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Manuchar

Active Public limited companyfounded 1970active for 56 yearsRietschoorvelden 20, 2170 AntwerpKBO/BCE: BE 0407.045.751 subsidiary of MANUCHAR GROUP#5 company by total assets in Antwerp, Wholesale and retail trade sector
Part of the group MANUCHAR GROUP 45 companies in 36 countries
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Lifetime

19 annual accounts with figures on one time axis, 49 filings since 1977
peak €1.11bn (2022)
€570.5m▲ 9.3%
lowest -€11.1m (2017)
-€9.5m▼ €8.5m
peak €192.2m (2024)
€182.7m▼ 5.0%
€296.6m▲ 13.0%
peak 262 FTE (2022)
206.7 FTE▼ 0.3%
Board22 names since 2019all names
4 directorsM.D.R. BV and 3 others
Owners4 names in the annual accounts
Documentsfilings and deeds
07-07-202624 days before the deadline
2025financial year
Loss of €9.5mPermanent representatives: Olivera Vujnović, Laurent Pasquali… 26-11Merger: MANUCHAR takes over EXPAN CHEMICALS 10-09Permanent representatives: Inge de Winne, Pieter Nobels, Laur… 05-08Merger proposal: Manuchar takes over EXPAN CHEMICALS 17-06Cash from €1.2m to €10.6m

Key points

from the 2025 annual accounts

Result

-USD 9.5m ▼ 836%
-USD 1m2024-USD 9.5m2025

The result fell in 2025: merger with EXPAN CHEMICALS.

Staff

211 employees on 31-12-2025
833320225010920234974202433312025

In 2025, 33 people joined and 31 left. On top of that, 3.3 agency workers worked there on average.

Payment terms

64 days to suppliers
Suppliers
88 to 64
Customers
172 to 142

Manuchar pays its suppliers 24 days earlier than in 2024. Customers pay 30 days earlier.

Filings

49 annual accounts 67 filings since 1977
AprilJune31 JulyOctober1980199520102025

The last five annual accounts were filed 0 to 124 days before the end of the period.

Board

1 left

A director left. Latest change 16-06-2026 · 4 in office.

Checked score

85
Excellent
Financially stronger than 32% of medium-sized companies in wholesale trade (NACE 46)
Probability in this band: under 0.55%
Bankruptcy probability within 12 months
0.2% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

The dashed line is the sector median: 0.2% across 745 companies (NACE 46, medium-sized).

About 2 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Last 24 months 12-2024: 0.1% 01-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 12-2024 02-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 01-2025 03-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 02-2025 04-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 03-2025lowest value 05-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 04-2025 06-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 05-2025 07-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 06-2025 08-2025: 0.3%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 07-2025highest value 09-2025: 0.2%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 08-2025 10-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 09-2025 11-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 10-2025 12-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 12-2025 02-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 01-2026 03-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 03-2026 05-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 04-2026 06-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 05-2026 07-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 06-2026 08-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 07-2026 09-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 08-2026 10-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 09-2026 11-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 10-2026

Financial strength
Weak

63-4equity 38.1% of total assets
22+1short-term debt 59.8% · cash 2.2%
17-2return on assets -2.0%

Score breakdown

raises risk
Liquidity: current ratio 1.04, cash €10.6m
Loss of €9.5m, the second in a row (financial year 2025)
lowers risk
Founded in 1970
Size: turnover €570.5m, 206.7 FTE, total assets €479.3m
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 46, medium-sized). It does better than 48% of them on solvency, 23% on liquidity, 8% on profitability and 48% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 08-11-2026 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).

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Signals

Five signals.
lowers riskraises riskneutral
raises risk · Liquidity: current ratio 1.04, cash €10.6m
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Founded in 1970
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 · Loss of €9.5m, the second in a row (financial year 2025)
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Size: turnover €570.5m, 206.7 FTE, total assets €479.3m
Companies of this size fail less often. How much that weighs depends on the rest of the company's profile.
NBB · annual accounts
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 07-07-2026, 24 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 7 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
24 days early
2024
on the day
2023
69 days early
2022
70 days early
2021
124 days early
2020
94 days early
2019
78 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 66 days before the deadline. In the sector (NACE 46), the median for financial year 2024 was 3 days before the deadline, and 39% 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 24 May (4 of the last 5 accounts filed within 56 days either side of that date).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
08-11-2026 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

G
Director, BEERNAERT Sofie, since 01-04-2025
H
Director, PASQUALINI Laurent Armando Franco, since 01-04-2025
MD
Director, since 01-04-2025
EB
Auditor, Christoph Oris

Shares in 48 companies, including Crystal Ball South Africa and LDI INTERNATIONAL

Board & ownership

Recent changes

1 director resigning Andre Schommer (day-to-day manager) · Permanent representatives: Laurent Pasqualini, Matthias De Raeymaeker, Sofie Beernaert, Sabri Tektas, Ben De Voecht, Rodrigo Cunha and 3 others · Board meeting of 16-06-2026 · Gazette deed
Environmental permit granted Nieuwbouw of aanleggen, Nieuwbouw van bijgebouwen en niet overdekte lage constructie · Antwerpen
Registered in the Peppol Directory Reachable for e-invoices through 0208:0407045751
Permanent representatives: Olivera Vujnović, Laurent Pasqualini, Matthias De Raeymaeker, Sofie Beernaert, Sabri Tektas, Ben De Voecht and 2 others Board meeting of 27-10-2025 · Gazette deed
All 101 events

Comparable companies

same main activity, similar in size and age
Company
Manuchar Antwerp ≈ €504.9m -1.9% 38.1% 206.7
BRENNTAG Deerlijk €303.1m 6.0% 41.1% 246.5
YARA BELGIUM SA Saint-Josse-ten-Noode €331.1m 1.4% 81.6% 286.5
3M Belgium Machelen (Brab.) €194.3m -0.6% -169.0% 347.4
Eval Europe Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht €262.6m 16.0% 88.1% 176
SQM EUROPE Antwerp €881.2m 5.9% 82.4% 64.7
Milliken Europe Ghent €146.4m 6.8% 78.9% 75.4
-10%0%10%20%€200m€2bn€20bnManucharEBIT margin

Grey: the largest companies of the sector (wholesale trade (NACE 46)), without their names. Blue: the sector peers from the table.

These companies have the same main activity as Manuchar: wholesale of industrial chemicals (NACE 46851). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €125m and €507m, founded between 1933 and 1997.

Official details

Source: KBO
Status
Active since 25-02-1970Normal situation
Registered office
15 active companies are registered at this addressSource: KBO register, as of 8 November 2026.
Activity
Wholesale of industrial chemicalsNACE 46851and 1 other
Joint committee
226White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics · annual accounts 2025
Establishment unit
2.028.009.3852170 Antwerp, since 15-10-1985
Financial year end
31 December
Peppol
Reachable since 30-12-2025
Company details

Annual accounts 2025

USD 479.3m▲ 5.4%
Employeeson 31-12-2025
211▲ 1.0%
Filing
Filed on 07-07-2026, 24 days before the end of the filing period
Financials

Companies linked to Manuchar

Insights on Manuchar

Manuchar has been active since 1970 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of USD 182.7m and a net result of -USD 9.5m.

Its solvency ranks better than 42% of 6,191 sector peers (NACE 46, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.2% (very low).

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 Manuchar

What is the company number of Manuchar?
The company number of Manuchar is 0407.045.751. The VAT number is the same number with BE in front: BE 0407.045.751.
Where is Manuchar based?
The registered office is at Rietschoorvelden 20, 2170 Antwerp.Company details
What does Manuchar do?
According to the KBO register, the main activity is wholesale of industrial chemicals (NACE 46851).
What is the legal form of Manuchar?
Manuchar is a public limited company (NV).
When was Manuchar founded?
Manuchar was founded on 25-02-1970.
Is Manuchar still active?
Yes, Manuchar is an active enterprise in the KBO register.
How many employees does Manuchar have?
Manuchar had an average of 206.7 full-time equivalents in financial year 2025, according to the filed annual accounts.Financials
Which joint committee does Manuchar fall under?
In its 2025 annual accounts, Manuchar states joint committee 226 (White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics).
What is the turnover of Manuchar?
The turnover of Manuchar was USD 570.5m in financial year 2025, according to the filed annual accounts.
Is Manuchar profitable?
In financial year 2025, Manuchar made a loss of USD 9.5m.
Where can I find the annual accounts of Manuchar?
Manuchar filed 67 annual accounts with the National Bank of Belgium, the latest for financial year 2025.
When are the next annual accounts of Manuchar due?
Manuchar must file the annual accounts for financial year 2026 by 31-07-2027.Timeline

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