Financials
Financial year 2025
AREA from Gent, company number BE0898370349, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 7,609 after tax. For that financial year AREA recorded a gross margin of € 60,682 and equity of € 40,719. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -5,853 to € 7,609. 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 September 30, 2026.
€ 40,719
▲ 23% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 7,609
▲ still € 5,853 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 41,616
▲ 28% 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 € 22,119.
People and assets in 2025
€ 37,342
▲ 4% vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 2,609
▼ 28% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 40,799
▼ 27% vs 2024
€ 16,086 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 65,959
▲ 96% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 14,811
▲ 23% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 175,429 | € -6,356 | € 58,732 | € 60,682 | ▲ 3% |
| Profit after taxes | € 100,789 | € -69,524 | € -5,853 | € 7,609 | ▲ € 13,462 |
| Equity | € 108,488 | € 38,963 | € 33,110 | € 40,719 | ▲ 23% |
| Total debts | € 156,884 | € 208,811 | € 140,368 | € 157,236 | ▲ 12% |
| Cash | € 23,285 | € 33,638 | € 32,420 | € 41,616 | ▲ 28% |
| Retained profit | € 89,888 | € 20,363 | € 14,510 | € 22,119 | ▲ 52% |
| Bank debt | € 26,857 | € 77,582 | € 56,241 | € 40,799 | ▼ 27% |
| Balance sheet total | € 265,372 | € 247,775 | € 173,478 | € 197,955 | ▲ 14% |
Key figures of AREA, 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 AREA?
What happened at AREA in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 7,609. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 100,789 profit in 2022 to € 7,609 profit in 2025.
Paid € 23,496 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 100,789 profit.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Muidepoort 122 box A
9000 Gent
Meulesteedsesteenweg 507
9000 Gent
Active since 19 November 2020
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0898.370.349
- VAT number
- BE 0898.370.349
- Registered office
- Muidepoort 122 bus A, 9000 Gent
- Names & denominations
- AREA
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 5 June 2008
- Peppol
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