Manufacture of bodies and coachwork for motor vehicles
This view shows Belgium · 29201 · Manufacture of bodies and coachwork for motor vehicles. Sector figures are national, so the place does not apply here.
Filed accounts
NACE 29201 · financial year 2025 · 118 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 28.2% | 32.2% | 28.9% | 33.4% | 34.2% | 39.0% |
| Median net result | €21,015 | €27,448 | €28,078 | €37,471 | €35,376 | €28,706 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 11-12-2025 | Collette, Lionnel
BE 0567.745.255 · sole trader · Hotton |
| 17-09-2025 | Garage Hallak
BE 0801.107.657 |
| 23-07-2025 | IDC-Cars
BE 0433.568.620 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 152 of 250 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
The balance sheets of division 29 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 29201 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 CARWALLSombreffe 182 FTEfinancial year 2019
- 2 AutographeWavre 88.1 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 NEYT TRUCKSLokeren 56.3 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 MARCEL VAN DYCK - BELGIUMHulshout 44.5 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 VETH AUTOMOTIVE BELGIUMGenk 41.8 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 60 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 32
- 149.02 Coachwork 31
- 112 Garages 11
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 11
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 9
- 149.04 Metal trade 4
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 2
- 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 2
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- 140.02 Taxis 1
- 201 Independent retail 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 29: Motor vehicles
Related activities
1 other activity| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers29202 | 131 | 10 | 2 | 967 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 29
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Jobs lost | 349 | 50 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 61 | 91 | 2,470 | 14 | 242 |
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 29
148 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €60,200 | €49,000 to €72,400 | 62 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €66,700 | €60,400 to €78,000 | 48 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €73,600 | €63,100 to €86,200 | 26 |
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 29
437 registered companiesSubsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €31.1m awarded
- Federal transfers 401,225 amount as published
- EU budget €1.1m attributed share
- EU research €6.9m EU contribution
Insights on Manufacture of bodies and coachwork for motor vehicles
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €28,706 is above Belgium's €16,492. 21.2% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium. 10.2% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.3% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. In 12 months, 6.4 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 57% of the 87 NACE divisions. Half of the companies are younger than 9.1 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. This activity holds 33.7% of the registrations of Motor vehicles.
Staff and filing. 43.7% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 413 of the 648 FTE: 63.7%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 28.2% in financial year 2020 to 39.0% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €21,015 in financial year 2020 to €28,706 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 10-11-2026 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 29201 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 1,276,421 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,557 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.