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Buhlmann

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Public limited companyfounded 1968active for 58 yearsHermesstraat 2, 1930 Zaventem, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0401.871.493
Summary

Buhlmann has been active since 1968 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €1.7m and a net result of €37,126. Equity is shrinking by about 5.8% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 50% of 6,105 sector peers (NACE 46, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.1% (very low).

Overview

Activity
Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
NACE 46649Wholesale of machine tools NACE 46620
1 site
Size
€9.2mturnover 2025
Staff
16 FTE
Equity
€1.7m
Profit
€37,126
Financial health
92 Excellent Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
0.1%
Structure
Parent
COBETEC · 99%
Board
5 members
Holdings
1
Auditor: DGST & Partners - BedrijfsrevisorenAccounts 49 days early
Why 92raises riskSize: turnover €9.2m, 16 FTE, total assets €3.7mlowers riskFounded in 1968Liquidity: current ratio 1.40, cash €491,326Equity €1.7m (45.0% of total assets)Show the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
92 / 100
Excellent
Probability in this band: under 0.55%
Financially better than 42% of its sector peers (NACE 46, small)
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Average
Solvency 70+13
equity 45.0% of total assets
Liquidity 40+6
short-term debt 52.9% · cash 13.2%
Profitability 50-8
return on assets 1.0%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.1% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

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

Sector median 0.2% (4,381 companies, NACE 46, small)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 0.1% 12-2024: 0.1%● unchanged vs 11-2024 01-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 12-2024 02-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 01-2025 03-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 02-2025 04-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 03-2025 05-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 04-2025 06-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 05-2025lowest value 07-2025: 0.1%● unchanged 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 04-2026 06-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 05-2026 07-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 06-2026highest value 08-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 07-2026highest value 09-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 08-2026highest value 10-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 09-2026highest value
Credit of up to €150,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity tight (current ratio 1.4, compared with 1.21 in 2024, below the usual 1.5; short-term debt: 52.9% and cash: 13.2% of total assets), and 55% 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 46, small): better than 53% on solvency, 45% on liquidity, 33% on profitability and 39% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 20-10-2026 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

Five signals.
lowers riskraises riskneutral
lowers risk · Founded in 1968
Companies that have existed this long fail less often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
KBO
lowers risk · Liquidity: current ratio 1.40, cash €491,326
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Equity €1.7m (45.0% of total assets)
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Size: turnover €9.2m, 16 FTE, total assets €3.7m
Companies of this size fail more often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
NBB · annual accounts
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 12-06-2026, 49 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
49 days early
2024
42 days early
2023
27 days early
2022
34 days early
2021
37 days early
2020
39 days early
2019
7 days late
← 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 32 days before the deadline; the sector median (NACE 46) for financial year 2024 is 3 days before the deadline, and 39% 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 24 June (5 of the last 5 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
21-10-2026 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 & appointmentsGazette deed
  2. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2025 · full…
  3. Reappointments: BÜHLMANN Luc Olivier, INDUSTRIAL CONSULTANCY…Permanent representatives: Claude Jacqmin and…

Key points

  • Caution: Result fell in 2025from €96,086 to €37,126 ▼ 61.4% View
  • Controlled by COBETECthe company in turn controls 1 companies 99% View
  • Positive: Filed on time since financial year 2020accounts within the deadline every year 6 years View
  • Active since 1968founded 01-01-1968 58 years View

By topic

Financials

Financial year
2025
Turnover
€9.2m
Profit
€37,126
Solvency
45.0%
Turnover▼ 3.8%
Net result
20182025
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Board & ownership

Board
5 members
Parent
COBETEC · 99%
Auditor
DGST & Partners -…
  • Brice BUHLMANNManaging director
  • Luc Olivier Daniel BUHLMANNDirector
  • Alain FLAUSCHDirector
  • 4 B 2 B CONSULTINGDirector
  • INDUSTRIAL CONSULTANCY AND MANAGEMENTDirector
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Timeline

Events
67
Since
1978
Next accounts
by 31-07-2027
  1. 19-06-2025Annual accounts filed
  2. 04-07-2024Annual accounts filed
  3. 27-06-2023Annual accounts filed
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Company details

Sites
1
Legal form
Public limited company
Activity
Wholesale of other machinery and equipmentNACE 46649
Founded
01-01-1968
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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Articles of association

Provisions read
2
Purpose
“De vennootschap heeft als voorwerp de ontwikkeling, de vertegenwoordiging en het…” (deed in Dutch)
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