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GEKEL

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Public limited companyfounded 197848 yrs activePlace de l'Eglise 34, 4720 Kelmis, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0418.449.684
Summary

The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of GEKEL is 1.7% (moderate). The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €218,189 and a net result of -€51,116. Equity remains stable across the filed fiscal years (±0.5% per year). Its solvency ranks better than 25% of 4913 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The company has been active since 1978 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals.

Overview

Activity
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
NACE 47110NACE 47112NACE 52112
#1 oldest company in La Calamine, Wholesale and retail trade sector1 site
Size
€7.1mturnover 2025
Staff
19.4 FTE
Equity
€218,189
Loss
-€51,116
Financial health
53 Fair Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy chance 12 m
1.7%
Structure
Parent
ARCADE · 99%
Accounts 35 d early0 of 5 deeds read
Why 53- Equity €218,189 (14.3% of total assets)- Size: turnover €7.1m, 19.4 FTE, total assets €1.5m- Liquidity: current ratio 1.02, cash €79,058- Sector Retail trade (NACE 47)Show the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
53 / 100
Fair
Probability in this band: 1.5% to 4.2%
Better than 20% of its sector peers (NACE 47, small)
Performance against the sector, not lower risk
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Weak
Solvency 39-3
equity 14.3% of total assets
Liquidity 9-4
short-term debt 85.5% · cash 5.2%
Profitability 35-23
return on assets -3.4%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
1.7% Moderate
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

About 2 in 100 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 0.4% (3,688 companies)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 0.7% 12-2024: 0.7%● 0.0% vs 11-2024 01-2025: 0.7%● 0.0% vs 12-2024 02-2025: 0.7%▲ +2.0% vs 01-2025 03-2025: 0.7%● 0.0% vs 02-2025 04-2025: 0.6%▼ -3.2% vs 03-2025 05-2025: 0.6%▲ +0.3% vs 04-2025 06-2025: 0.6%▼ -3.3% vs 05-2025lowest value 07-2025: 0.8%▲ +33.7% vs 06-2025 08-2025: 1.1%▲ +37.4% vs 07-2025 09-2025: 1.1%● 0.0% vs 08-2025 10-2025: 1.1%● 0.0% vs 09-2025 11-2025: 1.1%● 0.0% vs 10-2025 12-2025: 1.1%● 0.0% vs 11-2025 01-2026: 1.1%● 0.0% vs 12-2025 02-2026: 1.1%● 0.0% vs 01-2026 03-2026: 1.1%● 0.0% vs 02-2026 04-2026: 1.1%▼ -1.3% vs 03-2026 05-2026: 1.1%▲ +1.2% vs 04-2026 06-2026: 1.1%▲ +0.3% vs 05-2026 07-2026: 1.2%▲ +2.4% vs 06-2026 08-2026: 2.0%▲ +66.5% vs 07-2026 09-2026: 2.4%▲ +22.6% vs 08-2026highest value 10-2026: 1.7%▼ -30.9% vs 09-2026
  • Equity €218,189 (14.3% of total assets) raises the probability
  • Size: turnover €7.1m, 19.4 FTE, total assets €1.5m raises the probability for this profile
  • Liquidity: current ratio 1.02, cash €79,058 raises the probability
  • Sector Retail trade (NACE 47) raises the probability
Credit up to €11,000 at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity tight (current ratio 1.02 against 1.01 in 2024; short-term debt: 85.5% and cash: 5.2% of total assets), and 85.7% of the assets are financed with debt.
How it is calculated

The band comes from the bankruptcy probability on a scale of 0 to 100: every 10 points more double the odds of getting through the year without bankruptcy.

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%

Place inside the band: half the bankruptcy probability, half how the company does against its sector peers (NACE 47, small). Better than this share of them on solvency 28%, liquidity 8%, profitability 20%, growth against the median 24%. That is performance, not lower risk; the band itself always comes from the probability.

Bankruptcy probability: model pd-v3.202610021621, computed on 05-10-2026. The model learns from Belgian bankruptcies and reads the registers, the annual accounts and the gazette.

Ceilings: negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special KBO legal situation and a missing filing 59 (two missing 44), an ongoing judicial reorganisation or an ending 24. Financial strength does not count in the score.

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Signals

Six signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
+raises risk○neutral
raises risk · Equity €218,189 (14.3% of total assets)
In the bankruptcy model this factor raises the probability.
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Size: turnover €7.1m, 19.4 FTE, total assets €1.5m
In the bankruptcy model this factor raises the probability for this profile.
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Liquidity: current ratio 1.02, cash €79,058
In the bankruptcy model this factor raises the probability.
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Sector Retail trade (NACE 47)
In the bankruptcy model this factor raises the probability.
KBO
raises risk · Weak solvency vs sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 25% of 4913 sector peers (2025).
NBB · sector comparison
Position among 4913 sector peers
Solvency
better than 25%
← weakest strongest →
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 26-06-2026, 35 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
35 d early
2024
29 d early
2023
20 d early
2022
31 d early
2021
52 d early
2020
23 d late
2019
46 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 27 days before the deadline; the sector median for financial year 2024 is on the deadline day, and 47% of the sector filed late.

Checked, nothing found (2)
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. Usually files around 30 June (5 of the last 5 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Position in the running window
06-10-2026 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
  1. Annual accounts filedfiscal year 2025 · full…
  2. Weakest financial yearnet -€51,116
  3. Annual accounts filedfiscal year 2024 · full…

Key points

  • Caution: From profit to loss in 2025after €27,629 in 2024 -€51,116 View
  • Positive: Oldest company in La Calamine, Wholesale and retail…in the Checked rankings #1 View
  • Controlled by ARCADEknown shareholders 100% 99% View
  • Positive: Always filed on timeaccounts within the deadline every year 5 years View
  • Active since 1978founded 26-06-1978 48 years View

By topic

Financials

Fiscal year
2025
Turnover
€7.1m
Loss
-€51,116
Solvency
14.3%
Turnover▼ 4.5%
Net result
20182025
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Timeline

Events
14
Since
2017
Next accounts
by 31-07-2027
  1. 26-06-2026Annual accounts filed
  2. 31-12-2025Weakest financial year
  3. 02-07-2025Annual accounts filed
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Company details

Sites
1
Legal form
Public limited company
Activity
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco…NACE 47110
Founded
26-06-1978
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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