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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products

Current registrations 874division 33: 7,271
Starters, 12 months 263.0 per 100 · Belgium 8.9
Bankruptcies, 12 months 1314.9 per 1,000 registrations · Belgium 6.2
Employment (FTE) 1,53261 employers · latest accounts
Median age 8.2 yearsBelgium 8.1 years
E-invoicing via Peppol 92.8%811 of 874 companies in the Peppol Directory · Belgium 85.0%

Filed accounts

NACE 33110 · financial year 2025 · 414 filed annual accounts
Median solvency
44.3%
division 42.3% · Belgium 46.1%
Median net result
€20,137
division €22,482 · Belgium €16,520
Median equity
€112,080
division €102,660 · Belgium €98,421
Loss-making
17.4%
division 18.7% · Belgium 26.7%
Negative equity
7.0%
division 7.7% · Belgium 12.4%
Median return on equity
18.6%
division 20.7% · Belgium 15.9%
Median liquidity
1.72
division 1.66 · Belgium 1.66
Filed late
38.5%
financial year 2024, 408 filings · division 39.1% · Belgium 38.4%
Missing or 90 days late
5.3%
of 451 companies with annual accounts · division 4.8% · Belgium 5.4%
Per financial year202020212022202320242025
Median solvency 40.0%40.7%42.9%44.1%46.6%44.3%
Median net result €20,076€21,532€25,677€22,690€20,297€20,137

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Bankruptcies

Bankruptcies, 5 years, still registered
28
3.20% of the registrations · Belgium 1.68%
Running bankruptcies
28
32.0 per 1,000 registrations

Recent bankruptcies

Date Company
29-10-2026 FLEX MONTAGE
BE 0764.507.280
12-10-2026 B-Tech Group
BE 0791.724.787
11-08-2026 Wijnants, Andy
BE 0693.983.827 · sole trader · Diepenbeek
15-07-2026 BuildFusion
BE 0787.760.457
06-07-2026 SR Renov
BE 0779.800.321
03-06-2026 EL HOUJE'S
BE 0776.675.139
28-05-2026 RR BUILDINGS
BE 0788.811.225
26-05-2026 Beernaert, Jérôme
BE 0829.731.268 · sole trader · Ingelmunster

Every bankruptcy in division 33, last 90 days

Spread across the country

by region and province · 526 of 874 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat
  • Flanders 366 · 69.6%
  • Wallonia 111 · 21.1%
  • Brussels 42 · 8.0%
  • Abroad 7 · 1.3%
fewer moremax 122

Largest employers

NACE 33110 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts
  1. 1 MedrepairBeveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht 300 FTEfinancial year 2025
  2. 2 TMS INDUSTRIAL SERVICESTienen 261 FTEfinancial year 2025
  3. 3 FORCE MECHANICSKapellen 123 FTEfinancial year 2025
  4. 4 G.D.W.Waregem 99.8 FTEfinancial year 2025
  5. 5 CMA CGM INLAND SERVICES BELGIUMAntwerp 78.0 FTEfinancial year 2025

Joint committees

from the latest accounts of 152 companies
  • 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 60
  • 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 49
  • 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 38
  • 124 Construction 28
  • 149.02 Coachwork 15
  • 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 8
  • 112 Garages 7
  • 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 7
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  • 149.04 Metal trade 7
  • 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 4
  • 201 Independent retail 3
  • 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 3
  • 121 Cleaning 2
  • 102 Quarries 1
  • 109 Clothing and garment industry 1
  • 126 Furnishing and woodworking 1

Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.

Division 33: Repair and installation of machinery

Related activities

8 other activities
Show all 8 activities
Activity Registrations Starters, 12 months Bankruptcies, 12 months FTE
Repair, maintenance and installation of machinery and equipment33160 115 4 0 393
Repair, maintenance and installation of machinery and equipment33180 2 0 0 -

Bankruptcies per year in division 33

Per year201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Bankruptcies301930253624234249716445
Jobs lost1783119170786258135108413188148

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 33

460 employers
Median
€69,300
Belgium €61,400
Middle half
€56,000 to €83,300
half of the employers lie between
Place among sectors
28 of 78
sectors with a median staff cost per FTE, highest first
By size class
SizeMedianMiddle halfEmployers
fewer than 10 FTE €65,600 €51,400 to €78,900 282
10 to 49 FTE €74,700 €63,000 to €84,900 144
50 to 249 FTE €80,800 €68,600 to €94,100 30

Running bankruptcies in the sector

NACE division 33
Number
99
Half have run longer than
26 months
Belgium: 20 months
Longer than three years
36%
Belgium: 31%

Measured nationally: Of 108,562 bankruptcies of legal entities across Belgium, 49% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 28% after liquidation, 3% were withdrawn. After five years, 20% were still open. Half had ended after 26 months (a quarter after 15, three quarters after 51 months).

This counts companies with this main activity in the register on 6 November 2026. The outcome itself is not measured by sector. The activity of a company that leaves the register after its bankruptcy is too often not kept to compare closed cases fairly.

Outcome by court and division

26 of the 3,776 companies in NACE division 33 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: Germany (4), Luxembourg (4) and Netherlands (4). Together they employ 2,126 of the division's 9,966 FTE: 21%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.

Subsidies in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number
  • Flemish subsidies €35.6m awarded 669 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Subsidies voorschoolse kinderopvang
  • Federal transfers 379,839 amount as published 1 recipient · 2023 · largest: Toelagen in kader van de oproep tot projecten betreffende de energietransitie.
  • EU budget €11.2m attributed share 7 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Linked to buildings
  • EU research €6.3m EU contribution 9 recipients · 2017 to 2026 · largest: Horizon Europe

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Insights on Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products

Balance sheet and result. 7.0% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. 17.4% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium. The median net result of €20,137 is above Belgium's €16,520.

Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 14.9 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 94% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.6% is above Belgium's 0.2%.

Inflow and structure. In 12 months, 3.0 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 85% of the 87 NACE divisions. This activity holds 12.0% of the registrations of Repair and installation of machinery.

Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 862 of the 1,532 FTE: 56.2%.

Direction. Median solvency rose from 40.0% in financial year 2020 to 44.3% in financial year 2025.

The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 06-11-2026 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 33110 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 1,276,581 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 698,987 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.