Metanous: product developer
Metanous ontwikkelt software op maat.
The content of this factsheet is in Dutch.
Metanous is een softwarebureau uit De Pinte, actief sinds 2003. Met ongeveer 13 VTE is dit een middelgroot bureau. Ze werken rond webdevelopment, ai & automatisering en data & analytics. De ervaring zit vooral in machinebouw/industrie en bedrijven met software op maat. Uit de publiek bekende klantenlijst: Fero Group en Cevi.
Expertise
Metanous ontwikkelt software op maat in nauwe samenwerking met onze klant. Onze technische expertise in combinatie met onze domeinkennis zorgen voor state-of-the-art technische en functionele oplossingen. Oplossingen die jouw bedrijf vooruit helpen en het verschil maken met de concurrentie. We focussen op de ontwikkeling van nieuwe platformen, het opzetten van allerlei integraties met bestaande platformen en softwaremodernisatie (rewrites).Een standaardoplossing is niet voor iedereen de beste oplossing. Wanneer je eigen intellectuele eigendom (IP) wil opbouwen, jouw specifieke manier van werken wil behouden of er simpelweg geen oplossing voor jou bestaat helpt Metanous je de digitale versie van jouw bedrijfsproces te realiseren.
Klanten:
Onze sweetspot qua klanten zijn de stevige KMO's in Vlaanderen (omzet +40m€), maar werken ook voor groteren ondernemingen. Af en toe helpen we een startup bootstrappen.
Zelfomschreven cultuur:
No nonsense, inhoudelijk, integer, correct, technisch expert, meedenkend
Team:
22 enthusiastic people (developers, UX/UI, customer support, project manager, founder, office manager)
Referentieklanten: Petersime, Ramudden, Signco, Modular
Tech stack: Umbraco, Sitecore, dotnet core, angular, azure
Ondernemingsnummer: BE0479.716.765
Gemiddelde klantgrootte: 250k
How this agency makes money
Revenue, margin and what an hour of work brings in. Everything on the earning side sits together here.
Can the agency take a hit
Buffer, cash position and payment behaviour side by side, so you can see where they disagree.
Signals and strengths
Events from the CBE and the Official Gazette over the past 24 months, plus positive markers derived from the figures.
Continuity
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- Zichtbaarheid verschoven · 1 Aug 2026 · Google Autocomplete
What this agency does well
- EBITDA margin above the sector median (32,0%)
- Profitable in every one of the last 5 years
- Strong buffer: 13,2 months of payroll in equity
- Team grew (+27,6% FTE in the latest year)
- Value-added per euro of payroll above the sector median (1,47)
- Margin per hour worked rose 2 years in a row
- Healthy working capital (current ratio 2,99)
- Equity was earned, not injected (reserves 80,9× the capital contributed)
- Comfortable cash position: 130 days of payroll
- Turnover below the median (28,7%)
All the figures
Reference material, not a starting point. Expand it if you want to read the series yourself.
5 financial years, 2022 to 2026Result, staff and balance sheet
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | |||||
| Gross margin | € 1,07 mln | € 1,25 mln+17,1% | € 1,24 mln-0,8% | € 1,52 mln+22,5% | € 2,04 mln+33,7% |
| EBITDA | € 407.095 | € 450.623 | € 352.865 | € 445.338 | € 651.553 |
| EBITDA margin | 38% | 35,9% | 28,4% | 29,2% | 32% |
| Staff | |||||
| FTE | 9,4 | 10,8+14,9% | 11,8+9,3% | 13,4+13,6% | 17,1+27,6% |
| Gross margin per FTE | € 113.951 | € 116.131 | € 105.442 | € 113.778 | € 119.225 |
| Payroll cost per FTE | € 69.730 | € 73.839 | € 75.151 | € 79.357 | € 80.780 |
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Equity | € 1,01 mln | € 1,08 mln | € 1,13 mln | € 1,31 mln | € 1,52 mln |
| Cash | € 438.532 | € 524.542 | € 251.744 | € 398.983 | € 491.461 |
| Liquidity ratio | 2,04 | 2,08 | 2,31 | 2,55 | 2,99 |
Payroll cost per FTE comes from the social report where available, otherwise from the Remuneration line. Both are gross costs including employer contributions.
What this factsheet does not know
- How good the work is. Figures do not measure creativity, strategy or chemistry.
- How the client portfolio is spread. Concentration is not in the accounts.
- Freelancers and subcontractors are not in the FTE figures. An agency with 40 staff may in practice run with 70 people.
- The figures cover financial year 2026, filed on 23/09/2026. At a fast-moving agency reality today may differ.
Based on publicly filed annual accounts (NBB) and official records (CBE, Belgian Official Gazette). An indication, not financial advice. Sector medians calculated on 2 Nov 2026. Sector medians based on financial year 2025: the last year for which nearly all accounts have been filed.
Sector focus
Publicly known clients
Based on IKAg research and public sources. Incomplete or outdated? Let us know.
People 21 people mapped
This is first a build crew — 17 of 21 are developers. Within that core, Full Stack and DevOps stand out. A specialist, not a generalist: the expertise is narrow but deep. Notably, no declared strategists in sight — this agency would rather make than philosophise.
Based on public profiles. Something wrong? Let us know.
Seniors or juniors?
Payroll cost per FTE is the best public proxy for a team's experience level. Higher is not automatically better, but it says something about who sits at the table.
- 5% women
- 95% men
Will your team stay?
Inflow and outflow from the social report. This series only counts people on the payroll: freelancers who invoice do not appear in it. A low figure therefore means two very different things, a stable permanent team or a small core with heavy outsourcing. A high figure usually points to short contracts. Compare only within the same type of agency.
Source: annual accounts and social reports (NBB), collected by IKAg. Financial year 2026. Calculations by IKAg; an indication, not financial advice. Sector medians based on financial year 2025: the last year for which nearly all accounts have been filed.
Frequently asked questions about Metanous
- When was Metanous founded?
- In 2003.
- Where is Metanous located?
- In De Pinte, Belgium.
- What is Metanous specialised in?
- AI & innovation strategy, Website development, Dashboards & reporting, Data science & analytics (incl. predictive modelling), App development, Digital product studio.
- How big is Metanous?
- Around 17 full-time equivalents (financial year 2026).
- Which sectors does Metanous work for?
- Industry & manufacturing, Technology & software.
- Who are the clients of Metanous?
- Among others Petersime, Ramudden, Signco, Modular.
Figures from the annual accounts up to financial year 2026. Company details checked against the CBE register on 2026-10-13.