DB & S
ActiveSummary
DB & S has been active since 1995 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show negative equity (-€5.3m) and a net result of -€7.7m. Equity is growing by ~4.6% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 5% of 8115 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.7% (low).
Checked score
Score 2025
Axes · tick = 2023
Profitability0▼-54
Solvency0▼-46
Growth32▼-46
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.7%
Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
No credit on open account
Liquidity short (current ratio 0.7 against 1.23 in 2023; short-term debt: 97.8% and cash: 3.6% of total assets), and equity is negative.
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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 · Annual accounts: weaker financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a weaker profile in solvency, result or liquidity than companies that stay afloat.
NBB · annual accounts 2025Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
-83.6%
Return on assets
-122.2%
Age of the figures
10 mo
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 →
raises risk · Negative equity
The 2025 annual accounts show negative equity and a net loss.
NBB · annual accounts 2025Equity per financial year
18192021222325
2018 to 2025 · latest year -€5.3m
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 30-11-2025 was due by 30-06-2026 and was filed on 03-07-2026, 3 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
3 d late
2023
7 d early
2022
5 d early
2021
32 d early
2020
27 d late
2019
50 d early
2018
26 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 13 days before the deadline; the sector median for financial year 2023 is 2 days before the deadline, and 40% of the sector filed late.
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Financials · fiscal year 2025, abbreviated schema
Equity
-€5.3m
2023 · €2.4m
Total assets
€6.3m▼ 45.4%
2023 · €11.6m
Net result
-€7.7m
2023 · €300,286
Working capital
-€1.8m
2023 · €935,708
Trend over the years
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Every figure with its change against the fiscal year before
favourable
unfavourable
Line20202021202220232025
Operating result€24,003▼ 91.5%€199,699▲ 732%€428,201▲ 114%€757,971▲ 77.0%-€7.2m-
Net result-€93,045€85,171€312,928▲ 267%€300,286▼ 4.0%-€7.7m-
Equity€1.7m▼ 5.1%€1.8m▲ 4.9%€2.1m▲ 17.1%€2.4m▲ 14.0%-€5.3m-
Total assets€11.6m▼ 15.3%€10.9m▼ 6.1%€12.2m▲ 12.0%€11.6m▼ 5.4%€6.3m-
Debt€9.9m▼ 16.9%€9.1m▼ 8.0%€10.1m▲ 11.0%€9.1m▼ 9.6%€11.6m-
Working capital€685,298▼ 33.0%€416,833▼ 39.2%€403,268▼ 3.3%€935,708▲ 132%-€1.8m-
Staff (FTE)21.3▲ 36.5%20.3▼ 4.7%14.9▼ 26.6%11.6▼ 22.1%9.9-
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the abbreviated schema does not require them.
Why a figure moved sharply
- 2022 Net result +267% on 2021. Cause not known from the registers.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
The operating result is -€7.2m in 2025, compared with €757,971 in 2023. Comparable figures for the intervening years are unavailable.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2023 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €6.3m
Fixed assets
€2.0m ▼ 69.2%
Current assets
€4.4m ▼ 14.5%
Key figures and ratios
EBITDA
-€5.9m▼
2023 · €1.5m
Cash flow
-€6.4m▼
2023 · €1.1m
Solvency
-83.6%▼
2023 · 21.1%
Current ratio
0.70▼
2023 · 1.23
Quick ratio
0.37▼
2023 · 0.59
Debt to equity
-2.20▼
2023 · 3.74
ROA
-122.2%▼
2023 · 2.6%
Interest coverage
-10.77▼
2023 · 3.80
Debt ≤ 1 year
€6.2m▲
2023 · €4.2m
Debt > 1 year
€5.1m▲
2023 · €4.7m
Income taxes
-€11,823▼
2023 · €52,467
Staff costs
€1.3m▲
2023 · €840,950
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.
Peer companies
Historical observationOf the 6,640 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 4.1% went bankrupt within 24 months and 84% are still going.
- Micro
- 20 years or older
- negative equity
- a loss of 10% of the balance sheet or more
4.1%
went bankrupt
9.9%
stopped otherwise
84%
still going
A further 2.0% stopped, but we cannot tell whether within those 24 months.
For this company itself Checked computes a lower bankruptcy probability: 0.7% over twelve months. The score reads more about this company than the group's four characteristics; both figures are right about what they measure.
How reliable is this rule?
Tested on the year before, without using that year itself: the groups of July 2023 gave each of the 497,058 companies of July 2024 its group's bankruptcy share. Expected: 1.5%; actually bankrupt within 24 months: 1.6%.
| Group | Expected | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| 2 | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| 3 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| 4 | 0.6% | 0.7% |
| 5 | 0.8% | 0.9% |
| 6 | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| 7 | 1.5% | 1.6% |
| 8 | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| 9 | 2.7% | 2.8% |
| 10 | 5.3% | 5.7% |
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 6,640 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.
Annual accounts
| Line | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-recurring operating income76A | - | - | - | - | €16,632 | - |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions62 | - | €1.4m | €1.1m | €840,950 | €1.3m | - |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630 | €586,777 | €549,063 | €679,611 | €773,540 | €1.4m | - |
| Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4 | - | - | €96,684 | - | €6,092 | - |
| Other operating charges640/8 | - | €10,170 | €10,218 | €42,070 | €139,733 | - |
| Non-recurring operating charges66A | - | €42,320 | €29,821 | €4,595 | €6.8m | - |
| Gross operating margin9900 | €1.8m | €2.2m | €2.3m | €2.4m | €2.5m | - |
| Operating profit (loss)9901 | €24,003 | €199,699 | €428,201 | €757,971 | -€7.2m | - |
| Financial income75/76B | - | €150 | €142 | €1,836 | €1,200 | - |
| Recurring financial income75 | €81 | €150 | €142 | €1,836 | €1,200 | - |
| Financial charges65/66B | - | €106,641 | €113,802 | €402,553 | €543,008 | - |
| Recurring financial charges65 | €115,154 | €106,641 | €113,802 | €402,553 | €543,008 | - |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903 | -€91,071 | €93,208 | €314,541 | €357,254 | -€7.7m | - |
| Transfer from deferred taxes780 | - | - | - | - | €4,500 | - |
| Transfer to deferred taxes680 | - | - | - | €4,500 | - | - |
| Income taxes67/77 | €1,974 | €8,037 | €1,612 | €52,467 | -€11,823 | - |
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | -€93,045 | €85,171 | €312,928 | €300,286 | -€7.7m | - |
| Transfer from tax-exempt reserves789 | - | €56,250 | - | - | €13,500 | - |
| Transfer to tax-exempt reserves689 | - | - | - | €13,500 | - | - |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905 | -€93,045 | €141,421 | €312,928 | €286,786 | -€7.7m | - |
| Line | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | ||||||
| Total assets20/58 | €11.6m | €10.9m | €12.2m | €11.6m | €6.3m | - |
| Formation expenses20 | €235,180 | €188,144 | €141,108 | €94,072 | €3,920 | - |
| Fixed assets21/28 | €5.3m | €5.3m | €6.2m | €6.4m | €2.0m | - |
| Intangible fixed assets21 | €46,876 | €355,270 | €543,293 | €761,996 | €1.1m | - |
| Tangible fixed assets22/27 | €1.4m | €1.1m | €1.8m | €1.8m | €906,224 | - |
| Plant, machinery and equipment23 | - | €67,101 | €47,014 | €26,874 | €26,136 | - |
| Furniture and vehicles24 | - | €108,772 | €79,444 | €53,559 | €38,571 | - |
| Leasing and similar rights25 | - | €512,261 | €1.3m | €1.5m | €700,812 | - |
| Other tangible fixed assets26 | - | €408,251 | €361,713 | €179,810 | €140,704 | - |
| Financial fixed assets28 | €3.8m | €3.8m | €3.8m | €3.8m | - | - |
| Current assets29/58 | €6.1m | €5.4m | €5.9m | €5.1m | €4.4m | - |
| Stocks and contracts in progress3 | €2.9m | €3.2m | €2.7m | €2.6m | €2.0m | - |
| Stocks30/36 | - | €3.2m | €2.7m | €2.6m | €2.0m | - |
| Amounts receivable within one year40/41 | €2.5m | €2.1m | €2.6m | €1.7m | €1.3m | - |
| Trade receivables40 | - | €2.0m | €2.6m | €1.7m | €1.2m | - |
| Other amounts receivable41 | - | €74,926 | €31,747 | €28,080 | €73,035 | - |
| Current investments50/53 | €1 | €1 | €1 | €1 | €743,221 | - |
| Cash at bank and in hand54/58 | €666,501 | €153,842 | €530,003 | €656,033 | €228,202 | - |
| Deferred charges and accrued income490/1 | - | €70,697 | €69,057 | €54,582 | €40,415 | - |
| Equity and liabilities | ||||||
| Total equity and liabilities10/49 | €11.6m | €10.9m | €12.2m | €11.6m | €6.3m | - |
| Equity10/15 | €1.7m | €1.8m | €2.1m | €2.4m | -€5.3m | - |
| Contributions10/11 | - | €820,000 | €820,000 | €820,000 | €820,000 | - |
| Reserves13 | €922,732 | €1.0m | €1.3m | €1.6m | - | - |
| Non-distributable reserves130/1 | - | €39,000 | €39,000 | - | - | - |
| Reserves not available under the articles1311 | - | €39,000 | €39,000 | - | - | - |
| Tax-exempt reserves132 | - | - | - | €13,500 | - | - |
| Distributable reserves133 | - | €968,903 | €1.3m | €1.6m | - | - |
| Profit (loss) carried forward14 | - | - | - | - | -€6.1m | - |
| Provisions and deferred taxes16 | - | - | - | €4,500 | - | - |
| Deferred taxes168 | - | - | - | €4,500 | - | - |
| Amounts payable17/49 | €9.9m | €9.1m | €10.1m | €9.1m | €11.6m | - |
| Amounts payable after more than one year17 | €4.4m | €4.0m | €4.6m | €4.7m | €5.1m | - |
| Financial debts170/4 | - | €4.0m | €4.6m | €4.7m | €5.1m | - |
| Amounts payable within one year42/48 | €5.5m | €5.0m | €5.5m | €4.2m | €6.2m | - |
| Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42 | - | €412,238 | €565,739 | €518,425 | €690,963 | - |
| Financial debts43 | - | €2.0m | €1.5m | €1.8m | €3.8m | - |
| Credit institutions430/8 | - | €2.0m | €1.5m | €1.8m | €3.8m | - |
| Trade debts44 | €613,558 | €2.0m | €1.6m | €1.6m | €1.6m | - |
| Suppliers440/4 | - | €2.0m | €1.6m | €1.6m | €1.6m | - |
| Advances received on contracts in progress46 | - | €272,832 | €1.3m | - | - | - |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security45 | - | €307,090 | €403,783 | €290,549 | €124,930 | - |
| Taxes450/3 | - | €149,495 | €267,896 | €176,267 | €26,879 | - |
| Remuneration and social security454/9 | - | €157,595 | €135,887 | €114,282 | €98,051 | - |
| Other amounts payable47/48 | - | €55,830 | €52,277 | €15,202 | €14,950 | - |
| Accrued charges and deferred income492/3 | - | €99,361 | €48,941 | €304,374 | €285,810 | - |
| Line | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | -€93,045 | €85,171 | €312,928 | €300,286 | -€7.7m | - |
| + Depreciation and write-downs630 | €586,777 | €549,063 | €679,611 | €773,540 | €1.4m | - |
| Operating cash flow (approximation) | €493,732 | €634,234 | €992,539 | €1.1m | -€6.4m | - |
| Investment in fixed assets (approximation) | - | -€584,668 | -€1.6m | -€943,704 | - | - |
| Change in cash | - | -€512,659 | €376,161 | €126,030 | - | - |
Simplified and derived: a Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement, so these rows come from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.
Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones
2026
03-07
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · abbreviated schema · 3 days late
2025
30-11
Financial
Weakest financial yearnet -€7.7m
Net result drops to -€7.7m, the lowest in the series.
2024
24-07
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · abbreviated schema
2023
26-07
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · abbreviated schema
2022
31-12
Financial
Highest result since 2018net €312,928 ▲267%
Net result €312,928, the highest in the series.
31-12
Financial
Equity above €2mEq €2.1m ▲17.1%
2 profitable years in a row build equity to €2.1m.
29-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · abbreviated schema
2021
31-12
Financial
Back to profitnet €85,171
Net result €85,171 after one loss-making year.
27-08
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · abbreviated schema · 27 days late
2020
11-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · abbreviated schema
2019
05-07
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · abbreviated schema
2018
13-07
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · abbreviated schema
2017
07-07
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema
2016
11-08
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · abbreviated schema · 11 days late
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
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Directors · office · real estate
Directors
4 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, Hooglede · 1 establishment unit since 1995
Ground area
2,161 m²
Building footprint
222 m²
Volume, LiDAR
1,073 m³
Parcel 36005A0101/00K002, Flanders · tallest building 7.6 m, ±2 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
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1 establishment unit
DB & S MACHINES
since 19952.070.591.494
1 parcel
Flanders
1
(100%)
| Parcel (capakey) | Region | Area | Buildings | Height / fl. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36005A0101/00K002 | Flanders | 2,161 m² | 1 · 222 m² | 7.6 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.
Structure & network
Owners and holdings
1 owner · 1 holdingOwners 1
-
50%
Holdings 1
-
100%
According to the 2023 annual accounts of DB & S and those 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 current directors or connected companies found in the register.
Public money · subsidies and aid
Flemish government
2022 to 2025 · 10 entries · 56,620 EUR awarded · 54,067 EUR paid| Year | Entries | awarded | paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 18,535 EUR | 15,982 EUR |
| 2024 | 3 | 10,051 EUR | 10,051 EUR |
| 2023 | 3 | 13,762 EUR | 13,762 EUR |
| 2022 | 2 | 14,272 EUR | 14,272 EUR |
Recognitions · licences · registrations
Legal Entity Identifier
875500R0ZH3KQA9HKL44
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Identification & contact
Identification
Legal formPrivate limited company
Founded01-03-1995
Fiscal year end30-11
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
46630Wholesale trade
46649Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
46620Wholesale of machine tools
47521Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range)
E-invoicing
Reachable via Peppol
Peppol ID
0208:0454613363
Also
9925:BE0454613363
Registered
11-12-2025
Register as of 27 September 2026 · Peppol Directory
Scores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.