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Manufacture of textiles

NACE 13929
Current registrations596
Starters, 12 months · division 13
195
Employment (FTE) · division 13
14,058
Median age · division 13
8.6 years

In NACE division 13, 8.2 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is higher than that of 61% of the 87 NACE divisions. Comparison: as of 26-09-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 13

fiscal year 2025 · median over 531 filed annual accounts
Median solvency
48.9%
higher than 75% of 79 divisions
Median equity
€336,206
higher than 80% of 79 divisions
Median net result
€14,823
lower than 51% of 79 divisions
Annual accounts in sample
531

Bankruptcies

past five years
Bankruptcies (5y)
1
Historical share
0.17%

Nationally, 1.41% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is lower than that of 84% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 13 is 0.2%, against 0.5% nationally, over 932 scored companies. Comparison: as of 26-09-2026 05:30.

Regional split

by region · 302 of 596 enterprises with a registered office on file
Flanders 224 · 74.2%
Wallonia 54 · 17.9%
Brussels 23 · 7.6%
Unknown 1 · 0.3%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

1
Date Company
21-09-2026 Goldblok Garments
BE 0754.860.235

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address
fewer moremax 82

Public money 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 13929 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 key figures cover the whole NACE division 13, not NACE 13929 on its own: there are too few filed annual accounts per five-digit code to compute them separately. The middle company of the sector, based on all filed annual accounts.