Equity
€847,900 from €3.2m in 2019
Equity fell by 73% in 6 years.
AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS
Lifetime
18 annual accounts with figures on one time axis, 49 filings since 1977peak €4.3m (2008)
€3.3m▲ 6.7%
lowest -€238,228 (2021)
-€45,489▲ €16,171
peak €3.2m (2019)
€847,900▼ 5.1%
€647,730▼ 17.3%
peak 76.5 FTE (2008)
27.4 FTE▼ 3.5%
Board5 names since 2017
4 directorsBenfra and 3 others
Owners8 names in the annual accountsall names
100%Katoen Natie International S.A. and 1 other
Documentsfilings and deeds
07-07-202624 days before the deadline
2025financial year
Loss of €45,489Debts from €783,185 to €647,730
Key points
from the 2025 annual accountsLosses
-€608,723 in six years
Every financial year from 2020 to 2025 closed with a loss. 2021 was the heaviest.
Staff
27.4 FTE from 76.5 in 2008
Between 2008 and 2025, 64% of the full-time equivalents disappeared.
Payment terms
68 days to suppliers
AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS pays its suppliers 45 days earlier than in 2024.
Filings
49 annual accounts since 1977
Five of the last ten came late. The 2016 accounts came latest: 24 days after the end of the period.
At the same address
25 companies
Checked score
69
Healthy
Financially stronger than 59% of small companies in warehousing and transport support (NACE 52)
Probability in this band: 0.55% to 1.5%
Bankruptcy probability within 12 months
0.8% Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
The dashed line is the sector median: 0.4% across 596 companies (NACE 52, small).
About 8 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).
Last 24 months
12-2024: 0.8%
01-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 12-2024
02-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 01-2025
03-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 02-2025
04-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 03-2025
05-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 04-2025
06-2025: 0.9%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 05-2025
07-2025: 1.0%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 06-2025highest value
08-2025: 0.8%▼ -0.2 percentage points vs 07-2025
09-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 08-2025
10-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 09-2025
11-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 10-2025
12-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 11-2025
01-2026: 0.8%● unchanged vs 12-2025
02-2026: 0.8%● unchanged vs 01-2026
03-2026: 0.8%● unchanged vs 02-2026
04-2026: 0.8%● unchanged vs 03-2026
05-2026: 0.8%● unchanged vs 04-2026
06-2026: 0.8%● unchanged vs 05-2026
07-2026: 0.9%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 06-2026
08-2026: 0.8%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 07-2026lowest value
09-2026: 0.8%● unchanged vs 08-2026lowest value
10-2026: 0.8%● unchanged vs 09-2026lowest value
11-2026: 0.8%● unchanged vs 10-2026lowest value
Financial strengthStrong
Score breakdown
raises risk
Liquidity: current ratio 1.17
Sector: Warehousing and support activities for transportation (NACE 52)
lowers risk
Founded in 1933
Equity €847,900 (52.1% of total assets)
Calculation
The band follows from the bankruptcy probability. 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 52, small). It does better than 70% of them on solvency, 83% on liquidity, 38% on profitability and 45% on growth.
The bankruptcy probability was computed on 08-11-2026 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.
The probability rests on the annual accounts with balance sheet date 31-12-2025.
Of the companies with a bankruptcy probability in the low class on 30-06-2025, 0.8% went bankrupt within twelve months.
Some facts cap the score, however low the probability. With negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special status in the KBO, one missing filing or accounts filed more than 90 days late, the score is Fair at most (59). With two missing filings, it is Weak at most (44). During a judicial reorganisation or at the company's end (bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation), it is Critical at most (24).
Comparable companies, two years later
In July 2024, 8,617 companies had the same profile as AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS has now. Each dot stands for 22 companies, two years later.
94.2%
were still trading
5.2%
stopped another way
0.4%
went bankrupt
Another 0.2% stopped without a precise date, possibly only after those two years.
The bankruptcy probability of AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS itself is higher: 0.8% within 12 months. It rests on far more data about AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS than the profile alone.
Test of the method
The method was tested on the 497,447 companies of July 2024. Each company was given the bankruptcy share of the same profile a year earlier, in July 2023. The expectation was that 1.6% would go bankrupt within 24 months. In fact 1.7% went bankrupt.
| Group | Expected | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| 2 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| 3 | 0.5% | 0.6% |
| 4 | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| 5 | 0.9% | 0.9% |
| 6 | 1.3% | 1.5% |
| 7 | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| 8 | 1.8% | 1.8% |
| 9 | 3.0% | 3.1% |
| 10 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
A company that went bankrupt had a higher expected share than one that kept going in 74.5% of comparisons. The level depends on the economy. In a year with more bankruptcies than the year before, the actual share is higher than the expected one.
This is an observation about 8,617 companies, not a prediction for AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS. The sector does not count, because the KBO no longer lists a sector for a company that has stopped. By sector, mostly the survivors would count, which would paint too rosy a picture.
Credit verdict
Credit of up to €55,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity is tight, with a current ratio of 1.17 (1.11 in 2024), below the usual 1.5. Short-term debt is 39.4% of total assets. 47.9% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
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Signals
Six signals.
lowers riskraises riskneutral
raises risk · Persistent losses
Two consecutive loss-making years (2024 and 2025); equity is also lower. May indicate structural pressure on profitability.
NBB · annual accounts 2025Net result per financial year
1819202122232425
2018 to 2025 · latest year -€45,489
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 07-07-2026, 24 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filingsDeviation from the deadline
2025
24 days early
2024
30 days early
2023
1 day early
2022
21 days late
2021
1 day late
2020
1 day early
2019
10 days late
← before the deadline
after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector
The company filed its last 7 accounts on average 3 days before the deadline. In the sector (NACE 52), the median for financial year 2024 was 8 days before the deadline, and 36% 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 31 July (5 of the last 5 accounts filed within 30 days either side of that date).
Companies Code · seven monthsWhere today falls in the filing period
09-11-2026 today31-12-2026 year end31-07-2027 deadline
Board and ownership
B
Benfra
Director, Stefan De Vrieze, since 30-06-2023
M
Majelo
Director, Pieter Dhaese, since 30-06-2023
M
Midolym
Director, Bart Versprille, since 30-06-2023
JS
JV Supply
Director, Joris Verheulpen, since 01-01-2024
- Katoen Natie International S.A. 100%annual accounts 2025
- KATOEN NATIE GROUP S.A. consolidatesannual accounts 2025
Recent changes
1 statutory auditor reappointed
Ernst & Young Bedrijfsrevisoren (statutory auditor) · Permanent representatives: Ronald Van den Ecker, Pieter Dhaese and Stefan De Vrieze · General meeting of 10-06-2026 · Gazette deed
Registered in the Peppol Directory
Reachable for e-invoices through 0208:0404805051
1 director appointed
JV Supply · Permanent representatives: Joris Verheulpen, Stefan De Vrieze and Pieter Dhaese · General meeting of 24-11-2023 · Gazette deed
Permanent representative: Phillppe Versweyveld
Gazette deed
Comparable companies
same main activity, similar in size and age| Company | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS Antwerp | €3.3m | -2.0% | 52.1% | 27.4 |
| INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GROUP Ghent | €3.1m | 0.7% | 7.0% | 28.1 |
| RIGA TERMINALS Antwerp | - | - | 0.8% | 25.7 |
| VAN MOER BRUSSELS Brussels | €5.0m | -2.0% | 13.5% | 7.6 |
| Stevedoring & Trading Company Brabo Antwerp | - | - | 85.0% | 7.4 |
| D.D. SHIPPING Puurs-Sint-Amands | €4.3m | -3.8% | 39.3% | 8.6 |
| NOVA NATIE Antwerp | €9.2m | 7.7% | 27.8% | 14.3 |
Grey: the largest companies of the sector (warehousing and transport support (NACE 52)), without their names. Blue: the sector peers from the table.
These companies have the same main activity as AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS: warehousing and support activities for transportation (NACE 52241). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €740,000 and €16m, founded between 1907 and 1988.
Official details
Source: KBO- Status
- Active since 22-12-1933Normal situation
- Registered office
- 26 active companies are registered at this addressSource: KBO register, as of 8 November 2026.
- Activity
- Warehousing and support activities for transportationNACE 52241and 2 others
- Establishment unit
- 2.003.680.5973600 Genk, since 02-03-1994
- Financial year end
- 31 December
- Peppol
- Reachable since 26-12-2025
Annual accounts 2025
- €1.6m▼ 15.5%
- Employeeson 31-12-2025
- 29▲ 3.6%
- Filing
- Filed on 07-07-2026, 24 days before the end of the filing period
Insights on AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS
AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS has existed since 1933. Turnover fell from €4.3m in 2008 to €98,867 in 2009 and staff from 76.5 to 0.9 full-time equivalents.
Turnover has grown every year since 2022. Solvency rose in 2025 from 46.4% to 52.1% because of lower debts.
Katoen Natie International S.A. holds all the shares.
Sources: KBO register, filings at the National Bank, Belgian Official Gazette. Click a figure with a dotted line for the item and the filing.
Key facts about AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS
- What is the company number of AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS?
- The company number of AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS is 0404.805.051. The VAT number is the same number with BE in front: BE 0404.805.051.
- Where is AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS based?
- The registered office is at Van Aerdtstraat 33, 2060 Antwerp.Company details
- What does AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS do?
- According to the KBO register, the main activity is warehousing and support activities for transportation (NACE 52241).
- What is the legal form of AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS?
- AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS is a public limited company (NV).
- When was AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS founded?
- AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS was founded on 22-12-1933.
- Is AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS still active?
- Yes, AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS is an active enterprise in the KBO register.
- How many employees does AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS have?
- AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS had an average of 27.4 full-time equivalents in financial year 2025, according to the filed annual accounts.Financials
- What is the turnover of AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS?
- The turnover of AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS was €3.3m in financial year 2025, according to the filed annual accounts.
- Is AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS profitable?
- In financial year 2025, AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS made a loss of €45,489.
- Where can I find the annual accounts of AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS?
- AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS filed 49 annual accounts with the National Bank of Belgium, the latest for financial year 2025.
- When are the next annual accounts of AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS due?
- AUTOMOTIVE CONTRACTORS must file the annual accounts for financial year 2026 by 31-07-2027.Timeline
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