METRA
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METRA has been active since 1996 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €323,224 and a net result of -€40,726. Equity remains stable across the filed fiscal years (±2% per year). Its solvency ranks better than 40% of 9086 sector peers (fiscal year 2024). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.6% (low).
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Score 2024
Axes · tick = 2023
Profitability14▼-65
Solvency60▼-2
Growth32▼-26
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.6%
Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €15,000 at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity tight (current ratio 1.41 against 1.45 in 2023; short-term debt: 63.6% and cash: 2.3% of total assets), and 65.1% of the assets are financed with debt.
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Signals
Four signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
−lowers risk+raises risk○neutral
lowers risk · Long track record
A company with a long track record statistically fails less often than a young one.
KBO · incorporation dateAge against the risk zone
raises risk · Annual accounts: weaker financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a weaker profile in solvency, result or liquidity than companies that stay afloat.
NBB · annual accounts 2024Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
34.9%
Return on assets
-4.4%
Age of the figures
21 mo
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 46
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Wholesale trade (NACE 46)
about 21% more bankruptcies
← fewer bankruptcies
more bankruptcies →
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 13-06-2025, 48 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filingsDeviation from the deadline
2025
not confirmed
2024
48 d early
2023
61 d early
2022
69 d early
2021
44 d early
2020
66 d early
2019
74 d 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 60 days before the deadline; the sector median for financial year 2024 is 3 days before the deadline, and 39% of the sector filed late.
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Financials · fiscal year 2024, abbreviated schema
Equity
€323,224▼ 11.2%
2023 · €363,950
Total assets
€924,884▼ 6.0%
2023 · €984,063
Net result
-€40,726
2023 · €76,911
Working capital
€239,568▼ 13.6%
2023 · €277,223
Trend over the years
Click a name to add, emphasise or remove a line.Band: the middle half (P25 to P75) of NACE 46, Wholesale trade, each year against the same schema; no band under 30 filings. Dashed line: the median.
Every figure with its change against the fiscal year before
favourable
unfavourable
Line20202021202220232024
Operating result€53,967-€43,991€57,126€115,293▲ 102%-€30,737
Net result€45,341within the sector's middle half-€50,167below the sector's middle half€44,709within the sector's middle half€76,911within the sector's middle half▲ 72.0%-€40,726below the sector's middle half
Equity€362,497within the sector's middle half▲ 4.4%€312,330within the sector's middle half▼ 13.8%€337,039within the sector's middle half▲ 7.9%€363,950within the sector's middle half▲ 8.0%€323,224within the sector's middle half▼ 11.2%
Total assets€833,468within the sector's middle half▲ 11.0%€820,952within the sector's middle half▼ 1.5%€908,614within the sector's middle half▲ 10.7%€984,063within the sector's middle half▲ 8.3%€924,884within the sector's middle half▼ 6.0%
Debt€470,971▲ 16.7%€508,622▲ 8.0%€571,575▲ 12.4%€620,113▲ 8.5%€601,659▼ 3.0%
Working capital€355,978within the sector's middle half▲ 6.3%€269,307within the sector's middle half▼ 24.3%€273,613within the sector's middle half▲ 1.6%€277,223within the sector's middle half▲ 1.3%€239,568within the sector's middle half▼ 13.6%
Solvency43.5%within the sector's middle half▼ 2.7pp38.0%within the sector's middle half▼ 5.4pp37.1%within the sector's middle half▼ 1.0pp37.0%within the sector's middle half▼ 0.1pp34.9%within the sector's middle half▼ 2.0pp
Current ratio1.79within the sector's middle half▼ 0.051.57within the sector's middle half▼ 0.231.50within the sector's middle half▼ 0.071.45within the sector's middle half▼ 0.051.41within the sector's middle half▼ 0.04
Return on assets (ROA)5.4%within the sector's middle half▲ 9.7pp-6.1%below the sector's middle half▼ 11.6pp4.9%within the sector's middle half▲ 11.0pp7.8%within the sector's middle half▲ 2.9pp-4.4%below the sector's middle half▼ 12.2pp
Staff (FTE)6.7within the sector's middle half▼ 6.9%6.3within the sector's middle half▼ 6.0%6.1within the sector's middle half▼ 3.2%6within the sector's middle half▼ 1.6%5.8within the sector's middle half▼ 3.3%
above
within
below
the middle half (P25 to P75) of NACE 46, Wholesale trade, each year against the same schema; no band under 30 filings.
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the abbreviated schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
The operating result turns negative in 2024: a loss of €30,737 after €115,293 in 2023.
Balance-sheet composition
2024 in colour, 2023 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €924,884
Fixed assets
€96,901 ▲ 3.5%
Current assets
€827,983 ▼ 7.0%
Equity and liabilities €924,884
Equity
€323,224 ▼ 11.2%
Debt
€601,659 ▼ 3.0%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 63.0% to 65.1%. Equity and debt are lower.
Key figures and ratios
EBITDA
€1,720▼
2023 · €139,805
Cash flow
-€8,270▼
2023 · €101,424
Quick ratio
0.85▼
2023 · 0.99
Debt to equity
1.86▲
2023 · 1.70
ROE
-12.6%▼
2023 · 21.1%
Interest coverage
0.14▼
2023 · 14.44
Debt ≤ 1 year
€588,414▼
2023 · €613,214
Debt > 1 year
€13,229▲
2023 · €6,381
Income taxes
€734▼
2023 · €31,168
Staff costs
€416,398▼
2023 · €435,367
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.
Peer companies
Historical observationOf the 12,321 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 0.6% went bankrupt within 24 months and 90% are still going.
- Micro
- 20 years or older
- solvency 30% or more
- a small loss
0.6%
went bankrupt
8.5%
stopped otherwise
90%
still going
A further 0.6% stopped, but we cannot tell whether within those 24 months.
For this company itself Checked computes a bankruptcy probability of 0.6% over twelve months; the group does not contradict it.
How reliable is this rule?
Tested on the year before, without using that year itself: the groups of July 2023 gave each of the 497,662 companies of July 2024 its group's bankruptcy share. Expected: 1.5%; actually bankrupt within 24 months: 1.6%.
| Group | Expected | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| 2 | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| 3 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| 4 | 0.6% | 0.7% |
| 5 | 0.8% | 0.9% |
| 6 | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| 7 | 1.5% | 1.7% |
| 8 | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| 9 | 2.7% | 2.8% |
| 10 | 5.3% | 5.7% |
The rule ranks well: a company that went bankrupt got a higher share than one that kept going in 75% of comparisons. The level follows the economy: in a year with more bankruptcies, the actual share is higher than the year before.
An observation about 12,321 comparable companies, not a prediction for this company. The sector does not count: the register keeps no sector for companies that stopped, so it would make the outcome look better than it was.
Annual accounts
| Line | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remuneration, social security and pensions62 | - | €405,953 | €429,590 | €435,367 | €416,398 | ▼ 4.4% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630 | €9,495 | €12,369 | €21,179 | €24,512 | €32,457 | ▲ 32.4% |
| Other operating charges640/8 | - | €9,549 | €9,577 | €12,668 | €11,168 | ▼ 11.8% |
| Gross operating margin9900 | €509,332 | €383,880 | €517,472 | €587,841 | €429,286 | ▼ 27.0% |
| Operating profit (loss)9901 | €53,967 | -€43,991 | €57,126 | €115,293 | -€30,737 | ▼ 127% |
| Financial income75/76B | - | €4,560 | €3,636 | €2,465 | €3,451 | ▲ 40.0% |
| Recurring financial income75 | €7,864 | €4,560 | €3,636 | €2,465 | €3,451 | ▲ 40.0% |
| Financial charges65/66B | - | €7,337 | €8,410 | €9,679 | €12,707 | ▲ 31.3% |
| Recurring financial charges65 | €5,992 | €7,337 | €8,410 | €9,679 | €12,707 | ▲ 31.3% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903 | €55,839 | -€46,768 | €52,352 | €108,079 | -€39,993 | ▼ 137% |
| Income taxes67/77 | €10,498 | €3,399 | €7,643 | €31,168 | €734 | ▼ 97.6% |
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €45,341 | -€50,167 | €44,709 | €76,911 | -€40,726 | ▼ 153% |
| Transfer from tax-exempt reserves789 | - | €26,015 | - | - | - | - |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905 | €62,826 | -€24,152 | €44,709 | €76,911 | -€40,726 | ▼ 153% |
| Line | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | ||||||
| Total assets20/58 | €833,468 | €820,952 | €908,614 | €984,063 | €924,884 | ▼ 6.0% |
| Fixed assets21/28 | €29,605 | €77,038 | €85,914 | €93,626 | €96,901 | ▲ 3.5% |
| Intangible fixed assets21 | €5,086 | €34,786 | €46,619 | €44,350 | €48,332 | ▲ 9.0% |
| Tangible fixed assets22/27 | €13,447 | €31,179 | €28,222 | €38,178 | €37,425 | ▼ 2.0% |
| Land and buildings22 | - | €11,960 | €10,813 | €20,093 | €17,848 | ▼ 11.2% |
| Plant, machinery and equipment23 | - | €9,597 | €10,663 | €8,114 | €6,956 | ▼ 14.3% |
| Furniture and vehicles24 | - | €9,622 | €6,745 | €9,971 | €12,621 | ▲ 26.6% |
| Financial fixed assets28 | €11,072 | €11,072 | €11,072 | €11,099 | €11,144 | ▲ 0.4% |
| Current assets29/58 | €803,863 | €743,914 | €822,700 | €890,437 | €827,983 | ▼ 7.0% |
| Stocks and contracts in progress3 | €231,530 | €245,983 | €272,417 | €283,657 | €330,349 | ▲ 16.5% |
| Stocks30/36 | - | €245,983 | €272,417 | €283,657 | €330,349 | ▲ 16.5% |
| Amounts receivable within one year40/41 | €498,691 | €456,269 | €463,302 | €518,095 | €458,892 | ▼ 11.4% |
| Trade receivables40 | - | €388,465 | €460,941 | €514,252 | €458,892 | ▼ 10.8% |
| Other amounts receivable41 | - | €67,804 | €2,361 | €3,844 | - | - |
| Cash at bank and in hand54/58 | €38,502 | €22,763 | €40,860 | €69,054 | €21,181 | ▼ 69.3% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income490/1 | - | €18,899 | €46,120 | €19,632 | €17,561 | ▼ 10.5% |
| Equity and liabilities | ||||||
| Total equity and liabilities10/49 | €833,468 | €820,952 | €908,614 | €984,063 | €924,884 | ▼ 6.0% |
| Equity10/15 | €362,497 | €312,330 | €337,039 | €363,950 | €323,224 | ▼ 11.2% |
| Contributions10/11 | - | €300,000 | €300,000 | €300,000 | €300,000 | = |
| Reserves13 | €62,497 | €36,482 | €37,039 | €63,950 | €63,950 | = |
| Non-distributable reserves130/1 | - | €30,000 | €30,000 | €15,000 | €15,000 | = |
| Reserves not available under the articles1311 | - | €30,000 | €30,000 | €15,000 | €15,000 | = |
| Distributable reserves133 | - | €6,482 | €7,039 | €48,950 | €48,950 | = |
| Profit (loss) carried forward14 | - | -€24,152 | - | - | -€40,726 | - |
| Amounts payable17/49 | €470,971 | €508,622 | €571,575 | €620,113 | €601,659 | ▼ 3.0% |
| Amounts payable after more than one year17 | €7,500 | €32,201 | €18,599 | €6,381 | €13,229 | ▲ 107% |
| Financial debts170/4 | - | €32,201 | €18,599 | €6,381 | €13,229 | ▲ 107% |
| Amounts payable within one year42/48 | €447,885 | €474,607 | €549,087 | €613,214 | €588,414 | ▼ 4.0% |
| Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42 | - | €13,390 | €23,603 | €43,950 | €10,517 | ▼ 76.1% |
| Financial debts43 | - | €155,753 | €79,484 | €58,598 | €205,103 | ▲ 250% |
| Credit institutions430/8 | - | €155,753 | €79,484 | €58,598 | €205,103 | ▲ 250% |
| Trade debts44 | €278,052 | €215,672 | €326,591 | €370,910 | €284,465 | ▼ 23.3% |
| Suppliers440/4 | - | €215,672 | €326,591 | €370,910 | €284,465 | ▼ 23.3% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security45 | - | €89,792 | €99,408 | €89,757 | €88,330 | ▼ 1.6% |
| Taxes450/3 | - | €40,726 | €50,706 | €35,973 | €41,642 | ▲ 15.8% |
| Remuneration and social security454/9 | - | €49,065 | €48,702 | €53,784 | €46,688 | ▼ 13.2% |
| Other amounts payable47/48 | - | - | €20,000 | €50,000 | - | - |
| Accrued charges and deferred income492/3 | - | €1,813 | €3,889 | €518 | €16 | ▼ 96.9% |
| Line | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €45,341 | -€50,167 | €44,709 | €76,911 | -€40,726 | ▼ 153% |
| + Depreciation and write-downs630 | €9,495 | €12,369 | €21,179 | €24,512 | €32,457 | ▲ 32.4% |
| Operating cash flow (approximation) | €54,836 | -€37,798 | €65,888 | €101,424 | -€8,270 | ▼ 108% |
| Investment in fixed assets (approximation) | - | -€59,802 | -€30,055 | -€32,225 | -€35,731 | ▼ 10.9% |
| Change in cash | - | -€15,739 | €18,097 | €28,193 | -€47,873 | ▼ 270% |
Simplified and derived: a Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement, so these rows come from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.
Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones
2025
13-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · abbreviated schema
2024
31-05
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · abbreviated schema
2023
31-12
Financial
Highest result since 2018net €76,911 ▲72%
Operating result €115,293, net result €76,911, both a record.
23-05
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · abbreviated schema
2022
31-12
Financial
Back to profitnet €44,709
Net result €44,709 after one loss-making year.
17-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · abbreviated schema
2021
31-12
Financial
Weakest financial yearnet -€50,167
Net result drops to -€50,167, the lowest in the series; recovery starts the following year.
26-05
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · abbreviated schema
2020
31-12
Financial
Back to profitnet €45,341
Net result €45,341 after one loss-making year.
18-05
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · abbreviated schema
2019
17-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · abbreviated schema
2018
04-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · abbreviated schema
2017
21-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema
2016
25-05
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · abbreviated schema
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
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Directors · office · real estate
Directors
8 acts for this company are in the Belgian State Gazette, of which we have read 0. We have therefore not extracted its directors from those acts yet.
Location & real-estate footprint
Registered office, Diepenbeek · 1 establishment unit since 1996
Ground area
1.0 ha
Building footprint
2,961 m²
Volume, LiDAR
4,705 m³
2 parcels, Flanders · tallest building 8.5 m, ±2 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
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1 establishment unit
METRA BVBA
since 19962.077.531.350
2 parcels
Flanders
2
(100%)
| Parcel (capakey) | Region | Area | Buildings | Height / fl. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71402D1112/00H004 | Flanders | 9,211 m² | 1 · 2,317 m² | 0.7 m |
| 44362B0288/00V013 | Flanders | 981 m² | 1 · 644 m² | 8.5 m · 2 fl. |
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Good to know
2 of 2 parcels with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.
Structure & network
Owners and holdings
2 ownersChain of control
- Dietvorst Beheer
- METRA
Highest known parent: Dietvorst Beheer. The sources do not say who stands above it.
Owners 2
- Dietvorst Beheerparent70%
-
30%
Holdings 0
No holding stated in the accounts, acts or LEI register we read.
According to the annual accounts of the other companies, the acts in the Belgian Gazette and the LEI register. The register of ultimate beneficial owners (UBO) is not public: who ultimately stands behind a natural person or a foreign parent is not stated here. A company that does not fill in these statements, or need not, is missing.
Connections & network
No current directors or connected companies found in the register.
Public money · subsidies and aid
Flemish government
2022 to 2024 · 3 entries · 8,100 EUR awarded · 8,100 EUR paid| Year | Entries | awarded | paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 600 EUR | 600 EUR |
| 2023 | 1 | 3,300 EUR | 4,500 EUR |
| 2022 | 1 | 4,200 EUR | 3,000 EUR |
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Identification & contact
Identification
Legal formPrivate limited company
Founded11-07-1996
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
46180Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products
46460Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods
E-invoicing
Reachable via Peppol
Peppol ID
0208:0458474359
Also
9925:BE0458474359
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Register as of 28 September 2026 · Peppol Directory
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