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NACE 23700
Current registrations737
Starters, 12 months · division 23
251
Employment (FTE) · division 23
25,031
Median age · division 23
9.8 years

In NACE division 23, 8.4 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is higher than that of 64% of the 87 NACE divisions. Comparison: as of 26-09-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 23

fiscal year 2025 · median over 908 filed annual accounts
Median solvency
47.0%
higher than 63% of 79 divisions
Median equity
€301,792
higher than 75% of 79 divisions
Median net result
€17,934
higher than 59% of 79 divisions
Annual accounts in sample
908

Bankruptcies

past five years
Bankruptcies (5y)
13
Historical share
1.76%

Nationally, 1.41% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is higher than that of 67% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 23 is 0.4%, against 0.5% nationally, over 1,435 scored companies. Comparison: as of 26-09-2026 05:30.

Regional split

by region · 559 of 737 enterprises with a registered office on file
Flanders 342 · 61.2%
Wallonia 198 · 35.4%
Brussels 19 · 3.4%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

8
Date Company
09-02-2026 Hartis Natuursteen
BE 0400.331.173
12-01-2026 GRANI-PIERRE
BE 0473.583.197
17-11-2025 Adant et Fils
BE 0414.712.117
13-11-2025 ROMACFA
BE 0748.636.003
25-06-2025 MARBRERIE FARRUGGIO
BE 0459.113.371
11-06-2025 MARMERBEDRIJF BEARELLE
BE 0434.804.775
06-06-2025 VDV MONUMENTS
BE 0667.737.112
01-04-2025 PLINT - SERVICE
BE 0465.957.910

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address
fewer moremax 89

Public money in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number
  • Flemish subsidies €29.5m awarded 352 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Strategische transformatiesteun
  • Federal transfers 735,000 amount as published 1 recipient · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Economie van de toekomst en productiviteit: subsidies aan bedrijven
  • EU budget €157.2m attributed share 8 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Innovation Fund
  • EU research €7.9m eu contribution 9 recipients · 2010 to 2027 · largest: Horizon Europe

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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 23700 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 23, not NACE 23700 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.