Printing and reproduction of recorded media
Filed accounts
NACE 18140 · financial year 2025 · 60 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 38.5% | 31.7% | 36.7% | 45.3% | 52.9% | 41.5% |
| Median net result | -€1,817 | €4,670 | €3,673 | €9,363 | €5,274 | €3,172 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 07-10-2026 | DIDA CONSULTING
BE 0669.949.405 |
| 13-03-2026 | Campus Impression
BE 0537.322.788 |
| 03-12-2025 | PLASTIKOR
BE 0474.054.638 |
| 20-10-2025 | 2WAYS
BE 0768.342.641 |
| 31-10-2023 | Handboekbinderij Rozier
BE 0442.117.585 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 76 of 165 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
The balance sheets of division 18 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 18140 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 BROCHAGE RENAITREEvere 159 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 CorelapMouscron 130 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 L'OUVROIRBrussels 41.3 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 OPTIMAXBeringen 16.8 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 Sepeli N.V.Evergem 10.7 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 22 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 11
- 130 Printing, graphic arts and newspapers 10
- 136 Paper and cardboard processing 5
- 222 White-collar workers in paper and cardboard processing 3
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 1
- 201 Independent retail 1
- 327 Sheltered and social workshops 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-press and pre-media services18130 | 2,789 | 52 | 7 | 1,306 |
| Other printing18120 | 1,579 | 136 | 5 | 5,441 |
| Printing and reproduction of recorded media18110 | 189 | 1 | 4 | 993 |
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 |
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Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 18Measured nationally: Of 108,642 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 7 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 2,252 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
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Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €3,172 is below Belgium's €16,500. Return on equity of 6.1% is below Belgium's 15.9%. 35.0% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.4% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 18.2 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. Wallonia holds 38.2% of the seats, against 22.7% in Belgium. In 12 months, 4.2 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 76% of the 87 NACE divisions.
Staff and filing. 44.4% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 358 of the 380 FTE: 94.3%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 38.5% in financial year 2020 to 41.5% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from -€1,817 in financial year 2020 to €3,172 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 08-11-2026 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 18140 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 1,276,474 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,509 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.