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HBE DIFFUSION

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Private limited company (pre-2019)founded 2000active for 26 yearsAvenue de la Paix 34, 1340 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0470.780.293
Summary

The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of HBE DIFFUSION is 2.8% (moderate). The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €114 and a net result of -€19,699. The figures fluctuate too strongly year-on-year for a reliable trend projection. Its solvency ranks better than 13% of 8,793 sector peers (NACE 73, financial year 2024). The company has been active since 2000 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency signals. The KBO does carry 1 administrative register entry (see administrative flags).

Overview

Activity
Public relations and communication consultancy
NACE 73300
1 site
Size
€44,630total assets 2024
Equity
€114
Loss
-€19,699
Turnover not published (micro format)
Financial health
49 Fair Checked score 2024
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
2.8%
Structure
2025 accounts not filed, 89 days past the deadline3 deeds in the Belgian Official Gazette
Why 49raises riskLoss of €19,699 (financial year 2024)Ex-officio strike-off in the KBOlowers riskFounded in 2000Liquidity: current ratio 0.92, cash €20,732, halvedShow the evidence

Checked score

Score 2024
49 / 100
Fair
Probability in this band: 1.5% to 4.2%
Financially better than 18% of its sector peers (NACE 73, micro)
Financial strength · tick = 2020
Weak
Solvency 25-49
equity 0.3% of total assets
Liquidity 50-24
short-term debt 99.7% · cash 46.5%
Profitability 0-100
return on assets -44.1%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
2.8% Moderate
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

About 3 in 100 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 0.2% (11,214 companies, NACE 73, micro)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 4.2% 12-2024: 4.2%● unchanged vs 11-2024 01-2025: 4.2%● unchanged vs 12-2024 02-2025: 4.2%● unchanged vs 01-2025 03-2025: 4.8%▲ +0.6 percentage points vs 02-2025 04-2025: 4.8%● unchanged vs 03-2025highest value 05-2025: 4.8%● unchanged vs 04-2025highest value 06-2025: 4.8%● unchanged vs 05-2025highest value 07-2025: 4.8%● unchanged vs 06-2025highest value 08-2025: 4.8%● unchanged vs 07-2025highest value 09-2025: 4.8%● unchanged vs 08-2025highest value 10-2025: 1.9%▼ -2.9 percentage points vs 09-2025 11-2025: 1.9%● unchanged vs 10-2025 12-2025: 1.9%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: 1.8%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 12-2025 02-2026: 1.8%● unchanged vs 01-2026 03-2026: 1.8%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: 1.8%● unchanged vs 03-2026 05-2026: 1.8%● unchanged vs 04-2026 06-2026: 1.7%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 05-2026lowest value 07-2026: 1.8%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 06-2026 08-2026: 2.4%▲ +0.6 percentage points vs 07-2026 09-2026: 2.4%● unchanged vs 08-2026 10-2026: 2.8%▲ +0.4 percentage points vs 09-2026
No publishable credit limit; credit only on tighter terms
Liquidity insufficient (current ratio 0.92, compared with 1.99 in 2020, below 1; short-term debt: 99.7% and cash: 46.5% of total assets), and 99.7% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
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 73, micro): better than 13% on solvency, 36% on liquidity and 6% on profitability.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 27-10-2026 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

Eight signals.
lowers riskraises risk
raises risk · Loss of €19,699 (financial year 2024)
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Ex-officio strike-off in the KBO
KBO publications
lowers risk · Founded in 2000
Companies that have existed this long fail less often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
KBO
lowers risk · Liquidity: current ratio 0.92, cash €20,732, halved
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Weak solvency vs sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 13% of 8793 sector peers (2024).
NBB · sector comparison
Position among 8793 sector peers
Solvency
better than 13%
← weakest strongest →
raises risk · Annual accounts not filed
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due at the National Bank by 31-07-2026. Nothing is on record, 89 days later.
NBB · 10 filings
Position against the passed deadline
31-12-2025 year end31-07-2026 deadline28-10-2026 today
raises risk · 2024 accounts filed 28 days late
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 28-08-2025, 28 days later. Nearly half (47%) of Belgian companies file late; of those that file 1 to 90 days late, 2.0% are now bankrupt, dissolved or in another special legal status, against 1.66% of all filers. A delay like this does not count in the score.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not filed
2024
28 days late
2020
573 days late
2019
118 days late
2018
92 days late
2017
52 days late
2016
39 days late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 6 accounts on average 150 days after the deadline; the sector median (NACE 73) for financial year 2024 is 6 days before the deadline, and 36% of those companies filed late.

raises risk · Administrative warnings in the KBO publications
1 publication by the FPS Economy about this company, such as a strike-off for address, accounts or UBO, or its withdrawal.
KBO publications
Publications
Late accounts filing
  1. Late accounts filingKBO administration
  2. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2024 · micro…
  3. Weakest financial yearnet -€19,699

Financials · financial year 2024, micro format

2025 annual accounts not yet filed, deadline passed on 31 July 2026 Financial year closed on 31 December 2025; filing due at the latest 7 months after the close (Companies Code art. 3:10). Source: NBB filings, as of 28 October 2026.

Equity
€114▼ 99.8%
2020 · €58,438
Total assets
€44,630▼ 62.9%
2020 · €120,423
Net result
-€19,699
2020 · €49,163
Working capital
-€3,369
2020 · €50,312
Trend over the years

2018 to 2024, 4 financial years 2018 to 2024, 4 financial years

The operating result is -€19,077 in 2024, compared with €66,789 in 2020. Comparable figures for the intervening years are unavailable.

What the company sold each financial year and what was left of it. A loss stands below the zero line.

Operating result-€19,077 2024 Net result-€19,699 2024

Use the arrow keys on the chart for the figures per year.

Sector: the middle half of NACE 73, Advertising, market research and public relations activities: a quarter of companies sit below it, a quarter above. Each year compared with accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30. Dashed line: the median. Available for Net result, Equity, Total assets, Working capital, Solvency, Current ratio, Return on assets (ROA), Staff (FTE).

Every figure with its change against the financial year before
favourable unfavourable
Line2018201920202024
Operating result-€8,576-€9,535€66,789▲ 600%-€19,077-
Net result-€10,289-€9,184€49,163above the sector's middle half▲ 435%-€19,699below the sector's middle half-
Equity€90-€9,274▲ 103×€58,438within the sector's middle half▲ 530%€114below the sector's middle half-
Total assets€30,253-€48,535▲ 60.4%€120,423within the sector's middle half▲ 148%€44,630below the sector's middle half-
Debt€30,163-€39,261▲ 30.2%€61,985▲ 57.9%€44,515-
Working capital-€3,366-€6,934€50,312within the sector's middle half▲ 626%-€3,369below the sector's middle half-
Solvency0.3%-19.1%▲ 18.8pp48.5%within the sector's middle half▲ 29.4pp0.3%below the sector's middle half-
Current ratio0.89-1.18▲ 0.291.99within the sector's middle half▲ 0.820.92below the sector's middle half-
Return on assets (ROA)-34.0%-18.9%▲ 52.9pp40.8%above the sector's middle half▲ 21.9pp-44.1%below the sector's middle half-
Staff (FTE)1.5-1.5=2.8above the sector's middle half▲ 86.7%
above within below the middle half of NACE 73, Advertising, market research and public relations activities: a quarter of companies sit below it, a quarter above. Each year compared with accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30.
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the micro format does not require them.
Balance-sheet composition
2024 in colour, 2020 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €44,630
Fixed assets €3,483 ▼ 82.1%
Current assets €41,147 ▼ 59.3%
Equity and liabilities €44,630
Equity €114 ▼ 99.8%
Debt €44,515 ▼ 28.2%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 51.5% to 99.7%. Equity and debt are lower.
Key figures and ratios
2024 value · change against 2020
EBITDA
-€15,487▼
2020 · €67,677
Cash flow
-€16,108▼
2020 · €50,051
Quick ratio
0.61▼
2020 · 1.52
Interest coverage
-24.90▼
2020 · 52.01
Debt ≤ 1 year
€44,515▼
2020 · €50,704
Staff costs
€51,401▼
2020 · €54,118
Equity ratios withheld: equity of €114 is too small for a meaningful ratio.
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.

Peer companies

Historical observation

Of the 540 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 5.2% went bankrupt within 24 months and 85.9% are still going.

  • Micro
  • 20 years or older
  • solvency under 10%
  • a loss of 10% of the balance sheet or more
5.2% went bankrupt
8.3% stopped otherwise
85.9% still going

A further 0.6% stopped, but we cannot tell whether within those 24 months.

For this company itself Checked computes a bankruptcy probability of 2.8% over twelve months; the group does not contradict it.

How reliable is this rule?

Tested on the year before, without using that year itself: the groups of July 2023 gave each of the 497,445 companies of July 2024 its group's bankruptcy share. Expected: 1.6%; actually bankrupt within 24 months: 1.7%.

The companies in ten equal groups, from lowest to 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%

The rule ranks well: a company that went bankrupt got a higher share than one that kept going in 74.5% of comparisons. The level follows the economy: in a year with more bankruptcies, the actual share is higher than the year before.

An observation about 540 comparable companies, not a prediction for this company. The sector does not count: the register keeps no sector for companies that stopped, so it would make the outcome look better than it was.

Annual accounts
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2024 against 2020 · 46 lines
Balance sheet Code20202024
Assets
Total assets20/58€120,423€44,630▼
Fixed assets21/28€19,407€3,483▼
Tangible fixed assets22/27€19,407€3,483▼
Furniture and vehicles24€1,560-
Leasing and similar rights25€17,847€3,483▼
Current assets29/58€101,016€41,147▼
Stocks and contracts in progress3€24,085€13,993▼
Stocks30/36€24,085€13,993▼
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€34,743€6,422▼
Trade receivables40€7,096€6,312▼
Other amounts receivable41€27,647€110▼
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€42,188€20,732▼
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€120,423€44,630▼
Equity10/15€58,438€114▼
Contributions10/11€18,592€18,592=
Reserves13€6,859€6,859=
Non-distributable reserves130/1€1,859€1,859=
Reserves not available under the articles1311€1,859€1,859=
Distributable reserves133€5,000€5,000=
Profit (loss) carried forward14€32,986-€25,337▼
Amounts payable17/49€61,985€44,515▼
Amounts payable after more than one year17€11,281-
Financial debts170/4€11,281-
Amounts payable within one year42/48€50,704€44,515▼
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€2,585€2,815▲
Trade debts44€7,778€5,993▼
Suppliers440/4€7,778€5,993▼
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€39,541€29,014▼
Taxes450/3€26,247€6,482▼
Remuneration and social security454/9€13,294€22,532▲
Other amounts payable47/48€800€6,693▲
Income statement Code20202024
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€54,118€51,401▼
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€888€3,591▲
Other operating charges640/8€1,850€1,070▼
Gross operating margin9900€123,645€36,985▼
Operating profit (loss)9901€66,789-€19,077▼
Financial income75/76B€408€0▼
Recurring financial income75€408€0▼
Financial charges65/66B€1,301€622▼
Recurring financial charges65€1,301€622▼
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€65,896-€19,699▼
Income taxes67/77€16,733-
Profit (loss) for the period9904€49,163-€19,699▼
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€49,163-€19,699▼
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€32,986-€25,337▼
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P-€16,177-€5,638▲

The notes to these accounts (6 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Line2018201920202024Change
Remuneration, social security and pensions62--€54,118€51,401-
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€1,612€1,117€888€3,591-
Other operating charges640/8--€1,850€1,070-
Gross operating margin9900€39,390€58,296€123,645€36,985-
Operating profit (loss)9901-€8,576€9,535€66,789-€19,077-
Financial income75/76B--€408€0-
Recurring financial income75€53€31€408€0-
Financial charges65/66B--€1,301€622-
Recurring financial charges65€1,638€382€1,301€622-
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903-€10,161€9,184€65,896-€19,699-
Income taxes67/77€128-€16,733--
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€10,289€9,184€49,163-€19,699-
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905-€10,289€9,184€49,163-€19,699-
Line2018201920202024Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€30,253€48,535€120,423€44,630-
Fixed assets21/28€3,457€2,340€19,407€3,483-
Tangible fixed assets22/27€3,457€2,340€19,407€3,483-
Furniture and vehicles24--€1,560--
Leasing and similar rights25--€17,847€3,483-
Current assets29/58€26,796€46,195€101,016€41,147-
Stocks and contracts in progress3€1,591€24,535€24,085€13,993-
Stocks30/36--€24,085€13,993-
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€14,705€3,161€34,743€6,422-
Trade receivables40--€7,096€6,312-
Other amounts receivable41--€27,647€110-
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€10,500€17,233€42,188€20,732-
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€30,253€48,535€120,423€44,630-
Equity10/15€90€9,274€58,438€114-
Contributions10/11€18,592€18,592€18,592€18,592-
Reserves13€6,859€6,859€6,859€6,859-
Non-distributable reserves130/1--€1,859€1,859-
Reserves not available under the articles1311--€1,859€1,859-
Distributable reserves133--€5,000€5,000-
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€25,361-€16,177€32,986-€25,337-
Amounts payable17/49€30,163€39,261€61,985€44,515-
Amounts payable after more than one year17--€11,281--
Financial debts170/4--€11,281--
Amounts payable within one year42/48€30,163€39,261€50,704€44,515-
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42--€2,585€2,815-
Trade debts44€3,957€3,842€7,778€5,993-
Suppliers440/4--€7,778€5,993-
Taxes, remuneration and social security45--€39,541€29,014-
Taxes450/3--€26,247€6,482-
Remuneration and social security454/9--€13,294€22,532-
Other amounts payable47/48--€800€6,693-
Line2018201920202024Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€10,289€9,184€49,163-€19,699-
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€1,612€1,117€888€3,591-
Operating cash flow (approximation)-€8,677€10,301€50,051-€16,108-
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)-€0-€17,954--
Change in cash-€6,733€24,954--

Simplified and derived: a Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement, so these rows come from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.

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Latest 10 of 22 filings with the National Bank
Financial year Type Filed Reference
31-12-2024 micro format 28-08-2025 2025-00476763
31-12-2020 micro format 24-02-2023 2023-00031897
31-12-2019 micro format 26-11-2020 2020-72200442
31-12-2018 micro format 31-10-2019 2019-73100091
31-12-2017 micro format 21-09-2018 2018-64000236
31-12-2016 micro format 08-09-2017 2017-60600236
31-12-2015 full format 26-08-2016 2016-51900468
31-12-2014 full format 09-07-2015 2015-29100255
31-12-2013 full format 25-06-2014 2014-21600294
31-12-2012 full format 28-08-2013 2013-49400576

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Public contracts: No European public contracts awarded found since October 2016. Contracts below the EU thresholds are not in TED.

Directors

Directors
No directors read yet: 0 of 3 Gazette acts processed. See the directors and other office holders in the KBO →

Owners and capital

Owners

No owners or capital events in the accounts and acts we read.

History

On 11 February 2000, HBE DIFFUSION was incorporated.1 Total assets went from €30,253 in 2018 to €44,630 in 2024 and headcount from 1.5 full-time equivalents in 2018 to 2.8 in 2020.2

  1. 1KBO register
  2. 2National Bank, annual accounts 2018, 2020 and 2024

Acts, filings and financial milestones

2025
08-09
KBO administration Late accounts filing
28-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2024 · micro format · 28 days late
2024
31-12
Financial Weakest financial yearnet -€19,699
Net result drops to -€19,699, the lowest in the series.
2023
24-02
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2020 · micro format · 573 days late
2020
31-12
Financial Highest result from 2018 to 2024net €49,163 ▲435%
Operating result €66,789, net result €49,163, both a record.
26-11
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2019 · micro format · 118 days late
2019
31-12
Financial Back to profitnet €9,184
Net result €9,184 after one loss-making year.
31-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2018 · micro format · 92 days late
2018
21-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2017 · micro format · 52 days late
2017
08-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2016 · micro format · 39 days late
2016
26-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2015 · full format · 26 days late
2015
09-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2014 · full format
2014
25-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2013 · full format
2013
28-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2012 · full format · 28 days late
SignalFinancial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the financial year-end date, not the filing date.Of the 22 annual accounts filed, the latest 10 are here; all 22 are under Financials.
0 of 3 deeds read
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Register details

Identification
Legal formPrivate limited company (pre-2019)
Founded11-02-2000
Financial year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
73300Public relations and communication consultancy
70200Business and other management consultancy
E-invoicing
Reachable via Peppol
Peppol ID 0208:0470780293
Registered 06-01-2026

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Register as of 27 October 2026 · Peppol Directory

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Environmental permits: No permit applications found in Flanders. Brussels and Wallonia do not publish the applicant.

Sites & property

Location & real-estate footprint
Registered office, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · 1 establishment unit since 2001
registered office establishment The establishment unit on the map
Ground area
221 m²
Building footprint
60 m²
Building volume
497 m³
Parcel 25083D0229/00F003, Wallonia · tallest building 10.6 m. Linked by address, not a title deed.
3 companies at this address See who is registered here
1 establishment unit
HBE DIFFUSION
Avenue de la Paix 34, 1340 Ottignies-Louvain-la-NeuvePre-press and pre-media services
since 2001unit no. 2.103.195.471
1 parcel
Wallonia 1 (100%)
Cadastral parcel Region Area Buildings Height / floors
25083D0229/00F003 Wallonia 221 m² 1 · 60 m² 10.6 m · 3
How the parcels are linked
Good to know
The parcel matches the address exactly.