Equity
€5.7m ▲ 44.9%
DESIGN EXPRESS has made a profit in every financial year since 2006.
DESIGN EXPRESS
Lifetime
20 annual accounts with figures on one time axis, 36 filings since 1990peak €4.4m (2017)
-not published
peak €2.1m (2023)
€1.8m▲ 44.9%
peak €5.7m (2025)
€5.7m▲ 44.9%
€3.1m▼ 5.8%
peak 46.5 FTE (2022)
24.5 FTE▼ 14.6%
Board2 names since 2022
1 directorVANDERSANDEN Lucas
Owners
99.86%PARTE
Documentsfilings and deeds
31-08-202631 days late
2025financial year
Turnover from €12.0m to €14.7mResult from €1.2m to €1.8mStaff from 28.7 FTE to 24.5 FTEEquity from €3.9m to €5.7mInvestments €397,591Cash from €2.7m to €4.2m
Key points
from the 2025 annual accountsInvestments
€406,032 2.2 × depreciation
Green is investment, beige is depreciation. Land and buildings stand 14.5% higher than in 2024.
Staff
24.5 FTE from 46.5 in 2022
Between 2022 and 2025, 47% of the full-time equivalents disappeared.
Payment terms
48 days to suppliers
DESIGN EXPRESS pays its suppliers 24 days earlier than in 2024. Customers pay 18 days earlier.
Filings
36 annual accounts since 1990
Five of the last ten came late. The 2019 accounts came latest: 31 days after the end of the period.
Position in the sector
€1.8m
Higher net result than 94% of companies in architecture and engineering. Sector median €35,705 · 894 companies.
Checked score
98
Excellent
Financially stronger than 86% of small companies in architecture and engineering (NACE 71)
Probability in this band: under 0.55%
Bankruptcy probability within 12 months
< 0.1% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
The dashed line is the sector median: 0.1% across 689 companies (NACE 71, small).
Fewer than 1 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).
Last 24 months
12-2024: < 0.1%
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%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 07-2025highest value
09-2025: < 0.1%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 08-2025
10-2025: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 09-2025
11-2025: < 0.1%● unchanged 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 03-2026lowest value
05-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 04-2026
06-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 05-2026
07-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 06-2026
08-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 07-2026
09-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 08-2026
10-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 09-2026
11-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 10-2026
Financial strengthStrong
Score breakdown
lowers risk
Liquidity: current ratio 2.27, cash €4.2m
Size: turnover €14.7m, 24.5 FTE, total assets €8.8m
Founded in 1989
Equity €5.7m (64.7% of total assets)
Calculation
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 71, small). It does better than 76% of them on solvency, 93% on liquidity, 88% on profitability and 86% on growth.
The bankruptcy probability was computed on 09-11-2026 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).
Comparable companies, two years later
In July 2024, 20,137 companies had the same profile as DESIGN EXPRESS has now. Each dot stands for 51 companies, two years later.
95.1%
were still trading
4.7%
stopped another way
0.2%
went bankrupt
That fits the bankruptcy probability of DESIGN EXPRESS itself: < 0.1% within 12 months.
Test of the method
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 20,137 companies, not a prediction for DESIGN EXPRESS. 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.
Credit verdict
Credit of up to €550,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity is ample, with a current ratio of 2.27 (1.71 in 2024), above the usual 1.5. Short-term debt is 34.8% and cash 47.8% of total assets. 35.3% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
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Signals
Six signals.
lowers riskraises risk
lowers risk · Growing equity
Reported equity is higher than in 2023 and did not fall compared with 2024. These amounts do not establish the cause of the change.
NBB · annual accounts 2025Equity per financial year
1819202122232425
2018 to 2025 · latest year €5.7m
raises risk · 2025 accounts filed 31 days late
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due by 31-07-2026 and was filed on 31-08-2026, 31 days later. Nearly half (47%) of Belgian companies file late; of those that file 1 to 90 days late, 2.0% are now bankrupt, dissolved or in another special legal status, against 1.66% of all filers. A delay like this does not count in the score.
NBB · 10 filingsDeviation from the deadline
2025
31 days late
2024
26 days late
2023
30 days late
2022
10 days late
2021
6 days early
2020
1 day early
2019
31 days late
← before the deadline
after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector
The company filed its last 7 accounts on average 17 days after the deadline. In the sector (NACE 71), the median for financial year 2024 was 8 days before the deadline, and 34% of those companies filed late.
Searched, nothing found (2)
neutral · Next filing not due yet
The next financial year closes on 31-12-2026 and is due by 31-07-2027. Nothing is late today. The company usually files around 26 August (4 of the last 5 accounts filed within 30 days either side of that date).
Companies Code · seven monthsWhere today falls in the filing period
10-11-2026 today31-12-2026 year end31-07-2027 deadline
Recent changes
Registered in the Peppol Directory
Reachable for e-invoices through 0208:0437557892
Change of role: VANDERSANDEN Lucas, from statutory manager to director
Appointment: VANDERSANDEN Matthias Karel Christel (successor director) · “Alle activiteiten verbonden aan een technisch-grafisch en publicitair tekenbureel,ontwerpen van stands voor…” (deed in Dutch) · Director discharge: VANDERSANDEN Lucas (statutory manager) · General meeting of 03-07-2023 · Gazette deed
Environmental permit granted
Verbouwen en/of uitbreiden zonder functiewijziging en zonder wijziging van aantal woongelegenheden · Mechelen
Environmental permit granted
Verbouwen en/of uitbreiden met functiewijziging en met wijziging van aantal woongelegenheden · Mechelen
Comparable companies
same main activity, similar in size and age| Company | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DESIGN EXPRESS Mechelen | €14.7m | 16.1% | 64.7% | 24.5 |
| KUKA AUTOMATISERING + ROBOTS Houthalen-Helchteren | €14.5m | 3.2% | 85.3% | 25.5 |
| Sede Benelux Gembloux | €20.5m | 6.8% | 16.2% | 26.3 |
| STUVEX INTERNATIONAL Kontich | €10.0m | -0.4% | 45.6% | 31 |
| PROMAT RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE Willebroek | €27.3m | -1.3% | 24.3% | 33.8 |
| Teledyne ICM Dison | €12.8m | 11.1% | 78.3% | 37.7 |
| Cyient Semiconductors Leuven | €7.1m | -62.7% | -21.5% | 23.4 |
Grey: the largest companies of the sector (architecture and engineering (NACE 71)), without their names. Blue: the sector peers from the table.
These companies have the same main activity as DESIGN EXPRESS: engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors (NACE 71121). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €6.3m and €12m, founded between 1986 and 1998.
Official details
Source: KBO- Status
- Active since 01-06-1989Normal situation
- Activity
- Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyorsNACE 71121and 2 others
- Joint committee
- 200Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers · annual accounts 2022
- Establishment units
- 2.043.777.3302811 Mechelen, since 19-06-1989
- 2.229.577.3653500 Hasselt, since 02-01-2012
- Financial year end
- 31 December
- Peppol
- Reachable since 02-06-2025
Annual accounts 2025
- €8.8m▲ 21.7%
- Employeeson 31-12-2025
- 28▲ 3.7%
- Filing
- Filed on 31-08-2026
Insights on DESIGN EXPRESS
Solvency rose in 2025 from 54.3% to 64.7% because of the retained profit.
PARTE holds all the shares.
Sources: KBO register, filings at the National Bank, Belgian Official Gazette. Click a figure with a dotted line for the item and the filing.
Key facts about DESIGN EXPRESS
- What is the company number of DESIGN EXPRESS?
- The company number of DESIGN EXPRESS is 0437.557.892. The VAT number is the same number with BE in front: BE 0437.557.892.
- Where is DESIGN EXPRESS based?
- The registered office is at Kleine Heide 26, 2811 Mechelen.Company details
- What does DESIGN EXPRESS do?
- According to the KBO register, the main activity is engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors (NACE 71121).
- What is the legal form of DESIGN EXPRESS?
- DESIGN EXPRESS is a private limited company (BV).
- When was DESIGN EXPRESS founded?
- DESIGN EXPRESS was founded on 01-06-1989.
- Is DESIGN EXPRESS still active?
- Yes, DESIGN EXPRESS is an active enterprise in the KBO register.
- How many employees does DESIGN EXPRESS have?
- DESIGN EXPRESS had an average of 24.5 full-time equivalents in financial year 2025, according to the filed annual accounts.Financials
- Which joint committee does DESIGN EXPRESS fall under?
- In its 2022 annual accounts, DESIGN EXPRESS states joint committee 200 (Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers).
- What is the turnover of DESIGN EXPRESS?
- The turnover of DESIGN EXPRESS was €14.7m in financial year 2025, according to the filed annual accounts.
- Is DESIGN EXPRESS profitable?
- In financial year 2025, DESIGN EXPRESS made a profit of €1.8m.
- Where can I find the annual accounts of DESIGN EXPRESS?
- DESIGN EXPRESS filed 36 annual accounts with the National Bank of Belgium, the latest for financial year 2025.
- When are the next annual accounts of DESIGN EXPRESS due?
- DESIGN EXPRESS must file the annual accounts for financial year 2026 by 31-07-2027.Timeline
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