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BREPOLS

Special situation
Public limited companyfounded 199828 yrs activeTieblokkenlaan 2, 2300 Turnhout, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0463.139.663
Summary

The KBO register records for BREPOLS the legal situation: special situation; this is today's state according to the register itself, which carries no start date. The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.1% (very low). The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €11.1m and a net result of €1.5m. Equity is shrinking by ~4% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 76% of 187 sector peers (fiscal year 2025).

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BREPOLSSpecial situationChecked score 56/100
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Overview

Activity
Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing
NACE 58190NACE 22150Wholesale trade NACE 46491
1 site
Size
€19.0mturnover 2025
Staff
93.1 FTE
Equity
€11.1m
Profit
€1.5m
Financial health
56 Fair Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy chance 12 m
0.1%
Structure
Parent
BREPOLS GROUP · 100%
Board
8 members
Auditor: RSM INTERAUDITAccounts 86 d early
Why 56Capped at 59: the KBO legal situation- Liquidity: current ratio 2.67, cash €401,797+ Profit of €1.5m (FY 2025)+ Equity €11.1m (67.3% of total assets)+ Founded in 1998Show the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
56 / 100
Fair
Probability in this band: 1.5% to 4.2%
Better than 61% of its sector peers (NACE 58)
Performance against the sector, not lower risk
The KBO legal situation caps the score at 59. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Strong
Solvency 92=
equity 67.3% of total assets
Liquidity 45-2
short-term debt 22.5% · cash 2.4%
Profitability 82+8
return on assets 9.1%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.1% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

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

Sector median 0.1% (23 companies)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 0.1% 12-2024: 0.1%● 0.0% vs 11-2024 01-2025: 0.1%● 0.0% vs 12-2024 02-2025: 0.1%▼ -5.1% vs 01-2025 03-2025: 0.1%▲ +1.8% vs 02-2025 04-2025: 0.1%▲ +5.3% vs 03-2025 05-2025: 0.1%▲ +6.7% vs 04-2025highest value 06-2025: 0.1%▼ -15.6% vs 05-2025 07-2025: 0.1%● 0.0% vs 06-2025 08-2025: 0.1%● 0.0% vs 07-2025 09-2025: 0.1%● 0.0% vs 08-2025 10-2025: 0.1%● 0.0% vs 09-2025 11-2025: 0.1%● 0.0% vs 10-2025 12-2025: 0.1%● 0.0% vs 11-2025 01-2026: 0.1%● 0.0% vs 12-2025 02-2026: 0.1%▼ -3.7% vs 01-2026lowest value 03-2026: 0.1%▲ +1.9% vs 02-2026 04-2026: 0.1%▲ +5.7% vs 03-2026 05-2026: 0.1%▲ +5.4% vs 04-2026 06-2026: 0.1%▼ -5.1% vs 05-2026 07-2026: 0.1%● 0.0% vs 06-2026 08-2026: 0.1%● 0.0% vs 07-2026 09-2026: 0.1%▼ -1.8% vs 08-2026 10-2026: 0.1%● 0.0% vs 09-2026
  • Liquidity: current ratio 2.67, cash €401,797 raises the probability
  • Profit of €1.5m (FY 2025) lowers the probability
  • Equity €11.1m (67.3% of total assets) lowers the probability
  • Founded in 1998 lowers the probability for this profile
Credit up to €600,000 at 30 days only on tighter terms
Liquidity ample (current ratio 2.67 against 2.69 in 2024; short-term debt: 22.5% and cash: 2.4% of total assets), and 32.7% of the assets are financed with debt.
How it is calculated

The band comes from the bankruptcy probability on a scale of 0 to 100: every 10 points more double the odds of getting through the year without bankruptcy.

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%

Place inside the band: half the bankruptcy probability, half how the company does against its sector peers (NACE 58). Better than this share of them on solvency 73%, liquidity 43%, profitability 70%, growth against the median 56%. That is performance, not lower risk; the band itself always comes from the probability.

Bankruptcy probability: model pd-v3.202610021621, computed on 03-10-2026. The model learns from Belgian bankruptcies and reads the registers, the annual accounts and the gazette.

Ceilings: negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special KBO legal situation and a missing filing 59 (two missing 44), an ongoing judicial reorganisation or an ending 24. Financial strength does not count in the score.

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Signals

Six signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
−lowers risk+raises risk○neutral
raises risk · Liquidity: current ratio 2.67, cash €401,797
In the bankruptcy model this factor raises the probability.
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Profit of €1.5m (FY 2025)
In the bankruptcy model this factor lowers the probability.
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Equity €11.1m (67.3% of total assets)
In the bankruptcy model this factor lowers the probability.
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Founded in 1998
In the bankruptcy model this factor lowers the probability for this profile.
KBO
raises risk · Register: special situation
The KBO register records the legal situation: special situation. This is today's state according to the register itself; the register carries no start date.
KBO · legal situation
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 06-05-2026, 86 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
86 d early
2024
86 d early
2023
85 d early
2022
88 d early
2021
89 d early
2020
88 d early
2019
58 d 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 83 days before the deadline; the sector median for financial year 2024 is 7 days before the deadline, and 37% of the sector filed late.

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. Usually files around 6 May (5 of the last 5 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Position in the running window
04-10-2026 today31-12-2026 close31-07-2027 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
We found no ex-officio strike-off or cessation. Our series starts in 2021 and has gaps, so this is not a confirmation that there is nothing.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. Annual accounts filedfiscal year 2025 · full…
  2. Highest result since 2018net €1.5m ▲62.8%
  3. Reappointment: RSM INTERAUDIT (statutory auditor)Permanent representative: Sébastien Deckers

Key points

  • Positive: Among the best 10% on net resultsector median €24,823 · 190 companies €1.5m View
  • Positive: Result rose in 2025from €926,115 to €1.5m ▲ 62.8% View
  • Positive: Always filed on timeaccounts within the deadline every year 8 years View
  • Positive: 8 profitable years in a rowprofit 2025: €1.5m 8 years View
  • Controlled by BREPOLS GROUP 100% View
  • Flemish supportawarded 2022 - 2025 €224,308 View

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Financials

Fiscal year
2025
Turnover
€19.0m
Profit
€1.5m
Solvency
67.3%
Turnover▲ 1.0%
Net result
20182025
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Board & ownership

Board
8 members
Parent
BREPOLS GROUP · 100%
Auditor
RSM INTERAUDIT
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Timeline

Events
31
Since
2003
Next accounts
by 31-07-2027
  1. 06-05-2026Annual accounts filed
  2. 31-12-2025Highest result since 2018
  3. 24-10-2025Reappointment: RSM INTERAUDIT (statutory auditor)
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Company details

Sites
1
Legal form
Public limited company
Activity
Other publishing activities, excluding software publishingNACE 58190
Founded
24-04-1998
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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Articles of association

Provisions read
1
Purpose
1. het uitgeven, de handel, nijverheid en/of distributie van agenda's, papier…
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