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HAYSTACK

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Public limited companyfounded 200125 yrs activeRomeinse straat 4, 3001 Leuven, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0474.816.879
Summary

HAYSTACK has been active since 2001 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €2.27M and a net result of €929k. Equity is growing by ~28.2% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 50% of 709 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.3% (very low).

Checked score

Score 2025
74 / 100
Healthy
The score weighs solvency, liquidity, profitability and financial development. Bankruptcy probability contributes 35%. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability90▲+1
Solvency67▲+11
Growth78=
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.3% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €160k at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 1.99 against 2.16 in 2024; short-term debt: 44.4% and cash: 8.7% of total assets), but 57.6% of the assets are financed with debt.
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Signals

Five signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
lowers risk+raises riskneutral
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
highest failure risk from 2 to 8 years 25 years 0 30 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
42.4%
Return on assets
17.3%
Age of the figures
9 mo
raises risk · Multiple establishment units
Several establishment units mean more fixed costs, and such companies fail more often than a company with one establishment.
KBO · establishment units
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 14-07-2026, 17 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
17 d early
2024
21 d early
2023
12 d early
2022
35 d early
2021
30 d early
2020
15 d early
2019
14 d early
← before the deadline after the deadline →
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.
Companies Code · seven months
Position in the running window
24-09-2026 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, full schema

Turnover
Not included in this filing
EBIT margin
Not included in this filing
Net result
€929k▼ 2.4%
2024 · €952k
2018: €-333k 2019: €22k 2020: €12k 2021: €371k 2022: €363k 2023: €478k 2024: €952k
2018 → 2025
Working capital
€2.37M▼ 17.6%
2024 · €2.87M
2018: €1.41M 2019: €1.22M 2020: €1.50M 2021: €1.69M 2022: €2.05M 2023: €1.91M 2024: €2.87M
2018 → 2025
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20212022202320242025Trend
Equity€588k-€801k▲ 36.2%€1.07M▲ 34.2%€1.79M▲ 66.3%€2.27M▲ 27.2%
Operating result€281k-€259k▼ 7.8%€315k▲ 21.8%€957k▲ 203%€876k▼ 8.4%
Net result€371k-€363k▼ 2.1%€478k▲ 31.8%€952k▲ 99.1%€929k▼ 2.4%
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€0€250k€500k€750k€1.00MOperating result 2021: €281k€281kNet result 2021: €371k€371kOperating result 2022: €259k€259kNet result 2022: €363k€363kOperating result 2023: €315k€315kNet result 2023: €478k€478kOperating result 2024: €957k€957kNet result 2024: €952k€952kOperating result 2025: €876k€876kNet result 2025: €929k€929k20212022202320242025€0€250k€500k€750k€1MOperating result 2023: €315k€315kNet result 2023: €478k€478kOperating result 2024: €957k€957kNet result 2024: €952k€952kOperating result 2025: €876k€876kNet result 2025: €929k€929k202320242025
The operating result falls in 2025; 2025 is 8% below 2024.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €5.36M
Fixed assets €617k ▲ 26.3%
Current assets €4.74M ▼ 11.3%
Equity and liabilities €5.36M
Equity €2.27M ▲ 27.2%
Debt €3.09M ▼ 23.7%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total falls from 69.4% to 57.6%. Equity is higher and debt is lower.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
€1.10M
2024 · €1.15M
Cash flow
€1.15M
2024 · €1.14M
Current ratio
1.99
2024 · 2.16
Debt to equity
1.36
2024 · 2.27
ROE
40.9%
2024 · 53.3%
ROA
17.3%
2024 · 16.3%
Interest coverage
13.25
2024 · 14.62
Debt ≤ 1 year
€2.38M
2024 · €2.48M
Debt > 1 year
€57k
2024 · €73k
Income taxes
€121k
2024 · €182k
Staff costs
€4.03M
2024 · €3.38M
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2025 against 2024 · 64 lines
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€5.84M€5.36M
Fixed assets21/28€489k€617k
Intangible fixed assets21€248k€329k
Tangible fixed assets22/27€190k€245k
Land and buildings22€105k€107k
Plant, machinery and equipment23€70k€62k
Furniture and vehicles24€15k€75k
Other tangible fixed assets26-€1k
Financial fixed assets28€51k€43k
Current assets29/58€5.35M€4.74M
Amounts receivable after more than one year29€208k€213k
Other amounts receivable291€208k€213k
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€4.57M€3.15M
Trade receivables40€4.43M€2.96M
Other amounts receivable41€141k€195k
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€167k€464k
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€406k€917k
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€5.84M€5.36M
Equity10/15€1.79M€2.27M
Contributions10/11€62k€62k=
Capital10€62k€62k=
Issued capital100€62k€62k=
Reserves13€1.72M€2.21M
Non-distributable reserves130/1€6k€6k=
Legal reserve130€6k€6k=
Tax-exempt reserves132€282k€282k=
Distributable reserves133€1.44M€1.92M
Amounts payable17/49€4.05M€3.09M
Amounts payable after more than one year17€73k€57k
Financial debts170/4€73k€57k
Amounts payable within one year42/48€2.48M€2.38M
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€347k€397k
Financial debts43€100k-
Credit institutions430/8€100k-
Trade debts44€1.20M€1.11M
Suppliers440/4€1.20M€1.11M
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€523k€615k
Taxes450/3€205k€229k
Remuneration and social security454/9€319k€386k
Other amounts payable47/48€307k€255k
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€1.50M€654k
Income statement Code20242025
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€3.38M€4.03M
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€190k€226k
Other operating charges640/8€17k€14k
Non-recurring operating charges66A€44k€58k
Gross operating margin9900€4.59M€5.21M
Operating profit (loss)9901€957k€876k
Financial income75/76B€261k€262k
Recurring financial income75€261k€262k
Financial charges65/66B€84k€88k
Recurring financial charges65€78k€83k
Non-recurring financial charges66B€6k€5k
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€1.13M€1.05M
Income taxes67/77€182k€121k
Profit (loss) for the period9904€952k€929k
Transfer to tax-exempt reserves689€282k-
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€669k€929k
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€669k€929k
Transfer to equity691/2€430k€486k
To other reserves6921€430k€486k
Profit to be distributed694/7€240k€443k
Directors or managers695€150k€400k
Other beneficiaries697€90k€43k
Social balance
Average headcount (FTE)908739.744.1

The notes to these accounts (16 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
14-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · full schema
2025
31-12
Financial Equity above €2MEq €2.27M ▲27.2%
7 profitable years in a row build equity to €2.27M.
10-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · abbreviated schema
2024
31-12
Financial Highest result since 2018net €952k ▲99.1%
Operating result €957k, net result €952k, both a record.
19-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · abbreviated schema
2023
31-12
Financial Equity above €1MEq €1.07M ▲34.2%
5 profitable years in a row build equity to €1.07M.
26-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · abbreviated schema
2022
01-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · abbreviated schema
2021
31-12
Financial Equity above €500kEq €588k ▲18.3%
3 profitable years in a row build equity to €588k.
16-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · abbreviated schema
2020
17-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · abbreviated schema
2019
31-12
Financial Back to profitnet €22k
Net result €22k after one loss-making year.
Show earlier events
16-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · abbreviated schema
2018
03-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · abbreviated schema
2017
11-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.

Directors · office · real estate

Directors
14 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, Leuven · 2 establishment units since 2001
establishment approximate All 2 establishment units 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.

Romeinse straat 43001 Leuven
Ground area
2.4 ha
Building footprint
1.2 ha
Volume, LiDAR
15,969 m³
2 parcels, Flanders · tallest building 23.9 m, ±7 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
2 establishment units
Haystack Consulting
Romeinse straat 4, 3001 LeuvenManufacture of basic metals
since 20012.100.390.587
Haystack International NV
Uitbreidingstraat 66, 2600 AntwerpenMarket research and public opinion polling
since 20202.329.262.285
2 parcels
Flanders 2 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
24514C0093/00V002 Flanders 2.2 ha 1 · 1.1 ha -
11303B0445/00F008 Flanders 2,372 m² 1 · 792 m² 23.9 m · 7 fl.
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Methodology
via registered seat: 1 · via establishment units: 1
2 of 2 parcels with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.

Public money · subsidies and aid

Flemish government

2022 to 2025 · 10 entries · 63,696 EUR awarded · 64,982 EUR paid
Year Entries awardedpaid
2025 4 2,972 EUR28,027 EUR
2024 3 55,561 EUR30,506 EUR
2023 1 125 EUR243 EUR
2022 2 5,038 EUR6,206 EUR
Schemes
Kmo-groeisubsidie: steun voor groeitrajecten bij kmo's (stopgezet)
3 entries · 50,000 EUR · 50,000 EUR paid · Fonds voor Innoveren en Ondernemen
Vlaams opleidingsverlof (VOV)
3 entries · 10,884 EUR · 10,884 EUR paid · Departement Werk en Sociale Economie
Subsidie voor opleiding en advies voor kmo's en zelfstandigen (kmo-portefeuille)
4 entries · 2,812 EUR · 4,098 EUR paid · Fonds voor Innoveren en Ondernemen

European research

1 project
Programmes
Horizon 2020
1 entry
Projects
Enginomics in food quality design: the case of shelf-stable fruit-, vegetable- and legume-based foods
Horizon 2020 · partner · 01-01-2018 to 31-12-2021 · FOODENGINE

Recognitions · licences · registrations

Legal Entity Identifier

5493006VNUJGBBBJ7R51
live in the LEI register

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Company data · Crossroads Bank

Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded26-04-2001
Fiscal year end31-12
Trade name NL HAYSTACK INTERNATIONAL
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
73200Market research and public opinion polling
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 24 filingsAddress and cadastre registers

Scores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.