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Houtbouw MG

Active Public limited companyfounded 1997active for 28 yearsNeerstraat 37, 9636 ZwalmKBO/BCE: BE 0461.845.407 #4 company by equity in Zwalm, Manufacturing sector

Lifetime

20 annual accounts with figures on one time axis, 28 filings since 1998
Gross marginpeak €670,664 (2012)
€562,227▼ 10.4%
Resultlowest -€28,935 (2011)
€3,725▼ 58.8%
Equitypeak €331,369 (2024)
€251,493▼ 24.1%
Debts
€372,645▼ 13.1%
Staffpeak 12.2 FTE (2011)
7.1 FTE▼ 9.0%
Board4 names since 2010
4 directorsJoeri Goessens and 3 others
Documentsfilings and deeds
30-08-202630 days late
2025financial year
Result from €9,041 to €3,725Staff from 7.8 FTE to 7.1 FTEEquity from €331,369 to €251,493Cash from €18,879 to €8,909

Key points

from the 2025 annual accounts

Equity

€251,493 ▼ 24.1%

Houtbouw MG has made a profit without a break since 2019.

Staff

7.1 FTE from 12.2 in 2011

Between 2011 and 2025, 42% of the full-time equivalents disappeared.

Filings

28 annual accounts since 1998
AprilJune31 JulyOctober200020102020

Ten of the last ten came late. The 2019 accounts came latest: 91 days after the end of the period.

Checked score

66
Healthy
Financially stronger than 30% of micro companies in wood and cork (NACE 16)
Probability in this band: 0.55% to 1.5%
Bankruptcy probability within 12 months
0.9% Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

The dashed line is the sector median: 0.5% across 1,032 companies (NACE 16, micro).

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

Last 24 months 12-2024: 1.0% 01-2025: 1.0%● unchanged vs 12-2024 02-2025: 1.0%● unchanged vs 01-2025 03-2025: 0.9%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 02-2025 04-2025: 0.9%● unchanged vs 03-2025 05-2025: 0.9%● unchanged vs 04-2025 06-2025: 0.9%● unchanged vs 05-2025 07-2025: 1.1%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 06-2025 08-2025: 1.6%▲ +0.5 percentage points vs 07-2025highest value 09-2025: 0.8%▼ -0.8 percentage points vs 08-2025 10-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 09-2025 11-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 10-2025 12-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: 0.8%● unchanged vs 12-2025 02-2026: 0.8%● unchanged vs 01-2026 03-2026: 0.8%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: 0.7%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 03-2026 05-2026: 0.7%● unchanged vs 04-2026 06-2026: 0.7%● unchanged vs 05-2026lowest value 07-2026: 0.7%● unchanged vs 06-2026 08-2026: 1.3%▲ +0.6 percentage points vs 07-2026 09-2026: 0.9%▼ -0.4 percentage points vs 08-2026 10-2026: 0.9%● unchanged vs 09-2026 11-2026: 0.9%● unchanged vs 10-2026

Financial strength
Average

Solvency
65-4equity 40.3% of total assets
Liquidity
27-2short-term debt 49.6% · cash 1.4%
Profitability
69-1return on assets 0.6%

Score breakdown

raises risk
Size: 7.1 FTE, total assets €624,138
Liquidity: current ratio 1.38, cash €8,909, halved
Last filed accounts filed 30 days late; 1 of the last 3 accounts late
lowers risk
Founded in 1997
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 16, micro). It does better than 48% of them on solvency, 17% on liquidity, 41% on profitability and 15% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 04-11-2026 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.

The probability rests on the annual accounts with balance sheet date 31-12-2025.

Of the companies with a bankruptcy probability in the low class on 30-06-2025, 0.8% went bankrupt within twelve months.

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).

Comparable companies, two years later

In July 2024, 17,041 companies had the same profile as Houtbouw MG has now. Each dot stands for 43 companies, two years later.

94.4%
were still trading
4.9%
stopped another way
0.5%
went bankrupt
  • Micro
  • 20 years or older
  • solvency 30% or more
  • a profit under 5% of the balance sheet

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

The bankruptcy probability of Houtbouw MG itself is higher: 0.9% within 12 months. It rests on far more data about Houtbouw MG than the profile alone.

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 17,041 companies, not a prediction for Houtbouw MG. 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.

Credit verdict

Credit of up to €16,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable

Liquidity is tight, with a current ratio of 1.38 (1.45 in 2024), below the usual 1.5. Short-term debt is 49.6% and cash 1.4% of total assets. 59.7% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.

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Signals

Five signals.
lowers riskraises risk
lowers risk · Founded in 1997
Companies that have existed this long fail less often. How much that weighs depends on the rest of the company's profile.
KBO
raises risk · Size: 7.1 FTE, total assets €624,138
Companies of this size fail more often. How much that weighs depends on the rest of the company's profile.
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Liquidity: current ratio 1.38, cash €8,909, halved
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Last filed accounts filed 30 days late; 1 of the last 3 accounts late
NBB · filings
raises risk · 2025 accounts filed 30 days late
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due by 31-07-2026 and was filed on 30-08-2026, 30 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
30 days late
2024
28 days late
2023
31 days late
2022
30 days late
2021
31 days late
2020
30 days late
2019
91 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 39 days after the deadline. In the sector (NACE 16), the median for financial year 2024 was 3 days before the deadline, and 37% 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 30 August (5 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
05-11-2026 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

Board and ownership

MG
Managing director
JG
Director, since 29-03-2010
RE
Director, since 29-03-2010
FG
Director, since 03-10-2022
Board & ownership

Recent changes

Capital decrease of €83,600 to €162,000 Capital from €245,600 to €162,000 · Appointments: Marcel Goessens (managing director), Rita Eeckhout, Joeri Goessens and Ferron Goessens · “Het ntwerpen, vervaardigen, produceren, ontwikkelen, commercialiseren, distribueren, plaatsen en herstellen…” (deed in Dutch) · General meeting of 17-12-2025 · Gazette deed
4 directors appointed Marcel Goessens, Eeckhout Rita, Joeri Goessens and Ferron Goessens · General meeting of 03-10-2022 · Gazette deed
First establishment Neerstraat 37, Zwalm
Incorporation published on 28-11-1997 · Gazette deed
All 37 events

Comparable companies

same main activity, similar in size and age
Company Total assets Gross margin Solvency Staff
Houtbouw MG Zwalm €0.6m €562,227 40.3% 7.1
DEZWARTE INTERIEUR Diksmuide €0.4m €561,521 37.0% 5.7
ML CONCEPT Aubange €0.9m €468,759 77.1% 8.3
DE LOMBAERT GUY Geraardsbergen €1.1m €530,454 82.1% 8.7
HET TRAPPENHUIS Waasmunster €0.6m €412,194 58.8% 5.2
Trappen Van Hoo Deinze €0.6m €386,141 65.3% 5.1
MERCKX LUC Halle €0.5m €410,815 29.1% 5.8

These companies have the same main activity as Houtbouw MG: manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery (NACE 16230). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €420,000 and €1.1m, founded between 1990 and 2009.

Official details

Source: KBO
Status
Active since 18-11-1997Normal situation
Activity
Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joineryNACE 16230and 2 others
Joint committees
124Construction
200Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers · annual accounts 2025
Establishment unit
2.084.799.2249636 Zwalm, since 29-12-1997
Financial year end
31 December
Peppol
Reachable
Company details

Annual accounts 2025

Turnover
≈ €1.3mestimated
Total assets
€624,138▼ 17.9%
Employeeson 31-12-2025
9=
Filing
Filed on 30-08-2026
Financials

Insights on Houtbouw MG

Houtbouw MG has existed since 1997. The gross margin grew from €418,134 in 2006 to €562,227 in 2025.

In October 2022, the Official Gazette published the appointment of Marcel Goessens as managing director.

Sources: KBO register, filings at the National Bank, Belgian Official Gazette. Click a figure with a dotted line for the item and the filing.

Key facts about Houtbouw MG

What is the company number of Houtbouw MG?
The company number of Houtbouw MG is 0461.845.407. The VAT number is the same number with BE in front: BE 0461.845.407.
Where is Houtbouw MG based?
The registered office is at Neerstraat 37, 9636 Zwalm.Company details
What does Houtbouw MG do?
According to the KBO register, the main activity is manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery (NACE 16230).
What is the legal form of Houtbouw MG?
Houtbouw MG is a public limited company (NV).
When was Houtbouw MG founded?
Houtbouw MG was founded on 18-11-1997.
Is Houtbouw MG still active?
Yes, Houtbouw MG is an active enterprise in the KBO register.
How many employees does Houtbouw MG have?
Houtbouw MG had an average of 7.1 full-time equivalents in financial year 2025, according to the filed annual accounts.Financials
Which joint committee does Houtbouw MG fall under?
In its 2025 annual accounts, Houtbouw MG states joint committees 124 (Construction) and 200 (Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers).
What is the turnover of Houtbouw MG?
The turnover in financial year 2025 is ≈ €1.3m. This figure is estimated from the gross margin of €562,227 and 2,281 comparable companies of the same size. It probably lies between €800,000 and €2.3m. It is a rough estimate.
Is Houtbouw MG profitable?
In financial year 2025, Houtbouw MG made a profit of €3,725.
Where can I find the annual accounts of Houtbouw MG?
Houtbouw MG filed 28 annual accounts with the National Bank of Belgium, the latest for financial year 2025.
When are the next annual accounts of Houtbouw MG due?
Houtbouw MG must file the annual accounts for financial year 2026 by 31-07-2027.Timeline

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