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bpost

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Naamloze vennootschap van publiek rechtfounded 1974active for 52 yearsAnspachlaan 1, 1000 Brussel, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0214.596.464
Summary

For the legal form of bpost, Checked does not compute a bankruptcy probability. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €657.6m and a net result of €3.6m. Equity is growing by about 5.9% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 17% of 55 sector peers (NACE 53, financial year 2025). The company has been active since 1974 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals.

Overview

Activity
Postal and courier activities
NACE 53100
#1 employer in Belgium, Transport and storage sector1,060 sites
Size
€2.19bnturnover 2025
Staff
23,730.2 FTE
Equity
€657.6m
Profit
€3.6m
Standalone figures, without subsidiaries
Financial health
40 Weak Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy probability: legal form outside the model
Structure
Largest shareholder
FEDERALE PARTICIPATIE- EN INVESTERINGSMAATSCHAPPIJ · 50%
Board
14 members
Holdings
30
Accounts 74 days early
Signalsraises riskWeak solvency vs sectorneutralLatest accounts filed on timeShow the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
40 / 100
Weak▼ -11 vs 2024
Without a bankruptcy probability: score from the figures alone
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Weak
Solvency 40-2
equity 15.4% of total assets
Liquidity 49-4
short-term debt 33.9% · cash 11.1%
Profitability 42-15
return on assets 0.1%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months

For this legal form (e.g. a public body or a foreign branch) we don't show a bankruptcy probability: some of these forms legally cannot go bankrupt and no reliable figure is possible here.

Credit of up to €26,300,000 on 30-day terms, only on tighter conditions
Liquidity tight (current ratio 1.08, compared with 0.97 in 2024; short-term debt: 33.9% and cash: 11.1% of total assets), and 84.6% of the assets are financed with debt.
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Signals

Two signals.
+raises risk○neutral
raises risk · Weak solvency vs sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 17% of 55 sector peers (2025).
NBB · sector comparison
Position among 55 sector peers
Solvency
better than 17%
← 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 18-05-2026, 74 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 5 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
74 days early
2024
73 days early
2023
49 days early
2022
59 days early
2021
72 days early
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 5 accounts on average 65 days before the deadline; the sector median (NACE 53) for financial year 2024 is 13 days after the deadline, and 56% 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 20 May (5 of the last 5 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
10-10-2026 today31-12-2026 year end31-07-2027 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
Searched since 2021.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. Resignations: David Cunningham (independent director) and…Appointments: Helena Jansson (independent director)…
  2. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2025 · consolidated
  3. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2025 · full…

Key points

  • Positive: Back in profit in 2025after -€234.1m in 2024 €3.6m View
  • Positive: Employer in Belgium, Transport and storage sectorin the Checked rankings #1 View
  • Board changedlatest change 12-06-2026 · 14 in office 2 joined · 2 left View
  • Heads a groupcompanies controlled 27 View
  • EU supportawarded 2021 - 2025 €5.5m View
  • Positive: Always filed on timeaccounts within the deadline every year 5 years View
  • Active since 1974founded 01-01-1974 52 years View

By topic

Financials

Financial year
2025
Turnover
€2.19bn
Profit
€3.6m
Solvency
15.4%
Turnover▼ 4.8%
Net result
20182025
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Board & ownership

Board
14 members
Largest shareholder
FEDERALE PARTICIPATIE- EN INVESTERINGSMAATSCHAPPIJ · 50%
  • Sonja RottiersChair
  • Françoise RoelsChair
  • Jules NotenDirector
  • Lionel DescléeDirector
  • Sonja WillemsDirector

and 9 other directors

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Network & group

Subsidiaries
27
Holdings
30
Connected companies
95
Mergers and contributions
8

30 holdings

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Timeline

Events
138
Since
1985
Next accounts
by 31-07-2027
  1. 31-12-2025Back to profit
  2. 22-09-2025Miscellaneous
  3. 09-07-2025Resignation: Audrey Hanard (voorzitster van de raad…
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Company details

Sites
1,060
Legal form
Naamloze vennootschap van publiek recht
Activity
Postal and courier activitiesNACE 53100
Founded
01-01-1974
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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Articles of association

Provisions read
3
Purpose
De vennootschap heeft tot voorwerp, in België, in het buitenland of in…
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