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WELDING - METALLURGY CONSULTANCY has made a profit without a break since 2019.
WELDING - METALLURGY CONSULTANCY has made a profit without a break since 2019.
WELDING - METALLURGY CONSULTANCY pays its suppliers 30 days later than in 2024. Customers pay 380 days later.
Nine of the last ten came late. The 2019 accounts came latest: 92 days after the end of the period.
The dashed line is the sector median: 0.1% across 14,828 companies (NACE 71, micro).
About 2 in 100 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).
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 71, micro). It does better than 35% of them on solvency, 11% on liquidity, 50% on profitability and 51% on growth.
The bankruptcy probability was computed on 05-11-2026 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 31-12-2025.
Of the companies with a bankruptcy probability in the moderate class on 30-06-2025, 2.4% 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).
In July 2024, 10,904 companies had the same profile as WELDING - METALLURGY CONSULTANCY has now. Each dot stands for 28 companies, two years later.
The bankruptcy probability of WELDING - METALLURGY CONSULTANCY itself is higher: 1.6% within 12 months. It rests on far more data about WELDING - METALLURGY CONSULTANCY than the profile alone.
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 10,904 companies, not a prediction for WELDING - METALLURGY CONSULTANCY. 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.
Liquidity is insufficient, with a current ratio of 0.52 (0.38 in 2024), below 1. Short-term debt is 47.4% and cash 0.1% of total assets. 64.4% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
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The scores and ratios are Checked's own calculations, not a credit decision.
The company filed its last 7 accounts on average 35 days after the deadline. In the sector (NACE 71), the median for financial year 2024 was 8 days before the deadline, and 34% of those companies filed late.
| Company | Total assets | Gross margin | Solvency | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WELDING - METALLURGY CONSULTANCY Hulshout | €293,554 | €21,018 | 35.6% | - |
| U-SENTRIC Herent | €299,261 | €14,657 | 71.9% | - |
| IRBS Wevelgem | €203,248 | €21,179 | -6.3% | - |
| JK EMC Schoten | €178,747 | €26,759 | 93.9% | - |
| DDC Brecht | €253,818 | €40,758 | 87.6% | - |
| STERCKIN Wuustwezel | €215,733 | €51,052 | 99.4% | - |
| A.D.Pesage Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes | €501,992 | €28,521 | 86.5% | - |
These companies have the same main activity as WELDING - METALLURGY CONSULTANCY: other technical testing and analysis (NACE 71209). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €179,000 and €502,000, founded between 1996 and 2009.
WELDING - METALLURGY CONSULTANCY files the micro format. That format states no turnover. The gross margin rose from €6,876 in 2008 to €21,018 in 2025.
The balance sheet grew most from 2013 to 2015 through fixed assets.
Sources: KBO register, filings at the National Bank, Belgian Official Gazette. Click a figure with a dotted line for the item and the filing.
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