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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 3 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 64 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 6.2 to 3.
Financials
Financial year 2025
ESCO DRIVES from Tubize, company number BE0870497301, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 175,658 after tax. For that financial year ESCO DRIVES recorded revenue of € 2.1 million and equity of € -477,702. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -487,806 to € 175,658. 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 15, 2026.
€ -477,702
▲ € 175,658 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 175,658
▲ still € 487,806 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 41,504
▼ 37% 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 € -1 million.
People and assets in 2025
3
▼ 1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 296,433
▼ 32% vs 2024
€ 98,800 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.
Debts at end 2025
€ 1.2 million
▼ 18% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 152,394
▼ 57% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 27 days on average.
€ 67,542
▲ 87% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 4,265,948 | € 3,119,276 | € 1,940,783 | € 2,093,952 | ▲ 8% |
| Profit after taxes | € 9,149 | € -595,823 | € -487,806 | € 175,658 | ▲ € 663,463 |
| Equity | € 430,269 | € -165,554 | € -653,360 | € -477,702 | ▲ € 175,658 |
| Total debts | € 2,564,734 | € 1,747,741 | € 1,939,749 | € 1,518,085 | ▼ 22% |
| Cash | € 86,975 | € 92,827 | € 66,296 | € 41,504 | ▼ 37% |
| Retained profit | € -99,331 | € -695,154 | € -1,182,960 | € -1,007,302 | ▲ € 175,658 |
| Bank debt | € 1,420,831 | € 1,152,579 | € 1,455,944 | € 1,200,944 | ▼ 18% |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,995,003 | € 1,582,187 | € 1,286,389 | € 1,040,384 | ▼ 19% |
| Employees (FTE) | 7.5 | 6.2 | 4 | 3 | ▼ 1 |
Key figures of ESCO DRIVES, 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 ESCO DRIVES?
What happened at ESCO DRIVES in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- DANNY VERMEYLEN stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 175,658. Source: NBB ↗
- Octille SRL became a director. NBB
- LAURENT SCHMIDT stepped down as director. NBB
- DANNY VERMEYLEN became a director. NBB
- THIERRY SCHMIDT became a director. NBB
- LAURENT SCHMIDT became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Tubize. KBO
In short
From € 9,149 profit in 2022 to € 175,658 profit in 2025.
Paid € 13,948 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 175,658 profit.
Pays suppliers within 27 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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Management
Behind ESCO DRIVES are Octille SRL and THIERRY SCHMIDT. The shares are held by EFECO S.A. (99.8%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Laurent Schmidt
Also active at: ESCO COUPLINGS, ESCO FINANCIAL AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, ESCO POWER
since 2025
THIERRY SCHMIDT
Director
Also active at: ESCO COUPLINGS, ESCO FINANCIAL AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, ESCO POWER
since 2020
since 2020 · until 2025
since 2024 · until 2027
Shareholders
99.8%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Avenue Ernest Solvay 48
1480 Tubize
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0870.497.301
- VAT number
- BE 0870.497.301
- Registered office
- Avenue Ernest Solvay 48, 1480 Tubize
- Names & denominations
- ESCO DRIVES
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 10 December 2004
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- Active · Active since 26 Sept 2025
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