Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
Activities
NACE division 22 · 8 activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of rubber and plastic products22260 | 619 | 136 | 4 | 4,055 |
| Manufacture of rubber and plastic products22240 | 242 | 4 | 8 | 3,070 |
| Manufacture of rubber and plastic products22210 | 226 | 8 | 1 | 5,071 |
| Manufacture of rubber and plastic products22220 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 4,368 |
| Manufacture of rubber and plastic products22120 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 1,852 |
| Manufacture of rubber and plastic products22230 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Manufacture of rubber and plastic products22110 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 466 |
| Manufacture of rubber and plastic products22250 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
Filed accounts
NACE division 22 · financial year 2025 · 764 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | - | - | 42.1% | 42.0% | 40.6% | 42.8% | 44.0% | 46.4% |
| Median net result | - | - | €46,937 | €57,198 | €45,620 | €40,567 | €34,149 | €32,982 |
| Filed late | 32.7% | 37.5% | 33.3% | 34.1% | 30.8% | 32.4% | 34.3% | - |
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Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 22
334 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €58,700 | €48,300 to €74,400 | 120 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €67,500 | €58,500 to €79,100 | 130 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €72,800 | €66,000 to €83,200 | 69 |
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Bankruptcies
Bankruptcies per year in division 22
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| Jobs lost | 94 | 93 | 46 | 50 | 26 | 8 | 37 | 86 | 13 | 96 | 303 | 74 |
2026 through September. Every bankruptcy, also of companies that have since left the register. Source: Statbel (Directorate-General Statistics), NACE classification of 2008.
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 23-10-2026 | SOFIPLAS
BE 0416.750.206 |
| 21-09-2026 | ADEMO
BE 0578.901.047 |
| 21-09-2026 | WATOM BELGIUM
BE 1001.525.493 |
| 13-07-2026 | L. SACCOL
BE 0430.746.910 |
| 29-06-2026 | VENSTR.
BE 0773.710.701 |
| 08-06-2026 | AB & PARTNERS
BE 0841.518.847 |
| 05-06-2026 | Frings, Marc
BE 0806.318.933 · sole trader · Plombières |
| 01-06-2026 | INDUPOL INTERNATIONAL
BE 0436.120.611 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 970 of 1,325 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
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Largest employers
NACE division 22 · staff from the latest accounts- 1 IVCAvelgem 678 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 DATWYLER PHARMA PACKAGING BELGIUMAlken 666 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 DECEUNINCKHooglede 656 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 NMCRaeren 535 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 NITTO BELGIUMGenk 492 FTEfinancial year 2026
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 482 companies- 116 Chemical industry 288
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 283
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 86
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 82
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 60
- 124 Construction 34
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 11
- 222 White-collar workers in paper and cardboard processing 6
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- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 5
- 136 Paper and cardboard processing 5
- 149.04 Metal trade 5
- 112 Garages 4
- 109 Clothing and garment industry 3
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 3
- 120 Textile industry 2
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 2
- 201 Independent retail 2
- 214 White-collar workers in the textile industry 2
- 215 White-collar workers in the clothing and garment industry 2
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 2
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Foreign control in NACE division 22
775 registered companiesSubsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €24.0m awarded
- Federal transfers 18.2m amount as published
- EU budget €952,178 attributed share
- EU research €4.8m EU contribution
Insights on Rubber and plastics
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €36,611 is above Belgium's €16,539. Return on equity of 8.3% is below Belgium's 15.9%. 9.4% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 10.6 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 90% 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 0.4% at under 10 FTE, 0.2% at 10 to 49 FTE and 0.2% at 50 to 249 FTE.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 15.0 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. In 12 months, 12.3 of 100 companies started, against 8.8 in Belgium. That is more than in 90% of the 86 other NACE divisions. 26.8% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 34.3% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The median staff cost per FTE of €67,677 is above Belgium's €61,416. The 5 largest employers hold 3,026 of the 18,893 FTE: 16.0%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 42.1% in financial year 2020 to 46.4% in financial year 2025. The median net result fell from €46,937 in financial year 2020 to €32,982 in financial year 2025. In 2025, Statbel counted 10 bankruptcies and 303 jobs lost, against 3 bankruptcies in 2018.
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 22 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.