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COBBACO

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Public limited companyfounded 197550 yrs activeIndustriepark-Drongen 13, 9031 Gent, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0415.953.321
Summary

COBBACO has been active since 1975 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €190k and a net result of €4k. Equity is growing by ~4.5% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 69% of 4178 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.3% (very low).

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Score 2025
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability40▼-3
Solvency79=
Growth52▼-26
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.3% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €12k at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 2.62 against 2.69 in 2024; short-term debt: 22.5% and cash: 1.5% of total assets), and 46% 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 date
Age against the risk zone
highest failure risk from 2 to 8 years 50 years 0 60 y
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 47
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Retail trade (NACE 47)
about 45% more bankruptcies
← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →
lowers risk · Lower-risk legal form
Companies with this legal form statistically fail less often than a BV.
KBO · legal form
lowers risk · Annual accounts: healthy financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a healthy profile in solvency, result and liquidity.
NBB · annual accounts 2025
Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
54%
Return on assets
1.2%
Age of the figures
9 mo
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 03-07-2026, 28 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
28 d early
2024
1 d early
2023
3 d early
2022
40 d early
2021
27 d early
2020
15 d early
2019
23 d early
← before the deadline after the deadline →
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.
Companies Code · seven months
Position in the running window
25-09-2026 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

Financials · fiscal year 2025, full schema

Turnover
Not included in this filing
EBIT margin
Not included in this filing
Net result
€4k▼ 45.1%
2024 · €8k
2018: €5k 2019: €5k▲ +9.5% vs 2018 2020: €8k▲ +58.2% vs 2019 2021: €10k▲ +26.2% vs 2020highest in 8 years 2022: €10k▼ -1.7% vs 2021 2023: €4k▼ -59.2% vs 2022 2024: €8k▲ +79.6% vs 2023 2025: €4k▼ -45.1% vs 2024lowest in 8 years
2018 → 2025
Working capital
€128k▲ 3.3%
2024 · €124k
2018: €72klowest in 8 years 2019: €83k▲ +15.9% vs 2018 2020: €91k▲ +10.0% vs 2019 2021: €102k▲ +11.5% vs 2020 2022: €112k▲ +10.1% vs 2021 2023: €116k▲ +3.8% vs 2022 2024: €124k▲ +6.5% vs 2023 2025: €128k▲ +3.3% vs 2024highest in 8 years
2018 → 2025
Trend over the years
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20212022202320242025Trend
Equity€163k-€174k▲ 6.3%€178k▲ 2.4%€186k▲ 4.2%€190k▲ 2.2% 2021: €163klowest in 5 years 2022: €174k▲ +6.3% vs 2021 2023: €178k▲ +2.4% vs 2022 2024: €186k▲ +4.2% vs 2023 2025: €190k▲ +2.2% vs 2024highest in 5 years
Operating result€19k-€19k▼ 2.1%€11k▼ 40.7%€17k▲ 49.2%€13k▼ 20.5% 2021: €19khighest in 5 years 2022: €19k▼ -2.1% vs 2021 2023: €11k▼ -40.7% vs 2022lowest in 5 years 2024: €17k▲ +49.2% vs 2023 2025: €13k▼ -20.5% vs 2024
Net result€10k-€10k▼ 1.7%€4k▼ 59.2%€8k▲ 79.6%€4k▼ 45.1% 2021: €10khighest in 5 years 2022: €10k▼ -1.7% vs 2021 2023: €4k▼ -59.2% vs 2022 2024: €8k▲ +79.6% vs 2023 2025: €4k▼ -45.1% vs 2024lowest in 5 years
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€0€5k€10k€15k€20kOperating result 2021: €19k€19kNet result 2021: €10k€10kOperating result 2022: €19k€19kNet result 2022: €10k€10kOperating result 2023: €11k€11kNet result 2023: €4k€4kOperating result 2024: €17k€17kNet result 2024: €8k€8kOperating result 2025: €13k€13kNet result 2025: €4k€4k20212022202320242025€0€5k€10k€15kOperating result 2023: €11k€11kNet result 2023: €4k€4.2kOperating result 2024: €17k€17kNet result 2024: €8k€7.5kOperating result 2025: €13k€13kNet result 2025: €4k€4.1k202320242025
The operating result falls in 2025; 2025 is 21% below 2024.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €351k
Fixed assets €144k =
Current assets €207k ▲ 4.9%
Equity and liabilities €351k
Equity €190k ▲ 2.2%
Debt €161k ▲ 3.6%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 45.7% to 46.0%. Equity and debt are higher.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
Current ratio
2.62▼
2024 · 2.69
Debt to equity
0.85▲
2024 · 0.84
ROE
2.2%▼
2024 · 4.1%
ROA
1.2%▼
2024 · 2.2%
Debt ≤ 1 year
€79k▲
2024 · €73k
Debt > 1 year
€75k=
2024 · €75k
Income taxes
€2k▼
2024 · €3k
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2025 against 2024 · 43 lines
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€341k€351k▲
Fixed assets21/28€144k€144k=
Tangible fixed assets22/27€144k€144k=
Land and buildings22€144k€144k=
Current assets29/58€197k€207k▲
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€5k€5k▼
Other amounts receivable41€5k€5k▼
Current investments50/53€181k€194k▲
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€7k€5k▼
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€3k€3k▲
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€341k€351k▲
Equity10/15€186k€190k▲
Contributions10/11€62k€62k=
Capital10€62k€62k=
Issued capital100€62k€62k=
Reserves13€124k€128k▲
Non-distributable reserves130/1€6k€6k=
Legal reserve130€6k€6k=
Distributable reserves133€117k€121k▲
Amounts payable17/49€156k€161k▲
Amounts payable after more than one year17€75k€75k=
Financial debts170/4€75k€75k=
Amounts payable within one year42/48€73k€79k▲
Trade debts44€703€0▼
Suppliers440/4€703€0▼
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€9k€9k▼
Remuneration and social security454/9€9k€9k▼
Other amounts payable47/48€64k€70k▲
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€7k€7k=
Income statement Code20242025
Other operating charges640/8€13k€13k▲
Gross operating margin9900€30k€27k▼
Operating profit (loss)9901€17k€13k▼
Financial income75/76B€3k€2k▼
Recurring financial income75€3k€2k▼
Financial charges65/66B€9k€9k▼
Recurring financial charges65€9k€9k▼
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€11k€6k▼
Income taxes67/77€3k€2k▼
Profit (loss) for the period9904€8k€4k▼
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€8k€4k▼
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€8k€4k▼
Transfer to equity691/2€8k€4k▼
To other reserves6921€8k€4k▼

The notes to these accounts (7 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Accounts by statement
Line20212022202320242025Change
Other operating charges640/8€10k€10k€13k€13k€13k▲ 3.8%
Gross operating margin9900€29k€29k€24k€30k€27k▼ 10.0%
Operating profit (loss)9901€19k€19k€11k€17k€13k▼ 20.5%
Financial income75/76B€883€1k€2k€3k€2k▼ 49.5%
Recurring financial income75€883€1k€2k€3k€2k▼ 49.5%
Financial charges65/66B€5k€5k€8k€9k€9k▼ 1.9%
Recurring financial charges65€5k€5k€8k€9k€9k▼ 1.9%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€15k€15k€6k€11k€6k▼ 44.9%
Income taxes67/77€5k€5k€2k€3k€2k▼ 44.5%
Profit (loss) for the period9904€10k€10k€4k€8k€4k▼ 45.1%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€10k€10k€4k€8k€4k▼ 45.1%
Line20212022202320242025Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€303k€320k€326k€341k€351k▲ 2.8%
Fixed assets21/28€144k€144k€144k€144k€144k=
Tangible fixed assets22/27€144k€144k€144k€144k€144k=
Land and buildings22€144k€144k€144k€144k€144k=
Current assets29/58€159k€176k€182k€197k€207k▲ 4.9%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€4k€0€3k€5k€5k▼ 11.2%
Trade receivables40€3k€0----
Other amounts receivable41€1k€0€3k€5k€5k▼ 11.2%
Current investments50/53€124k€160k€165k€181k€194k▲ 6.8%
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€32k€13k€11k€7k€5k▼ 28.3%
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€0€3k€3k€3k€3k▲ 1.4%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€303k€320k€326k€341k€351k▲ 2.8%
Equity10/15€163k€174k€178k€186k€190k▲ 2.2%
Contributions10/11€62k€62k€62k€62k€62k=
Capital10€62k€62k€62k€62k€62k=
Issued capital100€62k€62k€62k€62k€62k=
Reserves13€101k€112k€116k€124k€128k▲ 3.4%
Non-distributable reserves130/1€6k€6k€6k€6k€6k=
Legal reserve130€6k€6k€6k€6k€6k=
Distributable reserves133€95k€106k€110k€117k€121k▲ 3.5%
Amounts payable17/49€140k€146k€148k€156k€161k▲ 3.6%
Amounts payable after more than one year17€75k€75k€75k€75k€75k=
Financial debts170/4€75k€75k€75k€75k€75k=
Amounts payable within one year42/48€58k€64k€66k€73k€79k▲ 7.6%
Trade debts44€348€3k€0€703€0▼ 100%
Suppliers440/4€348€3k€0€703€0▼ 100%
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€6k€6k€7k€9k€9k▼ 1.7%
Taxes450/3€1k€681€0---
Remuneration and social security454/9€5k€5k€7k€9k€9k▼ 1.7%
Other amounts payable47/48€51k€55k€58k€64k€70k▲ 10.1%
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€7k€7k€7k€7k€7k=
Line20212022202320242025Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904€10k€10k€4k€8k€4k▼ 45.1%
Operating cash flow (approximation)€10k€10k€4k€8k€4k▼ 45.1%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)-€0€0€0€0-
Change in cash-€-19k€-2k€-3k€-2k▲ 36.8%

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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Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones

Next filing, fiscal year 2026, expected by 31-07-2027
2026
03-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · full schema
2025
31-12
Financial Weakest financial yearnet €4k ▼45.1%
Net result drops to €4k, the lowest in the series.
30-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · abbreviated schema
2024
28-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · abbreviated schema
2023
21-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · abbreviated schema
2022
04-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · abbreviated schema
2021
31-12
Financial Highest result since 2018net €10k ▲26.2%
Operating result €19k, net result €10k, both a record.
16-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · abbreviated schema
2020
31-12
Financial Equity above €150kEq €153k ▲5.7%
3 profitable years in a row build equity to €153k.
08-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · abbreviated schema
2019
17-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · abbreviated schema
2018
11-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · abbreviated schema
2017
06-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
0 of 6 acts read
About the unread acts

We know of 6 Belgian State Gazette acts for this company. None of them has been read yet: what they contain is neither established nor disproved here.

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Directors · office · real estate

Directors
6 acts for this company are in the Belgian State Gazette, of which we have read 0. We have therefore not extracted its directors from those acts yet.
Location & real-estate footprint
Registered office, Gent · 1 establishment unit since 1976
seat establishment The establishment unit on the map
Ground area
5,051 m²
Building footprint
2,224 m²
Volume, LiDAR
15,175 m³
Parcel 44017D0826/00C000, Flanders · tallest building 9.8 m, ±2 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
7 companies at this address See who is registered here
1 establishment unit
COBBACO
Industriepark-Drongen 13, 9031 GentNACE 5241003
since 19762.011.741.495
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
44017D0826/00C000 Flanders 5,051 m² 1 · 2,224 m² 9.8 m · 2 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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Of 1,270 companies in sector 47512 we hold annual accounts for 581. 479 are within a factor 10 of this equity. The 5 above are the closest to it. See the whole sector

Identification & contact

Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded24-12-1975
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
47512Retail sale of household textiles and bedding
68121Development of residential building projects

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