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Unit

Active Public limited companyfounded 1970active for 56 yearsNeerveld 5, 2550 KontichKBO/BCE: BE 0407.057.530 subsidiary of VAMI PREPRESS#2 oldest company in Kontich, Manufacturing sector

Lifetime

19 annual accounts with figures on one time axis, 48 filings since 1977
peak €1.8m (2023)
€1.6m▼ 10.7%
lowest -€79,596 (2012)
€50,102▼ 77.0%
peak €1.7m (2024)
€1.3m▼ 24.6%
€1.2m▼ 4.5%
peak 18.4 FTE (2023)
18.1 FTE▲ 3.4%
Board4 names since 2014
3 directorsVAMI PREPRESS and 2 others
Owners
Documentsfilings and deeds
10-12-202552 days before the deadline
2025abbreviated format
Result from €217,808 to €50,102Demerger: UNIT splits off to VAMI PREPRESS 18-04Demerger proposal: UNIT splits off to VAMI PREPRESS 02-01Equity from €1.7m to €1.3mCash from €319,042 to €179,284

Key points

from the 2025 annual accounts

Equity

€1.3m ▼ 24.6%

Unit has made a profit without a break since 2017.

Result

€50,102 ▼ 77.0%
€218,0002024€50,1002025

The result fell in 2025: branch of activity transferred to VAMI PREPRESS.

Turnover

≈ €2.7m estimated

The abbreviated format states no turnover.

Staff

21 employees on 30-06-2025
942022342023222024532025

In 2025, 5 people joined and 3 left.

Position in the sector

€1.3m

More equity than 90% of companies in printing. Sector median €155,299 · 359 companies.

Checked score

84
Excellent
Financially stronger than 49% of small companies in printing (NACE 18)
Probability in this band: under 0.55%
Bankruptcy probability within 12 months
0.4% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

The dashed line is the sector median: 0.3% across 136 companies (NACE 18, small).

About 4 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 01-2025lowest value 03-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 02-2025lowest value 04-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 03-2025lowest value 05-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 04-2025lowest value 06-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 05-2025lowest value 07-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 06-2025lowest value 08-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 07-2025lowest value 09-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 08-2025lowest value 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: 0.3%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 12-2025 02-2026: 0.3%● unchanged vs 01-2026 03-2026: 0.3%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: 0.3%● unchanged vs 03-2026 05-2026: 0.3%● unchanged vs 04-2026 06-2026: 0.3%● unchanged vs 05-2026 07-2026: 0.3%● unchanged vs 06-2026 08-2026: 0.3%● unchanged vs 07-2026 09-2026: 0.3%● unchanged vs 08-2026 10-2026: 0.4%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 09-2026highest value 11-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 10-2026highest value

Financial strength
Strong

78-5equity 52.6% of total assets
43-10short-term debt 36.0% · cash 7.3%
71-7return on assets 2.0%

Score breakdown

raises risk
Size: 18.1 FTE, total assets €2.5m
Liquidity: current ratio 1.88, cash €179,284
lowers risk
Founded in 1970
Equity €1.3m (52.6% of total assets)
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 18, small). It does better than 69% of them on solvency, 48% on liquidity, 63% on profitability and 17% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 09-11-2026 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 30-06-2025.

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, 14,766 companies had the same profile as Unit has now. Each dot stands for 37 companies, two years later.

96.2%
were still trading
3.5%
stopped another way
0.2%
went bankrupt
  • Small
  • 20 years or older
  • solvency 30% or more
  • a profit under 5% of the balance sheet

Another 0.1% stopped without a precise date, possibly only after those two years.

That fits the bankruptcy probability of Unit itself: 0.4% 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.

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 14,766 companies, not a prediction for Unit. 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 €100,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable

Liquidity is ample, with a current ratio of 1.88 (2.09 in 2024), above the usual 1.5. Short-term debt is 36% and cash 7.3% of total assets. 47.4% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.

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Signals

Five signals.
lowers riskraises riskneutral
raises risk · Size: 18.1 FTE, total assets €2.5m
Companies of this size fail more often. How much that weighs depends on the rest of the company's profile.
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Liquidity: current ratio 1.88, cash €179,284
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Founded in 1970
Companies that have existed this long fail less often. How much that weighs depends on the rest of the company's profile.
KBO
lowers risk · Equity €1.3m (52.6% of total assets)
NBB · annual accounts
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 30-06-2025 was due by 31-01-2026 and was filed on 10-12-2025, 52 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
52 days early
2024
18 days early
2023
40 days early
2022
1 day early
2021
3 days early
2020
25 days late
2019
1 day 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 13 days before the deadline. In the sector (NACE 18), the median for financial year 2024 was 5 days before the deadline, and 38% of those companies filed late.

Searched, nothing found (2)
neutral · Next filing not due yet
The financial year that closed on 30-06-2026 is due by 31-01-2027. Nothing is late today. The company usually files around 13 January (4 of the last 5 accounts filed within 30 days either side of that date).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
30-06-2026 year end09-11-2026 today31-01-2027 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
That holds for every publication since 2021.
KBO publications

Board and ownership

VP
Managing director, Boris Vanmechelen
DS
Managing director
SD
Soontjens Dominique
Director, since 21-11-2020
Board & ownership

Recent changes

Registered in the Peppol Directory Reachable for e-invoices through 0208:0407057530
Demerger: UNIT splits off to VAMI PREPRESS Capital from €61,973.38 to €44,886.47 · Capital from €44,886.47 to €61,500 · VAMI PREPRESS holds all the shares · General meeting of 18-03-2025 · Gazette deed
Demerger proposal: UNIT splits off to VAMI PREPRESS Permanent representative: Boris Vanmechelen · VAMI PREPRESS holds all the shares · Gazette deed
1 director resigning, 2 reappointments Reappointments: Vami Prepress BV (managing director) and Dominique Soontjes (managing director) · Resignation: Boris Vanmechelen · Director discharge: Boris Vanmechelen · General meeting of 08-07-2021 · Gazette deed
All 59 events

Comparable companies

same main activity, similar in size and age
Company
Unit Kontich - - 52.6% 18.1
UITGEVERIJ PEETERS Leuven - - 71.2% 17.5
DRUKKERIJ GYSEMBERG Maasmechelen €5.0m 6.9% 48.5% 17.5
CIACO Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve €4.9m -2.8% 19.0% 25.9
Drukkerij Albert Beeckmans-Coulon & Cie Ninove - - 51.6% 23.3
FEMAPRINT Wingene €4.6m 2.4% 26.5% 18.2
PIKT-O-NORM Antwerp - - 39.5% 23.8

These companies have the same main activity as Unit: other printing (NACE 18120). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €1.3m and €3m, founded between 1970 and 1980.

Official details

Source: KBO
Status
Active since 20-03-1970Normal situation
Activity
Other printingNACE 18120and 1 other
Joint committee
130Printing, graphic arts and newspapers · annual accounts 30-06-2025
Establishment unit
2.004.045.9322550 Kontich, since 01-04-1970
Financial year end
30 June
Peppol
Reachable since 18-09-2025
Company details

Annual accounts to 30-06-2025

€2.5m▼ 16.3%
Employeeson 30-06-2025
21▲ 10.5%
Filing
Filed on 10-12-2025, 52 days before the end of the filing period
Financials

Insights on Unit

Unit files the abbreviated format. That format states no turnover. The gross margin rose from €1.2m in 2007 to €1.6m in 2025.

VAMI PREPRESS 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 Unit

What is the company number of Unit?
The company number of Unit is 0407.057.530. The VAT number is the same number with BE in front: BE 0407.057.530.
Where is Unit based?
The registered office is at Neerveld 5, 2550 Kontich.Company details
What does Unit do?
According to the KBO register, the main activity is other printing (NACE 18120).
What is the legal form of Unit?
Unit is a public limited company (NV).
When was Unit founded?
Unit was founded on 20-03-1970.
Is Unit still active?
Yes, Unit is an active enterprise in the KBO register.
How many employees does Unit have?
Unit had an average of 18.1 full-time equivalents in financial year 2025, according to the filed annual accounts.Financials
Which joint committee does Unit fall under?
In its 30-06-2025 annual accounts, Unit states joint committee 130 (Printing, graphic arts and newspapers).
What is the turnover of Unit?
The turnover in financial year 2025 is ≈ €2.7m. This figure is estimated from the gross margin of €1.6m and 1,585 comparable companies of the same size. It probably lies between €1.8m and €4.4m. It is a rough estimate.
Is Unit profitable?
In financial year 2025, Unit made a profit of €50,102.
Where can I find the annual accounts of Unit?
Unit filed 48 annual accounts with the National Bank of Belgium, the latest for financial year 2025.
When are the next annual accounts of Unit due?
Unit must file the annual accounts for financial year 2026 by 31-01-2027.Timeline

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