BROOTHAERS
ActiveSummary
BROOTHAERS has been active since 1976 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €392,165 and a net result of €3,779. Equity remains stable across the filed fiscal years (±0.1% per year). Its solvency ranks better than 89% of 11693 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.3% (very low).
Overview
What they do
Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods
NACE 46160NACE 51160
1 site
How big
€440,442total assets 2025
- Staff
- 0.8 FTE
- Equity
- €392,165
- Profit
- €3,779
Turnover not published (abridged schema)
Who decides
- Parent
- B- YOUNG · 99.93%
Accounts filed 24 d late0 of 5 deeds read
Why 79- Higher-failure-rate sector+ Long track record+ Lower-risk legal form+ Annual accounts: healthy financial profileFiled after the deadlineShow the evidence
Checked score
Score 2025
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability70▲+1
Solvency100=
Growth58▲+26
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.3%
Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €30,000 at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 8.25 against 6.26 in 2024; short-term debt: 11% and cash: 0.4% of total assets), and 11% of the assets are financed with debt.
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Signals
Five signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
−lowers risk+raises risk○neutral
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
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 46
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Wholesale trade (NACE 46)
about 21% more bankruptcies
← fewer bankruptcies
more bankruptcies →
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
89%
Return on assets
0.9%
Age of the figures
18 mo
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-03-2025 was due by 31-10-2025 and was filed on 24-11-2025, 24 days later. For context: 47% of the Belgian market files late and the whole 1-to-90-day band measures 2.0% abnormal legal state against a 1.66% average. We show this as a fact and do not score it.
NBB · 10 filingsDeviation from the deadline
2025
24 d late
2024
34 d late
2023
30 d late
2022
30 d late
2021
9 d late
2020
45 d late
2019
2 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 24 days after the deadline; the sector median for financial year 2024 is 3 days before the deadline, and 39% of the sector filed late.
Checked, nothing found (2)
neutral · The next deadline is still running
The next financial year closes on 31-03-2026 and is due by 31-10-2026. Nothing is late today. Usually files around 30 November (5 of the last 5 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven monthsPosition in the running window
31-03-2026 close01-10-2026 today31-10-2026 deadline
- Annual accounts filedfiscal year 2025 · micro…
- Highest result since 2019net €3,779 ▲311%
- Annual accounts filedfiscal year 2024 · micro…
Financials
Fiscal year 2025Total assets €440,442Profit €3,779Solvency 89.0%Liquidity 8.25
Total assets
€440,442▼ 2.4%
2019 - 2025
Net result
€3,779▲ 311%
2019 - 2025
Equity
€392,165▲ 1.0%
2019 - 2025
Staff (FTE)
0.8▼ 20.0%
2019 - 2025
Financials · fiscal year 2025, micro schema
Trend over the years
Trend over the years
In euros
In per cent
Ratio
In full-time equivalents (FTE)
In euros
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In per cent
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Ratio
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In full-time equivalents (FTE)
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Untick a line to hide it. Point at a year (or use the arrow keys on the chart) for the exact figures; the table below gives them all.Sector: the middle half (P25 to P75) of NACE 46, Wholesale trade, each year against the same schema; no band under 30 filings. Dashed line: the median. Available for Net result, Equity, Total assets, Working capital, Solvency, Current ratio, Return on assets (ROA), Staff (FTE).
Every figure with its change against the fiscal year before
favourable
unfavourable
Line20212022202320242025
Operating result€15,856▲ 2.1%-€3,081€6,368€4,983▼ 21.7%€4,268▼ 14.4%
Net result€3,323within the sector's middle half-€8,476below the sector's middle half€1,924within the sector's middle half€920within the sector's middle half▼ 52.2%€3,779within the sector's middle half▲ 311%
Equity€394,017above the sector's middle half▲ 0.9%€385,542above the sector's middle half▼ 2.2%€387,466above the sector's middle half▲ 0.5%€388,385above the sector's middle half▲ 0.2%€392,165above the sector's middle half▲ 1.0%
Total assets€420,803above the sector's middle half▼ 5.6%€407,103above the sector's middle half▼ 3.3%€418,554above the sector's middle half▲ 2.8%€451,238above the sector's middle half▲ 7.8%€440,442above the sector's middle half▼ 2.4%
Debt€26,786▼ 51.2%€21,561▼ 19.5%€31,088▲ 44.2%€62,852▲ 102%€48,277▼ 23.2%
Working capital€280,901above the sector's middle half▲ 9.7%€299,088above the sector's middle half▲ 6.5%€315,373above the sector's middle half▲ 5.4%€330,747above the sector's middle half▲ 4.9%€349,831above the sector's middle half▲ 5.8%
Solvency93.6%above the sector's middle half▲ 5.9pp94.7%above the sector's middle half▲ 1.1pp92.6%above the sector's middle half▼ 2.1pp86.1%above the sector's middle half▼ 6.5pp89.0%above the sector's middle half▲ 3.0pp
Current ratio11.50above the sector's middle half▲ 5.7214.87above the sector's middle half▲ 3.3811.14above the sector's middle half▼ 3.736.26above the sector's middle half▼ 4.888.25above the sector's middle half▲ 1.98
Return on assets (ROA)0.8%within the sector's middle half▲ 1.2pp-2.1%within the sector's middle half▼ 2.9pp0.5%within the sector's middle half▲ 2.5pp0.2%within the sector's middle half▼ 0.3pp0.9%within the sector's middle half▲ 0.7pp
Staff (FTE)0.6=11=0.8▼ 20.0%
above
within
below
the middle half (P25 to P75) of NACE 46, Wholesale trade, each year against the same schema; no band under 30 filings.
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the micro schema does not require them.
Result and balance sheet
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
The operating result has fallen two years in a row; 2025 is 14% below 2024.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €440,442
Fixed assets
€42,334 ▼ 26.6%
Current assets
€398,108 ▲ 1.1%
Equity and liabilities €440,442
Equity
€392,165 ▲ 1.0%
Debt
€48,277 ▼ 23.2%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total falls from 13.9% to 11.0%. Equity is higher and debt is lower.
Key figures and ratios
Key figures and ratios
EBITDA
€19,572▼
2024 · €20,660
Cash flow
€19,084▲
2024 · €16,596
Debt to equity
0.12▼
2024 · 0.16
ROE
1.0%▲
2024 · 0.2%
Interest coverage
26.69▲
2024 · 13.86
Debt ≤ 1 year
€48,277▼
2024 · €62,852
Staff costs
€29,780▲
2024 · €26,733
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.
Peer companies
Historical observationOf the 17,040 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 0.5% went bankrupt within 24 months and 94% are still going.
- Micro
- 20 years or older
- solvency 30% or more
- a profit under 5% of the balance sheet
0.5%
went bankrupt
4.9%
stopped otherwise
94%
still going
A further 0.2% stopped, but we cannot tell whether within those 24 months.
For this company itself Checked computes a bankruptcy probability of 0.3% over twelve months; the group does not contradict it.
How reliable is this rule?
Tested on the year before, without using that year itself: the groups of July 2023 gave each of the 497,341 companies of July 2024 its group's bankruptcy share. Expected: 1.6%; actually bankrupt within 24 months: 1.7%.
| Group | Expected | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| 2 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| 3 | 0.5% | 0.6% |
| 4 | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| 5 | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| 6 | 1.3% | 1.5% |
| 7 | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| 8 | 1.8% | 1.8% |
| 9 | 3.0% | 3.1% |
| 10 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
The rule ranks well: a company that went bankrupt got a higher share than one that kept going in 74% of comparisons. The level follows the economy: in a year with more bankruptcies, the actual share is higher than the year before.
An observation about 17,040 comparable companies, not a prediction for this company. The sector does not count: the register keeps no sector for companies that stopped, so it would make the outcome look better than it was.
Filed annual accounts
Annual accounts
| Line | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-recurring operating income76A | - | - | €1,653 | - | - | - |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions62 | - | €13,652 | €22,668 | €26,733 | €29,780 | ▲ 11.4% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630 | €34,274 | €28,853 | €15,731 | €15,676 | €15,304 | ▼ 2.4% |
| Other operating charges640/8 | - | €6,484 | €8,255 | €10,632 | €2,996 | ▼ 71.8% |
| Gross operating margin9900 | €70,018 | €45,909 | €53,021 | €58,024 | €52,348 | ▼ 9.8% |
| Operating profit (loss)9901 | €15,856 | -€3,081 | €6,368 | €4,983 | €4,268 | ▼ 14.4% |
| Financial income75/76B | - | €728 | €28 | €1,005 | €245 | ▼ 75.6% |
| Recurring financial income75 | €792 | €728 | €28 | €1,005 | €245 | ▼ 75.6% |
| Financial charges65/66B | - | €723 | €663 | €1,490 | €733 | ▼ 50.8% |
| Recurring financial charges65 | €472 | €723 | €663 | €1,490 | €733 | ▼ 50.8% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903 | €16,175 | -€3,075 | €5,732 | €4,498 | €3,779 | ▼ 16.0% |
| Income taxes67/77 | €12,851 | €5,401 | €3,808 | €3,578 | - | - |
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €3,323 | -€8,476 | €1,924 | €920 | €3,779 | ▲ 311% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905 | €3,323 | -€8,476 | €1,924 | €920 | €3,779 | ▲ 311% |
| Line | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | ||||||
| Total assets20/58 | €420,803 | €407,103 | €418,554 | €451,238 | €440,442 | ▼ 2.4% |
| Fixed assets21/28 | €113,139 | €86,454 | €72,092 | €57,639 | €42,334 | ▼ 26.6% |
| Intangible fixed assets21 | €64,050 | €51,240 | €38,430 | €25,620 | €12,810 | ▼ 50.0% |
| Tangible fixed assets22/27 | €45,838 | €31,963 | €30,411 | €28,767 | €26,273 | ▼ 8.7% |
| Land and buildings22 | - | €26,056 | €25,384 | €24,713 | €24,041 | ▼ 2.7% |
| Plant, machinery and equipment23 | - | €2,096 | €2,792 | €3,081 | €2,129 | ▼ 30.9% |
| Furniture and vehicles24 | - | €3,811 | €2,235 | €974 | €103 | ▼ 89.5% |
| Financial fixed assets28 | €3,251 | €3,251 | €3,251 | €3,251 | €3,251 | = |
| Current assets29/58 | €307,664 | €320,648 | €346,462 | €393,599 | €398,108 | ▲ 1.1% |
| Amounts receivable within one year40/41 | €271,278 | €285,094 | €334,222 | €373,378 | €395,878 | ▲ 6.0% |
| Trade receivables40 | - | €11,968 | €31,027 | €47,455 | €80,650 | ▲ 69.9% |
| Other amounts receivable41 | - | €273,127 | €303,194 | €325,922 | €315,229 | ▼ 3.3% |
| Cash at bank and in hand54/58 | €32,224 | €34,036 | €11,401 | €19,751 | €1,666 | ▼ 91.6% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income490/1 | - | €1,518 | €839 | €470 | €564 | ▲ 19.8% |
| Equity and liabilities | ||||||
| Total equity and liabilities10/49 | €420,803 | €407,103 | €418,554 | €451,238 | €440,442 | ▼ 2.4% |
| Equity10/15 | €394,017 | €385,542 | €387,466 | €388,385 | €392,165 | ▲ 1.0% |
| Contributions10/11 | €64,000 | €64,000 | €64,000 | €64,000 | €64,000 | = |
| Capital10 | - | €64,000 | €64,000 | €64,000 | €64,000 | = |
| Issued capital100 | - | €64,000 | €64,000 | €64,000 | €64,000 | = |
| Reserves13 | €315,473 | €315,473 | €315,473 | €315,473 | €315,473 | = |
| Non-distributable reserves130/1 | - | €6,400 | €6,400 | €6,400 | €6,400 | = |
| Legal reserve130 | - | €6,400 | €6,400 | €6,400 | €6,400 | = |
| Tax-exempt reserves132 | - | €13,440 | €13,440 | €13,440 | €13,440 | = |
| Distributable reserves133 | - | €295,633 | €295,633 | €295,633 | €295,633 | = |
| Profit (loss) carried forward14 | €14,544 | €6,068 | €7,993 | €8,912 | €12,692 | ▲ 42.4% |
| Amounts payable17/49 | €26,786 | €21,561 | €31,088 | €62,852 | €48,277 | ▼ 23.2% |
| Amounts payable within one year42/48 | €26,764 | €21,561 | €31,088 | €62,852 | €48,277 | ▼ 23.2% |
| Trade debts44 | €6,852 | €5,915 | €7,835 | €10,364 | €10,000 | ▼ 3.5% |
| Suppliers440/4 | - | €5,915 | €7,835 | €10,364 | €10,000 | ▼ 3.5% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security45 | - | €3,951 | €4,098 | €8,592 | €3,527 | ▼ 59.0% |
| Taxes450/3 | - | €1,302 | €1,822 | €7,296 | €249 | ▼ 96.6% |
| Remuneration and social security454/9 | - | €2,650 | €2,276 | €1,296 | €3,278 | ▲ 153% |
| Other amounts payable47/48 | - | €11,694 | €19,155 | €43,896 | €34,751 | ▼ 20.8% |
| Line | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €3,323 | -€8,476 | €1,924 | €920 | €3,779 | ▲ 311% |
| + Depreciation and write-downs630 | €34,274 | €28,853 | €15,731 | €15,676 | €15,304 | ▼ 2.4% |
| Operating cash flow (approximation) | €37,597 | €20,377 | €17,655 | €16,596 | €19,084 | ▲ 15.0% |
| Investment in fixed assets (approximation) | - | -€2,168 | -€1,370 | -€1,222 | €0 | ▲ 100% |
| Change in cash | - | €1,811 | -€22,635 | €8,350 | -€18,085 | ▼ 317% |
Simplified and derived: a Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement, so these rows come from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.
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Board & ownership
Parent B- YOUNG · 99.93%
Directors
Directors
No directors read yet: 0 of 5 Gazette acts processed. See the function holders in the CBE →
Structure & network
Owners and holdings
1 ownerChain of control
- B- YOUNG
- BROOTHAERS
Highest known parent: B- YOUNG. The sources do not say who stands above it.
Owners 1
- B- YOUNGparent99.93%
Holdings 0
No holding stated in the accounts, acts or LEI register we read.
According to the annual accounts of the other companies, the acts in the Belgian Gazette and the LEI register. The register of ultimate beneficial owners (UBO) is not public: who ultimately stands behind a natural person or a foreign parent is not stated here. A company that does not fill in these statements, or need not, is missing.
Connections & network
No directors read yet: 0 of 5 Gazette acts processed.
Timeline
14 eventsLatest 24-11-2025Next filing 31-10-2026
History
Acts, filings and financial milestones
Next filing, fiscal year 2026, expected by
2025
24-11
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · micro schema · 24 days late
31-03
Financial
Highest result since 2019net €3,779 ▲311%
Net result €3,779, the highest in the series.
2024
04-12
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · micro schema · 34 days late
2023
30-11
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · micro schema · 30 days late
31-03
Financial
Back to profitnet €1,924
Net result €1,924 after one loss-making year.
2022
30-11
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · micro schema · 30 days late
31-03
Financial
Weakest financial yearnet -€8,476
Net result drops to -€8,476, the lowest in the series; recovery starts the following year.
2021
09-11
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · micro schema · 9 days late
31-03
Financial
Back to profitnet €3,323
Net result €3,323 after one loss-making year.
2020
15-12
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · micro schema · 45 days late
2019
29-10
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · micro schema
2018
22-11
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · micro schema · 22 days late
08-01
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · abbreviated schema · 69 days late
2016
14-11
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema · 14 days late
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
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Company details
Public limited company · founded 23-06-1976Year ends 31-03Peppol reachable1 site
Register details
Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded23-06-1976
Fiscal year end31-03
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
46160Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods
E-invoicing
Reachable via Peppol
Peppol ID
0208:0416247289
Also
9925:BE0416247289
Registered
25-06-2025
If you follow this company, Checked tells you the day it leaves the Peppol register.
Register as of 1 October 2026 · Peppol Directory
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Sites & property
Location & real-estate footprint
Registered office, Grimbergen · 1 establishment unit since 1976
Ground area
959 m²
Building footprint
371 m²
Volume, LiDAR
4,509 m³
Parcel 23084A0525/00X002, Flanders · tallest building 15.3 m, ±4 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
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1 establishment unit
Broothaers
since 1976unit no. 2.012.497.996
1 parcel
Flanders
1
(100%)
| Parcel (capakey) | Region | Area | Buildings | Height / fl. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23084A0525/00X002 | Flanders | 959 m² | 1 · 371 m² | 15.3 m · 4 fl. |
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Good to know
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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