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Robaco

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Private limited companyfounded 1968active for 58 yearsGentseweg 432, 8793 Waregem, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0405.446.439

Financials · financial year 2025, abbreviated format

Annual accounts 2025 filed on 30-04-2026 PDF all 49 filings

Turnover
≈ €3.8m
Estimated: probably between €2.4m and €6.2m
Total assets
€1.3m▲ 4.1%
2024 · €1.3m
Net result
€27,792▲ 583%
2024 · €4,069
Working capital
€1.0m▲ 1.9%
2024 · €982,625
Trend over the years

2021 to 2025, 5 financial years 2018 to 2025, 8 financial years

The operating result for 2025 is over 3 times that of 2024. It is a recovery after the fall in 2024.

Operating result€0.04m 2025 Net result€0.03m 2025

Turnover is what the company sold, the result is what was left of it. A loss stands below the zero line.

Use the arrow keys on the chart for the figures per year.

The sector band is the middle half of the companies in Wholesale trade (NACE 46). A quarter of them sit below it, a quarter above. Each year counts only accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30. The dashed line is the median. There is a sector band for net result, equity, total assets, working capital, solvency, current ratio, return on assets (ROA) and staff (FTE).

Every figure with its change against the financial year before
favourable unfavourable
Line20182019202020212022202320242025
Operating result€0.02m-€0.02m▲ 23.1%€0.06m▲ 152%€0.3m▲ 332%€0.3m▲ 1.7%€0.04m▼ 85.0%€0.01m▼ 63.4%€0.04m▲ 202%
Net result€0.01m-€0.02m▲ 83.2%€0.04mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 58.4%€0.2mabove the sector's middle half▲ 385%€0.2mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 1.2%€0.02mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 87.6%€0.004mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 82.6%€0.03mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 583%
Equity€0.6m-€0.7m▲ 3.9%€0.7mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 5.9%€0.9mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 26.9%€1.1mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 21.0%€1.1mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 2.1%€1.1mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 0.4%€1.1mabove the sector's middle half▲ 2.5%
Total assets€1.1m-€1.0m▼ 6.4%€1.0mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 3.2%€1.2mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 26.1%€1.3mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 9.9%€1.3mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 3.5%€1.3mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 0.5%€1.3mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 4.1%
Debt€0.4m-€0.3m▼ 22.7%€0.2m▼ 22.8%€0.3m▲ 23.6%€0.2m▼ 23.5%€0.2m▼ 30.3%€0.1m▼ 6.9%€0.2m▲ 16.5%
Working capital€0.4m-€0.5m▲ 22.0%€0.6mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 19.1%€0.8mabove the sector's middle half▲ 28.3%€1.0mabove the sector's middle half▲ 17.5%€1.0mabove the sector's middle half▲ 3.6%€1.0mabove the sector's middle half▼ 2.8%€1.0mabove the sector's middle half▲ 1.9%
Solvency61.4%-68.1%▲ 6.7pp74.6%above the sector's middle half▲ 6.4pp75.1%above the sector's middle half▲ 0.5pp82.7%above the sector's middle half▲ 7.6pp87.5%above the sector's middle half▲ 4.8pp88.3%above the sector's middle half▲ 0.8pp86.9%above the sector's middle half▼ 1.4pp
Current ratio2.23-2.90▲ 0.663.85above the sector's middle half▲ 0.953.84above the sector's middle half▼ 0.015.26above the sector's middle half▲ 1.437.34above the sector's middle half▲ 2.087.86above the sector's middle half▲ 0.528.04above the sector's middle half▲ 0.18
Return on assets (ROA)1.3%-2.5%▲ 1.2pp4.1%within the sector's middle half▲ 1.6pp15.9%above the sector's middle half▲ 11.8pp14.3%above the sector's middle half▼ 1.6pp1.8%within the sector's middle half▼ 12.5pp0.3%within the sector's middle half▼ 1.5pp2.1%within the sector's middle half▲ 1.8pp
Staff (FTE)12-11.8▼ 1.7%10.6above the sector's middle half▼ 10.2%11above the sector's middle half▲ 3.8%11above the sector's middle half=10.3above the sector's middle half▼ 6.4%9.6above the sector's middle half▼ 6.8%8.3above the sector's middle half▼ 13.5%
above within below The sector band is the middle half of the companies in Wholesale trade (NACE 46). A quarter of them sit below it, a quarter above. Each year counts only accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30.
Turnover and EBIT margin are not published. The abbreviated format does not require them. The turnover shown is an estimate from the gross margin.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €1.3m
Fixed assets €175,863 ▲ 24.7%
Current assets €1.1m ▲ 1.6%
Equity and liabilities €1.3m
Equity €1.1m ▲ 2.5%
Debt €173,042 ▲ 16.5%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 11.7% to 13.1%. Equity and debt are higher.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
€90,328▲
2024 · €51,664
Cash flow
€75,452▲
2024 · €41,593
Quick ratio
2.62▼
2024 · 2.74
Debt to equity
0.15▲
2024 · 0.13
ROE
2.4%▲
2024 · 0.4%
Interest coverage
2.12▲
2024 · 1.33
Debt ≤ 1 year
€142,247▼
2024 · €143,190
Debt > 1 year
€30,795▲
2024 · €5,206
Income taxes
€15,471▲
2024 · €13,595
Staff costs
€579,891▼
2024 · €598,719
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls, as with debt or debt to equity.

Comparable companies

These companies have the same main activity as Robaco: wholesale of machine tools (NACE 46620). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €1.3m and €1.9m, founded between 1968 and 1973.

CompanyFoundedTotal assetsEquityGross marginNet resultFTEFinancial year
Robaco Waregem1968€1.3m€1.1m€0.7m€0.03m8.32025
Constant Jacobs Antwerpen1968€1.4m€0.6m€0.8m€0.1m7.32025
BUKO Kortrijk1968€1.8m€1.4m€0.6m€0.1m5.52025
Borifa Willebroek1968€1.3m€1.2m€0.6m€0.1m6.22025
Etablissements HECTOR Neufchâteau1968€1.4m€1.0m€0.6m€0.2m62025
Relco Braine-le-Château1973€1.6m€0.6m€0.7m€0.09m9.32025
DE FRUYTIER Waregem1973€1.9m€1.4m€1.2m€0.3m7.92025

They were chosen from the 645 other active companies with that main activity and annual accounts from the past two years. All companies with this main activity

Companies with the same profile, two years later

Historical observation

In July 2024, 17,041 companies had the same profile as Robaco has now. Two years later, 0.5% had gone bankrupt and 94.4% were 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
94.4% was still going

Another 0.2% stopped without a precise date, possibly only after those two years.

That fits the bankruptcy probability of Robaco itself: 0.1% within 12 months.

Test of the method

The method was tested on the 497,445 companies of July 2024. Each company was given the bankruptcy share of the same profile a year earlier, in July 2023. The expectation was that 1.6% would go bankrupt within 24 months. In fact 1.7% went bankrupt.

The companies in ten equal groups, from the lowest to the highest expected share
Group Expected Actual
1 0.2% 0.2%
2 0.3% 0.5%
3 0.5% 0.6%
4 0.7% 0.8%
5 0.9% 0.9%
6 1.3% 1.5%
7 1.6% 1.8%
8 1.8% 1.8%
9 3.0% 3.1%
10 5.6% 6.2%

A company that went bankrupt had a higher expected share than one that kept going in 74.5% of comparisons. The level depends on the economy. In a year with more bankruptcies than the year before, the actual share is higher than the expected one.

This is an observation about 17,041 companies, not a prediction for Robaco. The sector does not count, because the KBO no longer lists a sector for a company that has stopped. By sector, mostly the survivors would count, which would paint too rosy a picture.

Subsidies and aid

Flemish government

2022 to 2023 · 2 entries · €3,038 awarded · €3,038 paid
Year Entries AwardedPaid
2023 1 €0€3,038
2022 1 €3,038€0
Schemes
2 entries · €3,038 · €3,038 paid · Vlaams Agentschap voor Internationaal Ondernemen
Annual accounts
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2025 against 2024 · 53 lines

Source: Annual accounts 2025 (PDF), filed on 30-04-2026.

Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€1.3m€1.3m▲
Fixed assets21/28€0.1m€0.2m▲
Tangible fixed assets22/27€0.1m€0.2m▲
Plant, machinery and equipment23€0.07m€0.09m▲
Furniture and vehicles24€0.06m€0.08m▲
Leasing and similar rights25€0.009m€0.006m▼
Current assets29/58€1.1m€1.1m▲
Stocks and contracts in progress3€0.7m€0.8m▲
Stocks30/36€0.7m€0.8m▲
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€0.2m€0.2m▼
Trade receivables40€0.2m€0.2m▼
Other amounts receivable41€0.001m-
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€0.2m€0.1m▼
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€0.02m€0.01m▼
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€1.3m€1.3m▲
Equity10/15€1.1m€1.1m▲
Contributions10/11€0.7m€0.7m=
Contributions outside capital11-€0.7m
Other1109/19-€0.7m
Reserves13€0.4m€0.4m▲
Distributable reserves133€0.4m€0.4m▲
Amounts payable17/49€0.1m€0.2m▲
Amounts payable after more than one year17€0.005m€0.03m▲
Financial debts170/4€0.005m€0.03m▲
Amounts payable within one year42/48€0.1m€0.1m▼
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€0.003m€0.01m▲
Financial debts43€0.01m-
Credit institutions430/8€0.01m-
Trade debts44€0.05m€0.03m▼
Suppliers440/4€0.05m€0.03m▼
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€0.07m€0.1m▲
Taxes450/3€0.02m€0.05m▲
Remuneration and social security454/9€0.05m€0.05m▲
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€158-
Income statement Code20242025
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€0.6m€0.6m▼
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€0.04m€0.05m▲
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4€0.001m€0.05m▲
Other operating charges640/8€0.008m€0.008m▲
Non-recurring operating charges66A€468-
Gross operating margin9900€0.7m€0.7m▲
Operating profit (loss)9901€0.01m€0.04m▲
Financial income75/76B€0.04m€0.04m▲
Recurring financial income75€0.04m€0.04m▲
Financial charges65/66B€0.04m€0.04m▲
Recurring financial charges65€0.04m€0.04m▲
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€0.02m€0.04m▲
Income taxes67/77€0.01m€0.02m▲
Profit (loss) for the period9904€0.004m€0.03m▲
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€0.004m€0.03m▲
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€0.004m€0.03m▲
Transfer to equity691/2€0.004m€0.03m▲
To other reserves6921€0.004m€0.03m▲
Social balance sheet
Average headcount (FTE)90879.68.3▼

The notes to these accounts have 8 items, including the statement of assets and debts, the cost breakdown and rights and commitments. You find them in the filed accounts (PDF).

Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Remuneration, social security and pensions62---€0.7m€0.7m€0.7m€0.6m€0.6m▼ 3.1%
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€0.1m€0.1m€0.09m€0.03m€0.03m€0.03m€0.04m€0.05m▲ 27.0%
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4---€0.03m€0.006m€412€0.001m€0.05m▲ 40×
Other operating charges640/8---€0.009m€0.008m€0.008m€0.008m€0.008m▲ 0.2%
Non-recurring operating charges66A-----€0.006m€468--
Gross operating margin9900€0.8m€0.8m€0.7m€1.0m€1.0m€0.8m€0.7m€0.7m▲ 10.1%
Operating profit (loss)9901€0.02m€0.02m€0.06m€0.3m€0.3m€0.04m€0.01m€0.04m▲ 202%
Financial income75/76B---€0.07m€0.07m€0.05m€0.04m€0.04m▲ 2.2%
Recurring financial income75€0.04m€0.05m€0.05m€0.07m€0.07m€0.05m€0.04m€0.04m▲ 2.2%
Non-recurring financial income76B---€291-----
Financial charges65/66B---€0.05m€0.05m€0.04m€0.04m€0.04m▲ 9.9%
Recurring financial charges65€0.04m€0.04m€0.04m€0.05m€0.05m€0.04m€0.04m€0.04m▲ 9.9%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€0.01m€0.04m€0.06m€0.3m€0.3m€0.05m€0.02m€0.04m▲ 145%
Income taxes67/77€339€0.01m€0.02m€0.08m€0.09m€0.03m€0.01m€0.02m▲ 13.8%
Profit (loss) for the period9904€0.01m€0.02m€0.04m€0.2m€0.2m€0.02m€0.004m€0.03m▲ 583%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€0.01m€0.02m€0.04m€0.2m€0.2m€0.02m€0.004m€0.03m▲ 583%
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€1.1m€1.0m€1.0m€1.2m€1.3m€1.3m€1.3m€1.3m▲ 4.1%
Formation expenses20€0.07m--------
Fixed assets21/28€0.2m€0.2m€0.08m€0.08m€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m€0.2m▲ 24.7%
Intangible fixed assets21€0.04m€0.05m-------
Tangible fixed assets22/27€0.1m€0.1m€0.08m€0.08m€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m€0.2m▲ 24.7%
Plant, machinery and equipment23---€0.08m€0.05m€0.05m€0.07m€0.09m▲ 26.2%
Furniture and vehicles24---€0.002m€0.06m€0.06m€0.06m€0.08m▲ 30.0%
Leasing and similar rights25------€0.009m€0.006m▼ 26.6%
Current assets29/58€0.8m€0.8m€0.9m€1.1m€1.2m€1.2m€1.1m€1.1m▲ 1.6%
Stocks and contracts in progress3€0.5m€0.4m€0.5m€0.6m€0.8m€0.7m€0.7m€0.8m▲ 5.1%
Stocks30/36---€0.6m€0.8m€0.7m€0.7m€0.8m▲ 5.1%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€0.3m€0.3m€0.3m€0.4m€0.3m€0.3m€0.2m€0.2m▼ 4.6%
Trade receivables40---€0.3m€0.3m€0.3m€0.2m€0.2m▼ 4.0%
Other amounts receivable41---€0.002m--€0.001m--
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€0.02m€0.04m€0.1m€0.2m€0.1m€0.2m€0.2m€0.1m▼ 2.4%
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1------€0.02m€0.01m▼ 29.2%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€1.1m€1.0m€1.0m€1.2m€1.3m€1.3m€1.3m€1.3m▲ 4.1%
Equity10/15€0.6m€0.7m€0.7m€0.9m€1.1m€1.1m€1.1m€1.1m▲ 2.5%
Contributions10/11€0.7m€0.7m€0.7m€0.7m€0.7m€0.7m€0.7m€0.7m=
Capital10---€0.7m€0.7m€0.7m---
Issued capital100---€0.7m€0.7m€0.7m---
Contributions outside capital11-------€0.7m-
Other1109/19-------€0.7m-
Reserves13€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m€0.2m€0.3m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m▲ 7.4%
Non-distributable reserves130/1---€0.07m€0.07m€0.07m---
Legal reserve130---€0.07m€0.07m€0.07m---
Distributable reserves133---€0.08m€0.3m€0.3m€0.4m€0.4m▲ 7.4%
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€0.2m-€0.2m-€0.2m------
Amounts payable17/49€0.4m€0.3m€0.2m€0.3m€0.2m€0.2m€0.1m€0.2m▲ 16.5%
Amounts payable after more than one year17€0.04m€0.03m€0.01m€0.007m--€0.005m€0.03m▲ 492%
Financial debts170/4---€0.007m--€0.005m€0.03m▲ 492%
Amounts payable within one year42/48€0.4m€0.3m€0.2m€0.3m€0.2m€0.2m€0.1m€0.1m▼ 0.7%
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42---€0.008m€0.007m-€0.003m€0.01m▲ 234%
Financial debts43---€0.1m--€0.01m--
Credit institutions430/8---€0.1m--€0.01m--
Trade debts44€0.07m€0.08m€0.02m€0.03m€0.09m€0.05m€0.05m€0.03m▼ 50.1%
Suppliers440/4---€0.03m€0.09m€0.05m€0.05m€0.03m▼ 50.1%
Taxes, remuneration and social security45---€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m€0.07m€0.1m▲ 45.0%
Taxes450/3---€0.05m€0.04m€0.06m€0.02m€0.05m▲ 126%
Remuneration and social security454/9---€0.08m€0.09m€0.06m€0.05m€0.05m▲ 9.1%
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3-----€85€158--
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904€13,608€24,930€39,496€191,391€189,178€23,417€4,069€27,792▲ 583%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€100,013€96,468€91,691€31,637€27,053€33,102€37,524€47,660▲ 27.0%
Operating cash flow (approximation)€113,620€121,398€131,187€223,027€216,231€56,519€41,593€75,452▲ 81.4%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)--€71,247-€14,719-€31,996-€64,504-€21,584-€75,106-€82,447▼ 9.8%
Change in cash-€23,725€77,398€40,507-€62,578€88,537-€31,853-€3,737▲ 88.3%

A Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement. These rows are therefore an approximation, derived from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.

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31-12-2025 abbreviated format 30-04-2026 2026-00101011 PDF
31-12-2024 abbreviated format 30-04-2025 2025-00088749 PDF
31-12-2023 abbreviated format 02-05-2024 2024-00081284 PDF
31-12-2022 abbreviated format 13-06-2023 2023-00136646 PDF
31-12-2021 abbreviated format 14-06-2022 2022-20061371 PDF
31-12-2020 abbreviated format 11-05-2021 2021-13600522 PDF
31-12-2019 abbreviated format 26-03-2020 2020-07500245 PDF
31-12-2018 abbreviated format 13-06-2019 2019-17300316 PDF
31-12-2017 abbreviated format 30-03-2018 2018-08100490 PDF
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