Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified

NACE 2829

Current registrations388

Starters, 12 months · division 2881

Employment (FTE) · division 2836,754

Median age · division 2819.7 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 85% of the 87 NACE divisions with this figure. Comparison: as of 26-10-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 28

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

Median solvency

44.6%

higher than 52% of the 79 divisions with this figure

Median equity

€361,318

higher than 84% of the 79 divisions with this figure

Median net result

€30,380

higher than 82% of the 79 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

2.06%

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 72% of the 88 NACE divisions with this figure. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 28 is 0.3%, against 0.2% nationally, over 1,766 scored companies. Comparison: as of 26-10-2026 05:30.

Regional split

by region · 356 of 388 enterprises with a registered office on file

Flanders 248 · 69.7%

Wallonia 93 · 26.1%

Brussels 12 · 3.4%

Unknown 3 · 0.8%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
14-09-2026	Heremans, Frederik BE 0719.811.957 · sole trader · Kortrijk
06-07-2026	Safety & Spray Technics BE 0537.313.088
01-07-2026	EURO-CHEMICALS BE 0435.797.541
08-12-2025	SOFT WATER SOLUTIONS BE 0775.921.608
24-02-2025	PLS BE 0863.750.653
20-12-2024	SICLI BE 0450.124.144
10-07-2024	GCK Technics BE 0696.659.344
17-08-2023	Diaper Care Holding BE 0712.634.452

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the registered office

West Flanders WVL 74

East Flanders OVL 56

Antwerp ANT 58

Flemish Brabant VLB 26

Limburg LIM 34

Brussels BRU 12

Hainaut HAI 27

Walloon Brabant WBR 11

Namur NAM 11

Liège LIE 41

Luxembourg LUX 3

fewer moremax 74

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 2829 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 28, not NACE 2829 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.