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Active BE 0453.595.160Public limited company

SOFOGEST

K.M.-Hendrikalaan 1A ·1190 Vorst, Belgium· 31 yrs active
Sector: Markt- en opinieonderzoek (73200)
Conclusion Checked

The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of SOFOGEST is 0.6% (low). The company has been active since 1994 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 31 yrs
Board 3
Locations 1
Publications 7
Bankruptcy probability (12 mo) Checked model v1 · free
0.6% Low
0%0,5%1,5%4%10%≥25%
Higher-failure-rate region +Long track record −Lower-risk legal form −

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 1994, 31 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 2025 (micro). The annual accounts are being processed.
Filings on record
Fiscal year Type Filed Reference
30-06-2025 micro 04-02-2026 2026-00032024
30-06-2024 micro 30-01-2025 2025-00015978
30-06-2023 micro 31-01-2024 2024-00017506
30-06-2022 micro 31-01-2023 2023-00011878
30-06-2021 micro 29-01-2022 2022-02800356
30-06-2020 micro 29-01-2021 2021-02600010
30-06-2019 micro 11-12-2019 2019-75600451
30-06-2018 micro 03-12-2018 2018-73400591
30-06-2017 micro 12-12-2017 2017-71500044
30-06-2016 verkort 06-12-2016 2016-69200584
Directors & mandates 5 directors
Directors derived from a single State Gazette act, under verification
All 3 current directors first appear in the same act (25114922). Founders or capital subscribers may have been counted as directors here; the real board composition is being verified.
Current directors & mandates
  • BIENERT ENTERPRISE bvLegal entity
    Bestuurder en afgevaardigd bestuurder
    State Gazette act 25114922 (11-09-2025)
    Current
    30-05-2022 → present
    2 events
    • 11-09-2025 Appointed· Bestuurder en afgevaardigd bestuurder
    • 30-05-2022 Appointed· Bestuurder en afgevaardigd bestuurder
  • Luc van de Vondervoort
    Director
    State Gazette act 25114922 (11-09-2025)
    Current
    30-09-2015 → present
    6 events
    • 11-09-2025 Appointed· Director
    • 30-05-2022 Appointed· Director
    • 30-09-2015 Resigned· Vaste vertegenwoordiger van de bestuurder en afgevaardigd bestuurder
    • 30-09-2015 Appointed· Director
    • 14-07-2015 Appointed· Vaste vertegenwoordiger van bestuurder
    • 14-07-2015 Appointed· Vaste vertegenwoordiger van afgevaardigd bestuurder
  • Philip Staes
    Vaste vertegenwoordiger van bestuurder en afgevaardigd bestuurder
    State Gazette act 25114922 (11-09-2025)
    Current
    13-03-2006 → present
    5 events
    • 11-09-2025 Appointed· Vaste vertegenwoordiger van bestuurder en afgevaardigd bestuurder
    • 30-05-2022 Appointed· Vaste vertegenwoordiger van de bestuurder en afgevaardigd bestuurder
    • 30-09-2015 Appointed· Vaste vertegenwoordiger van de bestuurder en afgevaardigd bestuurder
    • 13-03-2006 Resigned· Afgevaardigd bestuurder
    • 13-03-2006 Appointed· Afgevaardigd bestuurder
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.
  • BIENERT ENTERPRISE bvbaLegal entity
    Director
    State Gazette act 17096307 (06-07-2017)
    Not recently confirmed
    last confirmed in an act from 2017
    4 events
    • 06-07-2017 Appointed· Director
    • 06-07-2017 Appointed· Afgevaardigd bestuurder
    • 14-07-2015 Appointed· Director
    • 14-07-2015 Appointed· Afgevaardigd bestuurder
Former directors (1)
  • BCC nvLegal entity
    Afgevaardigd bestuurder
    State Gazette act 06048496 (13-03-2006)
    Former
    13-03-2006 → 14-07-2015
    3 events
    • 14-07-2015 Resigned· Director
    • 14-07-2015 Resigned· Afgevaardigd bestuurder
    • 13-03-2006 Appointed· Afgevaardigd bestuurder
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.
Legal Structure
NACE primary Markt- en opinieonderzoek(73200)
Legal form Public limited company(014)
Incorporation11-10-1994
StatusActive
Postal code1190
Connections & network 1 connected companies
Group structure
Connections derived from shared directors, addresses, shareholders and group structure in the Belgian State Gazette.
Ownership & control 1 parties
SOFOGESTBE 0453.595.160
controls
Where this company holds controlthis company sits on their board1
BELGISCH CENTRUM VOOR CERTIFICATIE, CENTRE BELGE DE CERTIFICATION, EUROPEAN CERTIFICATION COMPANY
1 location

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
SOFOGEST NV
K.M.-Hendrikalaan 1 A, 1190 VorstMarktonderzoekbureaus
since 19942.069.396.416
Physical sites registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE).
Updates 17 events

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

2026
04-02-2026
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · micro
2025
11-09-2025
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
30-01-2025
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · micro
2024
31-01-2024
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · micro
2023
31-01-2023
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · micro
2022
30-05-2022
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
29-01-2022
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · micro
2021
29-01-2021
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · micro
2019
11-12-2019
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · micro
2018
03-12-2018
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · micro
2017
12-12-2017
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · micro
06-07-2017
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
2016
06-12-2016
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · verkort
2015
09-10-2015
State Gazette act Minor change
Fiscal year change · Stijn VERHAMME
30-09-2015
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
14-07-2015
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
2006
13-03-2006
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
Belgian State Gazette reading coverage 0 of 15 acts read

We know of 15 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 7 acts
All acts · 7 updated 11 months ago
2025
11-09-2025 3 directors appointed Director changes
  • BIENERT ENTERPRISE bv, Bestuurder en afgevaardigd bestuurder
  • Philip Staes, Vaste vertegenwoordiger van bestuurder en afgevaardigd bestuurder
  • Luc van de Vondervoort, Bestuurder
Summary: v3.2
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2022
30-05-2022 3 directors appointed Director changes
  • BIENERT ENTERPRISE bv, Bestuurder en afgevaardigd bestuurder
  • Philip Staes, Vaste vertegenwoordiger van de bestuurder en afgevaardigd bestuurder
  • Luc van de Vondervoort, Bestuurder
Summary: v3.2
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2017
06-07-2017 2 directors appointed Director changes
  • BIENERT ENTERPRISE bvba, Bestuurder
  • BIENERT ENTERPRISE bvba, Afgevaardigd bestuurder
Summary: v3.2
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2015
09-10-2015 Publication in the Belgian Official Gazette, Minor change Minor change·Stijn VERHAMME
Summary: Fiscal year changeNotary: Stijn VERHAMME · Tielt
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    "scope_summary": "Volmacht aan de notaris om de akte op te maken, te ondertekenen en neer te leggen bij de rechtbank van koophandel.",
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30-09-2015 2 directors appointed, 1 resigning Director changes
  • Philip Staes, Vaste vertegenwoordiger van de bestuurder en afgevaardigd bestuurder
  • Luc van de Vondervoort, Bestuurder
  • Luc van de Vondervoort, Vaste vertegenwoordiger van de bestuurder en afgevaardigd bestuurder
Summary: v3.2
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14-07-2015 4 directors appointed, 2 resigning Director changes
  • BIENERT ENTERPRISE bvba, Bestuurder
  • BIENERT ENTERPRISE bvba, Afgevaardigd bestuurder
  • Luc van de Vondervoort, Vaste vertegenwoordiger van bestuurder
  • Luc van de Vondervoort, Vaste vertegenwoordiger van afgevaardigd bestuurder
  • BCC nv, Bestuurder
  • BCC nv, Afgevaardigd bestuurder
Summary: v3.2
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2006
13-03-2006 2 directors appointed, 1 resigning Director changes
  • BCC nv, Afgevaardigd bestuurder
  • Staes Philip, Afgevaardigd bestuurder
  • Staes Philip, Afgevaardigd bestuurder
Summary: v3.2
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Company registry (CBE) Crossroads Bank
Activities
Markt- en opinieonderzoekbureaus73200Markt- en opinieonderzoek73200Marktonderzoekbureaus74131Activiteiten van adviesbureaus op het gebied van bedrijfsvoering en overig managementadvies70200Overige adviesbureaus op het gebied van bedrijfsbeheer; adviesbureaus op het gebied van bedrijfsvoering70220Overige adviesbureaus op het gebied van bedrijfsvoering en beheer74142
Primary activity highlighted.
Names & trade names
Legal nameNL SOFOGEST
Registered office
K.M.-Hendrikalaan 1A bus 7
1190 Vorst, Belgium
Official data from the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE). Available for every registered company.
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