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Active BE 0429.026.446Public limited company

COVETRUS

Industrieweg 135 ·3583 Beringen, Belgium· 40 yrs active
Sector: Groothandel in farmaceutische en medische artikelen (46460)
Conclusion Checked

The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of COVETRUS is 0.3% (very low). The company has been active since 1986 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. No processed annual-account figures are available; this conclusion rests on registry and State Gazette data only.

Based on State Gazette and CBE data.
Key figures
Active 40 yrs
Board 3
Locations 1
Publications 13
Bankruptcy probability (12 mo) Checked model v1 · free
0.3% Very low
0%0,5%1,5%4%10%≥25%
Long track record −Lower-risk legal form −Higher-failure-rate sector +

Statistical estimate based on public sources, not credit advice nor a finding of fact. How do we compute this?

Risk Assessment rule-based
0 / 100
Low risk
Trust signals 2 signals
Long-established
Founded in 1986, 40 years in business.
No legal incidents
No bankruptcy, reorganisation or interim measure in the Belgisch Staatsblad, and the KBO register records a normal legal situation.
Administrative Flags0 events
No strikeouts found in the KBO publications we processed. That series starts in 2021 and has gaps, so this is not a confirmation that there is nothing.
Financial overview10 NBB filings
Financials being processed
NBB has 10 filing(s) on record for this company, latest fiscal year 2024 (volledig). The annual accounts are being processed.
Filings on record
Fiscal year Type Filed Reference
31-12-2024 volledig 10-07-2025 2025-00274174
31-12-2023 volledig 17-07-2024 2024-00256894
31-12-2022 volledig 29-08-2023 2023-00367733
31-12-2021 volledig 16-06-2022 2022-20074844
31-12-2020 volledig 05-07-2021 2021-31800242
31-12-2019 volledig 06-07-2020 2020-27700288
29-12-2018 volledig 28-06-2019 2019-28300369
30-12-2017 volledig 29-06-2018 2018-25500052
31-12-2016 volledig 30-06-2017 2017-27000312
26-12-2015 volledig 07-06-2016 2016-15900297
Directors & mandates 10 directors
Current directors & mandates
  • Covetrus Holding B.V., vast vertegenwoordigd door de heer Bernardus Fierkens
    Director
    State Gazette act 24153372 (24-10-2024)
    Current
    24-10-2024 → present
  • Graham Rhodes
    Director
    State Gazette act 23031546 (06-03-2023)
    Current
    06-03-2023 → present
  • Frederik Devos
    Managing director
    State Gazette act 21085406 (15-07-2021)
    Current
    15-07-2021 → present
Historic, not recently confirmed (1)
These mandates remain open in the register but have not been confirmed by a new act in over six years. They do not count as active directors.
  • BDO Bedrijfsrevisoren CVBALegal entity
    Auditor
    State Gazette act 19156719 (02-12-2019)
    Not recently confirmed
    last confirmed in an act from 2019
Permanent representatives (5)
These people represent a legal-person director (a management company, for instance). They hold no board mandate of their own and do not count as directors.
  • Paul Reintjes
    Vaste vertegenwoordiger
    State Gazette act 24046119 (15-03-2024)
    Permanent representative
    15-03-2024 → present
  • Bert Fierkens
    Vaste vertegenwoordiger
    State Gazette act 23031546 (06-03-2023)
    Permanent representative
    06-03-2023 → present
  • Linda BERIX
    Vaste vertegenwoordiger
    State Gazette act 16068567 (19-05-2016)
    Permanent representative
    19-05-2016 → 15-03-2024
    2 events
    • 15-03-2024 Resigned· Vaste vertegenwoordiger
    • 19-05-2016 Appointed· Vaste vertegenwoordiger
  • Frederik De Vos
    Vaste vertegenwoordiger
    State Gazette act 23031546 (06-03-2023)
    Permanent representative
    - → 06-03-2023
  • Paul LEPINE
    Vaste vertegenwoordiger
    State Gazette act 16068567 (19-05-2016)
    Permanent representative
    - → 19-05-2016
Former directors (6)
  • Bernardus Fierkens
    Director
    State Gazette act 25043705 (02-04-2025)
    Former
    - → 02-04-2025
  • Covetrus Holding B.V.
    Director
    State Gazette act 25043705 (02-04-2025)
    Former
    - → 02-04-2025
  • Covetrus Holding B.V., vast vertegenwoordigd door de heer Paul Reintjes
    Director
    State Gazette act 24153372 (24-10-2024)
    Former
    - → 24-10-2024
  • Frederik De Vos
    Managing director
    State Gazette act 20069670 (22-06-2020)
    Former
    22-06-2020 → present
  • Georges Hales
    Director
    State Gazette act 15176652 (18-12-2015)
    Former
    18-12-2015 → 22-06-2020
    3 events
    • 22-06-2020 Resigned· Managing director
    • 18-12-2015 Appointed· Director
    • 18-12-2015 Appointed· Managing director
1 further former director in the mandate history. Available in Kantoor S. See plans →
Full appointment history from the Belgian State Gazette. Permanent representatives are shown for corporate directors.This list is read straight from this company's published acts, not from the officer register.
Statutory auditor 3 auditor
Statutory auditor IRE/IBR number Tenure
Michel DupontCurrent
Statutory auditor
 - 02-12-2019 → present
Show 2 earlier auditors
BDO Bedrijfsrevisoren
Statutory auditor
 - 01-03-2019 → 01-03-2019
Hendrikus Herijgers
Statutory auditor
succeeded by BDO Bedrijfsrevisoren in 2019
 - 18-12-2015 → 01-03-2019
Appointed statutory auditor from the Belgian State Gazette. The IRE/IBR number refers to the register of the Institute of Registered Auditors.
Legal Structure
NACE primary Groothandel in farmaceutische en medische artikelen(46460)
Legal form Public limited company(014)
Incorporation21-05-1986
StatusActive
Postal code3583
Connections & network 1 connected companies
Group structure
West-Limburg
We sit on their board
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Connections derived from shared directors, addresses, shareholders and group structure in the Belgian State Gazette.
Ownership & control 1 parties
COVETRUSBE 0429.026.446
controls
Where this company holds controlthis company sits on their board1
West-Limburg

Each band states what its claims rest on. A board seat is influence over the board, not ownership. Court mandates (receiver, interim administrator) and liquidation mandates do not link companies and are therefore absent here; they belong under Directors & mandates.

Establishment units 1 location
COVETRUS
Industrieweg 135, 3583 BeringenGroothandel in farmaceutische producten
since 19862.036.170.253
Physical sites registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE).
Real-estate footprint Source: CBE × cadastre

Parcels linked to this company through its CBE addresses (seat, establishment units, branches), cross-referenced with the cadastral parcel plan. This shows where the company operates, not a deeds register.

Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
71049A0844/00H000 Flanders 5,600 m² 1 · 9,227 m² 11.7 m · 3 fl.
Methodology
via registered seat: 1
1 of 1 parcels with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.
Updates 23 events

A single timeline of everything that happened to this company, publications, insolvency and lifecycle events, administrative changes and filed annual accounts.

2025
10-07-2025
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · volledig
02-04-2025
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
2024
24-10-2024
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
17-07-2024
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · volledig
15-03-2024
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
2023
29-08-2023
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · volledig
06-03-2023
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
2022
05-07-2022
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
16-06-2022
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · volledig
2021
15-07-2021
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
05-07-2021
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · volledig
2020
06-07-2020
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · volledig
22-06-2020
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
2019
02-12-2019
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
28-06-2019
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · volledig
27-06-2019
State Gazette act Statutes amendment
v3.2
01-03-2019
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
2018
29-06-2018
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · volledig
2017
30-06-2017
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · volledig
2016
07-06-2016
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · volledig
19-05-2016
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
2015
18-12-2015
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
2010
11-10-2010
State Gazette act Capital & shares
v3.2
Belgian State Gazette reading coverage 0 of 21 acts read

We know of 21 Belgian State Gazette acts for this company. None of them has been read yet: what they contain is neither established nor disproved here.

Belgisch Staatsblad, acts 13 acts
Capital history · 1
11-10-2010
v3.2
All acts · 13 updated 1 year ago
2025
02-04-2025 2 resigning Director changes
  • Covetrus Holding B.V., Bestuurder
  • Bernardus Fierkens, Bestuurder
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2024
24-10-2024 1 director appointed, 1 resigning Director changes
  • Covetrus Holding B.V., vast vertegenwoordigd door de heer Bernardus Fierkens, Bestuurder
  • Covetrus Holding B.V., vast vertegenwoordigd door de heer Paul Reintjes, Bestuurder
Summary: v3.2
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15-03-2024 1 director appointed, 1 resigning Director changes
  • Paul Reintjes, Vaste vertegenwoordiger
  • Linda Berix, Vaste vertegenwoordiger
Summary: v3.2
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2023
06-03-2023 2 directors appointed, 1 resigning Director changes
  • Bert Fierkens, Vaste vertegenwoordiger
  • Graham Rhodes, Bestuurder
  • Frederik De Vos, Vaste vertegenwoordiger
Summary: v3.2
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2022
05-07-2022 Michel Dupont appointed as statutory auditor Director changes
  • Michel Dupont, Commissaris
Summary: v3.2
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2021
15-07-2021 Frederik Devos appointed as managing director Director changes
  • Frederik Devos, Gedelegeerd bestuurder
Summary: v3.2
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2020
22-06-2020 1 director appointed, 1 resigning Director changes
  • Frederik De Vos, Gedelegeerd bestuurder
  • Georges Hales, Gedelegeerd bestuurder
Summary: v3.2
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2019
02-12-2019 2 directors appointed Director changes
  • Michel DUPONT, Commissaris
  • BDO Bedrijfsrevisoren CVBA, Auditor
Summary: v3.2
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27-06-2019 Articles of association amended Statutes amendment
Summary: v3.2
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01-03-2019 BDO Bedrijfsrevisoren appointed as statutory auditor Director changes
  • BDO Bedrijfsrevisoren, Commissaris
Summary: v3.2
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2016
19-05-2016 1 director appointed, 1 resigning Director changes
  • Linda BERIX, Vaste vertegenwoordiger
  • Paul LEPINE, Vaste vertegenwoordiger
Summary: v3.2
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2015
18-12-2015 5 directors appointed Director changes
  • Hendrikus Herijgers, Commissaris
  • Paul Lepine, Bestuurder
  • Paul Lepine, Voorzitter van de raad van bestuur
  • Georges Hales, Bestuurder
  • Georges Hales, Gedelegeerd bestuurder
Summary: v3.2
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2010
11-10-2010 Transaction in capital or shares Capital & shares
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Company registry (CBE) Crossroads Bank
Activities
Groothandel in farmaceutische producten46460Groothandel in farmaceutische en medische artikelen46460Groothandel in farmaceutische producten51460
Primary activity highlighted.
Names & trade names
Legal nameNL COVETRUS
Registered office
Industrieweg 135 bus 1
3583 Beringen, Belgium
Official data from the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE). Available for every registered company.
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