Manufacture of leather and related products

NACE 152

Current registrations59

Starters, 12 months · division 1550

Employment (FTE) · division 151,044

Median age · division 157.1 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 93% of the 87 NACE divisions with this figure. Comparison: as of 13-10-2026 05:31.

Key figures for NACE division 15

financial year 2025 · median over 54 filed annual accounts

Median solvency

42.2%

lower than 61% of the 79 divisions with this figure

Median equity

€52,483

lower than 91% of the 79 divisions with this figure

Median net result

€1,473

lower than 97% of the 79 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

3.39%

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 93% of the 88 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 13-10-2026 05:31.

Regional split

by region · 41 of 59 enterprises with a registered office on file

Flanders 29 · 70.7%

Wallonia 9 · 22.0%

Brussels 3 · 7.3%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
03-04-2026	JPN RETAIL BE 0561.910.508
02-05-2024	GG Concept BE 0767.596.434

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the registered office

West Flanders WVL 7

East Flanders OVL 8

Antwerp ANT 7

Flemish Brabant VLB 1

Limburg LIM 6

Brussels BRU 3

Hainaut HAI 3

Walloon Brabant WBR 4

Namur NAM 0

Liège LIE 2

Luxembourg LUX 0

fewer moremax 8

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 152 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 15, not NACE 152 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.