Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
In NACE division 20, 5.3 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is lower than that of 63% of the 87 NACE divisions. Comparison: as of 06-10-2026 05:30.
Key figures for NACE division 20
fiscal year 2025 · median over 606 filed annual accountsForeign control in NACE division 20
856 registered companiesStaff cost per FTE in NACE division 20
379 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €66,500 | €53,300 to €86,500 | 118 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €82,300 | €65,000 to €102,000 | 126 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €97,900 | €79,700 to €127,500 | 98 |
| 250 FTE or more | €143,300 | €118,500 to €153,700 | 37 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
Bankruptcies
past five yearsNationally, 1.61% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is lower than that of 91% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 20 is 0.3%, against 0.2% nationally, over 843 scored companies. Comparison: as of 06-10-2026 05:30.
Regional split
by region · 15 of 15 enterprises with a registered office on fileGeographic distribution
by province · based on the establishment addressWhere 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 €350.1m awarded
- Federal transfers 2.6m amount as published
- EU budget €607.9m attributed share
- EU research €64.0m eu contribution
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 2008 nomenclature, the one in which code 2052 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 key figures cover the whole NACE division 20, not NACE 2052 on its own: there are too few filed annual accounts per five-digit code to compute them separately. The middle company of the sector, based on all filed annual accounts.