Equity
€2.3m from €5.4m in 2008
Equity fell by 58% in 17 years.
STIBBE
Lifetime
18 annual accounts with figures on one time axis, 38 filings since 1987peak €68.9m (2025)
€68.9m▲ 9.5%
peak €23.1m (2025)
€23.1m▲ 11.7%
peak €5.4m (2008)
€2.3m▼ 12.8%
€35.7m▲ 10.9%
peak 109.7 FTE (2011)
71 FTE▲ 0.7%
Board44 names since 2003all names
24 directorsbv Hans Van Bavel and 23 others
Owners13 names in the annual accountsall names
100%BV Dries Hommez and 3 others
Documentsfilings and deeds
30-06-202631 days before the deadline
2025financial year
Share issue · Resignations & appointments 05-083 directors resigning 04-07Equity from €2.6m to €2.3mCash from €711,884 to €1.7m
Key points
from the 2025 annual accountsDebts
€35.7m 94% of the balance sheet
Financial debts 11%Suppliers 4%Taxes and wages 14%Other 71%
Of this, €34.8m falls due within a year.
Staff
76 employees on 31-12-2025
In 2025, 44 people joined and 44 left.
At the same address
58 companies
Board
4 joined
New directors. Latest change 07-07-2026 · 28 in office.
Position in the sector
€23.1m
Higher net result than 95% of companies in legal and accounting. Sector median €119,810 · 1,050 companies.
Standalone figures, without subsidiaries
Checked score
92
Excellent
Financially stronger than 39% of medium-sized companies in legal and accounting (NACE 69)
Probability in this band: under 0.55%
Bankruptcy probability within 12 months
0.1% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
The dashed line is the sector median: 0.1% across 94 companies (NACE 69, medium-sized).
About 1 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).
Last 24 months
12-2024: 0.1%
01-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 12-2024
02-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 01-2025
03-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 02-2025
04-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 03-2025
05-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 04-2025
06-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 05-2025
07-2025: 0.2%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 06-2025highest value
08-2025: 0.1%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 07-2025
09-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 08-2025
10-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 09-2025
11-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 10-2025
12-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 11-2025
01-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 12-2025
02-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 01-2026
03-2026: 0.2%▲ +0.1 percentage points 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: 0.1%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 06-2026lowest value
08-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 07-2026lowest value
09-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 08-2026lowest value
10-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 09-2026lowest value
11-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 10-2026lowest value
Financial strengthAverage
Score breakdown
raises risk
Equity €2.3m (5.9% of total assets)
Liquidity: current ratio 1.01, cash €1.7m
Founded in 1986
lowers risk
Sector: Legal and accounting activities (NACE 69)
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 69, medium-sized). It does better than 18% of them on solvency, 5% on liquidity, 96% on profitability and 38% on growth.
The bankruptcy probability was computed on 08-11-2026 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 very low class on 30-06-2025, 0.1% 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, 166 companies had the same profile as STIBBE has now. Each dot is one company, two years later.
96.4%
were still trading
1.8%
stopped another way
1.2%
went bankrupt
Another 0.6% stopped without a precise date, possibly only after those two years.
That fits the bankruptcy probability of STIBBE itself: 0.1% 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 166 companies, not a prediction for STIBBE. 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 €200,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity is tight, with a current ratio of 1.01 (1.03 in 2024), below the usual 1.5. Short-term debt is 91.7% and cash 4.4% of total assets. 94.1% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
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Signals
Six signals.
lowers riskraises riskneutral
raises risk · Weak solvency compared with the sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 22% of 1057 sector peers (2025).
NBB · sector comparisonPosition among 1057 sector peers
Solvency
better than 22%
← weakest
strongest →
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 30-06-2026, 31 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 4 filingsDeviation from the deadline
2025
31 days early
2024
30 days early
2023
43 days early
2022
27 days early
← before the deadline
after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector
The company filed its last 4 accounts on average 33 days before the deadline. In the sector (NACE 69), the median for financial year 2024 was 9 days before the deadline, and 32% 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 1 July (4 of the last 4 accounts filed within 30 days either side of that date).
Companies Code · seven monthsWhere today falls in the filing period
09-11-2026 today31-12-2026 year end31-07-2027 deadline
Board and ownership
BC
bv Clasimco
Director, since 01-03-2006
- BV Dries Hommez 100%score 97equity €5.5m (2025) · 2025 annual accounts of BV Dries Hommez
- Wouter Ghijsels - Advocaat 50%score 97equity €2.9m (2025) · 31-05-2024 annual accounts of Wouter Ghijsels - Advocaat
- Marc Fyon Avocat SRL 6.66%score 95equity €4.1m (2025) · 31-05-2022 annual accounts of Marc Fyon Avocat SRL
Shares in 1 company, Stibbe Properties Luxembourg sàrl
Board & ownershipRecent changes
Appointment: Advocaat Bart De Bock (director)
Cancellation of 25 shares · Issue of 125 shares · Permanent representative: Bart De Bock · General meeting of 07-07-2026 · Gazette deed
3 directors appointed
Margaux Beyer, Stefanie François and FLORENT VOLCKAERT · Permanent representatives: Margaux Beyer, Stefanie François and Florent Volckaert · General meeting of 17-03-2026 · Gazette deed
Share issue · Resignations & appointments
Cancellation of 375 shares · Issue of 100 shares · General meeting of 03-07-2025 · Gazette deed
3 directors resigning
Jan Bouckaert-Advocaat bij de Balie te Brussel BV; Ignace Vernimme BV and Peter Wytinck,advocaat BV · Permanent representatives: Jan Bouckaert, Ignace Vernimme and Peter Wytinck · General meeting of 11-02-2025 · Gazette deed
Comparable companies
same main activity, similar in size and age| Company | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STIBBE Brussels | €68.9m | 33.9% | 5.9% | 71 |
| CLARIVATE ANALYTICS (BELGIUM) Antwerp | €27.4m | 11.2% | 9.4% | 121.7 |
| RBB Belgium Brussels | €38.5m | 3.3% | 10.7% | 25.5 |
| LYDIAN Brussels | €28.2m | 1.5% | 5.7% | 35.2 |
| VAN BAEL & BELLIS Watermael-Boitsfort | €36.4m | 0.6% | 7.6% | 22.4 |
| Gevers Patents Machelen (Brab.) | €16.9m | 6.2% | 43.7% | 40.2 |
| GEVERS BELGIUM Machelen (Brab.) | €8.3m | 10.7% | 34.7% | 14.9 |
Grey: the largest companies of the sector (legal and accounting (NACE 69)), without their names. Blue: the sector peers from the table.
These companies have the same main activity as STIBBE: other legal services (NACE 69109). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €12m and €63m, founded between 1976 and 2003.
Official details
Source: KBO- Status
- Active since 24-11-1986Normal situation
- Registered office
- 59 active companies are registered at this address7 started in the 12 months before. Source: KBO register, as of 9 November 2026.
- Activity
- Other legal servicesNACE 69109and 1 other
- Joint committee
- 336Liberal professions · annual accounts 2024
- Establishment unit
- 2.169.267.1211000 Brussels, since 24-11-1986
- Financial year end
- 31 December
- Peppol
- Reachable
Annual accounts 2025
- €37.9m▲ 9.1%
- Employeeson 31-12-2025
- 76=
- Filing
- Filed on 30-06-2026, 31 days before the end of the filing period
Companies linked to STIBBE
Shareholders
Insights on STIBBE
STIBBE has existed since 1986. Turnover grew from €43.9m in 2008 to €68.9m in 2025.
BV Dries Hommez holds all the shares. In December 2024, three directors stepped down.
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 STIBBE
- What is the company number of STIBBE?
- The company number of STIBBE is 0429.914.688. The VAT number is the same number with BE in front: BE 0429.914.688.
- Where is STIBBE based?
- The registered office is at Loksumstraat 25, 1000 Brussels.Company details
- What does STIBBE do?
- According to the KBO register, the main activity is other legal services (NACE 69109).
- What is the legal form of STIBBE?
- STIBBE is a private limited company (BV).
- When was STIBBE founded?
- STIBBE was founded on 24-11-1986.
- Is STIBBE still active?
- Yes, STIBBE is an active enterprise in the KBO register.
- How many employees does STIBBE have?
- STIBBE had an average of 71 full-time equivalents in financial year 2025, according to the filed annual accounts.Financials
- Which joint committee does STIBBE fall under?
- In its 2024 annual accounts, STIBBE states joint committee 336 (Liberal professions).
- What is the turnover of STIBBE?
- The turnover of STIBBE was €68.9m in financial year 2025, according to the filed annual accounts.
- Is STIBBE profitable?
- In financial year 2025, STIBBE made a profit of €23.1m.
- Where can I find the annual accounts of STIBBE?
- STIBBE filed 57 annual accounts with the National Bank of Belgium, the latest for financial year 2025.
- When are the next annual accounts of STIBBE due?
- STIBBE must file the annual accounts for financial year 2026 by 31-07-2027.Timeline
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