Forestry and logging
Activities
NACE division 02 · 4 activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logging02200 | 1,541 | 66 | 6 | 536 |
| Forestry and logging02100 | 600 | 36 | 1 | 161 |
| Forestry and logging02400 | 291 | 13 | 2 | 166 |
| Forestry and logging02300 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Filed accounts
NACE division 02 · financial year 2025 · 702 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | - | - | 42.8% | 44.8% | 42.6% | 45.3% | 45.5% | 47.2% |
| Median net result | - | - | €8,773 | €15,560 | €16,669 | €8,520 | €8,009 | €12,108 |
| Filed late | 43.9% | 48.9% | 45.3% | 45.4% | 43.1% | 40.8% | 36.8% | - |
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Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 02
113 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €51,800 | €41,900 to €66,400 | 88 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €57,000 | €47,500 to €66,900 | 24 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
Bankruptcies
Bankruptcies per year in division 02
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 11 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 |
| Jobs lost | 12 | 14 | 41 | 9 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 6 |
2026 through September. Every bankruptcy, also of companies that have since left the register. Source: Statbel (Directorate-General Statistics), NACE classification of 2008.
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 21-10-2026 | MULTISEPA
BE 0760.514.147 |
| 23-09-2026 | SAFRAMAN
BE 0544.548.003 |
| 22-09-2026 | Godesar, Patrice
BE 0674.798.316 · sole trader · Dinant |
| 23-07-2026 | Felten, Raphael
BE 0847.241.550 · sole trader · Saint-Vith |
| 01-04-2026 | GROEP MOUTON
BE 0460.788.404 |
| 06-03-2026 | Colla, Xavier
BE 0691.502.013 · sole trader · La Roche-en-Ardenne |
| 24-12-2025 | SEQUOIA BOIS ENERGIE
BE 1012.427.305 |
| 03-12-2025 | Tordeur, Loan
BE 1001.222.518 · sole trader |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 881 of 2,393 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Wallonia
- Flanders
- Brussels
- Abroad
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Largest employers
NACE division 02 · staff from the latest accounts- 1 GRIJKOORT - WERKPLAATSRonse 96.7 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 TECHNIQUES et VALORISATION du BOISBastogne 45.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 VEREECKE - DE CLEENE BOOMKWEKERIJENEvergem 36.5 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 VANDERVELDENHamont-Achel 32.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 Le RenouveauChièvres 25.2 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 187 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 63
- 125.01 Wood industry 47
- 145 Horticulture 29
- 146 Forestry 29
- 125 Wood industry 14
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 10
- 125.02 Wood industry 8
- 125.03 Timber trade 7
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- 144 Agriculture 7
- 323 Building management, estate agents and domestic staff 5
- 329.01 Socio-cultural sector 5
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 3
- 201 Independent retail 3
- 124 Construction 2
- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 2
- 127 Fuel trade 2
- 140 Transport and logistics 2
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 2
- 132 Technical farming and horticulture work 1
- 142.04 Recovery of raw materials 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
None of the 766 companies in NACE division 02 has a parent company abroad.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €14.7m awarded
- Federal transfers 4.4m amount as published
- EU budget €41,749 attributed share
- EU research €182,875 EU contribution
Insights on Forestry
Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 6.6% is below Belgium's 15.9%. The median net result of €13,244 is below Belgium's €16,516. 31.8% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 3.8 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 52% of the 87 other NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.1% is below Belgium's 0.2%. By size, the median bankruptcy probability is 0.1% at under 10 FTE and 0.1% at 10 to 49 FTE.
Inflow and structure. Wallonia holds 70.8% of the seats, against 22.7% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 15.6 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. 63.2% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The median staff cost per FTE of €52,187 is below Belgium's €61,417. The 5 largest employers hold 237 of the 864 FTE: 27.4%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 42.8% in financial year 2020 to 47.2% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €8,773 in financial year 2020 to €12,108 in financial year 2025. In 2025, Statbel counted 7 bankruptcies and 7 jobs lost, against 11 bankruptcies in 2019.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 07-11-2026 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 02 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 1,276,547 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,272 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. 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.