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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment

Current registrations 1,201division 33: 7,275
Starters, 12 months 867.2 per 100 · Belgium 8.9
Bankruptcies, 12 months 119.2 per 1,000 registrations · Belgium 6.2
Employment (FTE) 3,907135 employers · latest accounts
Median age 6.1 yearsBelgium 8.1 years
E-invoicing via Peppol 90.6%1,088 of 1,201 companies in the Peppol Directory · Belgium 85.0%

Filed accounts

NACE 33200 · financial year 2025 · 674 filed annual accounts
Median solvency
41.8%
division 42.3% · Belgium 46.1%
Median net result
€26,309
division €22,480 · Belgium €16,492
Median equity
€119,439
division €102,323 · Belgium €98,323
Loss-making
18.9%
division 18.7% · Belgium 26.7%
Negative equity
8.8%
division 7.7% · Belgium 12.4%
Median return on equity
22.7%
division 20.7% · Belgium 15.9%
Median liquidity
1.61
division 1.66 · Belgium 1.66
Filed late
37.3%
financial year 2024, 649 filings · division 39.1% · Belgium 38.4%
Missing or 90 days late
4.7%
of 720 companies with annual accounts · division 4.8% · Belgium 5.4%
Per financial year202020212022202320242025
Median solvency 40.2%39.3%41.9%42.4%44.2%41.8%
Median net result €20,148€26,441€28,689€27,823€24,278€26,309

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Bankruptcies

Bankruptcies, 5 years, still registered
26
2.16% of the registrations · Belgium 1.68%
Running bankruptcies
25
20.8 per 1,000 registrations

Recent bankruptcies

Date Company
14-10-2026 Grenzebach Belgium
BE 0534.560.367
21-09-2026 Camerlynck, Patrick
BE 0561.901.006 · sole trader · Langemark-Poelkapelle
18-08-2026 Milhazes Novo, Mario
BE 0776.779.958 · sole trader · Aalst
23-07-2026 IndustryVibes
BE 0700.272.296
18-03-2026 Energea Solutions
BE 0761.439.805
24-02-2026 Mobility & Energy Company
BE 0803.416.851
30-01-2026 Alpas IT Consulting
BE 0758.357.282
30-01-2026 VELIAJ
BE 0787.626.538

Every bankruptcy in division 33, last 90 days

Spread across the country

by region and province · 975 of 1,201 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat
  • Flanders 699 · 71.7%
  • Wallonia 177 · 18.2%
  • Brussels 39 · 4.0%
  • Abroad 60 · 6.2%
fewer moremax 220

Largest employers

NACE 33200 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts
  1. 1 SIEMENSBeersel 879 FTEfinancial year 2025
  2. 2 LOGI - TECHNICJabbeke 380 FTEfinancial year 2025
  3. 3 PROMATIC-BAalter 233 FTEfinancial year 2025
  4. 4 TRESCALWommelgem 221 FTEfinancial year 2025
  5. 5 TECHNICAL SERVICES GROUP BELGIUMTurnhout 178 FTEfinancial year 2025

Joint committees

from the latest accounts of 221 companies
  • 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 104
  • 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 64
  • 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 53
  • 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 52
  • 149.04 Metal trade 13
  • 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 10
  • 124 Construction 8
  • 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 6
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  • 201 Independent retail 3
  • 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 3
  • 149.02 Coachwork 2
  • 104 Steel industry 1
  • 105 Non-ferrous metals 1
  • 106 Cement industry 1
  • 112 Garages 1
  • 127 Fuel trade 1
  • 132 Technical farming and horticulture work 1
  • 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 1
  • 149.03 Precious metals 1
  • 202.01 Medium-sized food businesses 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

9 other activities

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 108,651 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 10 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 3,779 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 670 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 Installation of industrial machinery and equipment

Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €26,309 is above Belgium's €16,492. Return on equity of 22.7% is above Belgium's 15.9%. 18.9% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.

Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.6% is above Belgium's 0.2%. In 12 months, 9.2 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 83% of the 88 NACE divisions.

Inflow and structure. 18.8% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 6.1 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. In 12 months, 7.2 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 54% of the 87 NACE divisions.

Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 1,892 of the 3,907 FTE: 48.4%.

Direction. Median solvency rose from 40.2% in financial year 2020 to 41.8% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €20,148 in financial year 2020 to €26,309 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 33200 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.