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Manufacture of textiles

NACE 13100 · division 13 Textiles
Current registrations 206division 13: 2,360
Starters, 12 months 73.4 per 100 · Belgium 8.9
Bankruptcies, 12 months 14.9 per 1,000 registrations · Belgium 6.2
Employment (FTE) 2,37369 employers · latest accounts
Median age 30.7 yearsBelgium 8.1 years
E-invoicing via Peppol 91.7%189 of 206 companies in the Peppol Directory · Belgium 85.0%

Filed accounts

NACE 13100 · financial year 2025 · 131 filed annual accounts
Median solvency
61.1%
division 47.5% · Belgium 46.1%
Median net result
€130,532
division €17,250 · Belgium €16,497
Median equity
€1.6m
division €327,117 · Belgium €98,338
Loss-making
20.6%
division 30.5% · Belgium 26.7%
Negative equity
3.8%
division 10.3% · Belgium 12.4%
Median return on equity
11.9%
division 8.2% · Belgium 15.9%
Median liquidity
2.57
division 1.74 · Belgium 1.66
Filed late
23.8%
financial year 2024, 130 filings · division 31.8% · Belgium 38.4%
Missing or 90 days late
2.9%
of 138 companies with annual accounts · division 3.3% · Belgium 5.4%
Per financial year202020212022202320242025
Median solvency 57.3%55.7%56.2%58.2%62.4%61.1%
Median net result €67,611€124,416€116,137€91,952€95,684€130,532

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Bankruptcies

Bankruptcies, 5 years, still registered
5
2.43% of the registrations · Belgium 1.68%
Running bankruptcies
5
24.3 per 1,000 registrations

Recent bankruptcies

Date Company
07-04-2026 MEZ CRAFTS BELGIUM
BE 0400.296.531
01-07-2024 A.G. TEX
BE 0460.657.453
01-07-2024 INTERSPINNING
BE 0473.097.506
24-06-2024 B.D.T.M.
BE 0421.468.265
15-04-2024 BRUVATEX
BE 0426.883.538

Every bankruptcy in division 13, last 90 days

Spread across the country

by region and province · 156 of 206 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat
  • Flanders 132 · 84.6%
  • Wallonia 16 · 10.3%
  • Brussels 8 · 5.1%
fewer moremax 94

Largest employers

NACE 13100 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts
  1. 1 UtexbelRonse 638 FTEfinancial year 2025
  2. 2 TWE MEULEBEKETielt 245 FTEfinancial year 2025
  3. 3 IFG ExeltoGhent 227 FTEfinancial year 2025
  4. 4 AstenJohnsonEupen 166 FTEfinancial year 2025
  5. 5 BEAULIEU FIBRES INTERNATIONALWielsbeke 137 FTEfinancial year 2025

Joint committees

from the latest accounts of 69 companies
  • 120 Textile industry 47
  • 214 White-collar workers in the textile industry 41
  • 144 Agriculture 9
  • 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 7
  • 109 Clothing and garment industry 4
  • 120.01 Textile industry 3
  • 215 White-collar workers in the clothing and garment industry 3
  • 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 1
Show the 3 others
  • 142.02 Recovery of raw materials 1
  • 142.04 Recovery of raw materials 1
  • 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 1

Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.

Division 13: Textiles

Related activities

10 other activities
Activity Registrations Starters, 12 months Bankruptcies, 12 months FTE
Finishing of textiles13300 734 71 1 1,068
Manufacture of textiles13929 595 45 2 1,704
Manufacture of textiles13921 223 8 0 100
Manufacture of textiles13990 190 25 2 159
Manufacture of textiles13960 137 6 1 747
Manufacture of textiles13200 131 4 1 1,335
Show all 10 activities
Activity Registrations Starters, 12 months Bankruptcies, 12 months FTE
Manufacture of textiles13930 115 4 2 3,472
Manufacture of textiles13910 86 8 0 356
Manufacture of textiles13940 20 2 0 168
Manufacture of textiles13950 8 1 0 78

Bankruptcies per year in division 13

Per year201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Bankruptcies14127135689822125
Jobs lost1901795853661129174165717

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 13

269 employers
Median
€54,500
Belgium €61,400
Middle half
€46,700 to €65,700
half of the employers lie between
Place among sectors
66 of 78
sectors with a median staff cost per FTE, highest first
By size class
SizeMedianMiddle halfEmployers
fewer than 10 FTE €51,200 €41,300 to €62,600 129
10 to 49 FTE €54,300 €47,700 to €62,300 84
50 to 249 FTE €64,000 €53,600 to €70,300 49

Foreign control in NACE division 13

887 registered companies

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 €4.6m 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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Insights on Manufacture of textiles

Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €130,532 is above Belgium's €16,497. 3.8% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. Liquidity of 2.57 is above Belgium's 1.66.

Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.1% is below Belgium's 0.2%.

Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 30.7 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. In 12 months, 3.4 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 83% of the 87 NACE divisions. 24.3% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.

Staff and filing. 23.8% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 1,413 of the 2,373 FTE: 59.5%.

Direction. Median solvency rose from 57.3% in financial year 2020 to 61.1% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €67,611 in financial year 2020 to €130,532 in financial year 2025.

The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 09-11-2026 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 13100 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 1,276,461 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,442 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.