METROPOLIS
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METROPOLIS has been active since 1983 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €591,805 and a net result of €993. Equity remains stable across the filed fiscal years (±0.2% per year). Its solvency ranks better than 83% of 6537 sector peers (fiscal year 2024). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.5% (low).
Checked score
Score 2024
Axes · tick = 2023
Profitability38▼-1
Solvency93▲+2
Growth78=
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.5%
Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €35,000 at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 3.08 against 2.95 in 2023; short-term debt: 32.5% and cash: 1.1% of total assets), and 32.5% 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 · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 47
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Retail trade (NACE 47)
about 45% more bankruptcies
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more bankruptcies →
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 22-09-2025, 53 days later. For context: 47% of the Belgian market files late and the whole 1-to-90-day band measures 2.0% abnormal legal state against a 1.66% average. We show this as a fact and do not score it.
NBB · 10 filingsDeviation from the deadline
2025
not confirmed
2024
53 d late
2023
19 d late
2022
52 d late
2021
46 d late
2020
53 d late
2019
80 d late
← 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 after the deadline; the sector median for financial year 2024 is on the deadline day, and 46% of the sector filed late.
Checked, nothing found (1)
History
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Financials · fiscal year 2024, full schema
Turnover
Not included in this filing
EBIT margin
Not included in this filing
Net result
€993▼ 81.7%
2023 · €5,422
Working capital
€591,442▲ 0.2%
2023 · €590,449
Trend over the years
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Every figure with its change against the fiscal year before
favourable
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Line20202021202220232024
Operating result€15,117▼ 55.4%-€48,944-€5,306▲ 89.2%€15,734€13,836▼ 12.1%
Net result€8,670▼ 56.0%€22▼ 99.8%-€11,264€5,422€993▼ 81.7%
Equity€596,632▲ 1.5%€596,654=€585,390▼ 1.9%€590,812▲ 0.9%€591,805▲ 0.2%
Total assets€1.1m▲ 0.3%€1.1m▼ 2.2%€949,119▼ 9.7%€893,422▼ 5.9%€876,099▼ 1.9%
Debt€478,207▼ 1.2%€454,214▼ 5.0%€363,729▼ 19.9%€302,610▼ 16.8%€284,295▼ 6.1%
Working capital€595,895▲ 1.6%€596,291▲ 0.1%€585,027▼ 1.9%€590,449▲ 0.9%€591,442▲ 0.2%
Staff (FTE)1=1=1=1=1=
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
The operating result falls in 2024; 2024 is 12% below 2023.
Balance-sheet composition
2024 in colour, 2023 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €876,099
Fixed assets
€363 =
Current assets
€875,736 ▼ 1.9%
Equity and liabilities €876,099
Equity
€591,805 ▲ 0.2%
Debt
€284,295 ▼ 6.1%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total falls from 33.9% to 32.5%. Equity is higher and debt is lower.
Key figures and ratios
Current ratio
3.08▲
2023 · 2.95
Quick ratio
3.05▲
2023 · 2.92
Debt to equity
0.48▼
2023 · 0.51
ROE
0.2%▼
2023 · 0.9%
ROA
0.1%▼
2023 · 0.6%
Debt ≤ 1 year
€284,295▼
2023 · €302,610
Income taxes
€599
Staff costs
€37,074▲
2023 · €36,282
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.
Peer companies
Historical observationOf the 16,986 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 0.5% went bankrupt within 24 months and 94% are still going.
- Micro
- 20 years or older
- solvency 30% or more
- a profit under 5% of the balance sheet
0.5%
went bankrupt
4.9%
stopped otherwise
94%
still going
A further 0.3% stopped, but we cannot tell whether within those 24 months.
For this company itself Checked computes a bankruptcy probability of 0.5% 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 497,058 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% | 1.6% |
| 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 74% 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 16,986 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 | - | €31,984 | €33,587 | €36,282 | €37,074 | ▲ 2.2% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630 | €913 | €374 | - | - | - | - |
| Other operating charges640/8 | - | €2,691 | - | €192 | €72 | ▼ 62.8% |
| Gross operating margin9900 | €42,576 | -€13,895 | €28,282 | €52,209 | €50,981 | ▼ 2.4% |
| Operating profit (loss)9901 | €15,117 | -€48,944 | -€5,306 | €15,734 | €13,836 | ▼ 12.1% |
| Financial income75/76B | - | €55,137 | €0 | €15 | €55 | ▲ 265% |
| Recurring financial income75 | - | €55,137 | €0 | €15 | €55 | ▲ 265% |
| Financial charges65/66B | - | €6,377 | €5,959 | €10,327 | €12,299 | ▲ 19.1% |
| Recurring financial charges65 | €3,556 | €6,377 | €5,959 | €10,327 | €12,299 | ▲ 19.1% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903 | €11,561 | -€183 | -€11,264 | €5,422 | €1,592 | ▼ 70.6% |
| Income taxes67/77 | €2,890 | -€205 | - | - | €599 | - |
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €8,670 | €22 | -€11,264 | €5,422 | €993 | ▼ 81.7% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905 | €8,670 | €22 | -€11,264 | €5,422 | €993 | ▼ 81.7% |
| Line | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | ||||||
| Total assets20/58 | €1.1m | €1.1m | €949,119 | €893,422 | €876,099 | ▼ 1.9% |
| Fixed assets21/28 | €737 | €363 | €363 | €363 | €363 | = |
| Tangible fixed assets22/27 | €374 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Financial fixed assets28 | €363 | €363 | €363 | €363 | €363 | = |
| Current assets29/58 | €1.1m | €1.1m | €948,756 | €893,059 | €875,736 | ▼ 1.9% |
| Stocks and contracts in progress3 | - | - | €3,500 | €8,427 | €7,562 | ▼ 10.3% |
| Stocks30/36 | - | - | €3,500 | €8,427 | €7,562 | ▼ 10.3% |
| Amounts receivable within one year40/41 | €1.1m | €833,951 | €940,798 | €873,738 | €858,858 | ▼ 1.7% |
| Trade receivables40 | - | €12,303 | €28,831 | €31,923 | €28,656 | ▼ 10.2% |
| Other amounts receivable41 | - | €821,647 | €911,967 | €841,815 | €830,202 | ▼ 1.4% |
| Cash at bank and in hand54/58 | €3,756 | €215,497 | €4,458 | €10,413 | €9,316 | ▼ 10.5% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income490/1 | - | €1,057 | - | €481 | - | - |
| Equity and liabilities | ||||||
| Total equity and liabilities10/49 | €1.1m | €1.1m | €949,119 | €893,422 | €876,099 | ▼ 1.9% |
| Equity10/15 | €596,632 | €596,654 | €585,390 | €590,812 | €591,805 | ▲ 0.2% |
| Contributions10/11 | - | €99,157 | €99,157 | €99,157 | €99,157 | = |
| Outside capital11 | - | €99,157 | €99,157 | €99,157 | €99,157 | = |
| Other1109/19 | - | €99,157 | €99,157 | €99,157 | €99,157 | = |
| Reserves13 | €497,475 | €497,496 | €486,232 | €491,654 | €492,647 | ▲ 0.2% |
| Non-distributable reserves130/1 | - | €9,916 | €9,916 | €9,916 | - | - |
| Reserves not available under the articles1311 | - | €9,916 | €9,916 | €9,916 | - | - |
| Distributable reserves133 | - | €487,580 | €476,316 | €481,739 | €492,647 | ▲ 2.3% |
| Profit (loss) carried forward14 | €459,205 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Amounts payable17/49 | €478,207 | €454,214 | €363,729 | €302,610 | €284,295 | ▼ 6.1% |
| Amounts payable within one year42/48 | €478,207 | €454,214 | €363,729 | €302,610 | €284,295 | ▼ 6.1% |
| Financial debts43 | - | €124,925 | €124,925 | €124,925 | €124,939 | = |
| Credit institutions430/8 | - | €124,925 | €124,925 | €124,925 | €124,939 | = |
| Trade debts44 | €91,444 | €23,317 | €23,771 | €45,902 | €101,323 | ▲ 121% |
| Suppliers440/4 | - | €23,317 | €23,771 | €45,902 | €101,323 | ▲ 121% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security45 | - | €17,164 | €5,241 | €15,329 | €17,009 | ▲ 11.0% |
| Taxes450/3 | - | €12,452 | €137 | €9,870 | €7,884 | ▼ 20.1% |
| Remuneration and social security454/9 | - | €4,712 | €5,104 | €5,459 | €9,125 | ▲ 67.2% |
| Other amounts payable47/48 | - | €288,808 | €209,793 | €116,455 | €41,023 | ▼ 64.8% |
| Line | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €8,670 | €22 | -€11,264 | €5,422 | €993 | ▼ 81.7% |
| + Depreciation and write-downs630 | €913 | €374 | - | - | - | - |
| Operating cash flow (approximation) | €9,584 | €396 | -€11,264 | €5,422 | €993 | ▼ 81.7% |
| Investment in fixed assets (approximation) | - | €0 | €0 | €0 | €0 | - |
| Change in cash | - | €211,741 | -€211,040 | €5,955 | -€1,097 | ▼ 118% |
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
22-09
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · full schema · 53 days late
2024
19-08
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · full schema · 19 days late
2023
31-12
Financial
Back to profitnet €5,422
Net result €5,422 after one loss-making year.
21-09
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · full schema · 52 days late
2022
31-12
Financial
Weakest financial yearnet -€11,264
Net result drops to -€11,264, the lowest in the series; recovery starts the following year.
15-09
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · full schema · 46 days late
2021
22-09
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · full schema · 53 days late
2020
19-10
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · full schema · 80 days late
2019
31-12
Financial
Back to profitnet €19,684
Net result €19,684 after one loss-making year.
25-09
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · full schema · 56 days late
2018
18-09
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · full schema · 49 days late
2017
27-09
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · full schema · 58 days late
2016
12-10
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · full schema · 73 days late
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
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Directors · office · real estate
Directors
5 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, Waterloo · 1 establishment unit since 1998
Ground area
533 m²
Building footprint
106 m²
Volume, LiDAR
963 m³
Parcel 25764Q0025/00F000, Wallonia · tallest building 10.5 m, ±3 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
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companies at this address
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1 establishment unit
Chaussée de Bruxelles 716, 1410 Waterloo
since 19982.023.629.341
1 parcel
Wallonia
1
(100%)
| Parcel (capakey) | Region | Area | Buildings | Height / fl. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25764Q0025/00F000 | Wallonia | 533 m² | 1 · 106 m² | 10.5 m · 3 fl. |
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Good to know
1 of 1 parcel with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.
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Identification & contact
Identification
Legal formPrivate limited company
Founded06-12-1983
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
47540Retail sale of electrical household appliances
47716Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range)
12000Manufacture of tobacco products
46190Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade
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E-invoicing
Reachable via Peppol
Peppol ID
0208:0424860295
Also
9925:BE0424860295
Registered
06-01-2026
Register as of 27 September 2026 · Peppol Directory
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