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AQUAFIN

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Public limited companyfounded 1990active for 36 yearsDijkstraat 8, 2630 Aartselaar, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0440.691.388
Summary

AQUAFIN has been active since 1990 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €1.11bn and a net result of €7.3m. Equity remains stable across the filed financial years (±0.2% per year). Its solvency ranks better than 31% of 139 sector peers (NACE 37, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.3% (very low).

Overview

Activity
Sewerage
NACE 37000
#1 employer in Belgium, Sewerage sector344 sites
Size
€636.9mturnover 2025
Staff
1,207.3 FTE
Equity
€1.11bn
Profit
€7.3m
Financial health
85 Excellent Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
0.3%
Structure
Parent
Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen · 100%
Board
9 members
Holdings
4
Auditor: BDO BEDRIJFSREVISOREN-BDO REVISEURS D'ENTREPRISESAccounts 32 days early
Why 85raises riskLiquidity: current ratio 0.50, cash €13.5mEquity €1.11bn (24.8% of total assets)lowers riskSector: Sewerage (NACE 37)Legal form: public limited companyShow the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
85 / 100
Excellent
Probability in this band: under 0.55%
Financially better than 33% of its sector peers (NACE 37)
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Average
Solvency 50-2
equity 24.8% of total assets
Liquidity 42-3
short-term debt 23.1% · cash 0.3%
Profitability 69=
return on assets 0.2%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.3% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

About 3 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 0.2% (3 companies, NACE 37, large)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 0.8% 12-2024: 0.9%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 11-2024 01-2025: 1.3%▲ +0.4 percentage points vs 12-2024highest value 02-2025: 1.3%● unchanged vs 01-2025highest value 03-2025: 1.3%● unchanged vs 02-2025highest value 04-2025: 1.2%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 03-2025 05-2025: 0.2%▼ -1.0 percentage point vs 04-2025 06-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 05-2025 07-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 06-2025 08-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 07-2025 09-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 08-2025 10-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 09-2025 11-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 10-2025 12-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 12-2025 02-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 01-2026lowest value 03-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 03-2026 05-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 04-2026 06-2026: 0.3%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 05-2026 07-2026: 0.3%● unchanged vs 06-2026 08-2026: 0.3%● unchanged vs 07-2026 09-2026: 0.3%● unchanged vs 08-2026 10-2026: 0.3%● unchanged vs 09-2026
Credit of up to €63,650,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity insufficient (current ratio 0.5, compared with 0.49 in 2024; short-term debt: 23.1% and cash: 0.3% of total assets), and 75.2% of the assets are financed with debt.
How it is calculated

The band follows from the bankruptcy probability, on a scale where 10 more points roughly halve it:

75-100 Excellent under 0.55%
60-74 Healthy 0.55% to 1.5%
45-59 Fair 1.5% to 4.2%
25-44 Weak 4.2% to 15.0%
0-24 Critical over 15.0%

Where the company stands within its band depends half on the bankruptcy probability and half on how it does against its sector peers (NACE 37): better than 31% on solvency, 46% on liquidity, 31% on profitability and 23% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 10-10-2026 by the bankruptcy model of 2 October 2026, which learns from Belgian bankruptcies and reads the registers, the annual accounts and the Belgian Official Gazette.

Some facts cap the score, however low the probability. Negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special status in the KBO, one missing filing or accounts filed more than 90 days late hold it at Fair at most (59); two missing filings, at Weak (44). An ongoing judicial reorganisation or the company's end (bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation) holds it at Critical at most (24).

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Signals

Five signals.
lowers riskraises riskneutral
raises risk · Liquidity: current ratio 0.50, cash €13.5m
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Equity €1.11bn (24.8% of total assets)
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Sector: Sewerage (NACE 37)
KBO
lowers risk · Legal form: public limited company
KBO
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due by 31-07-2026 and was filed on 29-06-2026, 32 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 9 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
32 days early
2024
104 days early
2023
49 days early
2022
94 days early
2021
80 days early
2020
100 days early
2019
72 days early
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 7 accounts on average 76 days before the deadline; the sector median (NACE 37) for financial year 2024 is 6 days before the deadline, and 38% of those companies filed late.

Searched, nothing found (2)
neutral · Next filing not due yet
The next financial year closes on 31-12-2026 and is due by 31-07-2027. Nothing is late today. The company usually files around 12 May (4 of the last 5 filed years within 32 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
10-10-2026 today31-12-2026 year end31-07-2027 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
Searched since 2021.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2025 · full…
  2. Appointment: Griet Cromphout (directeur finance &…Gazette deed
  3. Resignations & appointmentsBoard composition · Power of…

Key points

  • Positive: Employer in Belgium, Sewerage sectorin the Checked rankings #1 View
  • Positive: Result rose in 2025from €4.4m to €7.3m ▲ 63.6% View
  • Positive: Filed on time since financial year 2018accounts within the deadline every year 8 years View
  • Controlled by Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderenitself parent of 2 companies 100% View
  • Positive: 7 profitable years in a rowprofit 2025: €7.3m 7 years View
  • New directorlatest change 18-05-2026 · 9 in office 1 joined View
  • EU research moneyEU contribution €3.1m View

By topic

Financials

Financial year
2025
Turnover
€636.9m
Profit
€7.3m
Solvency
24.8%
Turnover▼ 5.4%
Net result
20182025
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Board & ownership

Board
9 members
Parent
Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen · 100%
Auditor
BDO BEDRIJFSREVISOREN-BDO REVISEURS D'ENTREPRISES
  • Renaat De SutterDirector
  • WITTOUCK JozefDirector
  • Nathalie HeremansDirector
  • Caroline CraenhalsDirector
  • Dirk LybaertDirector

and 4 other directors

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Timeline

Events
90
Since
1991
Next accounts
by 31-07-2027
  1. 16-05-2025Resignations: Katrien Desomer (director) and BDO Bedrijfsrevisoren…
  2. 18-04-2025Annual accounts filed
  3. 13-11-2024Resignations: Marleen Evenepoel (director) and Koen Helsen…
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Company details

Sites
344
Legal form
Public limited company
Activity
SewerageNACE 37000
Founded
25-04-1990
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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Articles of association

Provisions read
3
Purpose
De vennootschap stelt zich tot voorwerp de volgende taken van algemeen belang, die…
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