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Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment

NACE 25501
Current registrations904
Starters, 12 months · division 25
587
Employment (FTE) · division 25
58,685
Median age · division 25
12.1 years

In NACE division 25, 5.4 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is lower than that of 64% of the 87 NACE divisions. Comparison: as of 26-09-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 25

fiscal year 2025 · median over 3,626 filed annual accounts
Median solvency
45.7%
higher than 54% of 79 divisions
Median equity
€186,103
higher than 61% of 79 divisions
Median net result
€20,095
higher than 67% of 79 divisions
Annual accounts in sample
3,626

Bankruptcies

past five years
Bankruptcies (5y)
18
Historical share
1.99%

Nationally, 1.41% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is higher than that of 75% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 25 is 0.7%, against 0.5% nationally, over 6,129 scored companies. Comparison: as of 26-09-2026 05:30.

Regional split

by region · 456 of 904 enterprises with a registered office on file
Flanders 281 · 61.6%
Wallonia 164 · 36.0%
Brussels 11 · 2.4%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

8
Date Company
29-04-2026 NOKKELE
BE 0760.349.049
01-04-2026 MAENE L.
BE 0416.062.692
18-02-2026 PN SYSTEMS
BE 0667.514.309
02-01-2026 Lenaerts Group
BE 0740.486.023
31-10-2025 Sole trader
BE 0844.191.394 · Sprimont
26-09-2025 Robin Lemaire
BE 0607.948.389
23-06-2025 Sole trader
BE 0840.095.323 · Seraing
21-02-2025 Sole trader
BE 0525.633.003 · Oupeye

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address
fewer moremax 87

Public money in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number
  • Flemish subsidies €48.5m awarded 1,448 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Onderzoeksproject
  • Federal transfers 35.0m amount as published 7 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Subsidie in het kader van de steun voor strategische projecten in kader van veiligheid en defensie
  • EU budget €63.2m attributed share 15 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: European Defence Fund
  • EU research €16.8m eu contribution 15 recipients · 2008 to 2027 · largest: Horizon Europe

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How these figures are counted

Current enterprise registrations are counted through their registered main activities; establishment units are excluded. Counted in the KBO's NACE 2008 nomenclature, the one in which code 25501 exists.

Share of currently registered companies with a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. Registered main activities in the selected classification can overlap. This retrospective share is not a future bankruptcy probability.

The comparison with the country and with the other NACE divisions comes from a nightly overview of every division, each counted in the nomenclature in which it exists. A standing such as "higher than 80%" counts the other divisions that have the figure. The bankruptcy probability is the median of our nightly score over the division's companies that have one; the count is stated.

The key figures cover the whole NACE division 25, not NACE 25501 on its own: there are too few filed annual accounts per five-digit code to compute them separately. The middle company of the sector, based on all filed annual accounts.