b metropool
ActiveSummary
b metropool has been active since 1994 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €521k and a net result of €56k. Equity is growing by ~8.7% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 32% of 7777 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.6% (low).
Checked score
Score 2025
72
/ 100
Healthy
The score weighs solvency, liquidity, profitability and financial development. Bankruptcy probability contributes 35%. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability73▼-4
Solvency54▼-34
Growth32▼-46
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.6%
Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €35k at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 2.74 against 5.77 in 2024; short-term debt: 32.3% and cash: 40.3% of total assets), but 70.7% of the assets are financed with debt.
Credit advice for your own amount and term
Signals
Four signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
−lowers risk+raises risk○neutral
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 43
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Sector 43
higher
← fewer bankruptcies
more bankruptcies →
lowers risk · Long track record
A company with a long track record statistically fails less often than a young one.
KBO · incorporation dateAge against the risk zone
lowers risk · Annual accounts: healthy financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a healthy profile in solvency, result and liquidity.
NBB · annual accounts 2025Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
29.3%
Return on assets
3.1%
Age of the figures
9 mo
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 15-04-2026, 107 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filingsDeviation from the deadline
2025
107 d early
2024
150 d early
2023
126 d early
2022
173 d early
2021
132 d early
2020
94 d early
2019
88 d early
← before the deadline
after the deadline →
Checked, nothing found (2)
neutral · The next deadline is still running
The next financial year closes on 31-12-2026 and is due by 31-07-2027. Nothing is late today.
Companies Code · seven monthsPosition in the running window
24-09-2026 today31-12-2026 close31-07-2027 deadline
Financials · fiscal year 2025, abbreviated schema
Equity
€521k▼ 66.3%
2024 · €1.54M
2018: €823k
2019: €852k
2020: €1.12M
2021: €1.50M
2022: €1.49M
2023: €1.65M
2024: €1.54M
2018 → 2025
Total assets
€1.78M▼ 27.7%
2024 · €2.46M
2018: €2.26M
2019: €2.06M
2020: €2.69M
2021: €2.61M
2022: €2.18M
2023: €2.36M
2024: €2.46M
2018 → 2025
Net result
€56k▼ 64.0%
2024 · €155k
2018: €148k
2019: €364k
2020: €486k
2021: €387k
2022: €96k
2023: €313k
2024: €155k
2018 → 2025
Working capital
€999k▼ 39.0%
2024 · €1.64M
2018: €976k
2019: €876k
2020: €1.56M
2021: €1.54M
2022: €1.36M
2023: €1.68M
2024: €1.64M
2018 → 2025
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise
▼ fall
Line20212022202320242025Trend
Equity€1.50M-€1.49M▼ 0.5%€1.65M▲ 11.0%€1.54M▼ 6.7%€521k▼ 66.3%
Operating result€562k-€152k▼ 72.9%€431k▲ 183%€211k▼ 50.9%€69k▼ 67.3%
Net result€387k-€96k▼ 75.2%€313k▲ 227%€155k▼ 50.6%€56k▼ 64.0%
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the abbreviated schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
The operating result has fallen two years in a row; 2025 is 67% below 2024 and is the lowest result in the available series.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €1.78M
Fixed assets
€204k ▼ 57.4%
Current assets
€1.57M ▼ 20.5%
Equity and liabilities €1.78M
Equity
€521k ▼ 66.3%
Provisions
€29k ▲ 24.4%
Debt
€1.23M ▲ 37.7%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 36.3% to 69.1%. Equity is lower and debt is higher.
Key figures and ratios
EBITDA
€141k▼
2024 · €303k
Cash flow
€128k▼
2024 · €247k
Current ratio
2.74▼
2024 · 5.77
Quick ratio
2.58▼
2024 · 5.44
Debt to equity
2.36▲
2024 · 0.58
ROE
10.7%▲
2024 · 10.0%
ROA
3.1%▼
2024 · 6.3%
Interest coverage
6.17▼
2024 · 25.77
Debt ≤ 1 year
€574k▲
2024 · €343k
Debt > 1 year
€22k▼
2024 · €36k
Income taxes
€29k▼
2024 · €74k
Staff costs
€413k▲
2024 · €298k
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2025 against 2024 · 62 lines
Balance sheet
Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€2.46M€1.78M▼
Fixed assets21/28€480k€204k▼
Intangible fixed assets21€412€159▼
Tangible fixed assets22/27€466k€196k▼
Land and buildings22€264k-
Plant, machinery and equipment23-€1k
Furniture and vehicles24€195k€186k▼
Other tangible fixed assets26€6k€9k▲
Financial fixed assets28€14k€8k▼
Current assets29/58€1.98M€1.57M▼
Stocks and contracts in progress3€116k€90k▼
Stocks30/36€116k€90k▼
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€617k€569k▼
Trade receivables40€595k€562k▼
Other amounts receivable41€22k€8k▼
Current investments50/53€600k-
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€573k€715k▲
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€72k€197k▲
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€2.46M€1.78M▼
Equity10/15€1.54M€521k▼
Contributions10/11€62k€27k▼
Reserves13€1.48M€493k▼
Tax-exempt reserves132€26k€11k▼
Distributable reserves133€1.46M€482k▼
Provisions and deferred taxes16€23k€29k▲
Provisions for liabilities and charges160/5€23k€29k▲
Environmental obligations163€23k€29k▲
Amounts payable17/49€891k€1.23M▲
Amounts payable after more than one year17€36k€22k▼
Financial debts170/4€36k€22k▼
Amounts payable within one year42/48€343k€574k▲
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€17k€8k▼
Trade debts44€118k€164k▲
Suppliers440/4€118k€164k▲
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€98k€58k▼
Taxes450/3€71k€30k▼
Remuneration and social security454/9€27k€28k▲
Other amounts payable47/48€110k€344k▲
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€513k€632k▲
Income statement
Code20242025
Non-recurring operating income76A€56k€4k▼
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€298k€413k▲
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€92k€72k▼
Provisions for liabilities and charges: additions (uses and reversals)635/8€-42k€6k▲
Other operating charges640/8€14k€10k▼
Non-recurring operating charges66A€968€2k▲
Gross operating margin9900€574k€572k▼
Operating profit (loss)9901€211k€69k▼
Financial income75/76B€29k€39k▲
Recurring financial income75€29k€39k▲
Financial charges65/66B€12k€23k▲
Recurring financial charges65€12k€23k▲
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€229k€85k▼
Income taxes67/77€74k€29k▼
Profit (loss) for the period9904€155k€56k▼
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€155k€56k▼
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€155k€56k▼
Transfer from equity791/2€265k€215k▼
Transfer to equity691/2€155k€56k▼
To other reserves6921€155k€56k▼
Profit to be distributed694/7€265k€215k▼
Return on contributions (dividend)694€265k€215k▼
Social balance
Average headcount (FTE)90873.74.7▲
The notes to these accounts (16 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.
Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones
Next filing, fiscal year 2026, expected by
2026
15-04
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · abbreviated schema
2025
31-12
Financial
Weakest financial yearnet €56k ▼64%
Net result drops to €56k, the lowest in the series.
03-03
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · abbreviated schema
2024
27-03
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · abbreviated schema
2023
08-02
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · abbreviated schema
2022
21-03
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · abbreviated schema
2021
28-04
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · abbreviated schema
2020
31-12
Financial
Highest result since 2018net €486k ▲33.7%
Operating result €654k, net result €486k, both a record.
31-12
Financial
Equity above €1MEq €1.12M ▲31.4%
3 profitable years in a row build equity to €1.12M.
04-05
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · abbreviated schema
2019
09-05
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · abbreviated schema
2018
04-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · abbreviated schema
2017
30-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
Directors · office · real estate
Directors
6 acts for this company are in the Belgian State Gazette, of which we have read 0. We have therefore not extracted its directors from those acts yet.
Location & real-estate footprint
Registered office, Antwerpen · 1 establishment unit since 1998
Cannot be placed on the map
This address could not be matched to a point in the Belgian address register (BOSA BEST). The address below comes straight from the Crossroads Bank.
Jordaenskaai 22000 AntwerpenGround area
1,118 m²
Building footprint
1,035 m²
Volume, LiDAR
18,149 m³
Parcel 11002A2034/00E000, Flanders · tallest building 24.1 m, ±6 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
b metropool
since 19982.065.870.465
1 parcel
Flanders
1
(100%)
| Parcel (capakey) | Region | Area | Buildings | Height / fl. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11002A2034/00E000 | Flanders | 1,118 m² | 1 · 1,035 m² | 24.1 m · 6 fl. |
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Methodology
via registered seat: 1
1 of 1 parcel with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.
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Company data · Crossroads Bank
Identification
Legal formPrivate limited company
Founded24-02-1994
Fiscal year end31-12
Trade name NL
BULTHAUP METROPOOL
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
43320Joinery installation
47551Retail sale of household furniture
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 31 filingsAddress and cadastre registers
Scores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.