Pre-press and pre-media services
Filed accounts
NACE 18130 · financial year 2025 · 829 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 43.7% | 44.7% | 44.2% | 46.4% | 47.3% | 47.8% |
| Median net result | €5,757 | €7,874 | €9,336 | €6,985 | €9,194 | €8,670 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 26-10-2026 | Schmidt, Maarten
BE 0685.755.950 · sole trader · Forest |
| 02-07-2026 | Ferme du Tambourin
BE 0862.875.970 |
| 14-04-2026 | ORBITYPE
BE 0466.334.329 |
| 05-03-2026 | Van Boven, Kenneth
BE 0631.878.289 · sole trader · Brecht |
| 19-12-2025 | Paternoster, David
BE 0788.609.604 · sole trader · Pont-à-Celles |
| 03-12-2025 | Wonderland Architecture
BE 0731.918.745 |
| 26-11-2025 | S-SOLUTIONS
BE 0899.464.766 |
| 12-08-2025 | DSB PRINT
BE 0457.303.728 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 1,116 of 2,789 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 18 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 18130 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 INNI groupKortrijk 108 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 AccentWevelgem 81.1 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 IBWOostkamp 73.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 MediaCommAntwerp 68.1 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 ATHENA GRAPHICSRoeselare 55.1 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 198 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 139
- 130 Printing, graphic arts and newspapers 60
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 22
- 227 Audiovisual sector 9
- 136 Paper and cardboard processing 6
- 116 Chemical industry 4
- 201 Independent retail 4
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 4
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- 222 White-collar workers in paper and cardboard processing 4
- 109 Clothing and garment industry 3
- 149.04 Metal trade 2
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 2
- 304 Performing arts 2
- 101 Mining 1
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 1
- 112 Garages 1
- 115 Glass industry 1
- 119 Food trade 1
- 120 Textile industry 1
- 144 Agriculture 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 18: Printing
Related activities
3 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other printing18120 | 1,579 | 136 | 5 | 5,441 |
| Printing and reproduction of recorded media18110 | 189 | 1 | 4 | 993 |
| Printing and reproduction of recorded media18140 | 165 | 7 | 3 | 380 |
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.
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 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 18Measured nationally: Of 108,621 bankruptcies of legal entities across Belgium, 49% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 28% 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 9 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.
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
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €3.2m paid
- Federal transfers 50 amount as published
- EU budget €3.6m attributed share
- EU research €3.0m EU contribution
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Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €8,670 is below Belgium's €16,497. Return on equity of 11.7% is below Belgium's 15.9%. 31.6% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 2.5 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 69% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.4% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. In 12 months, 1.9 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 92% of the 87 NACE divisions. Half of the companies are younger than 13.3 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. 60.0% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 385 of the 1,306 FTE: 29.5%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 43.7% in financial year 2020 to 47.8% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €5,757 in financial year 2020 to €8,670 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 09-11-2026 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 18130 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 1,276,461 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,442 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. The direction per financial year follows the companies still registered today. Missing or 90 days late counts the companies with accounts missing today, or whose latest were filed more than 90 days after the deadline. The dossier follows the same rule.