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BENS

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Public limited companyfounded 1961active for 65 yearsNijverheidsstraat 24, 2260 Westerlo, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0404.141.788
Summary

BENS has been active since 1961 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €17.4m and a net result of €2.0m. Equity is growing by about 17% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 49% of 6,030 sector peers (NACE 46, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.1% (very low).

Overview

Activity
Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry
NACE 46321
Largest company by total assets in Westerlo, Wholesale and retail trade sector1 site
Size
€120.7mturnover 2025
Staff
33.4 FTE
Equity
€17.4m
Profit
€2.0m
Financial health
90 Excellent Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
0.1%
Structure
Parent
VANDEN AVENNE VRIESHUIS · 100%
Holdings
1
Auditor: VRC BEDRIJFSREVISOREN BVAccounts 22 days early1 of 10 deeds read
Why 90raises riskLiquidity: current ratio 1.42, cash €1.3m, halvedlowers riskFounded in 1961Size: turnover €120.7m, 33.4 FTE, total assets €38.9mLegal form: public limited companyShow the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
90 / 100
Excellent
Probability in this band: under 0.55%
Financially better than 44% of its sector peers (NACE 46, small)
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Average
Solvency 70+7
equity 44.7% of total assets
Liquidity 35=
short-term debt 40.3% · cash 3.3%
Profitability 56+9
return on assets 5.1%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.1% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

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

Sector median 0.2% (4,383 companies, NACE 46, small)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 0.1% 12-2024: 0.1%● unchanged vs 11-2024 01-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 12-2024 02-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 01-2025 03-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 02-2025 04-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 03-2025lowest value 05-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 04-2025 06-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 05-2025 07-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 06-2025 08-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 07-2025 09-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 08-2025 10-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 09-2025 11-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 10-2025 12-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 12-2025 02-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 01-2026 03-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 03-2026 05-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 04-2026 06-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 05-2026 07-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 06-2026highest value 08-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 07-2026 09-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 08-2026 10-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 09-2026
Credit of up to €1,550,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity tight (current ratio 1.42, compared with 1.3 in 2024; short-term debt: 40.3% and cash: 3.3% of total assets), and 55.3% 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 46, small): better than 52% on solvency, 37% on liquidity, 39% on profitability and 47% 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

Five signals.
lowers riskraises riskneutral
raises risk · Liquidity: current ratio 1.42, cash €1.3m, halved
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Founded in 1961
Companies that have existed this long fail less often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
KBO
lowers risk · Size: turnover €120.7m, 33.4 FTE, total assets €38.9m
Companies of this size fail less often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
NBB · annual accounts
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 09-07-2026, 22 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
22 days early
2024
16 days early
2023
14 days early
2022
24 days early
2021
5 days early
2020
15 days early
2019
68 days late
← 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 4 days before the deadline; the sector median (NACE 46) for financial year 2024 is 3 days before the deadline, and 39% 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 15 July (5 of the last 5 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
12-10-2026 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. Reappointment: VRC BEDRIJFSREVISOREN BV (statutory auditor)Permanent representative: Marcel LAEREMANS
  3. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2024 · full…

Key points

  • Positive: Largest company by total assets in Westerlo, Wholesale and retail trade sectorin the Checked rankings No. 1 View
  • Positive: 8 profitable years in a rowprofit 2025: €2.0m 8 years View
  • Controlled by VANDEN AVENNE VRIESHUISthe company in turn controls 1 companies 100% View
  • Positive: Filed on time since financial year 2020accounts within the deadline every year 6 years View
  • Active since 1961founded 01-05-1961 65 years View

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Financials

Financial year
2025
Turnover
€120.7m
Profit
€2.0m
Solvency
44.7%
Turnover▼ 7.9%
Net result
20182025
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Timeline

Events
51
Since
1978
Next accounts
by 31-07-2027
  1. 17-07-2024Annual accounts filed
  2. 31-12-2023Highest result from 2018 to 2025
  3. 07-07-2023Annual accounts filed
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Company details

Sites
1
Legal form
Public limited company
Activity
Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game…NACE 46321
Founded
01-05-1961
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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