Equity
€2.4m from €18.3m in 2017
Equity fell by 87% in 8 years.
Start People Services
Lifetime
18 annual accounts with figures on one time axis, 29 filings since 1997peak €30.2m (2008)
€27.8m▼ 0.9%
lowest -€377,675 (2025)
-€377,675▼ €965,204
peak €18.3m (2017)
€2.4m▼ 13.7%
€4.0m▲ 10.1%
peak 982.5 FTE (2013)
751.5 FTE▼ 3.4%
Board33 names since 2005all names
4 directorsAnn Martens and 3 others
Owners5 names in the annual accounts
100%UNIQUE and 1 other
Documentsfilings and deeds
16-06-202645 days before the deadline
2025financial year
Loss of €377,675Power of attorney: Siegried Verstraete 01-12Power of attorney: Hilde Aerts 14-02Equity from €2.8m to €2.4m
Key points
from the 2025 annual accountsResult
-€377,675 -€377,675
From profit to loss in 2025, after a profit of €587,530 in 2024.
Payment terms
86 days to suppliers
Start People Services pays its suppliers 41 days later than in 2024. Customers pay 1 day earlier.
At the same address
22 companies
Position in the sector
-€377,675
Lower net result than 93% of companies in office administrative support. Sector median €49,016 · 1,168 companies.
Public support
€43.5m awarded from 2022 to 2025
Flemish support, mostly Dienstencheques.
Checked score
78
Excellent
Financially stronger than 19% of large companies in office administrative support (NACE 82)
Probability in this band: under 0.55%
Bankruptcy probability within 12 months
0.5% Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
The dashed line is the sector median: 0.1% across 51 companies (NACE 82, large).
About 5 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).
Last 24 months
12-2024: 0.4%
01-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 12-2024
02-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 01-2025
03-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 02-2025
04-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 03-2025
05-2025: 0.5%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 04-2025
06-2025: 0.4%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 05-2025
07-2025: 0.2%▼ -0.2 percentage points vs 06-2025lowest value
08-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 07-2025lowest value
09-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 08-2025lowest value
10-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 09-2025lowest value
11-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 10-2025lowest value
12-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 11-2025lowest value
01-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 12-2025
02-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 01-2026
03-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 02-2026
04-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 03-2026
05-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 04-2026
06-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 05-2026
07-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 06-2026
08-2026: 0.4%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 07-2026
09-2026: 0.5%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 08-2026highest value
10-2026: 0.5%● unchanged vs 09-2026
11-2026: 0.5%● unchanged vs 10-2026
Financial strengthWeak
Score breakdown
raises risk
Liquidity: current ratio 1.64
Loss of €377,675 (financial year 2025)
lowers risk
Sector: Office administrative, office support and other business support activities (NACE 82)
Founded in 1997
Calculation
The band follows from the bankruptcy probability. 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 82, large). It does better than 33% of them on solvency, 20% on liquidity, 4% on profitability and 19% on growth.
The bankruptcy probability was computed on 06-11-2026 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.
The probability rests on the annual accounts with balance sheet date 31-12-2025.
Of the companies with a bankruptcy probability in the low class on 30-06-2025, 0.8% went bankrupt within twelve months.
Some facts cap the score, however low the probability. With negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special status in the KBO, one missing filing or accounts filed more than 90 days late, the score is Fair at most (59). With two missing filings, it is Weak at most (44). During a judicial reorganisation or at the company's end (bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation), it is Critical at most (24).
Comparable companies, two years later
In July 2024, 151 companies had the same profile as Start People Services has now. Each dot is one company, two years later.
94.0%
were still trading
4.0%
stopped another way
1.3%
went bankrupt
Another 0.7% stopped without a precise date, possibly only after those two years.
That fits the bankruptcy probability of Start People Services itself: 0.5% within 12 months.
Test of the method
The method was tested on the 497,447 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.
| 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 151 companies, not a prediction for Start People Services. 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.
Credit verdict
Credit of up to €180,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity is ample, with a current ratio of 1.64 (1.77 in 2024), above the usual 1.5. Short-term debt is 60.9% of total assets. However, 62.6% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
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Signals
Five signals.
lowers riskraises riskneutral
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due by 31-07-2026 and was filed on 16-06-2026, 45 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filingsDeviation from the deadline
2025
45 days early
2024
44 days early
2023
41 days early
2022
48 days early
2021
41 days early
2020
36 days early
2019
46 days early
← before the deadline
after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector
The company filed its last 7 accounts on average 43 days before the deadline. In the sector (NACE 82), the median for financial year 2024 was 7 days before the deadline, and 35% of those companies filed late.
Searched, nothing found (2)
neutral · Next filing not due yet
The next financial year closes on 31-12-2026 and is due by 31-07-2027. Nothing is late today. The company usually files around 17 June (5 of the last 5 accounts filed within 30 days either side of that date).
Companies Code · seven monthsWhere today falls in the filing period
07-11-2026 today31-12-2026 year end31-07-2027 deadline
Board and ownership
- UNIQUE 100%score 91equity €444.2m (2025) · annual accounts 2025
- RECRUIT HOLDINGS CO. LTD. consolidatesannual accounts 2025
- USG People B.V. consolidatedLEI register
Recent changes
Reappointment: Scheerlinck Consulting (director)
Permanent representative: Katty Scheerlinck · General meeting of 01-06-2026 · Gazette deed
Registered in the Peppol Directory
Reachable for e-invoices through 0208:0459708338
1 director reappointed, 1 statutory auditor reappointed
Q-Finance BV and EY Bedrijfsrevisoren (statutory auditor) · Permanent representative: Erik De Cock · General meeting of 03-06-2024 · Gazette deed
Unique holds all the shares
Gazette deed
Comparable companies
same main activity, similar in size and age| Company | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start People Services Antwerp | €27.8m | -1.6% | 37.4% | 751.5 |
| ELIGIO Vilvoorde | €19.5m | 13.1% | 57.7% | 294.2 |
| CEVA Auderghem | €28.6m | 0.0% | 2.4% | - |
| Groep Securex - Groupe Securex Etterbeek | €63.1m | 0.0% | 13.8% | 366.3 |
| NEOVIA LOGISTICS SERVICES INTERNATIONAL Puurs-Sint-Amands | €55.7m | -4.7% | 16.2% | 188.9 |
| Weerwerk Ghent | €5.5m | 4.5% | 27.3% | 205.3 |
| SYMETA HYBRID Leuven | €53.9m | -1.4% | 37.8% | 216.6 |
Grey: the largest companies of the sector (office administrative support (NACE 82)), without their names. Blue: the sector peers from the table.
These companies have the same main activity as Start People Services: office administrative and support services (NACE 82100). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €6.7m and €28m, founded between 1979 and 2011.
Official details
Source: KBO- Status
- Active since 03-01-1997Normal situation
- Registered office
- 23 active companies are registered at this addressSource: KBO register, as of 7 November 2026.
- Activity
- Office administrative and support servicesNACE 82100and 1 other
- Joint committee
- 200Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers · annual accounts 2025
- Establishment units
- 2.079.789.9652000 Antwerp, since 03-01-1997
- 2.282.215.2081200 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, since 15-04-1997and 7 others
- Financial year end
- 31 December
- Peppol
- Reachable since 09-07-2025
Annual accounts 2025
- €6.3m▼ 0.2%
- Employeeson 31-12-2025
- 1,158▼ 5.2%
- Filing
- Filed on 16-06-2026, 45 days before the end of the filing period
Insights on Start People Services
Solvency fell in 2025 from 43.3% to 37.4% because of the loss and higher debts to suppliers.
UNIQUE holds all the shares.
Sources: KBO register, filings at the National Bank, Belgian Official Gazette. Click a figure with a dotted line for the item and the filing.
Key facts about Start People Services
- What is the company number of Start People Services?
- The company number of Start People Services is 0459.708.338. The VAT number is the same number with BE in front: BE 0459.708.338.
- Where is Start People Services based?
- The registered office is at Frankrijklei 101, 2000 Antwerp.Company details
- What does Start People Services do?
- According to the KBO register, the main activity is office administrative and support services (NACE 82100).
- What is the legal form of Start People Services?
- Start People Services is a public limited company (NV).
- When was Start People Services founded?
- Start People Services was founded on 03-01-1997.
- Is Start People Services still active?
- Yes, Start People Services is an active enterprise in the KBO register.
- How many employees does Start People Services have?
- Start People Services had an average of 751.5 full-time equivalents in financial year 2025, according to the filed annual accounts.Financials
- Which joint committee does Start People Services fall under?
- In its 2025 annual accounts, Start People Services states joint committee 200 (Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers).
- What is the turnover of Start People Services?
- The turnover of Start People Services was €27.8m in financial year 2025, according to the filed annual accounts.
- Is Start People Services profitable?
- In financial year 2025, Start People Services made a loss of €377,675.
- Where can I find the annual accounts of Start People Services?
- Start People Services filed 30 annual accounts with the National Bank of Belgium, the latest for financial year 2025.
- When are the next annual accounts of Start People Services due?
- Start People Services must file the annual accounts for financial year 2026 by 31-07-2027.Timeline
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