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VAB Rijschool

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Public limited companyfounded 1992active for 34 yearsOostjachtpark 13, 9100 Sint-Niklaas, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0448.109.811
Summary

VAB Rijschool has been active since 1992 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €2.1m and a net result of €1.0m. Equity is growing by about 2.8% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 20% of 574 sector peers (NACE 85, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.1% (very low).

Overview

Activity
Driving schools for cars and motorcycles
NACE 85531
2nd largest employer in East Flanders, Education sector64 sites
Size
€27.7mturnover 2025
Staff
273.3 FTE
Equity
€2.1m
Profit
€1.0m
Financial health
89 Excellent Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
0.1%
Structure
Parent
Groep VAB · 100%
Board
4 members
Holdings
1
Auditor: KPMG Bedrijfsrevisoren BV/SRLAccounts 46 days early
Why 89raises riskEquity €2.1m (15.6% of total assets)1 of the last 3 latelowers riskLiquidity: current ratio 0.92, cash €3.8mSector: Education (NACE 85)Show the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
89 / 100
Excellent
Probability in this band: under 0.55%
Financially better than 12% of its sector peers (NACE 85, large)
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Average
Solvency 41-3
equity 15.6% of total assets
Liquidity 40+2
short-term debt 82.8% · cash 28.2%
Profitability 54-15
return on assets 7.6%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.1% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

Fewer than 1 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median < 0.1% (45 companies, NACE 85, large)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 0.2%highest value 12-2024: 0.2%● unchanged vs 11-2024highest value 01-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 12-2024 02-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 01-2025 03-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 02-2025 04-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 03-2025 05-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 04-2025 06-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 05-2025 07-2025: 0.1%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 06-2025 08-2025: 0.1%● unchanged 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: 0.1%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 03-2026 05-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 04-2026lowest value 06-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 05-2026 07-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 06-2026 08-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 07-2026 09-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 08-2026 10-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 09-2026
Credit of up to €180,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity insufficient (current ratio 0.92, compared with 0.93 in 2024, below 1; short-term debt: 82.8% and cash: 28.2% of total assets), and 84.4% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
How it is calculated

The band follows from the bankruptcy probability, on a scale where 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 85, large): better than 3% on solvency, 3% on liquidity, 9% on profitability and 35% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 16-10-2026 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.

Some facts cap the score, however low the probability. Negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special status in the KBO, one missing filing or accounts filed more than 90 days late hold it at Fair at most (59); two missing filings, at Weak (44). An ongoing judicial reorganisation or the company's end (bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation) holds it at Critical at most (24).

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Signals

Six signals.
lowers riskraises riskneutral
raises risk · Equity €2.1m (15.6% of total assets)
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Liquidity: current ratio 0.92, cash €3.8m
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Sector: Education (NACE 85)
KBO
raises risk · 1 of the last 3 late
NBB · filings
raises risk · Weak solvency vs sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 20% of 574 sector peers (2025).
NBB · sector comparison
Position among 574 sector peers
Solvency
better than 20%
← 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 15-06-2026, 46 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
46 days early
2024
55 days early
2023
69 days late
2022
48 days early
2021
48 days early
2020
50 days early
2019
32 days 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 30 days before the deadline; the sector median (NACE 85) for financial year 2024 is 16 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 13 June (4 of the last 5 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
17-10-2026 today31-12-2026 year end31-07-2027 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
Searched since 2021.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. Reappointment: Nele Vandaele (director)Gazette deed
  2. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2025 · full…
  3. Reappointment: Geert Markey (director and managing…Appointment: Werner Eetezonne (director and…

Key points

  • Positive: Among the best 5% on net resultsector median €11,418 · 576 companies €1.0m View
  • Positive: 5 years of growth in a rowturnover 2025: €27.7m 5 years View
  • Controlled by Groep VABultimately: KBC Groep 100% View
  • Flemish supportawarded from 2022 to 2025 €535,268 View
  • New directorlatest change 01-07-2026 · 4 in office 1 joined View

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Financials

Financial year
2025
Turnover
€27.7m
Profit
€1.0m
Solvency
15.6%
Turnover▲ 3.2%
Net result
20182025
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Board & ownership

Board
4 members
Parent
Groep VAB · 100%
Auditor
KPMG Bedrijfsrevisoren BV/SRL
  • Nele VANDAELEChair
  • Geert MarkeyManaging director
  • Michael GabriëlsDirector
  • Werner EetezonneManaging director
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Network & group

Group
KBC Groep
Subsidiaries
1
Connected companies
35
Mergers and asset contributions
6

1 subsidiary

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Timeline

Events
75
Since
1994
Next accounts
by 31-07-2027
  1. 31-12-2025Highest result from 2018 to 2025
  2. 08-10-2025Capital & shares
  3. 15-07-2025Resignations: Tom Swerts (director) and Wim Smet…
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Company details

Sites
64
Legal form
Public limited company
Activity
Driving schools for cars and motorcyclesNACE 85531
Founded
09-07-1992
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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Articles of association

Provisions read
1
Purpose
“De vennootschap heeft tot voorwerp: * de inrichting en de exploitatie, in binnen- en…” (deed in Dutch)
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