Manufacture of basic metals
Activities
NACE division 24 · 16 activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of basic metals24100 | 190 | 5 | 0 | 14,070 |
| Manufacture of basic metals24200 | 142 | 13 | 2 | 948 |
| Manufacture of basic metals24420 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1,889 |
| Manufacture of basic metals24510 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 780 |
| Manufacture of basic metals24450 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 643 |
| Manufacture of basic metals24430 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 929 |
| Manufacture of basic metals24340 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 28 |
| Manufacture of basic metals24520 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 250 |
| Manufacture of basic metals24540 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 308 |
| Manufacture of basic metals24410 | 19 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Manufacture of basic metals24530 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| Manufacture of basic metals24330 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 573 |
Show all 16 activities
| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of basic metals24310 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 331 |
| Manufacture of basic metals24440 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1,189 |
| Manufacture of basic metals24460 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Manufacture of basic metals24320 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
Filed accounts
NACE division 24 · financial year 2025 · 362 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | - | - | 41.4% | 40.6% | 40.8% | 44.2% | 41.8% | 44.3% |
| Median net result | - | - | €18,855 | €35,341 | €33,014 | €31,527 | €25,491 | €21,506 |
| Filed late | 29.2% | 37.9% | 29.9% | 26.6% | 29.2% | 29.4% | 29.5% | - |
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Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 24
172 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €59,500 | €49,900 to €72,900 | 55 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €65,000 | €59,600 to €73,500 | 60 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €79,600 | €67,600 to €88,700 | 44 |
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Bankruptcies
Bankruptcies per year in division 24
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Jobs lost | 65 | 111 | 2 | 17 | 61 | 3 | 17 | 90 | 4 | 29 | 521 | 145 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 03-11-2026 | Seid, Seid
BE 1000.191.051 · sole trader · Ghent |
| 29-07-2026 | SOUDURE CONSULT
BE 0763.358.326 |
| 19-05-2026 | Seid, Sadak
BE 0734.934.950 · sole trader · Wetteren |
| 06-03-2026 | WEBER BELGIë
BE 0436.808.717 |
| 07-11-2025 | Aciéries Somville
BE 0401.575.545 |
| 28-04-2025 | Liberty Galati S.A.
BE 0783.319.243 |
| 22-03-2024 | METAMAGMA FONDERIE D'ART
BE 0777.376.608 |
| 27-11-2023 | ROYAL METAL
BE 0665.564.510 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 485 of 597 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 24 · staff from the latest accounts- 1 ARCELORMITTAL BELGIUMBrussels 5,839 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 APERAM STAINLESS BELGIUMGenk 2,082 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 INDUSTEEL BelgiumCharleroi 920 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 Aluminium DuffelDuffel 893 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 AURUBIS OLENOlen 704 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 207 companies- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 122
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 111
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 30
- 105 Non-ferrous metals 16
- 224 White-collar workers in non-ferrous metals 15
- 124 Construction 13
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 7
- 104 Steel industry 6
Show the 12 others
- 149.04 Metal trade 6
- 210 White-collar workers in the steel industry 6
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 5
- 116 Chemical industry 4
- 142.01 Recovery of raw materials 3
- 201 Independent retail 3
- 120 Textile industry 2
- 112 Garages 1
- 113 Ceramics industry 1
- 121 Cleaning 1
- 140 Transport and logistics 1
- 142.02 Recovery of raw materials 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Foreign control in NACE division 24
439 registered companiesSubsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €422.7m awarded
- Federal transfers 7.3m amount as published
- EU budget €80.5m attributed share
- EU research €17.8m EU contribution
Insights on Basic metals
Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 7.5% is below Belgium's 15.9%. The median net result of €23,098 is above Belgium's €16,539. 9.7% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.5% is above Belgium's 0.2%. By size, the median bankruptcy probability is 0.6% at under 10 FTE, 0.3% at 10 to 49 FTE and 0.4% at 50 to 249 FTE.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 20.9 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. In 12 months, 3.9 of 100 companies started, against 8.8 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 80% of the 86 other NACE divisions. Wallonia holds 35.4% of the seats, against 22.7% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 29.5% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 10,438 of the 22,016 FTE: 47.4%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 41.4% in financial year 2020 to 44.3% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €18,855 in financial year 2020 to €21,506 in financial year 2025. In 2024, Statbel counted 3 bankruptcies and 29 jobs lost, against 7 bankruptcies in 2015.
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 24 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.