Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities
In NACE division 38, 7.7 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is higher than that of 51% of the 87 NACE divisions with this figure. Comparison: as of 20-10-2026 05:30.
Key figures for NACE division 38
financial year 2025 · median over 731 filed annual accountsForeign control in NACE division 38
987 registered companiesStaff cost per FTE in NACE division 38
378 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €63,000 | €52,200 to €76,400 | 170 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €70,200 | €57,500 to €80,200 | 144 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €73,700 | €67,100 to €87,700 | 50 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
Bankruptcies
past five yearsNationally, 1.61% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is higher than that of 90% of the 88 NACE divisions with this figure. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 38 is 0.4%, against 0.2% nationally, over 1,044 scored companies. Comparison: as of 20-10-2026 05:30.
Regional split
by region · 278 of 416 enterprises with a registered office on fileRecent bankruptcies in this sector
8| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 19-10-2026 | MATRAS RECYCLING EU BELGIË
BE 0769.739.144 |
| 23-09-2026 | BKS Services
BE 0787.759.566 |
| 24-06-2026 | TYRE RECYCLING BELGIUM
BE 0806.415.042 |
| 28-05-2026 | GULDENTOPS
BE 0779.462.603 |
| 08-12-2025 | Van Paepegem, Melissa
BE 0829.288.137 · sole trader · Ninove |
| 27-10-2025 | Rekup
BE 0767.400.553 |
| 15-09-2025 | BELFORCE IMPEX
BE 0746.986.805 |
| 31-01-2025 | Dubois, Michael
BE 1002.846.574 · sole trader · Oupeye |
Geographic distribution
by province · based on the registered officeWhere are this sector's balance sheets registered? By municipality, down to the address
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €79.2m awarded
- Federal transfers 143.5m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €7.8m paid
- EU budget €28.0m attributed share
- EU research €17.7m eu contribution
How these figures are counted
Current enterprise registrations are counted through their registered main activities; establishment units are excluded. Counted in the KBO's NACE 2025 nomenclature, the one in which code 381 exists.
Share of currently registered companies with a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. Registered main activities in the selected classification can overlap. This retrospective share is not a future bankruptcy probability.
The comparison with the country and with the other NACE divisions comes from a nightly overview of every division, each counted in the nomenclature in which it exists. A standing such as "higher than 80%" counts the other divisions that have the figure. The bankruptcy probability is the median of our nightly score over the division's companies that have one; the count is stated.
The key figures cover the whole NACE division 38, not NACE 381 on its own: there are too few filed annual accounts per five-digit code to compute them separately. The middle company of the sector, based on all filed annual accounts.