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BERTAUX FRERES

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Private limited companyfounded 1997active for 29 yearsChaussée de Bruxelles 153, 7090 Braine-le-Comte, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0459.801.576
Summary

BERTAUX FRERES has been active since 1997 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €2.3m and a net result of €136,750. Equity is growing by about 2.6% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 92% of 6,487 sector peers (NACE 47, financial year 2024). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.2% (very low).

Overview

Activity
Retail sale of beverages, general range
NACE 47252
#4 company by equity in Braine-le-Comte, Wholesale and retail trade sector1 site
Size
€2.8mtotal assets 2024
Staff
10.5 FTE
Equity
€2.3m
Profit
€136,750
Financial health
93 Excellent Checked score 2024
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
0.2%
Structure
Accounts filed 53 days late0 of 3 deeds read
Why 93raises riskFigures for financial year 2024 (filed 22-09-2025)lowers riskFounded in 1997Equity €2.3m (80.8% of total assets)Liquidity: current ratio 4.59, cash €650,839Show the evidence

Checked score

Score 2024
93 / 100
Excellent
Probability in this band: under 0.55%
Financially better than 73% of its sector peers (NACE 47, small)
Financial strength · tick = 2023
Strong
Solvency 100=
equity 80.8% of total assets
Liquidity 74+1
short-term debt 18.0% · cash 23.3%
Profitability 49-2
return on assets 4.9%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.2% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

About 2 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 0.4% (3,692 companies, NACE 47, 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 03-2025 05-2025: 0.1%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 04-2025 06-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 05-2025 07-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 06-2025 08-2025: 0.2%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 07-2025 09-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 08-2025highest value 10-2025: < 0.1%▼ -0.2 percentage points 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 12-2025lowest value 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 06-2026 08-2026: 0.1%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 07-2026 09-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 08-2026 10-2026: 0.2%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 09-2026
Credit of up to €210,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 4.59, compared with 4.0 in 2023; short-term debt: 18% and cash: 23.3% of total assets), and 19.2% of the assets are financed with debt.
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, small): better than 95% on solvency, 91% on liquidity and 32% on profitability.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 10-10-2026 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
lowers risk · Founded in 1997
How long the company has existed counts in the probability; how much depends on the rest of its profile.
KBO
raises risk · Figures for financial year 2024 (filed 22-09-2025)
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Equity €2.3m (80.8% of total assets)
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Liquidity: current ratio 4.59, cash €650,839
NBB · annual accounts
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 22-09-2025, 53 days later. For context: 47% of Belgian companies file late, and of those that file 1 to 90 days late, 2.0% are now in a legal situation other than normal in the KBO (such as bankruptcy, liquidation or dissolution), against 1.66% of all filers. We show this as a fact and do not score it.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2024
53 days late
2023
30 days late
2022
12 days late
2021
331 days late
2020
3 days late
2019
24 days early
2018
22 days early
← 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 55 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.

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. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2023 · full…
  3. Back to profitnet €94,417

Key points

  • Positive: Among the best 8% on solvencysector median 32.6% · 6,487 companies 80.8% View
  • Active since 1997founded 13-01-1997 29 years View
  • Total assets 20246 financial years filed €2.8m View

By topic

Financials

Financial year
2024
Total assets
€2.8m
Profit
€136,750
Solvency
80.8%
Total assets▲ 2.0%
Net result
20192024
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Timeline

Events
31
Since
1998
  1. 30-09-2023Equity above €2m
  2. 12-05-2023Annual accounts filed
  3. 27-03-2023Annual accounts filed
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Company details

Sites
1
Legal form
Private limited company
Activity
Retail sale of beverages, general rangeNACE 47252
Founded
13-01-1997
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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