Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified
Filed accounts
NACE 28299 · financial year 2025 · 157 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 41.7% | 42.7% | 42.2% | 45.3% | 46.6% | 46.5% |
| Median net result | €30,217 | €38,432 | €35,704 | €43,416 | €34,268 | €25,715 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 14-09-2026 | Heremans, Frederik
BE 0719.811.957 · sole trader · Kortrijk |
| 08-12-2025 | SOFT WATER SOLUTIONS
BE 0775.921.608 |
| 24-02-2025 | PLS
BE 0863.750.653 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 189 of 212 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 28 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 28299 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 GEA Process EngineeringHalle 240 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 HUSQVARNA BELGIUMAth 156 FTEfinancial year 2024
- 3 ETS ANTOINEAnderlecht 83.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 Delta EngineeringGeraardsbergen 69.3 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 Vydraulics BelgiumMoorslede 65.8 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 76 companies- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 48
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 38
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 21
- 149.04 Metal trade 7
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 3
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 2
- 124 Construction 1
- 145 Horticulture 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 28: Machinery and equipment
Related activities
11 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified28250 | 455 | 15 | 2 | 2,741 |
| Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified28220 | 240 | 4 | 3 | 5,370 |
| Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified28295 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 398 |
| Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified28210 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 358 |
| Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified28291 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 948 |
| Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified28230 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 331 |
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| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified28293 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 663 |
| Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified28292 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 154 |
| Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified28296 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 82 |
| Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified28294 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified28240 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 28
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 9 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 9 | 10 |
| Jobs lost | 58 | 138 | 241 | 17 | 281 | 13 | 39 | 36 | 86 | 31 | 29 | 119 |
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 28
646 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €65,400 | €55,100 to €80,900 | 287 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €74,100 | €62,100 to €86,500 | 253 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €83,500 | €74,900 to €95,000 | 92 |
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 28
1,697 registered companiesSubsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €109.5m awarded
- Federal transfers 1.3m amount as published
- EU budget €24.3m attributed share
- EU research €28.5m EU contribution
Insights on Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €25,715 is above Belgium's €16,500. Return on equity of 10.2% is below Belgium's 15.9%. 9.6% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.2% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 24.8 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. 10.8% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. In 12 months, 3.3 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 83% of the 87 NACE divisions.
Staff and filing. 31.0% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 615 of the 1,612 FTE: 38.1%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 41.7% in financial year 2020 to 46.5% in financial year 2025. The median net result fell from €30,217 in financial year 2020 to €25,715 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 08-11-2026 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 28299 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 1,276,474 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,509 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.