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FN HERSTAL

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Public limited companyfounded 199035 yrs activeVoie de Liège 33, 4040 Herstal, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0441.928.931
Summary

FN HERSTAL has been active since 1990 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €409.6m and a net result of €21.3m. Equity remains stable across the filed fiscal years (±0.8% per year). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.7% (low).

Overview

Activity
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
NACE 25300NACE 25400NACE 29602
#1 employer in Belgium, Fabricated metal products sector2 sites
Size
€360.7mturnover 2024
Staff
1,421.2 FTE
Equity
€409.6m
Profit
€21.3m
Financial health
70 Healthy Checked score 2024
Bankruptcy chance 12 m
0.7%
Structure
Parent
FN Browning Group · 99.99%
Board
14 members
Holdings
7
Auditor: Eric VAN HOOFAccounts 38 d early50 of 51 deeds read
Why 70- Figures for FY 2024 (filed 03-07-2025)- Liquidity: current ratio 1.99, cash €23.9m+ Founded in 1990+ Equity €409.6m (57.0% of total assets)Show the evidence

Checked score

Score 2024
70 / 100
Healthy
Probability in this band: 0.55% to 1.5%
Better than 57% of its sector peers (all companies)
Performance against the sector, not lower risk
Financial strength · tick = 2023
Strong
Solvency 82-2
equity 57.0% of total assets
Liquidity 41=
short-term debt 31.8% · cash 3.3%
Profitability 69-1
return on assets 3.0%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.7% Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

About 7 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 0.5% (22 companies)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 0.1% 12-2024: 0.1%● 0.0% vs 11-2024 01-2025: 0.1%● 0.0% vs 12-2024 02-2025: 0.1%▼ -4.4% vs 01-2025lowest value 03-2025: 0.1%▲ +2.3% vs 02-2025 04-2025: 0.1%▲ +2.2% vs 03-2025 05-2025: 0.1%▲ +5.1% vs 04-2025 06-2025: 0.1%▲ +3.5% vs 05-2025 07-2025: 0.2%▲ +25.5% vs 06-2025 08-2025: 0.2%▼ -8.6% vs 07-2025 09-2025: 0.2%● 0.0% vs 08-2025 10-2025: 0.2%● 0.0% vs 09-2025 11-2025: 0.2%● 0.0% vs 10-2025 12-2025: 0.2%● 0.0% vs 11-2025 01-2026: 0.2%● 0.0% vs 12-2025 02-2026: 0.2%▼ -4.1% vs 01-2026 03-2026: 0.2%▲ +1.2% vs 02-2026 04-2026: 0.2%▼ -1.2% vs 03-2026 05-2026: 0.2%▲ +5.5% vs 04-2026 06-2026: 0.2%▲ +2.3% vs 05-2026 07-2026: 0.2%▲ +1.7% vs 06-2026 08-2026: 0.3%▲ +77.2% vs 07-2026 09-2026: 0.4%▲ +26.6% vs 08-2026 10-2026: 0.7%▲ +66.6% vs 09-2026highest value
  • Figures for FY 2024 (filed 03-07-2025) raises the probability
  • Founded in 1990 lowers the probability for this profile
  • Liquidity: current ratio 1.99, cash €23.9m raises the probability
  • Equity €409.6m (57.0% of total assets) lowers the probability
Credit up to €28,650,000 at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 1.99 against 2.19 in 2023; short-term debt: 31.8% and cash: 3.3% of total assets), and 43% of the assets are financed with debt.
How it is calculated

The band comes from the bankruptcy probability on a scale of 0 to 100: every 10 points more double the odds of getting through the year without bankruptcy.

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%

Place inside the band: half the bankruptcy probability, half how the company does against its sector peers (all companies). Better than this share of them on solvency 72%, liquidity 42%, profitability 57%, growth against the median 57%. That is performance, not lower risk; the band itself always comes from the probability.

Bankruptcy probability: model pd-v3.202610021621, computed on 03-10-2026. The model learns from Belgian bankruptcies and reads the registers, the annual accounts and the gazette.

Ceilings: negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special KBO legal situation and a missing filing 59 (two missing 44), an ongoing judicial reorganisation or an ending 24. Financial strength does not count in the score.

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Signals

Five signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
−lowers risk+raises risk○neutral
raises risk · Figures for FY 2024 (filed 03-07-2025)
In the bankruptcy model this factor raises the probability.
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Founded in 1990
In the bankruptcy model this factor lowers the probability for this profile.
KBO
raises risk · Liquidity: current ratio 1.99, cash €23.9m
In the bankruptcy model this factor raises the probability.
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Equity €409.6m (57.0% of total assets)
In the bankruptcy model this factor lowers the probability.
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 23-06-2026, 38 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
38 d early
2024
28 d early
2023
44 d early
2022
27 d early
2021
47 d early
2020
53 d early
2019
30 d early
← 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 38 days before the deadline; the sector median for financial year 2024 is 7 days before the deadline, and 35% of the sector filed late.

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. Usually files around 23 June (5 of the last 5 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Position in the running window
03-10-2026 today31-12-2026 close31-07-2027 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
We found no ex-officio strike-off or cessation. Our series starts in 2021 and has gaps, so this is not a confirmation that there is nothing.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. Annual accounts filedfiscal year 2025 · full…
  2. Resignations & appointmentsBoard meeting
  3. Annual accounts filedfiscal year 2024 · full…

Key points

  • Caution: Result fell in 2024from €66.1m to €21.3m ▼ 67.8% View
  • Positive: Employer in Belgium, Fabricated metal products sectorin the Checked rankings #1 View
  • Positive: Always filed on timeaccounts within the deadline every year 8 years View
  • Controlled by FN Browning Groupknown shareholders 100% 99.99% View
  • EU supportawarded 2021 - 2025 €9.9m View
  • Positive: 3 years of growth in a rowturnover 2024: €360.7m 3 years View

By topic

Financials

Fiscal year
2024
Turnover
€360.7m
Profit
€21.3m
Solvency
57.0%
Turnover▲ 18.2%
Net result
20182024
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Board & ownership

Board
14 members
Parent
FN Browning Group · 99.99%
Known shareholders
100%
Auditor
Eric VAN HOOF
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Network & group

Group
Wallonie Entreprendre
Subsidiaries
5
Holdings
7
Connected companies
59

7 holdings

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Timeline

Events
45
Since
2003
Next accounts
by 31-07-2027
  1. 23-06-2026Annual accounts filed
  2. 28-05-2026Resignations & appointments
  3. 03-07-2025Annual accounts filed
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Company details

Sites
2
Legal form
Public limited company
Activity
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and…NACE 25300
Founded
06-12-1990
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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Articles of association

Provisions read
1
Purpose
La société a pour objet, tant en Belgique qu'à l'étranger, pour son compte ou pour le…
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