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DDB

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Public limited companyfounded 1972active for 54 yearsExcelsiorlaan 75-77, 1930 Zaventem, Belgium12 active companies are registered at this addressKBO/BCE: BE 0412.130.828
Summary

The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of DDB is 1.6% (moderate). The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €257,818 and a net result of €78,078. Equity remains stable across the filed financial years (±0.1% per year). Its solvency ranks better than 15% of 838 sector peers (NACE 73, financial year 2025). The company has been active since 1972 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals.

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DDBActiveChecked score 63/100
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Directors

Directors
4 directors, no change since 2026

Board 4

Kris Govaerts
Director · since 01-07-2020
Current
Patrick Clymans
Director · since 17-07-2024
Current
Marc van Diepen
Director
Current
OAG Belgium NV
Director · Legal entity
Current
6 not recently confirmed
Still in office according to the deeds, but no deed of the last six years confirms the mandate. Mandates like this have often ended since, in a deed we have not read yet.
360° Communication S.A.
Director · since 30-07-2010 · Legal entity · permanent representative: May Bogaerts
Not recently confirmed
Joseph Robert Paolino
Director · since 30-07-2010
Not recently confirmed
Keith Bremer
Director · since 30-07-2010
Not recently confirmed
Yves Bogaerts
Director · since 30-07-2010
Not recently confirmed
E-GRAPHICS NV
Director · since 01-07-2020 · Legal entity · permanent representative: Koert Impens
Not recently confirmed
Michaël Barlow
Director
Not recently confirmed

Day-to-day management 1

Yves Bogaerts
Managing director · since 01-03-2012
Not recently confirmed

Permanent representatives 1

Marc van Diepen
Permanent representative · since 31-08-2022
Current
2 not recently confirmed
Still in office according to the deeds, but no deed of the last six years confirms the mandate. Mandates like this have often ended since, in a deed we have not read yet.
May Bogaerts
Permanent representative · since 30-07-2010 · for 360° Communication S.A.
Not recently confirmed
Koert Impens
Permanent representative · since 01-07-2020 · for E-GRAPHICS NV
Not recently confirmed

Statutory auditor 1

KPMG Bedrijfsrevisoren BV
Auditor · since 29-06-2012 · permanent representative: Steven Veyt
Current
Derived from published Gazette deeds. The KBO keeps the official list of office holders; we do not read it, so the two can differ. See the directors and other office holders in the KBO →

Mandate history

31 people since 2008, 12 in office
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  • Board
  • Day-to-day management
  • Permanent representative
  • Statutory auditor
  • not recently confirmed
  • began earlier
Mandates per person, with start and end dates
Name Functions and periods
Kris Govaerts
  • Director, from 01-07-2020 to date
Patrick Clymans
  • Director, from 17-07-2024 to date
Marc van Diepen
  • Director, since before 17-09-2026
OAG Belgium NV
  • Director, since before 17-09-2026
Marc van Diepen
  • Permanent representative, from 31-08-2022 to date
KPMG Bedrijfsrevisoren BV
  • Auditor, from 29-06-2012 to date
360° Communication S.A.
  • Director, from 30-07-2010 not ended, last confirmed 22-12-2010
Joseph Robert Paolino
  • Director, from 30-07-2010 not ended, last confirmed 22-12-2010
Keith Bremer
  • Director, from 30-07-2010 not ended, last confirmed 29-10-2012
Yves Bogaerts
  • Director, from 30-07-2010 not ended, last confirmed 18-12-2015
  • Managing director, from 01-03-2012 not ended, last confirmed 18-05-2012
Michaël Barlow
  • Director, from before 14-08-2019 not ended, last confirmed 14-08-2019
E-GRAPHICS NV
  • Director, from 01-07-2020 not ended, last confirmed 24-09-2020
MAARTEN VANTHEMSCHE
  • Director, from 15-08-2020 to 11-03-2026
Koert Impens
  • Permanent representative, until 31-08-2022
Mike Barlow
  • Director, from before 18-12-2015 to 17-09-2021
Dominic Nagy
  • Director, from 30-07-2010 to 15-08-2020
Ives Bogaerts
  • Director, from before 14-08-2019 to 30-06-2020
  • Managing director, from before 14-08-2019 ended, last mentioned 14-08-2019
Joseph Paolino
  • Board, until 23-05-2012
  • Director, from 17-02-2020 to 30-06-2020
Van Donink Harry
  • Représentant permanent du commissaire, until 20-05-2017
John Michael Bray
  • Director, until 13-12-2012
Remi Wies
  • Board, until 19-02-2010
  • Director and managing director, until 13-12-2012
  • Director and managing director, until 13-12-2012
Patrick Ehringer
  • Board, until 31-08-2012
Patrick Erhinger
  • Director, from 30-07-2010 to 31-08-2012
Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler Réviseurs d'entreprises SCRL
  • Auditor, from 29-06-2009 to 29-06-2012
Joseph R. Paolino III
  • Director, until 23-05-2012
The Viewmasters
  • Board, until 29-06-2011
Cosyns Steven
  • Director, from 30-07-2010 to 31-01-2011
John Bray
  • Board, until 08-02-2010
Maria Bogaerts
  • Board, until 24-06-2009
Maurice Vandemaele
  • Board, until 24-06-2008
Yves Baudechon
  • Board, until 24-06-2008
See the board, name and registered office on a given date →

Owners and capital

Owners

2 owners

Chain of control

  1. OMNICOM GROUP INC.US consolidated
  2. Omnicom Advertising Group Belgium 100%
  3. DDB

Highest known parent: OMNICOM GROUP INC. (United States). The sources do not say who stands above it.

Owners 2

According to the 2025 annual accounts of DDB and those of the other companies, the acts in the Belgian Official Gazette and the LEI register. Annual accounts state the shareholders that notified the company under article 7:225 of the Code of Companies and Associations and the parent companies that consolidate it. 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 include these statements in its annual accounts, or does not have to, is not listed.

Capital and shareholders

Shareholders according to the deeds
Stated in the act act of 06-03-2026 ↗
Stated in the act act of 27-05-2024 ↗
  • E-Graphics NV (BE 0444.878.226) enige aandeelhouder · all shares

The Belgian Official Gazette names shareholders only when an act mentions them; the share register itself is not published.

Capital over the years
  1. 28-05-2026 Capital increase of €425,000 · to €548,500 · no new shares
  2. 01-02-2021 Capital stated in the deed · €62,000 · 1,250 shares

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