Manufacture of jewellery
Filed accounts
NACE 32123 · financial year 2025 · 237 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 28.2% | 28.5% | 34.4% | 33.4% | 35.3% | 35.3% |
| Median net result | €7,971 | €8,766 | €8,974 | €7,312 | €10,179 | €11,350 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 26-10-2026 | Macabre Gadgets
BE 0783.335.574 |
| 18-09-2026 | MONTE CARLO DIAM
BE 0536.469.584 |
| 02-09-2026 | SISO
BE 0884.468.269 |
| 17-03-2026 | P.C. BOSCHMANS
BE 0404.935.804 |
| 06-02-2026 | Joaillerie Leysen frères
BE 0403.394.195 |
| 16-12-2025 | Joaillerie Leysen frères
BE 0403.394.195 |
| 02-05-2025 | Kinsch-Boeckmans, Fabienne
BE 0871.927.258 · sole trader · Waimes |
| 13-05-2024 | Cepeda Mamani, Pablo
BE 0763.503.628 · sole trader · Antwerp |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 334 of 1,529 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 32 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 32123 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 DAEMS GROUPNijlen 44.3 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 BeheytKortrijk 35.8 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 WOUTERS & HENDRIXAntwerp 24.8 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 P.C. BOSCHMANSSchoten 18.6 FTEfinancial year 2023
- 5 BIJOU BRIGITTESaint-Josse-ten-Noode 10.7 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 63 companies- 201 Independent retail 35
- 149.03 Precious metals 31
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 13
- 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 3
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 2
- 227 Audiovisual sector 1
- 302 Hotels and catering 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 32: Other manufacturing
Related activities
6 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles32130 | 707 | 98 | 1 | 10 |
| Other manufacturing32121 | 148 | 2 | 2 | 70 |
| Other manufacturing32124 | 76 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Other manufacturing32129 | 39 | 6 | 0 | - |
| Other manufacturing32122 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Other manufacturing32110 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 32
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 16 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
| Jobs lost | 24 | 15 | 72 | 24 | 46 | 34 | 16 | 33 | 24 | 17 | 34 | 27 |
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 32
261 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €56,600 | €46,600 to €71,900 | 146 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €64,800 | €57,200 to €84,900 | 91 |
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 32
1,685 registered companiesSubsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €28.2m awarded
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €18,400 paid
- Federal transfers 625,300 amount as published
- EU budget €6.9m attributed share
- EU research €14.8m EU contribution
Insights on Manufacture of jewellery
Balance sheet and result. 19.8% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. The median net result of €11,350 is below Belgium's €16,490. Solvency of 35.3% is below Belgium's 46.1%.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 3.3 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 61% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.4% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. 78.2% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. In 12 months, 12.9 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 91% of the 87 NACE divisions. Half of the companies are younger than 6.0 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 134 of the 215 FTE: 62.4%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 28.2% in financial year 2020 to 35.3% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €7,971 in financial year 2020 to €11,350 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 11-11-2026 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 32123 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 1,276,472 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,781 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.