Manufacture of basic metals
Filed accounts
NACE 24510 · financial year 2025 · 35 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 56.4% | 54.5% | 45.2% | 54.4% | 56.8% | 54.1% |
| Median net result | €15,530 | €24,116 | €21,286 | €56,854 | €20,878 | €5,736 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 07-11-2025 | Aciéries Somville
BE 0401.575.545 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 43 of 48 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 24 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 24510 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 Consolidated Precision Products BelgiumHerstal 154 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 FONDATEL LECOMTEAndenne 150 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 VDL Weweler-ColaertPoperinge 96.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 ALLARD - EUROPETurnhout 93.9 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 OMCO INTERNATIONALAalter 73.0 FTEfinancial year 2025
Companies
48 with this main activity- PROFERRO Ypres · 516 FTE
- Consolidated Precision Products Belgium Herstal · 154 FTE
- FONDATEL LECOMTE Andenne · 150 FTE
- Dovre Ravels · 105 FTE
- VDL Weweler-Colaert Poperinge · 96.6 FTE
- ALLARD - EUROPE Turnhout · 93.9 FTE
- OMCO INTERNATIONAL Aalter · 73.0 FTE
- MAGOTTEAUX INTERNATIONAL Chaudfontaine · 68.6 FTE
- Savimetal Saint-Vith · 56.3 FTE
- METAL TECHNICS Kuurne · 39.0 FTE
- UNISLOT Waregem · 31.3 FTE
- BY-CAST Tessenderlo-Ham · 30.0 FTE
- FINOCAS Zelzate · 22.3 FTE
- CAST IRON Beerse · 20.3 FTE
- DE SWEEMER PRECISION CASTING Eeklo · 18.6 FTE
- AL CLAEYS Zedelgem · 15.9 FTE
- Aciéries Somville Aiseau-Presles · 12.4 FTE
- SOREGAM Chaudfontaine · 6.8 FTE
- NEW TUBE Bernissart · 5.5 FTE
- GUYSTALUX Wevelgem · 4.5 FTE
- H. Dereu en Zoon Ichtegem · 3.9 FTE
- Société Anonyme des Anciennes Usines Victor Fontaine Binche · 1.0 FTE
- AMPCO METAL BENELUX Ans
- ATELIER SMEYERS Balen
- BELLOCK Antwerp
- Bilonozhko, Danylo sole trader · Ostend
- CAST IRON BTW-EENHEID Beerse
- Dewit, Theo sole trader · Pajottegem
- dibu-technics Mol
- DICK & VANLAUWE Wevelgem
- Etablissements Hardy Fernelmont
- ETS MIGEOT Aiseau-Presles
- FERROMATRIX Kortrijk
- FIRMA ANDRE DEWAELE EN ZOON Harelbeke
- FIRMA MARTIN Izegem
- Fonderie d'art Harze Tubize
- GERO - INVEST Aalst
- GIETERIJEN RISKIN Tongeren-Borgloon
- Girboux, Mutien sole trader · Genappe
- Lepez, Filip sole trader · Maarkedal
- MAQ - PON INVEST Bilzen-Hoeselt
- MARTIN TRANSMISSIONS Izegem
- Modelmakerij Thijs Duffel
- P-A-C GROUP Oudenaarde
- Pluimers, Julien sole trader · Bassenge
- SAS FONDERIE GHM SAS WASSY
- SOCIETE WOIT Herstal
- TRAMETAL Morlanwelz
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 22 companies- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 17
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 14
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 1
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 1
- 149.04 Metal trade 1
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 1
- 201 Independent retail 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 24: Basic metals
Related activities
3 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of basic metals24520 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 250 |
| Manufacture of basic metals24540 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 308 |
| Manufacture of basic metals24530 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
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 2.0% is below Belgium's 15.9%. 45.7% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium. The median net result of €5,736 is below Belgium's €16,539.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.3% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 37.9 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. 10.4% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Wallonia holds 33.3% of the seats, against 22.7% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 33.3% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 567 of the 780 FTE: 72.7%.
Direction. Median solvency fell from 56.4% in financial year 2020 to 54.1% in financial year 2025. The median net result fell from €15,530 in financial year 2020 to €5,736 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 24510 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.