Manufacture of basic metals
Activities
NACE 242 · 1 activity| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of basic metals24200 | 142 | 13 | 2 | 948 |
Filed accounts
NACE 242 · financial year 2025 · 71 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 33.1% | 43.0% | 29.9% | 35.5% | 33.6% | 35.6% |
| Median net result | €20,711 | €24,317 | €26,372 | €29,160 | €16,780 | €23,273 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 29-07-2026 | SOUDURE CONSULT
BE 0763.358.326 |
| 06-03-2026 | WEBER BELGIë
BE 0436.808.717 |
| 27-11-2023 | ROYAL METAL
BE 0665.564.510 |
| 30-08-2023 | THINKPLUS
BE 0741.955.077 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 98 of 142 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 24 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 242 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 WITZENMANN BENELUXRanst 158 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 Remi Claeys AluminiumLichtervelde 145 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 HYLINEGhent 75.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 VENTOOudenaarde 74.7 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 INDUSTRIELLE GENERALE, MAINTENANCE ET SERVICESSaint-Ghislain 68.1 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 35 companies- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 19
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 17
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 8
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 3
- 124 Construction 3
- 149.04 Metal trade 2
- 105 Non-ferrous metals 1
- 120 Textile industry 1
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- 214 White-collar workers in the textile industry 1
- 224 White-collar workers in non-ferrous metals 1
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 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 |
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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. The median net result of €23,273 is above Belgium's €16,539. Solvency of 35.6% is below Belgium's 46.1%. 21.1% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.8% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Wallonia holds 31.9% of the seats, against 22.7% in Belgium. 31.0% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. This activity holds 23.8% of the registrations of Basic metals.
Staff and filing. 34.3% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 521 of the 948 FTE: 55.0%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 33.1% in financial year 2020 to 35.6% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €20,711 in financial year 2020 to €23,273 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 242 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.