Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified

NACE 28

Current registrations2,289

Starters, 12 months81

Employment (FTE)36,754

Median age19.7 years

In NACE division 28, 3.5 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is lower than that of 86% of the 86 other NACE divisions with this figure. Comparison: as of 27-10-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 28

financial year 2025 · median over 1,323 filed annual accounts

Median solvency

44.6%

higher than 53% of the 78 divisions with this figure

Median equity

€361,318

higher than 85% of the 78 divisions with this figure

Median net result

€30,380

higher than 83% of the 78 divisions with this figure

Annual accounts in sample

1,323

Foreign control in NACE division 28

1,698 registered companies

Companies with a foreign parent

3.2%

55 of 1,698; Belgium 0.3%

Staff at those companies

39%

12,140 of 31,292 FTE; Belgium 15%

Main parent countries: Netherlands (12), Germany (9) and France (7).Show on the map by municipality

Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 28

646 employers

Median

€72,500

Belgium €61,400

Middle half

€60,800 to €86,400

half of the employers lie between

Place among sectors

22 of 78

sectors with a median staff cost per FTE, highest first

By size class
Size	Median	Middle half	Employers
fewer than 10 FTE	€65,500	€55,400 to €80,900	287
10 to 49 FTE	€73,800	€61,900 to €86,500	253
50 to 249 FTE	€84,200	€74,900 to €95,400	92

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 (5y)

Historical share

2.18%

Nationally, 1.61% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is higher than that of 74% of the 87 other NACE divisions with this figure. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 28 is 0.3%, against 0.2% nationally, over 1,765 scored companies. Comparison: as of 27-10-2026 05:30.

Regional split

by region · 2,029 of 2,289 enterprises with a registered office on file

Flanders 1,448 · 71.4%

Wallonia 510 · 25.1%

Brussels 61 · 3.0%

Unknown 10 · 0.5%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
20-10-2026	Noordam, Johannes BE 0546.730.008 · sole trader · Bastogne
15-10-2026	FROST KOELTECHNIEK BE 0647.798.959
14-10-2026	Grenzebach Belgium BE 0534.560.367
25-09-2026	SANTERMANS LIFTEN BE 0667.776.506
16-09-2026	Delvano BE 0405.329.940
14-09-2026	Heremans, Frederik BE 0719.811.957 · sole trader · Kortrijk
03-09-2026	Constructie Werkhuizen Demaitere BE 0406.542.143
12-08-2026	POUWELS MB TECHNOLOGY BE 0684.673.609

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the registered office

West Flanders WVL 409

East Flanders OVL 314

Antwerp ANT 373

Flemish Brabant VLB 172

Limburg LIM 180

Brussels BRU 61

Hainaut HAI 146

Walloon Brabant WBR 75

Namur NAM 71

Liège LIE 196

Luxembourg LUX 22

fewer moremax 409

Where are this sector's balance sheets registered? By municipality, down to the address

Subsidies in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number

Flemish subsidies €109.6m awarded 536 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Onderzoeksproject
Federal transfers 1.3m amount as published 4 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Steun aan het export in het raam van het OESO Verdrag aangaande export kredieten met de hulp van financiële instrumenten van commerciële of concessionele aard (cf. art. 2.14.6 en 2.14.15 van de wetsbepalingen)
EU budget €24.3m attributed share 22 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Linked to buildings
EU research €28.5m eu contribution 23 recipients · 2008 to 2026 · largest: Horizon 2020

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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 2025 nomenclature, the one in which code 28 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 middle company of the sector, based on all filed annual accounts.