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B. STEPS

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Private limited company (pre-2019)founded 1997active for 29 yearsLouizalaan 132, 1050 Elsene, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0460.628.056
Summary

The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of B. STEPS is 2.1% (moderate). The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €88,647 and a net result of -€2,524. Equity remains stable across the filed financial years (±0.7% per year). Its solvency ranks better than 31% of 25,599 sector peers (NACE 47, financial year 2024). The company has been active since 1997 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency signals. The CBE does carry 1 administrative register entry (see administrative flags).

Overview

Activity
Retail sale of footwear
NACE 47721Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) NACE 47716
2 sites
Size
€762,232total assets 2024
Equity
€88,647
Loss
-€2,524
Turnover not published (micro format)
Financial health
52 Fair Checked score 2024
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
2.1%
Structure
Accounts 73 days overdue0 of 1 deed read
Why 52raises riskFigures for financial year 2024 (filed 31-08-2025)Equity €88,647 (11.6% of total assets)lowers riskSize: total assets €762,232Founded in 1997Show the evidence

Checked score

Score 2024
52 / 100
Fair
Probability in this band: 1.5% to 4.2%
Financially better than 23% of its sector peers (NACE 47, micro)
Financial strength · tick = 2023
Weak
Solvency 37=
equity 11.6% of total assets
Liquidity 22+4
short-term debt 64.1% · cash 4.9%
Profitability 18-55
return on assets -0.3%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
2.1% Moderate
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

About 2 in 100 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 0.6% (40,191 companies, NACE 47, micro)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 0.6% 12-2024: 0.6%● unchanged vs 11-2024 01-2025: 0.6%● unchanged vs 12-2024 02-2025: 0.7%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 01-2025 03-2025: 0.7%● unchanged vs 02-2025 04-2025: 0.7%● unchanged vs 03-2025 05-2025: 0.8%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 04-2025 06-2025: 0.7%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 05-2025 07-2025: 1.0%▲ +0.3 percentage points vs 06-2025 08-2025: 1.4%▲ +0.4 percentage points vs 07-2025 09-2025: 0.6%▼ -0.8 percentage points vs 08-2025lowest value 10-2025: 0.6%● unchanged vs 09-2025 11-2025: 0.6%● unchanged vs 10-2025 12-2025: 0.6%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: 0.6%● unchanged vs 12-2025 02-2026: 0.6%● unchanged vs 01-2026 03-2026: 0.6%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: 0.6%● unchanged vs 03-2026 05-2026: 0.7%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 04-2026 06-2026: 0.7%● unchanged vs 05-2026 07-2026: 0.8%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 06-2026 08-2026: 1.4%▲ +0.6 percentage points vs 07-2026 09-2026: 1.7%▲ +0.3 percentage points vs 08-2026 10-2026: 2.1%▲ +0.4 percentage points vs 09-2026highest value
Credit of up to €4,500 on 30-day terms, only on tighter conditions
Liquidity tight (current ratio 1.18, compared with 1.16 in 2023; short-term debt: 64.1% and cash: 4.9% of total assets), and 88.4% 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 47, micro): better than 28% on solvency, 20% on liquidity, 21% on profitability and 21% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 11-10-2026 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

Seven signals.
lowers riskraises riskneutral
raises risk · Figures for financial year 2024 (filed 31-08-2025)
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Size: total assets €762,232
Companies of this size fail less often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Founded in 1997
Companies that have existed this long fail less often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
KBO
raises risk · Equity €88,647 (11.6% of total assets)
NBB · annual accounts
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, 73 days later.
NBB · 10 filings
Position against the passed deadline
31-12-2025 year end31-07-2026 deadline12-10-2026 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 31-08-2025, 31 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
31 days late
2023
30 days late
2019
292 days late
2018
658 days late
2017
162 days late
2016
526 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 283 days after the deadline; the sector median (NACE 47) for financial year 2024 is on the deadline day, and 47% of those companies filed late.

raises risk · Administrative warnings in the KBO publications
1 publication by the FPS Economy about this company, such as a strike-off for address, accounts or UBO, or its withdrawal.
KBO publications
Publications
Strikeout withdrawal
  1. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2024 · micro…
  2. Weakest financial yearnet -€2,524
  3. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2023 · micro…

Key points

  • Caution: Accounts not fileddeadline was 31-07-2026 73 days late View
  • Among the largest 8% on total assetssector median €147,201 · 25,607 companies €762,232 View
  • Active since 1997founded 07-05-1997 29 years View

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Financials

Financial year
2024
Total assets
€762,232
Loss
-€2,524
Solvency
11.6%
Total assets▼ 13.4%
Net result
20182024
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Timeline

Events
26
Since
1999
  1. 19-05-2021Annual accounts filed
  2. 19-05-2021Annual accounts filed
  3. 31-12-2019Highest result from 2018 to 2024
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Company details

Sites
2
Legal form
Private limited company (pre-2019)
Activity
Retail sale of footwearNACE 47721
Founded
07-05-1997
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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