What does KARAKTERS do?

KARAKTERS is a printing company in Gent. Private Limited, started on 19 January 2007, 1 establishment.

What is the address of KARAKTERS?

The registered office of KARAKTERS is located at Tondelierlaan 1, 9000 Gent.

Is KARAKTERS still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (31 October 2026) KARAKTERS is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 19 January 2007.

Is KARAKTERS registered on Peppol?

Yes, KARAKTERS is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0886576139.

What is the enterprise number of KARAKTERS?

The enterprise number of KARAKTERS is BE0886576139.

When was KARAKTERS founded?

KARAKTERS was founded on 19 January 2007.

Who are the directors of KARAKTERS?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of KARAKTERS are: B-pit CommV.

Is KARAKTERS a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 19 January 2007; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 1 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did KARAKTERS make in 2025?

KARAKTERS posted a profit after taxes of € 12,696 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of KARAKTERS?

As a small company, KARAKTERS is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 2,059,884.

How much does an employee at KARAKTERS earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at KARAKTERS was € 64,800 in 2025: staff costs of € 1.9 million for 29.4 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does KARAKTERS have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, KARAKTERS has 29.4 full-time equivalents (FTE).

KARAKTERS (Private Limited) - Gent - BE0886576139

Dossier KARAKTERS, printed on 1 November 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0886576139/karakters. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

KARAKTERS from Gent, company number BE0886576139, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 12,696 after tax. For that financial year KARAKTERS recorded a gross margin of € 2.1 million and equity of € 282,666. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 4,249 to € 12,696. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 29, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 282,666

▲ 5% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 12,696

▲ 199% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 36,016

▼ 44% 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 € 270,266.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

29.4

▼ 3.5 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 1.9 million

▼ 2% vs 2024

€ 64,800 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 25,363

▼ 24% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 1 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.

€ 342,632

▼ 31% vs 2024

€ 198,678 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 1 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 295,856

▲ 64% vs 2024

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

Taxes and wages

€ 288,584

▼ 3% 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	€ 1,652,587 Gross margin 2022: € 1,652,587 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,021,228 Gross margin 2023: € 2,021,228 ▲ 22% vs 2022 (€ 1,652,587) Favourable step	€ 2,079,913 Gross margin 2024: € 2,079,913 ▲ 3% vs 2023 (€ 2,021,228) Favourable step	€ 2,059,884 Gross margin 2025: € 2,059,884 ▼ 1% vs 2024 (€ 2,079,913) Unfavourable step	▼ 1%
Profit after taxes	€ 101,912 Profit after taxes 2022: € 101,912 First fiscal year in the series	€ 39,784 Profit after taxes 2023: € 39,784 ▼ 61% vs 2022 (€ 101,912) Unfavourable step	€ 4,249 Profit after taxes 2024: € 4,249 ▼ 89% vs 2023 (€ 39,784) Unfavourable step	€ 12,696 Profit after taxes 2025: € 12,696 ▲ 199% vs 2024 (€ 4,249) Favourable step	▲ 199%
Equity	€ 225,936 Equity 2022: € 225,936 First fiscal year in the series	€ 265,721 Equity 2023: € 265,721 ▲ 18% vs 2022 (€ 225,936) Favourable step	€ 269,969 Equity 2024: € 269,969 ▲ 2% vs 2023 (€ 265,721) Favourable step	€ 282,666 Equity 2025: € 282,666 ▲ 5% vs 2024 (€ 269,969) Favourable step	▲ 5%
Total debts	€ 1,241,063 Total debts 2022: € 1,241,063 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,188,509 Total debts 2023: € 1,188,509 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 1,241,063) Favourable step	€ 1,267,490 Total debts 2024: € 1,267,490 ▲ 7% vs 2023 (€ 1,188,509) Unfavourable step	€ 1,146,969 Total debts 2025: € 1,146,969 ▼ 10% vs 2024 (€ 1,267,490) Favourable step	▼ 10%
Cash	€ 165,030 Cash 2022: € 165,030 First fiscal year in the series	€ 8,011 Cash 2023: € 8,011 ▼ 95% vs 2022 (€ 165,030) Unfavourable step	€ 63,842 Cash 2024: € 63,842 ▲ € 55,830 vs 2023 (€ 8,011) Favourable step	€ 36,016 Cash 2025: € 36,016 ▼ 44% vs 2024 (€ 63,842) Unfavourable step	▼ 44%
Retained profit	€ 213,536 Retained profit 2022: € 213,536 First fiscal year in the series	€ 253,321 Retained profit 2023: € 253,321 ▲ 19% vs 2022 (€ 213,536) Favourable step	€ 257,569 Retained profit 2024: € 257,569 ▲ 2% vs 2023 (€ 253,321) Favourable step	€ 270,266 Retained profit 2025: € 270,266 ▲ 5% vs 2024 (€ 257,569) Favourable step	▲ 5%
Dividend	€ 100,000 Dividend 2022: € 100,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 0 Dividend 2023: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2022 (€ 100,000) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2024: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2025: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged
Bank debt	€ 521,031 Bank debt 2022: € 521,031 First fiscal year in the series	€ 404,050 Bank debt 2023: € 404,050 ▼ 22% vs 2022 (€ 521,031) Favourable step	€ 493,031 Bank debt 2024: € 493,031 ▲ 22% vs 2023 (€ 404,050) Unfavourable step	€ 342,632 Bank debt 2025: € 342,632 ▼ 31% vs 2024 (€ 493,031) Favourable step	▼ 31%
Balance sheet total	€ 1,466,999 Balance sheet total 2022: € 1,466,999 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,454,229 Balance sheet total 2023: € 1,454,229 ▼ 1% vs 2022 (€ 1,466,999) Unchanged	€ 1,537,460 Balance sheet total 2024: € 1,537,460 ▲ 6% vs 2023 (€ 1,454,229) Unchanged	€ 1,429,635 Balance sheet total 2025: € 1,429,635 ▼ 7% vs 2024 (€ 1,537,460) Unchanged	▼ 7%
Employees (FTE)	26.6 Employees (FTE) 2022: 26.6 First fiscal year in the series	32.3 Employees (FTE) 2023: 32.3 ▲ 5.7 vs 2022 (26.6) Unchanged	32.9 Employees (FTE) 2024: 32.9 ▲ 0.6 vs 2023 (32.3) Unchanged	29.4 Employees (FTE) 2025: 29.4 ▼ 3.5 vs 2024 (32.9) Unchanged	▼ 3.5

Key figures of KARAKTERS, 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 KARAKTERS?

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

Jul 29, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 12,696 (▲ 199% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
Aug 29, 2020 New establishment in Gent. KBO
2019 B-pit CommV became a director. NBB
Jan 19, 2007 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 101,912 profit in 2022 to € 12,696 profit in 2025.

Paid € 97,250 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 101,912 profit.

On average € 70,100 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

B-pit CommV

KARAKTERS

Behind KARAKTERS is B-pit CommV.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

B-pit CommV

Director · represented by Bram Vandekerckhove

since 2019

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Tondelierlaan 1

9000 Gent

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 companies are registered at this address.

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Details

Company number

0886.576.139

VAT number

BE 0886.576.139

Registered office

Tondelierlaan 1, 9000 Gent

Names & denominations

KARAKTERS

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

19 January 2007

Peppol

Active · Active since 21 Oct 2026

Activities · NACE

Prepress- en premediadiensten

Prepress-activiteiten

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

KARAKTERS

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