Equity
Debts exceed assets in financial year 2024.
Debts exceed assets in financial year 2024.
Every financial year from 2019 to 2024 closed with a loss. 2022 was the heaviest.
2025 accounts not filed: deadline was 31-07-2026.
The dashed line is the sector median: 0.6% across 40,276 companies (NACE 47, micro).
About 1 in 8 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 47, micro). It does better than 6% of them on solvency, 1% on liquidity, 6% on profitability and 33% on growth.
The bankruptcy probability was computed on 07-11-2026 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 high class on 30-06-2025, 14.6% 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, 6,008 companies had the same profile as Zerms has now. Each dot stands for 16 companies, two years later.
Another 0.7% stopped without a precise date, possibly only after those two years.
The bankruptcy probability of Zerms itself is higher: 12.1% within 12 months. It rests on far more data about Zerms 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 6,008 companies, not a prediction for Zerms. 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.
The balance sheet total is too small for a liquidity verdict. Equity is negative.
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The scores and ratios are Checked's own calculations, not a credit decision.
The company filed its last 6 accounts on average 56 days after the deadline. In the sector (NACE 47), the median for financial year 2024 was on the deadline day, and 47% of those companies filed late.
These companies have the same main activity as Zerms: retail sale of beverages, general range (NACE 47252). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €1,310 and €6,150, founded between 2003 and 2023.
Zerms files the micro format. That format states no turnover. The gross margin fell from €558 in 2018 to -€251 in 2024.
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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