB same network
€ 324,637 revenue · 2025
VAB Wegenwacht same network
€ 17.9 million revenue · 2025
VAB same network
€ 258,856 gross margin · 2025
+1 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
- 0866.583.053
- VAT number
- BE 0866.583.053
- Registered office
- Pastoor Coplaan 100, 2070 Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht
- Names & denominations
- VAB Automotive Solutions
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 29 July 2004
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 19 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
Carrosserieherstelling (inclusief spuiten en verven)
Activiteiten van risicoanalisten en schadetaxateurs
Schade- en risico- experten
Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Onderhoud en reparatie van auto's
Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)