Skip to content

ARMASTEEL

Active
Public limited companyfounded 1971active for 55 yearsMarco Polostraat 51, 9042 Gent, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0408.328.824
Summary

The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of ARMASTEEL is 8.6% (elevated). The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €7.6m and a net result of €337,284. Equity remains stable across the filed financial years (±0.1% per year). Its solvency ranks better than 15% of 127 sector peers (NACE 24, financial year 2024). The company has been active since 1971 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals.

Overview

Activity
Manufacture of basic metals
NACE 24100Manufacture of basic metals NACE 24340
3rd oldest company in East Flanders, Basic metals sector2 sites
Size
€43.2mturnover 2024
Staff
23.2 FTE
Equity
€7.6m
Profit
€337,284
Financial health
32 Weak Checked score 2024
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
8.6%
Structure
Parent
METASTEEL Sàrl · 99.94%
Auditor: VGD BedrijfsrevisorenAccounts 76 days overdue2 of 15 deeds read
Why 32raises risk2 changes of registered office in 24 monthsFigures for financial year 2024 (filed 17-10-2025)Liquidity: current ratio 1.20, cash €2.9mEquity €7.6m (14.6% of total assets)Show the evidence

Checked score

Score 2024
32 / 100
Weak
Probability in this band: 4.2% to 15.0%
Financially better than 30% of its sector peers (NACE 24, small)
Financial strength · tick = 2023
Weak
Solvency 40-8
equity 14.6% of total assets
Liquidity 32+18
short-term debt 49.5% · cash 5.6%
Profitability 36-25
return on assets 0.6%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
8.6% Elevated
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

About 9 in 100 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 0.3% (74 companies, NACE 24, small)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 1.6% 12-2024: 1.6%● unchanged vs 11-2024 01-2025: 1.6%● unchanged vs 12-2024 02-2025: 1.5%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 01-2025 03-2025: 1.5%● unchanged vs 02-2025 04-2025: 1.5%● unchanged vs 03-2025 05-2025: 1.4%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 04-2025lowest value 06-2025: 1.5%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 05-2025 07-2025: 1.7%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 06-2025 08-2025: 2.2%▲ +0.5 percentage points vs 07-2025 09-2025: 2.6%▲ +0.4 percentage points vs 08-2025 10-2025: 9.1%▲ +6.5 percentage points vs 09-2025highest value 11-2025: 4.2%▼ -4.9 percentage points vs 10-2025 12-2025: 4.2%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: 4.2%● unchanged vs 12-2025 02-2026: 4.1%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 01-2026 03-2026: 4.1%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: 4.1%● unchanged vs 03-2026 05-2026: 4.1%● unchanged vs 04-2026 06-2026: 4.2%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 05-2026 07-2026: 4.3%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 06-2026 08-2026: 5.2%▲ +0.9 percentage points vs 07-2026 09-2026: 6.4%▲ +1.2 percentage points vs 08-2026 10-2026: 8.6%▲ +2.2 percentage points vs 09-2026
Credit of up to €240,000 on 30-day terms, only on tighter conditions: elevated estimated bankruptcy probability calls for adjusted credit terms
Liquidity tight (current ratio 1.2, compared with 0.94 in 2023, below the usual 1.5; short-term debt: 49.5% and cash: 5.6% of total assets), and 85.4% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
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 24, small): better than 10% on solvency, 20% on liquidity, 27% on profitability and 65% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 14-10-2026 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).

Credit check for your own amount and term

Show the recommended maximum and see how the verdict changes with amount, term and advance.

Signals

Seven signals.
raises riskneutral
raises risk · 2 changes of registered office in 24 months
Belgian Official Gazette
raises risk · Figures for financial year 2024 (filed 17-10-2025)
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Liquidity: current ratio 1.20, cash €2.9m
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Equity €7.6m (14.6% of total assets)
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Weak solvency vs sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 15% of 127 sector peers (2024).
NBB · sector comparison
Position among 127 sector peers
Solvency
better than 15%
← weakest strongest →
raises risk · Annual accounts not filed
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due at the National Bank by 31-07-2026. Nothing is on record, 76 days later.
NBB · 10 filings
Position against the passed deadline
31-12-2025 year end31-07-2026 deadline15-10-2026 today
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 10-10-2025, 71 days later. Nearly half (47%) of Belgian companies file late; of those that file 1 to 90 days late, 2.0% are now bankrupt, dissolved or in another special legal status, against 1.66% of all filers. A delay like this does not count in the score.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not filed
2024
71 days late
2023
35 days late
2022
68 days early
2021
88 days late
2020
178 days late
2019
45 days late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 6 accounts on average 58 days after the deadline; the sector median (NACE 24) for financial year 2024 is 15 days before the deadline, and 29% of those companies filed late.

Searched, nothing found (1)
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
Searched since 2021.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2024 · full…
  2. Resignations: DELFANNE Stephan, VERRESEN Eddy and…Appointment: VERRESEN Eddy (sole director)…
  3. Weakest financial yearnet €337,284 ▼60.6%

Key points

  • Caution: Result fell in 2024from €855,206 to €337,284 ▼ 60.6% View
  • Caution: Among the weakest 16% on solvencysector median 41.0% · 127 companies 14.6% View
  • Caution: Accounts not fileddeadline was 31-07-2026 76 days late View
  • Positive: 7 profitable years in a rowprofit 2024: €337,284 7 years View
  • Active since 1971founded 24-05-1971 55 years View
  • Known shareholderslargest: METASTEEL Sàrl 99.94% 100% View

By topic

Financials

Financial year
2024
Turnover
€43.2m
Profit
€337,284
Solvency
14.6%
Turnover▲ 7.9%
Net result
20182024
Go to Financials

Board & ownership

Board
1 member
Largest shareholder
METASTEEL Sàrl · 99.94%
Known shareholders
100%
Auditor
VGD Bedrijfsrevisoren
  • VERRESEN EddyDirector
Go to Board & ownership

Timeline

Events
51
Since
1978
  1. 04-09-2024Annual accounts filed
  2. 24-05-2023Annual accounts filed
  3. 31-12-2022Highest result from 2018 to 2024
Go to Timeline

Company details

Sites
2
Legal form
Public limited company
Activity
Manufacture of basic metalsNACE 24100
Founded
24-05-1971
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
Go to Company details

Articles of association

Provisions read
17
Annual meeting
Second Tuesday of June at 19:00
Purpose
“De productie, prefabricatie, verwerking en handel in alle producten die rechtstreeks of…” (deed in Dutch)
Go to Articles of association

Go further with this company

Your own company? See how customers, suppliers and banks see it and what to improve first.

Investigating this company? Keep it with today's facts in a case file.