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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 33 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 34.2 to 26.3.
Financials
Financial year 2025
VANLEEUW & CO from Zoutleeuw, company number BE0874737585, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 80,342 after tax. For that financial year VANLEEUW & CO recorded a gross margin of € 1.7 million and equity of € 20,522. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 7,986 to € 80,342. 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 July 14, 2026.
€ 20,522
▲ € 80,342 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 80,342
▲ € 72,356 vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 59,083
▲ 180% 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 € -41,478.
People and assets in 2025
26.3
▼ 1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.3 million
▲ 1% vs 2024
€ 50,200 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.
€ 10,322
▼ 65% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 1.1 million
▼ 14% vs 2024
€ 212,035 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 269,900
▼ 11% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 157,417
▲ 1% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 1,454,084 | € 1,387,205 | € 1,588,804 | € 1,677,391 | ▲ 6% |
| Profit after taxes | € 7,464 | € -123,661 | € 7,986 | € 80,342 | ▲ € 72,356 |
| Equity | € 55,855 | € -67,806 | € -59,820 | € 20,522 | ▲ € 80,342 |
| Total debts | € 1,927,162 | € 1,857,913 | € 1,722,786 | € 1,510,404 | ▼ 12% |
| Cash | € 67,094 | € 52,981 | € 21,087 | € 59,083 | ▲ 180% |
| Land & buildings | € 1,495,197 | € 1,358,942 | € 1,275,633 | € 1,132,632 | ▼ 11% |
| Retained profit | € -6,145 | € -129,806 | € -121,820 | € -41,478 | ▲ € 80,342 |
| Bank debt | € 1,606,804 | € 1,408,477 | € 1,240,320 | € 1,062,306 | ▼ 14% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,983,016 | € 1,790,107 | € 1,662,967 | € 1,530,927 | ▼ 8% |
| Employees (FTE) | 30.6 | 34.2 | 27.3 | 26.3 | ▼ 1 |
By gross margin, VANLEEUW & CO ranks 3rd of 59 companies with main activity “Artisanale brood- en banketbakkerijen” in Flemish Brabant that publish figures (fiscal year 2025).
Key figures of VANLEEUW & CO, 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 VANLEEUW & CO?
What happened at VANLEEUW & CO in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Jean-Luc Paula Vanleeuw stepped down as director. NBB
- Berthe Vanleeuw stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 80,342 (▲ € 72,356 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Jean-Luc Paula Vanleeuw became a director. NBB
- Berthe Vanleeuw became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Sint-Truiden. KBO
- New establishment in Sint-Truiden. KBO
- New establishment in Zoutleeuw. KBO
In short
From € 7,464 profit in 2022 to € 80,342 profit in 2025.
Paid € 177 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 80,342 profit.
On average € 63,800 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Jean-Luc Paula Vanleeuw
Managing director
since 2023 · until 2029
Berthe Vanleeuw
Director
since 2023 · until 2029
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Grote Steenweg 69 box A
3440 Zoutleeuw
Lichtenberglaan 2016
3800 Sint-Truiden
Active since 6 April 2010
Vliegveldlaan 76
3800 Sint-Truiden
Active since 16 July 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
Who contributed at incorporation and at capital increases, with the deed as source. Later share transfers are not published in the Gazette.
Incorporation
Source: Deed ↗- Jean-Luc Paula Louis VANLEEUW(oprichter) 99.8%
- Aimé Franciscus Lambert Joseph Marie Elisabeth VANLEEUW(oprichter) 0.2%
Details
- Company number
- 0874.737.585
- VAT number
- BE 0874.737.585
- Registered office
- Grote Steenweg 69 bus A, 3440 Zoutleeuw
- Names & denominations
- VANLEEUW & CO
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 27 June 2005
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 22 Oct 2025
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