Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
Activities
NACE 015 · 1 activity| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed farming01500 | 20,420 | 497 | 7 | 835 |
Filed accounts
NACE 015 · financial year 2025 · 1,163 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 29.7% | 31.9% | 31.7% | 34.1% | 35.7% | 36.6% |
| Median net result | €8,079 | €9,103 | €12,224 | €11,468 | €12,456 | €12,708 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 01-10-2026 | D & J CONSULTING
BE 0436.801.193 |
| 01-10-2026 | VANTIEGRO
BE 0778.405.402 |
| 25-08-2026 | AGRIBERT entreprise agricole
BE 0423.265.339 |
| 25-06-2026 | Bonmariage, Anne-Françoise
BE 0700.650.202 · sole trader · Manhay |
| 20-02-2026 | Vandepitte, Jan
BE 0677.231.630 · sole trader · Knokke-Heist |
| 26-01-2026 | LV Hof ten Berg - Luycx
BE 0839.599.039 |
| 24-12-2025 | BRK AGRO
BE 0474.906.159 |
| 20-10-2025 | Peeters, Edwin
BE 0651.887.906 · sole trader · Faimes |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 5,299 of 20,420 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Wallonia
- Flanders
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 01 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 015 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 FRUITWERKTongeren-Borgloon 71.5 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 HANDELSKWEKERIJ WILLAERTRoeselare 43.9 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 DE CEUSTERSint-Katelijne-Waver 42.5 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 OLBRECHTS BVBASint-Katelijne-Waver 41.7 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 HOUVARKHouthulst 40.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 253 companies- 144 Agriculture 146
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 60
- 145 Horticulture 36
- 132 Technical farming and horticulture work 24
- 201 Independent retail 16
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 12
- 119 Food trade 11
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 8
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- 302 Hotels and catering 6
- 124 Construction 5
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 4
- 118 Food industry 2
- 121 Cleaning 2
- 220 White-collar workers in the food industry 2
- 323 Building management, estate agents and domestic staff 2
- 333 Tourist attractions 2
- 336 Liberal professions 2
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 1
- 114 Brickworks 1
- 140 Transport and logistics 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 01: Crop and animal production
Bankruptcies per year in division 01
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 91 | 71 | 37 | 44 | 67 | 53 | 53 | 73 | 70 | 65 | 65 | 50 |
| Jobs lost | 222 | 211 | 48 | 72 | 131 | 75 | 68 | 143 | 109 | 114 | 110 | 106 |
2026 through September. Every bankruptcy, also of companies that have since left the register. Source: Statbel (Directorate-General Statistics), NACE classification of 2008.
Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 01
1,190 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €45,300 | €36,700 to €56,700 | 848 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €46,400 | €39,100 to €56,600 | 296 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €44,100 | €37,700 to €56,100 | 43 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 01Measured nationally: Of 108,562 bankruptcies of legal entities across Belgium, 49% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 28% after liquidation, 3% were withdrawn. After five years, 20% were still open. Half had ended after 26 months (a quarter after 15, three quarters after 51 months).
This counts companies with this main activity in the register on 6 November 2026. The outcome itself is not measured by sector. The activity of a company that leaves the register after its bankruptcy is too often not kept to compare closed cases fairly.
7 of the 15,515 companies in NACE division 01 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: Netherlands (3), France (2) and Germany (1). Together they employ 269 of the division's 14,719 FTE: 1.8%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €279.4m awarded
- Federal transfers 5.3m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €120,389 paid
- EU budget €50.9m attributed share
- EU research €76.5m EU contribution
Insights on Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 6.3% is below Belgium's 15.9%. Liquidity of 1.24 is below Belgium's 1.66. The median net result of €12,708 is below Belgium's €16,520.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 0.3 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 86% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.1% is below Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 27.8 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. Wallonia holds 57.5% of the seats, against 22.7% in Belgium. 74.0% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 240 of the 835 FTE: 28.7%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 29.7% in financial year 2020 to 36.6% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €8,079 in financial year 2020 to €12,708 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 06-11-2026 05:30.
Method and sources
Every company registered today counts under its main activities in the KBO. Establishment units do not count. Staff counts once, under the employer's first main activity, from its latest accounts and only where it fits the staff costs. The count follows the NACE 2025 classification, the version in which code 015 exists.
The bankruptcies over five years count only companies still registered today, because the activity of a company that left the register is not kept. So they are fewer than the bankruptcies of those years, and the figure is not a probability for the future. Over twelve months the count is nearly complete, because a bankrupt company stays registered while its bankruptcy runs. A company with more than one main activity counts in each of those sectors.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other NACE divisions rests on an overview of every division, counted again each night. Each division is counted in the version of the NACE classification in which it exists. A standing such as "more than in 80%" compares with the other divisions that have the figure. A division's bankruptcy probability is the median over its companies with a score. Belgium here counts the 1,276,581 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 698,987 registrations publish no activity.
Each median is the value of the middle company, computed over the annual accounts of financial year 2025, and is shown only from 30 accounts. A share (loss-making, negative equity) counts that year's accounts with that trait. Accounts are late when they are filed after the statutory deadline. The direction per financial year follows the companies still registered today. Missing or 90 days late counts the companies with accounts missing today, or whose latest were filed more than 90 days after the deadline. The dossier follows the same rule.