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Grenz-Echo

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Public limited companyfounded 1968active for 58 yearsPlace du Marché 8, 4700 Eupen, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0402.337.093
Summary

Grenz-Echo has been active since 1968 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €1.1m and a net result of -€166,439. Equity has been shrinking by about 14% per year since 2018. Its solvency ranks better than 24% of 206 sector peers (NACE 18, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.9% (low).

Overview

Overview

Official details

Source: KBO
Status
Active Normal situation
Activity
Printing and reproduction of recorded media NACE 18110and 1 other
Joint committee
200 Aanvullend Paritair Comité voor de bedienden · annual accounts 2025
Establishment units
2.003.904.786 4780 Sankt Vith, since 01-03-1932
2.155.488.072 4700 Eupen, since 01-01-1968
Financial year end
31 December
Peppol
Reachable

Board and ownership

Board
and 2 others
Shareholders
  • ROSSEL & Cie· score 952025 annual accounts of ROSSEL & Cie
  • ROSSEL SAannual accounts 2025
  • E. THOMMESSEN· score 942025 annual accounts of E. THOMMESSEN

Financial position

66 Healthy Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
0.9%
Annual accounts 2025
Turnover
€6.1m
▼ 5.2%
Loss
€166,439
▲ 25.8%
Equity
€1.1m
▼ 12.8%
Total assets
€5.2m
▲ 18.5%
Employees on 31-12-2025
37
=
Score breakdownraises riskEquity €1.1m (21.7% of total assets)Liquidity: current ratio 1.68, cash €308,992Sector: Printing and reproduction of recorded media (NACE 18)Loss of €166,439, the second in a row (financial year 2025)Show the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
66 / 100
Healthy
Probability in this band: 0.55% to 1.5%
Financially stronger than 23% of small companies in printing (NACE 18)
Financial strength · tick: 2024
Weak
Solvency 47-7
equity 21.7% of total assets
Liquidity 30-6
short-term debt 54.5% · cash 5.9%
Profitability 16=
return on assets -3.2%
Bankruptcy probability within 12 months
0.9% Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

About 9 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 0.3% (136 companies, NACE 18, small)
Last 24 months 12-2024: 0.9% 01-2025: 0.9%● unchanged vs 12-2024 02-2025: 0.9%● unchanged vs 01-2025 03-2025: 0.9%● unchanged vs 02-2025 04-2025: 0.9%● unchanged vs 03-2025 05-2025: 1.0%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 04-2025 06-2025: 0.9%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 05-2025 07-2025: 1.0%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 06-2025 08-2025: 0.5%▼ -0.5 percentage points vs 07-2025 09-2025: 0.5%● unchanged vs 08-2025 10-2025: 0.5%● unchanged vs 09-2025 11-2025: 0.5%● unchanged vs 10-2025 12-2025: 0.5%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: 0.5%● unchanged vs 12-2025 02-2026: 0.4%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 01-2026lowest value 03-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: 0.5%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 03-2026 05-2026: 0.5%● unchanged vs 04-2026 06-2026: 0.5%● unchanged vs 05-2026 07-2026: 0.5%● unchanged vs 06-2026 08-2026: 0.8%▲ +0.3 percentage points vs 07-2026 09-2026: 1.0%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 08-2026highest value 10-2026: 0.9%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 09-2026 11-2026: 0.9%● unchanged vs 10-2026
Credit of up to €70,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity is ample, with a current ratio of 1.68 (2.23 in 2024), above the usual 1.5. Short-term debt is 54.5% and cash 5.9% of total assets. However, 78.3% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
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 18, small). It does better than 30% of them on solvency, 22% on liquidity, 15% on profitability and 27% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 02-11-2026 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.

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).

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Signals

Seven signals.
raises riskneutral
raises risk · Equity €1.1m (21.7% of total assets)
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Liquidity: current ratio 1.68, cash €308,992
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Sector: Printing and reproduction of recorded media (NACE 18)
KBO
raises risk · Loss of €166,439, the second in a row (financial year 2025)
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Persistent losses
Two consecutive loss-making years (2024 and 2025); equity is also lower. May indicate structural pressure on profitability.
NBB · annual accounts 2025
Net result per financial year
1819202122232425
2018 to 2025 · latest year -€166,439
raises risk · Weak solvency compared with the sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 24% of 206 sector peers (2025).
NBB · sector comparison
Position among 206 sector peers
Solvency
better than 24%
← 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 19-06-2026, 42 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
42 days early
2024
13 days early
2023
33 days early
2022
34 days early
2021
17 days late
2020
9 days late
2019
25 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 10 days before the deadline. In the sector (NACE 18), the median for financial year 2024 was 5 days before the deadline, and 38% 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 29 June (4 of the last 5 accounts filed within 30 days either side of that date).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
03-11-2026 today31-12-2026 year end31-07-2027 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
That holds for every publication since 2021.
KBO publications

Financials

Financials · financial year 2025, full format

Annual accounts 2025 filed on 19-06-2026 at the NBB all 49 filings

Turnover
€6.1m▼ 5.2%
2024 · €6.4m
EBIT margin
-1.8%▼ 0.1pp
2024 · -1.6%
Net result
-€166,439▼ 25.8%
2024 · -€132,253
Working capital
€1.9m▼ 11.8%
2024 · €2.2m
Multi-year overview
2018 to 2025, 8 financial years
Turnover
€6.1m
▼ 5.2% 2025
20182025
Operating result
-€107,771
▼ 2.7% 2025
20182025
Net result
-€166,439
▼ 25.8% 2025
lowest quarter of the sector
20182025
EBIT margin
-1.8%
▼ 0.1pp 2025
20182025
Equity
€1.1m
▼ 12.8% 2025
middle half of the sector
20182025
Total assets
€5.2m
▲ 18.5% 2025
middle half of the sector
20182025
Debt
€4.1m
▲ 31.6% 2025
20182025
Working capital
€1.9m
▼ 11.8% 2025
highest quarter of the sector
20182025
Solvency
21.7%
▼ 7.8pp 2025
lowest quarter of the sector
20182025
Current ratio
1.68
▼ 0.55 2025
middle half of the sector
20182025
Return on assets (ROA)
-3.2%
▼ 0.2pp 2025
lowest quarter of the sector
20182025
Staff (FTE)
34.9
▼ 2.2% 2025
middle half of the sector
20182025
Every figure per financial year
Every figure with its change against the financial year before
favourable unfavourable
Line20182019202020212022202320242025
Turnover€7.7m-€7.2m▼ 5.9%€5.6m▼ 22.3%€5.4m▼ 3.0%€6.9m▲ 27.3%€6.5m▼ 6.5%€6.4m▼ 0.3%€6.1m▼ 5.2%
Operating result-€0.8m--€0.2m▲ 69.7%-€0.2m▲ 10.8%€0.2m-€0.2m-€0.4m▼ 90.9%-€0.1m▲ 72.4%-€0.1m▼ 2.7%
Net result-€0.7m--€0.09m▲ 87.1%-€0.1mbelow the sector's middle half▼ 9.4%€0.9mabove the sector's middle half-€0.3mbelow the sector's middle half-€0.4mbelow the sector's middle half▼ 25.3%-€0.1mbelow the sector's middle half▲ 64.8%-€0.2mbelow the sector's middle half▼ 25.8%
EBIT margin-10.6%--3.4%▲ 7.2pp-3.9%▼ 0.5pp3.0%▲ 7.0pp-2.9%▼ 5.9pp-5.9%▼ 3.0pp-1.6%▲ 4.3pp-1.8%▼ 0.1pp
Equity€3.2m-€2.8m▼ 14.0%€2.7mabove the sector's middle half▼ 3.6%€3.5mabove the sector's middle half▲ 32.7%€1.8mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 49.0%€1.4mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 20.8%€1.3mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 9.3%€1.1mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 12.8%
Total assets€6.1m-€6.1m▼ 0.6%€5.8mabove the sector's middle half▼ 5.0%€5.7mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 0.4%€4.6mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 19.8%€4.1mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 10.9%€4.4mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 7.3%€5.2mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 18.5%
Debt€2.9m-€3.3m▲ 14.4%€3.1m▼ 6.1%€2.2m▼ 28.8%€2.8m▲ 27.0%€2.7m▼ 4.5%€3.1m▲ 16.1%€4.1m▲ 31.6%
Working capital-€0.5m--€0.8m▼ 51.0%€0.2mwithin the sector's middle half€4.1mabove the sector's middle half▲ 19×€2.7mabove the sector's middle half▼ 35.1%€2.3mabove the sector's middle half▼ 12.9%€2.2mabove the sector's middle half▼ 6.1%€1.9mabove the sector's middle half▼ 11.8%
Solvency52.6%-45.6%▼ 7.1pp46.2%within the sector's middle half▲ 0.7pp61.6%within the sector's middle half▲ 15.4pp39.2%within the sector's middle half▼ 22.4pp34.8%within the sector's middle half▼ 4.4pp29.5%within the sector's middle half▼ 5.4pp21.7%below the sector's middle half▼ 7.8pp
Current ratio0.81-0.75▼ 0.061.11within the sector's middle half▲ 0.364.83above the sector's middle half▲ 3.722.79above the sector's middle half▼ 2.042.71within the sector's middle half▼ 0.082.23within the sector's middle half▼ 0.481.68within the sector's middle half▼ 0.55
Return on assets (ROA)-11.7%--1.5%▲ 10.2pp-1.7%within the sector's middle half▼ 0.2pp15.2%above the sector's middle half▲ 16.9pp-6.5%below the sector's middle half▼ 21.7pp-9.2%below the sector's middle half▼ 2.6pp-3.0%below the sector's middle half▲ 6.2pp-3.2%below the sector's middle half▼ 0.2pp
Staff (FTE)51.4-48.4▼ 5.8%44.9within the sector's middle half▼ 7.2%41.8within the sector's middle half▼ 6.9%40.7within the sector's middle half▼ 2.6%37.2within the sector's middle half▼ 8.6%35.7within the sector's middle half▼ 4.0%34.9within the sector's middle half▼ 2.2%
above within below The sector band is the middle half of the companies in Printing and reproduction of recorded media (NACE 18). A quarter of them sit below it, a quarter above. Each year counts only accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30.

The operating result for 2025 is a loss of €107,771, larger than the loss of €104,960 in 2024.

Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €5.2m
Fixed assets €424,101 ▲ 6.2%
Current assets €4.8m ▲ 19.9%
Equity and liabilities €5.2m
Equity €1.1m ▼ 12.8%
Debt €4.1m ▲ 31.6%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 70.5% to 78.3%. Equity is lower and debt is higher.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
-€43,522▲
2024 · -€48,096
Cash flow
-€102,190▼
2024 · -€75,389
Quick ratio
1.64▼
2024 · 2.14
Debt to equity
3.62▲
2024 · 2.39
ROE
-14.7%▼
2024 · -10.2%
Interest coverage
-0.73▲
2024 · -1.21
Debt ≤ 1 year
€2.8m▲
2024 · €1.8m
Debt > 1 year
€22,416▼
2024 · €59,943
Income taxes
€4,610▲
2024 · €2,433
Customer credit
57 days▲
2024 · 48 days
Supplier credit
62 days▲
2024 · 49 days
Staff costs
€2.4m▲
2024 · €2.4m
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls, as with debt or debt to equity.

Staff

social balance sheet
Item31-12-202131-12-202231-12-202331-12-202431-12-2025
Employees at the balance-sheet date4544403737
full-time3531292629
part-time101311118
in full-time equivalents42.340.236.833.234.2
Average over the year, in full-time equivalents41.840.737.235.734.9
On a permanent contract4242383536
Joined610643
Left7111073
Training hours1,133125223185137

Source: social balance sheet in the 2021 to 2025 annual accounts

Securities and guarantees

on own assets and for others
Item20212022202320242025
Debts secured on the company's own assets---€475,000€1.7m
Pledge on the business€2.0m€2.0m€2.0m--
Mandates to pledge the business---€2.0m€2.0m

Source: notes to the 2021 to 2025 annual accounts (statement of debts and off-balance-sheet rights and commitments)

Investments

fixed assets acquired
Item20212022202320242025
Tangible fixed assets€52,278€142,566€47,421€30,909€21,061
Intangible fixed assets€9,000€1,450-€42,685€71,990
Financial fixed assets--€3,540--
Depreciation and write-downs of the year€131,318€123,873€73,890€56,864€64,249

Source: notes to the 2021 to 2025 annual accounts (statement of fixed assets)

Auditor

fees
Item20212022202320242025
Fee for the audit€8,200----

Source: notes to the 2021 to 2025 annual accounts (relations with the auditor)

Annual accounts
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2025 against 2024 · 62 lines
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€4.4m€5.2m▲
Formation expenses20€0.01m€0.01m▼
Fixed assets21/28€0.4m€0.4m▲
Intangible fixed assets21€0.05m€0.1m▲
Tangible fixed assets22/27€0.2m€0.1m▼
Plant, machinery and equipment23€0.03m€0.02m▼
Furniture and vehicles24€0.1m€0.1m▼
Other tangible fixed assets26€0.001m€0.001m▼
Financial fixed assets28€0.2m€0.2m=
Current assets29/58€4.0m€4.8m▲
Stocks and contracts in progress3€0.2m€0.1m▼
Stocks30/36€0.2m€0.1m▼
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€1.8m€2.6m▲
Trade receivables40€0.9m€0.9m▲
Other amounts receivable41€0.9m€1.6m▲
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€0.2m€0.3m▲
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€1.9m€1.8m▼
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€4.4m€5.2m▲
Equity10/15€1.3m€1.1m▼
Contributions10/11€1.1m€1.1m=
Capital10€1.1m€1.1m=
Issued capital100€1.1m€1.1m=
Reserves13€0.3m€0.3m=
Non-distributable reserves130/1€0.1m€0.1m=
Legal reserve130€0.1m€0.1m=
Distributable reserves133€0.2m€0.2m=
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€0.2m-€0.4m▼
Amounts payable17/49€3.1m€4.1m▲
Amounts payable after more than one year17€0.06m€0.02m▼
Financial debts170/4€0.06m€0.02m▼
Amounts payable within one year42/48€1.8m€2.8m▲
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€0.04m€0.04m▲
Financial debts43€0.5m€1.7m▲
Credit institutions430/8€0.5m€1.7m▲
Trade debts44€0.6m€0.7m▲
Suppliers440/4€0.6m€0.7m▲
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€0.4m€0.4m▼
Taxes450/3€0.07m€0.07m▲
Remuneration and social security454/9€0.3m€0.3m▼
Other amounts payable47/48€0.3m€0.002m▼
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€1.3m€1.2m▼
Income statement Code20242025
Turnover70€6.4m€6.1m▼
Non-recurring operating income76A€0.003m-
Goods, raw materials, services and sundry goods60/61€4.8m€4.4m▼
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€2.4m€2.4m▲
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€0.06m€0.06m▲
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4€0.005m€0.009m▲
Other operating charges640/8€0.05m€0.05m▲
Non-recurring operating charges66A€0.02m€46▼
Gross operating margin9900€2.5m€2.4m▼
Operating profit (loss)9901-€0.1m-€0.1m▼
Financial income75/76B€0.01m€0.006m▼
Recurring financial income75€0.01m€0.006m▼
Financial charges65/66B€0.04m€0.06m▲
Recurring financial charges65€0.04m€0.06m▲
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903-€0.1m-€0.2m▼
Income taxes67/77€0.002m€0.005m▲
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€0.1m-€0.2m▼
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905-€0.1m-€0.2m▼
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906-€0.2m-€0.4m▼
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P-€0.06m-€0.2m▼
Social balance sheet
Average headcount (FTE)908735.734.9▼

The notes to these accounts have 21 items, including the statement of assets and debts, the cost breakdown and rights and commitments. You find them in the accounts filed with the NBB.

Source: Annual accounts 2025 at the NBB, filed on 19-06-2026.

Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Operating income70/76A---€6.1m-----
Turnover70€7.7m€7.2m€5.6m€5.4m€6.9m€6.5m€6.4m€6.1m▼ 5.2%
Other operating income74---€0.6m-----
Non-recurring operating income76A---€0.001m€0.007m€0.002m€0.003m--
Operating charges60/66A---€5.9m-----
Goods, raw materials, services and sundry goods60/61----€5.2m€5.2m€4.8m€4.4m▼ 7.3%
Goods for resale, raw materials and consumables60---€2.1m-----
Purchases600/8---€2.1m-----
Change in stocks: decrease (increase)609---€0.03m-----
Services and other goods61---€1.4m-----
Remuneration, social security and pensions62---€2.2m€2.4m€2.4m€2.4m€2.4m▲ 0.1%
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m€0.07m€0.06m€0.06m▲ 13.0%
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4----€0.02m-€0.06m€0.01m€0.005m€0.009m▲ 68.8%
Provisions for liabilities and charges: additions (uses and reversals)635/8----€0.002m-----
Other operating charges640/8---€0.09m€0.1m€0.05m€0.05m€0.05m▲ 0.2%
Non-recurring operating charges66A---€0.02m€0.05m-€0.02m€46▼ 99.7%
Gross operating margin9900----€2.4m€2.1m€2.5m€2.4m▼ 0.3%
Operating profit (loss)9901-€0.8m-€0.2m-€0.2m€0.2m-€0.2m-€0.4m-€0.1m-€0.1m▼ 2.7%
Financial income75/76B---€0.7m€0.03m€0.03m€0.01m€0.006m▼ 59.7%
Recurring financial income75€0.1m€0.2m€0.1m€0.5m€0.03m€0.03m€0.01m€0.006m▼ 59.7%
Income from financial fixed assets750---€0.5m-----
Income from current assets751---€192-----
Other financial income752/9---€0.01m-----
Non-recurring financial income76B---€0.2m-----
Financial charges65/66B---€0.008m€0.1m€0.02m€0.04m€0.06m▲ 51.5%
Recurring financial charges65€0.02m€0.01m€0.02m€0.008m€0.02m€0.02m€0.04m€0.06m▲ 51.5%
Debt charges650€0.008m€0.002m€0.004m€409-----
Other financial charges652/9---€0.007m-----
Non-recurring financial charges66B----€0.1m----
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903-€0.7m-€0.09m-€0.1m€0.9m-€0.3m-€0.4m-€0.1m-€0.2m▼ 24.7%
Income taxes67/77€0.003m€0.002m€218€0.004m€0.002m€0.003m€0.002m€0.005m▲ 89.5%
Taxes670/3---€0.004m-----
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€0.7m-€0.09m-€0.1m€0.9m-€0.3m-€0.4m-€0.1m-€0.2m▼ 25.8%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905-€0.7m-€0.09m-€0.1m€0.9m-€0.3m-€0.4m-€0.1m-€0.2m▼ 25.8%
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€6.1m€6.1m€5.8m€5.7m€4.6m€4.1m€4.4m€5.2m▲ 18.5%
Formation expenses20-----€0.007m€0.01m€0.01m▼ 11.2%
Fixed assets21/28€3.8m€3.6m€3.5m€0.5m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m▲ 6.2%
Intangible fixed assets21€0.008m€0.01m€0.01m€0.01m€0.01m€0.009m€0.05m€0.1m▲ 122%
Tangible fixed assets22/27€0.6m€0.4m€0.3m€0.2m€0.2m€0.2m€0.2m€0.1m▼ 20.0%
Plant, machinery and equipment23---€0.009m€0.02m€0.02m€0.03m€0.02m▼ 23.7%
Furniture and vehicles24---€0.2m€0.2m€0.2m€0.1m€0.1m▼ 19.4%
Other tangible fixed assets26-----€0.001m€0.001m€0.001m▼ 11.4%
Financial fixed assets28€3.3m€3.3m€3.3m€0.3m€0.2m€0.2m€0.2m€0.2m=
Affiliated companies280/1---€0.1m-----
Participating interests280---€0.1m-----
Companies linked by participating interests282/3---€0.003m-----
Participating interests282---€0.003m-----
Other financial fixed assets284/8---€0.2m-----
Shares284---€0.1m-----
Amounts receivable and cash guarantees285/8---€0.07m-----
Current assets29/58€2.3m€2.4m€2.2m€5.2m€4.2m€3.7m€4.0m€4.8m▲ 19.9%
Stocks and contracts in progress3€0.3m€0.3m€0.2m€0.2m€0.2m€0.2m€0.2m€0.1m▼ 13.7%
Stocks30/36---€0.2m€0.2m€0.2m€0.2m€0.1m▼ 13.7%
Raw materials and consumables30/31---€0.06m-----
Goods purchased for resale34---€0.1m-----
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€1.6m€1.9m€1.7m€3.1m€1.6m€1.4m€1.8m€2.6m▲ 45.4%
Trade receivables40---€0.8m€1.1m€0.9m€0.9m€0.9m▲ 11.1%
Other amounts receivable41---€2.3m€0.5m€0.5m€0.9m€1.6m▲ 77.5%
Current investments50/53€0.002m--------
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€0.4m€0.2m€0.2m€1.9m€0.3m€0.1m€0.2m€0.3m▲ 87.5%
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1---€0.03m€2.1m€2.0m€1.9m€1.8m▼ 7.1%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€6.1m€6.1m€5.8m€5.7m€4.6m€4.1m€4.4m€5.2m▲ 18.5%
Equity10/15€3.2m€2.8m€2.7m€3.5m€1.8m€1.4m€1.3m€1.1m▼ 12.8%
Contributions10/11€1.3m€1.1m€1.1m€1.1m€1.1m€1.1m€1.1m€1.1m=
Capital10---€1.1m€1.1m€1.1m€1.1m€1.1m=
Issued capital100---€1.1m€1.1m€1.1m€1.1m€1.1m=
Reserves13€2.0m€1.8m€1.8m€1.8m€0.3m€0.3m€0.3m€0.3m=
Non-distributable reserves130/1---€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m=
Legal reserve130---€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m=
Distributable reserves133---€1.7m€0.2m€0.2m€0.2m€0.2m=
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€0.05m-€0.2m-€0.3m€0.6m€0.3m-€0.06m-€0.2m-€0.4m▼ 86.5%
Provisions and deferred taxes16€0.008m€0.005m€0.002m------
Amounts payable17/49€2.9m€3.3m€3.1m€2.2m€2.8m€2.7m€3.1m€4.1m▲ 31.6%
Amounts payable after more than one year17----€0.1m€0.1m€0.06m€0.02m▼ 62.6%
Financial debts170/4----€0.1m€0.1m€0.06m€0.02m▼ 62.6%
Amounts payable within one year42/48€2.8m€3.2m€2.0m€1.1m€1.5m€1.4m€1.8m€2.8m▲ 58.8%
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42----€0.03m€0.04m€0.04m€0.04m▲ 3.0%
Financial debts43-----€0.2m€0.5m€1.7m▲ 253%
Credit institutions430/8-----€0.2m€0.5m€1.7m▲ 253%
Trade debts44€1.0m€1.4m€0.6m€0.4m€1.1m€0.8m€0.6m€0.7m▲ 17.7%
Suppliers440/4---€0.4m€1.1m€0.8m€0.6m€0.7m▲ 17.7%
Taxes, remuneration and social security45---€0.7m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m▼ 1.1%
Taxes450/3---€0.05m€0.03m€0.07m€0.07m€0.07m▲ 0.8%
Remuneration and social security454/9---€0.6m€0.4m€0.3m€0.3m€0.3m▼ 1.6%
Other amounts payable47/48---€21€0.002m€316€0.3m€0.002m▼ 99.4%
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3---€1.1m€1.2m€1.2m€1.3m€1.2m▼ 2.6%
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€0.7m-€0.09m-€0.1m€0.9m-€0.3m-€0.4m-€0.1m-€0.2m▼ 25.8%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m€0.07m€0.06m€0.06m▲ 13.0%
Operating cash flow (approximation)-€0.6m€0.05m€0.04m€1.0m-€0.2m-€0.3m-€0.08m-€0.1m▼ 35.6%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)-€0.06m-€0.04m€2.9m-€0.02m-€0.05m-€0.07m-€0.09m▼ 19.4%
Change in cash--€0.2m€0.07m€1.7m-€1.7m-€0.1m€0.04m€0.1m▲ 248%

A Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement. These rows are therefore an approximation, derived from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.

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Historical observation

In July 2024, 2,507 companies had the same profile as Grenz-Echo has now. Two years later, 96.4% were still going and 1.6% had gone bankrupt.

  • Small
  • 20 years or older
  • solvency 10 to 30%
  • a small loss
96.4% was still going
1.8% stopped otherwise
1.6% went bankrupt

Another 0.2% stopped without a precise date, possibly only after those two years.

That fits the bankruptcy probability of Grenz-Echo itself: 0.9% within 12 months.

Test of the method

The method was tested on the 497,446 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.

The companies in ten equal groups, from the lowest to the highest expected share
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 2,507 companies, not a prediction for Grenz-Echo. 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.

Latest 10 of 49 filings with the National Bank
Financial year Type Filed Reference Document
31-12-2025 full format 19-06-2026 2026-00207002 PDF
31-12-2024 full format 18-07-2025 2025-00309840 PDF
31-12-2023 full format 28-06-2024 2024-00230505 PDF
31-12-2022 full format 27-06-2023 2023-00176417 PDF
31-12-2021 full format 17-08-2022 2022-20308114 PDF
31-12-2020 full format 09-08-2021 2021-47500362 PDF
31-12-2019 full format 25-08-2020 2020-45200023 PDF
31-12-2018 full format 22-08-2019 2019-52200577 PDF
31-12-2017 full format 14-08-2018 2018-46200224 PDF
31-12-2016 full format 12-09-2017 2017-60900089 PDF

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Board & ownership

Directors

Directors
5 directors, last change in 2026

Act of 07-08-2026Merger: Grenz Echo takes over OSTBELGISCHER MEDIENVERLAGCapital increase of €100,000 to €1,238,418.87 · Appointment: Eric MALRAIN (mandataire de la société absorbée) · Declaration

Board 5

Eric MALRAIN
Director · appointed in the act of 26-10-2022
Current
Ernst THOMMESSEN
Director · appointed in the act of 26-10-2022
Current
IMMOFIDA
Director · appointed in the act of 26-10-2022 · Public limited company · permanent representative: Eric THOMMESSEN
Current
Rossel-Hurbain
Director · appointed in the act of 26-10-2022 · Public limited company · permanent representative: Bernard MARCHANT · also on the board of 1 other company
Current
BERMAL SA
Director · appointed in the act of 26-10-2022 · Legal entity
Current
Permanent representatives 2
Bernard MARCHANT
Permanent representative · appointed in the act of 26-10-2022 · for Rossel-Hurbain
Current
Eric THOMMESSEN
Permanent representative · appointed in the act of 26-10-2022 · for IMMOFIDA
Current

Owners and capital

Shareholders

3 owners

Chain of control

  1. ROSSEL SA consolidates
  2. ROSSEL INVEST SRL 90%
  3. ROSSEL & Cie 75%
  4. Grenz-Echo

Owners 3

Capital transactions

Capital over time
  1. 07-08-2026 Capital increase of €100,000 · to €1,238,418.87 · no new shares · “sans émission de nouvelles actions”

Mandate history

8 people, 5 in office
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  • Board
  • Statutory auditor
  • began earlier
  • end not dated
Mandates per person, with start and end dates
Name Functions and periods
BERMAL SA
  • Director, appointed in the act of 26-10-2022, still in office
Eric MALRAIN
  • Director, appointed in the act of 26-10-2022, still in office
Ernst THOMMESSEN
  • Director, appointed in the act of 26-10-2022, still in office
IMMOFIDA
  • Director, appointed in the act of 26-10-2022, still in office
Rossel-Hurbain
  • Director, appointed in the act of 26-10-2022, still in office
TKS AUDIT
  • Statutory auditor, appointed in the act of 10-08-2023, no longer listed in the 2025 annual accounts
GROUPE VLAN
  • Director, appointed in the act of 26-10-2022, no longer listed in the 2025 annual accounts
ROSSEL & Cie
  • Director, from before 30-04-2022, no longer listed in the 2025 annual accounts
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Articles of association

Custody of recordsThe books and records are kept for at least five years after liquidation. The articles set where.
“Au siège de la Société Absorbante, Société Absorbante”

Articles of association, deed of 07-08-2026 (in French)

Network & group

Part of the group ROSSEL INVEST SRL 33 companies Group, risk and exposure

Holdings and subsidiaries

1 holding

Holdings 1

  • COBEL Dsubsidiary
    Equity -€505,157 Loss of €16,284 in 2025 (loss of €3,257 in 2024) Checked score 53
    51%

Acquisitions and mergers

1 transaction
BE 0420.242.404operation treated as a merger by absorption · Gazette deed of 07-08-2026 (4 acts) · effective 13-03-2026

Companies at the same address

7 other companies

Connections & network

7 connected companies
Linked via shared directors
AFFICHAGE URBAIN
Shared corporate director
→
EDITIONS CINE - REVUE
Shared corporate director
→
GE DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
Shared corporate director
→
GROUPE SUDMEDIA
Shared corporate director
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REDPHARMA
Shared corporate director
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SOLUTION 3.0
Shared corporate director
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WORLD OF MIND
Shared corporate director
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Timeline

Acts, filings and financial milestones

Deadline for the 2026 accounts: 31-07-2027
2026
07-08
Gazette deed Merger: Grenz Echo takes over OSTBELGISCHER MEDIENVERLAG
Capital increase of €100,000 to €1,238,418.87 · Appointment: Eric MALRAIN (mandataire de la société absorbée) · Declaration17 points ▸
  • General meeting, 22-07-2026, mentioned 2 times in the deed
  • Merger, “opération assimilée à la fusion par absorption, transfert par la Société Absorbée, par suite de sa dissolution sans liquidation, de l'intégralité de son patrimo…” (deed in French)
  • Declaration, “réception du projet commun, Chaque actionnaire confirme avoir reçu une copie du projet commun d'opération assimilée à la fusion par absorption” (deed in French)
  • Declaration, “mise à disposition des documents, un mois au moins avant la présente assemblée” (deed in French)
  • Declaration, “renonciation à l'état comptable clôturé, Chaque actionnaire déclare avoir renoncé à la mise à disposition d'un état comptable clôturé moins de trois mois avant…” (deed in French)
  • General meeting, “unanimité, approbation du projet commun d'opération assimilée à la fusion par absorption” (deed in French)
  • Director appointment, Eric MALRAIN (mandataire de la société absorbée)
  • Declaration, “description du patrimoine transféré, le patrimoine transféré de la Société Absorbée comprend l'intégralité de son patrimoine actif et passif, rien excepté, ni r…” (deed in French)
  • Other provision, “patrimoine transféré, plusieurs contrats de travail avec des travailleurs qui seront transférés conformément à la convention collective de travail n° 32bis” (deed in French)
  • General meeting, “constatation de la réalisation effective de l'opération assimilée à la fusion par absorption, la Société Absorbée est dissoute sans liquidation et toutes les ac…” (deed in French)
  • General meeting, “du 1er janvier 2026 à 00h00 jusqu'au jour du procès-verbal, modalités de décharge des administrateurs et du commissaire de la Société Absorbée” (deed in French)
  • Capital increase, €100,000
  • The act holds 5 more points.

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19-06
NBB filing Annual accounts 2025 filedNBB
full format · 42 days before the deadline
21-05
Gazette deed Merger proposal: GRENZ-ECHO takes over OSTBELGISCHER MEDIENVERLAG
Declaration4 points ▸
  • Merger, “fusion par absorption, articles 12:7, 2° et 12:50 du Code des sociétés et des associations” (deed in French)
  • Declaration, “absence of special rights or other securities, aucune mesure particulière n'est prévue” (deed in French)
  • Declaration, “absence of special benefits for administrators” (deed in French)
  • Other provision, “identification of participating companies, fusion par absorption” (deed in French)

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2025
18-07
NBB filing Annual accounts 2024 filedPDF
full format · 13 days before the deadline
2024
28-06
NBB filing Annual accounts 2023 filedPDF
full format · 33 days before the deadline
2023
10-08
Gazette deed Reappointment: TKS AUDIT (statutory auditor)
2 points ▸
  • General meeting, 16-06-2023
  • Auditor reappointment, TKS AUDIT (statutory auditor)

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27-06
NBB filing Annual accounts 2022 filedPDF
full format · 34 days before the deadline
2022
26-10
Gazette deed 6 directors appointed, 1 director resigning
Appointments: Eric MALRAIN, Ernst THOMMESSEN and 4 others · Permanent representatives: Alexandre HURBAIN, Eric THOMMESSEN and 3 others · Resignation: ROSSEL & Cie (director)15 points ▸
  • General meeting, 16-06-2023
  • General meeting, 09-09-2022
  • Director appointment, Eric MALRAIN (director)
  • Director appointment, Ernst THOMMESSEN (director)
  • Director appointment, BERMAL SA (director)
  • Director appointment, IMMOFIDA SA (director)
  • Director appointment, ROSSEL-HURBAIN SA (director)
  • Director appointment, ROSSEL & Cie (director)
  • Permanent representative, Alexandre HURBAIN (representative)
  • Permanent representative, Eric THOMMESSEN (representative)
  • Permanent representative, Bernard MARCHANT (representative)
  • Permanent representative, Jean-Pierre MIRANDA (representative)
  • The act holds 3 more points.

Open the act in the Belgian Official Gazette

17-08
NBB filing Annual accounts 2021 filedPDF
full format · 17 days late
2021
31-12
Financial Back to profitnet €870,768
The net result is €870,768, after 3 loss-making years.
31-12
Financial Liquidity more than quadruplescurrent ratio 4.83
The current ratio rises from 1.11 to 4.83. Short-term debt falls from €2.0m to €1.1m.
09-08
NBB filing Annual accounts 2020 filedPDF
full format · 9 days late
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2020
25-08
NBB filing Annual accounts 2019 filedPDF
full format · 25 days late
2019
22-08
NBB filing Annual accounts 2018 filedPDF
full format · 22 days late
2018
14-08
NBB filing Annual accounts 2017 filedPDF
full format · 14 days late
2017
12-09
NBB filing Annual accounts 2016 filedPDF
full format · 43 days late
Financial milestoneGazette deedNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the financial year-end date, not the filing date.

Sources:Publications in the Belgian Official GazetteFilings with the National Bank

History

Grenz-Echo was incorporated on 1 January 1968.1 In 2026 the capital was increased by €100,000 to €1.2m.2 OSTBELGISCHER MEDIENVERLAG was merged into the company in 2026.3

  1. 1KBO register
  2. 2Belgian Official Gazette, 07-08-2026
  3. 3Belgian Official Gazette, 07-08-2026

Company details

Register details

Identity

KBO record
Name Grenz-Echo in French
Enterprise number 0402.337.093
Legal form Public limited company
Status Active, normale toestand
Founded 01-01-1968
Entity type Legal entity
Registered office clauseThe articles name the region of the registered office. The language of official documents depends on that region, among other things.
“Région wallonne, Ce transfert sera publié aux Annexes du Moniteur belge”
deed of 07-08-2026 (in French)

Registered office and establishments

Registered office Place du Marché 8, 4700 Eupen, Belgium
Establishment units Hauptstrasse 89, 4780 Sankt Vith since 01-03-1932 · unit number 2.003.904.78658120 Publishing activities
Place du Marché 8, 4700 Eupen since 01-01-1968 · unit number 2.155.488.07258120 Publishing activities

Activities

NACEBEL 2025
VAT activities
18110 Printing and reproduction of recorded media main activity
58120 Publishing activities
Social security (RSZ) activities
58120 Publishing activities main activity
Codes under NACEBEL 2008
VAT activities
18110 Printing and reproduction of recorded media main activity
58130 Publishing activities
Social security (RSZ) activities
58130 Publishing activities main activity
Codes under NACEBEL 2003
VAT activities
22210 main activity
22120
Social security (RSZ) activities
22120 main activity
Joint committee 200 Aanvullend Paritair Comité voor de bedienden annual accounts 2025
PurposeThe purpose describes the activities the company may carry out under its articles.
“L'édition du journal "Grenz Echo", ainsi que toutes opérations se rapportant directement ou indirectement à cette édition. La société pourra…”
4 activities
  1. L'édition du journal "Grenz Echo", ainsi que toutes opérations se rapportant directement ou indirectement à cette édition. La société pourra aussi éditer, imprimer ou vendre toutes autres publications, magazines, livres, prospectus, etcaetera, pour son propre compte ou pour compte d'autrui. Elle pourra en plus effectuer toute activité d'imprimerie ainsi que toute activité se situant dans le domaine du multimédia et de l'information en général
  2. L'administration, l'assistance et les services financiers à d'autres sociétés et entreprises
  3. La participation directe ou indirecte dans toutes opérations susceptibles de favoriser le développement des affaires sociales sous quelque forme que ce soit, création de sociétés nouvelles, apport, souscription ou achat de titres et droits sociaux, etc....
  4. Plus généralement elle pourra s'intéresser tant en Belgique qu'à l'étranger, à toutes opérations industrielles, commerciales, financières, mobilières et immobilières, de nature à favoriser son objet social ou se rattachant directement ou indirectement à cet objet
deed of 21-05-2026 (in French)

Invoicing and payment

VAT number BE 0402.337.093
E-invoicing via Peppol
Reachable via Peppol
Peppol ID 0208:0402337093
Other Peppol ID 9925:BE0402337093

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Register as of 3 November 2026 · Peppol Directory

Financial year and general meeting

Accounts at the NBB
Financial year end 31-12

Sites & property

Location
registered office establishment 1 of 2 establishment units on the map
8 companies at this address See who is registered here

Buildings and parcels at the address

Ground area
1,012 m²
Building footprint
181 m²
Building volume
1,122 m³
Cadastral parcel Region Area Buildings Height / floors
63023F0074/00H000 Wallonia 1,012 m² 1 · 181 m² 9.4 m · 2