Equity
€10.4m ▼ 11.5%
UNITAS paid out €11.0m in dividends. That is 113% of the 2024 profit.
UNITAS
Lifetime
19 annual accounts with figures on one time axis, 47 filings since 1978peak €83.9m (2022)
€82.3m▼ 0.6%
peak €17.1m (2012)
€9.7m▼ 12.7%
peak €19.7m (2022)
€10.4m▼ 11.5%
€6.8m▲ 52.2%
peak 12.4 FTE (2010)
10.2 FTEunchanged
Board8 names since 1978
2 directorsBERNAERDT Patrick and 1 other
Owners2 names in the annual accounts
consolidatesGefo
Documentsfilings and deeds
28-11-2025120 days late
2024financial year
Dividend €11.0mDebts from €4.5m to €6.8mCash from €77,650 to €493,354
Key points
from the 2024 annual accountsDebts
€6.8m ▲ 52.2%
Debts rose by €2.3m in 2024.
Payment terms
27 days to suppliers
UNITAS pays its suppliers 11 days later than in 2023. Customers pay 2 days later.
Liquidity
2.45 was 3.50 in 2023
Short-term debts rose from €4.5m to €6.8m.
Filings
47 annual accounts 48 filings, 102 days past the deadline
2025 accounts not filed: deadline was 31-07-2026.
Position in the sector
€9.7m
Higher net result than 95% of companies in warehousing and transport support. Sector median €123,763 · 729 companies.
Checked score
56
Fair
Financially stronger than 58% of small companies in warehousing and transport support (NACE 52)
Probability in this band: 1.5% to 4.2%
A confirmed filing finding caps the score at 59.
Bankruptcy probability within 12 months
1.1% Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
The dashed line is the sector median: 0.4% across 596 companies (NACE 52, small).
About 1 in 100 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).
Last 24 months
12-2024: 0.8%
01-2025: 0.4%▼ -0.4 percentage points vs 12-2024
02-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 01-2025
03-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 02-2025lowest value
04-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 03-2025lowest value
05-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 04-2025
06-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 05-2025
07-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 06-2025
08-2025: 0.6%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 07-2025
09-2025: 0.7%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 08-2025
10-2025: 0.9%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 09-2025
11-2025: 1.0%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 10-2025
12-2025: 1.1%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 11-2025highest value
01-2026: 0.5%▼ -0.6 percentage points vs 12-2025
02-2026: 0.4%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 01-2026
03-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 02-2026
04-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 03-2026
05-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 04-2026
06-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 05-2026
07-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 06-2026
08-2026: 0.7%▲ +0.3 percentage points vs 07-2026
09-2026: 0.7%● unchanged vs 08-2026
10-2026: 1.1%▲ +0.4 percentage points vs 09-2026
11-2026: 1.1%● unchanged vs 10-2026
Financial strengthStrong
Score breakdown
raises risk
Capped at 59: a confirmed filing finding
Figures for financial year 2024 (filed on 02-12-2025)
1 financial year not filed after the legal deadline; last filed accounts filed 120 days late; 3 of the last 3 accounts late
lowers risk
Founded in 1978
Size: turnover €82.3m, 10.2 FTE, total assets €17.2m
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 52, small). It does better than 77% of them on solvency, 32% on liquidity, 94% on profitability and 29% 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 31-12-2024.
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, 20,137 companies had the same profile as UNITAS has now. Each dot stands for 51 companies, two years later.
95.0%
were still trading
4.7%
stopped another way
0.2%
went bankrupt
The bankruptcy probability of UNITAS itself is higher: 1.1% within 12 months. It rests on far more data about UNITAS than the profile alone.
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 20,137 companies, not a prediction for UNITAS. 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 €550,000 on 30-day terms, only on tighter conditions: an expected filing is missing beyond Checked's processing allowance
Liquidity is ample, with a current ratio of 2.45 (3.5 in 2023), above the usual 1.5. Short-term debt is 39.6% and cash 2.9% of total assets. 39.7% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
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Signals
Six signals.
lowers riskraises risk
raises risk · Annual accounts not filed
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due at the National Bank by 31-07-2026. Nothing is on record, 102 days later.
NBB · 10 filingsPosition against the passed deadline
31-12-2025 year end31-07-2026 deadline10-11-2026 today
raises risk · 2024 accounts filed 120 days late
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 28-11-2025, 120 days past the deadline. Measured on financial year 2023: of the companies more than 90 days late, 5.61% are now bankrupt, dissolved or in another special legal status, against 1.66% of all filers.
NBB · 10 filingsDeviation from the deadline
2025
not filed
2024
120 days late
2023
142 days late
2022
141 days late
2021
172 days late
2020
143 days late
2019
88 days late
← before the deadline
after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector
The company filed its last 6 accounts on average 134 days after the deadline. In the sector (NACE 52), the median for financial year 2024 was 8 days before the deadline, and 36% of those companies filed late.
Searched, nothing found (1)
Recent changes
Reappointment: Audit Van Goolen BV (statutory auditor)
Permanent representative: Geert Van Goolen · General meeting of 02-06-2026 · Gazette deed
Registered in the Peppol Directory
Reachable for e-invoices through 9925:BE0418488286
Company renamed from UNITAS UNITED SHIPPING AND TRUCKING COMPANY to UNITAS
Capital increase of €438,000 · Resignations: LOOSE Ulf (director) and VON APPEN Sven Benjamin (director) · Appointments: VAN STEENBERGHE Dirk, BERNAERDT Patrick and AUDIT VAN GOOLEN BV (statutory auditor) · Gazette deed
Resignation: Sven Schwarz (director)
Appointment: Sven Benjamin von Appen (director) · General meeting of 28-06-2022 · Gazette deed
Comparable companies
same main activity, similar in size and age| Company | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNITAS Antwerp | €82.3m | 15.4% | 60.3% | 10.2 |
| Somtrans Wijnegem | €30.0m | -1.9% | 41.6% | 10.8 |
| Lalemant Ghent | €57.8m | 0.4% | 38.9% | 19.7 |
| INTERNATIONAL MARITIME SHIPPING Antwerp | €34.0m | 0.8% | 29.8% | 11.8 |
| RHENUS INTERMODAL SYSTEMS Antwerp | €69.5m | 1.2% | 42.3% | 23.2 |
| EUROPE CARGO Antwerp | €30.9m | 1.8% | 65.7% | 9.5 |
| REMANT AFRICA LOGISTICS Antwerp | €70.7m | 0.7% | 9.6% | 23.5 |
Grey: the largest companies of the sector (warehousing and transport support (NACE 52)), without their names. Blue: the sector peers from the table.
These companies have the same main activity as UNITAS: logistics services (NACE 52250). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €9.8m and €21m, founded between 1956 and 1992.
Official details
Source: KBO- Status
- Active since 13-07-1978Normal situation
- Activity
- Logistics servicesNACE 52250and 1 other
- Establishment unit
- 2.015.088.0942170 Antwerp, since 13-07-1978
- Financial year end
- 31 December
- Peppol
- Reachable since 12-12-2025
Insights on UNITAS
UNITAS has existed since 1978. In 2010 turnover rose from €24.7m to €55.0m. The previous financial year ran 18 months, this one 12.
Solvency fell in 2024 from 72.3% to 60.3% because of the dividend and higher debts to suppliers.
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 UNITAS
- What is the company number of UNITAS?
- The company number of UNITAS is 0418.488.286. The VAT number is the same number with BE in front: BE 0418.488.286.
- Where is UNITAS based?
- The registered office is at Rodeloopstraat 67, 2170 Antwerp.Company details
- What does UNITAS do?
- According to the KBO register, the main activity is logistics services (NACE 52250).
- What is the legal form of UNITAS?
- UNITAS is a public limited company (NV).
- When was UNITAS founded?
- UNITAS was founded on 13-07-1978.
- Is UNITAS still active?
- Yes, UNITAS is an active enterprise in the KBO register.
- How many employees does UNITAS have?
- UNITAS had an average of 10.2 full-time equivalents in financial year 2024, according to the filed annual accounts.Financials
- What is the turnover of UNITAS?
- The turnover of UNITAS was €82.3m in financial year 2024, according to the filed annual accounts.
- Is UNITAS profitable?
- In financial year 2024, UNITAS made a profit of €9.7m.
- Where can I find the annual accounts of UNITAS?
- UNITAS filed 48 annual accounts with the National Bank of Belgium, the latest for financial year 2024.
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