Printing and reproduction of recorded media
Activities
NACE division 18 · 5 activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-press and pre-media services18130 | 2,792 | 53 | 7 | 1,306 |
| Other printing18120 | 1,578 | 134 | 5 | 5,441 |
| Printing and reproduction of recorded media18200 | 311 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| Printing and reproduction of recorded media18110 | 189 | 1 | 4 | 993 |
| Printing and reproduction of recorded media18140 | 165 | 7 | 3 | 380 |
Filed accounts
NACE division 18 · financial year 2025 · 1,847 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | - | - | 41.3% | 42.5% | 43.6% | 45.2% | 47.4% | 47.9% |
| Median net result | - | - | €4,932 | €7,606 | €8,812 | €8,273 | €8,816 | €7,748 |
| Filed late | 38.4% | 45.3% | 44.4% | 41.8% | 40.6% | 39.4% | 38.0% | - |
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Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 18
307 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €59,100 | €48,500 to €66,800 | 160 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €66,800 | €59,200 to €73,300 | 109 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €72,700 | €60,600 to €78,900 | 37 |
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Bankruptcies
Bankruptcies per year in division 18
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 54 | 49 | 38 | 40 | 39 | 29 | 32 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 30 | 20 |
| Jobs lost | 164 | 176 | 98 | 170 | 457 | 165 | 117 | 117 | 64 | 66 | 83 | 125 |
2026 through August. Every bankruptcy, also of companies that have since left the register. Source: Statbel (Directorate-General Statistics), NACE classification of 2008.
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 26-10-2026 | Schmidt, Maarten
BE 0685.755.950 · sole trader · Forest |
| 21-10-2026 | DRUKKERIJ HANSSENS
BE 0461.403.462 |
| 07-10-2026 | DIDA CONSULTING
BE 0669.949.405 |
| 02-09-2026 | CADAM
BE 0558.916.572 |
| 31-08-2026 | Artoos Group
BE 0441.961.494 |
| 27-07-2026 | IPM Printing
BE 0402.797.745 |
| 27-07-2026 | ARTOOS
BE 0454.157.562 |
| 02-07-2026 | Ferme du Tambourin
BE 0862.875.970 |
Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 18Measured nationally: Of 108,606 bankruptcies of legal entities across Belgium, 49% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 29% after liquidation, 3% were withdrawn. After five years, 20% were still open. Half had ended after 26 months (a quarter after 15, three quarters after 51 months).
This counts companies with this main activity in the register on 5 November 2026. The outcome itself is not measured by sector. The activity of a company that leaves the register after its bankruptcy is too often not kept to compare closed cases fairly.
Spread across the country
by region and province · 2,418 of 4,940 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
This sector's balance sheets on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE division 18 · staff from the latest accounts- 1 MCC VerstraeteMaldegem 477 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 SPEOS BELGIUMBrussels 221 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 SYMETA HYBRIDLeuven 217 FTEfinancial year 2026
- 4 Reynders EtikettenBoechout 194 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 GraphiusGhent 187 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 585 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 413
- 130 Printing, graphic arts and newspapers 302
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 54
- 201 Independent retail 23
- 136 Paper and cardboard processing 22
- 222 White-collar workers in paper and cardboard processing 17
- 227 Audiovisual sector 16
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 7
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- 109 Clothing and garment industry 5
- 116 Chemical industry 5
- 120 Textile industry 3
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 3
- 149.04 Metal trade 3
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 2
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 2
- 215 White-collar workers in the clothing and garment industry 2
- 304 Performing arts 2
- 335 Services and support for business and the self-employed 2
- 101 Mining 1
- 112 Garages 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
3 of the 2,251 companies in NACE division 18 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: Germany (1), Netherlands (1) and Sweden (1). Together they employ 259 of the division's 8,140 FTE: 3.2%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €9.1m awarded
- Federal transfers 50 amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €3.2m paid
- EU budget €3.6m attributed share
- EU research €3.0m EU contribution
Insights on Printing
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €8,358 is below Belgium's €16,539. Return on equity of 9.8% is below Belgium's 15.9%. 31.9% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 4.0 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 54% of the 87 other NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.3% is above Belgium's 0.2%. By size, the median bankruptcy probability is 0.3% at under 10 FTE, 0.3% at 10 to 49 FTE and 0.2% at 50 to 249 FTE.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 13.9 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. In 12 months, 4.1 of 100 companies started, against 8.8 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 77% of the 86 other NACE divisions. 51.1% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 1,296 of the 8,140 FTE: 15.9%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 41.3% in financial year 2020 to 47.9% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €4,932 in financial year 2020 to €7,748 in financial year 2025. In 2025, Statbel counted 30 bankruptcies and 83 jobs lost, against 29 bankruptcies in 2020.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 05-11-2026 05:30.
Method and sources
Every company registered today counts under its main activities in the KBO. Establishment units do not count. Staff counts once, under the employer's first main activity, from its latest accounts and only where it fits the staff costs. The count follows the NACE 2025 classification, the version in which code 18 exists.
The bankruptcies over five years count only companies still registered today, because the activity of a company that left the register is not kept. So they are fewer than the bankruptcies of those years, and the figure is not a probability for the future. Over twelve months the count is nearly complete, because a bankrupt company stays registered while its bankruptcy runs. A company with more than one main activity counts in each of those sectors.
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 "more than in 80%" compares with the other divisions that have the figure. A division's bankruptcy probability is the median over its companies with a score. Belgium here counts the 1,275,887 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,448 registrations publish no activity.
Each median is the value of the middle company, computed over the annual accounts of financial year 2025, and is shown only from 30 accounts. A share (loss-making, negative equity) counts that year's accounts with that trait. Accounts are late when they are filed after the statutory deadline.