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MERCATOR PRESS

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Public limited companyfounded 1983active for 43 yearsIndustriezone 2, 8490 Jabbeke, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0424.819.121
Summary

MERCATOR PRESS has been active since 1983 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show negative equity (-€1.4m) and a net result of €991,265. Equity is growing by about 24% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 5% of 205 sector peers (NACE 18, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.8% (low).

Overview

Activity
Other printing
NACE 18120
#3 employer in West Flanders, Printing sector2 sites
Size
€30.4mturnover 2025
Staff
89.8 FTE
Equity
-€1.4m
Profit
€991,265
Financial health
54 Fair Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
0.8%
Structure
Parent
MERCATOR PRESS SALES · 99.99%
Auditor: Van de Vyver & Parmentier Bedrijfsrevisoren BVAccounts 15 days early1 of 20 deeds read
Why 54raises riskCapped at 59: negative equityNegative equity -€1.4mSector: Printing and reproduction of recorded media (NACE 18)lowers riskProfit of €991,265 (financial year 2025)Size: turnover €30.4m, 89.8 FTE, total assets €5.6mShow the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
54 / 100
Fair
Probability in this band: 1.5% to 4.2%
Financially better than 34% of its sector peers (NACE 18, medium-sized)
Negative equity caps the score at 59. Every signal that counts is listed under Signals.
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Weak
Solvency 0=
equity -25.3% of total assets
Liquidity 10+6
short-term debt 115.0% · cash 7.7%
Profitability 76+14
return on assets 17.7%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.8% Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

About 8 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 0.2% (40 companies, NACE 18, medium-sized)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 1.1% 12-2024: 1.1%● unchanged vs 11-2024 01-2025: 1.1%● unchanged vs 12-2024 02-2025: 1.1%● unchanged vs 01-2025 03-2025: 1.1%● unchanged vs 02-2025 04-2025: 1.0%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 03-2025 05-2025: 1.0%● unchanged vs 04-2025 06-2025: 1.0%● unchanged vs 05-2025 07-2025: 1.2%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 06-2025 08-2025: 1.5%▲ +0.3 percentage points vs 07-2025 09-2025: 1.5%● unchanged vs 08-2025 10-2025: 1.5%● unchanged vs 09-2025 11-2025: 1.5%● unchanged vs 10-2025 12-2025: 1.5%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: 1.5%● unchanged vs 12-2025 02-2026: 1.5%● unchanged vs 01-2026 03-2026: 1.5%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: 1.5%● unchanged vs 03-2026 05-2026: 1.5%● unchanged vs 04-2026 06-2026: 1.6%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 05-2026 07-2026: 1.6%● unchanged vs 06-2026highest value 08-2026: 0.8%▼ -0.8 percentage points vs 07-2026lowest value 09-2026: 0.8%● unchanged vs 08-2026lowest value 10-2026: 0.8%● unchanged vs 09-2026lowest value
No credit on open account
Liquidity insufficient (current ratio 0.47, compared with 0.37 in 2024; short-term debt: 115% and cash: 7.7% 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 18, medium-sized): better than 5% on solvency, 8% on liquidity, 70% on profitability and 55% 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.
−lowers risk+raises risk○neutral
raises risk · Negative equity -€1.4m
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Profit of €991,265 (financial year 2025)
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Sector: Printing and reproduction of recorded media (NACE 18)
KBO
lowers risk · Size: turnover €30.4m, 89.8 FTE, total assets €5.6m
The company's size counts in the probability; how much depends on the rest of its profile.
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Weak solvency vs sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 5% of 205 sector peers (2025).
NBB · sector comparison
Position among 205 sector peers
Solvency
better than 5%
← 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 16-07-2026, 15 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
15 days early
2024
2 days early
2023
on the day
2022
on the day
2021
3 days early
2020
8 days early
2019
158 days late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 7 accounts on average 19 days after the deadline; the sector median (NACE 18) for financial year 2024 is 5 days before the deadline, and 38% 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 29 July (5 of the last 5 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
09-10-2026 today31-12-2026 year end31-07-2027 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
Searched since 2021.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. Appointment: BV Van de Vyver &…Gazette deed
  2. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2025 · full…
  3. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2024 · full…

Key points

  • Risk: Negative equityfinancial year 2025: debts exceed assets -€1.4m View
  • Positive: Result rose in 2025from €300,682 to €991,265 ▲ 230% View
  • Caution: Among the weakest 5% on equitysector median €623,525 · 205 companies -€1.4m View
  • Positive: 8 profitable years in a rowprofit 2025: €991,265 8 years View
  • Controlled by MERCATOR PRESS SALES 99.99% View
  • Positive: Filed on time since financial year 2020accounts within the deadline every year 6 years View

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Financials

Financial year
2025
Turnover
€30.4m
Profit
€991,265
Solvency
-25.3%
Turnover▼ 8.3%
Net result
20182025
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Timeline

Events
47
Since
1985
Next accounts
by 31-07-2027
  1. 31-07-2024Annual accounts filed
  2. 31-12-2023Weakest financial year
  3. 31-07-2023Annual accounts filed
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Company details

Sites
2
Legal form
Public limited company
Activity
Other printingNACE 18120
Founded
16-09-1983
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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