Manufacture of textiles

NACE 139

Current registrations1,347

Starters, 12 months · division 13179

Employment (FTE) · division 1314,634

Median age · division 138.7 years

NACE division 13 had 7.6 starters per 100 companies in the past twelve months, against 7.5 for Belgium as a whole. That is higher than that of 56% of the 87 NACE divisions with this figure. The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 01-11-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 13

financial year 2025 · median over 649 filed annual accounts

Median solvency

48.4%

higher than 76% of the 79 divisions with this figure

Median equity

€303,787

higher than 80% of the 79 divisions with this figure

Median net result

€14,423

lower than 56% of the 79 divisions with this figure

Annual accounts in sample

649

Foreign control in NACE division 13

888 registered companies

Companies with a foreign parent

1.8%

16 of 888; Belgium 0.3%

Staff at those companies

16%

1,832 of 11,752 FTE; Belgium 15%

Main parent countries: Germany (4), France (4) and Switzerland (2).Show on the map by municipality

Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 13

269 employers

Median

€54,500

Belgium €61,400

Middle half

€46,500 to €65,300

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
Size	Median	Middle half	Employers
fewer than 10 FTE	€51,200	€41,300 to €62,600	129
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, 5 years

Historical share

0.97%

For Belgium as a whole, the historical share over the past five years is 1.61%. This sector's historical share is lower than that of 55% of the 88 NACE divisions with this figure. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 13 is 0.2%, against 0.2% for Belgium as a whole. It is computed over 921 scored companies. The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 01-11-2026 05:30.

Regional split

by region · 650 of 1,347 enterprises with a registered office on file

Flanders 495 · 76.2%

Wallonia 109 · 16.8%

Brussels 43 · 6.6%

Unknown 3 · 0.5%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
19-10-2026	MAISON KERMAN BE 1021.086.633
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
28-01-2026	RCS LAKWERKEN BE 0661.935.027
31-12-2025	Shimirimana Craig BE 0793.757.631
11-12-2025	PDK FINISHING BE 0501.560.571
19-03-2025	Devos-Caby BE 0451.862.919

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the registered office

West Flanders WVL 208

East Flanders OVL 137

Antwerp ANT 74

Flemish Brabant VLB 26

Limburg LIM 50

Brussels BRU 43

Hainaut HAI 44

Walloon Brabant WBR 14

Namur NAM 10

Liège LIE 37

Luxembourg LUX 4

fewer moremax 208

This sector's balance sheets on the map, by municipality and 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 €4.6m 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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How these figures are counted

Every company registered today counts under its main activities in the KBO. Establishment units do not count. The count follows the NACE 2025 classification, the version in which code 139 exists.

The historical share is the share of current registrations for which a bankruptcy opening was published in the past five years. A company with more than one main activity counts in each of those sectors. The historical share is not a future bankruptcy probability.

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 "higher than 80%" compares with the other divisions that have the figure. A division's bankruptcy probability is the median over its companies with a score. Their number is given with the figure.

The key figures cover the whole NACE division 13, not only NACE 139. There are too few filed annual accounts per five-digit code to compute them separately. Each key figure is the value of the middle company, computed over all filed annual accounts of the division.