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Active BE 0404.784.463Public limited company

Mercatorfonds

Zuidstraat 2 ·1000 Brussel, Belgium· 58 yrs active
Sector: Retail trade (47610)
Conclusion Checked

The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of Mercatorfonds is 0.6% (low). The company has been active since 1968 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. No processed annual-account figures are available; this conclusion rests on registry and State Gazette data only.

Based on State Gazette and CBE data.
Key figures
Active 58 yrs
Board 3
Locations 1
Publications 7
Bankruptcy probability (12 mo) Checked model v1 · free
0.6% Low
0%0,5%1,5%4%10%≥25%
Long track record −Higher-failure-rate region +Higher-failure-rate sector +

Statistical estimate based on public sources, not credit advice nor a finding of fact. How do we compute this?

Risk Assessment rule-based
0 / 100
Low risk
Trust signals 3 signals
Long-established
Founded in 1968, 58 years in business.
No legal incidents
No bankruptcy, reorganisation or interim measure in the Belgisch Staatsblad.
Administratively compliant
No FOD Economie strikeouts (UBO, accounts, address, activity).
Administrative Flags 0 events
No administrative flags
Financial overview10 NBB filings
Financials being processed
NBB has 10 filing(s) on record for this company, latest fiscal year 2024 (verkort). The annual accounts are being processed.
Filings on record
Fiscal year Type Filed Reference
31-12-2024 verkort 10-09-2025 2025-00488710
31-12-2023 verkort 30-08-2024 2024-00417799
31-12-2022 verkort 31-07-2023 2023-00295355
31-12-2021 verkort 29-07-2022 2022-20258886
31-12-2020 verkort 20-08-2021 2021-51300056
31-12-2019 verkort 15-09-2020 2020-53300581
31-12-2018 verkort 02-07-2019 2019-28300031
31-12-2017 verkort 26-06-2018 2018-24300458
31-12-2016 verkort 11-08-2017 2017-43500571
31-12-2015 verkort 30-06-2016 2016-25700108
Directors & mandates 11 directors
Directors derived from a single State Gazette act, under verification
All 3 current directors first appear in the same act (25382834). Founders or capital subscribers may have been counted as directors here; the real board composition is being verified.
Current directors & mandates
  • FONDS D'INVESTISSEMENT DANS LES ENTREPRISES CULTURELLES "St'art"Legal entity
    Director· perm. rep.: Pierre LARA
    State Gazette act 25382834 (30-12-2025)
    Current
    30-12-2025 → present
  • La srl AD HOC CommunicationLegal entity
    Director· perm. rep.: Anne VIERSTRAETE
    State Gazette act 25382834 (30-12-2025)
    Current
    30-12-2025 → present
  • Bernard STEYAERT
    Director
    State Gazette act 25382834 (30-12-2025)
    Current
    23-10-2013 → present
    4 events
    • 30-12-2025 Mandate renewed· Director
    • 30-12-2025 Mandate renewed· Managing director
    • 23-10-2013 Mandate renewed· Director
    • 23-10-2013 Mandate renewed· Managing director
Historic, not recently confirmed (5)
These mandates remain open in the register but have not been confirmed by a new act in over six years. They do not count as active directors.
  • AD HOC CommunicationLegal entity
    Director· perm. rep.: Anne VIERSTRAETE
    State Gazette act 20058682 (19-05-2020)
    Not recently confirmed
    last confirmed in an act from 2020
  • FONDS D'INVESTISSEMENT DANS LES ENTREPRISES CULTURELLES "St'art"Legal entity
    Director· perm. rep.: Candice ROSENFELD
    State Gazette act 20058682 (19-05-2020)
    Not recently confirmed
    last confirmed in an act from 2020
  • Anne VIERSTRAETE
    Director
    State Gazette act 18089139 (08-06-2018)
    Not recently confirmed
    last confirmed in an act from 2018
  • Jacques Breugelmans
    Director
    State Gazette act 17073440 (24-05-2017)
    Not recently confirmed
    last confirmed in an act from 2017
  • Ronny GOBYN
    Director
    State Gazette act 13160666 (23-10-2013)
    Not recently confirmed
    last confirmed in an act from 2013
Former directors (3)
  • Anne VIERSTAETE
    Director
    State Gazette act 20058682 (19-05-2020)
    Former
    - → 08-04-2020
  • Christian PINTE
    Director
    State Gazette act 13160666 (23-10-2013)
    Former
    23-10-2013 → 30-06-2017
    2 events
    • 30-06-2017 Resigned· Director
    • 23-10-2013 Mandate renewed· Director
  • NV TIJDSBEELD & PIECE MONTEELegal entity
    Director· perm. rep.: Ronny GOBYN
    State Gazette act 17073440 (24-05-2017)
    Former
    - → 15-05-2017
Full appointment history from the Belgian State Gazette. Permanent representatives are shown for corporate directors.
Legal Structure
NACE primary Retail trade(47610)
Legal form Public limited company(014)
Incorporation01-01-1968
StatusActive
Postal code1000
Connections & network 3 connected companies
Group structure
Control→
Network connections
STRICTLY SONGS
Shared corporate director
→
TEMPORA
Shared corporate director
→
Connections derived from shared directors, addresses, shareholders and group structure in the Belgian State Gazette.
Establishment units 1 location
NV MERCATOR FONDS
Zuidstraat 2, 1000 BrusselGroothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften
since 19662.000.756.246
Physical sites registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE).
Real-estate footprint Source: CBE × cadastre

Parcels linked to this company through its CBE addresses (seat, establishment units, branches), cross-referenced with the cadastral parcel plan. This shows where the company operates, not a deeds register.

Brussels 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
21004A0339/00B000
ProtectedMonument · Site or landscapeBeurs voor Publieke Fondsen en de omgevingSource ↗
 Brussels 157 m² 1 · 116 m² 21.4 m · 6 fl.
Methodology
via registered seat: 1
1 of 1 parcels with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.
1 of these parcels carry protected heritage (source: regional heritage registers, Onroerend Erfgoed / patrimoine.brussels).
Updates 17 events

A single timeline of everything that happened to this company, publications, insolvency and lifecycle events, administrative changes and filed annual accounts.

2025
30-12-2025
State Gazette act Statutes amendment
v3.2
10-09-2025
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · verkort
2024
30-08-2024
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · verkort
2023
31-07-2023
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · verkort
2022
29-07-2022
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · verkort
21-06-2022
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
2021
20-08-2021
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · verkort
2020
15-09-2020
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · verkort
19-05-2020
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
2019
02-07-2019
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · verkort
2018
26-06-2018
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · verkort
08-06-2018
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
2017
11-08-2017
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · verkort
10-08-2017
State Gazette act Statutes amendment
v3.2
24-05-2017
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
2016
30-06-2016
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · verkort
2013
23-10-2013
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
Belgisch Staatsblad, acts 7 acts
All acts · 7 updated 7 months ago
2025
30-12-2025 Articles of association amended Statutes amendment
Summary: v3.2
Technical details 
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  "bedrijfsrevisor": null,
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    "name_full": "MERCATORFONDS - FONDS MERCATOR",
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2022
21-06-2022 Pierre Lara resigns as director Director changes
  • Pierre Lara, Bestuurder
Summary: v3.2
Technical details 
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        "address": null,
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      "effective_date": "2021-09-06",
      "evidence_quote": "Le Conseil d\u0027administration prend acte du changement du repr\u00E9sentant permanent de l\u0027administrateur FONDS D\u0027INVESTISSEMENT DANS LES ENTREPRISES CULTURELLES \u0022Start\u0022 S.A., qui sera repr\u00E9sent\u00E9e par Monsieur Pierre Lara \u00E0 partir du 6 septembre 2021 \u00E0 la place de Monsieur Antoine Ruotte."
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2020
19-05-2020 2 directors appointed, 1 resigning Director changes
  • Anne VIERSTRAETE, Bestuurder
  • Candice ROSENFELD, Bestuurder
  • Anne VIERSTAETE, Bestuurder
Summary: v3.2
Technical details 
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      },
      "effective_date": "2020-04-08",
      "evidence_quote": "L\u0027assembl\u00E9e g\u00E9n\u00E9rale des actionnaires prend acte de la d\u00E9mission d\u0027Anne VIERSTAETE \u00E0 partir de ce jour et lui donne d\u00E9charge pour sa gestion au cours de l\u0027exercice 2019.",
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      },
      "effective_date": "2020-04-08",
      "evidence_quote": "L\u0027assembl\u00E9e g\u00E9n\u00E9rale des actionnaires nomme la sri AD HOC Communication, Avenue des Abeilles, 4, \u00E0 1000 Bruxelles, \u00E0 la fonction d\u0027administrateur \u00E0 partir de ce jour et pour une dur\u00E9e de trois ans. [...] La soci\u00E9t\u00E9 sera repr\u00E9sent\u00E9e d\u0027une fa\u00E7on permanente par Madame Anne VIERSTRAETE."
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      "via_org": {
        "kbo": null,
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        "address": null,
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      "effective_date": "2020-04-08",
      "evidence_quote": "L\u0027assembl\u00E9e g\u00E9n\u00E9rale des actionnaires nommme la s.a. FONDS D\u0027INVESTISSEMENT DANS LES ENTREPRISES CULTURELLES \u0022St\u0027art\u0022, abr\u00E9viation \u0022ST\u0027ART\u0022, rue des S\u0153urs Noires 4, \u00E0 7000 Mons, \u00E0 la fonction d\u0027administrateur \u00E0 partir de ce jour et pour une dur\u00E9e de trois ans. [...] La soci\u00E9t\u00E9 sera repr\u00E9sent\u00E9e d\u0027un "
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2018
08-06-2018 1 director appointed, 1 resigning Director changes
  • Anne VIERSTRAETE, Bestuurder
  • Christian PINTE, Bestuurder
Summary: v3.2
Technical details 
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        "rrn": null,
        "name": "Anne VIERSTRAETE",
        "address": null,
        "birth_date": null
      },
      "evidence_quote": "L\u0027assembl\u00E9e \u00E0 l\u0027unanimit\u00E9 acte la nomination de Madame Anne VIERSTRAETE demeurant \u00E0 1000 Bruxelles, avenue des Abeilles 4, aux fonctions d\u0027administrateur de la soci\u00E9t\u00E9."
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      "person": {
        "rrn": null,
        "name": "Christian PINTE",
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      "effective_date": "2017-06-30",
      "evidence_quote": "L\u0027assembl\u00E9e a \u00E9galement act\u00E9 la d\u00E9mission de Moniquer Christian PINTE, demeurant \u00E0 1640 Rhode-Saint-Gen\u00E8se, avenue de l\u0027Epervier 16 B, celle-ci ayant \u00E9t\u00E9 effective au 30 juin 2017."
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  "subject_company": {
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2017
10-08-2017 Articles of association amended Statutes amendment
Summary: v3.2
Technical details 
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      "holder_kbo": null,
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24-05-2017 1 director appointed, 1 resigning Director changes
  • Jacques Breugelmans, Bestuurder
  • Ronny GOBYN, Bestuurder
Summary: v3.2
Technical details 
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        "rrn": null,
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        "address": null,
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      "effective_date": "2017-05-15",
      "evidence_quote": "L\u0027assembl\u00E9e \u00E0 l\u0027unanimit\u00E9 a pris acte et accepte la d\u00E9mission de Monsieur Ronny GOBYN (repr\u00E9sentant la NV TIJDSBEELD \u0026 PIECE MONTEE) comme administrateur. Cette d\u00E9mission prend force ce jour."
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        "name": "Jacques Breugelmans",
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      "effective_date": "2017-05-15",
      "evidence_quote": "L\u0027assembl\u00E9e nomme Monsieur Jacques Breugelmans, demeurant \u00E0 1400 N\u00EDvelles, chauss\u00E9e de Mons 27 comme administrateur."
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2013
23-10-2013 2 resigning, 4 reappointed Director changes
  • SA Marot, Gedelegeerd bestuurder
  • SA Marot, Bestuurder
  • Bernard Steyaert, Bestuurder
  • Christian Pinte, Bestuurder
  • Ronny Gobyn, Bestuurder
  • Bernard Steyaert, Gedelegeerd bestuurder
Summary: v3.2
Technical details 
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Company registry (CBE) Crossroads Bank
Activities
Uitgeverijen van boeken22110Detailhandel in boeken in gespecialiseerde winkels47610Detailhandel in boeken47610Uitgeverijen van boeken58110Uitgeven van boeken58110Uitgeverijen van boeken58110Uitgeven van boeken58110
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Names & trade names
Legal nameNL Mercatorfonds
Registered office
Zuidstraat 2
1000 Brussel, Belgium
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