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MERLIN

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Public limited companyfounded 2003active for 22 yearsKaai 35, 8620 Nieuwpoort, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0861.300.711
Summary

MERLIN has been active since 2003 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €802,731 and a net result of €44,728. Equity is growing by about 22% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 95% of 9,658 sector peers (NACE 47, financial year 2024). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.1% (very low).

Overview

Activity
Retail trade
NACE 47230Other business support services NACE 82990
1 site
Size
€835,623total assets 2024
Equity
€802,731
Profit
€44,728
Turnover not published (abbreviated format)
Financial health
95 Excellent Checked score 2024
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
0.1%
Structure
Accounts 71 days overdue0 of 1 deed read
Why 95raises riskFigures for financial year 2024 (filed 04-08-2025)lowers riskFounded in 2003Equity €802,731 (96.1% of total assets)Liquidity: current ratio 24.63, cash €269,783Show the evidence

Checked score

Score 2024
95 / 100
Excellent
Probability in this band: under 0.55%
Financially better than 75% of its sector peers (NACE 47, micro)
Financial strength · tick = 2023
Strong
Solvency 100=
equity 96.1% of total assets
Liquidity 90+10
short-term debt 3.9% · cash 32.3%
Profitability 75-9
return on assets 5.4%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.1% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

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

Sector median 0.6% (40,188 companies, NACE 47, micro)
Last 24 months 11-2024: < 0.1% 12-2024: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 11-2024 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 03-2025 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: 0.1%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 07-2025 09-2025: < 0.1%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 08-2025 10-2025: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 09-2025 11-2025: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 10-2025 12-2025: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 12-2025lowest value 02-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 01-2026 03-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 03-2026 05-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 04-2026 06-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 05-2026 07-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 06-2026 08-2026: 0.1%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 07-2026 09-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 08-2026 10-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 09-2026highest value
Credit of up to €75,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 24.63, compared with 7.22 in 2023; short-term debt: 3.9% and cash: 32.3% of total assets), and 3.9% of the assets are financed with debt.
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 47, micro): better than 92% on solvency, 91% on liquidity, 62% on profitability and 53% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 09-10-2026 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

Five signals.
−lowers risk+raises risk○neutral
raises risk · Figures for financial year 2024 (filed 04-08-2025)
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Founded in 2003
How long the company has existed counts in the probability; how much depends on the rest of its profile.
KBO
lowers risk · Equity €802,731 (96.1% of total assets)
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Liquidity: current ratio 24.63, cash €269,783
NBB · annual accounts
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 31-07-2025, 0 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not confirmed
2024
on the day
2023
1 day early
2022
on the day
2021
2 days early
2020
151 days early
2019
149 days early
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 6 accounts on average 51 days before the deadline; the sector median (NACE 47) for financial year 2024 is on the deadline day, and 47% of those companies filed late.

Searched, nothing found (1)
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
Searched since 2021.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2024 · abbreviated…
  2. Liquidity more than triplescurrent ratio 24.63
  3. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2023 · abbreviated…

Key points

  • Positive: Among the best 5% on solvencysector median 38.4% · 9,658 companies 96.1% View
  • Caution: Result fell in 2024from €108,194 to €44,728 ▼ 58.7% View
  • Caution: Accounts not fileddeadline was 31-07-2026 71 days late View
  • Positive: 7 profitable years in a rowprofit 2024: €44,728 7 years View

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Financials

Financial year
2024
Total assets
€835,623
Profit
€44,728
Solvency
96.1%
Total assets▼ 4.7%
Net result
20182024
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Timeline

Events
25
Since
2005
  1. 31-07-2023Annual accounts filed
  2. 29-07-2022Annual accounts filed
  3. 31-12-2021Highest result from 2018 to 2024
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Company details

Sites
1
Legal form
Public limited company
Activity
Retail tradeNACE 47230
Founded
24-10-2003
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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