Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials

NACE 16

Current registrations3,344

Starters, 12 months200

Employment (FTE)11,343

Median age10.8 years

In NACE division 16, 6.0 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is lower than that of 62% of the 86 other NACE divisions with this figure. Comparison: as of 13-10-2026 05:31.

Key figures for NACE division 16

financial year 2025 · median over 1,137 filed annual accounts

Median solvency

43.8%

lower than 53% of the 78 divisions with this figure

Median equity

€127,910

higher than 53% of the 78 divisions with this figure

Median net result

€13,123

lower than 59% of the 78 divisions with this figure

Annual accounts in sample

1,137

Foreign control in NACE division 16

1,539 registered companies

Companies with a foreign parent

0.3%

4 of 1,539; Belgium 0.3%

Staff at those companies

23%

2,280 of 9,886 FTE; Belgium 15%

Main parent countries: United Kingdom (1), Netherlands (1) and Sweden (1).Show on the map by municipality

Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 16

341 employers

Median

€56,800

Belgium €61,300

Middle half

€49,200 to €66,000

half of the employers lie between

Place among sectors

63 of 78

sectors with a median staff cost per FTE, highest first

By size class
Size	Median	Middle half	Employers
fewer than 10 FTE	€56,400	€47,500 to €65,700	172
10 to 49 FTE	€58,000	€51,000 to €65,600	141
50 to 249 FTE	€60,500	€49,800 to €67,300	23

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 (5y)

Historical share

1.41%

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 62% of the 87 other NACE divisions with this figure. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 16 is 0.5%, against 0.2% nationally, over 1,589 scored companies. Comparison: as of 13-10-2026 05:31.

Regional split

by region · 1,761 of 3,344 enterprises with a registered office on file

Flanders 1,205 · 68.4%

Wallonia 477 · 27.1%

Brussels 76 · 4.3%

Unknown 3 · 0.2%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
29-07-2026	SMART WORK SYSTEMS BE 0783.851.159
23-07-2026	Panelo Benelux BE 0744.601.989
26-06-2026	Palettes export BE 0746.409.159
04-06-2026	Delrue Livin BE 0775.712.859
07-05-2026	REGITOIT BE 0746.780.531
20-04-2026	Lybaert, Dylan BE 0561.775.005 · sole trader · Sint-Laureins
10-04-2026	De Roose BE 0726.983.029
04-03-2026	GRIPA INVEST BE 0824.188.016

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the registered office

West Flanders WVL 293

East Flanders OVL 279

Antwerp ANT 305

Flemish Brabant VLB 117

Limburg LIM 211

Brussels BRU 76

Hainaut HAI 107

Walloon Brabant WBR 57

Namur NAM 96

Liège LIE 163

Luxembourg LUX 54

fewer moremax 305

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 €39.2m awarded 354 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Erkenning en subsidiëring als maatwerkafdeling
Federal transfers 10,000 amount as published 1 recipient · 2023 · largest: Toelagen aan verenigingen houden zich bezig met de bescherming en de bevordering van de KMO’s en de Zelfstandigen
Wallonia-Brussels Federation €4,860 paid 1 recipient · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Projets particuliers d'animation d'organisation de jeunesse, de centres de jeunes et d'associations non reconnues
EU budget €480,451 attributed share 1 recipient · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Horizon Europe
EU research €622,919 eu contribution 1 recipient · 2021 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 16 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.