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Colruyt Group

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Public limited companyfounded 1950active for 76 yearsEdingensesteenweg 196, 1500 Halle, Belgium76 active companies are registered at this addressKBO/BCE: BE 0400.378.485
Summary

Colruyt Group has been active since 1950 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €6.53bn and a net result of €2.15bn. Equity is growing by about 32% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 86% of 4,925 sector peers (NACE 47, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.2% (very low).

Overview

Activity
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
NACE 47110Activities of head offices NACE 70100
Largest company by total assets in Belgium, Retail trade sector38 sites
Size
€866.4mturnover 2025
Staff
4,127.9 FTE
Equity
€6.53bn
Profit
€2.15bn
Turnover -80%: branch of activity transferredStandalone figures, without subsidiaries
Financial health
91 Excellent Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
0.2%
Structure
Parent
KORYS · 64.44%
Board
10 members
Holdings
34
Auditor: Ernst et Young Reviseurs d'EntreprisesAccounts 24 days early
Why 91raises riskFigures for financial year 2025 (filed 10-10-2025)lowers riskEquity €6.53bn (75.6% of total assets)Founded in 1950Size: turnover €866.4m, 4,127.9 FTE, total assets €8.64bn, files consolidated accountsShow the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
91 / 100
Excellent
Probability in this band: under 0.55%
Financially better than 70% of its sector peers (NACE 47, large)
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Strong
Solvency 100+4
equity 75.6% of total assets
Liquidity 51=
short-term debt 19.7% · cash 5.4%
Profitability 60-1
return on assets 24.8%
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% (83 companies, NACE 47, large)
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%● unchanged vs 04-2025 06-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 05-2025 07-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 06-2025 08-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 07-2025 09-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 08-2025 10-2025: 0.2%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 09-2025 11-2025: 0.1%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 10-2025 12-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 12-2025 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 06-2026lowest value 08-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 07-2026 09-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 08-2026 10-2026: 0.2%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 09-2026highest value
Credit of up to €86,600,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity insufficient (current ratio 0.81, compared with 1.09 in 2024, below 1; short-term debt: 19.7% and cash: 5.4% of total assets), and 24.4% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
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, large): better than 99% on solvency, 85% on liquidity, 49% on profitability and 46% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 12-10-2026 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 · Equity €6.53bn (75.6% of total assets)
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Figures for financial year 2025 (filed 10-10-2025)
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Founded in 1950
Companies that have existed this long fail less often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
KBO
lowers risk · Size: turnover €866.4m, 4,127.9 FTE, total assets €8.64bn, files consolidated accounts
Companies of this size fail less often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
NBB · annual accounts
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-03-2025 was due by 31-10-2025 and was filed on 07-10-2025, 24 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 5 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
24 days early
2024
14 days early
2023
27 days early
2022
26 days early
2021
30 days early
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 5 accounts on average 24 days before 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 (2)
neutral · Next filing not due yet
The financial year that closed on 31-03-2026 is due by 31-10-2026. Nothing is late today. The company usually files around 5 October (5 of the last 5 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
31-03-2026 year end13-10-2026 today31-10-2026 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
Searched since 2021.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. Resignations & appointmentsPower of attorney
  2. Capital & shares · RestructuringMerger · Accounting effect
  3. RestructuringMerger · Shareholding · Incorporation

Key points

  • Turnover fell in 2025branch of activity transferred to COLRUYT FOOD RETAIL ▼ 79.6% View
  • Positive: Largest company by total assets in Belgium, Retail trade sectorin the Checked rankings No. 1 View
  • Controlled by KORYSknown shareholders 75.39% (incl. 2.82% own shares) 64.44% View
  • EU supportawarded from 2021 to 2025 €14.2m View
  • 2 restructurings in 2026latest: merger with SmartWithFood 2 View
  • Active since 1950founded 09-03-1950 76 years View
  • Positive: 7 profitable years in a rowprofit 2025: €2.15bn 7 years View
  • Positive: Always filed on timeaccounts within the deadline every year 5 years View

By topic

Financials

Financial year
2025
Turnover
€866.4m
Profit
€2.15bn
Solvency
75.6%
Turnover▼ 79.6%
Net result
20192025
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Board & ownership

Board
10 members
Parent
KORYS · 64.44%
Known shareholders
75.39%
Auditor
Ernst et Young Reviseurs…
  • Kriya OneChair
  • KORYS BUSINESS SERVICES I NVDirector
  • KORYSDirector
  • 7 CAPITALDirector
  • Korys Business Services II NVDirector

and 5 other directors

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Network & group

Subsidiaries
146
Holdings
34
Connected companies
73
Mergers and asset contributions
9

146 subsidiaries

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Timeline

Events
165
Since
1979
Next accounts
by 31-10-2026
  1. 23-01-2026Capital & shares · Amendment of the…
  2. 15-12-2025Permanent representative: Stefan Goethaert
  3. 12-11-2025Miscellaneous
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Company details

Sites
38
Legal form
Public limited company
Activity
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco…NACE 47110
Founded
09-03-1950
Year ends
31-03
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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Articles of association

Provisions read
16
Purpose
“A/ La prestation de services à toutes ou à certaines sociétés qui lui sont directement ou…” (deed in French)
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