GROOOT is registered with the CBE as active in: Personenvervoer over binnenwateren. Private Limited, started on 15 December 2005, 1 establishment.

What is the address of GROOOT?

The registered office of GROOOT is located at Coupure 9 box a, 9000 Gent.

Is GROOOT still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (31 October 2026) GROOOT is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 15 December 2005.

Is GROOOT registered on Peppol?

Yes, GROOOT is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0878049245.

What is the enterprise number of GROOOT?

The enterprise number of GROOOT is BE0878049245.

When was GROOOT founded?

GROOOT was founded on 15 December 2005.

Who are the directors of GROOOT?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of GROOOT are: Gwen Vanhove.

Is GROOOT a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 15 December 2005; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 1 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did GROOOT make in 2025?

GROOOT posted a profit after taxes of € 38,053 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of GROOOT?

As a small company, GROOOT is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 522,211.

How much does an employee at GROOOT earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at GROOOT was € 50,700 in 2025: staff costs of € 299,110 for 5.9 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does GROOOT have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, GROOOT has 5.9 full-time equivalents (FTE).

GROOOT (Private Limited) - Gent - BE0878049245

Dossier GROOOT, printed on 1 November 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0878049245/grooot. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

GROOOT from Gent, company number BE0878049245, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 38,053 after tax. For that financial year GROOOT recorded a gross margin of € 522,211 and equity of € 154,091. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -50,191 to € 38,053. 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 May 6, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 154,091

▲ 33% vs 2024

Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.

Profit Growing

€ 38,053

▲ still € 50,191 loss in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 4,972

▼ 6% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 20,641.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

5.9

▲ 0.5 vs 2024

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost

€ 299,110

▲ 15% vs 2024

€ 50,700 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 371,029

▲ 2% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 5 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 595,631

▼ 10% vs 2024

€ 114,752 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 94,055

▲ 2% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.

Taxes and wages

€ 92,693

▲ 76% vs 2024

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Gross margin	€ 240,728 Gross margin 2022: € 240,728 First fiscal year in the series	€ 381,312 Gross margin 2023: € 381,312 ▲ 58% vs 2022 (€ 240,728) Favourable step	€ 401,268 Gross margin 2024: € 401,268 ▲ 5% vs 2023 (€ 381,312) Favourable step	€ 522,211 Gross margin 2025: € 522,211 ▲ 30% vs 2024 (€ 401,268) Favourable step	▲ 30%
Profit after taxes	€ 22,452 Profit after taxes 2022: € 22,452 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,564 Profit after taxes 2023: € 4,564 ▼ 80% vs 2022 (€ 22,452) Unfavourable step	€ -50,191 Profit after taxes 2024: € -50,191 ▼ € 54,755 vs 2023 (€ 4,564) Unfavourable step	€ 38,053 Profit after taxes 2025: € 38,053 ▲ € 88,244 vs 2024 (€ -50,191) Favourable step	▲ € 88,244
Equity	€ 149,165 Equity 2022: € 149,165 First fiscal year in the series	€ 153,729 Equity 2023: € 153,729 ▲ 3% vs 2022 (€ 149,165) Favourable step	€ 116,038 Equity 2024: € 116,038 ▼ 25% vs 2023 (€ 153,729) Unfavourable step	€ 154,091 Equity 2025: € 154,091 ▲ 33% vs 2024 (€ 116,038) Favourable step	▲ 33%
Total debts	€ 393,499 Total debts 2022: € 393,499 First fiscal year in the series	€ 886,083 Total debts 2023: € 886,083 ▲ 125% vs 2022 (€ 393,499) Unfavourable step	€ 952,808 Total debts 2024: € 952,808 ▲ 8% vs 2023 (€ 886,083) Unfavourable step	€ 958,578 Total debts 2025: € 958,578 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 952,808) Unfavourable step	▲ 1%
Cash	€ 171,629 Cash 2022: € 171,629 First fiscal year in the series	€ 254,426 Cash 2023: € 254,426 ▲ 48% vs 2022 (€ 171,629) Favourable step	€ 5,303 Cash 2024: € 5,303 ▼ 98% vs 2023 (€ 254,426) Unfavourable step	€ 4,972 Cash 2025: € 4,972 ▼ 6% vs 2024 (€ 5,303) Unfavourable step	▼ 6%
Land & buildings	-	€ 245,103 Land & buildings 2023: € 245,103 First fiscal year in the series	€ 255,272 Land & buildings 2024: € 255,272 ▲ 4% vs 2023 (€ 245,103) Unchanged	€ 252,464 Land & buildings 2025: € 252,464 ▼ 1% vs 2024 (€ 255,272) Unchanged	▼ 1%
Retained profit	€ 28,215 Retained profit 2022: € 28,215 First fiscal year in the series	€ 32,779 Retained profit 2023: € 32,779 ▲ 16% vs 2022 (€ 28,215) Favourable step	€ -17,412 Retained profit 2024: € -17,412 ▼ € 50,191 vs 2023 (€ 32,779) Unfavourable step	€ 20,641 Retained profit 2025: € 20,641 ▲ € 38,053 vs 2024 (€ -17,412) Favourable step	▲ € 38,053
Bank debt	€ 230,797 Bank debt 2022: € 230,797 First fiscal year in the series	€ 669,884 Bank debt 2023: € 669,884 ▲ 190% vs 2022 (€ 230,797) Unfavourable step	€ 661,946 Bank debt 2024: € 661,946 ▼ 1% vs 2023 (€ 669,884) Favourable step	€ 595,631 Bank debt 2025: € 595,631 ▼ 10% vs 2024 (€ 661,946) Favourable step	▼ 10%
Balance sheet total	€ 542,664 Balance sheet total 2022: € 542,664 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,039,812 Balance sheet total 2023: € 1,039,812 ▲ 92% vs 2022 (€ 542,664) Unchanged	€ 1,068,846 Balance sheet total 2024: € 1,068,846 ▲ 3% vs 2023 (€ 1,039,812) Unchanged	€ 1,112,669 Balance sheet total 2025: € 1,112,669 ▲ 4% vs 2024 (€ 1,068,846) Unchanged	▲ 4%
Employees (FTE)	2.6 Employees (FTE) 2022: 2.6 First fiscal year in the series	3.8 Employees (FTE) 2023: 3.8 ▲ 1.2 vs 2022 (2.6) Unchanged	5.4 Employees (FTE) 2024: 5.4 ▲ 1.6 vs 2023 (3.8) Unchanged	5.9 Employees (FTE) 2025: 5.9 ▲ 0.5 vs 2024 (5.4) Unchanged	▲ 0.5

Key figures of GROOOT, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 April 2027.

What happened to GROOOT?

What happened at GROOOT in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

May 6, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 38,053. filed late Source: NBB ↗
Jan 19, 2006 New establishment in Gent. KBO
Dec 15, 2005 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 22,452 profit in 2022 to € 38,053 profit in 2025.

Paid € 2,672 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2025, with € 38,053 profit.

On average € 88,500 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Gwen Vanhove

GROOOT

Booot 100%

Behind GROOOT is Gwen Vanhove. It owns 100% of Booot itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Gwen Vanhove

Director

Also active at: VLOOOT, BOOOT

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Coupure 9 box a

9000 Gent

2.151.427.534

Coupure 9 box A

9000 Gent

Active since 19 January 2006

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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VLOOOT same network

€ -3,288 gross margin · 2025

BOOOT same network

€ 5,494 gross margin · 2025

What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.

Details

Company number

0878.049.245

VAT number

BE 0878.049.245

Registered office

Coupure 9 bus a, 9000 Gent

Names & denominations

GROOOT

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

15 December 2005

Peppol

Active · Active since 14 Nov 2025

Activities · NACE

Personenvervoer over binnenwateren

Verhuur en lease van sport- en recreatieartikelen

Vervaardiging van metalen constructiewerken en onderdelen daarvan

Reparatie en onderhoud van schepen

Vervaardiging van metalen constructiewerken en delen daarvan

Bouw van plezier- en sportvaartuigen

Activiteiten van interieurarchitecten

Schrijnwerk

+10

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

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