Printing and reproduction of recorded media
Filed accounts
NACE 18200 · financial year 2025 · 117 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 48.2% | 43.9% | 47.9% | 49.9% | 50.4% | 44.5% |
| Median net result | €4,987 | €6,405 | €7,061 | €6,749 | €5,134 | €4,197 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 19-06-2026 | FLOW UNLIMITED
BE 0501.738.636 |
| 11-03-2025 | PLEASURE PROJECTS
BE 0766.802.024 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 166 of 312 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Brussels
- Wallonia
The balance sheets of division 18 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 18200 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 LOGICALTICLasne 11.1 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 CNR RECORDSNiel 6.1 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 NUWANDAGeraardsbergen 1.0 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 My MelodyIxelles 0.9 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 13 companies- 227 Audiovisual sector 6
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 3
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 2
- 124 Construction 1
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 1
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 18: Printing
Related activities
4 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-press and pre-media services18130 | 2,790 | 52 | 7 | 1,306 |
| Other printing18120 | 1,578 | 135 | 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 108,642 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
Insights on Printing and reproduction of recorded media
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €4,197 is below Belgium's €16,516. 17.9% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. Return on equity of 17.7% is above Belgium's 15.9%.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.4% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. In 12 months, 2.2 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 90% of the 87 NACE divisions. Brussels holds 19.9% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 10.7 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The 4 largest employers hold 19 of the 19 FTE: 100.0%.
Direction. Median solvency fell from 48.2% in financial year 2020 to 44.5% in financial year 2025. The median net result fell from €4,987 in financial year 2020 to €4,197 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 07-11-2026 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 18200 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 1,276,547 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,272 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.