Manufacture of basic metals
No bankruptcy in the past twelve months.
Activities
NACE 241 · 1 activity| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of basic metals24100 | 190 | 5 | 0 | 14,070 |
Filed accounts
NACE 241 · financial year 2025 · 124 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 40.9% | 37.5% | 41.3% | 42.2% | 41.5% | 47.6% |
| Median net result | €19,247 | €39,556 | €40,081 | €23,442 | €15,780 | €23,139 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 28-04-2025 | Liberty Galati S.A.
BE 0783.319.243 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 168 of 190 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 241 as first main activity · 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 LIBERTY LIEGE - DUDELANGE (BE)Flémalle 631 FTEfinancial year 2022
- 5 NLMK LA LOUVIERELa Louvière 602 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 71 companies- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 45
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 39
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 12
- 104 Steel industry 6
- 124 Construction 6
- 210 White-collar workers in the steel industry 6
- 105 Non-ferrous metals 3
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 2
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- 142.01 Recovery of raw materials 2
- 149.04 Metal trade 2
- 224 White-collar workers in non-ferrous metals 2
- 112 Garages 1
- 120 Textile industry 1
- 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 24: Basic metals
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.
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 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
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 Manufacture of basic metals
Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 5.2% is below Belgium's 15.9%. The median net result of €23,139 is above Belgium's €16,539. 8.1% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.4% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 32.5 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. 11.1% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. In 12 months, 2.6 of 100 companies started, against 8.8 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 90% of the 87 NACE divisions.
Staff and filing. 26.0% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 10,073 of the 14,070 FTE: 71.6%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 40.9% in financial year 2020 to 47.6% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €19,247 in financial year 2020 to €23,139 in financial year 2025.
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 241 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. The direction per financial year follows the companies still registered today.