Equity
Equity fell by 92% in 19 years.
Equity fell by 92% in 19 years.
Back in profit in 2025, after a loss of €177,937 in 2024.
The accounts state no turnover.
Short-term debts fell from €223,208 to €77,508.
Eight of the last ten came late. The 2019 accounts came latest: 90 days after the end of the period.
More equity than 87% of companies in real estate. Sector median €73,185 · 17,194 companies.
The dashed line is the sector median: 0.2% across 26,626 companies (NACE 68, micro).
Fewer than 1 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).
The band follows from the bankruptcy probability. 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 68, micro). It does better than 51% of them on solvency, 73% on liquidity, 30% on profitability and 58% on growth.
The bankruptcy probability was computed on 06-11-2026 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.
The probability rests on the annual accounts with balance sheet date 31-12-2025.
Of the companies with a bankruptcy probability in the very low class on 30-06-2025, 0.1% went bankrupt within twelve months.
Some facts cap the score, however low the probability. With negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special status in the KBO, one missing filing or accounts filed more than 90 days late, the score is Fair at most (59). With two missing filings, it is Weak at most (44). During a judicial reorganisation or at the company's end (bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation), it is Critical at most (24).
In July 2024, 14,766 companies had the same profile as Bruynooghe has now. Each dot stands for 37 companies, two years later.
Another 0.1% stopped without a precise date, possibly only after those two years.
That fits the bankruptcy probability of Bruynooghe itself: < 0.1% within 12 months.
The method was tested on the 497,447 companies of July 2024. Each company was given the bankruptcy share of the same profile a year earlier, in July 2023. The expectation was that 1.6% would go bankrupt within 24 months. In fact 1.7% went bankrupt.
| 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% | 0.9% |
| 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% |
A company that went bankrupt had a higher expected share than one that kept going in 74.5% of comparisons. The level depends on the economy. In a year with more bankruptcies than the year before, the actual share is higher than the expected one.
This is an observation about 14,766 companies, not a prediction for Bruynooghe. The sector does not count, because the KBO no longer lists a sector for a company that has stopped. By sector, mostly the survivors would count, which would paint too rosy a picture.
Liquidity is ample, with a current ratio of 20.79 (8.16 in 2024), above the usual 1.5. Short-term debt is 4% and cash 9.1% of total assets. However, 67.4% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
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The company filed its last 7 accounts on average 24 days after the deadline. In the sector (NACE 68), the median for financial year 2024 was 7 days before the deadline, and 36% of those companies filed late.
| Company | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruynooghe Torhout | €1.9m | €102,655 | 32.6% | - |
| INVESTGROUP D Harelbeke | €1.6m | €96,214 | 20.2% | - |
| STEPPE Brussels | €1.6m | €105,303 | 13.8% | - |
| Edm. J.M. Mertens en Compagnie Antwerp | €2.3m | €108,195 | 25.8% | - |
| INTERNATIONAL TEXTILES PRODUCTS Wevelgem | €1.6m | €99,866 | 30.7% | - |
| Gaverbeek Waregem | €1.6m | €134,760 | 92.7% | 1.2 |
| Frim Staden | €2.5m | €112,475 | 44.2% | - |
These companies have the same main activity as Bruynooghe: renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land (NACE 68203). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €1.6m and €2.5m, founded between 1959 and 1977.
Bruynooghe files the micro format. That format states no turnover. The gross margin fell from €377,119 in 2006 to €102,655 in 2025.
Sources: KBO register, filings at the National Bank, Belgian Official Gazette. Click a figure with a dotted line for the item and the filing.
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