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HB TRADING

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Private limited companyfounded 20206 years activeHoveniersstraat 51, 2018 Antwerpen, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0742.783.240
Summary

The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of HB TRADING is 5.1% (elevated). The 2024 annual accounts show negative equity (-USD 4.4m) and a net result of -USD 5.5m. Equity is shrinking by about 74% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 7% of 6,129 sector peers (NACE 46, fiscal year 2024). The company has been active since 2020 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals.

Overview

Activity
Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones
NACE 46861
#2 company by staff growth in Antwerp, Wholesale and retail trade sector1 site
Size
USD 150.9mturnover 2024
Staff
44.9 FTE
Equity
-USD 4.4m
Loss
-USD 5.5m
Financial health
34 Weak Checked score 2024
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
5.1%
Structure
Parent
HB Antwerp · 100%
Accounts 70 days overdue3 of 8 deeds read
Why 34raises riskFigures for FY 2024 (filed 23-10-2025)Liquidity: current ratio 0.94, cash €828,6171 financial year not filed after the legal deadline; latest accounts 84 days late; 3 of the last 3 lateNegative equity -€4.4mShow the evidence

Checked score

Score 2024
34 / 100
Weak
Probability in this band: 4.2% to 15.0%
Financially better than 5% of its sector peers (NACE 46, small)
Financial strength · tick = 2023
Weak
Solvency 21-5
equity -4.2% of total assets
Liquidity 1=
short-term debt 103.6% · cash 0.8%
Profitability 16-6
return on assets -5.2%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
5.1% Elevated
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

About 5 in 100 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 0.2% (4,380 companies)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 5.2% 12-2024: 5.9%▲ +0.7 percentage points vs 11-2024 01-2025: 7.0%▲ +1.1 percentage points vs 12-2024highest value 02-2025: 3.3%▼ -3.7 percentage points vs 01-2025 03-2025: 3.3%● unchanged vs 02-2025 04-2025: 3.3%● unchanged vs 03-2025 05-2025: 3.0%▼ -0.3 percentage points vs 04-2025 06-2025: 3.2%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 05-2025 07-2025: 3.1%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 06-2025 08-2025: 3.7%▲ +0.6 percentage points vs 07-2025 09-2025: 4.1%▲ +0.4 percentage points vs 08-2025 10-2025: 5.6%▲ +1.5 percentage points vs 09-2025 11-2025: 2.6%▼ -3.0 percentage points vs 10-2025 12-2025: 2.6%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: 2.6%● unchanged vs 12-2025 02-2026: 2.6%● unchanged vs 01-2026lowest value 03-2026: 2.6%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: 2.7%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 03-2026 05-2026: 2.7%● unchanged vs 04-2026 06-2026: 2.8%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 05-2026 07-2026: 2.8%● unchanged vs 06-2026 08-2026: 3.4%▲ +0.6 percentage points vs 07-2026 09-2026: 3.8%▲ +0.4 percentage points vs 08-2026 10-2026: 5.1%▲ +1.3 percentage points vs 09-2026
No credit on open account
Liquidity short (current ratio 0.94 against 0.99 in 2023; short-term debt: 103.6% and cash: 0.8% of total assets), and equity is negative.
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 (NACE 46, small): better than 4% on solvency, 2% on liquidity, 10% on profitability and 4% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 08-10-2026 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

Six signals.
+raises risk○neutral
raises risk · Figures for FY 2024 (filed 23-10-2025)
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Liquidity: current ratio 0.94, cash €828,617
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · 1 financial year not filed after the legal deadline; latest accounts 84 days late; 3 of the last 3 late
NBB · filings
raises risk · Negative equity -€4.4m
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Negative equity
The 2024 annual accounts show negative equity and a net loss.
NBB · annual accounts 2024
Equity per financial year
21222324
2021 to 2024 · latest year -USD 4.4m
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 23-10-2025, 84 days later. For context: 47% of the Belgian market files late and the whole 1-to-90-day band measures 2.0% abnormal legal state against a 1.66% average. We show this as a fact and do not score it.
NBB · 4 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not confirmed
2024
84 days late
2023
155 days late
2022
318 days late
2021
58 days late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 4 accounts on average 154 days after the deadline; the sector median for financial year 2024 is 3 days before the deadline, and 39% of the sector filed late.

Checked, nothing found (1)
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
Checked from 2021 on.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. Capital & shares · Purpose ·…Merger · Accounting effect ·…
  2. RestructuringMerger · Shareholding · Accounting…
  3. Permanent representatives: Boaz LEV and Oded…Correction

Key points

  • Risk: Negative equityfiscal year 2024: debts exceed assets -USD 4.4m View
  • Caution: Among the weakest 5% on net resultsector median €91,146 · 6,140 companies -€5.5m View
  • Caution: Accounts not fileddeadline was 31-07-2026 70 days late View
  • Caution: Result fell in 2024from -USD 3.6m to -USD 5.5m ▼ 52.7% View
  • Controlled by HB Antwerpknown shareholders 100% 100% View
  • Merger with HB IPmerger on 25-06-2026 2026 View
  • Caution: 2 loss-making years in a rowloss fiscal year 2024 -USD 5.5m View

By topic

Financials

Fiscal year
2024
Turnover
USD 150.9m
Loss
-USD 5.5m
Solvency
-4.2%
Turnover▼ 18.3%
Net result
20212024
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Timeline

Events
8
Since
2022
  1. 23-10-2025Annual accounts filed
  2. 02-01-2025Annual accounts filed
  3. 31-12-2024Weakest financial year
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Company details

Sites
1
Legal form
Private limited company
Activity
Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stonesNACE 46861
Founded
31-01-2020
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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Articles of association

Provisions read
2
Purpose
De invoer, de doorvoer en de uitvoer, de aankoop en de verkoop, zowel in het groot als in…
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