Manufacture of leather and related products

NACE 15

Current registrations333

Starters, 12 months50

Employment (FTE)1,044

Median age7.0 years

In NACE division 15, 15.0 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is higher than that of 94% of the 86 other NACE divisions with this figure. Comparison: as of 14-10-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 15

financial year 2025 · median over 54 filed annual accounts

Median solvency

42.2%

lower than 62% of the 78 divisions with this figure

Median equity

€52,483

lower than 92% of the 78 divisions with this figure

Median net result

€1,473

lower than 99% of the 78 divisions with this figure

Annual accounts in sample

Foreign control in NACE division 15

86 registered companies

Companies with a foreign parent

0 of 86; Belgium 0.3%

Staff at those companies

0 of 278 FTE; Belgium 15%

Bankruptcies

past five years

Bankruptcies (5y)

Historical share

1.20%

Nationally, 1.61% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is higher than that of 54% of the 87 other NACE divisions with this figure. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 15 is 0.5%, against 0.2% nationally, over 81 scored companies. Comparison: as of 14-10-2026 05:30.

Regional split

by region · 98 of 333 enterprises with a registered office on file

Flanders 60 · 61.2%

Wallonia 23 · 23.5%

Brussels 15 · 15.3%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
07-05-2026	Vleugels, Koen BE 0728.404.870 · sole trader · Lommel
03-04-2026	JPN RETAIL BE 0561.910.508
02-05-2024	GG Concept BE 0767.596.434
29-03-2022	PEAK-A-BOO BE 0454.416.690

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the registered office

West Flanders WVL 12

East Flanders OVL 19

Antwerp ANT 16

Flemish Brabant VLB 2

Limburg LIM 11

Brussels BRU 15

Hainaut HAI 8

Walloon Brabant WBR 7

Namur NAM 2

Liège LIE 6

Luxembourg LUX 0

fewer moremax 19

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 €301,290 awarded 15 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Subsidies voor internationaal ondernemen
Wallonia-Brussels Federation €21,000 paid 1 recipient · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Unnamed in the register

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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 15 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.