STOLS
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STOLS has been active since 1989 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €114,638 and a net result of €16,391. Equity is shrinking by ~3.4% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 72% of 11547 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.4% (very low).
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Score 2025
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability81▲+81
Solvency94▲+14
Growth58▲+26
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.4%
Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €9,000 at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 2.63 against 1.64 in 2024; short-term debt: 31% and cash: 9.7% of total assets), and 31% of the assets are financed with debt.
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Signals
Six 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 46
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Wholesale trade (NACE 46)
about 21% more bankruptcies
← fewer bankruptcies
more bankruptcies →
lowers risk · Annual accounts: healthy financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a healthy profile in solvency, result and liquidity.
NBB · annual accounts 2025Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
69%
Return on assets
9.9%
Age of the figures
9 mo
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 21-04-2026, 101 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filingsDeviation from the deadline
2025
101 d early
2024
87 d early
2023
111 d early
2022
109 d early
2021
88 d early
2020
23 d early
2019
92 d early
← before the deadline
after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector
This company filed its last 7 accounts on average 87 days before the deadline; the sector median for financial year 2024 is 3 days before the deadline, and 39% of the sector filed late.
Checked, nothing found (2)
neutral · The next deadline is still running
The next financial year closes on 31-12-2026 and is due by 31-07-2027. Nothing is late today. Usually files around 21 April (5 of the last 5 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven monthsPosition in the running window
30-09-2026 today31-12-2026 close31-07-2027 deadline
History
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Financials · fiscal year 2025, micro schema
Equity
€114,638▲ 16.7%
2024 · €98,247
Total assets
€166,138▼ 6.6%
2024 · €177,939
Net result
€16,391
2024 · -€27,421
Working capital
€84,157▲ 65.3%
2024 · €50,920
Trend over the years
Click a name to add, emphasise or remove a line.Band: the middle half (P25 to P75) of NACE 46, Wholesale trade, each year against the same schema; no band under 30 filings. Dashed line: the median.
Every figure with its change against the fiscal year before
favourable
unfavourable
Line20212022202320242025
Operating result€885▼ 67.3%€5,354▲ 505%-€23,339-€26,672▼ 14.3%€17,034
Net result€98below the sector's middle half▼ 93.1%€3,430within the sector's middle half▲ 3,400%-€23,438below the sector's middle half-€27,421below the sector's middle half▼ 17.0%€16,391within the sector's middle half
Equity€145,676within the sector's middle half▲ 0.1%€149,106within the sector's middle half▲ 2.4%€125,668within the sector's middle half▼ 15.7%€98,247within the sector's middle half▼ 21.8%€114,638within the sector's middle half▲ 16.7%
Total assets€328,392below the sector's middle half▼ 26.8%€278,402within the sector's middle half▼ 15.2%€363,636within the sector's middle half▲ 30.6%€177,939within the sector's middle half▼ 51.1%€166,138within the sector's middle half▼ 6.6%
Debt€182,716▼ 39.7%€129,296▼ 29.2%€237,968▲ 84.0%€79,692▼ 66.5%€51,500▼ 35.4%
Working capital€107,932within the sector's middle half▲ 7.4%€114,371above the sector's middle half▲ 6.0%€61,494within the sector's middle half▼ 46.2%€50,920within the sector's middle half▼ 17.2%€84,157within the sector's middle half▲ 65.3%
Solvency44.4%within the sector's middle half▲ 11.9pp53.6%within the sector's middle half▲ 9.2pp34.6%within the sector's middle half▼ 19.0pp55.2%within the sector's middle half▲ 20.7pp69.0%within the sector's middle half▲ 13.8pp
Current ratio1.67within the sector's middle half▲ 0.301.88within the sector's middle half▲ 0.211.26within the sector's middle half▼ 0.631.64within the sector's middle half▲ 0.382.63within the sector's middle half▲ 1.00
Return on assets (ROA)0.0%below the sector's middle half▼ 0.3pp1.2%within the sector's middle half▲ 1.2pp-6.4%below the sector's middle half▼ 7.7pp-15.4%below the sector's middle half▼ 9.0pp9.9%within the sector's middle half▲ 25.3pp
above
within
below
the middle half (P25 to P75) of NACE 46, Wholesale trade, each year against the same schema; no band under 30 filings.
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the abbreviated or micro schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
The operating result returns to profit in 2025: €17,034 after a loss of €26,672 in 2024, the highest result in the available series.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €166,138
Fixed assets
€30,481 ▼ 35.6%
Current assets
€135,657 ▲ 3.9%
Equity and liabilities €166,138
Equity
€114,638 ▲ 16.7%
Debt
€51,500 ▼ 35.4%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total falls from 44.8% to 31.0%. Equity is higher and debt is lower.
Key figures and ratios
EBITDA
€33,880▲
2024 · -€9,825
Cash flow
€33,237▲
2024 · -€10,574
Quick ratio
0.58▼
2024 · 1.37
Debt to equity
0.45▼
2024 · 0.81
ROE
14.3%▲
2024 · -27.9%
Interest coverage
209.14▲
2024 · -40.43
Debt ≤ 1 year
€51,500▼
2024 · €79,692
Income taxes
€487▼
2024 · €506
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.
Peer companies
Historical observationOf the 31,371 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 0.5% went bankrupt within 24 months and 93% are still going.
- Micro
- 20 years or older
- solvency 30% or more
- a profit of 5% of the balance sheet or more
0.5%
went bankrupt
5.9%
stopped otherwise
93%
still going
A further 0.1% stopped, but we cannot tell whether within those 24 months.
For this company itself Checked computes a bankruptcy probability of 0.4% 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 497,340 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% | 1.0% |
| 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% 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 31,371 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-recurring operating income76A | - | - | €141 | - | - | - |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630 | €17,377 | €8,915 | €8,244 | €16,847 | €16,846 | = |
| Other operating charges640/8 | €1,477 | €954 | €2,109 | €1,245 | €1,928 | ▲ 54.9% |
| Non-recurring operating charges66A | - | - | €3,777 | - | - | - |
| Gross operating margin9900 | €19,739 | €15,223 | -€9,209 | -€8,580 | €35,808 | ▲ 517% |
| Operating profit (loss)9901 | €885 | €5,354 | -€23,339 | -€26,672 | €17,034 | ▲ 164% |
| Financial income75/76B | €37 | €203 | €160 | - | €6 | - |
| Recurring financial income75 | €37 | €203 | €160 | - | €6 | - |
| Financial charges65/66B | €455 | €947 | €206 | €243 | €162 | ▼ 33.3% |
| Recurring financial charges65 | €455 | €947 | €206 | €243 | €162 | ▼ 33.3% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903 | €467 | €4,610 | -€23,385 | -€26,915 | €16,878 | ▲ 163% |
| Income taxes67/77 | €369 | €1,180 | €53 | €506 | €487 | ▼ 3.8% |
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €98 | €3,430 | -€23,438 | -€27,421 | €16,391 | ▲ 160% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905 | €98 | €3,430 | -€23,438 | -€27,421 | €16,391 | ▲ 160% |
| Line | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | ||||||
| Total assets20/58 | €328,392 | €278,402 | €363,636 | €177,939 | €166,138 | ▼ 6.6% |
| Fixed assets21/28 | €59,411 | €34,735 | €64,174 | €47,327 | €30,481 | ▼ 35.6% |
| Tangible fixed assets22/27 | €59,411 | €34,735 | €64,174 | €47,327 | €30,481 | ▼ 35.6% |
| Plant, machinery and equipment23 | €28,178 | €20,958 | €19,735 | €11,980 | €4,226 | ▼ 64.7% |
| Furniture and vehicles24 | €31,233 | €13,777 | €44,439 | €35,347 | €26,255 | ▼ 25.7% |
| Current assets29/58 | €268,981 | €243,667 | €299,462 | €130,612 | €135,657 | ▲ 3.9% |
| Stocks and contracts in progress3 | €145,813 | €78,563 | €52,099 | €21,800 | €105,802 | ▲ 385% |
| Stocks30/36 | €145,813 | €78,563 | €52,099 | €21,800 | €105,802 | ▲ 385% |
| Amounts receivable within one year40/41 | €119,807 | €74,385 | €149,371 | €46,879 | €12,159 | ▼ 74.1% |
| Trade receivables40 | €119,807 | €74,385 | €143,211 | €34,441 | €12,159 | ▼ 64.7% |
| Other amounts receivable41 | - | - | €6,160 | €12,438 | - | - |
| Cash at bank and in hand54/58 | €3,361 | €90,542 | €95,237 | €59,856 | €16,111 | ▼ 73.1% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income490/1 | - | €177 | €2,755 | €2,077 | €1,585 | ▼ 23.7% |
| Equity and liabilities | ||||||
| Total equity and liabilities10/49 | €328,392 | €278,402 | €363,636 | €177,939 | €166,138 | ▼ 6.6% |
| Equity10/15 | €145,676 | €149,106 | €125,668 | €98,247 | €114,638 | ▲ 16.7% |
| Contributions10/11 | €107,834 | €107,834 | €107,834 | €107,834 | €107,834 | = |
| Capital10 | €107,834 | €107,834 | €107,834 | €107,834 | €107,834 | = |
| Issued capital100 | €107,834 | €107,834 | €107,834 | €107,834 | €107,834 | = |
| Reserves13 | €10,783 | €10,783 | €10,783 | €10,783 | €10,783 | = |
| Non-distributable reserves130/1 | €10,783 | €10,783 | €10,783 | €10,783 | €10,783 | = |
| Legal reserve130 | €10,783 | €10,783 | €10,783 | €10,783 | €10,783 | = |
| Profit (loss) carried forward14 | €27,059 | €30,489 | €7,051 | -€20,370 | -€3,979 | ▲ 80.5% |
| Amounts payable17/49 | €182,716 | €129,296 | €237,968 | €79,692 | €51,500 | ▼ 35.4% |
| Amounts payable after more than one year17 | €21,667 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Financial debts170/4 | €21,667 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Amounts payable within one year42/48 | €161,049 | €129,296 | €237,968 | €79,692 | €51,500 | ▼ 35.4% |
| Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42 | €10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Trade debts44 | €86,159 | €63,119 | €219,002 | €72,386 | €17,609 | ▼ 75.7% |
| Suppliers440/4 | €86,159 | €63,119 | €219,002 | €72,386 | €17,609 | ▼ 75.7% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security45 | €1,625 | €13,270 | €3,052 | €566 | €1,434 | ▲ 153% |
| Taxes450/3 | €1,625 | €13,270 | €155 | €566 | €1,434 | ▲ 153% |
| Remuneration and social security454/9 | - | - | €2,897 | - | - | - |
| Other amounts payable47/48 | €63,265 | €52,907 | €15,914 | €6,740 | €32,457 | ▲ 382% |
| Line | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €98 | €3,430 | -€23,438 | -€27,421 | €16,391 | ▲ 160% |
| + Depreciation and write-downs630 | €17,377 | €8,915 | €8,244 | €16,847 | €16,846 | = |
| Operating cash flow (approximation) | €17,475 | €12,345 | -€15,194 | -€10,574 | €33,237 | ▲ 414% |
| Investment in fixed assets (approximation) | - | €15,761 | -€37,683 | €0 | €0 | - |
| Change in cash | - | €87,181 | €4,695 | -€35,381 | -€43,745 | ▼ 23.6% |
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
Next filing, fiscal year 2026, expected by
2026
21-04
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · micro schema
2025
31-12
Financial
Back to profitnet €16,391
Net result €16,391 after 2 loss-making years.
31-12
Financial
Equity above €100,000Eq €114,638 ▲16.7%
Equity rises from €98,247 to €114,638.
05-05
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · micro schema
2024
31-12
Financial
Weakest financial yearnet -€27,421
Net result drops to -€27,421, the lowest in the series; recovery starts the following year.
11-04
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · micro schema
2023
13-04
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · micro schema
2022
04-05
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · abbreviated schema
2021
08-07
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · abbreviated schema
2020
30-04
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · abbreviated schema
2019
01-07
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · abbreviated schema
2018
17-07
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · abbreviated schema
2017
14-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
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Directors · office · real estate
Directors
4 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, Zonnebeke · 2 establishment units since 1989
Ground area
1.2 ha
Building footprint
2,563 m²
Volume, LiDAR
12,037 m³
2 parcels, Flanders · tallest building 10.3 m, ±2 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
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2 establishment units
STOLS
since 19892.041.902.656
STOLS
since 20212.312.670.139
2 parcels
Flanders
2
(100%)
| Parcel (capakey) | Region | Area | Buildings | Height / fl. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33001B0483/00K000 | Flanders | 1.1 ha | 1 · 1,736 m² | 8.4 m · 2 fl. |
| 36020C0580/00N000 | Flanders | 827 m² | 1 · 827 m² | 10.3 m · 2 fl. |
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Good to know
2 of 2 parcels with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.
Public money · subsidies and aid
Flemish government
2022 · 1 entry · 32 EUR awarded| Year | Entries | awarded | paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 32 EUR | 0 EUR |
Recognitions · licences · registrations
Food safety, FASFC
1 siteZonnebeke2.312.670.139
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Identification & contact
Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded20-01-1989
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
46231Wholesale of live animals
49410Freight transport by road
52250Logistics services
Contact
E-mail
wim.stols@telenet.be
E-invoicing
Reachable via Peppol
Peppol ID
0208:0436569581
Also
9925:BE0436569581
Registered
13-12-2025
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