Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities

NACE 382

Current registrations988

Starters, 12 months · division 38123

Employment (FTE) · division 3818,799

Median age · division 3813.3 years

In NACE division 38, 7.5 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is lower than that of 54% of the 87 NACE divisions. Comparison: as of 29-09-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 38

fiscal year 2025 · median over 629 filed annual accounts

Median solvency

37.5%

lower than 76% of 79 divisions

Median equity

€499,337

higher than 90% of 79 divisions

Median net result

€20,987

higher than 72% of 79 divisions

Annual accounts in sample

629

Foreign control in NACE division 38

998 registered companies

Companies with a foreign parent

2.1%

21 of 998; Belgium 0.3%

Staff at those companies

12%

1,942 of 16,317 FTE; Belgium 15%

Mostly from Netherlands (12), France (2) and Australia (1).Show on the map by municipality

Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 38

210 employers of at least 10 FTE

Median

€70,200

Belgium €65,100

Middle half

€58,800 to €81,200

half of the employers lie between

Place among sectors

35 of 73

by median staff cost per FTE

By size class
Size	Median	Middle half	Employers
10 to 49 FTE	€68,900	€57,200 to €79,400	147
50 to 249 FTE	€73,200	€65,700 to €85,300	49

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Bankruptcies

past five years

Bankruptcies (5y)

Historical share

2.94%

Nationally, 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 88% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 38 is 0.5%, against 0.5% nationally, over 1,059 scored companies. Comparison: as of 29-09-2026 05:30.

Regional split

by region · 745 of 988 enterprises with a registered office on file

Flanders 470 · 63.1%

Wallonia 240 · 32.2%

Brussels 35 · 4.7%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
06-07-2026	E-SUDUR BE 0845.316.594
15-06-2026	SEVEN – METAL BE 0805.281.627
04-05-2026	Amiante Group BE 0744.957.723
20-04-2026	ASFOUR TRADE BE 0649.784.489
13-03-2026	Sole trader BE 0797.188.659 · Enghien
18-02-2026	FLAUREA CHEMICALS BE 0536.756.626
11-02-2026	FROMTO Houthalen BE 0439.289.343
31-12-2025	Eco Recyclers BE 0764.573.497

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address

West Flanders WVL 119

East Flanders OVL 96

Antwerp ANT 116

Flemish Brabant VLB 44

Limburg LIM 95

Brussels BRU 35

Hainaut HAI 92

Walloon Brabant WBR 18

Namur NAM 29

Liège LIE 80

Luxembourg LUX 21

fewer moremax 119

Where does this sector's wealth sit? By municipality, down to the street

Public money in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number

Flemish subsidies €79.2m awarded 254 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Subsidies investeringen materialenbeheer lokale besturen
Federal transfers 48.5m amount as published 9 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Dotatie aan de NIRAS voor het technisch passief van het IRE (gedeelte afval en bestraalde splijt- stof).
Wallonia-Brussels Federation €7.8m paid 3 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Subventions forfaitaires dans le fondamental
EU budget €28.0m attributed share 17 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Innovation Fund
EU research €17.7m eu contribution 31 recipients · 2009 to 2026 · largest: Horizon Europe

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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 382 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 382 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.