Manufacture of textiles

NACE 13

Current registrations2,354

Starters, 12 months198

Employment (FTE)14,580

Median age8.6 years

In NACE division 13, 8.3 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is higher than that of 60% of the 86 other NACE divisions. Comparison: as of 10-10-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 13

financial year 2025 · median over 639 filed annual accounts

Median solvency

48.7%

higher than 72% of 78 divisions

Median equity

€313,101

higher than 79% of 78 divisions

Median net result

€14,881

lower than 55% of 78 divisions

Annual accounts in sample

639

Foreign control in NACE division 13

899 registered companies

Companies with a foreign parent

1.8%

16 of 899; Belgium 0.3%

Staff at those companies

16%

1,843 of 11,769 FTE; Belgium 15%

Mostly from Germany (4), France (4) and Switzerland (2).Show on the map by municipality

Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 13

270 employers

Median

€54,500

Belgium €61,300

Middle half

€46,500 to €65,600

half of the employers lie between

Place among sectors

66 of 78

by median staff cost per FTE

By size class
Size	Median	Middle half	Employers
fewer than 10 FTE	€51,200	€41,500 to €62,800	130
10 to 49 FTE	€54,000	€47,400 to €62,300	84
50 to 249 FTE	€64,000	€53,600 to €70,300	49

Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench

Bankruptcies

past five years

Bankruptcies (5y)

Historical share

1.02%

Nationally, 1.61% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is lower than that of 55% of the 87 other NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 13 is 0.2%, against 0.2% nationally, over 935 scored companies. Comparison: as of 10-10-2026 05:30.

Regional split

by region · 1,073 of 2,354 enterprises with a registered office on file

Flanders 821 · 76.5%

Wallonia 179 · 16.7%

Brussels 70 · 6.5%

Unknown 3 · 0.3%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
21-09-2026	Goldblok Garments BE 0754.860.235
26-05-2026	Matache, Vasile BE 1007.252.849 · sole trader · Buggenhout
19-05-2026	PROGUARD MATTING BE 0479.177.822
24-04-2026	VERLIMAS BE 0877.901.468
07-04-2026	MEZ CRAFTS BELGIUM BE 0400.296.531
06-03-2026	BAS PRIX BE 0788.178.646
28-01-2026	RCS LAKWERKEN BE 0661.935.027
31-12-2025	Shimirimana Craig BE 0793.757.631

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address

West Flanders WVL 386

East Flanders OVL 214

Antwerp ANT 106

Flemish Brabant VLB 44

Limburg LIM 71

Brussels BRU 70

Hainaut HAI 67

Walloon Brabant WBR 27

Namur NAM 15

Liège LIE 60

Luxembourg LUX 10

fewer moremax 386

Where are this sector's balance sheets registered? By municipality, down to the address

Subsidies in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number

Flemish subsidies €15.7m awarded 222 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Ontwikkelingsproject
Federal transfers 140,800 amount as published 1 recipient · 2025 · largest: Inkomensoverdracht R&D naar bedrijven
EU budget €4.5m attributed share 5 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Horizon Europe
EU research €3.7m eu contribution 9 recipients · 2009 to 2026 · largest: Horizon 2020

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How these figures are counted

Current enterprise registrations are counted through their registered main activities; establishment units are excluded. Counted in the KBO's NACE 2025 nomenclature, the one in which code 13 exists.

Share of currently registered companies with a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. Registered main activities in the selected classification can overlap. This retrospective share is not a future bankruptcy probability.

The comparison with the country and with the other NACE divisions comes from a nightly overview of every division, each counted in the nomenclature in which it exists. A standing such as "higher than 80%" counts the other divisions that have the figure. The bankruptcy probability is the median of our nightly score over the division's companies that have one; the count is stated.

The middle company of the sector, based on all filed annual accounts.