Sewerage
Activities
NACE division 37 · 1 activity| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sewerage37000 | 360 | 23 | 1 | 3,158 |
Filed accounts
NACE division 37 · financial year 2025 · 195 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | - | - | 38.8% | 41.6% | 39.1% | 40.6% | 40.0% | 42.6% |
| Median net result | - | - | €32,342 | €51,916 | €36,288 | €25,194 | €30,383 | €32,338 |
| Filed late | 34.3% | 40.0% | 39.6% | 38.1% | 33.3% | 34.6% | 38.3% | - |
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Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 37
50 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 to 49 FTE | €69,600 | €60,400 to €87,100 | 21 |
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Bankruptcies
Bankruptcies per year in division 37
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Jobs lost | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
2025 through October. Every bankruptcy, also of companies that have since left the register. Source: Statbel (Directorate-General Statistics), NACE classification of 2008.
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 20-02-2026 | IDRABEL
BE 0456.863.070 |
| 29-07-2025 | METABOLISM
BE 0769.743.696 |
| 11-06-2025 | Laboulle, Marc
BE 0691.465.983 · sole trader · Erezée |
| 21-12-2022 | Bechet, Anthony
BE 0699.693.662 · sole trader · Charleroi |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 290 of 360 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
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Largest employers
NACE division 37 · staff from the latest accounts- 1 AQUAFINAartselaar 1,207 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 in BW Association IntercommunaleNivelles 488 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 ASSOCIATION INTERCOMMUNALE POUR LE DEMERGEMENT ET L'EPURATION DES COMMUNES DE LA PROVINCE DE LIEGESaint-Nicolas 284 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 TREVIGhent 129 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 TPF UTILITIESForest 119 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 89 companies- 121 Cleaning 61
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 48
- 124 Construction 13
- 116 Chemical industry 4
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 3
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 2
- 132 Technical farming and horticulture work 2
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 2
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- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 2
- 142.04 Recovery of raw materials 1
- 144 Agriculture 1
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 1
- 149.04 Metal trade 1
- 201 Independent retail 1
- 221 White-collar workers in the paper industry 1
- 302 Hotels and catering 1
- 329.01 Socio-cultural sector 1
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
1 of the 234 companies in NACE division 37 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: France (1). Together they employ 12 of the division's 3,158 FTE: 0.4%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €29.5m awarded
- EU budget €2.3m attributed share
- EU research €4.5m EU contribution
Insights on Sewerage
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €34,081 is above Belgium's €16,539. 7.7% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. 20.1% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 17.4 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. 19.4% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Wallonia holds 29.2% of the seats, against 22.7% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The median staff cost per FTE of €69,100 is above Belgium's €61,416. The 5 largest employers hold 2,227 of the 3,158 FTE: 70.5%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 38.8% in financial year 2020 to 42.6% in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 05-11-2026 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 37 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 1,275,887 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,448 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.