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"VB & Co"

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Private limited companyfounded 1993active for 33 yearsOudenaardsesteenweg 89, 9000 Gent, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0450.084.849
Summary

"VB & Co" has been active since 1993 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €697,283 and a net result of €120,505. Equity is growing by about 22% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 91% of 22,153 sector peers (NACE 47, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is below 0.1% (very low).

Financials · financial year 2025, micro format

Equity
€697,283▲ 20.9%
2024 · €576,779
Total assets
€818,277▲ 22.6%
2024 · €667,691
Net result
€120,505▲ 12.0%
2024 · €107,618
Working capital
€508,443▲ 38.0%
2024 · €368,410
Trend over the years

2021 to 2025, 5 financial years 2019 to 2025, 7 financial years

After the dip in 2023 the operating result has climbed two years in a row; 2025 is 10% above 2024 and is the highest result in the available series.

What the company sold each financial year and what was left of it. A loss stands below the zero line.

Operating result€162,108 2025 Net result€120,505 2025

Use the arrow keys on the chart for the figures per year.

Sector: the middle half of NACE 47, Retail trade: a quarter of companies sit below it, a quarter above. Each year compared with accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30. Dashed line: the median. Available for Net result, Equity, Total assets, Working capital, Solvency, Current ratio, Return on assets (ROA), Staff (FTE).

Every figure with its change against the financial year before
favourable unfavourable
Line2019202020212022202320242025
Operating result€22,470-€43,368▲ 93.0%€109,125▲ 152%€154,574▲ 41.6%€131,062▼ 15.2%€147,981▲ 12.9%€162,108▲ 9.5%
Net result€14,737-€30,666above the sector's middle half▲ 108%€78,147above the sector's middle half▲ 155%€104,409above the sector's middle half▲ 33.6%€92,355above the sector's middle half▼ 11.5%€107,618above the sector's middle half▲ 16.5%€120,505above the sector's middle half▲ 12.0%
Equity€230,083-€260,749above the sector's middle half▲ 13.3%€272,396above the sector's middle half▲ 4.5%€376,805above the sector's middle half▲ 38.3%€469,160above the sector's middle half▲ 24.5%€576,779above the sector's middle half▲ 22.9%€697,283above the sector's middle half▲ 20.9%
Total assets€298,088-€354,061above the sector's middle half▲ 18.8%€406,251above the sector's middle half▲ 14.7%€518,251above the sector's middle half▲ 27.6%€601,959above the sector's middle half▲ 16.2%€667,691above the sector's middle half▲ 10.9%€818,277above the sector's middle half▲ 22.6%
Debt€68,005-€93,312▲ 37.2%€133,854▲ 43.4%€141,445▲ 5.7%€132,799▼ 6.1%€90,913▼ 31.5%€120,994▲ 33.1%
Working capital€64,391-€123,892above the sector's middle half▲ 92.4%€132,527above the sector's middle half▲ 7.0%€225,074above the sector's middle half▲ 69.8%€254,492above the sector's middle half▲ 13.1%€368,410above the sector's middle half▲ 44.8%€508,443above the sector's middle half▲ 38.0%
Solvency77.2%-73.6%above the sector's middle half▼ 3.5pp67.1%above the sector's middle half▼ 6.6pp72.7%above the sector's middle half▲ 5.7pp77.9%above the sector's middle half▲ 5.2pp86.4%above the sector's middle half▲ 8.4pp85.2%above the sector's middle half▼ 1.2pp
Current ratio3.06-5.90above the sector's middle half▲ 2.843.81above the sector's middle half▼ 2.094.11above the sector's middle half▲ 0.303.57above the sector's middle half▼ 0.545.77above the sector's middle half▲ 2.205.35above the sector's middle half▼ 0.43
Return on assets (ROA)4.9%-8.7%within the sector's middle half▲ 3.7pp19.2%above the sector's middle half▲ 10.6pp20.1%above the sector's middle half▲ 0.9pp15.3%above the sector's middle half▼ 4.8pp16.1%above the sector's middle half▲ 0.8pp14.7%above the sector's middle half▼ 1.4pp
Staff (FTE)1.1-1.1within the sector's middle half=1.9▲ 72.7%2▲ 5.3%2.8▲ 40.0%3.2▲ 14.3%3.2=
above within below the middle half of NACE 47, Retail trade: a quarter of companies sit below it, a quarter above. Each year compared with accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30.
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the micro format does not require them.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €818,277
Fixed assets €192,896 ▼ 13.2%
Current assets €625,381 ▲ 40.4%
Equity and liabilities €818,277
Equity €697,283 ▲ 20.9%
Debt €120,994 ▲ 33.1%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 13.6% to 14.8%. Equity and debt are higher.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
€198,001▲
2024 · €184,275
Cash flow
€156,398▲
2024 · €143,911
Quick ratio
4.81▼
2024 · 4.96
Debt to equity
0.17▲
2024 · 0.16
ROE
17.3%▼
2024 · 18.7%
Interest coverage
over 100▲
2024 · 80.44
Debt ≤ 1 year
€116,938▲
2024 · €77,163
Debt > 1 year
€4,056▼
2024 · €12,053
Income taxes
€52,306▲
2024 · €46,692
Staff costs
€175,770▲
2024 · €158,556
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.

Peer companies

Historical observation

Of the 31,372 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 0.5% went bankrupt within 24 months and 93.5% 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
93.5% 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 < 0.1% 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 497,474 companies of July 2024 its group's bankruptcy share. Expected: 1.6%; actually bankrupt within 24 months: 1.7%.

The companies in ten equal groups, from lowest to 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% 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 74.5% 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 31,372 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
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2025 against 2024 · 57 lines
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€667,691€818,277▲
Fixed assets21/28€222,118€192,896▼
Tangible fixed assets22/27€222,081€192,896▼
Land and buildings22€139,711€132,209▼
Plant, machinery and equipment23€66,473€47,613▼
Furniture and vehicles24€15,897€13,074▼
Financial fixed assets28€37€0▼
Current assets29/58€445,573€625,381▲
Amounts receivable after more than one year29€45,000€45,000=
Other amounts receivable291€45,000€45,000=
Stocks and contracts in progress3€62,845€62,661▼
Stocks30/36€62,845€62,661▼
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€56,089€340,158▲
Trade receivables40€56,014€78,440▲
Other amounts receivable41€75€261,719▲
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€269,182€169,144▼
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€12,457€8,418▼
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€667,691€818,277▲
Equity10/15€576,779€697,283▲
Contributions10/11€61,500€61,500=
Capital10€61,500€61,500=
Issued capital100€61,500€61,500=
Reserves13€515,279€635,783▲
Non-distributable reserves130/1€12,800€12,800=
Legal reserve130€12,800€12,800=
Distributable reserves133€502,479€622,983▲
Amounts payable17/49€90,913€120,994▲
Amounts payable after more than one year17€12,053€4,056▼
Financial debts170/4€0-
Other amounts payable178/9€12,053€4,056▼
Amounts payable within one year42/48€77,163€116,938▲
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€16,668€0▼
Trade debts44€20,769€39,344▲
Suppliers440/4€20,769€39,344▲
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€39,727€39,489▼
Taxes450/3€20,039€21,588▲
Remuneration and social security454/9€19,688€17,901▼
Other amounts payable47/48-€38,105
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€1,697€0▼
Income statement Code20242025
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€158,556€175,770▲
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€36,293€35,893▼
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4-€7,853
Other operating charges640/8€8,261€8,757▲
Non-recurring operating charges66A-€95
Gross operating margin9900€351,091€390,476▲
Operating profit (loss)9901€147,981€162,108▲
Financial income75/76B€8,620€12,619▲
Recurring financial income75€8,620€12,619▲
Financial charges65/66B€2,291€1,916▼
Recurring financial charges65€2,291€1,916▼
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€154,310€172,810▲
Income taxes67/77€46,692€52,306▲
Profit (loss) for the period9904€107,618€120,505▲
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€107,618€120,505▲
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€107,618€120,505▲
Transfer to equity691/2€107,618€120,505▲
To other reserves6921€107,618€120,505▲

The notes to these accounts (12 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Line2019202020212022202320242025Change
Remuneration, social security and pensions62---€85,280€143,809€158,556€175,770▲ 10.9%
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€20,910€15,593€24,211€27,704€33,113€36,293€35,893▼ 1.1%
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4---€0--€7,853-
Other operating charges640/8---€11,442€8,466€8,261€8,757▲ 6.0%
Non-recurring operating charges66A------€95-
Gross operating margin9900€82,449€121,768€206,981€279,001€316,450€351,091€390,476▲ 11.2%
Operating profit (loss)9901€22,470€43,368€109,125€154,574€131,062€147,981€162,108▲ 9.5%
Financial income75/76B---€131€5€8,620€12,619▲ 46.4%
Recurring financial income75€105€65€243€131€5€8,620€12,619▲ 46.4%
Financial charges65/66B---€2,190€2,552€2,291€1,916▼ 16.3%
Recurring financial charges65€1,519€1,511€3,771€2,190€2,552€2,291€1,916▼ 16.3%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€21,056€41,921€105,597€152,515€128,515€154,310€172,810▲ 12.0%
Income taxes67/77€6,319€11,255€27,449€48,107€36,159€46,692€52,306▲ 12.0%
Profit (loss) for the period9904€14,737€30,666€78,147€104,409€92,355€107,618€120,505▲ 12.0%
Transfer from tax-exempt reserves789---€18,561€0---
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€14,737€30,666€78,147€122,970€92,355€107,618€120,505▲ 12.0%
Line2019202020212022202320242025Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€298,088€354,061€406,251€518,251€601,959€667,691€818,277▲ 22.6%
Fixed assets21/28€202,498€204,901€226,585€220,837€248,536€222,118€192,896▼ 13.2%
Intangible fixed assets21€10,800€0------
Tangible fixed assets22/27€191,512€204,715€226,399€220,651€248,499€222,081€192,896▼ 13.1%
Land and buildings22---€153,014€147,213€139,711€132,209▼ 5.4%
Plant, machinery and equipment23---€38,143€80,325€66,473€47,613▼ 28.4%
Furniture and vehicles24---€29,495€20,961€15,897€13,074▼ 17.8%
Financial fixed assets28€186€186€186€186€37€37€0▼ 100%
Current assets29/58€95,591€149,160€179,666€297,413€353,423€445,573€625,381▲ 40.4%
Amounts receivable after more than one year29----€60,000€45,000€45,000=
Other amounts receivable291----€60,000€45,000€45,000=
Stocks and contracts in progress3€52,830€51,222€49,960€50,373€61,571€62,845€62,661▼ 0.3%
Stocks30/36---€50,373€61,571€62,845€62,661▼ 0.3%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€21,524€16,612€17,834€22,824€45,584€56,089€340,158▲ 506%
Trade receivables40---€22,820€45,584€56,014€78,440▲ 40.0%
Other amounts receivable41---€4€0€75€261,719▲ 351,200%
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€15,486€74,939€105,854€218,803€179,322€269,182€169,144▼ 37.2%
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1---€5,413€6,946€12,457€8,418▼ 32.4%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€298,088€354,061€406,251€518,251€601,959€667,691€818,277▲ 22.6%
Equity10/15€230,083€260,749€272,396€376,805€469,160€576,779€697,283▲ 20.9%
Contributions10/11€128,000€128,000€61,500€61,500€61,500€61,500€61,500=
Capital10---€61,500€61,500€61,500€61,500=
Issued capital100---€61,500€61,500€61,500€61,500=
Reserves13€101,098€132,749€210,896€315,305€407,660€515,279€635,783▲ 23.4%
Non-distributable reserves130/1---€12,800€12,800€12,800€12,800=
Legal reserve130---€12,800€12,800€12,800€12,800=
Tax-exempt reserves132---€0----
Distributable reserves133---€302,505€394,860€502,479€622,983▲ 24.0%
Profit (loss) carried forward14€984€0------
Amounts payable17/49€68,005€93,312€133,854€141,445€132,799€90,913€120,994▲ 33.1%
Amounts payable after more than one year17€31,720€64,101€82,837€67,153€31,490€12,053€4,056▼ 66.3%
Financial debts170/4---€17,596€16,668€0--
Other amounts payable178/9---€49,557€14,822€12,053€4,056▼ 66.3%
Amounts payable within one year42/48€31,199€25,269€47,139€72,339€98,931€77,163€116,938▲ 51.5%
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42---€18,391€28,428€16,668€0▼ 100%
Trade debts44€10,435€17,356€16,170€11,248€35,612€20,769€39,344▲ 89.4%
Suppliers440/4---€11,248€35,612€20,769€39,344▲ 89.4%
Taxes, remuneration and social security45---€42,700€34,891€39,727€39,489▼ 0.6%
Taxes450/3---€31,584€17,090€20,039€21,588▲ 7.7%
Remuneration and social security454/9---€11,116€17,801€19,688€17,901▼ 9.1%
Other amounts payable47/48------€38,105-
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3---€1,953€2,378€1,697€0▼ 100%
Line2019202020212022202320242025Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904€14,737€30,666€78,147€104,409€92,355€107,618€120,505▲ 12.0%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€20,910€15,593€24,211€27,704€33,113€36,293€35,893▼ 1.1%
Operating cash flow (approximation)€35,647€46,259€102,359€132,113€125,468€143,911€156,398▲ 8.7%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)--€17,996-€45,895-€21,957-€60,811-€9,876-€6,671▲ 32.4%
Change in cash-€59,453€30,915€112,949-€39,481€89,860-€100,038-

Simplified and derived: a Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement, so these rows come from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.

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30-06-2025 micro format 06-01-2026 2026-00001844
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30-06-2023 micro format 08-01-2024 2024-00544549
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