Manufacture of beer
Filed accounts
NACE 11050 · financial year 2025 · 359 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 25.3% | 26.7% | 25.1% | 22.3% | 23.2% | 22.6% |
| Median net result | -€1,555 | €4,473 | €691 | -€2,340 | -€1,722 | -€1,093 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 09-11-2026 | URBAN BREWERY
BE 1018.007.179 |
| 17-08-2026 | BROUWERIJ EYLENBOSCH
BE 0739.925.601 |
| 20-04-2026 | BRASSERIE DU VAL DE SAMBRE
BE 0568.871.247 |
| 10-04-2026 | Klein Kloosterke
BE 0768.238.515 |
| 25-02-2026 | BRASSERIE CENTRE ARDENNE
BE 0694.668.765 |
| 05-02-2026 | Brouwerij Maenhout
BE 0508.923.564 |
| 28-01-2026 | CORVUS Brands International
BE 0738.790.503 |
| 03-12-2025 | Gembloux.beer
BE 0721.467.093 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 540 of 717 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 11 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 11050 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 INBEV BELGIUMAnderlecht 2,835 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 Alken-MaesMechelen 591 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 DUVEL MOORTGATPuurs-Sint-Amands 387 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 BROUWERIJ HAACHTBoortmeerbeek 347 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 BROUWERIJ MARTENSBocholt 297 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 123 companies- 220 White-collar workers in the food industry 85
- 118 Food industry 58
- 302 Hotels and catering 35
- 119 Food trade 11
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 11
- 201 Independent retail 9
- 116 Chemical industry 1
- 144 Agriculture 1
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- 219 Technical inspection and conformity assessment 1
- 313 Pharmacies and pricing offices 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 11: Beverages
Related activities
6 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of beverages11010 | 269 | 21 | 0 | 462 |
| Manufacture of beverages11020 | 186 | 15 | 0 | 104 |
| Manufacture of beverages11070 | 98 | 7 | 0 | 1,462 |
| Manufacture of beverages11040 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Manufacture of beverages11030 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 40 |
| Manufacture of beverages11060 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 139 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 11
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 12 |
| Jobs lost | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 43 | 22 |
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 11
146 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €54,400 | €45,000 to €63,200 | 62 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €67,700 | €61,200 to €78,100 | 59 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
7 of the 918 companies in NACE division 11 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: Netherlands (3), Denmark (2) and France (2). Together they employ 851 of the division's 8,697 FTE: 9.8%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €15.6m awarded
- EU budget €1.4m attributed share
- EU research €80,000 EU contribution
Insights on Manufacture of beer
Balance sheet and result. 29.1% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. The median net result of -€1,093 is below Belgium's €16,492. 53.8% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.6% is above Belgium's 0.2%. In 12 months, 9.8 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 86% of the 88 NACE divisions.
Inflow and structure. Wallonia holds 39.5% of the seats, against 22.7% in Belgium. In 12 months, 3.9 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 79% of the 87 NACE divisions. 24.7% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 46.5% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 4,458 of the 6,489 FTE: 68.7%.
Direction. Median solvency fell from 25.3% in financial year 2020 to 22.6% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from -€1,555 in financial year 2020 to -€1,093 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 10-11-2026 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 11050 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 1,276,421 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,557 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.