Equity
€69,796 ▼ 37.0%
LIEFOOGHE METAAL paid out €64,420 in dividends. That is 276% of the 2025 profit.
LIEFOOGHE METAAL
Lifetime
17 annual accounts with figures on one time axispeak €289,736 (2025)
€289,736▲ 19.0%
lowest -€34,870 (2009)
€23,350▲ €40,477
peak €127,992 (2023)
€69,796▼ 37.0%
€293,524▲ 17.1%
peak 3.1 FTE (2020)
-not published
Board1 name since 2008
1 directorClaude LIEFOOGHE
Documentsfilings and deeds
16-06-202645 days before the deadline
2025micro format
Gross margin from €243,395 to €289,736Back to profit: €23,350Dividend €64,420Equity from €110,865 to €69,796Debts from €250,677 to €293,524
Key points
from the 2025 annual accountsTurnover
≈ €580,000 estimated
The micro format states no turnover.
Debts
€293,524 81% of the balance sheet
Financial debts 27%Suppliers 32%Taxes and wages 8%Other 32%
Of this, €213,642 falls due within a year.
Staff
3 employees on 31-12-2025
In 2025, 1 person joined and 1 left.
Filings
17 annual accounts since 2009
The last five annual accounts were filed 12 to 45 days before the end of the period.
Position in the sector
€289,736
Higher gross margin than 93% of companies in fabricated metal products. Sector median €48,793 · 2,333 companies.
Checked score
81
Excellent
Financially stronger than 26% of micro companies in fabricated metal products (NACE 25)
Probability in this band: under 0.55%
Bankruptcy probability within 12 months
0.4% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
The dashed line is the sector median: 0.5% across 3,707 companies (NACE 25, micro).
About 4 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).
Last 24 months
12-2024: 0.3%
01-2025: 0.3%● unchanged vs 12-2024lowest value
02-2025: 0.3%● unchanged vs 01-2025
03-2025: 0.3%● unchanged vs 02-2025
04-2025: 0.4%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 03-2025
05-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 04-2025
06-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 05-2025
07-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 06-2025
08-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 07-2025
09-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 08-2025
10-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 09-2025
11-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 10-2025
12-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 11-2025
01-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 12-2025
02-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 01-2026
03-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 02-2026
04-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 03-2026highest value
05-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 04-2026
06-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 05-2026
07-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 06-2026
08-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 07-2026
09-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 08-2026
10-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 09-2026
11-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 10-2026
Financial strengthAverage
Score breakdown
raises risk
Sector: Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (NACE 25)
lowers risk
Founded in 2008
Size: total assets €363,320
Figures for financial year 2025 (filed on 16-06-2026)
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 25, micro). It does better than 22% of them on solvency, 16% on liquidity, 55% on profitability and 11% on growth.
The bankruptcy probability was computed on 05-11-2026 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 very low class on 30-06-2025, 0.1% 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, 5,053 companies had the same profile as LIEFOOGHE METAAL has now. Each dot stands for 13 companies, two years later.
95.9%
were still trading
2.4%
stopped another way
1.6%
went bankrupt
Another 0.1% stopped without a precise date, possibly only after those two years.
That fits the bankruptcy probability of LIEFOOGHE METAAL itself: 0.4% within 12 months.
Test of the method
The method was tested on the 497,447 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.
| 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 5,053 companies, not a prediction for LIEFOOGHE METAAL. 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 €5,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity is insufficient, with a current ratio of 0.99 (1.21 in 2024), below 1. Short-term debt is 58.8% and cash 6.8% of total assets. 80.8% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
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Signals
Six signals.
lowers riskraises riskneutral
raises risk · Weak solvency compared with the sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 24% of 2335 sector peers (2025).
NBB · sector comparisonPosition among 2335 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 16-06-2026, 45 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filingsDeviation from the deadline
2025
45 days early
2024
42 days early
2023
12 days early
2022
41 days early
2021
45 days early
2020
44 days early
2019
51 days early
← 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 40 days before the deadline. In the sector (NACE 25), the median for financial year 2024 was 7 days before the deadline, and 35% 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 19 June (4 of the last 5 accounts filed within 30 days either side of that date).
Companies Code · seven monthsWhere today falls in the filing period
06-11-2026 today31-12-2026 year end31-07-2027 deadline
Recent changes
Registered in the Peppol Directory
Reachable for e-invoices through 0208:0897201401
Company renamed from METAALCONSTRUCTIE CLAUDE LIEFOOGHE to LIEFOOGHE METAAL
Resignation: Claude LIEFOOGHE (director) · Reappointment: Claude LIEFOOGHE (director) · Director discharge: Claude LIEFOOGHE · General meeting of 11-09-2023 · Gazette deed
First establishment
METAALCONSTRUCTIE CLAUDE LIEFOOGHE, Menenstraat 210, Menen
Incorporation
published on 23-04-2008 · Gazette deed
Comparable companies
same main activity, similar in size and age| Company | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIEFOOGHE METAAL Menen | €363,320 | €289,736 | 19.2% | - |
| Constructiewerken De Kimpe Zemst | €406,785 | €291,281 | 78.5% | - |
| VAN EETVELT SERVICES Sint-Gillis-Waas | €356,601 | €236,275 | 82.7% | - |
| GEERT VANLERBERGHE Zonnebeke | €499,088 | €302,539 | 33.8% | 1.7 |
| VERSTRAETE METAALCONSTRUCTIE Roeselare | €350,914 | €196,763 | 43.5% | - |
| JEMA CONSTRUCTIONS Staden | €453,126 | €197,748 | 56.5% | - |
| DIRK PANNECOUCKE Ledegem | €305,796 | €196,853 | 22.6% | - |
These companies have the same main activity as LIEFOOGHE METAAL: manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures (NACE 25110). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €306,000 and €499,000, founded between 2004 and 2010.
Official details
Source: KBO- Status
- Active since 09-04-2008Normal situation
- Activity
- Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structuresNACE 25110and 1 other
- Joint committees
- 209White-collar workers in metal manufacturing
- 111Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering · annual accounts 2025
- Establishment unit
- 2.170.761.0208930 Menen, since 14-04-2008
- Financial year end
- 31 December
- Peppol
- Reachable since 12-03-2025
Annual accounts 2025
- €363,320▲ 0.5%
- Employeeson 31-12-2025
- 3=
- Filing
- Filed on 16-06-2026, 45 days before the end of the filing period
Insights on LIEFOOGHE METAAL
LIEFOOGHE METAAL files the micro format. That format states no turnover. The gross margin rose from €205,167 in 2009 to €289,736 in 2025.
The balance sheet grew most from 2021 to 2023 through fixed assets.
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 LIEFOOGHE METAAL
- What is the company number of LIEFOOGHE METAAL?
- The company number of LIEFOOGHE METAAL is 0897.201.401. The VAT number is the same number with BE in front: BE 0897.201.401.
- Where is LIEFOOGHE METAAL based?
- The registered office is at Menenstraat 210, 8930 Menen.Company details
- What does LIEFOOGHE METAAL do?
- According to the KBO register, the main activity is manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures (NACE 25110).
- What is the legal form of LIEFOOGHE METAAL?
- LIEFOOGHE METAAL is a private limited company (BV).
- When was LIEFOOGHE METAAL founded?
- LIEFOOGHE METAAL was founded on 09-04-2008.
- Is LIEFOOGHE METAAL still active?
- Yes, LIEFOOGHE METAAL is an active enterprise in the KBO register.
- How many employees does LIEFOOGHE METAAL have?
- LIEFOOGHE METAAL had an average of 3 full-time equivalents in financial year 2025, according to the filed annual accounts.Financials
- Which joint committee does LIEFOOGHE METAAL fall under?
- In its 2025 annual accounts, LIEFOOGHE METAAL states joint committees 209 (White-collar workers in metal manufacturing) and 111 (Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering).
- What is the turnover of LIEFOOGHE METAAL?
- The turnover in financial year 2025 is ≈ €580,000. This figure is estimated from the gross margin of €289,736 and 880 comparable companies of the same size. It probably lies between €400,000 and €840,000. It is a rough estimate.
- Is LIEFOOGHE METAAL profitable?
- In financial year 2025, LIEFOOGHE METAAL made a profit of €23,350.
- Where can I find the annual accounts of LIEFOOGHE METAAL?
- LIEFOOGHE METAAL filed 17 annual accounts with the National Bank of Belgium, the latest for financial year 2025.
- When are the next annual accounts of LIEFOOGHE METAAL due?
- LIEFOOGHE METAAL must file the annual accounts for financial year 2026 by 31-07-2027.Timeline
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