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ERIC VERSTRAETE

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Public limited companyfounded 199233 yrs activePlantijnstraat 3, 8400 Oostende, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0449.012.604

ERIC VERSTRAETE has been active since 1992 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €322k and a net result of €214k. Equity is growing by ~9.4% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 46% of 7692 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.4% (very low).

Checked score

Score 2025
83 / 100
Excellent
The score weighs solvency, liquidity and profitability. Bankruptcy probability contributes 35%. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability100▲+10
Solvency66▲+12
Growth78=
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.4% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €25k at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 2.14 against 1.7 in 2024; short-term debt: 30.9% and cash: 36.6% of total assets), but 59.4% of the assets are financed with debt.
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Signals

Seven signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
lowers risk+raises riskneutral
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 43
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Sector 43
higher
← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →
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
elevated failure risk from 2 to 8 years 33 years 0 40 y
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
40.6%
Return on assets
26.9%
Age of the figures
9 mo
lowers risk · Lower-risk legal form
Companies with this legal form statistically fail less often than a BV.
KBO · legal form
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 20-03-2026, 133 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
133 d early
2024
136 d early
2023
30 d early
2022
66 d early
2021
20 d early
2020
1 d early
2019
13 d late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
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
16-09-2026 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, abbreviated schema

Equity
€322k▲ 54.6%
2024 · €208k
2018: €155k 2019: €167k 2020: €201k 2021: €349k 2022: €454k 2023: €418k 2024: €208k
2018 → 2025
Total assets
€793k▲ 10.0%
2024 · €721k
2018: €660k 2019: €661k 2020: €897k 2021: €737k 2022: €1.01M 2023: €947k 2024: €721k
2018 → 2025
Net result
€214k▲ 70.9%
2024 · €125k
2018: €2k 2019: €12k 2020: €85k 2021: €208k 2022: €104k 2023: €104k 2024: €125k
2018 → 2025
Working capital
€280k▲ 61.4%
2024 · €173k
2018: €154k 2019: €132k 2020: €244k 2021: €260k 2022: €210k 2023: €256k 2024: €173k
2018 → 2025
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20212022202320242025Trend
Equity€349k-€454k▲ 29.9%€418k▼ 7.9%€208k▼ 50.2%€322k▲ 54.6%
Operating result€268k-€149k▼ 44.3%€137k▼ 8.3%€165k▲ 20.4%€258k▲ 56.7%
Net result€208k-€104k▼ 49.8%€104k▼ 0.2%€125k▲ 19.9%€214k▲ 70.9%
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the abbreviated schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€0€100k€200k€300kOperating result 2021: €268k€268kNet result 2021: €208k€208kOperating result 2022: €149k€149kNet result 2022: €104k€104kOperating result 2023: €137k€137kNet result 2023: €104k€104kOperating result 2024: €165k€165kNet result 2024: €125k€125kOperating result 2025: €258k€258kNet result 2025: €214k€214k20212022202320242025
After the dip in 2023 the operating result has climbed two years in a row; 2025 is 57% above 2024.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €793k
Fixed assets €268k▼ 10.3%
Current assets €525k▲ 24.4%
Equity and liabilities €793k
Equity €322k▲ 54.6%
Debt €471k▼ 8.1%
The debt ratio falls from 71.1% to 59.4%. Equity is higher and debt is lower.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
€314k
2024 · €211k
Cash flow
€269k
2024 · €171k
Solvency
40.6%
2024 · 28.9%
Current ratio
2.14
2024 · 1.70
Quick ratio
1.51
2024 · 1.02
Debt / equity
1.46
2024 · 2.46
ROE
66.4%
2024 · 60.1%
ROA
26.9%
2024 · 17.3%
Interest coverage
34.22
2024 · 23.43
Debt
€471k
2024 · €513k
Debt ≤ 1 year
€245k
2024 · €249k
Debt > 1 year
€166k
2024 · €230k
Income taxes
€40k
2024 · €35k
Staff costs
€426k
2024 · €415k
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt / equity.
Filed annual accounts
As filed with the NBB · 2025 against 2024
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€721k€793k
Fixed assets21/28€298k€268k
Tangible fixed assets22/27€298k€268k
Land and buildings22€153k€167k
Plant, machinery and equipment23€10k€5k
Furniture and vehicles24€135k€95k
Current assets29/58€422k€525k
Amounts receivable after more than one year29€0-
Other amounts receivable291€0-
Stocks and contracts in progress3€168k€155k
Stocks30/36€101k€88k
Contracts in progress37€67k€66k
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€95k€67k
Trade receivables40€73k€59k
Other amounts receivable41€22k€8k
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€147k€290k
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€12k€13k
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€721k€793k
Equity10/15€208k€322k
Contributions10/11€75k€75k=
Capital10€75k€75k=
Issued capital100€75k€75k=
Reserves13€133k€247k
Non-distributable reserves130/1€8k€8k=
Legal reserve130€8k€8k=
Distributable reserves133€126k€239k
Profit (loss) carried forward14€0€0=
Amounts payable17/49€513k€471k
Amounts payable after more than one year17€230k€166k
Financial debts170/4€51k€40k
Other amounts payable178/9€178k€126k
Amounts payable within one year42/48€249k€245k
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€22k€11k
Financial debts43€25k€0
Credit institutions430/8€25k€0
Trade debts44€125k€78k
Suppliers440/4€125k€78k
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€42k€56k
Taxes450/3€209€5k
Remuneration and social security454/9€42k€51k
Other amounts payable47/48€35k€100k
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€34k€60k
Income statement Code20242025
Non-recurring operating income76A€3k€28k
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€415k€426k
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€46k€56k
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4-€-595
Other operating charges640/8€10k€9k
Gross operating margin9900€636k€748k
Operating profit (loss)9901€165k€258k
Financial income75/76B€4k€5k
Recurring financial income75€4k€5k
Financial charges65/66B€9k€9k
Recurring financial charges65€9k€9k
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€160k€254k
Income taxes67/77€35k€40k
Profit (loss) for the period9904€125k€214k
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€125k€214k
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€125k€214k
Transfer from equity791/2€300k€0
Transfer to equity691/2€90k€114k
To other reserves6921€90k€114k
Profit to be distributed694/7€335k€100k
Return on contributions (dividend)694€300k€0
Directors or managers695€35k€100k
Social balance
Average headcount (FTE)90876.86.8=

The notes to these accounts (18 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

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Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones

Next filing, fiscal year 2026, expected by 31-07-2027
2026
20-03
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · abbreviated schema
2025
31-12
Financial Highest result since 2018net €214k ▲70.9%
Net result €214k, the highest in the series.
17-03
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · abbreviated schema
2024
01-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · abbreviated schema
2023
26-05
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · abbreviated schema
2022
11-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · abbreviated schema
2021
30-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · abbreviated schema
2020
31-12
Financial Equity above €200kEq €201k ▲20.8%
3 profitable years in a row build equity to €201k.
13-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · abbreviated schema · 13 days late
2019
31-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · abbreviated schema · 31 days late
2018
31-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · abbreviated schema · 31 days late
2017
09-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema · 9 days late
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.

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, Oostende · 1 establishment unit since 1993
establishment The establishment unit on the map
Cannot be placed on the map

This address could not be matched to a point in the Belgian address register (BOSA BEST). The address below comes straight from the Crossroads Bank.

Plantijnstraat 38400 Oostende
Ground area
4,162 m²
Building footprint
1,180 m²
Volume, LiDAR
5,769 m³
Parcel 35020B0096/00E000, Flanders · tallest building 5.9 m, ±2 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
ERIC VERSTRAETE NV
Plantijnstraat 3, 8400 OostendeManufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified
since 19932.060.332.458
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
35020B0096/00E000 Flanders 4,162 m² 1 · 1,180 m² 5.9 m · 2 fl.
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Methodology
via registered seat: 1
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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Company data · Crossroads Bank

Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded31-12-1992
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL
25120Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
25230
28120
43320Joinery installation
25110Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
41003General construction of other non-residential buildings
43240Other construction installation
43299Specialised construction activities
45421
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 33 filingsAddress and cadastre registers

Data from official sources, last processed on 16-09-2026. Scores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.