Summary
The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of CORA is 2.2% (moderate). The 2021 annual accounts show equity of €8.69M and a net result of €-16.06M. The company has been active since 1921 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals.
Checked score
No current score
Figures too old
The available figures for FY 2021 are too old to assess current financial health.
Axes, FY 2021
Profitability8
Solvency31
Growth-
Track record85
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
2.2%
Moderate
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
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Signals
Seven signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
−lowers risk+raises risk○neutral
lowers risk · Long track record
A company with a long track record statistically fails less often than a young one.
KBO · incorporation dateAge against the risk zone
raises risk · Annual accounts: weaker financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a weaker profile in solvency, result or liquidity than companies that stay afloat.
NBB · annual accounts 2021Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
5.6%
Return on assets
-10.3%
Age of the figures
57 mo
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 47
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Retail trade (NACE 47)
about 45% more bankruptcies
← fewer bankruptcies
more bankruptcies →
neutral · A punctual record breaks
This company filed 9 consecutive financial years on time. The year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due by 31-07-2026 and was filed on 04-09-2026, 35 days late. Weigh it accordingly: a break into the 1-to-90-day band measures 1.41% abnormal legal state, below the 1.66% market average. It is a change in behaviour, not evidence of elevated risk.
NBB · 10 filingsDeviation from the deadline
2025
35 d late
2024
41 d early
2023
47 d early
2022
48 d early
2021
53 d early
2020
50 d early
2019
39 d early
← before the deadline
after the deadline →
Checked, nothing found (2)
neutral · The next deadline is still running
The next financial year closes on 31-12-2026 and is due by 31-07-2027. Nothing is late today.
Companies Code · seven monthsPosition in the running window
25-09-2026 today31-12-2026 close31-07-2027 deadline
Financials · fiscal year 2021, full schema
Turnover
€547.71M
EBIT margin
-3.0%
Net result
€-16.06M
Working capital
€4.45M
Balance-sheet composition
Assets €155.52M
Fixed assets
€34.44M
Current assets
€121.08M
Equity and liabilities €155.54M
Equity
€8.69M
Provisions
€3.98M
Debt
€142.86M
Debt finances 91.9% of the balance-sheet total.
Key figures and ratios
EBITDA
€-8.77M
Cash flow
€-8.62M
Current ratio
1.04
Quick ratio
0.50
Debt to equity
16.43
ROE
-184.8%
ROA
-10.3%
Interest coverage
-11.05
Debt ≤ 1 year
€116.62M
Debt > 1 year
€25.00M
Income taxes
€13k
Staff costs
€86.05M
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2021 · 85 lines
Balance sheet
Code2021
Assets
Total assets20/58€155.54M
Formation expenses20€20k
Fixed assets21/28€34.44M
Intangible fixed assets21€3.38M
Tangible fixed assets22/27€31.02M
Land and buildings22€22.15M
Plant, machinery and equipment23€6.53M
Furniture and vehicles24€1.59M
Other tangible fixed assets26€324k
Assets under construction and advance payments27€425k
Financial fixed assets28€40k
Other financial fixed assets284/8€40k
Amounts receivable and cash guarantees285/8€40k
Current assets29/58€121.08M
Stocks and contracts in progress3€62.77M
Stocks30/36€62.77M
Goods purchased for resale34€62.49M
Advance payments36€278k
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€46.83M
Trade receivables40€9.90M
Other amounts receivable41€36.94M
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€10.16M
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€1.32M
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€155.54M
Equity10/15€8.69M
Contributions10/11€47.92M
Capital10€7.42M
Issued capital100€7.42M
Outside capital11€40.50M
Share premium1100/10€40.50M
Reserves13€9.62M
Non-distributable reserves130/1€2.81M
Legal reserve130€2.81M
Tax-exempt reserves132€4.43M
Distributable reserves133€2.37M
Profit (loss) carried forward14€-48.84M
Provisions and deferred taxes16€3.98M
Provisions for liabilities and charges160/5€3.98M
Other liabilities and charges164/5€3.98M
Amounts payable17/49€142.86M
Amounts payable after more than one year17€25.00M
Financial debts170/4€25.00M
Other loans174€25.00M
Amounts payable within one year42/48€116.62M
Trade debts44€93.67M
Suppliers440/4€93.67M
Advances received on contracts in progress46€46k
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€20.30M
Taxes450/3€4.38M
Remuneration and social security454/9€15.92M
Other amounts payable47/48€2.61M
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€1.24M
Income statement
Code2021
Operating income70/76A€602.39M
Turnover70€547.71M
Other operating income74€54.49M
Non-recurring operating income76A€198k
Operating charges60/66A€618.61M
Goods for resale, raw materials and consumables60€456.55M
Purchases600/8€456.18M
Change in stocks: decrease (increase)609€364k
Services and other goods61€64.12M
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€86.05M
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€7.44M
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4€-180k
Provisions for liabilities and charges: additions (uses and reversals)635/8€-242k
Other operating charges640/8€4.87M
Non-recurring operating charges66A€5k
Operating profit (loss)9901€-16.21M
Financial income75/76B€2.43M
Recurring financial income75€2.43M
Other financial income752/9€2.43M
Financial charges65/66B€2.26M
Recurring financial charges65€2.26M
Debt charges650€794k
Other financial charges652/9€1.47M
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€-16.05M
Income taxes67/77€13k
Taxes670/3€13k
Profit (loss) for the period9904€-16.06M
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€-16.06M
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€-60.84M
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P€-44.78M
Transfer from equity791/2€12.00M
From contributions791€12.00M
Social balance
Average headcount (FTE)90871,859.9
The notes to these accounts (75 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.
Accounts by statement
| Line | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Operating income70/76A | €602.39M |
| Turnover70 | €547.71M |
| Other operating income74 | €54.49M |
| Non-recurring operating income76A | €198k |
| Operating charges60/66A | €618.61M |
| Goods for resale, raw materials and consumables60 | €456.55M |
| Purchases600/8 | €456.18M |
| Change in stocks: decrease (increase)609 | €364k |
| Services and other goods61 | €64.12M |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions62 | €86.05M |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630 | €7.44M |
| Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4 | €-180k |
| Provisions for liabilities and charges: additions (uses and reversals)635/8 | €-242k |
| Other operating charges640/8 | €4.87M |
| Non-recurring operating charges66A | €5k |
| Operating profit (loss)9901 | €-16.21M |
| Financial income75/76B | €2.43M |
| Recurring financial income75 | €2.43M |
| Other financial income752/9 | €2.43M |
| Financial charges65/66B | €2.26M |
| Recurring financial charges65 | €2.26M |
| Debt charges650 | €794k |
| Other financial charges652/9 | €1.47M |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903 | €-16.05M |
| Income taxes67/77 | €13k |
| Taxes670/3 | €13k |
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €-16.06M |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905 | €-16.06M |
| Line | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Assets | ||
| Total assets20/58 | €155.54M | |
| Formation expenses20 | €20k | |
| Fixed assets21/28 | €34.44M | |
| Intangible fixed assets21 | €3.38M | |
| Tangible fixed assets22/27 | €31.02M | |
| Land and buildings22 | €22.15M | |
| Plant, machinery and equipment23 | €6.53M | |
| Furniture and vehicles24 | €1.59M | |
| Other tangible fixed assets26 | €324k | |
| Assets under construction and advance payments27 | €425k | |
| Financial fixed assets28 | €40k | |
| Other financial fixed assets284/8 | €40k | |
| Amounts receivable and cash guarantees285/8 | €40k | |
| Current assets29/58 | €121.08M | |
| Stocks and contracts in progress3 | €62.77M | |
| Stocks30/36 | €62.77M | |
| Goods purchased for resale34 | €62.49M | |
| Advance payments36 | €278k | |
| Amounts receivable within one year40/41 | €46.83M | |
| Trade receivables40 | €9.90M | |
| Other amounts receivable41 | €36.94M | |
| Cash at bank and in hand54/58 | €10.16M | |
| Deferred charges and accrued income490/1 | €1.32M | |
| Equity and liabilities | ||
| Total equity and liabilities10/49 | €155.54M | |
| Equity10/15 | €8.69M | |
| Contributions10/11 | €47.92M | |
| Capital10 | €7.42M | |
| Issued capital100 | €7.42M | |
| Outside capital11 | €40.50M | |
| Share premium1100/10 | €40.50M | |
| Reserves13 | €9.62M | |
| Non-distributable reserves130/1 | €2.81M | |
| Legal reserve130 | €2.81M | |
| Tax-exempt reserves132 | €4.43M | |
| Distributable reserves133 | €2.37M | |
| Profit (loss) carried forward14 | €-48.84M | |
| Provisions and deferred taxes16 | €3.98M | |
| Provisions for liabilities and charges160/5 | €3.98M | |
| Other liabilities and charges164/5 | €3.98M | |
| Amounts payable17/49 | €142.86M | |
| Amounts payable after more than one year17 | €25.00M | |
| Financial debts170/4 | €25.00M | |
| Other loans174 | €25.00M | |
| Amounts payable within one year42/48 | €116.62M | |
| Trade debts44 | €93.67M | |
| Suppliers440/4 | €93.67M | |
| Advances received on contracts in progress46 | €46k | |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security45 | €20.30M | |
| Taxes450/3 | €4.38M | |
| Remuneration and social security454/9 | €15.92M | |
| Other amounts payable47/48 | €2.61M | |
| Accrued charges and deferred income492/3 | €1.24M | |
| Line | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €-16.06M |
| + Depreciation and write-downs630 | €7.44M |
| Operating cash flow (approximation) | €-8.62M |
Simplified and derived: a Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement, so these rows come from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.
Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones
Next filing, fiscal year 2026, expected by
2026
04-09
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · full schema · 35 days late
2025
20-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · full schema
2024
14-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · full schema
2023
13-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · full schema
2022
08-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · full schema
2021
11-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · full schema
2020
22-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · full schema
2019
11-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · full schema
2018
18-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · full schema
2017
06-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · full schema
NBB filing
0 of 54 acts read
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We know of 54 Belgian State Gazette acts for this company. None of them has been read yet: what they contain is neither established nor disproved here.
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Directors · office · real estate
Directors
54 acts for this company are in the Belgian State Gazette, of which we have read 0. We have therefore not extracted its directors from those acts yet.
Location & real-estate footprint
Registered office, Braine-l'Alleud · 11 establishment units since 1964
Ground area
35.7 ha
Building footprint
14.5 ha
Volume, LiDAR
1,166,522 m³
9 parcels, Brussels, Wallonia · tallest building 18.0 m, ±5 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
11 establishment units
CORA
since 19642.104.345.615
CORA
since 19712.104.350.860
CORA
since 19712.104.350.761
CORA
since 19722.104.341.754
CORA
since 19742.104.340.863
CORA
since 19932.104.343.041
Show 5 more locations
CORA
since 19972.104.341.358
H2C - Heppignies Cora Center
since 20042.143.906.470
Cora Service Logistique
since 20042.143.906.866
cedicora 3
since 20042.143.907.262
Cora Services Centraux
since 20042.144.366.033
9 parcels
Wallonia
7
(77.8%)
Brussels
2
(22.2%)
| Parcel (capakey) | Region | Area | Buildings | Height / fl. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55022A0355/00L010 | Wallonia | 9.3 ha | 1 · 2.6 ha | 11.1 m · 2 fl. |
| 52032B0122/00S000 | Wallonia | 7.4 ha | 1 · 11 m² | 0.1 m |
| 21307F0076/00D000 | Brussels | 5.0 ha | 1 · 5.0 ha | 17.9 m · 4 fl. |
| 53041B0729/00Z003 | Wallonia | 4.2 ha | 1 · 1.7 ha | 10.7 m · 2 fl. |
| 52502C0335/00E005 | Wallonia | 3.3 ha | 1 · 2.2 ha | 9.5 m · 2 fl. |
| 21018A0197/00H000 | Brussels | 3.1 ha | 1 · 2.2 ha | 15.4 m · 3 fl. |
| 52322A0114/00P003 | Wallonia | 2.7 ha | 1 · 4,326 m² | 10.4 m · 3 fl. |
| 25744C0070/00C000 | Wallonia | 6,243 m² | 1 · 750 m² | 17.1 m · 5 fl. |
| 62087B0259/00M002 | Wallonia | 2,262 m² | 1 · 2,158 m² | 13.3 m · 4 fl. |
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Good to know
9 of 9 parcels with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.
Structure & network
Ownership & control
1 parent companyControl over this companyparent company per the LEI register1
controls
CORABE 0402.537.726
Recognitions · licences · registrations
Legal Entity Identifier
213800SQN6P5HG13W394
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Identification & contact
Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded16-09-1921
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
47110Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
47279Other retail sale of food
Scores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.
General meetings
2 convocationsOrdinary general meeting
Agenda
1. Examen du rapport de gestion du conseil d’administration et du rapport du commissaire-réviseur sur l’exercice 2010. 2. Approbation des comptes annuels arrêtés au 31 décembre 2010. 3. Affectation des résultats. 4. Décharge aux administrateurs et au commissaire-réviseur
Ordinary general meeting
Agenda
1. Examen du rapport de gestion du conseil d’administration et du rapport du commissaire-réviseur sur l’exercice 2008. 2. Approbation des comptes annuels arrêtés au 31 décembre 2008. 3. Affectation des résultats. 4. Décharge aux administateurs et au commissaire-réviseur