Manufacture of basic metals

NACE 24340

Current registrations23

Starters, 12 months · division 2423

Employment (FTE) · division 2425,047

Median age · division 2420.9 years

NACE division 24 had 3.9 starters per 100 companies in the past twelve months, against 7.5 for Belgium as a whole. That is lower than that of 79% of the 87 NACE divisions with this figure. The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 01-11-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 24

financial year 2025 · median over 320 filed annual accounts

Median solvency

44.3%

higher than 49% of the 79 divisions with this figure

Median equity

€462,294

higher than 89% of the 79 divisions with this figure

Median net result

€21,506

higher than 70% of the 79 divisions with this figure

Annual accounts in sample

320

Foreign control in NACE division 24

439 registered companies

Companies with a foreign parent

6.4%

28 of 439; Belgium 0.3%

Staff at those companies

29%

6,437 of 22,011 FTE; Belgium 15%

Main parent countries: Germany (5), Netherlands (5) and France (4).Show on the map by municipality

Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 24

172 employers

Median

€66,900

Belgium €61,400

Middle half

€58,700 to €84,700

half of the employers lie between

Place among sectors

36 of 78

sectors with a median staff cost per FTE, highest first

By size class
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

Bankruptcies

past five years

Bankruptcies, 5 years

Historical share

4.35%

For Belgium as a whole, the historical share over the past five years is 1.61%. This sector's historical share is higher than that of 97% of the 88 NACE divisions with this figure. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 24 is 0.5%, against 0.2% for Belgium as a whole. It is computed over 396 scored companies. The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 01-11-2026 05:30.

Regional split

by region · 20 of 23 enterprises with a registered office on file

Flanders 16 · 80.0%

Wallonia 4 · 20.0%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
19-05-2026	Seid, Sadak BE 0734.934.950 · sole trader · Wetteren

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the registered office

West Flanders WVL 4

East Flanders OVL 8

Antwerp ANT 1

Flemish Brabant VLB 1

Limburg LIM 2

Brussels BRU 0

Hainaut HAI 2

Walloon Brabant WBR 0

Namur NAM 1

Liège LIE 1

Luxembourg LUX 0

fewer moremax 8

This sector's balance sheets on the map, by municipality and down to the address

Subsidies in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number

Flemish subsidies €422.7m awarded 114 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Subsidie voor bedrijven ter compensatie van indirecte emissiekosten
Federal transfers 7.3m amount as published 2 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Financieringskost nucleaire bijdrage Synatom
EU budget €80.5m attributed share 5 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Innovation Fund
EU research €17.8m eu contribution 7 recipients · 2013 to 2027 · largest: Horizon Europe

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How these figures are counted

Every company registered today counts under its main activities in the KBO. Establishment units do not count. The count follows the NACE 2025 classification, the version in which code 24340 exists.

The historical share is the share of current registrations for which a bankruptcy opening was published in the past five years. A company with more than one main activity counts in each of those sectors. The historical share is not a future bankruptcy probability.

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 "higher than 80%" compares with the other divisions that have the figure. A division's bankruptcy probability is the median over its companies with a score. Their number is given with the figure.

The key figures cover the whole NACE division 24, not only NACE 24340. There are too few filed annual accounts per five-digit code to compute them separately. Each key figure is the value of the middle company, computed over all filed annual accounts of the division.