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Manufacture of rubber and plastic products

NACE 22220
Current registrations157
Starters, 12 months · division 22
153
Employment (FTE) · division 22
21,902
Median age · division 22
15.3 years

In NACE division 22, 11.6 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is higher than that of 86% of the 87 NACE divisions. Comparison: as of 27-09-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 22

fiscal year 2025 · median over 476 filed annual accounts
Median solvency
46.2%
higher than 59% of 79 divisions
Median equity
€554,124
higher than 92% of 79 divisions
Median net result
€36,294
higher than 87% of 79 divisions
Annual accounts in sample
476

Bankruptcies

past five years
Bankruptcies (5y)
1
Historical share
0.64%

Nationally, 1.41% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is lower than that of 69% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 22 is 0.5%, against 0.5% nationally, over 833 scored companies. Comparison: as of 27-09-2026 05:30.

Regional split

by region · 156 of 157 enterprises with a registered office on file
Flanders 116 · 74.4%
Wallonia 25 · 16.0%
Brussels 8 · 5.1%
Unknown 7 · 4.5%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

1
Date Company
05-06-2024 BNOVA
BE 0839.391.379

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address
fewer moremax 36

Public money in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number
  • Flemish subsidies €24.0m awarded 250 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Ontwikkelingsproject
  • Federal transfers 18.4m amount as published 4 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Investeringssteun in het kader van de essentiëleveiligheidsbelangen (EVB)
  • EU budget €952,178 attributed share 7 recipients · 2021 to 2024 · largest: Horizon Europe
  • EU research €5.2m eu contribution 16 recipients · 2012 to 2026 · largest: Horizon 2020

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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 2025 nomenclature, the one in which code 22220 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 22, not NACE 22220 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.