Water collection, treatment and supply
Activities
NACE division 36 · 1 activity| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water collection, treatment and supply36000 | 134 | 4 | 1 | 7,587 |
Filed accounts
NACE division 36 · financial year 2025 · 67 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 41.0% | 43.7% | 47.3% | 45.8% | 44.8% | 48.3% |
| Median net result | €45,115 | €27,778 | €23,619 | €25,296 | €21,919 | €50,951 |
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Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 36
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 25-02-2026 | AQUA-BELGIAN RENEWABLE ENERGY GROUP
BE 0788.551.107 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 127 of 134 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
This sector's balance sheets on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE division 36 · staff from the latest accounts- 1 Vlaamse Maatschappij voor WatervoorzieningSchaerbeek 1,592 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 SOCIETE WALLONNE DES EAUXVerviers 1,318 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 VIVAQUABrussels 1,260 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 FarysGhent 974 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 PidpaGrobbendonk 716 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 17 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 8
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 3
- 124 Construction 2
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 1
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 1
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 1
- 149.04 Metal trade 1
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 1
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- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Foreign control in NACE division 36
91 registered companiesSubsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €827.9m awarded
- Federal transfers 57,299 amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €1,030 paid
- EU budget €2.8m attributed share
- EU research €4.4m EU contribution
Insights on Water collection and supply
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €42,144 is above Belgium's €16,516. 7.5% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. Return on equity of 10.2% is below Belgium's 15.9%.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.3% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 21.8 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. 5.2% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Wallonia holds 33.9% of the seats, against 22.7% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The median staff cost per FTE of €93,103 is above Belgium's €61,417. The 5 largest employers hold 5,860 of the 7,587 FTE: 77.2%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 41.0% in financial year 2020 to 48.3% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €45,115 in financial year 2020 to €50,951 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 07-11-2026 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 36 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 1,276,547 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,272 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. 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.