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FN HERSTAL

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Public limited companyfounded 1990active for 35 yearsVoie de Liège 33, 4040 Herstal, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0441.928.931
Summary

FN HERSTAL has been active since 1990 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €460.0m and a net result of €65.4m. Equity remains stable across the filed financial years (±1.4% per year). Its solvency ranks better than 65% of 821 sector peers (NACE 25, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.1% (very low).

Overview

Activity
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
NACE 25300
#1 employer in Belgium, Fabricated metal products sector2 sites
Size
€422.0mturnover 2025
Staff
1,488.8 FTE
Equity
€460.0m
Profit
€65.4m
Financial health
97 Excellent Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
0.1%
Structure
Parent
FN Browning Group · 99.99%
Board
14 members
Holdings
8
Auditor: Eric VAN HOOFAccounts 38 days early50 of 51 deeds read
Why 97raises riskSector: Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (NACE 25)lowers riskSize: turnover €422.0m, 1,488.8 FTE, total assets €788.5mFounded in 1990Equity €460.0m (58.3% of total assets)Show the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
97 / 100
Excellent
Probability in this band: under 0.55%
Financially better than 74% of its sector peers (all companies)
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Strong
Solvency 83+1
equity 58.3% of total assets
Liquidity 46+5
short-term debt 34.7% · cash 8.8%
Profitability 84+15
return on assets 8.3%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.1% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

Fewer than 1 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 0.4% (22 companies, NACE 25, 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: 0.2%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 06-2025 08-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 07-2025 09-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 08-2025 10-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 09-2025 11-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 10-2025 12-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 12-2025 02-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 01-2026 03-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 03-2026 05-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 04-2026 06-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 05-2026 07-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 06-2026 08-2026: 0.3%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 07-2026 09-2026: 0.4%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 08-2026highest value 10-2026: 0.1%▼ -0.3 percentage points vs 09-2026lowest value
Credit of up to €42,150,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 1.8, compared with 1.99 in 2024; short-term debt: 34.7% and cash: 8.8% of total assets), and 41.7% of the assets are financed with debt.
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 (all companies): better than 74% on solvency, 53% on liquidity, 89% on profitability and 79% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 09-10-2026 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 · Size: turnover €422.0m, 1,488.8 FTE, total assets €788.5m
The company's size counts in the probability; how much depends on the rest of its profile.
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Founded in 1990
How long the company has existed counts in the probability; how much depends on the rest of its profile.
KBO
raises risk · Sector: Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (NACE 25)
KBO
lowers risk · Equity €460.0m (58.3% of total assets)
NBB · annual accounts
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 23-06-2026, 38 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
38 days early
2024
28 days early
2023
44 days early
2022
27 days early
2021
47 days early
2020
53 days early
2019
30 days 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 38 days before the deadline; the sector median (NACE 25) for financial year 2024 is 7 days before the deadline, and 35% 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 23 June (5 of the last 5 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
10-10-2026 today31-12-2026 year end31-07-2027 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
Searched since 2021.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2025 · full…
  2. Resignations & appointmentsBoard meeting
  3. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2024 · full…

Key points

  • Positive: Result rose in 2025from €21.3m to €65.4m ▲ 207% View
  • Positive: Employer in Belgium, Fabricated metal products sectorin the Checked rankings #1 View
  • Positive: Filed on time since financial year 2018accounts within the deadline every year 8 years View
  • Controlled by FN Browning Groupknown shareholders 100% 99.99% View
  • Positive: 4 years of growth in a rowturnover 2025: €422.0m 4 years View
  • EU supportawarded 2021 - 2025 €9.9m View

By topic

Financials

Financial year
2025
Turnover
€422.0m
Profit
€65.4m
Solvency
58.3%
Turnover▲ 17.0%
Net result
20182025
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Board & ownership

Board
14 members
Parent
FN Browning Group · 99.99%
Known shareholders
100%
Auditor
Eric VAN HOOF
  • Laurent BURTONDirector
  • Olivier VANDERIJSTDirector
  • Astrid PIERONDirector
  • Joyce WIECZOREKDirector
  • Yves PRETEDirector

and 9 other directors

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Network & group

Group
Wallonie Entreprendre
Subsidiaries
5
Holdings
8
Connected companies
60

8 holdings

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Timeline

Events
70
Since
1992
Next accounts
by 31-07-2027
  1. 18-07-2024Appointment: PwC Reviseurs d'Entreprises (statutory auditor)
  2. 17-06-2024Annual accounts filed
  3. 10-06-2024Resignations & appointments
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Company details

Sites
2
Legal form
Public limited company
Activity
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and…NACE 25300
Founded
06-12-1990
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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Articles of association

Provisions read
1
Purpose
La société a pour objet, tant en Belgique qu'à l'étranger, pour son compte ou pour le…
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