Roger Cools
ActiveFrom the official registers: KBO 33 annual accounts at the National Bank publications in the Belgian Official Gazette
Summary
Roger Cools has been active since 1992 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €3.4m and a net result of €142,385. Equity is growing by about 4.3% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 95% of 6,158 sector peers (NACE 46, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is below 0.1% (very low).
Overview
Official details
KBO- Status
- Active since 28-10-1992 Normal situation
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Registered office
- Oostendse Steenweg 259, 8000 Brugge
- Activity
- Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) NACE 46711and 2 others
- Establishment unit
- 2.059.822.219 8000 Brugge, since 10-12-1992
- Financial year end
- 31 December
- Peppol
- Reachable since 13-05-2025
How it is doing
- Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
- < 0.1%
- Gross margin
- €1.1m
- ▲ 3.5%
- Turnover
- ≈ €4.6m
- estimated
- Profit
- €142,385
- ▲ 13.0%
- Equity
- €3.4m
- ▲ 4.4%
- Total assets
- €3.6m
- ▼ 1.3%
- Staff
- 9.3 FTE
- ▲ 6.9%
Why 96lowers riskFounded in 1992Liquidity: current ratio 11.54, cash €672,206Equity €3.4m (94.5% of total assets)Figures for financial year 2025 (filed 28-07-2026)Show the evidence
Checked score
Fewer than 1 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).
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 46, micro): better than 90% on solvency, 78% on liquidity, 61% on profitability and 54% on growth.
The bankruptcy probability was computed on 31-10-2026 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
This company filed its last 7 accounts on average 8 days after the deadline; the sector median (NACE 46) for financial year 2024 is 3 days before the deadline, and 39% of those companies filed late.
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Financials · financial year 2025, full format
Annual accounts 2025
- Financial year ended
- 31-12-2025
- Filed on
- 28-07-2026
- Format
- full format
- Reference
- 2026-00338657
2021 to 2025, 5 financial years 2018 to 2025, 8 financial years
The operating result recovers in 2025; 2025 is 13% above 2024 and is the highest result in the available series.
What the company sold each financial year and what was left of it. A loss stands below the zero line.
What the company owns (total assets), how much of it is its own (equity) and how much it owes.
Short-term assets minus short-term debts. Above zero the company can pay its bills in the short term.
How much of each euro of turnover is left from operations (EBIT margin) and what the assets earn (return on assets).
The share of the company financed with its own means. The higher it is, the better it absorbs a shock.
Short-term assets per euro of short-term debt. Above 1 the short-term debts are covered.
Average staff in full-time equivalents (FTE).
Use the arrow keys on the chart for the figures per year.
Sector: the middle half of NACE 46, Wholesale trade: a quarter of companies sit below it, a quarter above. Each year compared with accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30. Dashed line: the median. Available for Net result, Equity, Total assets, Working capital, Solvency, Current ratio, Return on assets (ROA), Staff (FTE).
Peer companies
Historical observationOf the 17,041 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 0.5% went bankrupt within 24 months and 94.4% are still going.
- Micro
- 20 years or older
- solvency 30% or more
- a profit under 5% of the balance sheet
A further 0.2% stopped, but we cannot tell whether within those 24 months.
For this company itself Checked computes a bankruptcy probability of < 0.1% 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 497,445 companies of July 2024 its group's bankruptcy share. Expected: 1.6%; actually bankrupt within 24 months: 1.7%.
| 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% |
The rule ranks well: a company that went bankrupt got a higher share than one that kept going in 74.5% 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 17,041 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.
| Line | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remuneration, social security and pensions62 | - | - | - | €0.5m | €0.4m | €0.6m | €0.7m | €0.7m | ▲ 5.0% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630 | €0.08m | €0.09m | €0.08m | €0.08m | €0.08m | €0.1m | €0.1m | €0.1m | ▲ 2.2% |
| Other operating charges640/8 | - | - | - | €0.03m | €0.03m | €0.03m | €0.05m | €0.03m | ▼ 46.5% |
| Gross operating margin9900 | €0.8m | €0.9m | €0.7m | €0.7m | €0.6m | €0.9m | €1.0m | €1.1m | ▲ 3.5% |
| Operating profit (loss)9901 | €0.3m | €0.3m | €0.2m | €0.2m | €0.08m | €0.2m | €0.2m | €0.2m | ▲ 12.6% |
| Financial charges65/66B | - | - | - | €0.007m | €0.01m | €0.006m | €0.005m | €0.003m | ▼ 25.9% |
| Recurring financial charges65 | €0.003m | €0.005m | €0.006m | €0.007m | €0.01m | €0.006m | €0.005m | €0.003m | ▼ 25.9% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903 | €0.3m | €0.3m | €0.2m | €0.2m | €0.07m | €0.2m | €0.2m | €0.2m | ▲ 13.6% |
| Income taxes67/77 | €0.08m | €0.09m | €0.04m | €0.04m | €275 | €0.06m | €0.06m | €0.06m | ▲ 15.0% |
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €0.2m | €0.2m | €0.1m | €0.1m | €0.07m | €0.1m | €0.1m | €0.1m | ▲ 13.0% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905 | €0.2m | €0.2m | €0.1m | €0.1m | €0.07m | €0.1m | €0.1m | €0.1m | ▲ 13.0% |
| Line | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | |||||||||
| Total assets20/58 | €2.5m | €2.8m | €3.1m | €3.0m | €3.6m | €3.5m | €3.6m | €3.6m | ▼ 1.3% |
| Fixed assets21/28 | €0.7m | €0.7m | €0.7m | €0.6m | €1.0m | €1.1m | €1.4m | €2.0m | ▲ 43.7% |
| Tangible fixed assets22/27 | €0.7m | €0.7m | €0.7m | €0.6m | €1.0m | €1.1m | €1.4m | €2.0m | ▲ 43.7% |
| Land and buildings22 | - | - | - | €0.5m | €0.8m | €1.0m | €1.3m | €1.9m | ▲ 48.9% |
| Plant, machinery and equipment23 | - | - | - | €0.05m | €0.04m | €0.06m | €0.05m | €0.05m | ▲ 3.9% |
| Furniture and vehicles24 | - | - | - | €0.08m | €0.1m | €0.1m | €0.07m | €0.04m | ▼ 31.3% |
| Current assets29/58 | €1.8m | €2.0m | €2.4m | €2.3m | €2.6m | €2.4m | €2.2m | €1.6m | ▼ 29.9% |
| Stocks and contracts in progress3 | €0.6m | €0.8m | €0.8m | €0.5m | €0.5m | €0.8m | €0.7m | €0.7m | ▲ 5.8% |
| Stocks30/36 | - | - | - | €0.5m | €0.5m | €0.8m | €0.7m | €0.7m | ▲ 5.8% |
| Amounts receivable within one year40/41 | €0.5m | €0.7m | €0.7m | €0.5m | €0.7m | €0.7m | €0.4m | €0.2m | ▼ 52.2% |
| Trade receivables40 | - | - | - | €0.2m | €0.5m | €0.7m | €0.3m | €0.2m | ▼ 48.5% |
| Other amounts receivable41 | - | - | - | €0.3m | €0.2m | €0.06m | €0.06m | €0.02m | ▼ 69.3% |
| Cash at bank and in hand54/58 | €0.7m | €0.6m | €0.9m | €1.4m | €1.5m | €0.9m | €1.2m | €0.7m | ▼ 43.2% |
| Equity and liabilities | |||||||||
| Total equity and liabilities10/49 | €2.5m | €2.8m | €3.1m | €3.0m | €3.6m | €3.5m | €3.6m | €3.6m | ▼ 1.3% |
| Equity10/15 | €2.4m | €2.6m | €2.8m | €2.9m | €3.0m | €3.1m | €3.2m | €3.4m | ▲ 4.4% |
| Contributions10/11 | €0.3m | €0.3m | €0.3m | €0.3m | €0.3m | €0.3m | €0.3m | €0.3m | = |
| Capital10 | - | - | - | €0.3m | €0.3m | €0.3m | €0.3m | €0.3m | = |
| Issued capital100 | - | - | - | €0.3m | €0.3m | €0.3m | €0.3m | €0.3m | = |
| Reserves13 | €1.9m | €2.1m | €2.3m | €2.5m | €2.6m | €2.8m | €2.9m | €3.1m | ▲ 4.8% |
| Non-distributable reserves130/1 | - | - | - | €0.05m | €0.05m | €0.2m | €0.3m | €0.5m | ▲ 45.6% |
| Legal reserve130 | - | - | - | €0.05m | €0.05m | €0.05m | €0.05m | €0.05m | = |
| Other1319 | - | - | - | - | - | €0.1m | €0.3m | €0.4m | ▲ 54.3% |
| Tax-exempt reserves132 | - | - | - | €0.07m | €0.07m | €0.07m | €0.07m | €0.07m | = |
| Distributable reserves133 | - | - | - | €2.4m | €2.5m | €2.6m | €2.6m | €2.6m | = |
| Profit (loss) carried forward14 | €0.2m | €0.2m | €0.1m | €0.1m | €0.07m | - | - | - | - |
| Provisions and deferred taxes16 | €0.03m | €0.03m | €0.03m | - | €0.04m | €0.05m | €0.06m | €0.06m | ▲ 6.9% |
| Provisions for liabilities and charges160/5 | - | - | - | - | €0.04m | €0.05m | €0.06m | €0.06m | ▲ 6.9% |
| Pensions and similar obligations160 | - | - | - | - | €0.04m | €0.05m | €0.06m | €0.06m | ▲ 6.9% |
| Amounts payable17/49 | €0.05m | €0.09m | €0.3m | €0.07m | €0.6m | €0.4m | €0.3m | €0.1m | ▼ 59.0% |
| Amounts payable after more than one year17 | - | - | - | - | €0.2m | €0.1m | €0.06m | - | - |
| Financial debts170/4 | - | - | - | - | €0.2m | €0.1m | €0.06m | - | - |
| Amounts payable within one year42/48 | €0.05m | €0.09m | €0.3m | €0.07m | €0.3m | €0.2m | €0.3m | €0.1m | ▼ 49.1% |
| Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42 | - | - | - | - | €0.07m | €0.07m | €0.08m | €0.06m | ▼ 15.4% |
| Trade debts44 | - | - | €0.2m | - | €0.2m | €0.04m | €0.09m | €0.005m | ▼ 94.2% |
| Suppliers440/4 | - | - | - | - | €0.2m | €0.04m | €0.09m | €0.005m | ▼ 94.2% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security45 | - | - | - | €0.01m | €0.008m | €0.07m | €0.05m | €0.004m | ▼ 92.4% |
| Taxes450/3 | - | - | - | €0.01m | €0.008m | €0.07m | €0.05m | €0.004m | ▼ 92.4% |
| Other amounts payable47/48 | - | - | - | €0.06m | €0.03m | €0.04m | €0.05m | €0.06m | ▲ 28.6% |
| Line | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €206,473 | €226,404 | €142,489 | €133,555 | €68,783 | €136,340 | €126,017 | €142,385 | ▲ 13.0% |
| + Depreciation and write-downs630 | €79,912 | €93,028 | €81,900 | €80,738 | €78,077 | €114,187 | €111,462 | €113,940 | ▲ 2.2% |
| Operating cash flow (approximation) | €286,385 | €319,432 | €224,389 | €214,293 | €146,860 | €250,527 | €237,479 | €256,325 | ▲ 7.9% |
| Investment in fixed assets (approximation) | - | -€139,055 | -€33,669 | -€43,216 | -€408,266 | -€256,690 | -€411,433 | -€730,197 | ▼ 77.5% |
| Change in cash | - | -€93,397 | €301,748 | €459,695 | €115,546 | -€543,894 | €257,744 | -€510,694 | - |
Simplified and derived: a Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement, so these rows come from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.
Latest 10 of 33 filings with the National Bank
| Financial year | Type | Filed | Reference | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31-12-2025 | full format | 28-07-2026 | 2026-00338657 | NBB |
| 31-12-2024 | abbreviated format | 15-07-2025 | 2025-00270294 | |
| 31-12-2023 | abbreviated format | 07-08-2024 | 2024-00332719 | |
| 31-12-2022 | abbreviated format | 21-08-2023 | 2023-00337349 | |
| 31-12-2021 | abbreviated format | 26-07-2022 | 2022-20231212 | |
| 31-12-2020 | abbreviated format | 28-07-2021 | 2021-41300327 | |
| 31-12-2019 | abbreviated format | 22-09-2020 | 2020-54700182 | |
| 31-12-2018 | abbreviated format | 14-08-2019 | 2019-46400572 | |
| 31-12-2017 | abbreviated format | 27-08-2018 | 2018-51300241 | |
| 31-12-2016 | abbreviated format | 26-06-2017 | 2017-21000495 |
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Directors
Board 3
Day-to-day management 1
Mandate history
- Board
- Day-to-day management
- began earlier
| Name | Functions and periods |
|---|---|
| Jan Cools |
|
| Josée Aernoudt |
|
| Piet Cools |
|
How the board is organised
- Board ruleHow the board is made up, meets and takes decisions.
- “Schriftelijke besluiten, intern reglement en werking college, brief of e-mail”“Geld of natura tenzij AV anders beslist, Vergoeding van de bestuurder”3 more provisions on this in the deed
- Liquidation ruleHow assets are shared after dissolution: creditors first, then shareholders.
- “Algemene vergadering bij gewone meerderheid, benoeming vereffenaars”“Bevoegdheden vereffenaars, algemene vergadering anders bij gewone meerderheid”
Articles of association, deed of 05-05-2023 (in Dutch)
Owners and capital
Capital and shareholders
- 05-05-2023 Capital stated in the deed · €300,000 · 500 shares
Shares according to the articles of association
- Transfer restrictionWhether shareholders may sell their shares freely or need approval first.
- One provision in the deed
- Other provisionsRules from the articles on subjects other than the board, the shares, the purpose and the meetings.
- Other provision: “Inbreng in geld met uitgifte van nieuwe aandelen – Recht van voorkeur, aandelen,converteerbare obligaties en inschrijvingsrechten bij…”Other provision: “Register en aard van de effecten, Artikel 7”Other provision: “Toelating tot algemene vergadering, uiterlijk zesde dag vóór datum vergadering”Other provision: “Vertegenwoordiging op algemene vergadering, schriftelijke volmacht door alle middelen van overdracht om te vertegenwoordigen en te stemmen”Other provision: “Aanwezigheidslijst algemene vergadering, naam aandeelhouders,aantal aandelen,volmachten”Other provision: “Vraagrecht aan bestuur, conform Wetboek van vennootschappen en verenigingen”Other provision: “Stemmen op afstand vóór algemene vergadering, per brief of via elektronische weg”Other provision: “Beraadslaging algemene vergadering, alle aandeelhouders aanwezig en eenparig voor nieuwe punten”Other provision: “Schriftelijke algemene vergadering, eenparig schriftelijk binnen wettelijke grenzen behalve bij authentieke akte”Other provision: “Op afstand deelnemen via door vennootschap ter beschikking gesteld elektronisch communicatiemiddel, elektronische algemene vergadering”Other provision: “Stemrecht algemene vergadering, bij meerderheid ongeacht aantal vertegenwoordigde effecten behoudens wet of statuten”Other provision: “Notulen algemene vergadering, speciaal register op de zetel”Other provision: “Wettelijke reserve, bestemming van de winst”Other provision: “Binnen grenzen regels inzake uitkeringen, uitkering dividenden en interimdividenden”Liquidation distribution: “Na aanzuivering schulden,lasten,kosten of consignatie nodige sommen en na evenwichtherstel bij niet-volgestorte aandelen, a rato van…”Other provision: “Keuze van woonplaats, aandeelhouder,bestuurder,commissaris,vereffenaar zonder woonplaats in België kiest woonplaats in België”Other provision: “Controle en commissaris, Artikel 13”8 more provisions in the deed, see the deed of 05-05-2023
Articles of association, deed of 05-05-2023 (in Dutch)
Group and network
Connections & network
3 current directorsThe network starts from this company’s directors. Other companies they run appear here as nodes.
History
Acts, filings and financial milestones
05-05
Gazette deed
Resignations: Josée Aernoudt, Jan Cools and Piet CoolsAppointments: Josée Aernoudt, Jan Cools and Piet Cools · Amendment of the articles · Capital15 facts ▸
- General meeting, 28-04-2023
- Amendment of the articles (2 times)
- Capital, €300,000
- Director resignation, Josée Aernoudt (director)
- Director resignation, Jan Cools (director)
- Director resignation, Piet Cools (director)
- Other provision, “kwijting ontslagnemende bestuurders, volgende jaarvergadering” (deed in Dutch)
- Other provision, “modaliteiten bestuursmandaat, eerder gemaakte afspraken tot vóór ontslag” (deed in Dutch)
- Director appointment, Josée Aernoudt (director)
- Director appointment, Jan Cools (director)
- Director appointment, Piet Cools (director)
- Director appointment, Josée Aernoudt (managing director)
- +3 further facts in this act
Sources:Publications in the Belgian Official GazetteFilings with the National Bank
Register details
Who it is
KBO recordWhere it is based
What it does
NACEBEL 2025Invoicing and payment
Financial year and general meeting
Accounts at the NBBScores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.
Purpose according to the articles of association
- PurposeThe activities the company may carry out under its articles.
- “De in- en uitvoer,de merkvertegenwoordiging,de handel,groot- en kleinhandel en tussenhandel in motorvoertuigen en in…”
12 activities
- De in- en uitvoer,de merkvertegenwoordiging,de handel,groot- en kleinhandel en tussenhandel in motorvoertuigen en in tweedehandsmotorvoertuigen
- Alle herstellingen,alle onderhoud,inclusief wassen van voertuigen
- Het slepen van voertuigen
- De klein- en groothandel in en het plaatsen van dwarse uitrustingen
- Alle aan- en verkoop van vloeibare en vaste brandstoffen,oliën,vetten,banden voor motorvoertuigen
- Groot- en kleinhandel in bromfietsen en motorfietsen,onderdelen en toebehoren van bromfietsen en motorfietsen
- Het uitbaten van een werkplaats voor het herstellen van motorvoertuigen en koetswerk,brandstoffen en smeermiddelen (geen vaste),radio-elektrisch materiaal
- De in- en uitvoer,groot- en kleinhandel in rubberboten,motorboten,aanhangwagens,trailers
- Groot- en kleinhandel in caravans en toebehoren,motorhomes en toebehoren en sportartikelen
- Het plaatsen van gasinstallaties in motorvoertuigen
- Alle verhuring,in-leasingneming en in-leasinggeving van alle soorten motorvoertuigen,hetzij nieuwe,hetzij tweedehandse
- Alle verrichtingen van commerciële,industriële,onroerende of financiële aard,die rechtstreeks of onrechtstreeks met haar voorwerp verwant of verknocht zijn of de verwezenlijking ervan kunnen bevorderen
- DurationHow long the company exists; usually unlimited, so until it is dissolved.
- Unlimited
- Name clauseThe name the company operates under according to its articles.
- ROGER COOLS
- Registered office clauseThe region of the registered office; it decides among other things the language of official documents.
- One provision in the deed
Articles of association, deed of 05-05-2023 (in Dutch)
Environmental permits
Source: Omgevingsloket Vlaanderen.
Sites & property
1 establishment unit
Buildings and parcels at the address
1 parcel
| Cadastral parcel | Region | Area | Buildings | Height / floors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31808L0058/00V000 | Flanders | 1,780 m² | 1 · 46 m² | 3.3 m · 1 |