Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
Filed accounts
NACE 25120 · financial year 2025 · 624 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 37.8% | 41.0% | 39.8% | 44.2% | 45.5% | 46.3% |
| Median net result | €28,831 | €40,986 | €29,902 | €29,795 | €27,991 | €19,714 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 26-05-2026 | BK - INOX - DESIGN
BE 0426.539.088 |
| 14-01-2026 | LUCKX
BE 0419.510.251 |
| 17-12-2025 | GBS CONSTRUCTIONS
BE 0763.670.409 |
| 08-12-2025 | FENCO
BE 0690.932.879 |
| 19-11-2025 | Acobo
BE 0406.044.275 |
| 01-09-2025 | SAVERCO Construct
BE 0802.875.928 |
| 12-08-2025 | Befracon
BE 0479.767.047 |
| 18-06-2025 | Limburg Metaal
BE 0805.815.523 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 740 of 884 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 25 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 25120 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 F.A.L.-ACHELHamont-Achel 948 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 REYNAERS ALUMINIUMDuffel 528 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems BeluxMerelbeke-Melle 329 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 SOBINCOZulte 287 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 HAROL CONSYSTDiest 186 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 343 companies- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 242
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 230
- 124 Construction 58
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 47
- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 7
- 149.04 Metal trade 4
- 109 Clothing and garment industry 3
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 3
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- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 2
- 112 Garages 2
- 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 2
- 201 Independent retail 2
- 302 Hotels and catering 2
- 102 Quarries 1
- 102.09 Quarries 1
- 105 Non-ferrous metals 1
- 115 Glass industry 1
- 120 Textile industry 1
- 125 Wood industry 1
- 125.03 Timber trade 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 25: Fabricated metal products
Related activities
1 other activity| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures25110 | 3,926 | 202 | 33 | 12,560 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 25
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 101 | 82 | 72 | 86 | 78 | 56 | 47 | 111 | 103 | 82 | 93 | 75 |
| Jobs lost | 617 | 314 | 414 | 476 | 472 | 227 | 211 | 322 | 532 | 349 | 318 | 297 |
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 25
1,465 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €59,500 | €49,700 to €69,200 | 706 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €65,600 | €57,300 to €74,800 | 619 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €70,200 | €63,900 to €79,800 | 119 |
| 250 FTE or more | €83,600 | €77,100 to €95,300 | 21 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 25Measured nationally: Of 108,562 bankruptcies of legal entities across Belgium, 49% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 28% after liquidation, 3% were withdrawn. After five years, 20% were still open. Half had ended after 26 months (a quarter after 15, three quarters after 51 months).
This counts companies with this main activity in the register on 6 November 2026. The outcome itself is not measured by sector. The activity of a company that leaves the register after its bankruptcy is too often not kept to compare closed cases fairly.
49 of the 5,921 companies in NACE division 25 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: Netherlands (12), Germany (7) and France (7). Together they employ 5,467 of the division's 41,709 FTE: 13%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €48.1m awarded
- Federal transfers 35.0m amount as published
- EU budget €63.2m attributed share
- EU research €16.8m EU contribution
Insights on Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
Balance sheet and result. 5.8% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. Return on equity of 8.5% is below Belgium's 15.9%. The median net result of €19,714 is above Belgium's €16,520.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.3% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 19.9 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. In 12 months, 3.4 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 83% of the 87 NACE divisions. 16.3% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 2,278 of the 4,735 FTE: 48.1%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 37.8% in financial year 2020 to 46.3% in financial year 2025. The median net result fell from €28,831 in financial year 2020 to €19,714 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 06-11-2026 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 25120 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 1,276,581 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 698,987 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. Missing or 90 days late counts the companies with accounts missing today, or whose latest were filed more than 90 days after the deadline. The dossier follows the same rule.